just got back from church camp...
hmmm... not the best camp i've been on. the accomodations were great, food was great...
however, had a bout of gastro all weekend ehh... so did many other ppl apparently
the only interesting part was late in the last night or should i say early in the morning (was about 3am) when my parents, liz, gen, tim and i were involved in a really impromptu BGR discussion. (to Jason: you shouldnt have left so early) it was very interesting/disturbing.
anyways... woke up the next morning tired...
went back to uni today, and its like whoa!!! 4 weeks till exams...i'm starting to worry here...
anyways, as i woke up this morning, i was seriously debating whether or not to go to maths ehh... it was 630 man... but i went anywaYS....arent i stoked i went? the reason i was tired was cos i stayed up playing guitar last night .... sighhh.... a friend suggested cutting the strings so i wont get distracted. at $40 a pop, maybe not Richard :)
am considering locking the thing in the shed... but no...
but yeah... there may be worship team practice tomorrow... not sure whether to go or not because welll... i have a lot on my plate at the moment...
Monday, October 11, 2004
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
can i drive dad?
k... long day yesterday and today
lets start with yesterday.
to the uninitiated.... my tuesdays are a living hell ehh...
i'm at uni from 8 to 6, but its not all bad... i have 3 hours in breaks...
yeahh... basically im mentally drained by the end of tuesday... a nervous wreck...
plus, by the time i got home after taking the bus, it was like 7 and it was dark, cold etc...
so basically, i showered, ate, did more EBS, (i really hate stats)
today...
8am start again...accursed stats
yeah... i finally finished at 11... ate in the ref with some mates...
left at 12 to practice for my lab test tomorrow...
but, i played footy instead with some other mates.... and i owned this guy ehh... was marking the footy all over him :) not bad for a soccer addict...went to do the lab, saw Vinh there... hmmm wonder how he did in his test, it was today
so anyways, i go home and have a driving lesson at 2.
the first few mins are ok, then the guy gets me to a roundabout at a main road and like my nerves just go ehh, i tried to cut off this ute coming from the right, then i brake in the middle of the roundabout (i pressed the wrong pedal!!!) then the guy behind me swore and braked, the instructor shouted at me.... and basically i was a nervous wreck all day
oh yeah... and i had to take some passport pics...
must be a family thing or something, cos me and my dad looked really tanned, and we looked like Chinese immigrants off the same boat from the triads ehh...
but anyways...
yeah... thats it
lets start with yesterday.
to the uninitiated.... my tuesdays are a living hell ehh...
i'm at uni from 8 to 6, but its not all bad... i have 3 hours in breaks...
yeahh... basically im mentally drained by the end of tuesday... a nervous wreck...
plus, by the time i got home after taking the bus, it was like 7 and it was dark, cold etc...
so basically, i showered, ate, did more EBS, (i really hate stats)
today...
8am start again...accursed stats
yeah... i finally finished at 11... ate in the ref with some mates...
left at 12 to practice for my lab test tomorrow...
but, i played footy instead with some other mates.... and i owned this guy ehh... was marking the footy all over him :) not bad for a soccer addict...went to do the lab, saw Vinh there... hmmm wonder how he did in his test, it was today
so anyways, i go home and have a driving lesson at 2.
the first few mins are ok, then the guy gets me to a roundabout at a main road and like my nerves just go ehh, i tried to cut off this ute coming from the right, then i brake in the middle of the roundabout (i pressed the wrong pedal!!!) then the guy behind me swore and braked, the instructor shouted at me.... and basically i was a nervous wreck all day
oh yeah... and i had to take some passport pics...
must be a family thing or something, cos me and my dad looked really tanned, and we looked like Chinese immigrants off the same boat from the triads ehh...
but anyways...
yeah... thats it
Monday, October 04, 2004
Verry Cool Song i found, and also Volume 1 of "Mad dashes to uni in fast/slow cars"
hmmm just found a very cool Jars of Clay song (they're one of my fav bands)
here it goes:
If i stand
Verse 1:
There's more that rises in the morning than the sun
More that shines in the night than just the moon
There's more than just this fire here that keeps me warm
In a shelter that is larger than this room
There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment
A music higher than the songs that I can singAm
The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
I owe only to the giver of all good things
Chorus:
So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through
And if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you
If I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs
But if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home
Verse 2:
There's more that dances on the prairies than the wind
that pulses in the ocean than the tide
There's a love that is fiercer than the love between friends
More gently than a mother's when her baby's at her side
There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment
A music higher than the songs that I can sing
The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
I owe only to the giver of all good things
i lurve this song... sounds awesome as well...
on another related note:
credit should go to me mate R who drove me to the uni from Canningvale, stopping to pick up another friend in Rossmoyne... and getting to the uni in about 25 mins... not bad for an old Corolla (was auto as well)...
we even avoided the accursed camera at Mts Bay Rd...
however, nothing compares to P one fine sunday morning, when late to worship practice, we got to UWA from Canningvale in ike 15 mins. why the rush? we were 1/3 of the way there when he remembered he left his drumstix at home...this was at about 7:50... thus we sped back in his Silvia (awesome car)...and still got to church by 8:15 if i remember correctly... then again, i do remember clutching my seatbelt, the handle at the top of the door... as we went down the freeway...
oh, and when we got there, the church van wasnt there yet so we had to wait... was pretty funny though
kudos to P for givin me a ride to Church for the last year when i'm playing guitar in service...
thanx man... the last week of November is our anniversary...;)
as this blog has rambled on and on, i will stop here....
here it goes:
If i stand
Verse 1:
There's more that rises in the morning than the sun
More that shines in the night than just the moon
There's more than just this fire here that keeps me warm
In a shelter that is larger than this room
There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment
A music higher than the songs that I can singAm
The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
I owe only to the giver of all good things
Chorus:
So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through
And if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you
If I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs
But if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home
Verse 2:
There's more that dances on the prairies than the wind
that pulses in the ocean than the tide
There's a love that is fiercer than the love between friends
More gently than a mother's when her baby's at her side
There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment
A music higher than the songs that I can sing
The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance
I owe only to the giver of all good things
i lurve this song... sounds awesome as well...
on another related note:
credit should go to me mate R who drove me to the uni from Canningvale, stopping to pick up another friend in Rossmoyne... and getting to the uni in about 25 mins... not bad for an old Corolla (was auto as well)...
we even avoided the accursed camera at Mts Bay Rd...
however, nothing compares to P one fine sunday morning, when late to worship practice, we got to UWA from Canningvale in ike 15 mins. why the rush? we were 1/3 of the way there when he remembered he left his drumstix at home...this was at about 7:50... thus we sped back in his Silvia (awesome car)...and still got to church by 8:15 if i remember correctly... then again, i do remember clutching my seatbelt, the handle at the top of the door... as we went down the freeway...
oh, and when we got there, the church van wasnt there yet so we had to wait... was pretty funny though
kudos to P for givin me a ride to Church for the last year when i'm playing guitar in service...
thanx man... the last week of November is our anniversary...;)
as this blog has rambled on and on, i will stop here....
one sleepless night
arghhh... back to uni today and i'm finding out how far i'm behind my work
conservatively, about 8 weeks i reckon... am so gone....
i was sitting in my maths lecture this morning thinking: "i dont have a clue what he's on about, and, im screwed"
ok, mebbe i said it out loud, which wasnt good as i was sitting near the front...
good thing a mate gave me a ride to uni and back today. apparently the bus only comes once an hour outside my place on public holidays... would've been a nasty surprise i guess:
*nic to himself at 7am:"where's the bus"
7:15: anytime now...dum de dum de dum (hums the waiting for the bus song)
7:30:hmmmm where's that #$%%^$ bus? there should have been 3 by now!!!
8am:hmmm... my lecture just started and i'm still here, not good
and so on...*
ok, anyways, that was wierd...
on the past 3 days...
have had a cold for the past 3 days, still have it...
must have gone through a whole box of Kleenex by now...
its so bad... was playing guitar on sunday at church, and i was like blowing my nose constantly during practice ehh... couldnt hear myself that well also... oh well
its been that kind of week (and its only monday!!!)
on adjusting back to uni:
the last few days i've been trying to readjust my body clock from sleeping at 2am-11am in the holidays to last night's
11am-6:20am.... bit hard ehh... thats why im sleepy now...*yawns*
anyways, i tried to go to bed early on Saturday nite, cos i had to get up early on Sunday...(why is practice at 8am???) instead, you know when u get those melodies going in your head (i'm sure we all get tunes in our head... i also hear voices too but thats a different story *grins manically*)? yeah, so anyway i was debating in my mind (Cost-Benefit analysis :)) guitar now vs sleep....
and MiJulie won!!! (personal joke here, u dont have to get it)
so here we have a song, written when i was barely awake...
YOU WERE THERE
i want you now
my heart it longs for you
i need you know
my soul it waits for your everlasting love
i cry for you
i cant deny, this longing deep within
i'm hearin it now
as i lie humbled by your holiness
nothing in this world, could take your place
nothing in this world, could replace your grace
however hard i tried, i could never measure up
until i found you, fillin the emptiness of my heart...
you were there
ok guys... sorry about the sappinesss... i've been really depressed and feelin away from God in the last few days, and the words just came to me....
am definitely gonna rewrite some of the lines, but this is the raw original, and u got it first ;)
btw, was really sleepy the next morning, and stumbled thru sunday
anyways... until the next time,
nic
conservatively, about 8 weeks i reckon... am so gone....
i was sitting in my maths lecture this morning thinking: "i dont have a clue what he's on about, and, im screwed"
ok, mebbe i said it out loud, which wasnt good as i was sitting near the front...
good thing a mate gave me a ride to uni and back today. apparently the bus only comes once an hour outside my place on public holidays... would've been a nasty surprise i guess:
*nic to himself at 7am:"where's the bus"
7:15: anytime now...dum de dum de dum (hums the waiting for the bus song)
7:30:hmmmm where's that #$%%^$ bus? there should have been 3 by now!!!
8am:hmmm... my lecture just started and i'm still here, not good
and so on...*
ok, anyways, that was wierd...
on the past 3 days...
have had a cold for the past 3 days, still have it...
must have gone through a whole box of Kleenex by now...
its so bad... was playing guitar on sunday at church, and i was like blowing my nose constantly during practice ehh... couldnt hear myself that well also... oh well
its been that kind of week (and its only monday!!!)
on adjusting back to uni:
the last few days i've been trying to readjust my body clock from sleeping at 2am-11am in the holidays to last night's
11am-6:20am.... bit hard ehh... thats why im sleepy now...*yawns*
anyways, i tried to go to bed early on Saturday nite, cos i had to get up early on Sunday...(why is practice at 8am???) instead, you know when u get those melodies going in your head (i'm sure we all get tunes in our head... i also hear voices too but thats a different story *grins manically*)? yeah, so anyway i was debating in my mind (Cost-Benefit analysis :)) guitar now vs sleep....
and MiJulie won!!! (personal joke here, u dont have to get it)
so here we have a song, written when i was barely awake...
YOU WERE THERE
i want you now
my heart it longs for you
i need you know
my soul it waits for your everlasting love
i cry for you
i cant deny, this longing deep within
i'm hearin it now
as i lie humbled by your holiness
nothing in this world, could take your place
nothing in this world, could replace your grace
however hard i tried, i could never measure up
until i found you, fillin the emptiness of my heart...
you were there
ok guys... sorry about the sappinesss... i've been really depressed and feelin away from God in the last few days, and the words just came to me....
am definitely gonna rewrite some of the lines, but this is the raw original, and u got it first ;)
btw, was really sleepy the next morning, and stumbled thru sunday
anyways... until the next time,
nic
Friday, October 01, 2004
what a difference 5 days makes
kkk... just got back from Youth Service
hmmm... life is interesting isnt it? one week you're on a high and then the next week...
as i was saying to JL in the car, i just wish exams were the only thing i had to worry about.
i'm still bothered by the conversation i had last night... do i wish i never had it?
No for while ignorance is bliss...the truth sets me free (again i apologise for the cliche :))
but yeah... what is truth? (to quote Pilate) will there be truths that will never be revealed? (answers would be good from anyone reading this)
i wish i wasnt so distracted during the service today ehh... lucky i wasnt playing guitar. would have been disastrous
also, i'm abit sick, and thus, wahhh so tired today man...
it's so hard to just focus on God when physical, mental, and social circumstances preclude this, but that is what true worshipers do...(or so i've been told ;))
on another note... i totally blew my driving lesson today man... was so bad...
sometimes i hate myself cos when i get distracted by problems etc, it affects everything i do seriously...
anyways, the lesson was so stressful ehh... i still cant park that well, or reverse that well either...
on another, more tangential note:
i didnt get much study done today, and as my exams end on the 12th of november, it'll be a long and cold 5 weeks
so depressed now....
sigh...(i'm rambling on and on, am i?) ;)
anyways, back to life
hmmm... life is interesting isnt it? one week you're on a high and then the next week...
as i was saying to JL in the car, i just wish exams were the only thing i had to worry about.
i'm still bothered by the conversation i had last night... do i wish i never had it?
No for while ignorance is bliss...the truth sets me free (again i apologise for the cliche :))
but yeah... what is truth? (to quote Pilate) will there be truths that will never be revealed? (answers would be good from anyone reading this)
i wish i wasnt so distracted during the service today ehh... lucky i wasnt playing guitar. would have been disastrous
also, i'm abit sick, and thus, wahhh so tired today man...
it's so hard to just focus on God when physical, mental, and social circumstances preclude this, but that is what true worshipers do...(or so i've been told ;))
on another note... i totally blew my driving lesson today man... was so bad...
sometimes i hate myself cos when i get distracted by problems etc, it affects everything i do seriously...
anyways, the lesson was so stressful ehh... i still cant park that well, or reverse that well either...
on another, more tangential note:
i didnt get much study done today, and as my exams end on the 12th of november, it'll be a long and cold 5 weeks
so depressed now....
sigh...(i'm rambling on and on, am i?) ;)
anyways, back to life
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