Act III.

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:31:18 GMT

I'm very tired. Very.

Submerge

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:55:29 GMT

So many things have happened, yet I find even lesser time to blog or document it... Admittedly, this isn't really a blog where I wear my sleeve on, so its not any surprise that it gets neglected.

As we move on in life, it gets tougher to do the former. No longer can we be flippant, no longer can we be brutally honest, no longer can we say anything we want without consequence...

Funny how I've come to this point, pretty much unsinged so far, where I look back and see how self-destructive I'd have been if I remained as I were. Not physically - socially.

I don't think it's impossible to be genuine in the working world. Yet genuineness is really a thesis in itself, and in this case I loosely define its parameters as that of Emotional Quotient and Moral Value.

And that brings us to the next question(s): What makes you? What makes you, you? What is it that makes you, you, you?

I've been swept along with the tides and can barely find time to delve into reflective waters these days. Snap - everything happens and whistles by at a snap - I find myself reacting purely instinctively in certain situations, which by fallen human nature-definition isn't a good thing. Especially for my ego. And character portrayal.

But it's one great fallacy, really, to say that everything immediate calls for an immediate response. To think that being quick and snappy makes good hay. Sure, the haystack may look nice from the outside, but it soon collapses from the lack of support due to the straws that were mangled during that hasty attempt to get it up.

I've come to realise that what we label as 'immediate' determines our 'immediate' response. And it also determines what makes us, us, us. I daresay that our priorities pretty much define who we are, and what we see and identify ourselves as. The first word that slips out of our mouth, the first facial twitch, the first thought that pops into our mind, the first thing our heart beats after...

2 Corinthians 10:4-5
4The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Therefore, if God is my priority, then may every first thing I do be a conscientious effort to reflect everything that God's name stands for. Being impulsive is my stronghold. But I cling on to the Double-edged Sword that penetrates the soul and spirit, that already promises to demolish strongholds that separate us from Him, that prevents us from being Salt and Light to the world. His Word. And in this (stronghold) case, I hold Philippians 4:8* true. It gets tough, it gets tiring, it gets past my mind sometimes... Yet I strive to remind myself to take every thought captive, and make it obedient to Christ.

It works, try it. God is good.

*Philippians 4:8 - "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:23:58 GMT

Oei you in the mirror. Stop talking and DO SOMETHING.

Tireeeed

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:31:29 GMT

My brain is on the verge of shutting down, I don't know why. Things are in a whirl in my head, I have dates and events and names all over the place. Even got told off for being 'rude' cos I accidentally called the head office and thought that I called the restaurant which they usually know who I am when I call and I asked the person on the line who she was (I know my tone was a friendly one!). Nyeh. I think I'm growing old, really. All the frisbee isn't giving me any more energy. Nuuuu! Okay, okay. Still gotta learn to be more organised, yes.

On another note, work is quite crazy this season. Not good for festive moods, not good. Must learn to segregate and not let all the holidaying people make me feel like not working. I really enjoy working from the comforts of home cos I can really concentrate better without miscellaneous stuff hailing from the sky. But big boss not too keen on me doing so. Ah well.

Still, I'm glad that I have a cool manager who's open minded, never hesitates to speak her mind and throws the odd ego-cutting phrase (but I never take it to heart). Like proverbs it say, 'scold is lurve' mah. I'm only more grateful that she bothers to nudge me in the right direction. And she's passed me a whole barrel of not-so-old clothes, making me feel a bit like Salvation Army. I'm not complaining, though! I need a good neck massage soon.

December is birthday + Christmas presents season. This only portends my pockets running dry... Not that I have much in them to begin with. Ah well.

C'mon, work hard, get promoted!!!!

Got this off NatBoss.

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:13:33 GMT

Such a sad list I have. I guess it's quite obvious that most of the time I read books that I really like... Haven't read many books since I was 17. So the bulk of it is pre-17 stuff. Bah. The Internet has killed any reading habits that I have!!! NGHH!

1) Look at the list and bold those that you've read.
2.) Italicize those you intend to read.
3.) Underline the books you LOVE.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (Go figure :P)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien (For sure!!!!!!! Tolkien rocks)
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy (Made me appreciate classics even more)
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert (Ultimate favourite!!)
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (Watched the movie on cable ha ha)
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Have I read this or not?! Have! Don't have! I can't remember!)
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton (I loveeeed imagining being part of the book.)
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas (Have I read this too? Feels like I have... But can't remember.)
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (Watched movie but haven't read -_-)

Writer's Block: Cramming Yourself into a Sentence

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:07:14 GMT

Atypical.

Try to describe yourself in one sentence.

View 501 Answers

I challenge all of you to do it in ONE WORD.

Mon, 12 May 2008 04:07:43 GMT

MEMEMEMEMEMEME.

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:16:28 GMT

The Rules:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense.
4. Comment on it.
5. Tag 5 people.

1) How are you feeling today?
These Eyes - Sevenfalls
(Strangely, sort of.)

2) Will you get far in life?
Special Needs - Placebo
(Wah lau.)

3) What's your best friend's theme song?
Pneumonia - Bjork
(Wicked!)

4) What is the story of your life?
Soul Provider - Michael Bolton
(LOLOL)

5) What was high school like?
Map of the Problematique - Muse
(Wow, you don't say.)

6) How can you get ahead with life?
Boyz 'n' The Hood - Stanley Clarke
(Hmmmm.)

7) What's the best thing about your friends?
Used to resisting - Bonk O.R.E demo
(....)

8) Describe your grandparents.
Goodnight and Go - Imogen Heap
(HAHAHA *koff*)

9) How's your life going?
No more LSD - Larry Norman
(FTW!)

10) What will be played at my funeral?
Enemy - Typewriter
(Wot siol.)

11) Will you have a happy life?
Lethal Enforcer - We are Scientists
(Put a gun to my head.)

12) What do your friends really think of you?
We are the Champions - Queen
(I'm a Champ!)

13) Do people secretly lust after you?
Red-Eye - The Album Leaf
(Uh huh uh huh!)

14) How can you make yourself happy?
All moving in the order of a higher hand - Bonk o.r.e. Demo
(Indeed!)

15) Will you ever have children?
I pray - Stream of Praise Music
(Yes I will.)

16) What song would you strip to?
Love theme from the Godfather - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
(WOO, Mysterio!)

17) What does your mom think of you?
Disp:rs - B-Quartet
(Yea my things are quite disp:rs-ed in my room.)

18) What is your deep, dark secret?
Ventura Highway - America
(Alligator lizards in the air...)

19) What is your enemy's theme song?
Drop of Soul - Humpback Oak
(So dark.)

20) What's your personality like?
Joga - Bjork
(JOGA BONITO! A state of emergency, how beautiful...)

21) What will be played at your wedding?
Spoken for - We are Scientists
(Indeed we're both now spoken for. :D)

Tag 5 people:
1. evil-intent
2. Melephantom
3. her_immaginiare
4. sayfromage
5. the_euge

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:06:40 GMT

On Jesus' persecution, leading up to his crucifixion:

"It’s not only sticks and stones that injure us; many of us carry deep hurts caused by the cruel or thoughtless words of others. If you have been wounded by words, look to Jesus today and see how he suffered the pain you know. Recognise that he took that pain to the cross so that through his death you could be healed and set free."

- Closertogod.org.uk

My grain.

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:46:19 GMT

Today, I had the worst bout of migrane ever. Adam says it's definitely because of my sinus -- my forehead was hurting like mad (man, did I feel like Harry Potter) for the WHOLE day. It started last night actually. I lay in bed, tossing around, my eyebrows in a permanent frown. I was SO down, I could have drowned. Corny act-lyrics aside, yes, I thought I was going to develop a tumour and the tumour will press against my nerves in the brain and will cause me to go blind. It got better during YF; then it's back... I can't bow my head in prayer because the blood and pressure will weigh itself on my nose. Sigh.

Somehow, I can't sleep. Goodnight.

P.S. I'm hoooooked to Boggle on Facebook. Some people are TOO imba*; I wonder if they cheat. Really. I bet they don't know half the words they come up with. Well, neither do I. Bah.

*imba = imbalanced = need to be nerfed*
*nerf = a brand of child-safe toys = too dangerous players that need to be made n00b* safe
*n00b = newbie

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:30:59 GMT

"Everyone must start somewhere. The most important thing is to be humble."

And I cannot agree less.

To AMN1.

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:03:49 GMT

Somehow, the brevity of you flying off has only just hit home -- an hour after you've flown. I've been in denial about you leaving, telling myself that it's going to be but a year and a half. I'm such an idiot. It's DEFINITELY going to be different not having you around. I'm not going to be the one who's going to miss your presence the most, but it still matters a lot that there won't be another AMN1 to be retarded, make music, share secrets and stuff with. It's never going to be the same with anyone else.

I can't help but berate myself about being so nonchalant that you were leaving. It was denial, which explains how little I met up with you despite knowing you were flying off. For a year and a half! Who was I kidding when I thought it was going to be painless. I'm sorry that I took the departure of a friend I consider so dear this easily. Why was I still trying to hold back my tears when you were entering the departure area?

You mean much more than my stupid ego, than my asinine beliefs that crying is a sign of weakness. You're the best thing that happened to me in 2004, do you know that? Our friendship is extremely dear to me, yes it is.

I'm still glad that you're going to pursue your dreams and upgrade your skills, but I'm feeling the loss badly now. I'll be okay soon, though. Life goes on, doesn't it. :]

Do well and become a kickass journalist. And above all, take good care of yourself and stay close to God.

I'll be missing you, Eve.

Give more,

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:02:51 GMT

Expect less.

Bah

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:08:36 GMT

I'm at the peaking point of my puberty, I think.

The sudden 'enlightenment' of the precariousness of where I'm at now and how inept and ill-disciplined I've been doesn't serve the situation.

Yes, a big part of me still doesn't want to admit to the fact that I have to grow up. Yet this big part of me is definitely no less in self-denial as the rest of me, and it's really frightened and scared to see... that the future has started.

I felt much better last night, reassuring myself that God is in control. That He will carry me through. I'm ever so thankful to have Him.

I have to really watch my speech and emotions, though. I think this issue has been affecting my temper. All these 'growing up' only provokes my inner child into being whiny and spoilt. The 'hey, give me a break, I'm just a kid' kind of feeling.

But no.

I'm a grown up.

Sian lah.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:29:03 GMT

I'm going to be 21 this year, but still am the lazy ass that likes to seat herself in front of mindless computer games and waste the hours away.

My resolutions ain't no working.

It scares me to realise that the agencies that I want to go to has their New York offices IN THE SAME VICINITY as Adam's school-to-be. Which narrows my path scarily much. The plan is really THAT obvious.

Get my butt into the MNCs I'm eyeing. Work really, really, REALLY hard, make a great impression and win many awards -- in 2 or 3 years. Save up like mad. Then ask for a transfer to their NY office. And try to keep afloat there, where advertising operations are crazy powerful. Sink or swim.

So what's the rate of success? If I become a fanatical ad person, staying past midnights, giving up my social/church life and drawing up ideas like crazy while superhuman-ising my English which will help me win a One Show by 2010: probably 10%.

And if I keep up with this sorry attitude of mine, 0.0005%. Unless a miracle happens. Or I throw all caution to the wind and go to NY with the Boy, search madly for a job that will help me get a green card and stay there for the next 3 years or so. While handling the chores, money, relationship, rent, food, culture, politics etc etc.

No, it's not as simple as I initially dreamed it up to be. But I want to go out there and see the world.

Dear God, is this how you're going to rid me of my laziness?

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:43:46 GMT

Pairings held together in the dry
Flip, flop, a nasty smear left at the rear
End of the stick, shorter of course
Snips a candle’s wick

Drip, drop, on a spot of hornet’s tea
Off the glass which children eagerly sip
Eyes shining bright

Twisted yarns to bind them strong
Smear, sneer, yes I’m sure

Meaningless.

Strange.

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:49:53 GMT

I realised when I consider a person a friend, they are the most trustworthy and good people. Until I get hoodwinked, line and sinker. Which is many a time.

Maybe I'm just too unguarded. And foolish.

Oh well. As long as my conscience is clear...

And those who stay, I'm grateful.

Paprika

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:25:35 GMT

Paprika was a blast. I loved the colours and the soundtrack. Like typical Japanese anime, the movie rounds up itself by using flashbacks to explain the earlier enigmas. But there was so much going on (subtitles included) that the movie’s message only dawned upon me after I sat down and thought about it. Just a bit of gripe: Everything about the main characters are intertwined with each other. Of course, they are the main characters, but ’coincidence’ feels forced when things become too fitting.

This is not so much of a review but more of the take-home message:
Paprika represents the acting conscience (choice) that stands between dreams (sub-conscious) and reality (consciousness). Between what one dreams (verb) of and what remains reality. And finding that balance among duality appears to be the theme of this movie.

Greed, immaturity, deceit, lust, anger, inferior complexes, guilt, suppression etc. are just some aspects of human nature that causes one to spiral out of control in order to chase a dream (both noun + v.). This manipulation and destruction of man’s physical and emotional being results in a disastrous domino effect (noisy scenes, destroying lives, cities etc.) follows.

So, for everything that’s bad, something good exists. Here, compassionate, brotherly and ’pure’ love (that looks beyond all of one’s negative traits) balances out evil. And to drive the point across, the abovementioned love ultimately wins.

Paprika’s role is to help people who have unanswered dreams (v.) trapped within their dreams (n.) and enable them to make a choice that’s preferably for the greater good. To add another dimension to the story, Paprika herself is one half of duality — a person’s struggle to come to terms with her emotional side — and she (Paprika) only becomes alive in her dreams (n. + v.).

Every main character in the movie is delibrately given two sides to their character. Even the villian — but we see that even in his ‘both sides’, the ‘good’ side is actually bad because he uses it to manipulate others and achieve his selfish means (not accepting reality).

‘Paprika’ is basically about morals and about being self-aware and realistic. There is a Paprika in every one of us, so to speak, and listening to it (conscience) will indefinitely spice up our lives. Otherwise, when such un-sorted out dreams (v.) merge into one’s reality, terrible things can happen.

4 out of 5 stars.

Meme to make someone happy. Hah.

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:41:01 GMT

==The Day You Met==

Your mood before seeing him: Uhh. Stressed, but curious. I was anticipating a new bassist who's a killer drummer.

Who introduced you: Our band's frontman, Bonk.

Where you first saw him: Uhh... On The Observatory's website. Real life -- Fourtones' bigger jamming studio

What you noticed first: Wah lau eh, damn good drummer. I die liao. (He was jamming with Bonk)

What he noticed first: (Don't think he remembers.)

Your first impression of him: Too-cool-for-school type.

His first impression of you: I'm nice! Woo!

First thing he said in your presence: Something to Bonk when they were jamming. Didn't even say hello properly bleh.

Kind of person you thought he was: Gear head. Jukebox. Happening. Basically, a world apart.

From 1-10 [10 being highest likelihood], how much of a chance you thought you had with him: Nil! The thought of it almost never came.

==RELATIONSHIP FIRSTS==

First Hand-holding [where took place / who initiated it]: Not
First Hug [where took place / who initiated it]: Telling
First Kiss [where took place / who initiated it]: You!

==WHO IS MORE [BLANK] IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP==

Horny: NA.

Romantic: We're about the same? Not overkill, just mildly expressive. Hah.

Sensitive: Wah. Both quite. Him more.

Shy: Depends on the situation and who we are with. I'm less generally shy.

Intelligent: He's the music guru. I'm... stuff.

Spiritual: Me.

Humorous: We have a good fight going on here!

Messy: Me! Woo!

Lazy: Him!

==WHAT [BLANK] MAKES YOU THINK OF YOUR PARTNER==

Song: No definite one :P

Movie: Uhh... No particular either.

Food: Thai Express' Basil Chicken!

Household Appliance: Washing machine.

Kind of Dance: DISCO! HAHAH.

Season: Uhh...

Type of Tree: -_-

Animal: Corgy. 'Cos he wants one.

Flower: Roses. He bought me a bouquet for V day :)

==WHICH [BLANK] OF YOUR PARTNER'S DO YOU LIKE BEST==

Article of Clothing: His Esprit jacket :P

Jewelry Item: He don't wear no jewelry.

Favorite Band: Radiohead!

Friend: UHhh. James? Well James is now a mutual friend, but can still be considered right.

==DO YOU [BLANK] IN YOUR PARTNER'S PRESENCE?==

Fart: All the time. :D

Burp: No.. I can't burp lah if not I would.

Cry: I would if I did.

Sleep: Yah...

Eat: Hoo yeah! What kind of statement is this!?

Somehow.

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:05:42 GMT

For one who usually has so much to say, she kept silent. Her mouth suddenly seemed to disagree with the nudging pulses that the brain was sending and remained set.

Snap.

One fleeting moment was all it took for her to doubt herself. All that resilience; all that so-called strength. Coward.

Snap.

Where has that smart-mouthed, devil-may-care teen gone? It's probably a good thing that she's learnt to keep her mouth shut. But when should she actually open it? Suddenly, knowing what to say, when to speak and how to do so has become such a whale of a matter. And by the time she decides what to say, the relevance-clock ticks its last. So much to say, so much to add. Yet all is nugatory.

One. She decides to voice it out anyway. Sometimes, it gets through. She becomes part of the conversation. Add one to Esteem. Otherwise, her words resound, not in their minds, but from bouncing off ears that have decidedly blocked them out. And they go right back at her, mocking. Take one from Courage.

Two. She keeps her mouth shut. Add one to Perception; take one from Self-efficacy. Oh, and add three each to Boredom and Detachment.

Snap.

What maketh a man? Is it his being, his job, his ability, his friends, his acceptance in the society? Perhaps it is true to a large extent. People do obtain self-worth from other's perception of themselves. Many value themselves according to how much other people value them.

Snap.

At least, she knows one thing. That eternal acceptance precedes all else on earth. The world is transient. But there's a Higher Being for her to look to and establish a relationship with. Not that eyes can see, but the heart can feel. Not a figment of her imagination, but a real closeness and experience that has both visibly and inwardly changed her.

Value? It's all a matter of perception.

MEME by MElephantom -_-.

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:22:30 GMT

Each player of this game starts off with TEN weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own TEN weird things/habits/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose SIX people to be tagged and list their names. NO TAG BACKS.

#1: When I was young, I won 1st Runner Up for a 'cutest' baby contest in church. (Me too leh, melephantom - the one who tagged me ;))

#2: Teachers love me. NOT. In primary 5, I pissed off a teacher in Chinese youth camp. She accidentally said "ta ma de" in front of us kids. She caught herself and started saying "oh no..What should I do?"

So I said in mandarin, "You should go on your knees and beg God for forgiveness." She never spoke to me properly again after that.

#3: I like to talk aloud to myself. (As if I don't talk enough already hor.)

#4: I've never been to MOS. My first time in Zouk was last night, but I was there for a band competition. It was a claustrophobic experience.

#5: I didn't like eating brinjals and lady fingers when I was young. I only started liking it from age 16.

#6: Ditto to #5 for milk. It smelt like puke to me last time; mom always made me drink milk before primary school sports day and I always threw up.

#7: I'm slightly caffeine intolerant. I'll tremble if I drink too thick a cuppa.

#8: My dreams are almost always something like an adventure i.e. I'm getting chased, running away or have to save people. In colour. And I remember them.

#9: I've never finished my piano/violin grades because I gave up one year before my final grade 8 exams. No money.

#10: I have a darker past than you imagine. But no matter; I'm in the light now. +)

Uhh.. Tagging...(Must I do this)...

vanissahh, uniclycommon, sayfromage, duaroti, livingtestimony, evil_intent (hehe sorry hun.)

Do it!

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:52:59 GMT

Create your own Friend Test here

Apt Reminder.

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:56:07 GMT

"The Bible specifies three intertwined sources of temptation, commonly called “the world, the flesh, and the Devil.”

The Devil: “…the ruler of the kingdom of the air” (Ephesians 2:2). As he has done for thousands of years, at some times the devil goes around as a roaring lion looking for someone to devour, but more often he slips in almost unnoticed, sowing small seeds that will grow into sinful behavior.

The Flesh: “…gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts” (Ephesians 2:3). We are tempted simply because we are human. As James puts it, “Each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed” (1:14). Human nature has not changed over the years, so people today are tempted just as they were when James wrote that 200 years ago.

The World: “…when you followed the ways of this world” (Ephesians 2:2).
The writer to the Romans (12: 2) warned to “not conform any longer to the pattern of this world.” The “ways of the world” and the “pattern of the world” have not changed relative to temptation since Paul’s time. However these temptations literally come through the air and the walls as the “prince of the power of the air” sends them into missionaries’ homes through radios, TV satellite receivers, email, and Internet connections."

Ebony Earth.

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:27:38 GMT

"Live Earth is a 24-hour, 7-continent concert series taking place on 7/7/07 that will bring together more than 100 music artists and 2 billion people to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis.

Live Earth will reach this worldwide audience through an unprecedented global media architecture covering all media platforms - TV, radio, Internet and wireless channels.

Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance for Climate Protection, The Climate Group and other international organizations to drive individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve global warming. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is the Chair of the Alliance and Partner of Live Earth." [...]

Well, here’s a simple point to ponder:
Just how much electricity and fuel will they (read: concerts, television audiences etc.) be consuming for the event itself?

Talk about saving the earth.

Too good?

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:59:38 GMT

Apart from my health, things are going very smoothly. So very smoothly, it unsettles me slightly.

But it's a blessing. A blessing. Thank You, Father.

And now, for more discipline in doing my work. The Internet's evil.