Thursday, August 21, 2008
Fireworks
Went to Putrajaya for fireworks today. It's the annual fireworks competition, didja know? They have it every year (annual)...almost went last year, but didn't. Well, we should have gone, it would have been worth our while.
Canada was up today, and they were
Spectacular! Magnificio! Vunderful!
Not that i had any prior experience to compare with when it comes to fireworks la, only Ikano's budget fireworks during merdeka. heh.
Well, they were amazing, even though Kin Onn didn't think they were very good. They had synchronized the fireworks with music, and today's theme was 'Titanic-We Will Rock You'. Yea, i didn't really get it either...but nevertheless, awesome!
I don't have any pictures though, cos i didn't/don't have a camera. Hopefully Hoc Mun puts up some.
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In other news, PJPD is just around the corner (Saturday). We're all excited, pumped up, ready to PRAY :
Are You?
(I'll just copy and paste from my previous post, 'cos that day I type so long already)
This Saturday, 23rd August '08 is Petaling Jaya Prayer Day (PJPD)
Wha'? A day of prayer and fellowship, in conjunction with NECF's 40 days of Fast and Prayer.
12pm-6pm : Fast, Worship, Prayer
6 pm onwards : BUKA PUASA, baybeh!
We will be covering (prayer over 6 topics - according to the NECF prayer booklet) Personal, Family, Community, Government, Marketplace, The Church of Malaysia.
*and whatever else, as the Spirit leads.
Why? Because REVIVAL is coming, God is calling His people to gather to pray, more rapidly and more, than ever before. Because His word says
"If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chron 7:14
and also
Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
For what? For God to HEAL this land, for JUSTICE to prevail, for SALVATION for the Rakyat!
Malaysia untuk Yesus!
See ya'll there! Inform your church, gather a sacred assembly. Lets Pray Until Something Happens.
Canada was up today, and they were
Spectacular! Magnificio! Vunderful!
Not that i had any prior experience to compare with when it comes to fireworks la, only Ikano's budget fireworks during merdeka. heh.
Well, they were amazing, even though Kin Onn didn't think they were very good. They had synchronized the fireworks with music, and today's theme was 'Titanic-We Will Rock You'. Yea, i didn't really get it either...but nevertheless, awesome!
I don't have any pictures though, cos i didn't/don't have a camera. Hopefully Hoc Mun puts up some.
============================
In other news, PJPD is just around the corner (Saturday). We're all excited, pumped up, ready to PRAY :
Are You?
(I'll just copy and paste from my previous post, 'cos that day I type so long already)
This Saturday, 23rd August '08 is Petaling Jaya Prayer Day (PJPD)
Wha'? A day of prayer and fellowship, in conjunction with NECF's 40 days of Fast and Prayer.
12pm-6pm : Fast, Worship, Prayer
6 pm onwards : BUKA PUASA, baybeh!
We will be covering (prayer over 6 topics - according to the NECF prayer booklet) Personal, Family, Community, Government, Marketplace, The Church of Malaysia.
*and whatever else, as the Spirit leads.
Why? Because REVIVAL is coming, God is calling His people to gather to pray, more rapidly and more, than ever before. Because His word says
"If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chron 7:14
and also
Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
Let the priests, who minister before the LORD,
weep between the temple porch and the altar.
Let them say, "Spare your people, O LORD.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
'Where is their God?' "
For what? For God to HEAL this land, for JUSTICE to prevail, for SALVATION for the Rakyat!
Malaysia untuk Yesus!
See ya'll there! Inform your church, gather a sacred assembly. Lets Pray Until Something Happens.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
All the world's a stage
The Narrative Paradigm is a theory proposed by Walter Fisher that all meaningful communication is a form of storytelling or to give a report of events and so human beings experience and comprehend life as a series of ongoing narratives, each with their own conflicts, characters, beginnings, middles, and ends.
Fog - ed Up
TehTarik (irrisistable) + Sleeping in the afternoon (it just happened) = Still up at 3.15 a.m.
Today I had time to sleep in the afternoon. I REALLY needed to, after an all-nighter with the mozzies (They're real party animals man). I went to sleep at 5, and when I woke up, it was dark already.
Mich woke me up by coming into the room. Something smelt funky, I asked if something was burning. Mich said no, they fogged the apartment, a couple of hours ago.
My phone said '4 miss calls from Ed'. He'd been trying to call me to check if I was still alive, because when the fog-man came to fog the apartment up, they'd run out and left me sleeping.
Today I had time to sleep in the afternoon. I REALLY needed to, after an all-nighter with the mozzies (They're real party animals man). I went to sleep at 5, and when I woke up, it was dark already.
Mich woke me up by coming into the room. Something smelt funky, I asked if something was burning. Mich said no, they fogged the apartment, a couple of hours ago.
My phone said '4 miss calls from Ed'. He'd been trying to call me to check if I was still alive, because when the fog-man came to fog the apartment up, they'd run out and left me sleeping.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Putt. Heheheheh
Dinner tonight with Ps. Jit and family + friend. Good dinner, I had lamb verval briyani in Picadilly and it brought back memories.
- I guess memories will just be memories. Our futures are in Good Hands.
Let's move along now.
FAB fellowship, did some personality analysis...AND learnt a new game from Ps. Jit! heheheeeee. It goes like this :
Gather a bunch of people (the more the merrier) who have all been eating lots of beans in a room. Turn off all the lights. Lie down on your back and bring your knees to your shoulders. Take a lighter, put the lighter to your b*cks*de and *BOMBS AWAY!* .
The person that manages to achieve a bright blue flame wins.
Hahahahahaha.
Church service today was pretty darn awesome. The first, of MANY MANY to come. Till every tribe and tongue fall on their knees before You, Lord! A promise of revival! - Revival for Malaysia! :)
Nothing compares to the promise I (we) have in You.
You can bet nothing's gonna be the same after this.
=========================
BY THE WAY,
This Saturday, 23rd August '08 is Petaling Jaya Prayer Day (PJPD)
Wha'? A day of prayer and fellowship, in conjunction with NECF's 40 days of Fast and Prayer.
12pm-6pm : Fast, Worship, Prayer
6 pm onwards : BUKA PUASA, baybeh!
We will be covering (prayer over 6 topics - according to the NECF prayer booklet) Personal, Family, Community, Government, Marketplace, The Church of Malaysia.
*and whatever else, as the Spirit leads.
Why? Because REVIVAL is coming, God is calling His people to gather to pray, more rapidly and more, than ever before. Because His word says
"If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chron 7:14
and also
Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
For what? For God to HEAL this land, for JUSTICE to prevail, for SALVATION for the Rakyat!
Malaysia untuk Yesus!
See ya'll there! Inform your church, gather a sacred assembly. Lets Pray Until Something Happens.
- I guess memories will just be memories. Our futures are in Good Hands.
Let's move along now.
FAB fellowship, did some personality analysis...AND learnt a new game from Ps. Jit! heheheeeee. It goes like this :
Gather a bunch of people (the more the merrier) who have all been eating lots of beans in a room. Turn off all the lights. Lie down on your back and bring your knees to your shoulders. Take a lighter, put the lighter to your b*cks*de and *BOMBS AWAY!* .
The person that manages to achieve a bright blue flame wins.
Hahahahahaha.
Church service today was pretty darn awesome. The first, of MANY MANY to come. Till every tribe and tongue fall on their knees before You, Lord! A promise of revival! - Revival for Malaysia! :)
Nothing compares to the promise I (we) have in You.
You can bet nothing's gonna be the same after this.
=========================
BY THE WAY,
This Saturday, 23rd August '08 is Petaling Jaya Prayer Day (PJPD)
Wha'? A day of prayer and fellowship, in conjunction with NECF's 40 days of Fast and Prayer.
12pm-6pm : Fast, Worship, Prayer
6 pm onwards : BUKA PUASA, baybeh!
We will be covering (prayer over 6 topics - according to the NECF prayer booklet) Personal, Family, Community, Government, Marketplace, The Church of Malaysia.
*and whatever else, as the Spirit leads.
Why? Because REVIVAL is coming, God is calling His people to gather to pray, more rapidly and more, than ever before. Because His word says
"If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chron 7:14
and also
Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
Let the priests, who minister before the LORD,
weep between the temple porch and the altar.
Let them say, "Spare your people, O LORD.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
'Where is their God?' "
For what? For God to HEAL this land, for JUSTICE to prevail, for SALVATION for the Rakyat!
Malaysia untuk Yesus!
See ya'll there! Inform your church, gather a sacred assembly. Lets Pray Until Something Happens.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
5.40 a.m.
and i'm still not asleep yet, thanks to teh-special order-tarik.
Ahh...caffeine. I loveth thee too much. Thou wilt be the death of me!
*smiles show gigi*
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Know no fear I'll still be here tomorrow
Bend my ear I'm not gonna go away
You are love so why do you shed a tear
Know no fear you will see heaven from here
I'll shelter you, make it alright to cry
And you'll help too cos the faith in myself
Has run dry
We are love and I just wanna hold you near
Know no fear we will see heaven from here
I see real love in your eyes
And it fills me up when you start to cry
I just wanna hold you near
We will see heaven from here
Well it all seems out of reach
I will take the blame if it keeps the peace
My shelf life's short
Wish they'd make it more easy to follow
And I've been caught with nothing but
Love on my mind
We are love don't let it fall on deaf ears
Now it's clear we have seen heaven from here
- Heaven from here, Robbie Williams
and i'm still not asleep yet, thanks to teh-special order-tarik.
Ahh...caffeine. I loveth thee too much. Thou wilt be the death of me!
*smiles show gigi*
===========================
Know no fear I'll still be here tomorrow
Bend my ear I'm not gonna go away
You are love so why do you shed a tear
Know no fear you will see heaven from here
I'll shelter you, make it alright to cry
And you'll help too cos the faith in myself
Has run dry
We are love and I just wanna hold you near
Know no fear we will see heaven from here
I see real love in your eyes
And it fills me up when you start to cry
I just wanna hold you near
We will see heaven from here
Well it all seems out of reach
I will take the blame if it keeps the peace
My shelf life's short
Wish they'd make it more easy to follow
And I've been caught with nothing but
Love on my mind
We are love don't let it fall on deaf ears
Now it's clear we have seen heaven from here
- Heaven from here, Robbie Williams
Friday, August 15, 2008
G'mornin
ooh...blogger has got a new look! O.O
Was awaken this morning at 10, by a figure with outstretched arms standing at my doorway.
No, it wasn't the Lord, or an angel come to take me home. :(
It was my ex-coursemate Siew Ling. It was nice to see her :) Time to wake up anyway. Mich took the rest of them back to uni, and since I'm up at this hour (I hardly ever am), I thought I'd watch some cartoons on TV.
I turn on the TV, and Martha Steward's talk-show was on. And then they start drilling away downstairs. Hmmph. Great, now I can't hear a thing.
I pour myself a mug of fruit juice (guava), and walk around the apartment, wondering what to do.
I pack some clothes, and wait for Kin Meng to be done with his report so we can go home.
Home is 45 minutes away. It always is.
Was awaken this morning at 10, by a figure with outstretched arms standing at my doorway.
No, it wasn't the Lord, or an angel come to take me home. :(
It was my ex-coursemate Siew Ling. It was nice to see her :) Time to wake up anyway. Mich took the rest of them back to uni, and since I'm up at this hour (I hardly ever am), I thought I'd watch some cartoons on TV.
I turn on the TV, and Martha Steward's talk-show was on. And then they start drilling away downstairs. Hmmph. Great, now I can't hear a thing.
I pour myself a mug of fruit juice (guava), and walk around the apartment, wondering what to do.
I pack some clothes, and wait for Kin Meng to be done with his report so we can go home.
Home is 45 minutes away. It always is.
Monster : View content advisory for parents
Just watched Monster, the one with Charlize Theron. Am currently recovering.
Warning : Rated R for strong violence and sexual content, and for perversive language.
Still, very well done and worth a watch, if you're not below the age of 21.
A brief summary : Monster is the true life story of the serial killer, Aileen Wournos (played by Charlize Theron). As a young girl of 8, Aileen was raped by her father's friend. She had told her father about what was happening, but he didn't believe her, instead, he beat her up for making up stories. As a result, the rape went on for years. her dad eventually killed himself, leaving her and her two siblings homeless. By the time she was 13, starving and starved for love, she prostituted herself..her two siblings were put up in foster homes, but because of what she did (hooking), no one would take her in, so she had to fend for herself.
Just as she was about to kill herself one day, she met Selby White - a lonely young lesbian, with one arm in a cast searching (for what, I'm still unclear actually). Selby gives Aileen the love she's been craving for, and Aileen promises to take care of Selby (like man and wife), and they both run away together.
Aileen does one last hooking job to get money so she and Selby can run away together, but her last "John" (customer) turns out to be a psycho who rapes and hurts her, and then threatens to kill her. In self defense, Aileen shoots him to death.
After that she made up her mind to 'get a real job', but no one would employ her. Quote from one scene, Aileen is in a law firm asking for a secretarial job:
Lawyer: Can I tell you something? When the beach party is over, you don't get to say. "You know what? Now I think I'd like to have what everybody else has worked their entire life for." It doesn't work that way.
Aileen: F*** you, man. Yeah, F*** YOU! YOU DON'T F*****' KNOW ME!
Lawyer: OK, great. That's great. See, now I'm so sorry I didn't hire you before.
So Aileen goes back to hooking (I learned the word 'hooking' from the movie), but then she figured killing is easier, and she makes more money that way. After awhile, it seemed right to her, to kill those that might rape someone anyway. So she kills them, after luring them to some secluded area, and then takes their money and their cars.
Until one day, she finds out that the police have tracked them down, and have released sketches of herself and Selby as her accomplice. Selby freaks out and leaves, and eventually Aileen gets arrested, and Selby tells on her.
Selby: I just wanna live, Lee. I just want a normal happy life. I don't know why you did this.
Aileen: Because I love you. Because I love you and I never wanna to loose you and that's all. I love you from my heart, my soul, my mind. And I never let you down. All right? Because it was me. It was only me. And I'll tell them that, ok. It's over for me now. And I never gonna see you again.
Selby: Yeah, I know.
Aileen: I wish there was a way that people can forgive you for something about this, you know. But they can't. They can't, man. So I'm gonna die, Sel... Hey Sel, I'll never forget you. Good bye, baby. Bye baby.
Selby: Good bye, Lee.
========================
Yea, so that was Monster...the true story of a woman who just had a screwed up life, who didn't get to choose to have a good childhood, and who then, desperate to just be able to LIVE, made all the wrong decisions.
I've always liked Charlize as an actress, she's very pretty, and she acts well. Plus, she's from South Africa. But this role that she played, in my opinion, puts her right on top.
========================
Aileen: I'm not a bad person. I'm a real good person.
Aileen: "Love conquers all." "Every cloud has a silver lining." "Faith can move mountains." "Love will always find a way." "Everything happens for a reason." "Where there is life, there is hope."
[laughs]
Aileen: Oh, well... They gotta tell you somethin'
========================
Poor Aileen.
p/s : watched The Bucket List last night. Another good movie, and yet still quite feel good - Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson - so no surprise there :)
Warning : Rated R for strong violence and sexual content, and for perversive language.
Still, very well done and worth a watch, if you're not below the age of 21.
A brief summary : Monster is the true life story of the serial killer, Aileen Wournos (played by Charlize Theron). As a young girl of 8, Aileen was raped by her father's friend. She had told her father about what was happening, but he didn't believe her, instead, he beat her up for making up stories. As a result, the rape went on for years. her dad eventually killed himself, leaving her and her two siblings homeless. By the time she was 13, starving and starved for love, she prostituted herself..her two siblings were put up in foster homes, but because of what she did (hooking), no one would take her in, so she had to fend for herself.
Just as she was about to kill herself one day, she met Selby White - a lonely young lesbian, with one arm in a cast searching (for what, I'm still unclear actually). Selby gives Aileen the love she's been craving for, and Aileen promises to take care of Selby (like man and wife), and they both run away together.
Aileen does one last hooking job to get money so she and Selby can run away together, but her last "John" (customer) turns out to be a psycho who rapes and hurts her, and then threatens to kill her. In self defense, Aileen shoots him to death.
After that she made up her mind to 'get a real job', but no one would employ her. Quote from one scene, Aileen is in a law firm asking for a secretarial job:
Lawyer: Can I tell you something? When the beach party is over, you don't get to say. "You know what? Now I think I'd like to have what everybody else has worked their entire life for." It doesn't work that way.
Aileen: F*** you, man. Yeah, F*** YOU! YOU DON'T F*****' KNOW ME!
Lawyer: OK, great. That's great. See, now I'm so sorry I didn't hire you before.
So Aileen goes back to hooking (I learned the word 'hooking' from the movie), but then she figured killing is easier, and she makes more money that way. After awhile, it seemed right to her, to kill those that might rape someone anyway. So she kills them, after luring them to some secluded area, and then takes their money and their cars.
Until one day, she finds out that the police have tracked them down, and have released sketches of herself and Selby as her accomplice. Selby freaks out and leaves, and eventually Aileen gets arrested, and Selby tells on her.
Selby: I just wanna live, Lee. I just want a normal happy life. I don't know why you did this.
Aileen: Because I love you. Because I love you and I never wanna to loose you and that's all. I love you from my heart, my soul, my mind. And I never let you down. All right? Because it was me. It was only me. And I'll tell them that, ok. It's over for me now. And I never gonna see you again.
Selby: Yeah, I know.
Aileen: I wish there was a way that people can forgive you for something about this, you know. But they can't. They can't, man. So I'm gonna die, Sel... Hey Sel, I'll never forget you. Good bye, baby. Bye baby.
Selby: Good bye, Lee.
========================
Yea, so that was Monster...the true story of a woman who just had a screwed up life, who didn't get to choose to have a good childhood, and who then, desperate to just be able to LIVE, made all the wrong decisions.
I've always liked Charlize as an actress, she's very pretty, and she acts well. Plus, she's from South Africa. But this role that she played, in my opinion, puts her right on top.
========================
Aileen: I'm not a bad person. I'm a real good person.
Aileen: "Love conquers all." "Every cloud has a silver lining." "Faith can move mountains." "Love will always find a way." "Everything happens for a reason." "Where there is life, there is hope."
[laughs]
Aileen: Oh, well... They gotta tell you somethin'
========================
Poor Aileen.
p/s : watched The Bucket List last night. Another good movie, and yet still quite feel good - Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson - so no surprise there :)
Thursday, August 14, 2008
ARRRGGGHHHH
Unbelievable!
Last night, some girlFriendZ and I drove down to Alamanda, Putrajaya to watch Sex and the City. Squealing with excitement, we were!
But. When we got there, we find out they've stopped showing!! Sigh. Sakit hatinye.
So I told myself I'd go back to PJ on Friday (tomorrow) and catch it right away.
I go online today to book...and I find out - they've stopped showing in PJ already also!!! Last show was ...TODAY!
:( :( :(
It just not meant to be.
Last night, some girlFriendZ and I drove down to Alamanda, Putrajaya to watch Sex and the City. Squealing with excitement, we were!
But. When we got there, we find out they've stopped showing!! Sigh. Sakit hatinye.
So I told myself I'd go back to PJ on Friday (tomorrow) and catch it right away.
I go online today to book...and I find out - they've stopped showing in PJ already also!!! Last show was ...TODAY!
:( :( :(
It just not meant to be.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
When the going gets tough, the tough goes to pasar malam
Time is an odd concept. Sometimes when one's classes have all been cancelled, and one has nothing to do, time goes by faster. But when one is busy, time slows down.
I suppose that would be called grace. I'm not complaining, really. Just saying.
Then, there are the times when one is waiting for something, time seems to slow down. I'm not talking about the times when one is waiting doing nothing. I'm talking about the times when one is busy waiting, time still seems strangely slow. Does that mean that time is directly proportionate to consciousness?
Sometime when I think about people, and myself, I wonder, when I am me at this moment, and he/she/it is he/she/it at this same moment, does life stop for them because this is me, thinking about them when they are not thinking about me. How does the concept of perspective work? If i were all the people I am thinking about at once, could I make time stop for me?
What am I talking about, anyway?
I suppose that would be called grace. I'm not complaining, really. Just saying.
Then, there are the times when one is waiting for something, time seems to slow down. I'm not talking about the times when one is waiting doing nothing. I'm talking about the times when one is busy waiting, time still seems strangely slow. Does that mean that time is directly proportionate to consciousness?
Sometime when I think about people, and myself, I wonder, when I am me at this moment, and he/she/it is he/she/it at this same moment, does life stop for them because this is me, thinking about them when they are not thinking about me. How does the concept of perspective work? If i were all the people I am thinking about at once, could I make time stop for me?
What am I talking about, anyway?
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