Go Figure

Several years ago, Vijay Singh applied for Malaysian PR status. And it was pointed out to me that if Malaysia had given PR status to Vijay Singh, we can proudly say that the World No 1 golfer is a Malaysian. But it is fortunate that he did not become a Malaysian citizen. Otherwise, he will not be the World No 1 golfer.

-Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

I'm living in a period of uneasy truce between two wars

Yep, that's right. And no, i'm not living in some far middle-eastern country, i'm just facing a long uphill battle against boredom. The is my little paradox:

On normal schooldays, i fight homework and responsibilities that seem to love being shoved onto my shoulders.

On exams (which is now, basically) I fight falling asleep over textbooks and manuscripts (hey, still have to keep in touch with piano music, okay?) And i even feel guilty whipping out a laptop in my room and loading up a Warcraft skirmish. Its like, now in form 4, i have no time. Everywhere i go its "Hoi man, plan your next hour carefully - no that bed isn't for you, you can't just flop down and sleep, you're not allowed, oh shit -*snore*."

The parody of having an unconscious internet timetable in my mind is scary. Its "Self, you have to spend less than five minutes in Yahoo, five in Gmail, five in Hotmail, twenty in Blogger, don't turn up the volume on that Hanson tune, go and check your Earth 2025 account, no, you can't download songs anymore - no time .... Now admin the Thomian forum, and don't reply to that vulgar Nigerian general asking to hand over your life savings *roll eyes*

And that's why i have to stop writing and check my Flickr account.

Chao.

Abstinence

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Darling did you know that I
I dream about you
Waiting for the look in your eyes
When we meet for the first time
Darling did you know that I
I pray about you
Praying that you will hold on
Keep your loving eyes only for me

Cause,I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Darling wait

Darling did you know I dream about life together
Knowing it will be forever
I'll be yours and you'll be mine
And darling when I say
Til death do us part
I'll mean it with all of my heart
Now and always faithful to you

Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Darling wait

Now I know you may have made mistakes
But there's forgiveness and a second chance
So wait for me darling
Wait for me

Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Cause, I am waiting for
Praying for you darling
Wait for me too
Wait for me as I wait for you
Darling wait
Wait for me

By Rebecca St. James.
On abstinence.
Be cool. Stay pure.

Quote for May

Marriage is not a word. Its a sentence.

I love this logo. See the five Judogi over there? Perfect minimalist design. *Sigh* 

Carry The Call

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Originally uploaded by shadowsun7.

Carry the Call just happened yesterday, and i'm having mixed feelings about it.

Half of me says its cool - that it was good. In a way it was, it never fails to get me all fired up and touched by God. But on the other hand the workshops were boring. Okay, two of them sucked big time - good people manning it, but really making you want to sleep. And not so many people turned up for the workshops, either.

The rally, fortunately, was just like last year. Loud noice, loud message, even louder screams. And this year that was really deafening. The new generation of carry-the-callers seem to have the gift of very good screaming - loud and high. About half of us had no choice but to cram our fingers into our ears. Pelik, lah.

The first talk of the workshops was on Buddhaism (no, SIB is NOT changing religion, rest assured) coz christians find it hard to evangelise to buddhists. (yeah, as if we try....) It was interesting, mostly, after that, only creative ministry was nice. The rest of the speakers just read out from powerpoint slides.

Powerpoint....what's the point?

Overall, big dissapointment. Rally? Very good. What was touching was when at the end of the rally the youth leader asked "What song do you want?", and everybody shouted (well, at least a large majority - including Andrea and her sis) shouted "One Way!!!!!"

And he said,"Well, my band doesn't really know the song - we didn't practise for it. Any others?"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The same majority shouted in unison.

He still looked fazed. "Can't we do something else?"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" They yelled back again, with more force.

"I tell you what, you come for Carry The call 2006 and we'll do One Way, Okay?" He pleaded.

"WE WANT IT NOW!" The youths roared back.

"Okaaaaaay...I just know the first two lines, but i know the song repeats itself - so one, two, three - ONE WAY! JESUS!"

And the whole crowd sang back the next few verses. In the end, when it reached a new bridge, he asked a couple of guys from the audience - two girls and two boys. (oh, sorry three boys - Aldrin, Hershel and Raymond - the girls i don't know) And the band started doing impromptu very quickly. First the drummer caught on to the beat, and then the bass guitarist. Then both the acoustic guitarist and the piano player talked to each other, fingered their instruments and decided on the key. Before you knew it chords were playing through the woofers.

Amazing.