bang bang, my baby shot me down~

yea, this is the ASE YA cell. uni students to just-stared-working-20+yr-olds.

oh, n plus uncle jerry.

ages 20-30.

n this is what we do during games week.

NERF war

Mr subaru, Mr cirocco, Mr Jaguar, Mr focus, Mr mercedes, Mr chevrolet n Ms vespa-to-be...

i think e poeima youth have more mature games :p

Shawn n i were supposed to organize, but i lazy, so e plan was just to get all sorts of yummy stuff to the Khans n play 'games'.

mark, fuwen n i were e 1st to reach his place. we had to wait in e car.... biang...

even Shawn Shepherd's pie arrived faster than him.

poor delivery guy, after a while, fuwen decided to take e pie 1st.

oh, talking abt that, according to Shawn, we could not just buy anythin we liked,

afterall its a CELL GROUP....so....

even the food had to have some scripture verse to them.

but knowing e guys, all e scripture verses were.. um.... lets just say: not used appropriately

eg...

shepherds pie--> The Lord is my Shepherd, i shall not be in want (Ps23)

sio bak--> the priest shall offer up the fat..(Lev 7:3)

n guess what is kueh pie tie? totally ridiculous....

filial piety.

ahhhhh... darn fulllll.... dont know how much i ate, noodles, abt 3 bowls, half e pack of rojak... bag of ruffles... fried rice... etc

but dont like all e sio bak, duck... so oily!!!

fuwen calls it liquid gold.

liquid poison more like it.

full stomach=tired. nitey.

almost lover

did i make it that easy for you to walk in and out of my life?

a qn i always wanted to ask you but i'm not sure i would want to know the answer. its a qn tt has long lost its moment, but it still bugs me from time to time.

we were not quite...anything. not quite ... anything. there really isnt a word to describe it.

on the surface we are still friends... i guess. and tho hints of the old times do surface, i guess its better this way.






Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind, images
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes, clever trick

Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me in the shade
And when you left you kissed my lips
You told me you would never ever forget these images, no

Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot try the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind

So you're gone and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine
Did I make it that easy to walk
Right in and out of my life?

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Why can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

rise of Christ in China

its been quite a while since i read e whole newspaper so somehow it took Marcos to tell me abt it before i frantically fished it out of the recycling pile. if i still had pets, confirm wld have become their bedding liao.

this is GOLD. i was totally beaming as i read thru it even though a part of my mind was wondering if the writers and editor were christian.

i mean, it took 7 pages of the Saturday paper.

of course its an intriguing read. facts that are of interest to people from all walks of life, be they Christian or not, Chinese or not.

page 2

page 4&5

page 6&7

it reminds me of Nepal, Janakpur, and in particular the Maithili. when we went there last month, the biggest take home was the people's fervency and resilience in a society and environment which is alot more difficult that what we have here in Singapore.

bikau just sent an email to us detailing the conversion of two more families to Christ after a healing miracle of one of the man's leg. i only briefly skimmed thru e email cos i was on the mrt and i had like 100+++ mails to read... but my instant thought was: why dont i see that in my church? why dont i see that in my life?

and reading abt the Church in China growing, 5 turning to 50, in the snow, with no roof.
people singing with gusto but in hushed tones so as not to provoke neighbors...
and, well, i dont see growth around me. we in our air-coned hall. maybe i'm blind, maybe growth is not just in numbers, maybe, maybe, maybe we're too comfortable.

maybe i'm too comfortable. i am.
i dont deny that i'm born V privileged. i knew that even before Nepal smacked me in e face.

but nv have i been so embarrassed abt having all that i have.
and jealous abt not having what these Christians in Nepal and China have.

where is my treasure?
the book Being a Contagious Christian has something interesting in Chapter 2...
it suggested putting "soon to be burned" on possessions.
that includes talents, looks, smarts, career, bgrs, , ,
and ... people whom i love.

it is urgent.

Jesus in the rice fields, Jesus in the office, Jesus in the home.
is it like that for me? well, i do try, just need to try... erm... harder.

i could not find any online version of the article, so here's e close-ups for those who want to read them :)

page 2.1

2.2

3.1

3.2

4.1

4.2

5.1

5.2

6.1,6.2

7.1

7.2,7.3

white trash

just came back from sending Joanne, Evan n Yeeps off at Changi airport T3.

Joanne n Evan's going back to US to start another term in ... shoot, i forgot the degree's name.... school of supernatural sciences or sth like tt.

my mind's on something else.

fuwen bought a bike, white trash.

no, thats what he calls it, white trash. dont have a pic of it but looks smth like tt...

white trash.

i dont know why it gets on my nerves, i mean, its gorgeous n all...

wait, i know why it gets on my nerves. cos he does not want it n wants e vespa i rejected instead.

an aquaintance's aquaintance wanted to get me my dream bike (once i get on w actually finishing my lessons) ... a baby blue vespa. but i declined cos.. well cos its too big a present from someone i dont know well.

but its a vespa~~~~~ waaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

n its baby blue~~WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa!!!!!

so yeah, i'm glad fuwen has bruises n scratches on his calf from kickstarting his bike.

gonna be a Mac snob

decided to start blogging again.

havent even visited my blog in a loooong while. mainly cos i've been so busy.

Birthdays,,, weddings,,, church camp,,, Nepal,,, jimbo n gang,,, the list goes on~

even when i'm free, i'd rather kinda laze infront of e comp watching youtube :p

well, talking abt comp, i'm gonna get a mac book pro. yeah, i'm gonna be a Mac snob.

not a mactard yet.... yet.

resisted for a while but ah crap, its chio n its video n pic editing is much better so i guess i can put up w getting used to something new.

came across these AWESOME decals!

just waiting for my ladies card to be approved den i go NUS buy :)

if it makes you happy

i've seen him around the condo a couple of times but never even said hi. then this morn i happened to walk past him ...... him: you know happiness is mentally healthy. me: (i had just finished my jog) i'm happy when i run.... him: have you happy ppl mentally stressed? hapiness is accepting things and not dwelling on them. me: er, yeah, thanks for e tip.

irony of having a social phone but no social life

I'm on e way to work and blogging at the same time ! tho its taking me like ages to get even one sentance done ... not that easy w dexter as compared to e jedi council. yeah, for those of you who forgot or just din know yet, i name all my electronics. erm, ok, i havent figured out how to make a new line so this post's gonna be in one loooong paragraph. i can put in alot of spaces tho ok, lame. 30min to get to work n i've been typinh all e way, seriously, this' my social life. figured i might as well make use of what i've got. dexter's good company, he plays music, surfs e net for me, checks my emails, messages and collates e interesting ones for me, plays games .... he's even stubborn like me! oh gosh... i'm turning into an otaku... ok, reached clinic. gtg, but will be back tmr!