Rabiang...

Okay, so Rabiang wasn't that bad... As you can see in the photo below. Actually I think it might even be a nice place to chill out, chit chat and drink after a hard day's work.


Rabiang

Anyway, as shown below, they even have a wine bar that looks quite good... Can imagine some of my friends jumping for joy... All the 'winecoholics'...


Wine Bar...

Anyway, the musical's going to be held tomorrow... I'm feeling bitter sweet... It's like spending so much time nurturing it, and now that it's matured, you feel reluctant to let it go... Weird huh... but it's my baby... so I guess it's normal... hahaha... OH MAN! I'm feeling MATERNAL! Over a musical... hrmm... Nevermind... :x

I'm feeling so tiredddd now... had sex by the beach earlier... Wahahahhaa.... OKAY! Don't let your imagination run wild... It's just the name of one of the drinks at Zee10... and after I had sex by the beach, I kamikazied! But between the two, I think I prefer sex by the beach... mmMmmMmmMm....

But I think I must have been quite tired... cuz it actually got me a little too drowsy after the 2 shots... But it sure was fun... Finally met up with my friend who came back from the U.S. about a week back! Was looking forward to having her back and was so exicited about it but actually did not have the time to meet up with her earlier because of the musical.

Speaking of the musical, I think I shall go to bed now... getting really sleepy... Think it's also partly cuz of the alcohol... heheh... Well, calling it a night... till the next entry, TATA!

Fanta fanta fantasia!!!

American Idol results are out!! And guess who's the winner? Duh... okies... forget about guessing cause you can easily get the answer from the Web anytime... and not to mention that my heading for this entry is a dead give away...

Anyway, yeah!! Fantasia Fantasia SUMMERTIME!!! Heheh... Okay... not making much sense, am I? Anyway, I think Latoya will always be held in the highest esteem in my heart, amongst all of them... But Fantasia's good too... in her own way... she has stage presence.

Anyway, the anti-climatic part is... I'm going to be missing the finals tonight! Yeah and I did not watch it yesterday too. All because of the 'musikcal'... Been staying back in church past midnight for the last couple of nights...

I can't believe that I've been following AI for sooo long and I'm going to miss the finals... sigh... it's ok...

Anyway, CNETAsia's having a magazine (named COOLGEAR) launch tonight at RABIANG... So sorry but I really don't know what kinda 'obiang'* place that is to launch something cool.

Forgive me for presuming but maybe it's even more happening than anywhere else that I know... Well, will go down with an open heart and mind and check out the place. Hehehe... Seriously, it might turn out to be beyond my expectations. Positively or negatively... yet to be seen...

I brought my digital camera along today... wanted to use it for the rehearsals tonight and take a few pics of my completed 'baby' i.e. the backdrop... But guess it will come in handy later during the magazine launch and my colleague's birthday celebration. My editor and I just went to buy a cake for him after lunch earlier... Chocolate Gateau! Yummy...

Alright, back to work... to craft out an article about some new multi-million dollar deal between Manpower Inc. and BT Asia Pacific...

References:
* "Obiang" - This word serves as a verb to describe and give an outlandish, outdated and not too flattering kind of feel...

Time to 'un-musical' my blog...

Was talking to Dannie boy yesterday... He commented that he did not expect my blog to be so "musical-ly inclined"... Haha... I can't help it!! It's like my life's revolving around it at this moment... in every waking moment of my being, I'm thinking if there's other things to be done, things that I've not yet covered, or my constant reminders to myself to remind others of what they are supposed to do... Haha... control freak. No wonder Elaine says that the word "Head-Prefect" is written ALL over my face... Now in retrospect, I pity the prefects that I worked with back in school... sorry people...

Anyway, some other recent happenings... Kian Ming offered to let me post my photos on his website and so that might possibly take up some of my personal time once the musical's over... BUT... Being the nice guy that he is, Kian Ming passed me his adobe photo shop proggie so that I can use it on the photos that I'm going to u/l... BUT... When I opened the photoshop program, I felt like an IDIOT... Hahaha... I was clicking away at everything, looking through the panels of tools and functions, and I closed the proggie... *Waves white flag*

I think maybe it's time for me to go buy the series of books for dum dums like me... "Adobe Photoshop for Dummies"...

Anyway, as part of the deal, I'm supposed to help Kian Ming promote his site... Whoever wants to post pictures on his website, can e-mail him directly via the site to let him know. Cost: S$100 per picture (negotiable I think... He may offer special deals). (Not too sure lar, but this was the rate that he quoted me when I spoke to him last night over Msn msger... HahhAHhaaHAHahHAhahAhHAhhahhAHh...I seriously think he's kidding but I'll check with him... If he's not, then I'll let you guys know too! Wahhahaa....:P)

Anyway, on a more serious note, I've been having this nagging pain in my right tummy area since last night... I keep having mental images of my appendix swelling up and exploding inside me... I think I'm sick... I'm in PAIN!!!

Sorry... I'm feeling so sleepy right now that I think half of what I'm saying is not coherent.. But I promised Dannie an un-musical entry... Hahhaha... Anyway, I'm so freaking tired... My eyelids feel so heavy... and I think I should head home to rest both my eyes and appendix... I think it needs rest that's why it's screaming out in pain...

OKAY! I declare I'm going bonkers! Enough for now... before I get friends offering to send me to Woodbridge... :)


P.S. Oh anyway, as an attempt to provide follow-ups on my previous entries, just to let you know the outsourcing article that I was working on a couple of weeks ago is UP!! Yay! Hehehe... It's going live today!

Test entry...

The silver lining amidst the dark clouds...

Hrrm... testing out this picture posting feature that is newly introduced to us bloggers! And it's DAMN cool! Wahahaha... now I can include pics here! That will make things more interesting I guess... and now I'll have more use for my Digi-cam!!!

Anyway, this picture was taken on the Bintan trip that I went on last year... DURING the MONSOON season... So you can guess how unpredictable the weather was. Trish and I practically had our swim wear on the WHOLE time... HAhah.. Cuz it was like, one minute the sun was bright and sunny, and we can happily bask in the warmth and brightness of the sun, on the beach... And within the next 10 mins, the sky gets cloudy (as you can see in the picture), cold and windy, and the rain drops start pelting down in minutes...

But it was a fun trip. And for those of you, to whom I related the events that happened during the trip... Yeah, this was the one with THE Caucasian guy... Hehehe.....

Anyway, this is a "Testing...Testing 1 2 3" entry... If I were to blog about anything significant, it's going to be about the musical AGAIN... so I think I shan't... Not till something significant happens... Hehe.. Till the next time then... :)

YAY!!!!

Yay!! I finally completed my outsourcing article!! Yoooo Hooooo.... Hehe... it's a load off my back.... but you know what, I got a darn strong feeling that another report is on it's way...

It's just like the month before. Just when I thought I finished the case study that I did on HollyWood Clicks, this outsourcing story came along. Well, it's okay... no sweat... because once you get the hang of it, and get used to working with deadlines (something which I am slowly getting used to), it's not too bad at all.

Now that I finished my work, I got to deal with the musical stuff!! ARgh... I have to think of some kinda design for the program booklet, do the page layout, and send it to the printers! Hrrm... you can ask me to sing... But design the program... Sheesssh....

But I don't wanna overload the rest of them with too much things to do, guess I'll got spend some minutes now trying to get a design up... Before hitting the sack! Hehe... YOOooOooOoHooOOooOOoo!!!!

But God...

Went for Emmaus* tonight. As usual Egwin conducted a fabuuuuulous session... (Usually consisting of a cheem sea of words that I struggle to stay afloat in...) And the topic tonight was "BUT GOD"... (not the exact theme... but that was what the sharing was all about... I can't remember the original theme... *sheepish*)

Hrrmm... funnily enough, it was inspiring... Not that his other sessions were not. But after having being in the Catholic faith for a year thereabouts, "BUT GOD" strikes out at me... *Wham* AGAIN... It seems like a follow up on my previous entry on the musical... Kinda coincidental or what? But anyway, it's definitely "Food For Thought" material.

In his sharing, Egwin talked about how important it is to have a strong belief and faith in God as He will see us through alot of things. Remember that we are His sheeps and He is our sheperd?? Anyway, given God's almighty nature, why not?

And Egwin showed incidences in the Bible where things for God's people went wrong, BUT GOD pulled the people in crisis through... (I'm going to try to repeat what I remember in LAYMAN's terms... so don't penalise me for not sounding biblical... :P )

1) In the Book of Esther, Haman, King Ahasuerus' right-hand man (an eunuch) plotted to convince Ahasuerus (out of jealousy) to kill all Jews in all the provinces after Ahasuerus showered great honour to a Jewish man, Mordecai, for all the good deeds that he has done. However, the Jews were Godly people. And they had God's favour, for when that happened, the Queen was this Jewish lady, named Esther. And there was no way Haman can kill Queen Esther. The Queen who was actually the niece of Mordecai, was enlightened to realise that she was probably placed in the position that she was in, to save the Jews from being exterminated. Esther in the end managed to convince Ashasuerus that he cannot kill her, one who was his very own wife. And therefore, cannot kill the other Jews. The amazing thing was, she was actually the second Queen, replacing this BEAUTIFUL woman known as Queen Vashti. Queen Vashti fell out of favour with Ashasuerus when she openly disobeyed Ashasuerus' order. At that time, a woman disobeying a man was UNHEARD of, and therefore Ashasuerus 'excommunicated' her from the palace. While looking for another Queen, Esther fell in favour with another of Ashasuerus' eunuch who was in-charge of "Queen spotting". And therefore, she had all the help that she needed to be chosen as the new Queen. In summary, Jews faced a crisis, BUT GOD helped them.

2) The story of Moses... Now now... after the "King of Eygpt" cartoon... Who doesn't know the story? But yeah, the gist of it is that Moses, who was born a Hebrew child, was 'sent' away via the Nile (in a small, tiny basket) to be free from the hands of the Egyptians. At that time, the Pharaoh had commanded that every new male offspring among the Israelites must be drowned. And amazingly, Moses was found by the Pharaoh's daughter who wanted to keep him for herself. Moses sister, Miriam, had been trailing the basket all this while to ensure her brother's safety. However, Pharaoh's daughter spotted her, and asked her if she knew of someone who's Hebrew who could be the baby's nurse. By the work of God's hand, Miriam brought Moses back to their mother, who was to be paid to nurse Moses. When Moses grew up and was brought back to lead his life as an Egyptian, he was deeply disturbed and hurt by the way the Hebrews were being treated. And subsequently, God spoke to him and gave him powers to deliver the Hebrews. The Hebrews were very Godly people. In summary, the Isrealites were persecuted, BUT GOD intervened and saved them.

There are so many other incidences, and I am too lazy to type everything out... But read the Bible if you want to know more (Hahah.. actually telling this to myself because I've not touched the Bible since I got Baptised... nope.. am not supposed to be proud of it. Just acknowledging a fact...)

But anyway, remember I mentioned that we were facing some problems with the backdrop for the musical? BUT GOD gave us His blessings and Ivy (who appropriately happened to be in between jobs now and so she has time for the musical matters) came up with the MOST wonderful plan this evening! Sure, she spent like hours thinking of ways to go about the problem, but now that we have the layout, the rest are peanuts! Heheh.. "BUT GOD" provided us with IVY!

Which reminds me of another favourite song of mine... Which speaks FOR me... Yeah as always... Haha

"I THANK YOU LORD"

I thank you Lord, for the trials that come my way,
In that way I can grow each day, as I let you lead.
And thank you Lord, for the patience those trials bring,
In that process of growing, I can learn to care.

But it goes against the way I am,
To put my human nature down,
And let the Spirit take control of all I do.
Cause when those trials come,
My human nature, shouts the things to do,
And God's soft prompting can be easily ignored.

But I thank you Lord, with each trial I feel inside,
That you're here to help lead and guide, me away from wrong.
Cause you promised Lord, that with every testing,
That your way of escaping's, easier to bear.

But it goes against the way I am,
To put my human nature down,
And let the Spirit take control of all I do.
Cause when those trials come,
My human nature, shouts the things to do,
And God's soft prompting can be easily ignored.

Yes I thank you Lord, for the victory that growing brings,
In surrender of everything, life is so worthwhile.
And I thank you Lord, that when everything's put in place,
Out in front I can see your face, and it's there you belong.

Thank you dear Lord.

Reference:

* Emmaus is the name of this young adults' group that I joined sometime last year. It's mainly for young, professional people who are hopeless in the Catholic faith. OPPSSS... wrong... for young working adults who are keen to develop a keener interest in the faith... or in keeping their faith ALIVE....*grins*

The musical again... hehee

Was standing, watching the musical rehearsal yesterday in the auditorium. And throughout the whole time, I had an indescribable feeling. It was a very comfortable feeling. It feels like home. The parish feels like home to me somehow, no matter which room I am in.

And as I was standing there, watching the cast rehearsing a choreographed dance scene, I felt waves after waves of (some kind of) sensation. I could feel God's presence in the room, with us.

I couldn't help feeling a sense of pride to see that the rehearsals were coming along so well. And I think that we really are working in God's grace. I can see the spirit amongst the cast... and I can see the hardwork that Wayne put in really showing...

The words of the songs spoke right through to me... I just felt amazed at how everytime, every single time we rehearse, it doesn't feel stale to me at all.

Sure, we have had some hitches. The backdrop is not yet completed till now. We have not even confirmed our mics and sound system. And we are only 2 weeks away from the performance. But something tells me that everything is being taken care of. That things will turn out fine. It's something that I've never felt before in the other projects that I've been involved with.

It's just like how Jaslyn amazingly came looking for me on Saturday to offer us her wedding decor for the attic where the musical is going to be held. Her wedding's like a week later, so she doesn't mind loaning it to us and leaving it there till then. Things just seem to be turning out more than what was planned!

And I feel shitty. Haha... Yeah... There's something wrong with me. And I feel spiritually dry... And yet, at the same time, this project seems to be able to life my spirits up... even if it meant burning my weekends, putting my social life to a halt.
Haha maybe it's cause the others involved are raining and storming Heaven with prayers.

I mean, the amazing thing is the others seem to think that I'm one HOLY person... Ironic... HAHAHA... But then again, maybe I should really start praying hard... Before something really bad crops up.

Maybe maybe, something in my life will change... because of the musical. Just like the way it goes in Mary's song in the musical... "Then, my life turned around... The day Jesus reached out to me... Faith... builds on solid ground... And love must be selfless and free..."

But then again, I think I got bigger issues to resolve. Things like searching what I really want out of life...

"I tell you most solemnly, when you were young, you did as you please. But someday you'll stretch your hands, and be taken against your will...Do not be afraid, I will be with you always..." -Jesus

P.S. I'm still missing my belly ring......

So sad...

I have decided... yesterday...

I have decided to remove my belly ring... SOBZ!

I took it off last night, after much consideration and after deciding that it is for the better. I mean something is just not right when your piercing gets infected every once in a while even after so many years... Hrrmm... yeah, doesn't sound right.

Anyway, the silly Australian guy who did it for me, pierced too 'deeply' and I can't change my ring into studs. Got bored of the little ring... Anyway, I have also decided that I'm going to get another piercing once I feel that my old one is healed and closed up.

But I can't help missing it! Sobz... Can you guys understand how that feels? It feels like a part of me is missing... I wake up every morning and I go to bed every night with it, but suddenly, it's not there anymore... Only a piercing scar to remind me of the bitter sweet memories... SOBZ....

Hhahaa... I know I'm being silly lar... But I really am missing it alreadieeeeeeee...... Yeah... I know... not like you guys will notice any difference, but I KNOW it's different!

SOBZ! SOBZ! SOBZ!

Americans need their ears DUG!

I can't believe it, I can't believe it! America actually voted LATOYA off American Idol. I'm sorry man... Either there's something wrong with their sense of music, or they are tone deaf, or their ears are just blocked by shitloads of earwax.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU AMERICA????

First I thought it was bad enough that they voted Jennifer Hudson off the show. I mean seriously come on! She can easily replace Jasmine's place in the show. Apart from Jasmine's long straight hair, oh so sweet smile, and the flower that's almost perpetually stuck in her hair (until the last two episodes where somehow she got her hair straighten or something... I dun really care), she goes OFF KEY almost everytime she sings!!!! OH MY GOD! And she's stayed on long enough and NOW THIS!!!!

And I can't believe that Fantasia was in the BOTTOM two!! Okay, nothing against Diana because she really deserves some credit... despite her young age, she can really sing! She's taken the judges' comments really well and she's really come a long way. But hey! Fantasia's definitely a tat above her. And Fantasia's in the bottom two! TWICE!

AMERICA! You need some washing in the ears man!! Or Music classes!

I knew tonight's results since this morning around 11 plus from the net and I was really shocked... But when I was watching the program just less than an hour ago, I can't help but teared when Latoya sang after she knew she got voted off. I mean... YOU GO GAL! That's the spirit man... Can't help admiring her sense of how "the show must go on". She sang so well once again!

BUT it's ok... I'm very very sure that she'll be offered a contract anytime! But Jasmine not better be saved next weeeeeek!!!!!!!

Just for you Latoya!

"SHE" (Elvis Costello)
She
May be the face I can't forget
A trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay
She may be the song that summer sings
May be the chill that autumn brings
May be a hundred different things
Within the measure of a day.

She
May be the beauty or the beast
May be the famine or the feast
May turn each day into a heaven or a hell
She may be the mirror of my dreams
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell

She who always seems so happy in a crowd
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
She may be the love that cannot hope to last
May come to me from shadows of the past
That I'll remember till the day I die

She
May be the reason I survive
The why and wherefore I'm alive
The one I'll care for through the rough and ready years
Me I'll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I've got to be
The meaning of my life is

She, she, she

I wonder how... I wonder why...

ARGHHH!! I'm going mad... writing this article on "Outsourcing" (errr...actually supposed to write...haven't start yet)... the HOT topic. It's partly my fault... for waiting till the last minute, 2 days before 'DEAD' line, that I start to work on it. But I have my daily news to write and so I have no time to write in office... then I just can't bring myself to work on serious work articles after working hours cuz by the time I reach home, my brain cells are still recuperating from being overworked during office hours... (YES I'm griping...)

It really brings me back to 'those days'....sheesh I feel so old... when I have to spend 2-3 days in the library, trying to get all sorts of information to base my essays on... and end up with a patchwork of different paragraphs from different sources as my final essay. (Of course alot of time is spent PARAPHRASING because we have been warned time and time again about Plagarism.) Anyway, yeah... it sure feels like that now except that I'm in DEEP SHIT because I have yet to interview anyone!!! And my article's due in 48 hours time!! And I can probably interview someone in less than an hour but who am I going to interview at such a short notice?? And I can forsee myself trying to get an extension probably till next Monday, AND I will probably be too busy with the musical over the weekend to get anything done about my article... And that's why I will be in DEEP SHIT.

I know all there is to know about outsourcing actually. PROs: Focus on specialisation, convenience, offshore outsourcing=cheaper labour cost i.e. increased cost efficiencies, also to save cost on continual technology upgrades for both hardware and software. CONs: Issues on IP i.e. Intellectual Property, security issues, quality control, thorough knowledge of industry/enterprise...

Okies if you don't understand what I'm talking about.. it's ok.. I understand can already... Wahhaa.. but if only I can write my article like this!! Life would be so much easier! But can I? No... have to write it in prim and proper manner... which kills my brain cells faster than neccessary... There goes my brain juice conservation project.

ARGH! HOW HOW HOW HOW????? I need DIVINE INTERVENTION! HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME PLEASEEEEEE!!!

Sometimes I feel like Carrie in Sex and the City... haha... writing my own column... IF ONLY... I can only dream about it... cuz my column would be too crappy for anyone to want to read! And my life is not even half as exciting as Carrie's...

There's a song for everything...

Have you guys ever experienced coming across a song which is able to express EXACTLY (with its lyrics) the way you are feeling at that exact point in time? Well, I have... always... there's always a song that describes exactly how I feel... and this is how I feel now...

"Angels Or Devils" (DishWalla)

This is the last time
That I'm ever gonna come here tonight
This is the last time - I will fall
Into a place that fails us all - inside

And I can see the pain in you
And I can see the love in you
But fighting all the demons will take time
It will take time

The angels they burn inside for us
Are we ever
Are we ever gonna learn to fly
The devils they burn inside of us
Are we ever gonna come back down
Come around
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could make us cold

This is the last time
That I'm ever gonna give in tonight
Are there angels or devils crawling here?
I just want to know what blurs and what is clear - to see

But I can see the pain in you
And I can see the love in you
And fighting all the demons will take time
It will take time

The angels they burn inside for us
And are we ever
Are we ever gonna learn to fly
The devils they burn inside of us
Are we ever gonna come back down - come around
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could break us

If I were to give in - give it up
- and then
Take a breath - make it deep
Cause it might be the last one you get
Be the last one
That could make us cold
That could make us cold
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could make us cold

It's SINFUL!

I think that in this day and age, it's just simply sinful not to be working AFTER office hours or during the WEEKENDS. Sighz… and this is my sob story for today…

It is SINFUL SINFUL SINFUL and you will be punished for your sin for NOT working when you are NOT supposed to be working. And this is what happens…

You forget to work during AFTER office hours, and you forget to work DURING the weekends… and when you come back to work on a bloody blue (which makes purple btw cuz bloody (red) + blue) Monday, you just get so stressed, and uptight and you start tearing your hair out thinking about what you have NOT done, what you have TO DO and what you WILL HAVE to do. SOBZ! THIS SUCKS!

It is therefore the greatest sin ever committed to go home ON TIME when it's time to go home on a work day.


(P.S. For the benefit of the couple of people who SMS-ed me after reading this entry, or those who will be reading this entry... NO I'm not MAD! Can't you guys tell that this entire entry is soaked to the core and dripping with SARCASM? :P omg...)

"We Are A Light"

Have been rather busy with producing a musical for my parish lately. The musical is titled, "We are a light ". Had our umpteenth practice today.

I don’t know why but ever since the first time I’ve heard this musical, something about it entices me and draws me closer to be involved with anything that has to do with it. I suppose it’s the music, the lyrics, the characters in the musical and the meaningful dialogues.

I wouldn’t consider myself to be a holy person. I don’t even go for Sunday masses as often as I would like, and I don't read the bible as often as I should have...(confesses guiltily). But I guess I felt called to be responsible for making sure that this musical comes to live.

The first time we did it, was for a church retreat. We spent on the average, a month, rushing through things. Until the eleventh hour, we were not exactly prepared and we weren’t even sure who was definitely in the choir. The main cast was discouraged, we had a fair bit of arguments, heartaches and we shed significant amount of tears over it. Nonetheless, the people involved gave it their best shot.

But I guess God has His ways around things. The musical touched the 30-40 over lives that we were performing for that night and the response was unimaginable. There were people crying during the musical and we even had standing ovation as the musical ended. After the musical ended, people were going up to the performers to tell them about how they were touched in ways that they have never felt before, how they found the musical so meaningful or how they could see themselves reflected in roles of the main characters, Peter, Mathias, Mary Magdalene or Jesus. The response was amazing… because all I expected was “You guys did well!” So much for shoddy work! (And in no way were we trying to a rendition of "The Passion of Christ ".)

Before we knew it, so many people were coming up to us, to tell us that we should take this musical to the parish level. And guess what? Tadah!!! That’s how we got to where we are now. Rehearsing every weekend, sometimes weekdays, and busy with backdrops, props, costumes etc.

Yet, despite all these, I’ve never felt any more fulfilled than I have now. With less than 3 weeks to go before the actual performance, I am already starting to feel sad that the end is near. Haha… silly me, yes I know. It’s kinda intimidating. Tony (RCIA* head) just came up to me today and told me that the musical’s going to be advertised on our church bulletin, Catholic News and Veritas, the official Catholic website. I was like “WHAT?” And I thought it’s only parish level… Hrrmmm… Shit, we are not professional lohhhhh… But anyway, Al volunteered to write the notice for the bulletin and even when I was reading that before it was sent for publishing, I was so touched by his words that I kinda teared… Must be cause of all that we went through before the last performance... Haha… yes yes... I’m a CRY BABY! (Winkz at all the E-mice!)

But anyway, below’s one of my favourite song “There is no Greater Love” from the musical! Enjoy… (Haha… can call me if you wanna hear how it goes! Yeah right…*puke*)

Jesus: Let not your hearts be troubled or dismayed.
Have faith in God be strong, believe in me.
Remember me in this bread you eat.
Remember me and share this cup of love.
As the Father has loved me, I tell you I love you,
Live on, live on in my love.
There is no greater love, there is no greater love
Than to lay down your life for your friends

My peace is what I leave you my friends.
A peace the world can’t promise I give to you.
O’ come to me if you’re weary.
O’ come to me and I will give you rest.
As the Father has loved me, I tell you I love you,
Live on, live on in my love.
There is no greater love, there is no greater love
Than to lay down your life for your friends.

I am the way and the truth and the life.
Come to Father through me.
For I will send the Spirit unto you.
Give witness to God’s justice and to God’s truth.
Remember me in the bread you eat.
Remember me, share this cup of love.
As the Father has loved me, I tell you I love you,
Live on, live on in my love.
There is no greater love,
There is no greater love than to lay down your life for your friends.

Reference:
* RCIA (Rite of Catholic Initiation for Adults) – It’s a one year journey that people who are interested in the Catholic faith are encouraged to go through, to understand what being in the faith means, and what the faith is all about. Baptism usually takes place after the RCIA journey, but it’s not compulsory. Own time, Own target man!

Life: the contrary of Maths?

Was reading this book titled "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ", which is written by one hell of an intelligent author, Mark Haddon, when something in the book struck me. No silly... not literally but rather struck me as in caught my attention...

Anyway, the gist of what struck me in a particular chapter in that particular book was that, some people like Maths because it is safe. Safe in the sense that there will ALWAYS be a straightforward answer at the end of the Maths problem. Which also means that a Maths problem can always be solved with an appropriate solution. And Maths will never be like reality in life, because in life, there is NEVER a straightforward answer. Mark Haddon really sounds like a genius... you guys should read this book... it's 'revelation' to a certain extent... and the amazing thing is, the story is supposedly written through the eyes of a child who has Asperger's Syndrome* (AS).

But no wonder I hate Maths. Can you imagine how simple life would be if there is a straightforward answer to everything? Adjectives such as worried, thrilling, anticipating, frightened and Nouns such as problems, trouble etc etc will never, ever be used. Because they would be redundant. Because everything can be solved at the end of the day. Therefore, no fear, no worries, don't bother.

Borrrrrrrrrrrrringggggggggggg............

I like life the way it is. Full of anticipation, full of pains, heartaches, worries, troubles, stress. And no, that does not mean that I like to indulge in Sadism or Masochism. But rather, in a cliche manner of description, it adds spice to life. Colors your world in a way a prism would break up, otherwise white or yellow light to the naked eye, into a multi-colored band of light similar to rainbow colors. It makes me feel.... HUMAN.

Don't you think that somehow the Chinese phrase (in literal translation) "Bitterness comes before the sweetness" is actually quite true? Having tasted the bitter, the sweet will be especially sweet with a longer, lingering taste. In English I suppose a phrase that holds the same meaning would be "Reap what you sow"? In the sense that you have to go through alot of trouble, obstacles, and pump in loads of effort before you enjoy the "Fruits of your labour"?

Haha... I can't believe I'm writing all these at 1am in the morning. I've got a press conference to attend at 8am tomorrow at Swissotel Merchant Court! ARGHH!! That means waking up at 7am! Yucks... I'm deprived... deprived of sleep... But then again, I know what all my dear friends would say to me... "You asked for it."

Still, this explains why I hate Maths. Cause I love Life...


Reference:

*Someone who has AS may exhibit autistic-like behaviors and marked deficiencies in social and communication skills.

Lame excuse...

Ok, those two previous entries were brought over from my previous blog attempt. Yes, I wrote twice then forgot that I ever had a blog site. Haha… and that was like 2 months ago.

It was only after suggesting to Kian Ming to start a blog site of his own that my short-lived interest revived. So I decided that I shall start afresh, on a new site where I shall ardently try to keep it as updated as possible.

I suppose one of the reasons why I stopped was cause I was too busy… (Haha… yeah even I know that's a lame excuse) Okies… below are the logical excuses then…

1. I am an IT journalist. I spend, on the average, 4-5 hours a day working on articles that gets published on my company's--and I mean the company that I work for, not the company that I own--website. I don't suppose the idea of spending another hour or so writing after working hours appeal to me very much. Especially I need to conserve brain cells… and prevent my brain juice from drying up too quickly… A crucial component in my line of work…

However, as you can see… I can be this long winded already. Therefore, I figured that I shall really really try to attempt to keep up with the updating of my blogs. Haha… Even as I'm typing this now, I'm working on another article that's due in like UGGGHHHH… 2 hours… But NO I'm NOT skiving (Glares at Kian Ming)* but am waiting for the PR person to get back to me about the questions I have before I can proceed on with the article. (The article's about how Hewlett Packard's gonna start producing CDs and DVDs storage media again… after they cut off that line of products under their branding sometime back.)

2. Did not really bother to go thinking about things to write about. Like I mentioned above, I'm on a brain juice conservation project almost perpetually. (That's why you are reading crap like this… if anyone's reading in the first place… HAHA!) But it's ok… I like… But I suppose now I'll just go with the flow... Write about what I think I would like to write… DuUuUuUhHhH…. That's what blogs are for right? (Yes I know I sound crazeeeeeeee…..That's what writing too much can do to you!)

Ok lar, I shall stop here… Brain juice conservation project. Writing rubbish can be darn tiring too...


References for better understanding of what I write about:

*Kian Ming mentioned that I gave him this great idea to start his own blog site when we were SKIVING at work… Fact: he was skiving, Fiction: I was skiving…

Brand new day......

Sitting in the office after my morning 'duties', wondering what to do...
Racking my brains over things to fool...
Suddenly, my brains go 'TINK!' and I realised what I can do...
Fool around with my new hobby...
Which is what I intend to do!

A new hobby?

Have been hearing friends going on and on about keeping a blog. Does sound a little controversial but decided to give it a shot in the end. I mean, why would you want people to be reading about your inner thoughts? Bare your naked emotions? Feel vulnerable? I don't know why but I suppose there's this inner desire in everyone to express... and this does seem harmless. It's almost like every author here is annonymous to me. Who's to find out who's who in reality?

Perhaps at the end of the day, being mysterious does appeal. Show everyone your soul but not your body. Well, to share your happiness, misery, anger, disappointments with people (even those that you do not know) makes one feel alive?