Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
glad its over
i have not felt so nervous in such a loooooooong time.. maybe the last time could be my first ever presentation in university. because of my uk trip, i had to do make up class today and that means that i only had 2 days to practice.
playing in a class of strangers really up the nerve factor, and i barely made it through alive! alright, im exaggerating, but basically i kept rushing rather than pausing when im suppose to, and changing rhythms halfway because i totally lost track of where i was playing, and pressing the wrong keys.
serves you right for choosing such a difficult song! in any case, thank God for the supportive classmates who sang along. =)
playing in a class of strangers really up the nerve factor, and i barely made it through alive! alright, im exaggerating, but basically i kept rushing rather than pausing when im suppose to, and changing rhythms halfway because i totally lost track of where i was playing, and pressing the wrong keys.
serves you right for choosing such a difficult song! in any case, thank God for the supportive classmates who sang along. =)
Saturday, May 26, 2012
house vs rachel
i just found out today, after watching that particular scene quite a number of times, that dr house and rachel from friends actually met on a plane!
http://youtu.be/DNd7dAFnq8c
http://youtu.be/DNd7dAFnq8c
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
examine yourself
it takes two hands to clap. with one, you can get no sound. maybe if you swing it hard enough, you might hear the air move.
it's the same for everything else.
like for friendships..
definitely something that requires two hands to work. a relationship that fades away, often, we like to blame it on the other party. we, humans, all like to think that we don't do anything that is wrong, it is always the other person. a not too recent yet not too long ago incident with a friend resulted in a breakdown. i did think that why is the other person so difficult? why cant that person just go along with things? looking back, i just feel ashame for thinking that way. no matter what it is, i should examine myself, and ask myself why am i so difficult instead. im glad things arent as bad as it used to be now.
we can and often blame others on why they dont make an effort to maintain a relationship. for every silence on the other side, how can we blame anyone else but yourself if you yourself remains silent? how can we accuse others of being difficult when ourselves refuse to be more easy going? we can ask why others fail to meet the expectations but we can also ask why do we fix our expectations so high?
or for church..
having only been around the scene for a few years, i have already hear my fair share of people talking about how other places are better, how the preacher is more interesting, how the people are more caring, how easier it is to grow, how they have more areas for one to serve. well, of course there's always something better somewhere else, something better in an individual own interest. of course its better when everything is all set up, nice and proper, and you just have to... fit in, everything is provided for. one house that has everything and servants to keep it going, the other house is bare and empty, which one would one think it will be the more cosy one? of course its the one i can step in, sit on a huge comfortable chair, servants bring drinks and food to me, and i just do what i want to do. who doesnt like to get good things without having to do anything? that said, does it mean that the empty house cannot be cosy, cannot be comfortable? it will remain cold and empty if one is too lazy, too self centered to do anything about it. or it can be nice and comfortable too if one is willing to stop whining, get the butt off the floor, go to ikea and get yourself some furniture, and ask some friends for a nice gathering.
he's difficult, but have i been easy?
people arent caring, but do i care for others myself?
sermon isnt interesting, but am i willing to listen or learn to begin with?
gatherings arent fun, but do i try and plan something fun?
there's nothing in common, but have i tried to see if there could be anything in common?
there are people i dont like there, but have i tried liking them?
there's something wrong with how things are done, but have i tried changing them?
i cant contribute anything, but have you tried? if not, how do you know you cant?
it's always easier to identify other's mistakes, faults. it is always clearer from the point of the observer. but what is really important is not about what other's do or do not do. which right do one have to judge others anyway? one should really look at himself, to make himself blameless, and let others deal with themselves.
it's the same for everything else.
like for friendships..
definitely something that requires two hands to work. a relationship that fades away, often, we like to blame it on the other party. we, humans, all like to think that we don't do anything that is wrong, it is always the other person. a not too recent yet not too long ago incident with a friend resulted in a breakdown. i did think that why is the other person so difficult? why cant that person just go along with things? looking back, i just feel ashame for thinking that way. no matter what it is, i should examine myself, and ask myself why am i so difficult instead. im glad things arent as bad as it used to be now.
we can and often blame others on why they dont make an effort to maintain a relationship. for every silence on the other side, how can we blame anyone else but yourself if you yourself remains silent? how can we accuse others of being difficult when ourselves refuse to be more easy going? we can ask why others fail to meet the expectations but we can also ask why do we fix our expectations so high?
or for church..
having only been around the scene for a few years, i have already hear my fair share of people talking about how other places are better, how the preacher is more interesting, how the people are more caring, how easier it is to grow, how they have more areas for one to serve. well, of course there's always something better somewhere else, something better in an individual own interest. of course its better when everything is all set up, nice and proper, and you just have to... fit in, everything is provided for. one house that has everything and servants to keep it going, the other house is bare and empty, which one would one think it will be the more cosy one? of course its the one i can step in, sit on a huge comfortable chair, servants bring drinks and food to me, and i just do what i want to do. who doesnt like to get good things without having to do anything? that said, does it mean that the empty house cannot be cosy, cannot be comfortable? it will remain cold and empty if one is too lazy, too self centered to do anything about it. or it can be nice and comfortable too if one is willing to stop whining, get the butt off the floor, go to ikea and get yourself some furniture, and ask some friends for a nice gathering.
he's difficult, but have i been easy?
people arent caring, but do i care for others myself?
sermon isnt interesting, but am i willing to listen or learn to begin with?
gatherings arent fun, but do i try and plan something fun?
there's nothing in common, but have i tried to see if there could be anything in common?
there are people i dont like there, but have i tried liking them?
there's something wrong with how things are done, but have i tried changing them?
i cant contribute anything, but have you tried? if not, how do you know you cant?
it's always easier to identify other's mistakes, faults. it is always clearer from the point of the observer. but what is really important is not about what other's do or do not do. which right do one have to judge others anyway? one should really look at himself, to make himself blameless, and let others deal with themselves.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
back from the clouds..
a week away, and somehow, i found it hard adjusting back to life, back to work. it was an interesting trip indeed, a trip with a totally different group of people, to a land that is very different from any of the limited countries i have been. talked and spent so much time with this group of people, whom i see so often, yet never seem to know much about them. i certainly discover for myself that it isnt that we dont have anything to talk to older folks, it is we dont want to. i found out i could easily maintain a conversation with.. most of the adults on this trip, many of them so much older than myself.
also got to spend some time with someone whom i always tell my cell group that i am thankful for. also made me realise that for someone who has changed my life so greatly with her small act of faith, i havent really been talking nor showing concern much. a tea brought back good memories of those good old days in uni, when life was very much more simple, without people giving you nonsense to deal with.
also got to spend some time with someone whom i always tell my cell group that i am thankful for. also made me realise that for someone who has changed my life so greatly with her small act of faith, i havent really been talking nor showing concern much. a tea brought back good memories of those good old days in uni, when life was very much more simple, without people giving you nonsense to deal with.
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