updates =)

wow its been so amazingly long since that last post! can't believe that it was 3 weeks ago that the car was locked shut in the garage!! hmmm...that's pretty incredible - seems like last week =)


well how has people been? a lot has happened in the past 3 weeks...nonewithstanding the one being my best friend Phoebe Khoo officially landing in Melbourne, Australia with ideas of staying here "long term"!! it was so odd just getting a sms from her, saying "Oi... Phoebe Here :)" with an aussie number...seriously - with our history of moving from one place to another (literally) and changing a million mobile numbers...this just felt so different!! I can't believe u're here NOW!! =) welcome "Home" hunny!! pray that u'll settle down soon...i believe this new season's gonna be bigger and better than anything u've seen before!!


also Shuvah's confirmation was last Sunday!! Congrats girl!! the service was incredibly long :P lots of presents :P photos..etc...and the dinner (thanks for having me for Dinner! it was the Best!!) after it was superb...wait til i get the pictures - the FOOD..haha..i dont remember liking seafood all that much - but this "seafood platter for 2" - omg its just the BOMB!! (so is the price..thanks uncle:P ) hahaha..it was two layers of a large-pizza-sized-plate worth of seafood..crabs,fresh prawns,prawns with cheese belmain bug(!!),calamari rings,chips,rice,fresh oysters,oysters with bacon......hahaha.......if any of u come up here..i mite consider bringing u there... =P

and REACH - where we go out into the community and do a somewhat "makeover" for it...we went to Telopea...most of the youth from asian went =) so that was GOOD - except for the fact we got lost on the way hehehe...had issues along the way ...took a half hour detour to auburn..to parramatta..before getting to telopea *sheepish* but we made it :P albeit a trifle late :D hehehe... got there and and cleaned out the graffitti...and some of the girls (and Terence) cleaned the green mouldy(gross) bits :P haha...good job everyone - it was good to just bless the community! and we had orange caps this year...and gea got yellow hands (like grangrene-ish :P ) can't really see it in this picture..but u get the point =) thats me, diana, gea after cleaning up..and the other's terence cleaning off sum crusty mould...it was quite disgusting :P hahaha...



















after that...went to Asian Service - had outreach with a Royal Kingdom theme =) dressed up nice and pretty... and we setup with a "throne" in the middle.. (which meant the musicians getting squished in one side :P ) and there's the "throne" in the middle :P didn't get pics of us
humans tho hehe..but there u go...good job devi! and had a banquet style dinner - it REALLY reminded me of a medieval style dinner, a la harry potter at school!! where it's a loooooong table with ppl sitting side by side - and there's lots food just across the table!! =) and some dressed up as waiters (complete with a bowtie! or "barfly" as some know it as =.=) haha...and served everyone with drinks etc =) make us feel so special...mmmm...





















and..what else? hmm..there was one week of being cooped up and writing a politics essay!! =) OH.. and i did "have a go" - which is one of the youth is given a chance to speak for 3 mins... and seriously that was so crazy!! i was Sooo unprepared...well - but by God's grace I spoke - and truly it wasn't me - but God speaking - cos I readily admit that stage fright is part of my inbuilt thing :P and when there's no stage fright = God taking over =) PLUS...the bonus was that i finished exactly on time! exactly on the dot...hahaha - that has never happened before =P good to set a precedent :P muahhahahaha...

OH....one more thing that NEEDS to be mentioned =) NINJA TURTLES!!!!!!! muahahaha if you have watched sat morning cartoons...and loved it.... u'll love this: http://www.tv.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1987/show/2752/video_player.html?uvid=IiM6wTut5bwKvTY wahahaha...i loved this video!! jus kept playing it over and over and over again...and discovered old episodes of ninja turtles from the 1990's on youtube and dailymotion =) (thanks caleb!) haha...that was so awesome..seriously it made my day when i found those episodes.. =) hahahha..aiight...i think that's it for now =P need to get back to work (as usual =.=) ahhh...good times good times!!

oh before i finish..gotta give tribute to God - as always He Never Never Fails!! don't know what to do without Him!! thank You for making everyday so special....

condensations of rainclouds

research is reading a 10 books & 20 articles and condensing it into two thousand words.

ugh as u can tell i've been doing that all easter =(
uhhh.cabin fever.who says it's gonna let up anytime soon?
plus im stuck for the weekend too.
garage door is SHUT.
closed tight SHUT for repairs since 6am this morning.
cant get no car out.
uh.what can i say?
-rainclouds.... =(

in a way it is like rainclouds.they are bound to happen sooner or later.vapour condenses.bad stuff tend to do the same huh.at least we know the sun remains unchanging.

rainclouds = raindrops
no raindrops, no rainbows.
interesting thought there.

a night under the stars

hmmm I just realized I don't like to post about what I do =) odd...

but here's what happened on monday night - we watched a movie under the stars! how cool's that (no pun intended, for it was freezing cold, even after being wrapped in a borrowed towel) - Casino Royale was the movie which ended up winning the vote =) basically Jasmin organized this thing to raise money to build a Watoto home for a Ugandan widow and 8 orphans - and about a thousand dollars was raised! praise the Lord! =) now we'll have one more Watoto home!! but the point I'm getting at is that it's funny to watch a movie with church youth =) we all, being pure at heart and called to pursuit of purity - and having intentions of staying pure! so there you go, during the bedroom scenes, it was hilarious!! we decided to Sing to the Stars! Sing a Song of Praise to the Heavens...literally!! so there we were!! while James Bond and the chiq did what they had to, we were singing "Break Free" and shouting it to the stars!! (while someone was trying to find the remote control!) oh, some were also playing scissors paper rock-Under the cover of a blanket = in pitch blackness! that was a couple of hilarious moments - but on the other hand, it's wonderful I reckon =) no more compromise in our lives!!

you know what was funnier? the part where Bond gets tortured? hahahaahaha it was soo funny to hear the general murmur of cringing and empathizing with Bond! wahahahahha.... *shivers* "scratching an itch in ur bum?!??!" omg! thats....just....sooo wrong!! hahaha as you do, they were going on about it for the night =P but it was a fun night nonetheless. and my goodness...in Kenthurst, on a clear night you can see the milky way =) how awesome's that!? always wonder how Abraham felt when he looked up in the skies...mmmm...

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besides there's one more episode of the easter weekend that must be mentioned~ on saturday after Asian service, we went to Serene's place for a social and some of us chanced upon a book of Oldies. Maynn....talk about disturbing the peace of the neighbourhood! we were singing stuff like "Majesty" (the Ron Kenoly version!) and "Come on and Celebrate" at the top of our lungs for at least an hour! that was a highlight of the night =) We grew up singing those classics and now getting back to them is just awesome after just singing contemporary stuff =) hahaha... but that was my easter weekend... =) or two hilarious events of my weekend at least!

the war of two worlds

how is it possible to tame the wild beast of man? the thing which I desire to do, I do not do; yet what I want not to do, I do. Paul was incredibly insightful when he wrote that. It's just so like man to resist what he knows he has to do, and be drawn to what he does not want to do. Are we separate creatures inhibiting the same physical space termed "homo sapien"? the conditions of surrender are terrible, yet to keep on fighting... for a moment of respite... "hope" is what we term this moment of respite isn't it...hoping for something that's more than what we see now...knowing that what we have now is temporal - another 65 years and time is up...it's not really morbid - just putting things into perspective for myself... to know what matters and what doesn't? to know that surrendering means 65 years of respite and timeless separation from hope...that's a good reason to fight ont isn't it...? He fought hard during His time on earth, and learned obedience from the things He suffered...He fought the ultimate fight that I need not fight the last battle against Death...now that is Hope-

political philosophy re-examined

I was jus minding my own business when I came upon this witty description of Political Philosophy...I especially love the bureaucratism and anarchism one =) this is awesomely Hilarious!!! distilling these ideas down to the simplest manner! wahahaha...

Socialism: You have two cows; you give one to your neighbour
Communism: You have two cows; the government takes both and gives you the milk
Fascism: You have two cows; the government takes both and sells you the milk
Nazism: You have two cows; the government takes both and shoots you
Bureaucratism: You have two cows; the government takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throws the milk away.
Capitalism: You have two cows; you sell one and buy a bull. Produce more cows and more milk and sell the milk at high prices to buy larger paddocks to produce more cows and more milk.
Anarchism: Keep the cows. Steal another one. Shoot the government.