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God Above All the World in Motion
God Above All My Hopes and Fears
I Don't Care What the World Throws At Me Now
It's Gonna Be Alright!

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Welcome to the United States of America.
This is a new season.
He has been amazing in His Faithfulness.
I have a lovely room-mate. Belle.
Reasonably good room.
Awesome Professors.
Scholarship opportunities.
How blessed. =)
Renewed Faith and Vigor.
WhooHoO!

u've been tagged

as again, its been a while since ive blogged, more specifically since then holidays started! weee!! =) time flies when ure having fun..hehe..its been so good to not sit at home and stare at assignments and books and the computer screen =)

and since i have sum spare time here..and just happened to get tagged by phoebe, so here goes!

1) 5 things found in my bag
- purse
- diary
- train timetable
- bible
- pouch containing lip gloss/balm/ipod/etc

2) 5 things found in my wallet
- bankcard
- credit card
- memorable messages from frens
- old pictures!
- receipts
*haha..note that money wasn't one of em~*

3) 5 favorite things in my bed room
- the BED and the comforter..soft..and huggables
- starsplash
- bible
- graduation doggie
- them clothes =)

4) 5 things i've always wanted to...
- travel the world
- spread the word of God
- cook good food
- play multiple instruments
- write a book

5) 5 things im currently into...
- my nice warm ugg boots (gotta agree phoebe!)
- spending lots of $
- eating chinese food
- TYPING IN CHINESE ON MSN!
- sleeeeep.....

6) 5 people i tagged
- i shall be nice n not tag ppls =p

unRepentant Procrastinator

omg...i'm going to pull my hair out...not stress...just frustrated!! and yes...sick of assignments...i guess that defines uni life doesnt it?!have just spent a whole weekend and 2 more days on a politics essay...i have 2 bloody essays due tomorrow...well technically one essay and another is an exam, but it's an essay as well which i have not studied for... and its nearly midnight now...and i'm still stuck on the essay!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wish...i wish...i wishh..........i don't even dare to wish...i just have to finish this...and still have time left over to study for the exam... =( and yes...i have another one due in 2 days time.................... *sigh*

a world in need of saving

the world is never as simple as we want to think it is. it is horrible messy. even bloody at times. what is good and what is bad never seems to be what it is. remember the proverb, "one man's meat is another man's poison"? here's a modern twist to it, "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter". a man i met, upon the knowledge i was taking 'politics' as a subject, commented that "you're brave". i have had numerous comments of that sort. in retrospect, it's rather telling of politics and the citizenry. we as citizens don't particularly want to know what is our government capable of, much less the American citizenry. we criticise Bush for his actions. so what? our governments are equally capable of doing what he does. those who speak the loudest, would probably have done what Bush is doing, perhaps worse! we criticise so much without an understanding of the reality behind it, much less a solution! it just struck me again and again, without forgiveness there is no end to this revenge-cycle. go to CNN and simply click on any of a news report of any conflict - i would be bold to say that the conflict is a result of a revenge-cycle. what chalmers johnson terms "blowback" - basically the unintended consequences of government policies that were kept secret from the people - is but a revenge-cycle. 9/11 was a revenge attack. iraq is a revenge attack. afghanistan (in whichever year) was revenge attack. israeli-palestinian conflict - need i say more? of course there was the original unprovoked attack. that itself is probably a result of a deeper reason. i hate to give examples for i don't want to condemn. but its heart-wrenching. it is. a lecturer once said, its necessary to keep a distance when studying facism for it messes with our minds. i reckon its the same with politics. its so disheartening to see the bloody mess this world is (literally). its one bloody mess. a far cry from the garden of Eden isnt it. what happened to forgiveness? what happened to love? what happened to the church? weren't we called to be His hands and His feet? we can't do everything, but we must do something!

f r e e d o m

in Your freedom I will live
I offer devotion

what else can I offer when You have offered freedom?
You have set me free from what bound me
accused me and laid a burden in my soul
in the law of the Spirit of Life I found freedom
no longer will I live under threat or under fear
the devotion of this heart belongs to You
only You

happy anni =)

second post....
haha - after talking to Adrian...and reading Phoebe's blog...
hmmm... life's interesting!!
as i was talking about heroes before...
it's the little things that make life so awesomely wonderful!!
what's the point of saving the world when your own world crumbles down?
is it worth the cost?
how amazing is love centered on Christ... where we follow the example set down for us - that one man lay down His life for another...sacrificial love...love that covers all...
how terrible is the burden of unforgiveness?

i thank God for adr+phoebe - HAPPY [belated] 2ND YEAR ANNI =)
haha...u've mushy nuff in ur blog pheebs =D i'll leave that to u...
but seirously tho its the start of long-distance...He will pull u guys thru =)
rainbows guys =) rainbows...
- love u's -

HERO-san

i just downed a huge dose of HEROES =) finally catching up from episode 14-20 in one go...having some time in between assignments!! for those questioning my use of time...i do question my own use of time as well...so there you go...i'll post some more thots on that if i still have inspiration later =P


but what im getting to...is that after watching all that, it set me thinking what is all this obsession over [super]Heroes??why does everyone desire to be a Hero at some point of time?every kid wants to be a superhero (superman cape etc) and when we grow up we pretend that we have more 'important' things to do...but look inside - deep inside past the the skepticism adults picked up while learning about the "real world" - we have desires to "save the world", in Hiro Nakamura's words, to do something heroic! to be looked upon in awe (discounting the fact its because it makes us feel good) what is it in heroism that makes us feel so good?


we get bored of a 'normal' life - waking up, eating breakfast, driving to school/work, coming home, eating dinner, sleeping...with other activities interspersed in between - well, at least I do!! but as I was thinking about this and came with this theory, but you are welcome to disagree with me.


Heroes act heroically so normalcy is restored.


A teacher once said that humans require normalcy to survive. Even the most outrageous risk takers or inconsistent person requires a "pattern" of life. Take time for example, 24 hours a day. That's a pattern. No one can without at least that regularity. imagine each day randomly deciding to be 24 hours, then 12hours the next, then 56 hours a day - life cannot be lived at all! that's chaos!! so what I am saying is that "saving the world" actually means restoring "normalcy"...nuclear bomb goes off, and someone tries to save us... therefore, heroes, are champions of normalcy, while challenging normalcy itself. Dichotomy?? Not so..think about it, we need a extra-normal person, who transforms sub-normal circumstances to normalcy..but that requires the hero to be more than normal - in the way where he is willing to lay down his life for others...that's when i think Jesus was the biggest superhero of all time...he laid down His life so that we can have life and life more abundantly!

so why do we insist on being a hero, who is after all, championing normalcy of life? so i guess the issue is not about being a hero anymore...its about recognition...having Superpowers itself doesn't make one a hero. Just watch the series Heroes - Hiro Nakamura is not a hero because he can bend the space/time continuum, but he has to prove himself a hero by saving the world. Powers used for personal gain, and you'll be called an evil dictator - and then we need a Hero to save us from that evil dictator! you catch the idea now? do we want to be a hero or do we just want recognition?? we want to be superman because he can fly...we want batman because he has tons of cash at hand..spiderman? because he's a nerd who gets the chiq (not really tho...as we see in spidey3~)

so still want to be a hero?? here's my take on a hero: one who builds others up to be heroes too...to challenge the sub-normalcy of life...it doesn't matter who is watching! every one has the potential to be a hero. let us open our eyes to see the everyday heroes. the mother who fight against hope to raise her children up to be a blessing to those around them. that's a heroine in action. see the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Heroes... an ordinary breed but extraordinary by choice...