Hey hey, groovy tune from the small town of Ipoh~ Check it out, and chill...
YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0scijVH4Aw
Monday, March 26, 2007
the mrbrown show 27 Mar 2007: Singapore 300
http://mrbrownshow.blogspot.com/2007/03/mrbrown-show-27-mar-2007-singapore-300.html
hahahaha!
"Must downgrade to Pes C2! if dun believe, ask my mudder..." :D
"Tonite we dine in Hell !!!" "Cookhouse ?"
"This is Madness!" "This is NATIONAL SERVICE !!"
My friend just forwarded this to me in the morning. may it brighten your day!
Monday, March 19, 2007
CNY Office party '07
ah, just saw these photos being posted up by my friend in office. ah, the food was fantastic, but the fellowship/"fei-lou-ship" was even better...
P.S. Captions are fictional and made-up by the author. Not what was actually said by the people in the shots. get an imagination, people! :D
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Monkey and Dog do Sit-ups
Think this came from a Japanese variety show. Very the hilarious, even if one do not understand the conversation or the words...
El Shaddai
The worship leader led us through this old song during CG last night. Am so thankful to be reminded of His grace and His abundant providence again, even through the remembering of what this name of God says about Him...
AMY GRANT lyrics - "El Shaddai"
(Michael Card & John Thompson)
[Chorus:]
El-Shaddai, El-Shaddai [means "God Almighty, God Almighty"]
El-Elyon na Adonai [means "God in the highest, Oh, Lord"]
Age to age, You're still the same
By the power of the name.
El-Shaddai, El-Shaddai
Erkamka na Adonai [means "We will love You, Oh, Lord"]
We will praise and lift You high
El-Shaddai
Through Your love
And through the ram,
You saved the son
Of Abraham.
Through the power
Of Your hand,
Turned the sea
Into dry land.
To the outcast
On her knees,
You were the God
Who really sees.
And by Your might,
You set Your children free.
[Chorus]
Through the years,
You made it clear,
That the time of Christ
Was near,
Though the people
Couldn't see
What Messiah ought to be.
Though Your Word
Contained the plan,
They just could not understand,
Your most awesome work was done
Though the frailty of Your son.
[Chorus]
(taken from http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/amy_grant/el_shaddai.html)
Attachment: el_shaddai.mid
Hinds' Feet on High Places (1955)
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Religion & Spirituality |
| Author: | Hannah Hurnard |
I didn't realise that this book was written so long ago, till I check the info online. Still it is a good, relevant and much needed book, bringing to mind on why God allows suffering and pain to come into believers' life, and why they aren't to be shunned. Many a times, people tend to look for quick-fixes to problems and abhors suffering. Well, I'm not a masochist or anything, but I do know that I tend to grow more as a person, when He puts me through tough times.
One take-away I have from this book is that "bruised corn will not be crushed forever". Sounds obscure? Go read Isaiah 28:27-28, (KJV).
http://www.amazon.com/Hinds-Feet-Places-Hannah-Hurnard/dp/0842314296
Wiki Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinds%27_Feet_on_High_Places
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Xing Wang Hong Kong Cafe 新旺香港茶餐厅
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Restaurants |
| Cuisine: | Chinese |
| Location: | #01-04/ 05, Marina Square, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore 039594 |
Sat there for 4 hours, having a cool chill-out with friends. Oh, one irritating thing was our orders were constantly being mixed up. I think one of our servers is a new waitress. Well, the saving grace was that the more experienced crew came around and provided good service.
oh, they keep playing Chinese songs - the audible volume was just loud enough; not so soft till you cannot hear the lyrics, nor so loud till you cannot hear one another talk.
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#01-04/ 05, Marina Square
6 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore 039594
Tel: 63375297
See more at http://www.blurbme.com/ui/lifestyle/establishment.php?&le_type=1&leId=10987
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
YouTube - Golden Axe Sega Genesis Mega Drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiWHW5G6hlM
awwwww, brings back good ole' memories of staying up in the scouts' playing throughout the night during Scouts' camp. :D
on takeaways from this morning devotions...
Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant - not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
- 2 Corinthians 3:4-6 (NIV)
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"A thing done slowly together is better than a thing done quickly alone".
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You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbour as yourself." If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
- Galatians 5:13-15 (NIV)
300 (2007)
| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Action & Adventure |
For some weird reason, the character who played Xerxes reminds me of Kumar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_%28drag_queen%29)...
Wiki Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(film)
IMDB Entry:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0416449/
on There Is No Security From Temptation in This Life
My son, thou art never secure in this life, but as long as thou livest,[1] thou shalt always need spiritual armor.Thou dwellest among enemies, and art assaulted on the right hand and on the left.[2]
If there thou defend not thyself on every side with the shield of patience, thou wilt not be long without a wound.
Moreover, if thou fix not thy heart on Me with a sincere willingness to suffer all things for Me, thou canst not bear the heat of this combat, not attain to the palm of the sanits in bliss.
Thou oughtest therefore manfully to go through all, and to secure a strong hand against whatever withstandeth thee.
For to him that overcometh is manna given, but for the indolent there remains much misery.
2. If thou seek rest in this world, how wilt thou then attain to the everlasting rest?
Dispose not thyself for much rest, but for much patience.
Seek true peace not in earth, but in heaven; not in men, nor in any other creature, but in God alone.
For the love of God thou oughtest cheerfully to undergo all things, that is to say, all labor, grief, temptation, vexation, anxiety, necessity, infirmity, injury, detraction, reproof, humiliation, shame, correction and contempt.
These help to virtue; these are the trial of a novice in Christ; these frame the heavenly crown.
I will give an everlasting reward for a short labor, and infinite glory for transitory shame.
3. Thinkest thou that thou shalt always have spiritual consolations at will?
My saints had not so, but they had many afflictions, and sundry temptations, and great discomforts.
But in all these they did bear themselves up patiently, and trusted rather in God than in themselvesm knowing that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared to future glory.[3]
Wilt thou have that at once, which others, after many tears and great labors, have hardly obtained?
Wait for the Lord, behave thyself manfully, and be of good courage;[4] do not despair, do not leave thy place, but steadily offer both body and soul for the glory of God.
I will reward thee in most plentiful manner, I will be with thee in every tribulation.
Monday, March 12, 2007
on Psalm 23 for IT people...
hahaha, my colleague from IT department just sent me this (thanks Mark!) ; don't know whether it's been floating around or not. May it bring a blessing of joy and laughter to those in the IT!
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The Lord is my programmer, I shall not crash,
He installed His software on the hard disk of my heart,
All of His commands are user friendly,
His directory moves me to the right choices for His name's sake.
Even though I scroll through the problems of life,
I will fear no bugs, for You are my backup,
Your password protects me,
You prepare a menu before me in the presence of my enemies,
Your help is only a key away.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life,
And my file will be merged with His and saved forever.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
on swine before pearls
(Copyright Gospel Communications International, Inc - www.reverendfun.com)
haha, wonder what will Pig think?
ReverendFun.com
http://www.reverendfun.com/
haha, saw Edmund using this funny cartoon during his sermon yesterday. Biblical humor at its best~
(Copyright Gospel Communications International, Inc - www.reverendfun.com)
YouTube - 麻坡的華語 Muar Chinese (NC-16)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6M8fnjPLx6k
Haha, the previous MV was removed by Youtube due to explicit content.
Now the guy did a sanistised version/ Only in terms of the video imagery, the lyrics are still as explicit~
actually, i found the replaced portions more "suggestive" than the previous segment. Maybe should up my rating to M-18? :D
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
YouTube - Awaken the Watchmen (GDOP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjNKyVnyA0I
Cheer for Prostrate Zion
1 Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;
Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no longer come into you.
2 Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,
O captive Jerusalem;
Loose yourself from the chains around your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For thus says the LORD, "You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money."
4 For thus says the Lord GOD, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 "Now therefore, what do I have here," declares the LORD,
"seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?"
Again the LORD declares, "Those who rule over them howl,
and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
6 "Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the
one who is speaking, 'Here I am.'"
7 How lovely on the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who announces peace
And brings good news of happiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see with their own eyes
When the LORD restores Zion.
9 Break forth, shout joyfully together,
You waste places of Jerusalem;
For the LORD has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD has bared His holy arm
In the sight of all the nations,
That all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.
11 Depart, depart, go out from there,
Touch nothing unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12 But you will not go out in haste,
Nor will you go as fugitives;
For the LORD will go before you,
And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
The Exalted Servant
13 Behold, My servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.
14 Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.
15 Thus He will sprinkle many nations,
Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;
For what had not been told them they will see,
And what they had not heard they will understand.
- Isaiah 52 (NASB)
I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the LORD,
give yourselves no rest,
and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise of the earth.
- Isaiah 62:6-7 (NIV)
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
CG CNY Party at church office
yesh, the lift was shut down from 7.30pm till around 9-ish. For the people who couldn't make it earlier before the lift stop operating, they had to climb 17 flights of stairs up...
Combined CG Reunion party at the church office, 15 Feb 2007.
Courtesy of Ami (Gracias, señora!)
Monday, March 5, 2007
麻坡的華語 (NC-16)
Ah, should be considered NC-16-rated bah, since got reference to body parts. But is very the good lor. What got me was the line "去Tanjung 'wei lao gao' (Feed monkey)" 
Originally I rated this "PG" only, but my friend said should be more than that. ;p
on I Will Serve Thee
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I Will Serve Thee
by Gloria Gaither & William Gaither
G C G
I will serve Thee because I love Thee
G D G
You have given life to me
G C G
I was nothing before You found me
G D G
You have given life to me
C G
Heartaches, broken pieces
G D D7 G
Ruined lives are why You died on
C G
Your touch was what I longed for
G D D7 G
You have given life to me
Taken from http://worshipmusic.eileenjahna.com/
Even as the month of Lent* starts, my prayer is for all believers to start contemplating on the last 40 days of our Lord's time on this earth 2000 plus years ago, as He went into Jerusalem knowing full well of the cross He had to bear.
May your life be richly blessed as you ponder on the significance of His sacrifice for you and I.
*Ash Wednesday this year started on 21 Feb.
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Welcome to Global Day Of Prayer Singapore
http://www.prayforsingapore.org.sg/
from Homepage:
As dawn broke on the first Pentecost, Christians were gathered "all together in one place" (Acts 2:1). On this coming Pentecost, many millions of believers will again be all together - but in many nations - praying in one accord for the biblical hope for Christ's glory and the transformation of all nations.
Welcome to www.prayforsingapore.org.sg, the website for the Global Day of Prayer in Singapore. On Pentecost Sunday, 4 June 2006 for the first time more than 25,000 people assembled at the Singapore National Stadium in unity of the spirit and in demonstration of love, to worship the Lord, pray for our nation, the world, and repent of their sins.
In 2007... where will you be on 27 May at 7pm? Come and pray at the National Stadium. It only matters if you are there. So don't miss this very special day and be ready for the largest prayer gathering ever!
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When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
- Acts 2:1 (NIV)
Global Day of Prayer 2007
| Start: | May 27, '07 5:00p |
| End: | May 27, '07 10:00p |
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. - Acts 2:1 (NIV)
Website:
http://www.prayforsingapore.org.sg/index.html
YouTube - A Counting Blue Cars Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uQYuT3886s
haha, my friend sent me this link and asked me if I remembered the song from the 90s. Can't say I recalled this, but the beat and rhythm is catchy,
Did a Google search on it for the lyrics and laughed my head off
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Must of been mid afternoon
I could tell by how far the child's shadow stretched out and
He walked with a purpose
In his sneakers, down the street
He had, many questions
Like children often do
He said,
Tell me all your thoughts on God?
Tell me am I very far?
Must of been late afternoon
On our way the sun broke free of the clouds
We count only blue cars
Skip the cracks, in the street
And ask many questions
Like children often do
We said,
Tell me all your thoughts on God?
'Cause I would really like to meet her.
And ask her why we're who we are.
Tell me all your thoughts on God,
Cause I am on my way to see her.
So tell me am I very far -
Am I very far now?
Its getting cold picked up the pace
How our shoes make hard noises in this place
Our clothes are stained
We pass many, cross eyed people
And ask many questions
Like children often do
Tell me all your thoughts on God?
'Cause I would really like to meet her.
And ask her why we're who we are.
Tell me all your thoughts on God?
'Cause I am on my way to see her.
So tell me am I very far?
Am I very far now
Am I very far now
Am I very far now
(lyrics taken from http://www.lyricsondemand.com/onehitwonders/countingbluecarslyrics.html )
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hahah, looking for a female god. Hope Dishwalla aint't looking for Alanis Morissette* ... :D
*For those who dun remember the reference, ** Alanis Morisette played the role of God is a film "Dogma" (1999).
see http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9901/26/alanis/
** probably because not born yet...
Heckuva Job, Bushie! (2006)
| Rating: | ★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Author: | Garry Trudeau |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doonesbury
Try Rebooting Yourself - A Dilbert Book (2005)
| Rating: | ★★★ |
| Category: | Books |
| Genre: | Comics & Graphic Novels |
| Author: | Scott Adams |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_Rebooting_Yourself
Friday, March 2, 2007
on binging on 2 consecutive days...
yesh, last weekend was an especially "sinful" time of feasting~ :p Ate and ate and ate...
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Saturday (24 Feb)
After a good time of prayer-walking around the land on last Saturday's afternoon, went to my friend's place to eat her parents' famous "po-piah". It's a family hand-me-down recipe, apparently the grandfather specifically gave the ingredients and the method of preparing the dish. Some more, my friend's parents chose to use hand-made popiah skin, instead of the usual factory made skin. It makes a big difference in the taste and texture... [drool]
Unfortunately, I only walloped a roll, as I had a dinner appointment with my 2 other friends at Adam Road Food Center later that evening. Saved my stomach for more room to fill up with mutton soup, mutton "tulang", satay, roti john, "Apit" kopi-tarek and Baron's Beer. Din get to order the "la-las" as the seafood store was not open :< Still, I went home pretty intoxicated with good food and great company, a very happy man indeed *hiccup*.
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Sunday (25 Feb)
After church, went to the newly renovated food-court besides my church. They had a new stall that does Korean hot-plate dishes. Tried the saba fish~ not that bad actually. My friend tried the spicy korean pork thingie, but she said not as authentic as the one they sell in Korea. Still, I was satisfied since I got a well-balanced diet - satisfied my seafood craving from not getting my "la-las" the previous night.
In the evening, another friend drove me to Chomps Chomps Hawker center, near Serangoon Gardens. Tried out the famous hokkien mee - absolutely delicious. The "or-lua"/oyster omelet was so-so only.* As was kinda overstuffed with food from the previous day, didn't order the extra stuff like "satay beehoon", chicken wings and the gigantic $2.50 sugar-cane juice.
After the dinner, it was still early, so my friend brought me over to Ice. A great cozy joint, where the desserts are absolutely fantastic. Slurping down the chewy chocolate ice-cream with slices of banana was simply heavenly - and I'm not even a choco-holic to boot. :D
well, with so much binging the past weekend, it's time to hit the swimming pool and the running tracks again this weekend! Keeping my fingers crossed that the weather will stay sunny this evening... :p
*As the French puts it, "comme ci comme ca"
Faith and Doubt Quotes
http://www.tentmaker.org/Quotes/faithquotes.htm
...A dialogue between the faith-full and the doubt-full...
...A dialogue between the faith-full and the doubt-full...
on the pleasure of finding things out...
and what God has to do with that. :P Have to post these thoughts after reading a fellow blogger's dilemma with science. okay, so I'm simplifying his situation, but I believed it's a real struggle, when Christians are asked the simplest and hardest questions. Where does God fits into the big picture?
The following points are just some points I took away from a co-worker sharing during the staff morning devotions. Now this fellow co-worker is what I called a "colorful character"**. He's the type who will start off a devotion session using a sound clip from a Dilbert cartoon episode. He loves all things to do with engineering and science, and he's someone whom we called has been born with the "knack". So on that particular morning*, he started off with introducing a book he was reading at the time, "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" by Richard P. Feynman.
No, Feynman wasn't a great theologian scientist. In fact, he was a staunch humanist, who only believed in the goodness that Christianity brought to western civilisation through the ages. He believed Christian ethics and morality brought about an advance in western thought and stability to Western civilisation, which contributes to the advent of science. Yet, in all his years of research, he couldn't "buy" the concept of an Almighty God, because he can't proved it. I think the picture my co-worker puts forth is that Feynman was an agnostic, and not an atheist. Hey, to be an atheist, you have to believe fervently in the belief of a non-God, and that's almost faith in itself. :p
Back to the sharing, after that, my co-worker asked us a simple question, "What does a scientist do?" haha, got various people try to give their answers - we "mere mortals" just said something along the lines of "physics and chemistry lor"; the engineer in our midst gave some long answer^ involving words like "experiment" and "data". In the end, the elegant and simple answer my colleague gave was that a good scientist tries to answer "What happens when I do this?" He then elaborates how very few people do good science thesedays, because they cannot be both curious and honest about what they do and do not know.
He also explained the bedrock of good science is based upon Doubt, while the bedrock of Christianity is based upon Belief.^^ Good science is doubting what others have said about how a certain thing will turn out, and doing experiment to verify what that group has said to be the truth; whereas in Christianity, the Truth has already been revealed to us, and all we need to is hanging onto the truth. Now, it does not mean there is no room for doubt in Christianity - remember the Bearens! But ultimately, we must remember as Christians, the truth has been given to us by grace. Many a times God has rebuked the nation of Israel for continually testing Him in the Old Testament. Only in one instance did God asked us as believers to test Him^^^^. Ergo, "do believe your beliefs, and doubt your doubts^^^^^"; do not doubt in your beliefs and believe in your doubts." We can do good science in our theology, and examining over each and every word that is written in the Bible.
so in the end, how does this help my blogger friend's in his dilemma? I also don't know :p I guess the only thing I can do is pray that he will continue to have joy and peace in his research field, while not forgetting where his true Joy lies.
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Faith which does not doubt is dead faith.—Miguel de Unamuno
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* at last Wednesday's morning, between Singapore time 0840hrs till 0925hrs, at 22 degrees Celsius, to be precise and scientific about it... :P
** as compared to me, who probably just go for the "worship-sharing-prayer" format... :D
^ more than 15 seconds :p
^^ or something along those lines. I'm fudging a bit, because I'm recollecting bits of memories after such a long break^^^...
^^^ ok, so it was only 10 days ago, but hey, in this age of data overload, you can have billions and trillions of bits of information passing before your eyes... :D
^^^^ haha, do you know where? Answer is here
^^^^^ by Fred Francis Bosworth (1877-1958)
on catching up with work then and with blog now...
these past 10 days went past in a blur. Last week was a short week, with only 3 workdays after coming back from Chinese New Year break. Then this week, had to run full steam doing up new plans and catching up with work. Give thanks that am able to at least catch with the schedule. Only downside is that after a full day of staring into the computer screen, come back too tored to write up my blog. Ah well, time to play catch up on my entries again. Return of the Blogger Monster! :D
Thursday, March 1, 2007
YouTube - orange range sayonara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kayIGj47WQ&NR
Sob sob, a very sad MV, get out your tissues....
Longer MV link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVTJwo3EGzM&mode=related&search=
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