Moment Musicaux

• 02:05 Feeling fitter! Played Ultimate Frisbee and Soccer 2 days running. Woo! #
• 02:05 My scalp has a red patch tho — attempted a botched header WITH A HAIRBAND. The ’spokes’ on the hairband pierced my scalp. Pain #

Eeeeee, I can’t believe he actually looks (a bit) INDIE. But the dirty, dishevelled, yak-ky kind. Ignore the hairband, I bet it’s my cousin’s. Anyway, glad he’s doing well in school. Aced the first sem, I heard.

Now what do I ask for… He asked Ickle Sis and I to think of something we want from US/UK. Shrugs. Now that my mom’s $900 Vitamix 520012132391 Mixer (blame a certain DJ.) is here…

• 14:07 Arsenal draws with Pompey! YES! Man Utd goes to the top of the table! C’mon! #
• 14:08 Argh… Got lobang for Maria Sharapova $180 tix for just $30. But I’m too broke… And uncle’s bringing me to Matsuo for dinner. What an … #

I’m back from a reflective mission trip from Thailand. It was quite a whirlwind of activities, and I’m only greeted with more when I’m back. Doesn’t help that I’m trying to catch up on my rest and am on the brink of falling sick, bleh. Anyhow, I wish all a very blessed Christmas! +)

This year’s sermon at Church pointed out that Christ’s birth actually holds much more meaning than simply a ’saviour coming down to earth’ — He, God, being a foetus in a mere mortal’s womb. A weak and helpless child that was subjected to the harshness of the earth, when He could have easily made a grand entrance as King and force us to become His slaves. But He chose to become man to be a servant, friend, teacher and saviour to mankind. A human of compassion and emotions, yet He remained in the Father and was sinless.

Awesome!

Quick updates:

• My band is playing for the final Stasis gig, Stasis10. We’re the first band at 2pm. Like most of the other Stasis gigs, this gig has some respectable bands playing (B-Quartet!), so do come! Pre-sale tickets are at $12. At-the-door, $20. More details on ticketing here. Also, a quick interview on the band for the Stasis gig by Kevin Mathews.

  We are also one of the 30 bands pre-selected for Baybeats 2008 auditions. Hopefully we’ll get to play in Singapore’s largest Indie festival next year… =]

• I’m amazed at how easily I took it. Amazed at the virtually zero malice I felt, as compared to that of a couple of years ago. Or am I still as naive as before? Childlike, childlike. I’ll have to be really look to God for strength, that’s for sure. Total reconciliation is not in place yet, and that’s still slight signs of the situation being otherwise. Let’s see how it goes.
• Christmas musical at Adam’s church was really quite a professional piece. Thank God for the many new believers that night. My church’s concert was quite a fresh breath of air too, and Rev Yap’s sermon was uh, hard-hitting — on the ears. Hah. But it was a meaningful one too.

So I’m back from YF camp, with an average of 5 hours sleep each night. And I’m off to Thailand for Mission Trip.

Please pray for journey’s mercies, an open heart of the Thais, and protection spiritually and physically.

Till 22 Dec!  

I’m silently proud of the fact that despite all misgivings, God’s love was shown. I hope by now it’s evident that the whole world isn’t what you thought it was. Something that hasn’t happened in a long time happened today, and I really hope that this will be the turning point.

Still, my heart burns whenever this proximity decreases.

Pairings held together in the dry
Flip, flop, a nasty smear left at the rear
End of the stick, shorter of course
Snips a candle’s wick

Drip, drop, on a spot of hornet’s tea
Off the glass which children eagerly sip
Eyes shining bright

Twisted yarns to bind them strong
Smear, sneer, yes I’m sure

Meaningless.

So little time, so little money.

So many things, so much money to have to spend.

It’s been poly all over again, doing the youth camp booklet. My skin is in one of its worst breakout stages ever, thanks to the 4am nights/mornings. But it’s definitely been a fulfilling one. =)

Like c’s nick says, His Grace is sufficient for me. =)

(Design by: Ben Eng) Ignoring the ‘i am / team’ part (this is incorporated into the logo in the final booklet cover design), the logo will be the on the camp tee shirt. =]

• 21:09 Mom just told me about a 40+ year old lady who used to be from her pickleball team. Scary how trash talking can happen at that age. #
• 21:11 There should be a ‘Please move to the back of the bus’ Campaign in Singapore. I quite understand why people here have to be educated non … #

Yeah, so I went (not before developing cold feet the night before) to get my limbs busted. I went for a barbeque the night before (ate lots of lamb chops!). Mom woke me up at 5am, forced me to have a Billy Wang exercise session with her. And now I’ve been forced to get my lazy bum up at 4am from Wednesday to join in that exercise!! ARGH!

So Yiwen picked up Sing Lynn and I by cab. The race started to the blasting of "You’re just too booooo-tiful", totally making my mood feel suicidal (not me, the MOOD). I also couldn’t believe that SO MANY GIRLS (young and working adults) were happily singing along! YARGH!

I told Yiwen to leave me be and not spoil her first marathon at the 3Km mark. Yea, that’s how bad my fitness level is. Even though Doreen said that it’s always better to have a kaki while running, I think the thought of finishing the race was good enough motivation for me. I took advantage of my still-there-recovery abilities to do brisk walks and fast jogs (of course I walked a little more than jogged) while trying to ignore the pain from the balls of my right foot. That hampered my progress, along with my lousy stamina. Yargh!

Still, I was quite morale-ly boosted when I realised that I could actually better my previous timing. I pushed all the way for the final few hundered metres. And I did! By a few minutes hahah. Last year I did wast almost 10 mins searching for a plaster for my blistered toe. Mehh. Found the others who did 21Km, and bumped into a couple of church friends and old colleagues =) We’re thinking of printing some TeamGlory tees for future races! WOO!

21Km next year? Hahah I don’t know. Depending on my training consistency: maybe. Just maybe. 

NB: I thought this year’s race was very well-organised. Especially the bag collection — there was hardly a queue, unlike last year where we waited almost an hour just to get our belongings. And yeah, it was like a warzone in the collection area!

Team GLORY!