Why

Been getting alot of feedback from people who hear about what i've done... So here is a very nice story which i feel is the motivation behind what i did actually... Read it a long time ago in my email i think...

The Original Starfish Story

As an old man walked the beach at dawn,
he noticed a boy ahead of him picking up starfish
and flinging them into the sea.
Finally catching up with the boy,
he asked why he was doing this.
The answer was that the stranded starfish would die
if left until the morning sun.
“But the beach goes on for miles and there are millions
of starfish,” saiid the old man.
“How can your effort make any difference?”
The boy looked at the starfish in his hand and then threw
it safely in the waves.
“It makes a difference to this one,” he said.

***

Perhaps if i were thrown into the same situation again i would have done things differently. Perhaps i won't. Who knows? All i know is that at that point of time, i felt that i couldn't walk away and pretend not to have seen or heard anything. There is a purpose to everything that happens, that i believe. Oh not the destiny crap. How do i explain? Hmmm... Its like you just have to look deeper, not just at what had happened, but deep within ourselves so see how what had happened can bring us closer to the purpose that we were brought into this world for.

Ok that wasn't a terribly good explanation, but i really don't know how to say it any clearer. Some people live their lives like within their own world. Everything that happens just happens. They have a goal in mind and they're bent on achieving it, everything else are just distractions, or even minor disturbances. I'm the exact opposite. I have no goal, no aspiration, save to grope my way forward, towards finding the purpose to my existence. Everything that happens, whether by design or by accident are clues toward that which i seek. And i believe that every action i make will change someone's life somehow, somewhere, sometime. Perhaps and most probably indirectly. I believe that each individual can make a difference to the world we live in. And despite not having the power to do greater things, i will not hesitate to use whatever resources i have to help whoever needs it... should our paths cross.

Hey don't think i'm some gullible goody two shoes. If you really know me, you'll know that its not easy for me to trust or believe in anyone. I kinda believe that everyone has a hidden agenda somewhere... except me that is haha... Maybe... Hmmm... Anyway, yeah... its not THAT easy to qualify for my help. Its something close to what we Chinese call Fate maybe? Heh. If only the words Fate and Destiny aren't so entwined with the superstitious mumbo jumbo, i'd use these terms all the time.

Well, i certainly don't expect anyone to understand why i did what i did from this entry. But... it might bring you closer to knowing me ^ ^

Bo Yong

He's a boy btw.. Refuses to get a haircut tho. Cute isn't he?

Dark Side of Life in Philippines

Guess what, i have no idea how i should start this. So i think i shall just go with the flow ya?

I went to a bar in Angeles City. Ok before people start flying out of their seats and fingers start pointing, i must clarify that i went there strictly to see how it is like really. I mean since i had gone to THOSE bars in Thailand with Cassie the last time round, i wanted to see how bars were like here. With Thailand, you kinda expect whatever your mind's thinking of right now. But with Philippines, which isn't exactly known for that kind of trade, it was a whole different "experience".

*** Initial Encounter ***

The first bar i stepped into, i wanted to step out of as quickly as i could. There were dancers on stage, much like in Thailand, and they reminded me all too much of Thailand... -..-

Shaken, i was about to write off the local scene as another little-Thailand when i decided to just give the place another shot. (Oh btw, yes its we, but i decided to just stick to "i" since some of the guys weren't there for the same purpose as myself. But yea, i got to call the shots whether we stayed or left... most of the time... Anyway they aren't important :p)

Now this place was abit different. Almost same setup, but alot less intimidating. The dancers are more covered up and the waitresses looked like waitresses... in hot outfits, ie. short short skirts (ooops... my fetish haha...)

As usual we, *ahem* i attracted the attention of the resident mamasan the moment i entered. Hardly surprising, since the usual customer averages around 50 years of age ^ ^; The waitresses naturally gravitated over and soon a nice little crowd had gathered around. There were usual requests for "Lady's drinks" which cost 150 pesos (exchange rate $1 to 32 pesos, go do your math hehe), which i complied with.

The mamasan was a 40 year old woman who somehow reminded me of my own mum hahaha... Oops?! But at 40 she looked older than my 54 yr old mum. Hmmm... does she look old or does my mum look young. I think both? I've got evergreen parents ^ ^

Anyway the mamasan was really friendly and was open with the questions i posed, often offering more information without prompting. So there i was chatting and gathering information while my "shadows" were doing whatever fancied them at the moment.

*** Life of a Night Crawler ***

The girls, it seems, get commission from the drinks that are offered to them. Something like 50 pesos for each drink they get. Not too sure if the mamasan gets a cut out of this. This may sound not too bad, but from what i see, most of the people there hardly ever gets them drinks. Oh maybe for the girl that catches their eye, but no one else usually. The dancers come down to do their rounds offering "tequila shots" for commission similarly, but we didn't stay long enough for that to happen.

Now the horrible part. If a customer fancies one of the girls, be it a dancer or one of the waitresses, he can offer to take her out by paying what is called a "barfine" to the mamasan in charge. This money kinda covers whatever the girl could have earned had she stayed on working (which i kinda doubt) and allows her to knock off early and keep the customer company for whatever activities he may have in mind. What i gathered is that usually the younger customers (younger here means below 50 yrs of age haha...) would bring the girl out to the various bars (what is known as barhopping) drink/dance the night away, before finally retiring to their lodgings WITH the girl. Oh the girl can refuse to of cos, or she could go and refuse to do that thing which is on your minds right now. But i think most of them wouldn't refuse, since if u made the customer happy, you get to keep all of whatever tip he decides to give you the next day when you leave. And do you know how much is the barfine? A measly 1200 pesos, half of which goes to the mamasan and half to the girl. 600 pesos... can you imagine? Its horrible. And i hear some customers may not even tip, claiming to be disatisfied? Or be really stingry with their tip?

Hearing this information made me look around at the girls around the bar, smiling and milling about, trying to make a living. How can they take it? Being Catholics (most if not all of them still proclaim themselves to be Catholics) how are they able to come to terms with what they do? Now i hope the righteous lot of you won't start jumping and belittling them. I'm glad i didn't.

*** Rhea ***

Somewhere somehow sometime during the conversation one of the waitresses (otherwise known as the bargirl in the local scene) caught my eye. Now don't get me wrong. Its not for THAT reason that had just crossed your mind again. I'm a great mind reader aren't i? Haha...

Remember easily a dozen girls had gathered around and drinks were bought for them? Well all of them continued casting their charms on my hapless crew and myself, hoping for a fine catch that night. All except this one girl who didn't join in asking for drinks, stayed in the background, yet always just hovering at the edge and *ahem* casting shy glances at me haha... She's also the one that went and brought the drinks over, 2 at a time... after many trips. Oh by the way, by drinks, i had Ice Tea, the girls had non-alcoholic drinks like gatorade, chocolate milk, strawberry milk, ice tea... the occassional beer. Its definitely unlike Thailand where it was beer or nothing.

Mmm yea back to the girl. Well, i noticed her noticing me and for some reason i decided to call her over. Well basically i asked the mamasan who's the girl there, she looks like a girl i used to like. Lame i know... but it was the only excuse i could think of, which i knew would have the same effect of getting her over, rather than saying i want that girl over and implying that i fancied her for some "other" reasons. Hmmm... whatever.

It was a relief to have her over cos that meant the girl who had wedged herself into my seat with me as well as that girl who jumped me and was happily sitting on my lap had to give way to the "Chosen one" haha... Anyway, gosh, she was a shy one. One look and you wonder what in the world is a girl like her doing working as a bargirl. Well, the mamasan filled me in, telling me she's only started work for a month and that she's a TEACHER! I was like what the? It seems that in Philippines you need to sit for some Teacher's Review after you get your degree, which would determine if you became a teacher or not. The mamasan herself had almost become a teacher herself, but she didn't even make it for the review having failed the tests before that thrice. -..-

So then... hmmm... the girls were surprisingly unselfish after i had indicated my "interest" in the shy girl and kept pushing her to me despite her feeble protests. Eventually she landed up on my lap too, which was kind of nice actually hahaha... Hey, the previous one treated me like I-Gallop for goodness' sake... -..- At leas this one's docile and i don't know why but despite being shy, she held on to my hand fiercely... Everyone commented that we looked alike. My fellow Singaporeans quipped "fu qi xiang" -..- She had the same moles as me on our face i guess? And similar eyes. Oh right, description of her looks? Innocent. Shy. Cute. I wouldn't say she's a babe. But somehow something about her makes me decide that she looks nice? How do i explain it? Its like LQ laaa, her niceness enhances her entire person doesn't it? Its the same with the girl. Haha... comparing LQ with a bargirl. Don't kill me :p Seriously though... same aura about her? But very different lives of course...

Ok enter Rhea. The 21 yr old graduate with a degree in Secondary School Education, ie. she'll become a teacher in secondary schools once she passes the review. Rhea Mae Real. Yea her surname's really Real... -..- Hey it isn't everyday i get to make a pun~

Its pronounced Ray-Ya. It seems that her uncle brought her out of the provinces to work here in the bar, together with 7 other cousins, with her 2 younger sisters joining up the next week. And get this, they're only 16 and 17 years old respectively. I was shocked. On my query of why they aren't studying, she turned to look at me with a sad smile and an even sadder look in her eyes and told me simply "We have no money." Herself, she had been what she calls a "Working Student" in order to complete her education. I tried asking her what it means to be a Working Student, but she didn't want to talk about it. Hmmm must have been terrible from the response i got from her. Over our conversation, i gathered that her uncle (father's cousin) helped bring them from the rural provinces to this place to work in return for a sum of money for the family. Which in my opinion is much like selling them off? She wants to be a teacher, but has no money to go for the review, and her family unable to support in anyway. Seems that the same problem's here as other places. The poor people have no family planning and have tons of kids. Probably lack of contraceptives? I don't know.

We talked about a bunch of stuff and i was starting to really enjoy her company when the mamasan nudged me and asked if i'd like to barfine her, while the girls around were giggling away. Erm... barfine her? Hesitate. Turned and looked at her. She turned away (does that everytime i try to get a good look at her... -..- like i said, shy...) but her grip on my arm was stronger than ever. So i did.

Ok now everybody lets jump to the beat. Bleah.

You should have seen how happy she was. I think she was really glad for any chance to get out of there and escape any chance of being barfined by some disgusting dude. She was barfined ONCE so far in the month that she had worked there... by a black dude she said, with a grimace. Argh. Plus, i think she knew i wasn't up to know good haha... Seriously i wasn't >.<

Off she went to change out of her work clothes (although i wouldn't have minded one bit had she stayed in that outfit hahaha...) while i continued my conversation with the mamasan. Just some random stuff, like how she knows this Japanese businessman, supposedly the President of the Yokohama group or something like that, although i have my doubts, who had promised to help sponsor her daughter for further studies, after which he promised to have her work for him in a proper office and not in the same industry as her mum. Part of the deal, i gathered, was that the daughter would become that dude's woman. The mamasan slyly told me "Of course its also because my daughter is a cherry girl." Huh? Cherry girl? "You know... no first time yet... " Wink wink with a poke in my ribs... Oh... that... -..- Seeing how much hope she had in this promise, i decided to keep quiet about my speculations and doubts.

My "date" for the night reappeared shortly and i was dumbstruck. I had expected some hot outfit or another. But there before me was a decent girl dressed in jeans and a MICKEY MOUSE t-shirt. -..- I looked at her and laughed "Mickey mouse?" Which made her blush and turn away yet again... Haha...

Oh yes, again i left out some info... The bars there open at around 2pm all the way till 3am mostly. Some open earlier, some close later. So when we left, it was still pretty early at night. I was famished and it was dinner... followed by...

Hmmmm.... What do you think?

I sent her home -..- Plus i wanted to grab the chance to see how the living condition's like. The weird thing was, although they "belong" to the mamasan, she doesn't provide lodgings. The girls have to find their own place to stay and pay through their own pockets. Much later, i found out that they regain their freedom by paying what is known as a Steady Barfine of 24000 pesos. Well, they could TRY to save up that amount or pray some silly guy comes along and helps them out. But many of the girls who are freed by their "boyfriends" eventually get dumped and end up going back to the bars. There was this really pretty girl in the bar, Christine, who had a Korean boyfriend who visits every few months, but returned to the bar after a big fight with him, needing the money to take care of her toddler son. She looks what, 19? Last heard her boyfriend will be redeeming her again the next month... hope he does...

Anyway ya, i visited Rhea's home. A 5000 pesos a month place that belongs to her cousin who has retired from the bar scene, currently surviving on money from some black dude in america, has a son by some Korean dude, and has 5 other local boyfriends who always come over for some fun and laughter -..- Rhea wasn't too happy having to live there with her 2 younger sisters and always sleeps with their room locked. Oh her nephew was CUTE... He really looks Korean with those eyes of his. I'll upload his pictures maybe... Bo-Yong's his name. I call him monkey... Haha... On my subsequent visit i brought chocolates that i had bought at the airport for myself for them. They were shaped like bird eggs? And this monkey picked up one, tried knocking it on the table and eventually tried knocking it against his forehead as well. It was hilarious and all of us almost died from laughing at him haha...

Well, eventually i took her out every night that we spent in town, with the weather and all prohibiting the "expedition". She starts work at 6pm, so i'd meet her at her house in the afternoons and go with her to the bar at 6 just to pay the barfine and whisk her off again. She sings everytime the song bug bites her and she has a really really good voice! Found out that she's part of the chior in Church -..- She was active in Theatre as well as Singing in school and had performed quite a few times it seems. She even won some duet competition. Saw the cert haha... Impressive.

We went grocery shopping and i helped stock up their fridge with food. She cooked for me and i had several meals there. Simple meals with just one dish. Usually either just fried fish, or chicken or some pork stew thingy, with rice. Simple fare. I felt so at ease there and preferred the simple comforts of her home to the hotel and the bars that littered the streets leading up to it. I even learnt a few simple words in Tagalog haha...

*** Confession ***

Yes its not conclusion, its confession. Well in a way its conclusion laaa... but yea. I tried to share this in person, but i couldn't. And i'm not too sure you should let my mum know about this either. Hmmm... Wonder if my sis reads this? She's a broadcasting station at home -..-

Its NOT what you think it is. >..<

I bought her freedom thats all. On my last day there, on Friday, i went and got her out of the place for good. She was crying, all her friends in the bar were hugging her and crying. Others were shooting her looks of envy. The mamasan was telling her how lucky she was having only worked there for a month... A record it seems. It was all very touching.

I felt pretty good, yet at the same time helpless? Cos although she's out, her sisters are starting work -..- And things weren't as simple too. Now that she's earned her freedom, she won't be working anymore. At least not until her teacher's review thingy in August, which hopefully she passes... So i decided to not do a half-assed job. I decided to support her financially until she gains independence.

I'm not sure if you understand the implications. Well i didn't really think about it until it hit me in the face. Her irritating boy-crazy cousin asked "So when you going to marry her?"

Imagine something like a fridge landing on my head. -..-

I squirmed out of the question while not outright saying it won't happen. It might not be the smartest thing to do, but i think she was hoping too... and i couldn't bring myself to dash her hopes? Argh... probably a bad move. Chinese saying "Short-term pain is better than long-term pain?" But i just wanted her to stay happy for as long as she could? She was so happy that day... Argh...

Anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy... The whole bunch of them sent me off at the airport that day. She cried although she tried to hide it from me. I made a promise to go back again soon as i can. Which i will probably end-december. My only other free time i think. Looking at things gonna be packed all the way till then, not even able to go for Church camp.

So there... Thats it. My misadventures in Philippines. Crazy and totally expected of me -..- PLEASE try to be encouraging... i'm down enough as it is right now... thinking about the future and all. Bah...

Philippines Trip

I'm back! Well actually i've already touched down yesterday... *looks at clock* err... the day before at around 8pm. I was simply too tired (flew for 3 hours!!!) and uninspired to blog i guess?

It was an interesting trip to Angeles City, Philippines. An EXPENSIVE trip in the end. Totally blew my budget out of the water. Which means i'm gonna have to scrimp and save (like i will...) to pay back all the credit card debts that i had incurred during my trip there.

I suppose for this post i'm just gonna put up some pictures of the places i visited there with short descriptions. No photos of the trek in Baguio sadly. It was raining on and off and i really didn't want my new phone to catch a flu ^ ^ But the main dish will be in the NEXT blog, that will be wordy, but more to the heart for me. So watch for it! Hehe...

Ok on with the photos.

A view of heaven?



Town area in Balibago, outside of the red light district / poorer districts.





Shopping Centre



Catholic Church - Holy Angels, on Sunday. Its like a mini fair with tons of peopl selling stuff there. Usually religious items like the cathoic garlands and rosaries and stuff. I don't know the terms. A bunch of child beggars were there too.





My first lunch at a local eatery near my hotel... Love the glass bottles. Oh and thats fried rice i was having haha...



This is the main road from that runs through the redlight district. Over here are the grocery stalls, eateries and marts, further up will be a congestion of bars. I didn't take any pictures of the girls outside the bars though. Really -..-



Cinema in newly opened mall, not unlike that which you find in Singapore. The nice thing about the cinemas here is: Free seating, except there's this distinction between normal seats and balcony seats. Normal's about $2 and balcony's about $3? And get this, you can sit there all day if you want. When we went, the show was already a quater way through. But we just remained there for the next screening which was just around 5 mins after the last show. Cool huh? Oh and this hall's HUGE. Perfect for Charis Angeles Church don't you think? :p



Ok thats all for now... more pictures in flickr as usual. Haven't found time to label the pictures properly yet too. Didn't really find too many things i want to take pictures of mehhh...

Up up and away!

Sitting at the Budget Terminal waiting for it to open. -..- Seems that it isn't exactly operating round the clock. So here i am sitting at Hans waiting for the counters to open so i can get my air tickets. Hmmm..

Parting gift...

Check this out... its AMAZING >.<

Leave of Absence

Ok in less than 24hrs i'll be flying off to Philippines for a short getaway haha... But plans are abit screwey right now thanks to the crazy storm that hit the EXACT place where my friends and i had wanted to go hiking/mountain climbing... The place's flooded right now, which wouldn't have really affected our "mountain" climbing if not for the fact that there are also landslides all over the place -..-

So it seems like we'll be stuck in the city for the first few days and hope that by the 3rd day morning the weather would be good enough for us to stick our necks out. Mehh... I can already IMAGINE what the programme would be like for the first 2 days... >.<

Well, no worries, i won't be bringing any filipino wife back hahahaha... :p So i guess i'll see everyone in 6 days time.

Oh wait... i'll be bringing my laptop along, so maybe it won't really seem like i'm away afterall haha... Be putting up pictures if i can find any decent things to take lol...

Ciaoz

Arise!

Its been quite a LONG LONG while since i visited the notorious (yea thats what she is now, NOTORIOUS) Xiaxue's blog. And frankly, i wish i hadn't been THAT bored. Check out her latest entry on 6th July if you REALLY want to know what made me throw up. Not recommended though.

I think its even worse when i check the comments and i see people actually cheering her on. I mean c'mon, its one thing to have a personality of your own, but quite another to be downright offensive and have utterly no respect for anyone else but yourself. And you people should know that. I ain't sure what's your motive for goading her on, but i'm pretty sure its not for her good.

Oh and for the record, calling someone a bastard is not just an insult to the person, but his parents as well. Its not something anyone should be using at all.

Such a irresponsible person to be the "Face" of Singapore Bloggers, a disgrace. Sure, some people out there who think themselves one with the "Western" culture may think nothing of it. But i think the truly civilised would not. Its like that "Iggy" Column on newspapers and magazines. Having that 20 year old sex-crazed girl blatantly tearing down what decency we have left and inciting youths to carelessly explore sex with her arguments and theories is so -..-

***

How do you talk to people like this who are infused with this maniac self-righteousness? How do you tell them that they are wrong, and come one day they will regret all that they have said and done? How do you attempt to save such people from eternal condemnation and in turn perhaps save their "followers"?

There too are people similar to them in my life. They seek to justify who they have become by convincing the world that they are right. By turning others into their clones. But perhaps its just that no one has heard their silent cries for help? That perhaps behind their impenetratable walls they really wish to get out?

These 2 people served to remind me what our world has become today. That even in our little haven that is Singapore we are not safe from the corruption that has consumed the world and the people. But i'm glad that there too are people like Rick Warren who are here to push back the tide. All is not lost, if we will just tear our eyes away from ourselves and see our true role in life. What do you see yourself as in school, at work, at home, in the Church? There is a part that God wants us to play don't you know that? Do you see it now?

***

God, please grant us the wisdom to help the people around us so that they may find their way to you. Let us be the light that chases away the darkness that has engulfed our world today. Give us the strength to overthrow the false ones with their false promises and false teachings. Be with us as we walk your path with our cross upon our shoulders.

Arise, Children of God. Arise!

Superman Lives!

Back at work... boohoo... I can't decide which is worse... Flu? Or Work? -..-

Anyway counting down to my departure for Philippines. Just 2 more days to go heh... Kinda apprehensive though, what with the Mumbai bombing yesterday and all. The place i'll be bunking at is FILLED with Americans. Yikes. >.<

So yea... I wonder what God has in store for me?

YOU, YOU , YOU... Better pray for me if you want me back heh.

Superman Lives... For now...

Pic of the day

Hunk coming! :) Looks of anticipation..

S for Sick

Guess what, i wore my blue T-shirt with the Superman sign on it down to Church today... with a bad case of influenza... Duh... Everyone was like "Superman will sick one meh?" >.<

I HATE FLU.

Its like the worst illness to be down with. There's simply no effective cure for it, u feel terrible, eyes swollen, watery, nose running non-stop, sneezing your nose off, can't sleep cos its stuck, body aches and feels devoid of strength... Grrr...

But i feel secure in His domain. Knowing this will eventually pass. Nothing that befalls me in this world is too great for me AND Him to handle, together. Not just in times of sickness, but in all misfortunes big or small.

Still.

I HATE FLU.

-..-

Charis Cooking Meet

What a day! Had fun setting up and preparing for the meet. Too bad weren't allowed to cook on the spot though. But overall fun, despite going down with a flu, slight fever and sore throat hehe... Ok i'm sure you can tell i'm not really talking sense. So lets have the pictures do the 1000 words thingy :)

Green Team hard at work planning to battle it out during the meet... (But they still lost... by a slight margin ^ ^)


The Ultimate Los...Ahem...Warriors ^ ^


This is what happens when females see our Fa...Ahem...Hunks :)


Anyone else notice that someone seems to be getting abit of the tummy? Hahahaha...


Looks nice, tastes batter :D


The queue tells it all~


For more pictures, go to my Flickr and check em out... For more details, come join us at our next meet! ;)

Church Building

Although i'm always snubbing CL whenever she goes into her "Rick Warren says..." rant, i'm actually envious that she got to attend the Purpose Driven Church Convention that's being held this week. Heck, i didn't even know about the event until today. Bleah.

Its not that i'm against Rick Warren, i'm actually very partial to him, its just that i get worried whenever anyone idolises someone, no matter how great. I've not read many of his books, but from what i've read, 99% of the time i find myself agreeing with him, while at the same time pleasantly surprised that that i'm not alone in some of my thoughts and theories. Here is someone who had gone and done it!

There, i hope that clears up my anti-RW image heh.

***

You know, i had always thought about how one should go about building a Church. But i realise i've always been going about it in the Perfect-case scenario. Start off with a team of dedicated Christians who have the same vision, attract people who become imbued with that same fervent, even fanatic passion for Christ, spread the fire...

But the real world isn't like that. In the first place i'm not the perfect Christian Leader i envision myself to be one day... Far from it in fact. But i do go into that God-Please-Use-Me frenzy now and then, so i suppose i'm not THAT hopeless ^ ^

Yet... given the choice, i would still want to have that perfect scenario. Oh i don't expect to have that dedicated team drop out of the sky. I'll have to find them and pass the fervor unto them. Much like how i've been spreading the Mac/PSP cult mentality to those i come into contact with haha... Good training i suppose? It started off with only me having a PSP in my workplace. Today there are easily half a dozen of us, including my direct superior, and we're mostly hooked on the same multiplayer game, Monster Hunter namely. And now i've gotten XY and LQ onto the Mac platform, with JJ, Char and Mel in my target sights haha... Nuts. Mmmm... but i digress.

Truth be told, i want to build my own Church one day. If God ever calls me to. If i ever finish learning the lessons given to me, being the slow learner that i am... I do believe that the Army has been a good learning environment for me. I've seen and heard and gone through alot in the organisation. All i've to do is to digest all that data and transform it into useful information for my future use. In particular i think i've learnt alot about people and what drives them. Leadership. Respect. Responsibilities. Gritting one's teeth through tough patches...

So there, any volunteers for the team that i'm gonna need? People who dare to dream for the Church. Crazy but not impossible dreams. And be willing to slog it out of course. Oh, and its a 24hrs a day, 7 days a week job :)

"Church growth is a byproduct of the Church introducing more souls into Eternity. Our Vision is not to increase Church membership, but to have everyone around us gain entry into Heaven together with us." - Justus 2006 ^ ^

Pray for the strong...

Just felt like blogging this in response to a conversation that transpired earlier.

LET US PRAY MORE OFTEN FOR OUR DEAR PASTOR CHUA.

Its the same phenomenon everywhere. Leaders who appear infallible are neglected in their needs all the time. Let us not forget that they too are humans. They too have their times of weakness. Reach out with our hearts and hear their muted cries for help!

I can understand the feeling. When you have no one to turn to. When you cannot afford to show any signs of weakness yet desperately wish for someone to cling to.

In our war for the spirits of those whom we love (and mayhaps those too that we do not love as much), spare a moment and give thanks for our leaders who lead the way ahead, they who are given the vision. Pray for them, that they do not falter in their steps.

Who is this??

Hmmm looks familiar doesn't he? ;) I'm SO hooked on this mobile blogging thing haha..

Gadgetman

My 3 Entertainment gadgets. Ha.. Couldn't include the newest addition in since its the photographer so go watch the clip ;)

Me and da tube...

Hahaha... i'm bored so...



Oh and turn the volume down ya... I really should have written a script beforehand >.<

Testing new phone! ;)

First few to get the K800i that i blogged about a while ago hehe.. Testing out the photo blog thing now hope it works haha

Its a bird... its a plane... no... its Superman!

Ratings: 8/10

The story's dubious and choppy, but watchable. The cast rocks. Lois Lane in particular is exactly how i'd have envisioned her. MUCH better than the original haha... Superman however... tries too hard to be Christopher Reeves. He definitely looks good enough to be Superman. But he should have tried being himself. His own Superman. And not imitate Reeves. Especially whenever he is Clark Kent. All the lip pursing and nerdy mannerisms are rip offs from Reeves. Plus he couldn't do it as well.

Still, this movie brings back memories. AND the reason why i've always wanted to wear specs hahaha... I loved imagining that i'd grow up to be Superman... Be that insignificant nerd who secretly is really all powerful and saves ur arse. Heh... Memories...

Yeap, i'd still watch the movie again. Right now i'm waiting for the collector's boxset to come out. Prob with the previous 3 installments as well.

- In Memory of the ORIGINAL Superman... Christopher Reeves -