Although this is a serious matter.... there's a nice vid made by Mr. Brown and Co. to lighten the mood haha..
Here's their rendition of Wondergirls' - Nobody. Enjoy!
永恒的爱存在吗?
我今天看了一部非常棒的爱情片.看完之后有了许多感想...
剧中有一句令我赞叹不已的话:
"如果爱上一个人,怎能不害怕分离? 而我们必须接受事实...人长大了,寂寞就是没有了爱.这种空虚不是朋友或家人能个取代的... 即使是短暂的爱过,也会刻骨铭心."
记得有人说过:"爱情犹如烟火". 烟火释放出的光芒, 璀璨夺目,照亮着人生中的黑暗. 但刹那间,也可能就消失了. 这样的爱值得追求吗?
剧中有一句令我赞叹不已的话:
"如果爱上一个人,怎能不害怕分离? 而我们必须接受事实...人长大了,寂寞就是没有了爱.这种空虚不是朋友或家人能个取代的... 即使是短暂的爱过,也会刻骨铭心."
记得有人说过:"爱情犹如烟火". 烟火释放出的光芒, 璀璨夺目,照亮着人生中的黑暗. 但刹那间,也可能就消失了. 这样的爱值得追求吗?
I Just Want You
I Just Want You - Planetshakers
More than a nice melody,
More than the sweetest of words,
This is love i have found,
and with this love i am found.
I just want you Jesus, i just want you my Lord,
I just want you Jesus, i just want You.
Never could i comprehend,
The love you so freely give,
Never could i be with you,
But you love covers all of my sin.
I just want you Jesus,
I just want you my Lord,
I just want you Jesus i just want You.
There is no greater love than Your's,
Nothing else could ever compare,
And even if i search all the world i will never find a love like your's, God.
There is no greater love than Your's,
Nothing else could ever compare,
And even if i search all the world i will never find a love like your's.
I just want you Jesus,
I just want you my Lord,
I just want you Jesus,
I just want You,
Jesus
感恩的心
上个学期的考试今天终于放榜了。说实话，我对这次的成绩放榜并不期待-因为我总是觉得这次的表现并不理想。虽然说，我在这个学期所付出的努力好比上的学期多了许多，但却觉得自己似乎在课业上领悟得不多。
虽然说不在意，不知怎么的，今天十一点五十九分，我便守在电脑旁了。在领取成绩的那一刹那，我感觉到了瞬间的安慰-这应该是因为觉到了所得的成绩虽然比预期的好。但奇怪的是，这瞬间的安慰转眼间演变成了一种苦涩的失落-因为这次的表现和上个学期相比可算是差强人意。。。这种感觉究竟是因为我的要求太高？还是，这只是人性自古以来都甩不掉的“贪念”呢？我真的搞不太懂！
今天乘闲着没事干的时候，我无意中来到了网络的上的一个部落格。 作者在部落格里抒写了一些不如意的经历。但是，令我惊讶的是，她竟然在这种情况下还能保持着乐观、积极、感恩的态度。而我生在的处境，比她好许多，却为一点小事搞得不愉快。嗨。。。 我该知足了！
虽然说不在意，不知怎么的，今天十一点五十九分，我便守在电脑旁了。在领取成绩的那一刹那，我感觉到了瞬间的安慰-这应该是因为觉到了所得的成绩虽然比预期的好。但奇怪的是，这瞬间的安慰转眼间演变成了一种苦涩的失落-因为这次的表现和上个学期相比可算是差强人意。。。这种感觉究竟是因为我的要求太高？还是，这只是人性自古以来都甩不掉的“贪念”呢？我真的搞不太懂！
今天乘闲着没事干的时候，我无意中来到了网络的上的一个部落格。 作者在部落格里抒写了一些不如意的经历。但是，令我惊讶的是，她竟然在这种情况下还能保持着乐观、积极、感恩的态度。而我生在的处境，比她好许多，却为一点小事搞得不愉快。嗨。。。 我该知足了！
Cherish
I read something i really liked on facebook. Thought i should leave it here to share, and to remember. Here it goes:
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her.She told her boyfriend,"If I could only see the world,I will marry you."
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.
He asked her, 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'
The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying:
"Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine."
This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
Life Is a Gift
Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on
your face and think: you're alive and still around.
There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her.She told her boyfriend,"If I could only see the world,I will marry you."
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her
boyfriend.
He asked her, 'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?'
The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying:
"Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine."
This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
Life Is a Gift
Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.
Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.
Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.
And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.
And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on
your face and think: you're alive and still around.
The Ferns and Bamboo Story: my perspective.
I am sitting my room, idling again. Looks like I am back again in this cave, finally. This is where I like to ponder about life's issues, with my favourite playlist playing.
Away from the heaps of homework and readings during the academic semesters, life's suddenly tranquil and slow-moving, with a hint of laziness. Aimless it may seem, but I guess I can afford that. I need a break. The thought of going back to another round of paper-chasing's unthinkable now.
I was told of a story lately, about a man who was probably in the darkest hour of his life. Soaking in his despair, he contemplated to end his life. But I guess fate found him to be in a forest bursting with vegetative life. Striving on the forest floor were ferns, with bamboo sparsely distributed among them. Then, a Voice questioned that man,
" What is the difference between the bamboo and the ferns?"
As if the question was rhetorical, the voice answered,
"The ferns are short, but grow and reproduce rapidly, spreading across the forest floor like wildfire. The bamboo tress are tall and majestic, soaring up the sky towards the warmth of the sunlight. But tall as it may seem, it's roots runs deep into the ground. It takes a long time for its roots to grow far and deep into the soil, before it is ready to grow upwards into the sky."
I find this story very analogous to our lives. Very often, especially during transitional stages of life, we find ourselves trapped in the valleys of life. Or we find our lives on a plateau, wondering when we can scale greater heights. I guess these are the times when when our 'roots' are growing deeper into the ground to prepare us for the growth that will soon come - if we do not lose hope.
Away from the heaps of homework and readings during the academic semesters, life's suddenly tranquil and slow-moving, with a hint of laziness. Aimless it may seem, but I guess I can afford that. I need a break. The thought of going back to another round of paper-chasing's unthinkable now.
I was told of a story lately, about a man who was probably in the darkest hour of his life. Soaking in his despair, he contemplated to end his life. But I guess fate found him to be in a forest bursting with vegetative life. Striving on the forest floor were ferns, with bamboo sparsely distributed among them. Then, a Voice questioned that man,
" What is the difference between the bamboo and the ferns?"
As if the question was rhetorical, the voice answered,
"The ferns are short, but grow and reproduce rapidly, spreading across the forest floor like wildfire. The bamboo tress are tall and majestic, soaring up the sky towards the warmth of the sunlight. But tall as it may seem, it's roots runs deep into the ground. It takes a long time for its roots to grow far and deep into the soil, before it is ready to grow upwards into the sky."
I find this story very analogous to our lives. Very often, especially during transitional stages of life, we find ourselves trapped in the valleys of life. Or we find our lives on a plateau, wondering when we can scale greater heights. I guess these are the times when when our 'roots' are growing deeper into the ground to prepare us for the growth that will soon come - if we do not lose hope.
sorry blog
i have been so busy (playing) lately that i havent posted anything since the hols started. haha. i guess that reflects how good life has been. too much fun to list one by one, but i did all the catching up with friends and relatives which i have missed up in the midst of the mugging madness in school.
time passed so swiftly when you're getting all the fun and we are saying goodbye t0 2008! so better finish up what you promised to do in 2008 within the next 2 days before writing new resolutions for 2009!
=)
time passed so swiftly when you're getting all the fun and we are saying goodbye t0 2008! so better finish up what you promised to do in 2008 within the next 2 days before writing new resolutions for 2009!
=)
exams are over!
haha! no more papers.... feel's like the sky is brighter and air much fresher since i work up that morning day after my last paper!
i tot we (as in my NTU frens and me) we quick to catch up on lost time. the first thing we did was to dig in really deep! haha. i tot i lost 3 kg after the exams.. looks like its time for some muscular hypertrophy and fatty acid synthesis now.... anw, we had a great time at Yuki and Yaki at Marina Square. there was a tv crew filming 永远吃不肥 there while we were eating, i tot the restaurant offered much better food that day given an opportunity to publicise their store..... i think we spent 4 hours at the restaurant... including a crazy time concocting weird tasting durian flavored ice cream...YUCK!
the next day was shopping at orchard... everywhere's on sale... so many nice things at good price but so little sizes.....i need to buff up!
i tot we (as in my NTU frens and me) we quick to catch up on lost time. the first thing we did was to dig in really deep! haha. i tot i lost 3 kg after the exams.. looks like its time for some muscular hypertrophy and fatty acid synthesis now.... anw, we had a great time at Yuki and Yaki at Marina Square. there was a tv crew filming 永远吃不肥 there while we were eating, i tot the restaurant offered much better food that day given an opportunity to publicise their store..... i think we spent 4 hours at the restaurant... including a crazy time concocting weird tasting durian flavored ice cream...YUCK!
the next day was shopping at orchard... everywhere's on sale... so many nice things at good price but so little sizes.....i need to buff up!
lacklustre.
I've been feeling abit tired lately... life's just study and study again. but thankfully i found quite a few studying kahkees (is this spelled correctly? or issit english in the first place?). Have been mugging till late in sch lately.... missing all the homecook food, when all i can settle for is mac and subway for dinner....
mugging aside.... a just had this bomb droppped on me on fri's cell group.... I will be transferred to W238. feels abit like a big detour, having to start off at W238, den to E435 and now back again. I guess it probably wont be the same W238 3years back den, neither am i the person i was 3 years ago... gosh there's so much uncertainty. feels like a plant uprotted from its comfy spot, and re-potted in totally new soil. well, i guess changes are for good. so its time for change.
mugging aside.... a just had this bomb droppped on me on fri's cell group.... I will be transferred to W238. feels abit like a big detour, having to start off at W238, den to E435 and now back again. I guess it probably wont be the same W238 3years back den, neither am i the person i was 3 years ago... gosh there's so much uncertainty. feels like a plant uprotted from its comfy spot, and re-potted in totally new soil. well, i guess changes are for good. so its time for change.
Angeline and Li Chuan's wedding!
the cell group and subzone was invited to Angeline's wedding last saturday! i felt the whole event was magical. The ambience was so romantic, and beautiful... quite a magical day for the couple, when we witness their love. Pastor also shared an interesting msg....haha... with a good amount of humor injected into his preaching....
Wishing you an eternal maritial bliss!
a breather at last
last 2 weeks have almost been like 'hell week' for me... not that i need to push physical limits like shit naval divers endure, but something every uni student knows best.... MID-TERMS. well, i love to learn... but i HATE exams... the 2 weeks of mugging day and night to the wee hours really robbed me of so many things... had no time to rest... and the worst of all... no satisfaction despite all the work-input.
I guess thats becos my efficiency lately is very much lower than 100 percent.... thats due to high entropy of any irreversible process, where Delta S >>0, when we operate too far from desired equilibrium position. Work(required)>>Work(ideal)..... alrite... just some stuff from my thermodynamics modules... sorry if you are not a thermo maniac... ;)
well.. the point is.... sometimes competition and stress puts you in a state where we simply loose the joy for persuit of knowledge... we do for the sake of doing, not for the enjoyment of learning. in other words, try eating your favourite food everyday for every meal for 2 weeks... and you will find that it will soon become a pain in your ***!
I guess thats becos my efficiency lately is very much lower than 100 percent.... thats due to high entropy of any irreversible process, where Delta S >>0, when we operate too far from desired equilibrium position. Work(required)>>Work(ideal)..... alrite... just some stuff from my thermodynamics modules... sorry if you are not a thermo maniac... ;)
well.. the point is.... sometimes competition and stress puts you in a state where we simply loose the joy for persuit of knowledge... we do for the sake of doing, not for the enjoyment of learning. in other words, try eating your favourite food everyday for every meal for 2 weeks... and you will find that it will soon become a pain in your ***!
babylon A.D. (Absolutely.Disgusting.)
went to watch Babylon A.D today. haha its my first movie every since the start of the semester! .... gosh the movie is a complete waste of my ten bucks. horrible plot (oh wait, is there even a plot?)... the fight scenes was appalling! haha, wad can i say, NVM!
i went on wikipedia to look for the film's poster and saw tis by accident..
"Director Mathieu Kassovitz was very unhappy with the distributors, 20th Century Fox, producers and other partners. He described the film as "pure violence and stupidity" and stated that "parts of the movie are like a bad episode of 24." [17]
As of September 13, 2008, Rotten Tomatoes records a 6% positive rating,[18] while Metacritic compiles a 26% rating based on 15 reviews.[19]
Box Office Mojo ranked the movie 8th on its list of top US Labor Day opening weekends (based on revenue), 2 positions ahead of Traitor, which opened the same Labor Day weekend. IMDB reports box office receipts of 11.5 Million $US for the movie's 1st weekend. Opening in 2nd place behind Tropic Thunder, Babylon A.D. was the top opener for this year's traditionally weak US Labor Day weekend."
Taken from www.wikipedia.org
term break finally coming!
I'm listening to this really beautiful song while i am typing this....hope you will like it too!
Term break is finally coming... time to let my intel/AMD chip do some cooling, before overclocking it again in two weeks time... really look forward to some fun during the break....... seems like my schoolmates have already start planning.... oh ya.. of course need to go out more with my churchies.. =)
munch munch at Kuishin-Bo!
>... went to kushin-bo with jialiang today to celebrate his belated birthday.... the food was Oishi.... here are some pics!
earl grey and fluid mechanics
i guess i've finally decided to do a post.. looks like i've been away for a least a week....
well... life is......just so busy.......so many things to do.....so many things to think about... so many assignments...... and all i wish for now is a nice.........
B R E A K
well... life is......just so busy.......so many things to do.....so many things to think about... so many assignments...... and all i wish for now is a nice.........
B R E A K
....i have been so busy lately, i rarely find time to talk to people around me... in and out of lecture theatres... packed bus stops....crowded canteens....among my frens...yet among the sea of faces, i feel so alone....
i guess theres just too much to do... all i have in my mind was concepts, equations and assignments....
i need to change this.... hard work and happiness are not mutually exclusive. i can strive to live each day with joy.... His joy.
alrite.. i better finish my work....over a cup of earl grey.
just some reflections
the feeling of disappoinment really sucks. now i probably understand why atheletes cry when they don't get their gold medal in the olympics. the road to the olympics must be a lonely and arduous one. imagine the life of training hard, while all your friends are enjoying life - the olympic dream is not just a physical war, but a mental and psychological one.
what could have ben in the minds of the koreans paddlers when they were beaten by the singaporean gals, who won Singapore our very first medal after 48 years? i think it should be thoughts like "my efforts have gone down the drain", " i am not as good afterall", "my world fell apart"... afterall, their fall isnt light ....afterall, they might not have another chance...
there are always times when situations seem bleak and hopeless, and we feel like giving in to the temptation to just give up... yet another voice, small but strong whispers... "Is there not a cause?"
well, theres always a time for to cry and to be disappointed. but what's important, its to pick yourself out of the situation, and start afresh. forget about the defeats in the past, ignore whatever that seems impossible in the future. just do all you can for the present. And remember, it's not for medals, not for recognition, but for PASSION.
what could have ben in the minds of the koreans paddlers when they were beaten by the singaporean gals, who won Singapore our very first medal after 48 years? i think it should be thoughts like "my efforts have gone down the drain", " i am not as good afterall", "my world fell apart"... afterall, their fall isnt light ....afterall, they might not have another chance...
there are always times when situations seem bleak and hopeless, and we feel like giving in to the temptation to just give up... yet another voice, small but strong whispers... "Is there not a cause?"
well, theres always a time for to cry and to be disappointed. but what's important, its to pick yourself out of the situation, and start afresh. forget about the defeats in the past, ignore whatever that seems impossible in the future. just do all you can for the present. And remember, it's not for medals, not for recognition, but for PASSION.
bee-zee busy
3rd week into the semester...Seems like everyone is showing signs of stress liaoz haha.. rushing lab reports, completing computing assignments, tutorials, reading.. and the list goes on and on. gosh, this is just the 3rd week!! TGIF! what else can i say. life's getting tougher in sch, but the tough gets goin!
well, on the bright side, i managed to finish all my assignments on time, found time to gym with Damien (well.. i still remember my 70kg goal)... but on the 'not-so-bright' note, i missed out on all the morning prayer meetings this week. somehow i just couldnt find the motivation to wake up earlier to pray... i'm not feeling guilty for not doing so, but deep down, i knew things could have been better if i prayed... but i still chose to do it on my own strength. sometimes, logic tells me "hey, sleeping less = lower productivity... that's certainly not very spirit-filled living rite? where did faith go? sometimes i find it so hard to depend on God... maybe wad pastor Tan said in church is rite. when the branch gets separated from the vine, it wouldnt die immediately due to the residual life it gets from the vine. but withering is only a matter of time.... that reminds me of...
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me." John 15:4
well, on the bright side, i managed to finish all my assignments on time, found time to gym with Damien (well.. i still remember my 70kg goal)... but on the 'not-so-bright' note, i missed out on all the morning prayer meetings this week. somehow i just couldnt find the motivation to wake up earlier to pray... i'm not feeling guilty for not doing so, but deep down, i knew things could have been better if i prayed... but i still chose to do it on my own strength. sometimes, logic tells me "hey, sleeping less = lower productivity... that's certainly not very spirit-filled living rite? where did faith go? sometimes i find it so hard to depend on God... maybe wad pastor Tan said in church is rite. when the branch gets separated from the vine, it wouldnt die immediately due to the residual life it gets from the vine. but withering is only a matter of time.... that reminds me of...
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me." John 15:4
阿爸父神...
Had a totally busy weekend... but didn't really accomplish much. *sads* I guess I really need a greater measure of discipline and focus.
The lyrics of this beautiful song written for the Father.
阿爸父神
我何等愛你阿爸天父
你無條件為我付出
犧牲愛子叫我得贖
你愛充滿我
主你寶血為我而流
洗淨我罪給我自由
你的愛是何等偉大
喔主耶穌
一生要讚美
我美好救主
你的愛是我生命全部
一生要敬拜
我親愛天父
你無條件的愛讓我心得滿足
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