..my battle stance..

there is something melancholic about wuxia song, something special that resonates with the little child in me.

Was reading Numbers 12 and came across this verse, (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) (Numbers 12:3 NIV) There is no one else in the bible who was commended in such a way. This guy, through whom God turned the Egyptian and their gods upside down, Through whom God split the sea. The guy who.. In God's own words: he said, "Listen to my words: "When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" (Numbers 12:6-8 ) I imagined, in his humility, Moses did not rebuked Aaron and Miriam his older brother and sister for speaking against him. But God.. He personally spoke up for Moses. He personally showed up to stand by Moses and tell them, 

Literally, I have failed 1000 times in life. More than that actually. That's pretty amazing. Yet unfailingly, You hold me in Your hand. I am more than just forgiven. That's even more amazing.

If you read the article about court proceeding of ipad illegal sales in Indonesia, I am sure you would have one comment. 'Malu2in..'. Yeah.. the so-called expert called to testify in court were people who think ipad was a phone (coz it has sim card slot), with TV tuner inside (coz it can watch TV show). They never even use ipad before. Our country is quite pathetic really. Once we had a president not to be trifled with. Now we have a president you can always joke about. But come to think of it.. Aren't we partly responsible for all these? We.. the educated young people, who are ashamed of our countrymen. We.. the educated young people, who can't bring ourselves to return to our country and do something about it. It's a shame. Indeed.

Funny how this kind of thing happen so often in our walk with God. For reasons I do not know.. God spoke of that word 'shelter. For reasons I do not know.. that word led me to Psalm 62. And somehow.. I ended up eating at Plaza Singapura. Passing by the Orchard Presbyterian Church. And lo and behold.. this verse is printed on their trademark (er.. billboard?). Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. (Psalm 62:5) I don't know if it's for me.. or for you. But Psalm 62 it is.. the Words of the week. Blessings.

This morning, in between being awake and asleep.. I was reminded of a line from the song 'made me glad'. My shelter, strong tower, my very present help in times of need. God's loving presence suddenly just wrap me like a blanket. In that warming moment, this word 'shelter'.. It struck me. David could have said that God was his shelter in Psalm, because he knew exactly.. The feeling of being homeless, running away from every one you could count on. No family, no one to rely on. Anyone could have handed him over to Saul. He could have said that God was his strong tower because he knew.. The feeling of being hunted down by enemies from all direction. No fortress to protect him, no place to hide. At times he had to pass through valleys with enemies waiting to ambush him. Yet through it all.. Through barrages of arrows and swords and spears.. Even through the valley of shadow of death.. this is what the Lord said to him.. This is what he clung to '“Power belongs to y

I am getting a bit obsessed with doing up my property wordpress site.. which of course.. doesn't really translate to sales so far heh. But still.. I like it. Singapore, KL, London, New York.. and soon.. Bangkok. Global property consultant. Hau lien! :P

'Don't worry, it will work out somehow!' That's the trademark quote from Asakura Yoh, a lazy and carefree protagonist from Shaman King. Yeah.. I draw inspiration from anime or manga a lot. Unfortunately, there isn't many good series to watch nowadays. Yoh's statement is something I hold onto dearly. And Darvin always remember this one too :D Every time we discuss something difficult, he will bring up this principle. I think that's another simple truth about life. Somehow.. no matter how unlikely it seems, things will work out.. somehow. Weeks ago, we were on the verge of seeing a friend getting into marriage that could potentially ruin his life. Bukan kawin ama nyi roro kidul sih.... But if you know the story, it was almost as amusing. Maybe it's not wise to say too much about his story. Simply put, everyone of us were desperate. At that time I could only tell his sister.. don't give up on him. yet I didn't know what to do either. Nothing but pra

Disclaimer: I only blog this after I engaged the man directly hoho :D Okay.. so here's my posting on an indo forum: "Hi everyone, Kita lagi mencari 1 orang lady housemate to share a master room in our apt. You will be sharing with another Indonesian chinese lady professional. Very near Novena MRT & Novena Square. No owner, PUB sharing. Pte Apt. Spacious & renovated house. $600 per month. Japri lgsg aja ya kalo tertarik. Thank you =)" And here comes an sms: "Hi david terkait am private apt yg d novena,, kl untuk married man tp single stay d singapore boleh ga?" Wah Piang Ee!! Pengen selingkuh Mas?? @_@ Ato email gua yg ga jelas ya -__- Oh well.. I always got amusing respond from this forum.

I think internet encourages hypocrisy and cowardice. (don't know if the above sentence is correct, too bombastic words for me). You know.. things like twitter, online forums, etc.. it allows us to say things we would not have said in the real world. Say.. I get pissed off by this auntie queuing in front of me. Rather than telling her off, I go and tweet about her. Or take some pic and stomp it. But physically? I guai guai stand behind her. Maybe we should consider physical engagement before virtual. Not the other way around. Rather than tweeting or wall-ing things like "I don't understand why today's kids are bla bla bla". We probably should tell the kid off straight away. "The more tweet, the less truth; the wise measure their tweets." - Prov 10:19 (the Tweet)

Just to set the record straight.. I would not have traded that chapter for anything else. It probably wasn't perfect but.. It couldn't have been better.

Erm..jadi di sore yg ga jelas ini gua memutuskan untuk.. akhirnya.. mencoba menonton klip nya 7 Icons. Playboy.. playboy... Gua baru tau kalo ternyata klip ini kategorinya Horor. M18 with some gory scenes. Luar biasa.. Secara marketing, mrk punya niche market. Dan setelah ntn tujuh keajaiban dunia ini, gua mengikuti sebuah link ke another girls band yg namanya.. Cherry Belle. Tiba2.. si cherry belle ini terasa seperti the light at the end of the tunnel. Sjalan dgn usia, emank mesti kurangin ntn adegan2 horor.

I am quite sure this little matter began at City Bayview Hotel.

Here's a story of a senior I met at UPH. I remember one day, this senior girl went up and lead worship with a guy, singing "Rindu Slalu" in chapel. Somehow I was blown away. I thought.. woww.. that song was so touching. Btw.. my modern Christian songs journey began with 'Saat Menyembah' album by Franky Sihombing. Masi pake kaset, yg covernya item. I digress. Back to my senior. From that day onwards, I admired her. And she somehow looked gorgeous with her trademark bandanna. Maybe I always liked bandanna to begin with. And she was kind too. Type senior populer dah. And one day, I had a shocking revelation. That senior.. was actually the daughter of my mum's very close friend in Jambi. We met many times when we were much smaller.. but I couldn't recall her. Obviously she wasn't that pretty at the age of 10 or 11. Cut the story short.. After few months, I left UPH. And after few years, I heard from my mum that she got married to a guy who served in the s

Somehow, somewhere.. I will come alive.

Well.. it's good to be serving in His church. And with some young singers too. Just enjoyed it so much today. Especially when for a moment, you are just lost in the sweetness of His presence. Grateful! :) Watched Real Steel with Andreas today. I can only say.. AWESOME! Oh man.. my manhood is challenged by Hugh Jackman's alpha male aura. Jadi gatel pengen bertinju juga :D We discussed how the script was so well written. Simple, but hit all the right button. No big words, no big dramas.. Moving nonetheless. May next weekdays be purposeful. May our motivation be pure and.. may we be passionate in everything we do. uhuy... blessed by om Djo's sermon today.

The last time I spent more than $1k for a trip was in 2006. So.. I suppose, all things considered.. I am justified to go for this Taiwan trip. 5 years leh.. (self-justification) Anyway.. excited for this trip. I missed so many trips with these 'Blessed' friends. Korea.. and HK/China one. Sigh.. now I want to go Korea also got no allies. If I can have it my way, really would love to explore Korea and UK. But the most urgent one is probably Israel. So.. pls friends.. pray for my business so I can go Israel next year. There are reasons why these trips are important to me.

Di bulan oktober ini ternyata saya dijadwal 3 kali pelayanan. Sebenernya, mengingat tekad utk rajin bekerja slama 3 bulan dr Aug-Oct, aga2 mikir juga.. mengingat kerja tu biasanya weekend. tapi.. kl dipikir2 lg.. sangat mgkn ini bulan terakhir gua bs involved di pelayanan bcs, krn 1 dan laen hal. jd gua malah sgt bersyukur buat jadwal yg extra ini. dan jd inget plan bantu ngajar KOM yg keliatannya ga akan kesampean. si nona mungil yang gua lupa namanya itu.. keliatannya terlalu sibuk. blum follow up dr wkt itu dan yah.. kalo skrg baru di kontek pun.. gua uda ga bs commit. kembali ke plynan singer td.. i am so privileged to be given chance to serve God in this ministry. lepas dari jatuh bgn, rajin males, dan segala fluktuasi gua, kemurahan Tuhan selalu lebih dr cukup utk gua. terima kasih jg utk dian yg uda mnjadi teman sepelayanan yg sgt encouraging. tentu saja gua becanda wkt gua bilang misi gua ikut p&w itu utk membantu dian :P tapi.. sesungguhnya dian memang play big part. dia j

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. - Steve Jobs The first twenty years of our lives was honeymoon, generally speaking. Some people had their honeymoon cut short because of financial reason. But many of us had the opportunity to go to college or uni. I myself had 23 years of honeymoon. Well, almost 24 if you include my 10 months stay inside my mum's tummy. The moment we graduate, suddenly we have countless options, and a new sense of responsibility. I think 9 out of 10 fresh grads that I meet will tell me at least one of these things - I am not ready - I don't know what to do next - I don't know what I want to do in life or.. - I guess I will just apply as (insert the profession), what else can I do? The simple truth is, We all have options, though not all of us have option of being 'not ready'. And deep down, we always know what we want to become. It's the do

How many turns, how many glances? Before you know if it is incidental or.. Inevitable. When do you find courage to try? Is it when you are breathing near, Or when you stare at thousand miles distance? Just like that, another year pass. Just like that, life takes another turn.

Last night iot said to me, 'I regret we didn't do this during our time.' Yeah.. I imagine it would have been awesome to do musical with iot and our other friends. It was good tho to witness this generation that surpass the former generation. This is how it should be. Kudos to ppl like bombe, Iie and menthol who have faithfully served the youth of this church. Is it no coincidence that they are all still not married? Well.. 2 years later they may all have settled down. But if it is not time to settle down yet, why not venture UP? the adventure is UP there!!!! ;) Back to musical.. Proud of my brother who have once again overcome his giants with such courage and bravado. He truly slayed his dragons and brought the princess home. Your best performance yet! Jend was a joy to watch. Your passion and talent for acting is unquestionable. The question is, 'where do you go from here?' :) As for the putri... From the first time I heard her sang Hosanna in audition till last ni