..my battle stance..

love couldn't have been the reason for it to begin. whatever it is.. it could not have been love because love can't 'just happen'. a perfect chemistry reaction could not have done it either. so when the 'honeymoon' was over, and you lost that fairy tale moment.. love is not the culprit, for love isn't fairy tale to begin with but we are trying, and learning, hoping to grasp a better idea of it that when we stand together at the end of it all we know it is because of love

maybe it's just me.. coz i never really watched 8 Miles. but when I watched it again tonite, I notice a rap song that was actually taken from the song above.. that is actually... the origin of a rap we used in bible camp with Mr Long. Oh my..

hah.. a fitting title for a bible camp weekend. though my last camp was 2 yrs ago. true to its theme, this year's camp is held at JB, which is UP there, rather than the usual East Coast which is down here. pretty excited too with a lot of changes I experience in terms of my property business. after 2-3 years of focusing in Singapore residential property market, I begin to acquire interest in overseas property. KL, Bali, and Melbourne are attractive. For Bali, I was offered a condotel at Seminyak area, managed by Harris Hotel. Haven't decided yet. As for today, we are visiting Philippines property exhibition. Asked Dave, my SOM friend from Manila, and he told me the projects are good ones. Woww... I got good feeling for Manila. Not prophesy lah.. but just.. good feeling. and price starts from 65k SGD :D :D :D ngilerrrr ^^ Rite.. bring it on. the adventure is UP there!!!

This is one of my favorite Stephen Chow's movies. Loosely based on 'Journey to the west' novel, it's a hilarious mo lei tau comedy, a trademark genre of Chow's movies. And of course, it stars Athena Chu, who was my favorite HK actress. Athena was always exceptionally charming in a period drama costume. And only now I know that she used to date Stephen Chow =D No wonder.. While my dad could boast that they got Bruce Lee in their era, we could probably boast that we got Stephen Chow in ours. maybe this generation could boast about Justin Bibir. If we assume that man's life span is 80 yrs, I'm almost half the journey. Interesting to find out what adventure awaits at the other half. In any case.. we've got no time to waste. That's why I believe I should see as much as I can, draw inspiration from as many source, as many place, as many culture as possible. After the adventure with Andreas to East Java (so grateful for Cuy and Wan's kindness), I am loo...

the key doesn't lie solely on whether or not you put your best effort. it also lie on whether or not you believe that the other party also put his/her best effort.

A: Jesus loves you. He died for u. B: Did He die for my dad too? A: Of course He did! B: But my dad doesn't believe in Him. A: Just pray for him.. God will open his heart. B: But my dad died two days ago. A: ... B: Can he go to heaven? A: ... What will your reply be if you were A? Yes? No? Dunno? There are dozens of other scenario where we come across complex issue of Christianity. Even on salvation alone, there can be so many tough questions even the most brilliant theologists find difficult to answer. And besides that, there is also issue of Holy Spirit, speaking in tongue, prophecy, trinity, rapture, etc. But we.. the 'charismatic' Christians, tend to either avoid these issues or we simply subscribe to whatever our Pastor tells us. One of my Tung Ling friends, in commenting on "Apologetics", said: "I dunno. Thinking is not for me. I can do the talking. Not the thinking" in church like ours, such 'complex issues' are deemed unimportant. What...

Just got full series of "How I Met Your Mother" from my housemate. I think it's pretty consoling to watch that series during this "Almost 30" period. Why? Coz when you get to season 6, Barnie was now 35 and so was Ted, I suppose. Both were still not married and that kinda give you assurance: "It's okay that you haven't settled down by now. Look at these guys!" Well, settling down aside.. the last 10 years have been FANTASTIC!!! Thank you God. Never deserved the friends, moments, and love I received for the last decade. Went to NUS with my bro last week. As we encountered Poh's greatest enemy, the never ending stairs at Arts faculty, my heart pounded. So many memories, the emotion was just overwhelming. And yet.. all was in the past. Now.. I am just itching for a new adventure. And for most of the things I've been talking or thinking about for the last 10 years, by God's grace.. I will actually make it happen in the next 10 years. He...

In the twenty years I've worked for you, ewes and she-goats never miscarried. I never feasted on the rams from your flock. I never brought you a torn carcass killed by wild animals but that I paid for it out of my own pocket—actually, you made me pay whether it was my fault or not. I was out in all kinds of weather, from torrid heat to freezing cold, putting in many a sleepless night. For twenty years I've done this: I slaved away fourteen years for your two daughters and another six years for your flock and you changed my wages ten times. If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not stuck with me, you would have sent me off penniless. But God saw the fix I was in and how hard I had worked and last night rendered his verdict.- Gen 31:38-42 When Jacob eventually moved to Egypt and met with Pharaoh, he was asked how old he was and here's his answer: The years of my sojourning are 130—a short and hard life.. While he managed to 'steal' Es...

Err.. nothing special about this date hah. I just have no idea for this entry's title. The last comment I got was from this 'anon' person who suggested that I add facebook link to my blog. well.. i suppose phoenixsphere is a place where I prefer to blog with minimal exposure. But I am thinking of starting a website where I can do experiments with all these social network tools. The only problem is.. I have lost touch with web programming world, like totally. Sigh.. my 4 years in NUS has gone down the drain -___- I wish I can ask someone to teach me how to get this started. anyway.. watched a china movie titled "Flowers" on cable this morning. the story was about an inspirational teacher. in a parallel world.. I would like to be a teacher. maybe in a village. Suddenly remember a conversation with iie the other night. I was saying that a mentor is really crucial, and I am still looking for one or two mentors in my life. he asked me.. would I be willing to be a mento...

life is too short to be spent.. fighting for someone else' dream, trying to be someone you never meant to be, and clinging onto that someone that was never meant for you. but life can definitely afford the time spent.. risking failures for your own dream, going against the crowds to remain the person you're supposed to be, and fighting all odds with that someone you believe in.

today i was reading this (sorry it happened to be citi, no offense to bombie hehe. anyway it happens everywhere nowadays) and the money involved here is peanuts compares to Lehmann bros case, or other more high profile cases. some of my friends know that i have recently been involved with a 'gold trading' company which many believe to be another scam or ponzy scheme, which reminds us of Madoff. maybe because for my family, such 'investment scheme' is not the first one we have been involved with.. and a return of 25% p.a. is not something new to us.. so i decided to jump on the bandwagon anyway. yes it may run away one day.. yes it may be a scam... so.. let's not be greedy and pray. that's all. i mean.. if even banks like dbs could be accused of misrepresenting the risk of lehmann bonds to their clients.. what then should we do? call dbs and all the other banks' products 'potential fraud'? can't be right? you don't pull out from a bank just be...

my definition of happiness is simple. my definition of good song too.. is simple.

And all I need is a way back to where I left my passion.

Someone tweeted today: Overheard "if u need me to do ur job, can I need u to get lost n gimme ur salary?" (I gave e complete stranger who said this 2 thumbs up) Woww.. make it 4 with mine ;)

Two very nice OSTs. My fave!!! ^^

wow.. I feel like buying the landed houses in Melbourne . Having a house Down Under sounds tempting. But well.. may have to wait another 3-4 years before we can realistically talk about this. I could use a wish right now.. wish right now.. wish right now...

all i need to keep going.. is a little bit of sunshine, and a gentle push of wind beneath my wing.

Some observation from this interesting chapter. v9- His (Abraham's) sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, Just read today about two bomb packages that were sent to ex- anti terrorism key police office (a Christian), and the office of a liberal islam organisation in Jakarta. One wonders if we will see the day when sons of Isaac and sons of Ishmael reconciles for good. If you read the earlier chapters, Ishmael had actually been sent away when he was still a young boy, along with his mother. I guess he would have hated Abraham, Sarah, as well as Isaac. Can't blame the boy for that. But what a surprise.. many years later, we would find this verse, telling us how Ishmael would bury his father, together with Isaac. Isn't it beautiful? And note that verse 2 tells us that Abraham did have other children. But verse 9 specifically mentioned only Isaac and Ishmael. After all is said and done, no one can ...