Finally!

I wasn't expecting this to be so hard.
I had to redo like 6 out of 10 because Black Shatter only allow one coat with no overlapping or it's a goner.
And the consistency was irregular so I have a gumbo of streaks and patches.

Random @=.=@

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I can't paint until I'm done cooking tomorrow!




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It's been a LOUD week with Him.
And today had better been the FINALE. NO encore!!!!!!

Imagine goosebumps popping up to hear my inner most plans spoken out loud by a colleague who I've never mention or hinted anything to before. Heck, I haven't even prayed bout it!
She kept telling me not to laugh and that she was serious while outlining MY plans out loud, because my expression must have been like bemused or something.
(while I was actually trying really hard to keep a neutral expression and screaming 'S@!#!!!!' inside all over again)

He needs to stop doing that!!!!!!!

Rant over and out.

Lean On Me - Bill Withers

Finally took time to search out that bridge to David Story's 'I will be your solid ground'.
I knew it came from somewhere old.
This is such a classic! And it's been done over quite a couple of times since 1972.
Even by Glee, which I can't quite find on youtube!
Here's the original version.

@=..=@ @=..=@

I almost screamed when I saw the email at work.

My colleagues had signed me up for leadership training with them,

without my knowledge, without my consent.

No, almost screamed was mildly putting it. >.<
I screamed "AHHH!!!! GOD, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!" inside.
Really really really loud that I thought my colleagues could hear me coming out from my ears.
9 hours later, I still can't believe how in your face He can get when He wants to be.

I don't think I'm going to win this.
But then, it wasn't a battle in the first place, was it?
More like the struggle to not submit and surrender out of my comfort zone.
Nana says it's okay to be uncomfortable for it makes us push harder.
Vi says even as vessels, we the selves, wouldn't be forgotten. (I'm paraphrasing both.)

Well, despite this crappy state I'm in, I'm thankful for the friends who hear my rants (#106).
And give advices that grounds me despite my denials.
Here's to the mutual love for Nando's!!


Happy thoughts to look forward to this weekend.

~Black Shatter's arrived!
Can't wait to try it.

~Ps. Andy is preaching to the youth on Saturday.
Like maybe a dream could come through and AF would just happen to tag along....*swoon*

Mendel's

Another cute one from Google.

@=..=@

Being in a place of leadership isn't accidental.

I want to rant about that.

Leadership.

But the words isn't forming into coherent sentences.

I've resorted to faces since I can't seem to find a proper title these days.

^^(__)^^

I'm so tired and I stink of durians which I have no love for.
I only ate because dad was persistent and guilt tripped me into eating on his behalf.

The photo isn't rotated like it should be, I'm too tired to troubleshoot right now.

But it was awesome to have plucked mangosteens straight off trees and eat.
It was awesome cleaning durians off dirt and dried leaves.
Seeing how branches are pulled down to get to rambutans.
And being so close to the 'wilderness' at night.

It's worth remembering a day like this.

Fever over and out!

From watching Mr.Popper, "Bald Eagle over and out!" was a good kid's show.
FEVER was so-so, it's the first time I watched the local Penang talents perform.
I was hoping to catch some mind-blowing classical piece or something which is funny considering it was all about Pop, Cabaret and Jazz.

There were quite a bunch of kids from the music school preluding the event and they were darn cute!
The Pop section was pretty much owned by the younger generation, while the older ones really hit it with Cabaret and Jazz numbers. I didn't really get the Cabaret part.
The non-local performers were pretty amazing though.
Like this guy.

He cleaned up rather well,

beardless and in a suit,

for someone who months ago was busking in Europe,

to be one of the Master of Ceremony for the event,

and got the audience engaged with this song.

And with the current stuff happening around us, it was rather brilliant of them to include "Imagine", "Change the World" somewhere in the event and "Stand By Me" as the finale.

That's about all that I want to blog bout it.

A letter from the past (written in loving memory of another life)

Found an old letter my bro and I wrote to Ko when we were kids.
I was amused over my handwriting, spelling and grammar mistakes. And I asked for ice cream all the way from Melbourne. Really a 'Kids say the darnest things' moment.

And it brought up fragments of those years.
The mention of Malacca in my bro's part of the letter, reminded me of the yellow soft toy dog and harmonica he bought from his trip. How excited I was to receive the dog and how soon after that one of the paw was broken and we could see the filling inside.

A dam of memories burst forth just like that.
I remember cooking Maggi over an open fire, McD meals we waited patiently for our parents return before consuming because we didn't believe they were ours, the teachers' room we'd sneak into during the weekends to find water guns the teachers had taken away from students on the weekdays, observing dead mice taken apart on canteen tables I eat upon during recess, flying front teeth, owning chickens, tortoises, a cat, a kitten, and birds on the window frame.

*SNIFFLES*

There was a life before here that was completely different.
That little girl deserves a good cry over once in a long while.

Love.

Played to my heart's content.

......and that mark's another beautiful day.

Loved today.
Playing with the best.
Being reminded of His love and His being there Through It All.
Only 5 and a half days left to FEVER!!!.