To some of you out there wondering, if the author of this blog is still living...yeah he is.
Just feeling really worn out recently, with mounting school work.
But then...all the more refreshing it is...when words come along the way.
Today's word from God, and a personal word of encouragement from the preacher after service.
Haven't heard someone coming to me with those words, for a long time.
Really meant alot, to this half dead author.
In the mean time, remember me in prayer will you? For strength and perserverence.
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He Cares About You
“Anyone who is having trouble should pray.”
James 5:13
Have you ever taken your disappointments to God? You’ve shared them with your neighbor, your relatives, your friends. But have you taken them to God? James says, “Anyone who is having trouble should pray” (James 5:13).
Before you go anywhere else with your disappointments, go to God.
Maybe you don’t want to trouble God with your hurts. After all, he’s got famines and pestilence and wars; he won’t care about my little struggles, you think. Why don’t you let him decide that? He cared enough about a wedding to provide the wine. He cared enough about Peter’s tax payment to give him a coin. He cared enough about the woman at the well to give her answers. “He cares about you” (I Peter 5:7).
a Max Lucado devotional,
Monday, August 27, 2007
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Suddenly dawned upon me....it's been such a long time since cards have been written for and given to one another. Maybe it'll be good to be back on it again...
Witnessed the union of another couple over the weekend, and had the privilege to play drums for their service. Hmm....that makes it the third time I've played for someone's wedding.
How many more to go before my own ah? hahaha kidding kidding. this author could well probably remain a bachelor till his final day on earth.
I guess it was the most appropriate thing to do for the couple, since I don't know them too well...it's a little blessing from my heart nonetheless.
final setting up and prep
since i'm not gonna have the chance to walk the aisle, this is probably
the closet to what a bride sees on the way to her vows huh
wedding band
surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses..
when all has been said and done...
...let the flame burn brighter
some monstrous creatures tried attacking me in the chapel
people take wife, i take drumset lor
for the passions and fervour within that has somehow died and extinguished along the way,
light the fire again, Lord
Finally, some breather from work.
Close to having the sun rising from the west, my mum has been asking me about taking a break from the school work and all. Woahh....I remembered the only thing that I was asked to take a break from, during my primary and sec school days....was my break. Hah, it's crazy man I tell you.
But as what my friend Ah Han commented over msn...."to tell the truth, it's very stressed. but with you all, always laugh, less stress. lol."
Lol indeed. The crapping around and all really helps alot man. I mean...I could have been the ostracized old man in the corner relegated and doomed to roam the corridors of NAFA thinking and lamenting about school work all alone everyday.
But nope. Thank God for these peeps indeed.
Who?? =)
THESE people.....
hoho unscheduled greeness. sweet!
apparently balloons make for good dessert after a meal
kids, don't try this at home...i mean in public.
this uncle has trained before
the nice uncle gave me a balloon rose.
very sweet of him, but i didn't want to be seen carrying it around in school...
so we left it at the information counter for the lady who was out for lunch,
with a card saying "You are the one. from Rose Prince"
She must be super happy lahh HAHA
to all of you out there who doubts whether uncle chan ever does his homework....
TAKE THAT IN YER FACE!
Note to self:
little sponge cutie bunny and birdie in the hands of a magician...
...gets the girl's attention.
it's time to learn some magic trick guys hehe.
chill guys, chill
yeahh
caught this shot on the way back this evening.
nothing better to end the day with.... marvelling at His design.
I can still remember....a few weeks back, over a dinner with my family. My uncle was talking to me about being back in school. He kinda looked me straight in the eye and told me, never to grind myself internally, and over stress myself.
It was a hit on the nail. And somehow, it had been one of the particular areas the recent sermons had been speaking to me about.
I guess it's real. The internal stress I've been slapping on myself with....and at times, it comes subtlely, and it weighs.
The rest and refocusing of the right perspective, in between books and assignments, I need them God.
Woah...it's been some time since I last touched my guitar. It's either being too busy, or too tired. And I really miss those times of having the time and space alone to just tune along with it.
Strings to resonate one's heart. It's so noisy, and yet so quiet within me.
sighh...my neglected wife.
An endless repitition of waves that keeps coming.
That's how the assignments feel so far man. But I guess it's beginning to sink in better, though still hectic. And adding on to that...all the materials buying and carrying ain't really helping it either man...
yeah...do remember to say hi if you see me chugging this folio carrier along bugis street
it's really a pain (both figuratively and literally) to carry that and squeezing in with the morning crowds in the train. Maybe that's why one of my lecturers commented, that designers, for some reason, usually stands out in a crowd no matter where they are....somehow.
Honestly, it's fun and interesting learning about all these foundational design stuff...really neat. Just that the seemingly endless work gets to me. Thankfully to God, managed to have a group of friends to keep things sane.
And oh yeah, from that group, it turned out that 1 of the girls is a fellow christian. Really thankful for that, to know of a fellow sister going through it together.
Heh, and it seems, in order not to become insane from the work, crapping and getting high and crazy is the way to go at times man. Just into the 2nd week, and we already stayed till 9pm in school to do some colour printing assignments. It was really stressful, rushing to complete it...and at the end, it was really the company around that helped to keep the stress at bay. Although my tshirt was splattered on by my friend while we were cleaning up the place...bummer man.
this life is stained.
But really, this bunch of peeps have been really cool, and somehow we kinda went crazy yesterday going around the school and taking pics after lessons heh....
as usual...it was all good and normal at first,
until we decided to check out the students' lounge for the first time,
somehow things went downhill & we went crazy....
so there i was, all ready for the camera, while the rest behind
were chuckling away at some jabbing incident from the table soccer
yeah much better.
heh the one in pink and same posture as me,
is jazz, our magician
hehe, i dunno what's with the bucket.
anyway, he was 1 the guys i bumped into on the 1st day of orientation.
and the one who splashed my tshirt...
magician in action, doing a trick of causing the name you're thinking of
to appear on his arms
haha it wasn't as bored as this pic looks.
it was kinda freaky actually, like watching david blaine live... =S
our signs on the card used. coolios
that's alvin...sitting beside some old man
it's time to hit the school compound!
that's xian han.
what's with the pout anyway?
hello girls. mikki and mei man...and a err...smiley.
almost like the opening of our own gallery ehh?
that's right..girls get the limelight. guys be the background.
nice.
coolios. nuff said.
nope we didn't do the wall graffiti, but i think it looks nicer with us in it
shucks man, this would have been a really nice photo,
if not for my face cut off....
Yeah, it's been cool so far..though for some reason, they're starting to call me Marcus...oh well.
Simple pleasures along the way. It's so easy to feel overwhelmed along the way....and I would certainly hate to lose the joy in what I'm doing.
Afterall, designers create.
And what's creation, without life in them?
