I want this!!!
…and…
… AND…
…OHH.. AND THIS ONE TOO!!
.. HOW ABOUT THIS?
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… I WANT THIS!!…
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I can’t wait for threadless.com’s year end sale.. hope to get a good bargain… I love the ultimate combo. sigh.. it’s brilliant!!
After Young Adults meeting finished just now, I noticed little Caysha sleeping on the floor. She had fallen asleep while we were watching a movie.
It wasn’t until I reached home, while I was opening the gate that a thought popped into my mind. Just to reassure you, like most normal people, I have thoughts popping up in my mind at a healthy frequency. Yet, this one was special, because it was one of those mushy realisation that made me feel ponderous. It occured to me that,
“Eventhough she fell asleep on the living room floor, her parents will pick her up and lay her in bed. And tomorrow, she will wake up without a care in the world without as much as a thought of where she had laid fast asleep the night before.”
For those of us who are hurting, this is probably the miracle that we are hoping for even when we know that that is the miracle that’s least likely to happen. To close our eyes, relax and open our eyes again to find out that everything is fine again. Yet everyone who needs a fresh start, God’s grace is new everyday.
Cheers to a beautiful day today! Everyday! =)
“You see Cheng yee, Christian girls are attracted to non-Christian guys, simply because they are more vulgar and more exciting than.. for example, you.. I mean you and your peers were like goody two shoes guys. so naturally when the girls finally meet the guys outside who are more edgy, of course they will fall for them…” ~ paraphrased for accuracy
Oh, dear.
But I have to agree. Yet I have to disagree. I agree the above statement is true. But I disagree with the resulting reaction of guys who have realised this to change themselves and deem all Christly values as over-controlling, clinical and Ye Old Fashion.
I was a non-Christian before. I acted like one also. EVEN when I believed Jesus, the journey as a Christian guy was not entirely an overnight change. Hence it gives me the right to say this:
“The amount of strength needed to control and execute an individual’s actions based on Godly values dwarf the strength of any other man who is controled by his desire to prove himself.”
So can any other man who has gone through or is still in the process of being strengthen.
If you would observe your friends, you’d notice that those who do not pick their battles always end up fighting just to be proven “right” even if they are at fault. Yet many girls are attracted to them, because they seem Manly, intuitive, brave and fearless – fearlessly foolish you mean.
A true Christian man on the other hand, would pick his battles for the greater war, because we don’t fight for only ourselves, but as Nehemiah said,
“… Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses.” ~ Nehemiah 4:14
I know what you (if you are a Christian girl) are wondering,
“Yes, some Christian guys are very nice, but they are just so BORING.”
Hmmm… Ever hear of the saying that still water runs deep? Well pair this up with,
“The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;…” ~ Proverbs 18:4
You’ll get the fact that true Christians always have an exciting live of adventure (deep), but always seem to be at peace (still). But if girls go for those guys who are as abusive as water rapids, they will never feel secure because rapids always have an uneven and jaggered floor. Maybe, you just want a little excitement, the alternative is the less aggressive shallow waters, but you’d get bored and jaded soon too.
STOP! This is the part where the rubber meets the road. Truth is, both Christian girls and guys are at fault here. So having addressed the girl’s less than mature perspective, here’s a reminder for the guys:
“Dude, like… erm… BUCK UP MAN!! What’s wrong with you?”
That’s right guys, maturity isn’t something that comes with age, it’s a choice! Age may come with experiences but experience can lead to three different situations:
Those who are ignorant encounter the situation no. 2. Those who are wise and are true, are in situation no.1. While those who have given up trying and decided to take the “smarter” choice is in the last situation.
Ask any girl, and I bet she’d never choose any guy in situation 2 or 3. So guys, you have a lot of work in front of you… HUP HUP… LET’S GO!!
“Cheng Yee! ALL THESE ARE IDEALS!! THEY ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE!!”
Keyword: ALMOST impossible. Yes, they are ideals, but don’t you think that we should work towards them? No one works towards failure. We work towards success but we encounter failures on the way. And no, I’m not promoting myself as the perfect man. I am as flawed as a yellow sponge trying to a slice of cheese,
“All of the holes, none of the flavour.” ~ Yellow sponge trying to be a cheese.
p.s. try this post as a food for thought: The difference between man and boy
“Maybe we should call Bobana since he is an expert on animals,” suggested Bob.
“Yes, that is wise. Let’s do,” answered Pit while punching in Bobana’s phone number on his mobile phone, “Bobana, please come quick! We have a professional-blem!”
Once done with the phone call, Pit took off the boxing gloves he used to punch in the phone numbers and passed the beaten up phone to Bob for safe keeping.
“Why do you bash your phone up like that Pit?” wondered Bob.
Pit grinned and sheepishly replied, “Oh, I give the phone a good wallop now and then to keep the battery going. Since the moblie phone is always battered, I don’t have to worry about the battery level falling to low.”
As Bob and Pit waited for Bobana’s arrival, there was a loud thud from a far away tree. Squinting their eyes, Bob and Pit saw two hairy objects on the ground. One was jumping in an erratic manner and the other was waving its hair.
Pit exclaimed, “I think those are the two weird monkeys…”
Before Pit could finish his sentence, Tunic used his super-sneezing power to propel himself within meters of Pit.
“CHIMP! CHIMP! I AM NOT MONKEY!” screamed Tunic, “I’m ashamed to share 99% of the same genetic composition with the likes of you humans who can’t tell a monkey from a chimp!!”
“I’m really sorry,” apologised Pit sincerely, “Have you any news from your space sheep?”
Just then, Sputnik reached where they were. Breathless after the extremely small distant that he covered by using his super power of speed tip-toeing, he managed to reply Pit, “No… The sheep in our spaceship sheepishly told us that he was out of wool…”
“So, wool is what is needed to save this cow?” asked Bob.
“No! Silly, this just means that the sheep’s master, dame and the little boy down the lane can’t have any black wool soup for the next few months,” replied Tunic in a rather irritated tone.
Suddenly, a groan was heard from Tutti.
“I can, see a light…” Tutti said with a very weak voice, “It’s as bright as the sun…”
Tunic gave Tutti a blank stare and said, “That IS the sun.”
“No, it’s not Tunic, look again,” said Sputnik.
Tunic looked again, and to his astonishment, he saw a bright light coming from the middle of a circular object far up in the sky. The object was descending slowly and the light grew brighter and brighter…
…to be continued…
These are must-catch movies! As UPM’s music student, we got to catch the premier before it reaches the cinema!
The Curse Of Debussy
Genre : Horror
Length : 1h 20m
Rating : Dotted Minim (It’s okay…)
Comment : A bit draggy, but somehow they manage to recreate the whole debussy thing.. nothing was over-emphasised… although debussy fans among us were expecting more coloristic situations… The director did manage to keep the song from having too much of a climax… and at the end.. we were scared half death but still craving from more.. don’t hope too much for sudden changes in moods… the storyline is like a very free melody that leads smoothly from one plot to another…
Charles Ives
Genre : Romantic Comedy
Length : 1h 15m
Rating : Semibreve (Catch it!!)
Comment : A really good try by crew to recreate that sort of haphazard storylines that seem out of place befitting the style of atonal music of Charles Ives… fantastic sequencing of the lead character reminiscing his childhood.. and guess what? The famous Concord Sonata “The Alcott’s” was the music behind that scene… I almost cried… some of friends did!
And las but not least: Gershwin!
Genre : Drama
Length : 1h 30m
Rating : Minim (It’s okay if you miss it..)
Comment : Cliche songs… some of my fellow critics said that it’s a good try but the storyline is just not suitable for this genre… they said it should be more of a comedy… well that’s what music critics said about Gershwin’s try on the Rhapsody in Blue too… but I personally think that this is a great movie… slightly similar to chick flicks… but still the actors really put in a good show! Give it a try!
Can’t wait? Haha… me too.. i want to watch all of them again!
“Larkin…”
“Where got go Larkin? Get down, get down…”
Suppose this was followed by gunfire and things blowing up, I wouldn’t mind getting down. But it wasn’t. Let me bring you up to speed…
Yesterday I was in Singapore, after a fruitless search for an affordable double bass bow (German style)… I met up with Woon Cherk and Lee Ping. Since I had nothing to do that night, I decided to rush back to Kluang.
So at 7pm, brave little Cheng Yee decided to try the CityLink Bus at Jurong East MRT that goes through the 2nd Link instead of Woodlands. After all, he had asked the counter guy (no headshots intended), and found out that for the same price, I can switch bus at Gelang Patah.
Ye Ol’ Busse Conductus Uncle : “No extra charge, 4.00 dollar, take 666 at Gelang Patah…”
Yee Youthy Cheng Lim thought to himself : “Isn’t 666 the mark of the beast?”
So I was well on my way. An hour pass and I was across the border. At 8.15pm, I reached Gelang Patah and switched bus. The CityLink Bus waits for you, no much waiting at the imigration, hey this is not bad. Having been informed by my sister that it runs through the housing estates, so cheng yee over-patiently waited and under-doctorly pondered the excessive amount of time taken by the bus to reach Larkin. Suddenly the bus driver was picking up other passengers, suddenly there were 3 people left in the bus, suddenly everyone got down except me, and suddenly…
I was in a bus-stop shocked that I am not in Larkin. Right after the bus driver told me that he isn’t going to Larkin (I should have scolded him upside down and make him drive there because that’s what I paid for and that’s what is written on his bus, but I panicked), I asked him if he there was a bus that could get me there and what number was it?
“Got, got, take 777, get down,get down…”
Yee Youthy Cheng Lim thought to himself again : “Isn’t 777 a Christian’s pun to refer to heaven as opposed to 666?”
This would be funny if the bus driver had a Arnold Swatch-a-neeble voice, but he didn’t and he was speaking in malay. So, I was darn frustrated. The moment I sat down at the bus stop, an S&S bus stopped to pick up passengers to, guess where? Larkin! Thank God!
Hopped on, but when I reached Larkin, which was about 9.41pm, there were no more tickets to Kluang, so I started asking for Ayer Hitam, also finished. Then one guy asked me if Simpang Renggam was okay. Okay? OF COURSE!! THANK YOU! I COULD KISS YOU!! But that may want to make you punch me and not sell the ticket to me.
So I call me daddy on me handy-dandy handphone. And at 11pm, I reached Simpang Renggam and reached home at 11.23pm. I was all daze and confused, angry but happy that I was home. All the while wondering why God allowed the bus driver to sabotage me, but every time I thought of that, I remembered that God was the one who kept me calm and assured me that I’ll be home.
Strange, through out the whole thing, I was very sure that I would get home that night. Even when I panicked, I wasn’t acting like a headless chicken. This was the point when God asked me, :
“Who was the one who let you over-hear the guys at the bus stop in the middle of nowhere who also wanted to go Larking? Who provided the S&S bus passing through that remote location a minute after you got down? Who provided that last bus at 10pm that passess through Simpang Renggam? Who provided a father who teaches afternoon sessions and loves you enough to go fetch you from Simpang Renggam?”
Erm.. God did. Haha… I’m still a bit dazed, and the weight of God’s action in providing and guiding me even when He was the last thought in my mind, hasn’t sunked in yet. But I stand amazed!
