Sunday, 29 April 2007

Good Shepherd Sunday- Prayer for Vocations

Today we celebrated Good Shepherd Sunday Mass in Holy Family.

After servers meeting, a few others and I went to play pool at Katong Shopping Centre, even though I was not 16. :D

Basil and I took one table. He won 3 out of 4. I won the 1st, he won the remaining 3.

Because, at the second game, when I was about to hit the last ball(the black '8' ball) into a hole I specified(play call pocket) it did not go in, but went into ANOTHER hole...which resulted in an instant victory for the opponent...

zzz


During Mass...

On the outside, though the servers were very organized and all, this whole Mass was totally play-by-ear with no training and absolutely no pre-planning of assignment of duties, everything was done ON THE SPOT LITERALLY. His Grace Archbishop Nicholas Chia took us by surprise when he decided to pop into the vestry before mass with all the seminarians and servers inside, say hi and then slowly assemble his gold Crozier(His Staff)

All went well..thankfully..

Had a great dinner sponsered by His Grace...

Some servers went to the wake of Marcus and Gerald Chia's grandmother's wake.

I offer my condolences...



On another issue. In the homily given by His Grace, I just saw how little men entering the diocese every year.

Outside the main entrance of the church, I saw, various statements displayed on a poster that was from this book on how certain men became priests

According to the poster, our very own Father Aloysius was inspired by the Star Wars series and came to Singapore(he's from Malaysia f.y.i) and joined the diocese... ROCK ON!

Father Valerian Chong gave up his lavish life as a hotelier(dun really know what it is, but sounds freaking luxurious as it comes from the word hotel) and a BIG FAT PAYCHECK to join the diocese(something along the lines of the poster)

But one priest that really touched me, was the fact that he even gave up music. His 1st love, to join the priesthood.

If it was me, It would be a very big conflict of interest...

To quote the words from another poster: "If you will not spare your son for priesthood, then get down on your knees and start praying that others will"

I would hence say a prayer I learnt by heart from my daily Morning Prayers in school.

O Jesus our Good Shepherd, bless all our parishes with numerous religous Brothers and Sisters, examplary Christian families and lay missionaries who will live the Gospel with joy according to the needs of the entire world which You love and wish to save.

If you are calling any of us present here to serve You as a priest or Brother, make Your will clear to us and give us the courage to respond to Your call.

For Your greater glory and the good of Your people, hear and grant our prayer, Amen.

God Bless!

Saturday, 28 April 2007

Road Rage... grr.......

I had a very unpleasant experience of road rage this afternoon

This post shall be to vent my anger, so please expect some vulgarities...or turn away and scroll down to the next part thank you.

I was on my way to Parkway, when at the junction of Still road (The junction before the Marine Parade Community Centre), there was a major traffic jam.

ok, before I move on, for those not familiar,

The road I was on(Marine Parade road) that was at the Still Road Junction, has 4 lanes. 1 lane at the extreme left to go to ECP, 2 lanes in the middle to go to Parkway, and one lane at the extreme right to go to East Coast Road.

I was on the middle lane, 3rd from the left.

There was a bus which broke down just in the front of the 4th lane just before it could turn into East Coast Road, so all those vehicles behind naturally had to move to the 3rd lane, which caused a jam.

While my cab was nearing the front, this Toyota lady driver who was at the 4th lane tried to cut in. She moved in abit and stopped, So we thought she was giving us way and we moved in ...abit then she moved again.....

Then suddenly when we wanted to move forward to go to the front of the lane, she chiong all the way and knocked into our front a bit and stopped in front of us. So now she was in front of us, 3rd lane.

I was absolutely disgusted by the kind of traffic behaviour she displayed to us. And adding fuel to the fire, she keep pointing her index finger to her brain, signalling to us we had no brains...I was fucking pissed with her...but I did not reach boiling point until the stupid bitch decided to wind down her car window and raise her right hand out of the window to point a conspicuous middle finger to us, which attracted stares from people at the pedestrian crossings.

In retaliation, I made sure she was looking at me directly through her mirror, I raised both my middle fingers at the bitch and I also made an offensive sign at her by clenching my left fist, and smacking my right hand on top of it. ( note that i did this inside the taxi, not outside)

I hate fucking bitches like this who make the mistake and don't have the guts to admit it but got the fucking guts to make offensive sings at us.

Why did I think she is in the wrong?




1st: when she wanted to switch lanes, she did not give her car signal which totally caught us off guard

2nd: Instead of letting us go forward, she cut in front of us, knocked the front of the taxi partially, and then started making offensive sings towards us, which all the more displays her character...I repeat, she was the one who started the hand sign abuse.

And you know what was the fucking best part??!!


When the traffic light turned green, just as she was about to turn right, she REVERSED her car almost into us and so we had to jam break to prevent accident, and then she sped off....


That totally angered me to no end, I wish during the time she was making the offensive signs I had a spanner in my hand and I would fucking get out of the taxi and demand her to come out and fucking make a scene.

Hopefully while she was happily pointing her middle finger I seriously hoped one kind soul beat the red light and the camera captured her as well, since she was in direct angle with the camera.


And note, this post does not show my hatred towards Lady Drivers. I think lady drivers may not drive so well, which may lead to a shake of the head by other people on the road... that is my comment. Note that I am not stereotyping any innocent parties here. But this act of road rage just proves the point all the more that not only do Lady Drivers SUCK IN DRIVING SKILLS BUT THEY ALSO LACK ROAD CURTOSEY

She was deliberately trying to cause an accident and not showing any form of curtosey to people on the same road.

As she turned right, I fervently prayed that she was not a member of my parish.


but people reading this, please note that 2 wrongs do not make a right. I was also in the wrong to make offensive signs, but I could not control my anger at that point of time.






But I was not going to let anyone ruin my day out.

Happiness is a way of choice. :D



I went to Parkway for my session of HOTD4 :D

I cannot believe I actually played 2 games


The first game...not that good

I used 3 credits to finish it.

1:A
2:A
3:A
4:B
5:B
6:A


I took a break and went down to get some snacks and a drink, and then half an hour later I met Charles, Royston and Dannel, who were shopping in Popular.


We then went to Pastamania for dinner and then since they had time we went to Timezone for awhile.

I played HOTD 4 again, (the 3 of them left for Youth Mass in OLPS) in a more relaxed manner, like:"Ok la, this game just play for fun, not serious..."

I did not aim for the heads of the zombies just anyhow shoot only...but i made sure i got the secret lives, grenades and bonuses.

and I used only 2 credits to finish the game, and my score was BETTER!

1:A
2:A
3:A
4:B
5:B
6:S

And there was a nice crowd gathering around me from the 3rd stage onwards...

AND I ONLY USED ONE CREDIT FOR STAGE 6!!!

AND I DID NOT LOSE A LIFE IN THE WORLD BETA AND GAMMA!


ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(grr...stupid little laserblade throwers, you are so bloody small and you teleport away just before my bullet reaches you. If it was not for you guys stage 6 would be so much easier. But then again it IS the last stage, so must have some form of difficulty, even though it pisses people off)

Although I did well but I seriously miss playing with my friends though....sigh...

Tomorrow can't meet up with them cause got server's meeting, and then training for Good Shepherd Sunday mass because Archie just wants to come to our church for reasons best known to himself...Maybe he has developed a personal liking to our church perhaps...HAHA!

ah well, I AM proud of my church...I still think its better than any other churches I have seen, unless you count the Vatican of course, the Sistine Chapel is just a building of pure magnificence and art(note, not as if I been there, saw it once in Catholic News)


I am looking forward to the Lasallian Encounter Trip in Ipoh this 23rd May...


ok, thats all I have to say, and I am not angry anymore........

really...im fine thanks......

and oh btw, the taxi driver took down her car plate number just in case

Bye and God Bless!

P.S (Please be responsible when driving on the road, it is a public place and your actions can affect people around you.)

Friday, 27 April 2007

Robin Williams - Golf (Full Version)

Updated version of the previous 2.19 video last time...

Robin Williams Live On Broadway - Best of 1/5

Various clips of Robin Williams clumped together...all from various parts of the show

-

It ain't matter any more. What was done has been done. Move on...




I have really nothing to say

that's all

thank you.

yes...im fine..really....





thank you.

Thursday, 26 April 2007

...

I guess I really did underestimate the difficulty of the chinese exam paper today...*crosses fingers* lets hope I do not fail shall we...

In my absence, some stuff happened in my clique.............

I really do not know what to do...

I guess, should I turn, to the cross...in my pocket?


I carry a cross in my pocket
A simple reminder to me
Of the fact that I am a Christian,
No matter where I may be
This little cross is not magic
Nor is it a good luck charm
It isn't meant to protect me
From every physical harm
It's not for identification
For all the world to see
It's simply and understanding
Between my Saviour and me
When I put my hand in my pocket
To bring out a coin or key
The cross is there to remind me
Of the prize He paid for me
It reminds me too, to be thankful
For my blessings day by day
And to strive to serve Him better
In all that I do andsay
It's also a daily reminder
Of the peace and comfort I sahre
With all who know my Master
And give themselves to his care
So, I carry a cross in my pocket
Reminding no one but me
That Jesus Christ is Lord of my life
If only I'll let Him be.
Far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ
Galatians 6:14
The following poem, was from a bookmark Miss Pereira gave the Catholics in our class.
Thank You, Jesus.

Tuesday, 24 April 2007

Hokkien version of how Jesus calms the storm

I swear this guy's going to hell......

Nokia N93 Hokkien Version

A hokkien version of Gary Oldman's Nokia N93 advertisement

Sunday, 22 April 2007

Casiopea vs T-Square: Midmanhattan

Once again, japan's finest jazz fusion bands display a great repetoire of solos in this song, Mid Manhattan.
Drums for this song are great, very nicely played together by the 2 drummers.

Saturday, 21 April 2007

To see your smile...

From the MRT, we walked on to the bus interchange, with her trying to guess what was I going to give her. She guesses the answer initially, but I do not tell her it is.

We stopped at the interchange. Opening my bag, I handed her a wrapped package which was fairly large in size. "Is it a PSP?" she asks in disbelief. The grin on my face widens a little. Opening the package carefully, she takes out a PSP, Champagne Gold in colour.

Her face in shock, which turned into smile, her hugs, her going high, jumping around and little screams and exclamations, were all I needed to feel and see. The warmth that filled my heart, the smile on my face, could never ever be replaced with a PSP and PS3 combined...

She just could not stop hugging me, telling me I was God-sent, which really touched me deeply. I just loved to see her smile and be happy

And to me perhaps, In her eyes, I found the greatest prize of my life this year.

Though it is my birthday, my wish was to share this joy with someone. With the help of God, I managed to win her long desired gift, and so my wish was fufilled too.

She was still in disbelief after a few minutes, the aftermath of her wish fulfilled was just too much for her to absorb in such a short period of time. I did promise her when we were on the MRT back to Bedok, that I will give her something that will not let her sleep the whole night, and so I did.

It has come to a close. The day when 15 years ago, the cries of a child of God filled this world. Now the child has become a teenager, experimenting with different things this world has to offer.

Most importantly, he has truly experienced true happiness. Even though it was a short moment, it was a gratifying and glorious experience in his 15 years in life.

Yoh-Kun, I hope that this PSP, which is just a token of my appreciation of the friendship we had over the last 2 years keep you happy when you are sad, entertain you when you are bored. This gift is truly for you.

Love, Benny Boy.



God, 15 years ago, You brought me into this world. I, an insignificant child, did not know the true majesty of the world You created, but have at last, known what joy to a person is. I thank You God, for all the love and blessings You have showered on me every single time, for giving me such loving parents, caring siblings, and wonderful loyal friends I made, whom I have met. Let all in this world experience joy and love in their lifetimes, that they may know the beauty of men You created, Amen.

Before I was born

Before I was Born
You made me,
You formed me,
You kept me alive, long before I was born
You have sought me out and found me,
You know where I sit or stand
You know the depths of my heart
whenever I move or rest
You'll find me wherever I am, You'll find me wherever I am
You made me
You formed me,
You kept me alive, long before I was born
You kept me alive, long before I was born
Before a word comes from my mouth, You know what I want to say,
You come close to me, You lay your hand upon me
All of this is too much for me, all of this is too much for me.
You made me,
You formed me,
You kept me alove, long before I was born
How can I ever hide from you, where can I run from you
Above and Below, You are there,
To the dawn or to the sea, You are there,
Your hand will guide my way, Your hand will guide my way
You made me,
You formed me,
You kept me alive, long before I was born
You have created every inch of me, You knit me to my mother's womb
You have record of all my days, long before they ever began,
How amazing Your thoughts, O God, how amazing Your thoughts O God.
You made me
You formed me,
You kept me alive, long before I was born...
You kept me alive, long before I was born.
O God, before I even came into this world, you knew me from my mother's womb. You created me, protected me, let me into Your wonderful creation of this world. I grew up with Your ever guiding hands keeping me from harm, and protecting me from all dangers. Getting to know You, Love You and Serve You. You gave me my family, my friends, my body, my mind, my soul. Yet I take them for granted. You continued to love me even as I strayed away. Now that I remember the day, this day, 15 years ago, when I came into this world, filled with Your everlasting unconditional Love for me, for us. I ask You to bless my family, my friends, all those who have come into my life and gone, the people whom I know, the people whom I have yet to know. Let every new child be blessed with Your love and bring joys to familes all around Your world, For every child is a gift from You, and all these I ask in Your most precious name, Amen.

Friday, 20 April 2007

SPS SC 2007

After my prefect's meeting yesterday, I decided to help Ricardo and abandon my initial plan of skipping St Patrick's School Sports Carnival 2007.

Had difficulty getting a cab this morning, which all the more lead to my frustration and a hint of hesitation to go back to Plan A. But I did manage to find my way there after all.

I was in the publicity department, which meant we had to do things like, running from the track and then hand it over to the admin people who will tabulate the results...though I did not know what the hell did this had to do with publicity of any sort, the extremely enthusiastic sec 2s were more than eager to take on this job, which meant physically less demanding duties for me... XD

Or so...i thought....


But hell it was fun...I was appointed to be 1 of 2 commentators... And good to say, Mr Salleh and Mr Lak felt that I was doing a good job, observing all the competitors, announcing...

It was really fun, getting the shade at the upper levels of the grandstand, and then feeling a load of energy...but alas

My throat just could not stand the emotions and roar of the stadium high, and shouting into the mike to make my point only made it worst

And Gabriel, thank you so much for finding all those cold drinks to sustain my throat throughout my 2 hour commentary.

So Gabriel take over for the rest of the Carnival, occasionally helping the other prefects to get those annoying little buggers from running around and trying to take shelter in one of those benches around the track which they were not allowed to in the 1st place

All ended well, after that,


Zion......................


Ironically, we did not get to play the initial match, for the 1st group that arrived there (Charles, Bryan, Shawn, Joel, and Me yes 5 in a cab.....Shawn was fairly small) we played with another group of Patricians who were there 1st.

As usual, the highlight of the afternoon was Joel, whose Nerubian Weaver nobody could match, getting his usual triple kills. In the initial stages, he did not farm properly, but late game, he got his act together and became top player. Rock On.

I was Enchantress, Charles was Anti-Mage, Bryan as Broodmother (ks-ed Joel one time for a double kill) Shawn Huang was Priestess of the Moon (FUCKING CAN'T SHOOT YOUR ARROW PROPERLY LA CB! MOTHER NEVER TEACH YOU HOW TO AIM IS IT? OF LIKE, 15 ARROWS YOU HIT THE ENEMY ONLY ONCE!...haha... okok...not angry..he was not up to form..just all was feeling damn dumb at his mistake which, if not commited, could have led us to pawn their asses instead of a normal win)


Shit happens....



As for me, though I drew 1st blood, I got backstabbed and ganged frequently, and my health is admittedly, not my forte.

And most of the time, I was just slowing enemies, throwing spears that hit harder the further the enemy was away from me, and organizing "healing rallies".

I went to Parkway Timezone, to try my luck at the lighthouse game to win a handphone, but alas, to no avail, I went there pretty confidently, but ended up wasting $20.




Shit happens...




Now about yesterday, at my sis's recommendation, we all went to Defu Lane to get some seafood.

The food was ok, to me...

But the waitress made a mistake

We ordered 2 crabs, we wanted one chilli, and one butter crab. But on the table there were 2 chilli crabs, asking for an exchange, the waitress told us they ran out of crabs..

I was .... ok..nvm.....My sis however was not happy (so she says) .




Shit happens...




Luckily, there were some "backup" crabs, so the waitress said, we got our crabs, despite our appetite getting ruined in the beginning. The butter was heavenly though..mmmm.....'

The waitress apologized by giving us a free fruit platter

And heck, we had 3 crabs, not bad

Thanks Jie..


We left the place, while the waitress saw us off as a sign of her sincerity, and as so Greg aptly puts it, hopefully, this incident will spur her on to do better next time in the service of customers.


So, 3 mistakes in 2 days.



When you make a mistake,

1) Admit it
2) Make good the mistake and learn from it
3) Don't repeat it again.



3 hours later, on this very night, a child was born onto this earth by the grace of God.

(so much for Holy Hour...haha!)

God Bless!

Wednesday, 18 April 2007

Truly, He answers.

Truly, My Lord answers the prayers of those who ask.

I am not going to elaborate...

It is gonna be a surprise



Oh and, I have recovered a little from my flu problem, and I think I will be fit enough to celebrate the day I came into this world. :D

bye and God Bless!

Tuesday, 17 April 2007

I've failed

After getting a extremely disappointed Brother telling me the stuff that's been going on...


I have decided



LAN will not be a part of Legion activities...


It was a mistake from the beginning, and I want to end it now...once and for all...

Too much has been going on, and due to a few guys not telling their parents after ACIES, some figures of authourity got hit left right and centre.


And so, I officially bring it to a close. The limits have been stretched far enough........................

I can't believe what I was doing.........I have really failed as President, as a Legionary for succumbing to this....

I wish to make good my wrongs.....


I'm sorry, My Mother






And I've fallen sick again. Nosebleeding, flu.....


There has been some strange virus going on...lately....and half the clinic was consulting the doctors coz of flu...

I really hope it is not another case of SARS....




I just slept for a full 15-hours..though I do not know how.........



i mite as well use this time to do some IPW



God Bless!

Friday, 13 April 2007

Fabulous

Woot..

Had an extremely great meal at Aston's yesterday night with my bro, sis and mom...(dad just cannot appreciate western food can he?)


On the table was

Crispy Fried Fish
2 ieat SuperBurgers

and the main highlight of the evening


a 250g Grade 6/7 Wagyu Striploin that costed $79 ( er nope..not 3 of this..it would just be too bloody expensive...)



And just when we were eating, a continuous alarm came from the kitchen...


Apparently, the exhaust pipe got problem (probably due to overworked) and so the grill was out of order and no more further orders could be taken.

Thank God it was AFTER our meal was served. And you should have seen the way Greg totally gorged himself on the ieat Superburger. He had to literally stretch his jaw muscles to the max...I cant afford to stretch coz for some reason it will dislocate my jaw... :( wheres the fun in eating a burger then...

sigh


Anways, the Wagyu..was ...]omg...... Tender, Juicy, and all the natural fats oozed out when i sank my teeth into this gourmet steak...

Definetely worth a $79...but not shared among 3 people..hehe........


All were filled and satisfied..

oh btw.. The potatoes used for the side dishes like baked potatoes is RustleBerback (or smth lidat..how to spell) potatoes...extremely fresh and soft...



anway, from the 17th of April, Astons is gonna renovate( actually to expnd his shop) and it will be only opened in the 1st of May. So, expect to see a bigger space...( but the queue will remain the same long damn queue it is...sigh)

and according to him, during his opening he is gonna import Grade 9+ Wagyu..WOOT....


If you think thats cool, last time, he had a freaking Grade 11+ which costed $150 for 250 g...


As extravagant as it may sound, its considered quite worth it coz it will cost like wat...200 to 300 bucks in restaraunts?


haha...anyway, kudos to Astons for making such fabulous western fare at cheap rates for all to enjoy

His personal commitment " I will never raise the price of my food."


Next thing i wanna try is the Tenderloin steak...



oh..i have a few pics of the Wagyu which i will post....maybe next time....cya!

P.S Today, Aston posted notice saying he will try to fix his grill by 7pm....no promises thoguh


CIAO!

God Bless Aston and everyone!

Wednesday, 11 April 2007

HOTD 4 FTWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!







Yesterday was the best of my HOTD 4!!!




my score from 1st to 6th stage


A
A
A
A
A
S!!!




WOOT....no Bs... and even and S!


I felt a little weird as I was still to used to the vibration of the gun in Parkway, the momentarily lost of concentration cost me one life in stage 1....and I did not get all the secrets

but....



I DID NOT LOSE A LIFE TO JUSTICE OR THE EMPRESS!!!! WOOT!


WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT...


HAHA



I guess I am typing in so many caps coz I have not been able to use my com for how long..


and. havent seen them for a pretty long time, and i felt pretty lonely...hmm...


haha...


Yesterday was a great reunion for all of us..

oh, and we watched The Reaping(NC-16...but due to my proness in lying and acting they let me in...i claimed I did not bring my ID card).


Pretty creepy though...hmm...A lot to do with bible and Christians/Catholics



It's great to be back with you all guys...

Looking forward to the next outing...



Sotong Cabin Crew, Deckswabber Benny boy signing out...


God Bless!

For God.

When Jesus saw that everything that was in the scripture was fulfilled, He said :"I thirst." There was a container of wine with hyssop. The soldier then took a sponge and filled it with wine, and brought it to Jesus' mouth. He drank it and said: :"it is finished". Then bowing his head, He gave up his spirit.


So there was the triumph of Jesus over death.

Dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our lives.

The day before, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples...

The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to seek and bring back those who are lost.

"I, your Lord and Master, have become your servant. I who made the moon and stars, will kneel to wash your feet.
This, is my commandment: to love as I have loved you. Kneel, to wash each other's feet, as i have done for you."




I still remember...


His glorious entry into Jerusalem...The crowd was cheering, making a path for him, waving palms saying :" Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord"

Yet, it is the same crowd on Good Friday who handed him over shouting :' Crucify him, crucify him!"

The pure irony of it.

He who was among the people, preaching to them, persuading them to repent and turn away from their sins, creating miracles in the very eyes of those who did not believe Him, who came from the Father.

They revolted, making a crown of thorns and placed it over his head. Spitting at him, whipping him, beating him, carrying the cross that beared the sins of the world.

Why...

Why did he have to die...

Why did he even sacrifice himself...




Why
We rode into town the other day
Just me and my daddy
He said that I'd finally reached that age,
and I could ride...
Next to him on a horse
and of course was not quite as wild



We heard a crowd of people shouting
and so we stopped, to find out why
and there was that man
that my dad said he loved,
but today there was fear in his eyes...
So I said:'Daddy why are they screaming
Why are the faces of some of them beaming
Why is he dressed in that bright purple robe
I'll bet that crown hurts him more than it shows
Daddy please, can't you do something
he looks as though he's gonna cry
You said he was stronger than all of those guys
Daddy please tell me why
Why does everyone want him to die



Later that day, the sky grew cloudy
and Daddy said I should go inside
Somehow he knew things would get stormy
Boy was he right
But i could not keep from wondering if there was something he had to hide
So after he left,
I had to find out,
I was not afraid of getting lost.
So I followed the crowds,
To a hill where I know men had been killed
And I heard a voice come from the cross.



And it said:"Father why are they screaming
Why are the faces of some of them beaming
Why are they casting their lots for my robes
This crown of thorns hurts me more than it shows
Father please, can't You do something?
I know that You must hear my cry,
I thought I could handle a cross of this size
Father, remind me why,
Why does everyone want me to die?
Oh, when will I understand why?



"My precious Son, I hear them screaming
I'm watching the face of the enemy beaming
But soon I will clothe You in robes of my own
Jesus this hurts me much more than You know
But this dark hour, I must do nothing
Though I've heard your unbearable cry..
The power in Your blood destroys all of their lies
Soon You'll see past their unmerciful eyes
Look there beloved, see the child
Trembling by her father's side
Now I can tell You why


She, is why You must die.




The sacrifices we have made for Holy Week, now seem so trivial to the sufferings he beared,

Christ became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.


What more for us...