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Ipoh Lasallian Encounter 2007 at St Michael's Institution, La Salle Centre totally rocked.

Im a little lazy to highlight everything we did, so I'll just pen down some of the more memorable ones:

The talks by all 8 brothers really 'transformed' (theme of the camp) us in our lives. And so I look forward to transforming others.

We watched 2 movies in 4 days...lol....

Those from St Martin's, Tambunan, Sabah had extremely good musical background, they sang extremely well.

And the best part is, I learned an unforgettable quote.

Bro Michael Kang (m'sia) was telling us on how, his father while going after the girl he loved, wanted her to be Catholic ( a little selfish, I know)

When Bro Michael's dad confessed to her "I am Catholic" , she said

"If I truly loved you, I must also love your God too."

And lastly, I did not get to try their renowned "Ipoh Hor Fun"...

Lol, but never mind, I can officially say that this was the best camp in my life.

I high and low-lighted my hair today :D, 5 hours after I came back at 7am.

Anyway, all this stuff aside.

Once again, somethings happened. I don't know what is going to happen from now on. All I can say is, I can only do whatever is in my ability...

That's all I am saying.

Coming back to the real world, now we have to face all our problems again.

Only this time, I am going to face it with a whole different new way.

Bring it on.

God Bless!

Final Fantasy IX - Melodies of Life (Piano Collections)

This is just too beautiful not too share

Goodbye, at least for a while...

Yours truly will be leaving for a Lasallian Encounter, by making a trip to Ipoh tomorrow the 25th of May, and I shall return on the 30th, a Wednesday.

Through recounts of my seniors, I really hope to have a true Spiritual Encounter in a foreign land, while having fun at the same time. They gave positive feedback on how it was enriching but yet fun at the same time.

Sounds better than LLTC anytime to me...

Somehow deep inside, I have this apprehensive feeling that this trip, being in Malaysia, my mind flashes back on the school camp I had in March and all its negative features.

But I suppose since this is Legion, things would be better after all. Even if things will go bad,

I will always have my faith, at the very least.

But somehow with recent events, (refer to previous post) I have been down in an all-time low, until my friend told me these words.

"Have faith, that you have faith"

Picturing this words in my mind, this sounds like a bloody conundrum or paradox to me.

What if you never had any faith in the first place to begin?


Because, If you have faith that you have faith, then initially when you did not have faith, but then you believed you have faith, you have faith because you had faith, that you had faith.

Ok, this is seriously getting no where, let me sleep on it.

But here's another one for you, : Can you trust the Cretan who tells you all Cretan are liars?



Paradoxes aside for now...



Also we had our various CCA photo taking today. Since I was a prefect, I had to wear white long-sleeved shirt (we were give one day's notice =.=) and today being a Thursday we had PE in the morning.

Imagine wearing a PE attire inside, and long-sleeve outside. The heat..................

This year's legion photo looked good to me. Mostly comprised of the next-generation legionaries a.k.a lower sec members.

Somehow when I ascend to Sec 4 next year, (Oops, sorry let me re-phrase that.) IF I ascend to Sec 4 next year, (but either way) my responsibilities grow larger, as I have to succeed Michael in taking charge of the Student Assembly Prayer Leaders, which could once again affect my prefect duties.

Dickson is gonna be pissed. Again.

Wait, what the hell, since when did I ever care about his feelings after the time I got Mr Salleh's approval to smack him in the face (figuratively) by stating that I can go for Morning Prayer and can report to Prefect's Assembly at 7.10am, thus elimintating his stand of not allowing me to go?

And teachers gave so much, like 4 AMOAs (Alternate Mode Of Assesment) and holiday homework... There goes my freetime.... Thank you all teachers...We really appreciate all the effort you come up with to ruin our holidays, and we shall reciprocate by giving you shit the moment we come back :P __

at least most of us will...




And of course, another week without you guys, thus dampens my spirits though hmm......

I suppose there is always after the trip. :D Lookin' forward to seeing all of you again.

and for now, take care of yourselves alright?

tis' goodbye

Con Te Partiro, Bon Voyage.

God Bless!

I lost many of the people You gave me.

I saw the new faces, eager and willing...

And yet...many of them changed...what was once the right path in their eyes now becomes a path of bore, chore, and time-wastage.

Influenced by circumstances, I have tried to reach out to them, to guide them back.

But, alas... Many chose to take the wide and even path that was easy for them, which no doubt at the end, is a dead end.

Is it really that hard, just to sacrifice an hour? Do those things really matter than the very essence of what you believe in?

Once again, I've lost to the devil. He managed to steal away many of Her legionaries. And as leader, I have failed terribly in the execution of my duty.

Fighting an enemy may be hard, but at least with a loyal and devoted army, one can stand his ground.

But what happens, when your enemy uses propaganda, leads them astray, and you as the leader of your batallion, helplessly look as one by one, your men walk the path of no return?

Temptation overcomes their spirit, even though it may be strong, but the weakness of the flesh is just too weak to resist it.

Their young minds are just unable to resist it. Their faith was not strong enough. But I refuse to give up.

Not when I still have my faith that one day they will return, not when I still reign as President and I will see that they walk that path no more, and to return, to what was truly just and righteous.

If he wants a war of mind-games, he shall get one. At the end of the day, we know who is the clear victor. He may have had a good start.

But this is only the start, and it is not over till it is over. I have lost them, and its really up to me to bring them back..

God, help me seek and return your lost sheep to your flock, O Good Shepherd. Guide our paths, protect us from wild animals that seek to harm us.

Amen.

God Bless!

Morning dawns

It is so rare that I wake up so early like at 9.35 am despite I am on MC.

And thanks to my MC I managed to skip my School's Annual Jogathon at Bedok Reservoir.

(sorry, I don't really fancy waking up in the crack of dawn with my vision all blurred, making my way to some water catchment area and running 4.3 km just to air-condition the hall. I care more about the beloved chapel though :P)

Anyway, according to my friends Ascension mass at school was not bad as there were 2 servers. Hopefully everything went well...

Mass at church was ok as there was at least Damien to assist me for the 1 pm mass, but could not make it for the funeral as I had to see the doctor.

The doctor gave me 2 types of medicine. One was an eye drop and the other was an eye ointment which I had to run INSIDE my lower eye bag. Hurt a little and because of its sticky nature I could not really open my eyes.

(Oh and Edmund if you are reading this, fyi the medicine was not white so go get your own mayonaise and chilli and go fantasize all you want...)

oh yeah, I also toned my hair a bit, so it looks a little brown. :P

Came back home and I slept for a few hours. Woke up, eat my over due dinner and slept again.

God I am living like a pig these days......... :X


But never mind, when the holidays start I will forget what is called rest...

Ipoh Lasallian Encounter, Legion Camp, LLTC.

can die...................................

oh, but before I go Ipoh, I would really like to catch POC 3 At World's End.

hey guyz, free on 24th night?

aww nvm. I guess not. You all better concentrate on your studies la huh......


Omg...coming from a student who failed 4/7 of his subjects.. LOL!


I may be going Zion later to meet my friends for some LAN.

and can't wait to highlight my hair next Friday :D

God Bless

And have a good weekend ahead.


I am surely enjoying mine ;)

Sick

Really not feeling well, and I am hoping I get 2 days' MC. My eyes are swollen and I am running a temparature.

And I hope everything goes well in Ascension Mass in school today. Thomas I am so sorry I cannot serve with you and bring you the cinctures, I think there should be cinctures in the school chapel's vestry. And I hope Christopher will step up.

I am gonna serve the 1 pm mass in church since all the other servers have school (Muahahahahahah what better time to get sick).

Oh yeah, Day of Obligation today hor, do not forget to go. :D

Alright then, time to go to the doctor's and get my 2 days MC (oh i will MAKE SURE he gives me 2 days since Friday is jogathon...)


Take Care and God Bless

oh and take a look towards the sky, you might just see a light coming down, and a person going up..
Hee..


ok that was F******** lame...

Signal Fire

It's been forever since I blogged here, but hey! Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Anyway, have you seen the MV for Signal Fire by Snow Patrol? It's SO CUTE (:



HEHE. Happy watching people (:

Why?

Why?

Why do things have to take a turn towards the path of no return?

Why is it that we can't always keep something close to our hearts, and it constantly eludes our grasp when we realize how much we cannot live without it?

Why must our weaknesses and differences break us apart, even though we know that at the end of the day, this does not do us good?

Why do we let somethings in life take over what truly matters in our hearts?

Why in our hectic lives do we forget that we who constantly seek out the weaknesses in others fail to see the good in them, and fail to love them as what they truly are?

Why is it that, we keep feeling that others should change for us, and yet, we do not change ourselves for the sake of others?

Why can't we love others, as He loved us?

Why is it so hard to love others and look beyond them, and to love them for who they are, showing them total and everlasting unconditional love? Just like he did for us.

He loved even his enemies. "Father, do not hold this against them, for they know not what they do"

What more, our friends and families?

Let go...Let go of everything and love. Love is patient and kind. It is not jealous, conceited, or proud.

I'll take you for who you are, if you take me for everything...

Please...

Casiopea vs T-Square: Midmanhattan

I lost this video in my previous post. So I am posting it up again.

Jazz

Just want to try adding a touch of Jazz music in my blog

The new song is: "You've Changed" by Keith Jarrett.

I got this song from my sister's blog @ multiply.

If you're a fan of jazz, you can go check out my sister's multiply profile at

cloudz7.multiply.com

Spiderman 3

It is over...shall not say much about it. I fucked up a few papers, without a doubt.

Enough...



Watched a longly awaited Spiderman 3 yesterday with my guyz. Really great movie if you asked me.

Spoliers:

It's been pretty long I really felt a tear drop from my eyes ever since Windtalkers. The part where Harry (Green Goblin's son) put away his mission for vengeance, came to Peter's (Spiderman) aid and even to the point where he took Venom's hit to protect Peter and died eventually.



In this movie, Peter had also been through many things. Trying to get MJ to marry him. Yet, unable to control his popularity as Spiderman. In a parade he even kisses a girl whom he saved, right in front of MJ. Which upsets her to the point where she even wants a break up.

Peter, from hope came to confusion and sadness. Vengeance when he realize the person who killed his Uncle Ben was not the person who died 2 seasons ago, but Flint (Sandman), who wants money to pay for his daughter's recovery. Unable to let go of his anger, Peter seeks Sandman.

Due to his insatiable hunger for revenge, poison takes over him, giving him the new black suit. This was a Spiderman who was not concerned with saving the neighbourhood. This Spiderman was one with a personal agenda, to hunt down all his enemies and kill them with his own hands. The enemies that caused him hurt.

Many other things, like making MJ jealous, he becoming more confident about himself, walking with a strut everywhere.

Peter has experienced, trying to commit to both his role as boyfriend, law enforcer, and family.

As Aunt May so aptly puts it. "A man must put his wife before himself"

I've seen the the negative side of having too many commitments. As such, this movie has really led me to think about my priorities towards life and not just concerned with getting a future in the world.

Revenge is like a poison, it can overtake you before you know it.

Two wrongs never make a right, It is up to a deed of goodness to resolve the hatred and anger

Hatred is like a curved blade, in hurt we do to our enemies, we do to ourselves.

Forgiveness because of love, is truly God's greatest gift for us.

And, more importantly,

There is no greater love, than to lay down one's life for a friend.

Amen.

God Bless

go watch the show if you have not.

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Just a time where the nagging in my ears and clashes between us escalates to a whole new dimension.


And sometimes even the best tuition just won't ever work out does it?

Thanks...

I guess I really am a person of the Humanities, not one of Science, where there is only one correct answer to everything.

Because, in the problems I go up against, there is never one solutions. I have to always go with my gut instinct.

There is no such thing as a definete answer.

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Today is bonus because I am home alone today. :)

Maths....

sigh......

nothing to say....sigh....





But hell, I am still awaiting this friday where every inch of me will go so high no one will be able to stop me.

And yeah...

Friends, Friends, Church, Church, Legion Legion, LAN LAN .....................


SO MANY THINGS TO DO...

4 days later... :S




Oh well, I must hold out, so must you guys too alright?






Awaiting my final victory over death.

My Lord will come again.


God Bless!

Casiopea vs T-Square - Once In A Blue Moon (Live)

I have not even listened to the full thing, and I am already deciding to post this up.....you get what I mean don't you.

Akira Jimbo- Mission Impossible (YAMAHA DTX)

Casiopea Drummer Akira Jimbo in a great solo, demonstrating the power of the YAMAHA DTX drum set. In case you do not notice, He is making the music all by himself

Rock On

CASIOPEA vs T-SQUARE - GETBACK

This is a very old video in the 1980s. Over here you might notice that the Casiopea Lead Guitarist's hair is BLACK ( my goodness...how he has aged)

Akira Jimbo still looks the same...

And do take notice of the bass guitarist for casiopea: Tetsuo Sakurai.

THE SHIT FOR ALL BASS GUITARISTS

Thursday- Family Day

Our family was not one that was usually close to each other.

Especially our parents who quarelled everyday over the smallest things in life. As for us children, we have to constantly listen to our "father" who obviously has been too used to commanding a batallion of soldiers, to "tell" us what to do. Which usually falls on death ears and one of us boys starts getting his signature corporoal punishment. (Yes he still does it, though I do not know why and neither to I really give a damn)


Our family quarells very often. Results, our futures, doing the housework, coming back home for meals etc...

So much so that we've totally forgotten about expressing our love constantly for each other as a family.

But gradually, it all started when my dad was going to hospital for a check up and he wanted to bring all of us out for a movie after that. For YEARS ( yes I mean really, I do not exagerate) this has not been successful especially with the whole family, but on that occasion everyone decided to commit ourselves one time.

It was also the day I sealed the deal with Dad for the 4 of us, (dad hates beef) to go to Aston's as an early birthday treat to me, and we got to taste the wagyu grade 6+.

We also watched Mr Bean and Shooter(separation..bleagh,) at Tampinese Mall.

After this incident, we all started coming up with great ideas to go out on Thursday.

2 weeks ago we all went out to see my sis's cheongsam which she will be wearing on her wedding night. She had various choices all over Singapore. So my dad drove her around, arriving at each shop, gave his "expert opinion" on some choices my sister made.

But seriously jie, the gold one you chose at orchard is really not going to work........and she ended up the on in ( sorry forgot the place ar sial) which was a white garment and a gold colour lace. Very nice, I think my sis will look glamarous in it.

And just yesterday we went to Aston's. ( hehe I ate a lot more than the others. 1 ribeye and 1 chicken cutlet...and SHIT...WHY DIDN'T THE STAFF PUT A NOTICE ON THEIR WAGYU WHEN WE ARRIVED, IT WAS ONLY AFTER MY SIS AND I FINISHED EATING, THEN THEY PUT IT UP ARGH!)

oh and btw people, Aston's has just opened on May Day, and now they have grade 5 Wagyu ribeye going for $40 the 250 grams portion.



So Thursday will be our family day... At least we try to



Treasure your family, no matter how much you hate one member....


God Bless!



Whoa, a quote from Alwyn (choirmate of my sis's) with regard to sinful food.. :D

A moment on your lips, a lifetime on your hips.

Robin Williams stand up comedy part 12

The last and dirtiest part...extremely offensive and explicit content....PG 15

Robin Williams stand up comedy part 11

ok, its gonna get gross...all those who can't stand don't watch it please..ty

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To the person that this post may concern:

I really did not want things to turn out this way, one way or another, it was never my intention to betray you. I am aware of your position. There are always other chances for you. It is not just this one incident that will make all the difference in the world. There are still so many occasions and chances for you to do it.

What I have done, I have done. The past does not matter now. It is what happens now. The ball is now in your court. You can either run with it, or you can just stand around and wait for someone to tackle it away from you.

I truly respect you and your feelings on this matter. And I really hope you would get back up. And be the great person I have known you to always be.

This is not the person I know you are. Surely you would stand back up and continue your chase no matter what happens, if you truly want it. If you truly want it to work out between yourselves. Do not let me come in between and make you falter. Because I know you are better than that.


Know that no matter what happens, or how much you hate me, how much anger and sense of betrayal is there in your heart towards me, you are still my good friend to me, I do not want this friendship to fall apart just because of this...surely our friendship is worth more than this...

Please, do not let a misunderstanding break us apart...

Robin Williams stand up comedy part 10

part 10

Robin Williams stand up comedy part 9

part 9

Robin Williams stand up comedy part 8

He calls to his cat-like god but his cat-like god can't do shit coz he's afraid of water... "bares teeth"

Robin Williams stand up comedy part 7

part 7

Robin Williams stand up comedy part 6

part 6