Friday, March 28, 2008
-Friday, March 28, 2008
i havent worshipped god on the guitar for quite some time, and i felt i should just pick up the guitar today. and god put these two songs in my heart, jesus shall take the highest honour, and through it all.
have you realized god's always been there for you ? but yet, we never really give him the credit, most of the time just a thank you, but we sometimes do not really mean it. has he been taking the highest honour in your heart? i know he hasnt been in mine, and i'm guilty. give thanks in everything. just wanted to share this. cell's starting. i'll update later.
Friday, March 21, 2008
-Friday, March 21, 2008
good friday. seems like christian bloggers all around the world blog about it. i guess i'll follow suit as well. but mine's a little different. do read on. its a pretty long post. pleaseread till the end thanks (:
recently i havent had much to do, just going out with new friends and all, with the absence and chan and lionel, not many lan sessions to attend, and everyone else has exams coming. 9th april. i cant wait. believe it or not, i havent playing dota for an unbelievable 3 weeks. thus, i've had much more time to think about things.
good friday eh. jesus gave his life so that we might have life. and i asked myself, "what would i give up everything for?" and i'm being really honest with myself now, cause giving the model answer and say "i'll give everything to follow jesus" but not meaning it isnt going to change anything. i'm not sure if i'm willing to drop everything and follow him. you may judge me, saying then how can i be a follower of jesus. but its not that easy to drop everything and follow jesus.
but i do know two things i'll give everything for. the first is
going back to primary school. i really miss primary school. where there's no worries. you just look forward to recess and just eat, eat and eat. macroroni soup with hell lot of fishballs and mushrooms at just a dollar. curry with tau pok at just 50 cents. and after school hea down to grandlink square and just chill out and have bubble tea. i'll give everything to go back, same classmates, teachers, i guess i finally realized what my dad meant that schooling was the most fun. even now, i'll give up many tihngs to go back to secondary school. but i know, deep down that its impossible. even if i were as rich as bill gates, or as powerful, say a president, its still impossible. and thinking about it will only make me feel sad, so lets move on then (:
next thing is i guess the raptured. i've put up this post maybe 2-3 times? i dont know.
the practices. the friendship. the dinners at the duck rice stall in the evenings. after school, looking forward to something. the feeling isnt happy. i assure you its not happy. its JOY. joy thats overwhelming. not even in tapestry 07. tapestry 07 was just a continuation, to repeat the success that tapestry 06 had. a friendship so tight. tight till the point where its a bond. a bond, like an ionic bond, or a covalent bond, where energy is needed to break it. STRONG ENERGY.
samwong. the inspiration on the guitar, he just made me want to practice, to make things work. even for tapestry 07, after he left, i did my best in tapestry 07, cause
i wanted to improve even more, to get to a standard that he was at.
lionel. being my closest buddy ever, and my cousin, we've always done everything together. playing lan, going out, opening christmas presents, watching movies, you name it, we did it. which is why with him tapestry 06 was a blast. i did tapestry 07, cause he wanted to do it. if he didnt want to do, i wouldnt either.
matt. our team leader, and one of my dearest friends who helped me fit into youth.and also someone who shared the same music, goals as me lionel and samwong. he's someone with leadership, and his voice is pretty good. our dinner meetups were a success, because he made sure we all turned up. almost none of us said we couldnt make it, because we all just wanted to fellowship and have fun.
shawn. cool ass dude, and he's the reason why i'm still playing the guitar. playing with him is such a joy, where just a look into the eyes, and you know what's coming next. him, me lionel. jamming together was so damn good. no hand signs, whatsoever. its just look in the eyes, and the music comes on.
serene. a backup singer with us! tapestry was what brought us closer together. and we were missing a backup singer then, and by chance, she wanted to join tapestry as well. the raptured means alot to her as well, but i guess the wave of nostalgia hit me first (:
elaine and evelyn. closest buddies i've ever seen in my life. even closer than me and lionel. they do everything together, and guess what? they just left for aussie just 2 days ago for the sisterhood of mary. you want to know whats a bond. thats a bond. these two, when matthias roped them in, they couldnt say no, mainly cause they and matthias were pretty close, and they werent in for the music, more for the fellowship, and to just have fun. wasnt like tapestry 07, where people joined cause they wanted to do music, and sing their favourite songs up on stage. they were there for us, cause we needed a pianist and a backup singer. my dear sisters, thanks.
and thats it. the whole team. it was a revolution. the greatest event in my life. and this is what i want to focus on. cause its possible. its not impossible like going back to primary school. its possible, we just gotta sacrifice time. matt's in the army, but he's a clerk. he might be free. i dont know. i just miss the raptured so much. the pioneers of music. after tapestry 06, music in church was brought to a whole new level. people were enthusiastic about music, and it was awesome. its my dearest prayer. i'm not saying i dont want to work with other people. we dont have to enter the raptured for tapestry again. i just long for just once, for all of us to just come together, have a dinner together at the duck rice stall, and just jam some songs out. i just want to feel the moment one last time.
anyway, its a pretty long post, so i'll leave it here for some time, for you guys to read. and also, i owe you guys, cause i havent been updating. so yea. dinner time with my friend, bedok, fried oyster. but i wouldnt give everytihng for fried oyster, but i'd sure give everything for the raptured.
send revival to us lord, revival the youth once again lord, and help us to be a revolution.
JuL scribbled at 9.01PM. sigh.
Monday, March 17, 2008
-Monday, March 17, 2008
hey all (:
just felt like blogging cause i'm kinda bored.
i went for my school's band concert on thursday, and i must say the percussion has improved like crazy man. you know, i get a bit jealous and sad sometimes when i see them improving so much. and some of them are much better than me. you know, for someone like me who's wasted so much money on drums, its just sad you know, to accept that people are getting so much better.i just really wanna get back into band, improve, and have fun with the section. even in church. people are improving so fast, some are overtaking me. sometimes i get jealous, but i always tell myself to let it pass. i guess when you're a teacher, the hardest is not teaching, but accepting that your students can surpass you. sighh. being asked to conduct a drum lesson. i'm not really sure if its my thing. father lord, i recommit my life. help me lord. annoint me, make me achive my 101%.
JuL scribbled at 12.54AM. starbucks and walks home.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
-Sunday, March 09, 2008
hey all! its been a logn time since i updated. gotta kinda sian of updating. guess no one comes here anymore, but heck. i'm really bored! things have been cool, playing games and stuff. yea got 14 points for my R5, and 11 for my R4, for those who didnt know. (: its a miracle i was able to get it, so yea thank god. anyway, anyone up for starbucks? :D
