half way through

Exams are a pain. So far i'm two down and another two to go. The first two considered ok but the next two are diehard.

I'm not sure if anyone else does this but for my exams i usually have a dress theme. This sem i wanted to wear formal for all my papers but couldnt bring myself to do it. So i wore red for the first two and for the next two its going to be black shirts for me. Red for danger, black for death.

See you after monday, or sooner, who knows?

~shalom~

all the best

Wishing all the Curtin Students both in Miri and down under all the best on your exams. God bless.

~shalom~

chronicles of narnia: prince caspian

Just watched the movie and oh my was it better than the first one. Although the sound was surprise, surprise not good. I really don't like the cinema here so i didnt get to hear what they were saying. So i may actually buy this movie so i can follow it.

So we see the 4 royals come back to Narnia at a time of turmoil, war has broken out and narnia has changed a lot. Peter trying to live up to the name of King and makes some rash decisions. Edmund is so much different, grown up, more mature. Lucy is still the same, lovely and all and Su falls in love with a prince. Haha hope i didnt spoil too much for you ;)

For me, after watching the movie i feel like i want to read the book. Yeah i know, funny considering i hardly finish any book but i honestly feel like i want to read the book la. But something special about this movie is the way "everything" came together to fight for Narnia. The trees, the tikus, the centurs... everything even the sea came together to fight.

Aslan who was not very visible in this movie came at the right time to finish the work. I kind of felt thats the way we are, even though we don't see it. All of creation is created by God and is at our disposal, at his control, thats why the seas path ways when the people of Israel needed an escape from the Egyptians, thats why the ravens fed Elijah, thats why the donkey spoke to balaam. These "things" are under his control and they are all on our side.

I feel one day we will see all of creation coming together to fight the last battle against evil. I think it is going to be really cool and i thank God for this movie and for showing me that. Go watch it. I give prince caspian a 4.8/5.

~shalom~

only in july

No computerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :sob: :sob: I want to cry already. I thought it would make me more focused but the truth is, i cannot concentrate. I feel very restless, sometimes just pacing around the house. Good thing gawai is over and i can come to school and use the ME lab computers. I feel very paiseh asking people, can online for a while? And its never enough :( I need my daily internet fix.

Its weird, i feel trapped thats why sometimes i'll open the gate or just look outside. I didnt realise it but going online is my way of getting out. I'm not sure if that makes sense. Let me try again, going online is my way of getting to see the outside world and keeping in touch with whats happening.

Unfortunately i cannot get a new lappie until the end of next month. But since i'm getting a dell i think i'll call it Delia, I thought about Delwin for a name but delia sounds better. Any other suggestions? Since Ben is dead now all i can do is recover the hard disk along with all my songs and pictures and transfer them to Delia when she arrives sometime in July. Man thats long.

Somebody help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

~shalom~

June 1

First i want to congratulate Eilyn on her graduation, too bad i cannot be there but at least you have family with you.

Its the first of June, exams are in 8 days time and there is so much to do, just thinking about the amount of reading i'm suppose to do makes me scared. I'm really scared for this sem, its been very tiring, stressful and well you know.

Its really inconvenient not having a computer, i feel so bored at home, end up tempted to sleep. Cannot sleep also because then i feel guilty wasting time when i should be studying so at the end i'm down to spending a lot of time in the ME lab, doing most of my work here. At the moment there are just 5 of us here and its cold. Good thing i brought my jacket.

So this weekend we had the vcf committee retreat camp at Imperial Hotel, it was basically meetings and some fun, in between. For a few moments you actually forget that exams are coming soon and that made it worthwhile for me at least, i didnt have to worry about it, just enjoy the company of good friends and fellow committee members. Also another opportunity to take pictures. I would love to share them with you but Curtin blocks flickr so i cannot access them here but i have uploaded a few pictures to my flickr so you can check them out there. Will probably make a proper post about it when i have the time.

Church was good, as usual. There's one thing i noticed, sometimes the music is a mess and you cannot follow, its less than ideal like what i'm used to at bethany or in EYM but there's something pure, something right in the midst of the mess, if you really want to worship God it won't be a hinderance. And today i was reminded of the song, so you could come. The first time i heard the song was last year in the vcf lifecamp at niah. And its always special to me. The word was very timely as always :) i just thank God for putting me where i am, and for making me enjoy the things i am enjoying at the moment.

Father thank you for every moment, every day, every event, for everything. I feel really grateful for all you have done in my life, and continue to do. Help me in those times to lift my burdens and emotions to you and let you complete the work you have already started. I truely love you o-tou san.

~shalom~