Timothy 胡敬威

Bitching: Part 2

2011-02-27T02:47:00.001-05:00

"Honestly, I like being asian because I like being myself.. I'm not saying that because I'm trying to quell latent insecurities about my own racial identity. I sense that some people are so afraid of being labelled as "FOB". But seriously, like what Pastor Jeremy said today, are we mere echoes, an unoriginal reflection of all that's around us? Or are we voices. God has created us so uniquely, it's such a waste that we are all clamoring for the same poorly synthesized identity."

The above paragraph is what I posted on Facebook. But after today I have so much I wanna say. The group dynamics remind me of F group in Q place. I guess I can dismiss everything to youthful ignorance. But that's kinda insulting I feel. What's the value in an opinion if everything is discounted.

I felt like I was intruding. There was a certain "hierarchy" I think. Two noticeably more dominant personalities, the rest more reserved, and another one loud but from what I sense, a tad insecure. This particular person seemed to respect the dominant personalities a lot more. Doing things to get the 'approval' of the former 'bosses'.

When we sat down, only those two ordered beer. I'm not sure if the rest were of drinking age, but they seem to think it's cool. Even though they seemed to have the "power" at the table, they didn't initiate any ice breaking with the new guy, ie. me. Since I do not want to dwell too much in first impressions, in summary, I got a pretty douchey vibe from xxx. I don't like people who deliberately tell you a wrong name during introductions. I think it's just plain rude. If I don't know you yet, what makes you think I already know you are such a funny person whose jokes are so funnily funny that whatever you do and say is supposed to be cool? Making a joke like that is a serious first impression booboo. Yes. I used booboo.

Thank God. There were some warm people. People who made sense. The people you REALLY want at your parties. I was too mentally preoccupied that I didn't appreciate them properly. I'm deeply grateful for them.

I've learnt many lessons today. It's been a long time since my mind had to venture this far, socially and spiritually.

Loving Australia so far, but missing Singapore far more!

Touch down in melbourne with God's touch

2011-02-16T22:47:00.000-05:00

It's either God or a string of incredible coincidences. I choose to believe the blessings of God=)

Take Off

From the moment I boarded Jetstar JQ8 to Melbourne at 9pm, God's hand was at work ahead of me. I met a Singaporean on the plane, Wem. He was part of a Singapore club in RMIT and currently Melbourne University. He initiated the conversation when he saw the big RMIT logo on the arrival confirmation form I was looking at.

I felt at peace when I knew that I had someone to fall back on in Melbourne. After I got my prepaid card from Optus ($30 for $300 credit and 500mb data) a day later, we met up for dinner. He's got a really interesting history and is such a smart person. I think these are the kind of people Pam hangs around haha.

Hongkong Land lady

My land lady is Jackie. Met her and her husband a few hours I landed. Her husband Harry drove me to Northland Shopping Centre to do a little shopping and that's where I got my prepaid number. They are the typical hongkong couple where the wife handles all the finances and dealings while the husband runs the errands. They are both in a baptist church choir! Reminds me of the QBC chinese congregation haha.

This is the house:

I've got house mates: Marcus (Germany, internship), Eric (France, work holiday), Russell (Bangladesh), Yan (Indonesia, pHd working with Indo finance ministry), Hannah (Vietnam, student), Ronnie (Indonesia).

Malaysian Banker: Aunty Catherine
As you can see they are pretty varied. But no chinese or singaporeans or malaysians! But It's ok because the other person that God brought into my life is my Westpac banker. Catherine is from malaysia and when I was signing up the account with her, without prompting, she asked if I have found a church. So now, I have a place to go this Sunday without even looking for one. The place has lots of malaysians and singaporeans apparently, so fitting in should be fine.

Picture break!

Coles supermarket opposite RMIT. It's like NTUC. Applied for their rewards card.

Federation Square in the city. Went there with Wen.

RMIT Bundoora campus. Looks so depressing here.. =/

Enrolment and Housing Opportunity
Enrolment was on 16th Feb. Met a whole lot of people including Becky, year one from nursing, Ali, doing chiropractic masters, some other random ppl whose face i recognise, but names i forgot, and two key people: Wei Hong and Leon. They are also in Chiropractic. Leon brought his family with him (including his grandfather who is a retired primary school teacher, a new christian, and a soon-to-be baptist pastor!).

I found out that they were looking into an accommodation that was guess what, 5 mins away from school. Literally. I walked with all of them to see the house.

Nice ain't it?

I suddenly kinda regret getting the Kingsbury house. But I got it because it was reliable and came endorsed by the school. At least my contract is till July. I will resume my search to find housing near school soon. But I need feedback from family about this house.

Description first.

It is a new house. 2 bedrooms, plus a study area (for a third person).
Fully furnished - bedrooms with furniture and kitchen with utensils and cooking stuff.
Two toilets, one upstairs and one downstairs.
Comes with washer and dryer. There is a balcony for every room and a small backyard. It can get hot in the day but it is very windy. Kitchen comes with oven and dishwasher.
Quiet neighbourhood with mostly corporate and student tenents.
Manager Kerry stays nearby, easy to get help.
There is a bus within walking distance. Trams to city is also within walking distance.

Kitchen. Really spacious and most importantly.. CLEAN. My current place is quite dirty..

Front of the house

Kitchen and backyard.

Lower level toilet

staircase up.

Study area. No balcony.

Upstairs toilet.

two bedrooms adjacent

each bedroom has balcony

bus stop right outside, 2 min away.

I think 3 people sharing the house might be a little tight. However, it will be cheaper. Also, one of the guys is unsure of this course. And if he decides to drop it and go back to malaysia, then it will be shared with just me and another person. I'm currently paying $165/wk in Kingsbury which is 20min away from school and not near any supermarkets. For this house, it will probably be $200-$220/wk, it is a stones throw away from school and near supermarket and other shops in this place called University Hill across the road from RMIT. I'm currently getting the exact rates from them.

Will of course keep looking around, but I find this a good place with good decent roommates from similar backgrounds to me. And we can click =P Let me know what you guys think!

Love,

Tim

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

2011-01-10T16:02:00.000-05:00

There are a number of things, including one big stone I have yet to move. Even as 2011 slams into my reality, the quasi courage that comes with the liberating promise of a new start is somehow insufficient to move me to certain action.

Fear truly paralyzes. But as I talk with friends, exchange opinions, and understand the people outside my person, I find myself growing in my own identity.

Perfect love I think is an all-encompassing blanket for a myriad of fears. The feeling of unconditional acceptance gives free rein for a person to develop. I think I'm artificially creating this atmosphere by avoiding all sorts of criticism. Denying/avoiding negative remarks creates a somewhat safe environment where I can explore and feel free. But how real is this?

I have had the honor of meeting a few people that I can truly share all that is on my mind (and I mean the works, good, bad and ugly - everything), without worry of facing judgement. Frankly this restores my hope in deep friendship. And deep friendship by the way does not involve constant waxing philosophy and textbook character building theories. A deep friendship is one where complete honesty just rises to the surface. Even while doing stupid things in stupid places =D Since this is a public blog, I'm not taking any chances. After all, this is not the right space=P

As for the big stone. It's slowly but surely getting smaller.

Happy new year.

Bullies & Friendship

2010-12-30T19:23:00.000-05:00

There was a show about bullying on Oprah today. Strangely but not surprisingly, all the teenagers being interviewed were gay, lesbian, bi, or pansexual (whatever that is..)

Some of them were even bullied to suicide. And there one case where even after death, the bullies were still posting taunts on his memorial page. Imagine the pain the parents have to go through when they read things like "I'm glad you are dead". Bullies have no place in this world. They are losers with no spine and no future. Their insecurities deserve no pity and they should burn.

It made me think. My mom asked me, was I bullied before? I said no at first. I was verbally attacked before. But I did retort, so I wouldn't classify it as bullying.

That time, my classmate in secondary school called W***** insulted my sister. He was my friend. I went to his house many times to play computer games. I'm ashamed to say that the first few times when he insulted my sister, I didn't say anything. (I must add that I he didn't even see my sister before).

Wrong move. The insults only grew more and more crude and degrading. Until it reached a point where I felt I had nothing to lose if i confronted him. His friendship was not indispensable. It was an amazing feeling confronting him. I told him sternly to stop it, that it wasn't funny, how can he say such things to his friend, does he even consider me as his friend? I didn't even use vulgarity, I just said things as they were. Shone the light on his ugly ass if you like.

I'm glad I did that. From they day onward, he started behaving nicely. We became much closer then. But as usual, all my friendships never really last. So I've lost contact with him.

My theory to why I never have any close friends - I have never stayed in one place long enough to get close to anybody. Another theory is that I didn't really open myself up to anybody. Somehow I am insecure in this way. I really believe that you have to be vulnerable to another person before friendships can develop. It takes a lot of courage. I hope it's not too late for me!

Guu Izakaya in Toronto

2010-12-28T21:51:00.000-05:00

Had a fantastic time catching up with long lost friends Hubert and Jenny at a really happening Japanese restaurant Guu Izakaya.

Atmosphere was same as the last time I went. Electric. The staff were so fun loving, and they looked really good. At least one did haha. Food was INCREDIBLE. The bill amounted to CAD$20 each. Very worth it considering the quality of the food and of course the company. It's so rare that I get to see Hubert cuz he's just so busy with work and studies.

It was damn fun talking with the dynamic duo once again. Reminds me of the first time we met. =P

Did you know that there are condoms thinner than Kimono condoms?

說了再見 - Jay Chou (piano cover)

2010-12-27T02:25:00.000-05:00

Thanks for you belief and persistence. Without which this song may never have been recorded. *smiles*
說了再見 Shuo Le Zai Jian (piano cover) by Timothy Foo

Hug like a diaper

2010-12-25T00:34:00.000-05:00

Everything bad disappears in a hug. All the crap shit pee gets absorbed and becomes a nice clean sanitary blue (at least in the commercials). It's splendid to feel secure because your naked butt is not exposed to the world of harsh realities. Regardless of how cute/hot/perky the butt actually is, nobody really wants their ass revealed. Unless they like the attention. All your worries and embarrassments are nothing within the confines of this hug. It is pure acceptance. Physical assurance.

I really crave a hug like that now.

And suddenly we are potty trained - set free of our Huggies. They become "embarrassing" to wear. We miss the diapers, but hey, what's this new sensation. It's 100% cotton Calvin Klein underwear!

Gosh I ate so many peanut butter cookies. It's going straight to my ass=P

Quit bursting my bubble

2010-12-25T00:13:00.000-05:00

You know what. I'm getting sick of people questioning my resolve. Yes partly I am to blame for making such a big change in terms of my career path.

But, it's impossible for any being outside mine to understand this decision and the peace of mind that comes with it. The decision was not one where you can sit on your ass and let it simmer. You either grab it or regret it. I grabbed it. And I am at peace. I believe my family and God is at peace with it. I'm not gonna let anybody piss all over it.

As I grow up, I realize there are less and less places where I am free to achieve my fullest potential without people bursting my bubble all the time. Damn I'm whining. I don't want too. But this is my blog and these are my tantrums. KNN! lol

Fine, I don't expect any respect. There's only going to be silence until I reach my goals. Family is designed to either be the source of greatest love or greatest condemnation.

I heard self esteem is the root of many problems. And I've heard too, somehow, that the atonement of Jesus is the spiritual root of all human relations. Ok, good, let's end on a less negative note. I don't want to be a total bitch.

omg, horrible christmas post..

Can't Wait Til Christmas (piano cover)

2010-12-24T18:56:00.000-05:00

I recorded a cover of this fantastic song by Utada Hikaru. It's just a once through with almost no editing. Still haven't gotten used to playing with a metronome. It's probably gonna be a quiet Christmas.

Can't Wait Til Christmas (piano cover by timothy) by Timothy Foo

Respect Transcends Culture

2010-12-24T01:46:00.000-05:00

The western culture has a more individualistic skew to it. I think this allows self-centeredness to be easily masqueraded as ambition. I guess this is amplified when a native Asian dips into western culture and walks back to his origins believing he has foreign experience; and so he is in a position to dictate social norms.

What is the point of a clear vision, direction and ambition, if the strategy is bulldozing towards it? In your impatience and arrogance you destroy relationships and sully the network of support that made you who you are today in the first place.

Instead, marry the two experiences. And with finesse, create your own culture of harmony then forge ahead with your destiny.

Romantic-ness - Level UP!

2010-12-24T01:10:00.001-05:00

I must say. I'm so proud of myself to have made these peanut butter cookies. Found the recipe and tweaked the hell out of it. Mixed a little whole wheat flour to the white flour, added crushed almonds to the peanut butter to give it the crunch. It turned out really good. So happy. Apparently baking cookies makes one sensitive=P

Well, in a sense it's quite true. There is a lot of effort put into making cookies. My arm and wrists were sore after all the stirring and beating. All for the friends that I am going to give it too ^_^

Merry Christmas to all my friends =)
Tim

Beautiful Wound

2010-12-21T01:30:00.000-05:00

Glad I talked about it yesterday. Was so pleasantly humiliated. Really. I found out how much of an ass I was. How much of a consequence my undirected life has led to.

Who cares about pride, leadership or accomplishment. None of them will be possible without humility. With humility comes a whole host of good stuff like identity, security, self confidence (Seek ye first the kingdom of God eh?). While ambition pulls me up, pride pulls me down.

And i think it's a good time to practice the "7th habit" now: Sharpening the saw. The story goes...

A man was cutting trees in the forest for a really long time. Another guy sees him and suggests taking a break to sharpen the saw. But the first guy retorts: "Can't you see that I am busy trying to saw this tree? I have no time to waste!" Do you think stopping to sharpen is a good idea? Well yes, and I'll give it a go.

If pride is gonna weigh me down. I need to act fast to swallow and digest it. Positivity under certain conditions becomes a poison. Now I am beginning to realize that positivity in a climate of arrogance breeds tragedy. First things first.

Thank you for inspiring me once more. It really came so unexpectedly. You know what? Praise God =)

Happy 52th Birthday, Pa

2010-12-19T23:57:00.004-05:00

Without realizing when I woke up today, it is my dad's birthday today. If he was still around, he would have been 52 years old.

We would have gone for a HUGE meal. There will be lots of laughter and jokes. Lots of man handling and even occasional piggy backing. Yes, even at my age=P He's a dad I respect and honor, a dad who loved his family and his wife. Love you. Will find time to visit again when I'm back in Singapore.

5 years fly by. Many things have happened, but I'm glad that there are things that are constant. God I thank you for putting me in this family and I pray that you have mercy on me so that I may too join my dad too when the time comes.

Love,
Timothy Foo, son of Louis Foo.

That Sad Kid Who Doesn't Know What He's Gonna Be

2010-12-19T23:28:00.000-05:00

That's not me.

Heart's a mess now. Don't have courage to face the truth. Good ol' Timmy wants to stick to rusty ideals. Naivety is almost totally out of the bag here. Things will be clearer. I'm just processing here.

Speaking in riddles? Well, you need to know the riddler to know the riddles.

What who where I want to be. It is clear.

Always looking over the shoulder, checking for another
Pat in the back is a jokin' retrospect.

God, where's the christmas spirit?

Cheers ya'll. I need red wine or a really strong eggnog =P
Tim

I can't do what I don't know what to do.

I can't take the unnecessary blame.

I don't think it's pride, it's reason.

I am tired, so uninspired.

Somehow along the way "carefree" became "self centered". Since when were those synonyms?

Eagles Inspire Only So Much [and updates]

2010-12-17T02:09:00.002-05:00

"You can't soar like an eagle if you still scratch with the turkeys."

Eagles soar high and build their nest at an altitude where no other bird flies. Inspiring huh? But I feel this illustration only demonstrates ambition. The way I see it, eagles don't lead anybody. When they are seen, people are inspired yes, but eagles are unapproachable. That's a horribly misguided way to lead.

Lately, I've been really ON. It's pretty evident with this post being so soon after the last. What can I say, I'm inspired=D! But with so much ambition, I'm keeping an eye on pride. I won't be shy about it, I do want to become a leader in certain situations I am and will be in. I want to inspire and be a respectable man, yet something in me longs for the soft relationships that seems to pervade conventional leaders.

Why am I excited? Because I've been having marked progress in areas of my life that I recently took the initiative to define. It's a skill I believe I'm being led to learn. And to a certain extent, it is an answer to my prayer to take responsibility and be disciplined in my own life.

There are three things I've been working on:

Increasing my health sciences knowledge
Equipping myself with productivity and business tools (for my future secret venture)
Personal development

That's my name! Taken at a gift shop at Niagara Falls in Nov.

Love,
Tim

Logical versus Romantic

2010-12-15T20:24:00.002-05:00

Is it possible to be productive, efficient, logical, practical AND romantic, all at the same time?

Recently started using Google calendar's day view to plan my day. It's been two days and have never been this productive in a month! When things are detail and time specific, I find there is more motivation to do the task. And items are so easily added and visually presented that I just want to finish everything on the calendar. Another cool thing is the red "now" bar that shows what time of the day you are at in your schedule. It's cool to chase.

On a more personal note..

Step by step I'm trying more each day to be true to myself and true to my potential. But as I continue this journey, it's really not all about myself. I realize that all the relationships and things that happen so far are not accidents. Instead of being so afraid my insides will spill, I should be focused on other things that matter.

Am i being cryptic? Haha. Well I don't want my insides to spill!

Love,

Tim

Soul of Christmas

2010-12-15T00:07:00.003-05:00

Christmas lights set the stage. Music and singing introduce the beautiful babe of Christ.

When the focus shifts from me to baby Jesus in His manger. The pressures and expectations whether real or imagined, are completely taken off my shoulders and laid at the tiny holy feet of Jesus.

Redemption. It really is about this isn't it? That's the soul of Christmas. Thank you Jesus my merciful Lord, almighty God and beloved friend.

"Packages and bows can never heal a hurting human soul."

Peace,
Tim

Did a Quiz from http://www.personalitytype.com/career_quiz

2010-12-09T00:38:00.002-05:00

This is SO TRUE.

ENTP - Extrovert Intuitive Thinker Perceiver

ENTPs are nothing if not unique. A rare personality type, they comprise approx. 3-5% of the total (American) population. They have an enthusiastic interest in everything and are always sensitive to possibilities. Known as the "inventor", they are non-conformist and innovative, self-confident and competitive.

ENTPs are known to be verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally love to argue--both for its own sake, and to show off their often-impressive skills. They tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil's advocate. They sometimes confuse, even inadvertently hurt, those who don't understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport. They get pleasure and intellectual stimulation from arguing both sides of a subject, or from doing something unusual or unexpected just to get a reaction.

ENTPs are as innovative and ingenious at problem-solving as they are at verbal gymnastics; on occasion, however, they manage to outsmart themselves. This can take the form of getting found out at "sharp practice"--ENTPs have been known to cut corners without regard to the rules if it's expedient -- or simply in the collapse of an over-ambitious juggling act. Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of "toys"--physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better. [My toys are apps and gadgets, and I do not grow tired of them that easily. -Tim] They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones.

Like most Extraverted-Perceivers, they are more excited about pursuing a new idea than about following through on an existing one, which can be a cause for frustration and anxiety--both for themselves and those around them. To the ENTP, all the world is a chessboard whose places must be moved in such a way--by the ENTP--that all the players will get the best and most out of life.

ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they tend to become extremely petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. (Major setbacks they tend to regard as challenges, and tackle with determin- ation.) ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. However, they do tend to be extremely genial, if not charming, when not being harassed by life in general.

In terms of their relationships with others, ENTPs are capable of bonding very closely and, initially, suddenly, with their loved ones. Some appear to be deceptively offhand with their nearest and dearest; others are so demonstrative that they succeed in shocking co-workers who've only seen their professional side. ENTPs are also good at acquiring friends who are as clever and entertaining as they are. Aside from those two areas, ENTPs tend to be oblivious of the rest of humanity, except as an audience -- good, bad, or potential.

Even though they are extroverts, ENTPs may demonstrate a subtle tendency towards reservation. Those who have had problems establishing friendships may manifest a quiet nature and a lack of general outgoingness, one day appearing social and friendly only to be indifferent or avoidant the next. Over a period of time specific social patterns may develop, appearing unfriendly and reserved to some and friendly and open to others. With their sporadic nature, they may unwittingly convince others of a general dislike and social discontentment, even though it is not their intention.

ENTPs do not readily follow social norms. They do not like to have their independence threatened by unnecessary rules, and they can appear expedient and out-of-place in a society that values any various forms of unnecessary subjugation. While ENTPs may have a healthy respect for rules when they are necessary as a guideline or are necessary and good for the well being of people, they do not readily tolerate intentional subjugation to any type of rule or method that they consider to be out-dated or harmful to the well-being of individuals. ENTPs tend to look down on people who do so, considering them to be childish and lacking of confidence.

The main peculiarity of ENTps behaviour is an incredible absent-mindedness. They usually leave items where they used them and have a tendency to constantly lose smaller objects. ENTps work place and personal belongings are often kept in disarray. They invariably forget what they have already done and what they need to do. However, they are quick and shrewd in day to day matters, taking advantage of every opportunity that arises. Because of this others may consider them to be crafty or shifty.

ENTPs are actually pretty positive people, who enjoy life greatly. Unless circumstances prove it necessary, they rarely find reason to think negatively about people. They seek to accept and to understand people for who they are inside. They do not like to condemn people for their personhood, and they can often be sought out by others for matter of practical solutions to common every day problems. People typically have respect for the intuitive understanding of ENTps towards them and appreciate their loyalty in personal matters. It is not like an ENTp to betray a friend in need.

Link to another description:
http://morriscat.50megs.com/type/entptype.html

http://www.personalitypage.com/ENTP.html

Reading "God is my CEO"

2010-05-06T13:01:00.000-04:00

Today I tried reading again. Am starting this book called "God is my CEO". Got it off on of Pamela's unread stack of books people gave her:P I have many unread books too. Will start slowly going through them. The mind needs feeding.

What a quiet day today. Ma left for Calgary yesterday to have fun with auntie annie, auntie rebecca (annie's sis), and of cos none other than Clement. Their son with hat hair.

Think I've been living my life too much in the future. I am going to start living in the present from today, while casually taking note of the adjacent realities of past and future.

Microblogging with Twitter

2010-02-18T02:33:00.000-05:00

Thank goodness for Twitters microblogging... Looks like if I want to be consistent here, I have too keep my posts really short.

Anyway, I finally went to a Jazz bar! Called The Rex. Cannot compare with the classy atmosphere of Jazz@southbridge, but it's better than nothing. Still searching!

Skating again and Friends / 朋友

2010-02-06T00:31:00.000-05:00

Yet another day I'm just so tired. Went to work at 7am today. Opening shift. Kinda happy that they are entrusting this thing to me. Not yet, but they are preping me. The pay will be the same, but I seriously don't mind. Wanna learn new things.. It can get pretty mechanical.

Anyway, went skating again, this time with my colleagues from Subway. They're from a mix of Hongkong and China. Very fun ppl! And on of them can skate really really well. Why are asians so talented? Tell me? why? hahaha. This is discrimination, but it's positive =D

It's a pity couldn't join them for dinner afterwards. We skated for nearly 3 hours! Yay, the first semblance of a social life!

But most notably, i'm on my way to learning the powerslide. It's a very impressive brake where you shave a lot of ice into the face of passerbys.. it's tough for me to learn it cuz back in singapore, I was using figure skates (that's the only one they have).. so my style is very figure skating.. that's what my friend told me. after that, i tried to be as ungraceful as possible. haha.

ok, eyes are failing.

Incident at ice skating rink

2010-01-31T21:03:00.000-05:00

Some Latino guy pushed me down at the ice skating rink. Was so pissed off at first! Skated to and confronted him. He told me in heavy accent that he thought that I was his friend.

I asked him: "which is your friend? SHOW ME."

He couldn't find him. I stood there for quite a while. Then my rationality kicked in. He could be genuine. I told him that it's ok. I just wanted to skate anyway. Skate away all my troubles. He said that he was fuckin' sorry. I took that as sincerity. We shook hands, smiled, it was good.

About 3 laps later, he came up to me and showed me his friend. haha. Ya, so it was true. I had already gotten over it, but it was nice to know that he was honestly sorry. Shook hands again said, "Chill, it's ok man." Moved on.

But I suffered injuries.

My arm aches. And my left wrist is funky.

But I have to move on with life.

Church and Azure Restaurant (Winterlicious)

2010-01-31T18:47:00.000-05:00

What a refreshing day. Not as cold as expected. The highlight for today: French Cuisine! We're going to Azure Restaurant. Part of the Winterlicious festival where all the fancy-shmancy restaurants allow lowly people like us to have a taste of their usually overly priced menu. Lunch was $25.

These are the ladies of the house running to catch the Spidina Street car to church.

Today's message was pretty good. About faith and deeds. James. The good ol' instructional, bordering intimidating book of the new testament. Makes me question my already failing faith. But it does give hope in a sense. To improve your faith, can do deeds. I don't think it's legalistic. For those who are lost, being told what you can do really helps. Especially for me. I've been talking too much. I'm trying to reduce my chatter now. More action. Less talk. Sure, talk livens the mood for people around. But it totally drops my credibility. Not good for myself. Talking TOO MUCH, that is. I'm not - and I simply just can't - turn into the strong silent type, no matter how much I try =S.

Ok, low-res food pictures coming up. I'm so tempted to buy a digi cam now. I need to log my life. Keep myself accountable.

Bread.. When my sis saw this, she was guess wad emotion? When my mom saw this, she was like: "You think this is refillable?" We didn't ask in the end. Luckily, because the bread was just right.

Yes. Just right.

This is the general feel of the place with my beautiful sister in the foreground. High ceiling. It will be nice, except the bars on top makes it look the the jurong east interchange..

Moving on, here's the food:

These are the appetizers. Duck Confit Salad and Smoked Salmon. The pumpkin sauce was delish.

Next..

My sis and my Lamb Pasta. VERY NICE. And ma's Rainbow Trout.

Then dessert. It was ok.. Expected more. Definitely not 2am Dessert Bar quality.. But was satisfied.. enuff.

Mom's fave bread pudding. It was the best of the lot imho.

And mine:

French Apple Pie. ehhh, ok lah. Ate it with some really good coffe. That thing sticking at me at the bottom of the photo is Zhiyang's Chocolate Strawberry Churros. Didn't take the photo.

Alright. That's it for today. I'm going ice skating now. Have yet to sharpen the blades of my new CMM Intruder skates.

Cheerio.

I'm back/ WinterCity 2010

2010-01-30T17:06:00.000-05:00

*blows out dust*
Oh. Hi there. It's been a while hasn't it?
Let's try this blogging thing again.
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Yes. Wordpress is simply not as straight forward as blogger. Don't have time to figure everything out.
Lets jump right into it.

Went to the WinterCity Opening at Nathan Phillip Square today! My mom and I took the really convenient underground PATH walkway to Eaton Center before coming above ground to find the place. Building this underground network of buildings was such a great idea... The temperature suddenly dropped to -11c the day before. It was a comfy 3-4C just the day before.

These are the flaming lotus..

Luckily for us, aside from these flame spewing towers, there were also warming pylons scattered around the festival ground.

Here's a picture of the iceskating rink:

And me, the low light conditions made it hard to take a steady shot.

The fireworks were impressive. Not because they exploded a lot, but it was choreographed with music. Made the whole experience magical. I attempted to capture it on my phone's lousy camera to share it here.

And there was this lady wearing super furry pink leggings. I almost thought she was one of the performers lor..

After that we decided that it was too cold to walk back. And since I still had some metro tokens, we walked back to Eaton Centre to take the subway. Even though it was late.. was pretty hungry. So... we had lasagna. So much cheese!

Very nice! But it was.. CAD$7.99! For food court price, it's very expensive.

We left shortly after.

The subways here really look like the ones in The Matrix movie.

Cheerio.

Trying WordPress

2009-04-14T13:19:00.002-04:00

Trying WordPress for now.

timothyfoo.wordpress.com

But will probably come back to blogger some day, everybody is using Blogger. Wordpress simply doesn't have the resources to innovate and implement as quickly as Blogger =P

Will be back when my last ditch efforts to be non-conformist wears out.

Lao Zha Bor's Rap. Really cool.

2007-05-05T11:39:00.000-04:00

A bit of MarinaSquare and Sentosa!

2007-05-02T14:12:00.000-04:00

Today went Marina. Spiderman 3 with family. Rox! Unlike the previous spiderman's, the third installment has a lot of internal struggles. Makes spiderman so much more real.

A few days before, we went to sentosa for a night of fun=D Boy has it changed. For the better=)
Awesome effects. Near the sentosa beach station. Gosh, it's so easy to get to sentosa now!
After dinner at the wonderful Silver Shell cafe (Which was fabulous btw - international buffet. Had a pile of prawns. LOTS of FONDUE! gosh, the fondue chocolate was so nice! other choc fountains taste like melted coin chocolates you eat to pass time during chinese new year.) Right. After dinner, we went to Cafe Del Mar. Apart from the throbbing sounds. Maybe we were sitting too near the bass. It was great. Asked for 'Around the World', and i told the pretty waitress to make sure it really takes me around the world.

Too strong. Went to the bar and asked for more pineapple juice. Loh N bee-hold. Ken was there! haha. Upgrade from Kbox oredi=D Wad a small world man. I was on top of the world.
The ghostly green figure is justin doing his prance of the tinkerbell routine.
We should do this more often. I'm ready to start making appointments! I think i should dedicate a post to let everybody know wad i'm doing now=P

..oh ya, bought a chair too. Set me back $128 but it's a steady comfy one. And impulsively got a clock. Those winding kind. I think you got to wind it everyday! crap. wad a waste of money.

Choices

2007-05-02T14:08:00.000-04:00

We're all products of our choices.

We are all empowered to choose.

There was hope all along.

Amazing Grace

2007-04-30T13:56:00.000-04:00

Dear God, your grace is sufficient for me. Let it be so.

Jesse, can you sing like that? =P haha

2007-04-23T13:22:00.003-04:00

I want to live..

2007-04-22T10:54:00.000-04:00

..For You.

Listening to this song "For all my days" by Altered Frequency.

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God of love and Lord of Grace
How I love to sing Your praise
All my life I will proclaim
Your wonderful and glorious name

I will declare Your matchless worth
I will declare You faithfulness

I will lift my hands to praise You
I will lift my voice to bless You
Glorify Your name for all my days
I will live my life to please You
I will give my heart to love You
Glorify Your name for all my days.
----

Talk talk talk. God, please talk to me. I feel this sense of emptiness looming above me. Why? I think I'm probably just tired. Physical drainage? Spiritual attack? Mental fatigue? Emotional malfunction?

There's a pattern. It's always after serving. Or a really good time fellowshipping. Ministering to ppl. So much so that every time i sense God's presence working. I think I dread what is to come after.

But then, how can I be sure what is God's presence? Had this talk with someone, many people are disillusioned by their own emotions. If God's presence is the feeling of being charged up and emotional.. Then can't ANY musician simulate that experience? Gosh.

Be glad Tim. Just be glad.

Wish life was so much simpler. Wish I didn't have to think so much. Well, ignorance is bliss. But it's a blind and shallow blessing. On the other hand, Knowledge is power, but corrupts and puffs up.

Hope to have less of such 'down' posts. Thanksgiving. Need to start counting my blessings. My undeserved blessing from the God of Love and Lord of Grace.

Dang. Tired man.. it's only 11:24pm!!

nite-o!

Updates Vancouver, Day 4

2007-02-25T07:32:00.004-05:00

Went to China Town today, unfortunately, the rain was pouring! But we braved the cold rain and marched forth.

China town was the same as most china towns in other countries:P We bought fried rice! ate tim sum and bought some siew yOke for hotel room consumption.. =D not tt nice though. singapore's nicer. speaking of singapore... guess wad we found... Prima Taste: Singapore Cuisine! Downtown vancouver! haha gosh.. guess we can scratch setting up a singaporean restaurant in canada. But there, fishball noodles are the sing equivilant of 9+ dollars... we didn't eat there..

There's actually another singapore cuisine place, but it's in canada's gay district, i think it's Davie St. How did i know it's gay? Well, all the trash cans and bus stops there were painted pink! And there were banners of the rainbow flag hanging from every lampost.. most of all... there was a shop with pictures of not very well clothed men hanging in the displays. pretty interesting though, saw some transvestites. TALL.

Yesterday, we also went to Granville Island. Where the arts scene was great. Watched a theatrical performance. Farnie as hell and super creative. Had coffee at the

Grandville public market. Cool place with loads and loads of very fresh food.

But i had esspresso. GOSH. it was strong. very strong..

That's my sis. Took this outside the market. Behind us is the bridge back to vancouver.
THIS IS STANLEY PARK:

It is a gorgeous park good for jogging, walking,, ROLLERBLADING... or just sitting down to think.

..of cos there are swings too, which we played. i love my siblings =D
Man.. it's very very late.. got more images to put up like the huge huge japanese buffet we had and the tour round the UBC campus. It's all in my photobucket.. but need... sleep... another day tmr.
Dang, wanted to blog like everyday to keep track on what happens and what is discovered.. it's nearly day 5 and i'm way way behind!
And i'm kwasha-ing everyday haha! no new pimples so far... thanks weather! but skins getting dry and blemishy.. patience timmy. hope to see an improvement over these few weeks..
And, YES! I'm done with the script! The ball's outta my court now. Wish i had more time to work on it. Dun like to reveal unfinished work. But i guess, time is against me.. as always. grrrh.
How am i gonna wake up tmr...

Greetings from Vancouver

2007-02-23T05:12:00.000-05:00

Touched down yesterday. The weather is purrrfect! Was raining on monday, but it's been sunny since. Temps still about 4-7 degreesC but the sun helps.

Went to UBC today. Gourgeous campus. Haven't seen other unis yet but this looks good. However, the campus life seemed a little watered. Prob cuz this week is reading week. Meaning, students should be studying at home. But of cos, not many do that. That includes Karen, our tour guide of sorts around the beautiful campus. Got some pictures and vids.. but too lazy to upload them now.. maybe tmr=)

The bus system seems pretty easy to navigate. But feel kinda concerned for my mom though. It's our first time overseas without my dad and it is definately very new for her. Just have to let her know that her little children are now grown up and can take care (we try) of themselves.

God is with us. And i pray that He'll continue to be and guide us as we move about the new land.

Tmr we head to Robson street street to check out the hopefully vibrant city life. it's one of the attractions here at vancouver. but dunno how attractive it is. From wad i've seen so far, i understand why people are so entralled by our little island in SEA. so much more activity there. Well, it's too early to say anything, haven't seen all yet.

Well... hai.. i gotta continue writing my script... not writing, rather adding things to it. i'm really honored to be given this role. And believe me, i luv SP! and had so many many great experiences there. In fact, haha, i MAY have caused my brother to be a slight SP fanatic and my HwaChong sister to be a little tinie bit green-pastures-on-the-other-side-ish. (Don't know how many ppl actually understand me.. ) ANYWAY, right now, i sorta shifted gear already, and am not exactly in a very poetic mood. *singlish* like that how to write?

Well, i think i'll pick procrastination for now. Cheers and goodnight to all!

Awesome Clouds

2007-02-20T18:32:00.000-05:00

Nice view. wow, can actually see the sun rising! As in the moving of the shadows and increasing of lights! Sometimes it's good to stay up =)

Since I'm on this post, might as well put up some pictures of my little event at OCS (officer cadet school, at SAFTI).

This is the legendary peanut tank that got everybody talking. Well, at least 4 of us, we were the hosts for the chinese new year Zhu-bilant New Year (I sense James in this pun) celebration.

Well, it was my first time in front of nearly a thousand strong crowd, and a military crowd at that. It was exhilarating. Saw many people that I thought i lost contact with haha. Being on stage has it's perks.

Being there makes me wanna aim for officer during army! The food is actually not that bad. Catered from some place. And for breakfast, they have fishball noodles and the like.

Dunno about combat rations though. The packets of slush they call terriyaki chicken and some pasta are still lying the the feet of my table.

But most of all, I guess it's the honor that you get as an officer. HOWEVER. THE R-WORD returns to haunt me.. haha

Done!

2007-02-20T18:10:00.001-05:00

My gosh, did not sleep the entire night.

So many things to finish off before holidays. I think close proximity with deadlines is a really good motivation to do work. I'm living tesitimony.

Haha, the birds just started chirpin!

Videos and VOB formats are HORRIBLE.

Ghost Rider SUCKED. But I loved the company=) Jeff and Kiat, great to see ya'll again man=D doubt ya'll read this anyway.

I hate VOB.

And I finished a website. Won't tell the address here because it's not completely complete yet. And I'm shy and ashamed. Just hope that won't have to do much work while i'm on holiday..

I hate VOB.

But what a sense of achievement man. Whew. Now i know the thrill. No wonder i didn't feel tired at all.

I hate VOB.

Just remembered! Still owe lecturer the script! dang it. i'll email her for a day extension or something. Really too packed oredi. No inspiration to inspire others as of yet=P

Okie Dokey. Now to finish packing the carry-ons, and i'm set to go! haha, looks like won't have any jet-lag problems... bioclock is screwed up oredi anyways=D

And *random thought* Hossan Leong is a good host.

Also, Hi andrew! haha, thanks for tagging! cool to know people actually visit=)

Other people who visit (if any), gimmie a tag leh. annoymous oso can. show me some LOVE. =D=D

Real Beauty

2007-02-19T11:33:00.000-05:00

Superficial world. If only more would accept people for who they are. Sometime it only takes one. Start with the man in the mirror.

Moving On

2007-02-19T08:39:00.000-05:00

Will really miss those days where we went out together. Although I always say that other outings can be organized, I doubt things will be the same (if we gather at all in the first place). People move on, I move on, everybody has to move on with their lives.

Everybody starts to work. My gosh. We are growing up man. I am growing up too. Whew.

Can't imagine myself as an adult. With all the dreadful R-word that comes with it - Responsibility. I agree and quote John when he says "I just don't like responsibility." haha, although a passing remark, I think it's in the heart of well, most people. Some like it for it's perks: credit, or importance, or the feeling of people relying on you. But of course it comes with it's burdens as well.

THAT'S WHY, we needa relax! Hence,

Mac takes a swipe at Vista

2007-02-05T01:47:00.000-05:00

Can you believe this, I got an email from apple that asked me to 'Go Beyond Vista'. I'm sure many others got it too. It's damn aggressive nowadays man. Apple's getting nervous it seems. Check out the ad below.

Saatchi to Kwasha

2007-02-03T03:44:00.000-05:00

I'm so thankful for the wonderful time spent at Saatchi & Saatchi. Had the opportunity to interact with some great minds.

After my 3 month stint there, I realized that advertising may not be what I'm looking for. It's kinda weird how people always tell me "How come you never extend?" Makes it sound as though the company rejected me.

It's all fine and dandy though, moving on with new things. Believe it or not, I've just learnt this skill called Kwasha. In a nutshell, as of a few days ago, I am qualified to do a facial. Yeap, the weekly / monthly maintainance of your face.

The very first person I did it on was Jason. He was my model when I was learning (Thanks Jason!). My GOSH, his face. It was like face-off. It was so radient man when the kwasha was done. Power.

That night.. my sis bro and mom wanted it. I slept at 2am.

My sis was so 'de-stressed' as I did the kwasha, nearly fell asleep. You should have seen the effect on my brother as well. Justin's face was so alive! haha. And when I did it for my mom, her face was sooo lifted and the expression lines soften a lot a lot. Ha. It's a pity the digicam was under repair, couldn't take a before and after photo... But nvm, sooner or later, someone will realise the differnece in their faces=P

Anybody wants a facial? While people do it for 70 bucks outside, I'm 40 bucks=) Catch me now before I get expensive =P *jking

'Illegal logging' of trees hurts animals and humans too

2006-11-30T11:37:00.000-05:00

From:

http://www.adblogarabia.com/?p=439

Client: Greenpeace

Agency: Saatchi Saatchi, Guangzhou, China

2006-11-30T11:27:00.000-05:00

SuPerstar - Behind the Scenes

I miss superstars! Thinking back, it was really a huge feat we pulled off man. But it was worth every single effort.

2006-11-30T11:04:00.000-05:00

Inspiration

This is what i'm talking about man.

Bored and gaga over sony vaio

2006-11-30T10:47:00.000-05:00

Why am i here...

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I mean seriously, i'm asking myself.. why am i here blogging when I got other stuff very near the hole of my pipeline (pardon the visual nature). Ha, just felt like blogging. but dunno who reads. can't upload any photos too cuz my damn usb is messed up.

Well, earning some money from e vid i'm making for Simon^_^ yee-ha. It's gonna go into the timothy-is-gonna-try-to-buy-himself-a-computer-without-much-subsidy-from-his-mom fund.

Wanna get one that's good. Sony Vaio!

Of course i'm not getting the above... Want something in between. Light but powerful. Enuff to pull of editing vids=) hopefully that'll be the things i'm doing to increase funding.

Dilbert

2006-11-05T09:53:00.000-05:00

I dun wanna be a Wally=P

So exciting, starting a stint in a pretty large advertising company!

Finished Sparc and Compere combined camp, juniors rock man. Feel excited for them as they start their 3 years in poly as compere (and sparc as well!). They need polishing, but I see a lot of potential in them man. Wish I could stay on! But we all have to move on one day or another. I'll keep in contact with the GoogleGroups. I hope it dosen't die.

President Star Charity 2006

2006-09-03T12:56:00.000-04:00

warning, this post may cause chronic jealousy...

haha, it's cuz today, aside from being able to take part in the president star charity show which was a huge success (as far as the Superstars segment is concerned), i also had bonus bonus bonus experiences.

My gosh, i just haf too muh to write about.. oh ya there was a slight screw up. The hair color that i was supposed to use for the show... ran out when it came to my turn! then when we wanted to use another color... halfway while spraying... it emptied! what the hell! but after a while, mediacorp makeup dept came to the rescue with weird colored sprays... not perfect, but gd enuff la.

The atmosphere was really, literally ELECTRIFIYING. backstage was a frenzy, we were rubbing shoulders with the likes of Belinda, Kym Ng, Pat Mok, Gurmit, Tay Ping Hui... but no time for pictures. We just wanted to put up a great show for PSC.

After the show, we had a reception in the foyer. PICTURES TIME.

these are some snippets!

ok, this is not in the foyer.. it's just a photo of our Superstar Drag, Iskandar taking a leak in the mens... to the shock of other patrons.This is felicia, Superstar Auntue haha.

This is Mel P, really really good singer! She the singer for Runaway Resonance, the band we're in, during the charity gig at the DXO.Star Time! Kym Ng. She's gorgeous. Look at those eyes man.

Now this is the real star man, Ye Liang Jun!! Jimmy! Our Musical Director! Incredibly talented is he!
Khairul, Anugrah winner. DMC grad too. Go DMC Go DMC!
Rahimah=) Singapore Idol, wacky girl man.
Benedict Goh, Pyrimid Game guy, long time no see man. Got good voice man. A bit crosseyed here, but nobody cares!
I luv Pat Mok! She's buying ticks to come for SuperStar already, together with Kym Ng.
Jasmine, Singapore Idol, she's sweet=)
This is Edwin, Magic Fingers. Can play anything on the keyboard. By EAR. Ha, not one of the stars, but he should be man.. talented guy..

Got more pics but they're all in my friends camera, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE STEFANIE SUN PHOTO!!!!

Whew, this is too much man... gotta slp now.. dunno if i can even haha. Nite-o~!

SuPerStars: The Musical

2006-09-01T12:29:00.000-04:00

Hi everybody, hee hee, it's been so long since i've blogged! Straight after all the projects, rehearsal for singapore poly's first ever musical started, and it has been keeping me occupied (very joyfully) since.

the real thing happens on 6th and 7th October, but the few rehearsals that we had this week was for the president star charity show happening on SUNDAY 7:30pm. Really really thank God for this opportunity, he really knows the desire of our hearts=) Everytime when MediaCorp came down to 'assess' us, a bunch of us gathered to pray for God's favour=) Feels really great man, to just let God take control, leave it up to Him=)

Anyway, today, we went down to MediaCopr Studios for a camera rehearsal, SHOIK man. We were footsteps away from some famous stars like Vincent Ng, Huang Biren, Patrica Mok , Gurmit Singh, Benadict Goh (the pyrimid game guy.. if ya'll remember), irene ang, etc.. more!

the most exciting thing was... the president came to watch the rehearsal and requested to watch our segment and another dance group! We were all caught by surprise man. But everybody rose to the occasion and His excellency loved it=) we even met him afterward and shoke hands and chatted a little. hope we get to visit the sacred grounds of the Istana one day haha.

I'm also really thankful that for this preview, i get to play some other character... not the nerd=P haha..

This is the nerd me..

This is my character for president star charity preview.

I'm some angry guy who didn't make it thru the SuperStar Auditions... Cool! Ha, dun wanna be typecast into the nerd mould ha.

This is Nat nat (natalie)'s masterpiece. Man.. never looked this cool before ha. Thank you natnat=)
This is outside the mediacorp tv studios, everybody is rushing to get their hair and makeup on. Way cool.

For the record, I lurrve you guys at the musical! Everyone of ya'll is a blessing=)

Thanks for those who supported me during the solo JL songs.. was really stressed man.. all the other soloists are incredibly talented.. I'll do my best! For nat also, dun wanna let you down during the duet!

Sony Ericsson K800i - Review : Mobile Phones - CNET Asia

2006-08-01T12:39:00.000-04:00

My latest obsession... hope to trade my phone in for this... hope not too EX! Motorola stinks.
Sony Ericsson K800i - Review : Mobile Phones - CNET Asia

Quickie

2006-08-01T11:41:00.000-04:00

Honestly, I don't know why i'm blogging now... CIBM, CDA, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, they're all waiting for my touch.

So this post will not be a reflective one, but touch and go. Just to update everybody what's happening in my life, so that ya'll won't get offended if i can't meet or chat with ya'll=P

CIBM
Corporate Identity and Brand Management.
Got to develop a brand extension of my group's mother brand.

CDA
Creative Digital Art
Got to execute my concept! I need face models and a way to shine lights on them so that it looks like they're soaking in a party scene.

ENTREPRENUERSHIP
Got to send Elim chew the questions for interview, wait for reply, and start on presentation slides.

10 min FILM
Got to edit my Specialist Dip. final year project... it's starting to come together..

These are the basic academic requirements in my life as a student now.

On top of that, there's the Alpha Video that's due like the following week's sunday (whew! tt's when everything is over!)

And musical!!! I luv the musical=) not only the idea of being part of a bigger production, but also meeting the people there. it's great man, for people who share the same passion to get together. But for now, my academic work is so overpowering that i can't meet them so aften=( nvm, when mid august comes... yay! =) hopefully i'll be free on 9aug! =) a whole day of musical fun!

Lastly, Denvil (my band) got this gig at Gas Haus tmr! =) A few months back, we went for this audition thing and we caught the eye of this manager. He wanted to manage our band, but due to stuff and stuff.. we decided not to go with it. Now, he's the manager of Flybar and they're holding a gig at Gas Haus, and he was looking for us! Feels great to be sought man.

Dunno if anyone will see this:P ...but oh well... ANYONE WANNA COME? it's 10 bucks. call me.

Also, can't wait for FOP and Planet shakers concert man! one thing at a time!=)

Thoughts and opinions.. i'll save it for another day. tide over this oceanic swell of work first.

uploaded a buncha pics from my phone=) Can make your way to my flickr page for more =) *they're not all in chrono order though... uploaded them in one chunck.. kk

nite-o~!

Character development, character refinement

2006-06-05T10:24:00.000-04:00

Impatience leads to frustration, which leads to unwarrented stress, which leads to wear and tear of restraint, which leads to decay of character.

This may be a rather shallow cause and effect chain, but can feel the decay of character. There's this certain individual that manns a certain high tech 5million dollar facility in a certain educational institution that is really grinding my gears.

It's not the hypocrasy that's getting to me, rather, it's his fanatic obsession with rigidity and structure. If you know something, and you know that a student needs to know. Just teach it, pls?

But it seems all these has been only a commentary of what's happening; a statement of the situation. These i can't change. The things inside, i have more power over. Time to retreat into the inner sanctum to let the image burn my mentel retina longer this time.

Recordings, photoshoots!

2006-06-04T08:51:00.000-04:00

Man.. just read my previous post. wasn't very nice. but wanna keep it as real as possible la.

It's ok now, but i know the issue lies pretty deep. was talking to someone about it. it apparently is a psychological phenomena..

anyways.. this is wad i'm busy with nowadays. It's fun=) must really thank God for the really amazing opportunities He's given me. Our God really knows how to take care of us. Now and then, he even pampers us. =) =)

BlackIsle Studios. went there with kev john clem to do the song. ha. i think we're the most ameteur band the studio has ever seen.

Been pretty busy of late. Got to rush song lyrics.. so the vocalist got somethign to sing! Wish i had James' wit!

The facilities they have there are nice! We did this thing called Single Track Recording. It means that we record the instruments one at a time.

It's not easy. Now we all appreciate bands with their albums.. i went first. Had to follow a Metronome@!!! my gosh. But i still prefer the 'silent recording' at studiophille at Bugis. it's really like jamming, and someone recording you. with super professional mix. but i guess at BlackIsle, they really scrutinise your playing while mastering the song.

masters at work.

Wa, had a SUPER GREAT time during the musical photoshoot!! In fact, so great that i forgot to take more photos!!!! Went on friday. It was at this ulu warehouse place. But apparently, people like 5566, denise keller, can't remember who else, came here to do their shots. This company did the 'sterilise your pets' advertising creatives. very pro.

this is a part of the place. There's also a makeup room.

My only 'quibble' is that.. although these are glamour shots... my role is far from glamourous... man.. i don't know whether to look forward to the posters or not.. Along with me, Ning is another unglam star!! haha. see below.

I wish i had some photos of nat and jasper. Nat was really like this jap star. looked stunning man. and Jasper was this Goth rocker. I think he can be model, ha, besides, he's already been in teenage.

The photographer guys were nice too. I think it was their first time taking such an unlikely bunch of people.. the hair stylist kept laughing while doing my hair! Jimmy insists every inch of me be ripped of it's coolness.

Don't show me attitude.

2006-05-30T00:18:00.000-04:00

Humans are really fallible in their nature. Recently, there've been a number of incidents that make this statement very real to me.

Respect is something many people want. It's something many need.

When a person is knows that what he's doing is wrong, and still does it when another person is around. It's not just disrespectfulness. It's fucking mockery.

But who am I to judge. That's why my hands are tied. helpless. cornered. Like some cat at deadend alley.

For this cat, in this alley, there's nothing that can be done. Especially when people always think they are right. BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT MATTERS. What friggin context are you right in man? Look at urself. Swimming in self rightesousness. Not knowing that the stupid pool is even smaller than the baby pool. Quit it man, join the rest of the world in the ocean.

It's so easy to just look at things 'objectively' and settle it there and then - very direct. This is when you win the battle, but your objectivity will lose you the war.

Shit, I can't stand arrogance. People who think that they are so great. No wonder this phrase is so widely used:

"Don't show me attitude"

Attitude can be positive, but when it becomes negative, it's a seriously disgusting gaze.

Man, i sound very arrogant here don't i? Hai.. but i really don't know how else to express myself now. Better ambiguously out here than unglamourously directed at anyone else.

Yes respect is what many people want. It's a necessity for some. But many a times. We forget that the most valuable of all respect is self respect.

By loathing the lack of self respect in others shown by their actions and infantile attitudes, do we repect ourselves? I doubt it. That's what i'm doing, but it's feeding the ego- a bloody scar in humanity's already less than flawless face.

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Hai, i really really can't stand people who talk as though they are right. People who walk around with their disobedient infirmaries, bloody FLASHING them.

Peace peace peace.

many stuffs

2006-05-09T14:10:00.000-04:00

yay, got past the sp musical auditions=) felicia and edwin are also in! it's gonna get busy now. but it's in a way an anwsered prayer. Cuz i wanted to explore and develop my voice by even going for classes. But now, i get the training foc! haha, with even dance lessons:P

first time leading worship.
yea, lead worship for the first time 2 saturdays ago. wow, wad an experience. thruout all rehearsals - even the one on the day itself, i was super nervous. but after lots of prayer support, from pastor gim har and cindy and my mom, my sis (prob from others too), when it came to the actual worship time, i was able to freely worship God. the focus was totally taken off me. and God increased and i decreased.

twas a very exhilarating experience. but for now, i'll stick with backup singing first. baby steps=)

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thought jut: haha, today saw swei at commonwealth mrt at around 11+pm as i was comming home. SHOUTED her name! haha, the big haired lady turned=P
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Anyway, right now, in crusade, we've been praying for a revival, especially in CLM. I think the recent aquaintence with the few Hope Church people and their presence during Monday's prayer walk is a way God might be working in Crusade. Can sense that God is preparing crusade for a revival. Thank you God! =)

And as i go thru these experiences, hopefully God will allow me to discern how God works. Perhaps when the ways of God is known, it is easier to do His work.

I'm very interested in reaching out to people. But it's always when it comes to dicipleship, i tend to stumble. The inadequecy just looms above me. Practical constraints include time. However the more deeper spiritual cat and dog chase only goes to show how unstable my walk with God is. I know by being accountable of someone can help in my growth, but i might just stumble my diciple - and i absolutely do not want that to happen.

James' song: Take Me Away spoke to me a lot. will upload the lyrics when i get it from him=)

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oh ya, today went to a screening of CHOICES, at some church. it has a high anti abortion slant. haha, was mentally disecting the film the whole 1 and half hours! it realli inspired me to make a movie too! but i got too many things on my hands already. perhaps i'll start thinking of it when all my projects are over. Wanna involve ywav ppl also, so can bond! had a nice chat with bell eric and violet during supper=)

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wonder how the rest of the clm went today? it was super fun when i was still there. we had this idea of making one station - selling the fullscape and bday cards! ha, that's how much financing crusade needs=P very suprising to find that all the teams that i met up with managed to sell all their goods! some even came back with more money cuz buyers had no change.

i think this step out of their confort zone can slowly be part of the bigger picture where crusaders step out to share christ with people!

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sorry if these random mental clippings are confusing to readers=P at least for those who were there, you can understand. i'll attempt to be more readable in the next post!

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man.. my curfew is outrageously violated.

Editing suite

2006-04-20T10:47:00.000-04:00

Editing suite
Originally uploaded by rollerblader_boi.

the new computers in the Digital Media Studio look great! They seem to be more stable then their predecessors.. no major loss of work yet..

this photo is a vid in the process of editing. and yup, tt's me in it!

Answers

2006-04-20T10:39:00.000-04:00

This is my class fortune teller, Sonia. She wields the Deck of Answers!

Ray Charles

2006-04-20T10:33:00.000-04:00

Probably the most influencial musicians of all time!

My sis bought a ray charles cd for a friend. Buy he already had it...

Now i have it!

And i'm peeling my ears raw!

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today was a hot day. a few dissapointments. but easily dealt with=)

was pretty worn out today. esp when i went for the crusade games time at 5pm. but the worship really energised me. Was glad that Zhi Qiang asked me to close the worship with prayer. Through prayer, you really can communicate with God. And today, that refreshed me=) Ha, in fact, i dunno if it's God's provision or simple coincidence, but when my eyes opened, the sun came out (the rain was subsiding with cloudy skies). Thank you God.

bedtime

2006-04-19T11:06:00.000-04:00

hi guys, yup, sch has started and i'm diving into the heat of things=) as a starter, i'm gonna impose a 11pm sleep curfew on myself..!

k, tt's all for now. as u can see, the time's a little past 11pm liao. nite-o!

tim

2006-04-11T12:00:00.001-04:00

Thanks anon tagger for those verses

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails."

Proverbs 19:21

"All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD. Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."

Proverbs 16:2-3

Commitments

2006-04-09T14:00:00.000-04:00

This evening i decided to list down all the commitments and activities that i'm involved in. It then dawned on me, quite suddenly, that i may be over-commited.

Involvement is one thing. Commitment takes involvement to a whole new level with different realities such as TIME and PRIORITY and MENTAL SPACE.

TIME
Commitment without tangible, quantifiable sacrefice loses its seriousness. And as such, time spent planning and preparing for a certain activity all come in the same bucket as the time spent at the event itself.

PRIORITY
A stuggle when it comes to me. Either i'm a passionate person that really wants to give my best in everything (which makes it difficult to choose which to put first), or i'm a 'yes man' that only wants to please people.

I get misunderstood a lot in this respect. I'd like to think myself as a person who wants to give my best in everything. And many commitments in my life are internally driven, not peer pressured.

But thinking further, it could be that attention-seeking imp in me that makes me want to 'be the man'.

But i shan't delve further, lest people assume a mere widening of perpective for character disclosure.

MENTAL SPACE
Commitment, i've learnt so far, takes up a lot of mental space. I've never heard of this term before, so i'll coin it as mine;) Mental space. This is the amount of resources the active part of the brain uses, whether concious or unconcious, in anticipation of an event.

And when it comes to commitment, the big guns take up a lot of space. Even though the event is happening two, or even three weeks from now, I would be flustered. It's hard to discribe the feeling. I guess every future event is like a small weight on the minds balance. If you have many small events, and you may think that the individual activities are "just a one off thing lah", the total weight of all the small activities put together could be much heavier than what you imagined at the point when the commitment was born.
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I was pretty downcast when i saw the penciled piece of paper. It felt like the initial swelling of activities that could very possibly result in a crash when school starts on 17th april.

That's a week away.

Then i saw an email from yue hua from the yahoo groups. so nice! she sent everybody a song. A1 - One in love. Lyrics or music didn't matter. The thought was priceless. It reminded me that out of all the commitments that i have, there are fruits that show themselves. Possibly fruits that will last=) tks yue hua! tks team 5=)

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After that, some exchange student guys from Hong Kong came to our house to stay over. Chatted with them for quite a long while. (my brother was tired from hosting them the whole day and spending the previous nite cleaning up our room.) Names are Samuel and N.G.

N.G. is quite the computer gamermaniac. Quite funny guy, and it probably made him seem the more eloquent of the two. He knows final fantasy! Samuel is quite a unique person, he jogs A LOT and does quite a lot of weights too. Those are his pasttimes. And his father makes him watch the news. Other than that, not much tv.

They're really very pleasant people. It is so refreshing to hear from fellow youths from other countries. It was also a very interesting experience because there was a slight language barrier. But the barrier only accentuated the similarities that we have with each other.

ok, it's late. G'nite all=)

A time to laugh, a time to cry. A time to live, a time to die.

2006-04-08T11:40:00.000-04:00

The title is a phrase that my mom uttered in the car today. It reminded me that life truely is so fragile. The futility in living finds resolution in hope; from passion, from belief.

We can only do our best to make the most out of what we have.

Such realisation can mean that the person is slowly moving away from the trees (a mere vista of eternity beyond) to slowly shift the entire forest into peripheral vision. With the whole map in hand, what course will you take?

I always talk about seeing the bigger picture, understanding why things are, not just how things are done. But do i practice it? Do i monitor it?

pray.trust.love.obey

Updates and Flickr

2006-04-07T06:19:00.000-04:00

hi ho! this is not a reflective post, it's more a surface update=)

I've been to crusade chalet 2006 and back. The before, during, and after were all fantastic=)

Don't have much time for a descriptive essay. but who needs descriptive essays when you got pictures! ha.

I've got a Flickr.com account, it's super. Esp for photo fanatics=) I got photos of Crusade chalet 2006 up.. For those who went, let the nostalga ooze!

It's free!=) it's really very good (like GoogleTalk ;) ha) Hope to see ya'll there!

What day is it today ah?

2006-03-28T12:49:00.000-05:00

This was a draft from a few days ago during worldview. Realised i never got back to it:P well, now it's back dated=)
"We're seriously on a tight timeline. Met up with tourism today at the impressive JTC tower on the 23rd floor. We started off professionally in a fully equipped boardroom (with cappecino machine and all..) but was later chased out into a nice sofa area."

ANYWAY, to all who smsed me the birthday wishes: tks for remembering=) Was so surprised when i checked my phone after a woke up, which was around 230pm.. there was a ton of smses! but i diligently replied every single one;) haha

Tim came over to collect some receipts today. He and Ger lin were returing the helium canisters we used during the worldview booth presentation. Man was it grand. Wow, the memories are very precious! I think we'll prob have a outing at marina this saturday. Singapore is that small man, the first place you tink of for an outting for 19 ppl is either sentosa or marina bay steamboat..

anyway, today pizza came to our doorstep=) and pam baked a choco cake.. she also bought me TWO FRIED SOTONG STICKS from old chun kee! haha, i told her i like them. how sweet (or rather, oily) of her! am i blessed or am i blessed=)

Was messing around with fruity loops today, felt very jappy-chinesey, so it became this:

http://www.funender.com/music/download.php?band_id=10102&song_id=28514&mode=song_hifi

copy and paste it to your internet explorer, and they will prompt you for download.

I recorded the song with one intrument only. none of the drums stuff. it sounds quite new age actually (check it out andrew! haha). Fruity Loops can really make you sound good.

Talk about sounding good.. WOW, when i went to Studiophille at bugis tt day for the recording, the sound was great! It's called silent jamming and all the instruments are connected to the main soundboard. Each musician is given a set of headphones. And when you put it on, POW, all the instruments were nicely balanced (thanks to the sound engineer outside of course)! For the first time, i could realli hear myself:P and the drawbars there were purrfect. man, i could go on and on, but i'll stop.

One more thing:
This is a pretty good way to share ur music, just discovered today:D
..I even have my very own Artiste page man haha.

Nice sia!

ok, i think tt's about it. toodles~

PS:i'll leave you with some worldview pictures

jitters

2006-03-21T09:47:00.000-05:00

jitters everywhere! crap.. why so nervous..

TMR RESULTS COME OUT>>>

my leg is bobbing up and down in that ah beng manner even as i type...

pulpitation increased, BP up a notch, ekg is off the record.

i'm freaking out!!

...well, tt's a minor exagerration (ever see the irony in this phrase?)...

fingers crossed, fingers interlaced, palms pressed against each other..

Laptop Batt

2006-03-17T08:08:00.000-05:00

I'm in the process of reviving an old Sony Vaio of my dad's. We feel it's good to keep cuz it has sentimental value. It was one of the first laptop that he bought. We even have pictures of him working with it in the hotel room. You want dedication, you want commitment, this is the guy. We even tried video conferencing with him! He left the webcam on as he ate his gourmet microwave dinner. Even when he sleep he left it on, it was funny man.

Some parents would disregard this childish exploration. But he was willing to try=)

Haha, well, now i even pulled my mom into GoogleTalk! it was so cool talking to her conveniently one day as i was checking Google Mail in school. GoogleTalk is integrated into the gmail website. It's hard to explain the kind of feeling you get when you know something is simple, but it's significance is a mere one step shy of a revolutionary lifestyle.

I digressed so much! The main purpose of this post is to express my eyerolling discontent of the eBay purchase i made recently pertaining to a Sony Viao laptop battery.

Do you see the hole difference between the original (right) and the one i bought (left)? That mockingly insignificant anomaly is the cause of the imense frustration on my part.

One slight movement and the battery is disconnected. How reliable is that.. i have no idea how to fix it now. It came from san fransisco. to ship it back menas 30 friggin dollers. They haven't even got back to me on whether i'd have to pay for the return shipping.

Vent vent vent. Complain complain complian.. The echoes resonate of association with May;)

Enrolment and Auditions

2006-03-17T07:57:00.000-05:00

Enrolment
enrolment is comming. 22 march. we welcome the new batch of SP students. i hope i'll be free for this years Connect! felt so dissapointed when i missed this years'!

Connect is this seniors-meet-juniors event that is held when school starts exclusively for DMC students. Last year's connect, i heard, was a blast with singers all the way from dmc 02 `04!

Anyway, wad's most pressing is not Connect, but the enrolment day booth for SP Comperes. I've been resting on my laurels too long for this one. All the other excos are in attachment, so i've got to get juniors to help! Whew, it's not easy being a junior either, cuz they got to organise a farewell for the graduating students.

Auditions
This is pretty exciting, i've never played in a secular band before. It's an honor man, to be ask by wei liang and friends to play the keys with them. The thing is, I only am familiar with one song they're playing. Will it be a 'oh crap' or 'i can do it'? I choose the latter.

National Youth Worldview Conference 2006

2006-03-17T07:32:00.000-05:00

My past week and the week to come has been pleasantly peppered with meetings with National Youthy WorldView Conference 2006 participants, especially my group - tourism.

For the uninitiated, the National Youth Worldview Conference is a conference, yes, to gather the opinions and ideas of the youth of singapore (well represented with the student profile ranging from polys, ite's, jc, MI). This year, following the governments groove, the worldview conference is focusing on SERVICE. Namely in 5 sectors: Tourism, Healthcare, Retail, Finance, and Food & Beverage.

My beloved sector is Tourism. Probably the most united of sectors throughout the conference.

Here's a glimpse of the new people in my life:

Only half the team was there cuz they had attachments and learning journeys elsewhere. This picture was taken at the resort Tourism Acadamy in the beautiful isle of Sentosa.

now, after been thru team building camp, mystery shopping workshop, and the learning visit, it is time to harvest and display the fruit of our curiosity, understanding, and contribution. This translates into the Presentation in the 26th of March.

Nothing much will be said cuz the media will do that for us. Stay tuned then.

FruityLoops

2006-03-08T12:57:00.000-05:00

No it's not insanity that assails me. Not exactly at least.

Was experimenting on this super cool software called FruityLoops. It is a music making software, a bit similar to GarageBand, but NOT THE SAME. This is way up there man. It is so sleak i tell ya. And it's so easy to use too! Just press a few buttons and you'll sound great!

Came up with a few and since I'm rollerbladerboy, this is pure rollerblading funk man!

Have a listen:

Rollerbladerboy by Tim
(right-click and save as. once it's downloaded, blast ur speakers. it's shoik man.)

It's a pity the adapter for my PIANO keyboard is damaged. Otherwise it'll be so much easier to input cuz can connect to comp! Well, for experiment's sake, the good 'ol qwerty would suffice=)

Kudos to SP for publicity in TVmobile

2006-02-27T22:47:00.000-05:00

Was pleasantly surprised today to find some clips on the SP website that the Media and INfo-Communications Technology diploma guys came up with.

These clips are aired on TVMobile too!

I particularly like this one. Touching clown story, rather typical, but nicely executed. Looks really professional.
This one is also very nice, about pondering about the first porn click. Voiceover is a bit iffy, but the treatment is impressive.

Haha, well, now sp has publicity in TVmobile too! All along, i onli noticed ngee ann and nyp stuff on TVmobile. This is a lot better than the crappy and super lame Gan Cheong King that's always aired. It's quite freaky if you realise that they don't have pupils in their eye balls!

Hopefully this would be that pin hole of light for veteren bus commuters who for too long travel in the realm of lame content and are in search for entertainment that is impactful without trying too hard.

Well done SP!

Snippets of Wisdom from AM notes

2006-02-22T10:32:00.000-05:00

From the AM notes:

Losers bring problems without any thoughts about solutions.

They spend most of their energy getting someone else to do their job. They never accept responsibility for problems but are quick to share in the credit for success.

They are timid with their ideas and stingy imparting their knowledge to others. They cover their ass but never put their ass on the line. They say “yes” to anyone in authority (notably clients) without any thought on how it will affect the Agency overall…

Now there's some relevant stuff we can use eh? =)

The AM notes suck man. Especially for a fine sieve like me - the Good Stuff's taking its time!

Somehow, I don't think Mr Ang is concerned for our learning. I don't think he's incompetent, but I get vibes of inconfidence. Perhaps this year has been a year out of focus. Double whammy. Reflect later, revise first...

One more lecture to go.

Canon in D electric

2006-02-22T02:46:00.000-05:00

Now... back to the books!

Amazing Trumpeteer!

2006-02-22T01:51:00.000-05:00

man, is this guy for real..

Interactive Johari Window - Mapping Personality Visibility

2006-02-21T02:44:00.000-05:00

Interactive Johari Window - Mapping Personality Visibility

Reminiscene of the ICP days..

The tongue

2006-02-18T07:53:00.000-05:00

I scare myself sometimes.
The things i say, the things i do..

Whatever happened to restraint. Old testement- Moses blew his chances to see the promise land because of one incident he lacked restraint.

And I don't think the bar has been lowered since Jesus came.

please forgive me.. change me from within. i've had enuff of me, i, myself.

3D Painted Rooms - 2Loop.com

2006-02-16T11:32:00.000-05:00

3D Painted Rooms - 2Loop.com

"These rooms are painted so that, when looked at right, optical illusions will appear. Very cool."

meebo.com

2006-02-15T10:33:00.000-05:00

meebo.com

Not a bad alternative to e-messenger.net

Inner Sanctum

2006-02-10T12:36:00.000-05:00

Everybody needs a place to withdraw and relax once in a while. It should be a social responsibility. Yes, social responsibility. It's not only about the person resting, but the people around. Humans are born and made to live together. If the pain - when it comes - in fulfilling this obligatory purpose is to be lessened, it will do everybody well to augment life instead of disgustifying it.

Mankind is ultimately flawed. If you feel perfect - you're the worst kind of flaw.

Arrogance is as wretchingly damnable as a piece of shit in your mushroom soup. I mean what in the world makes us think that we deserve salvation? If nature, logic, humans, had it their way, we would all be condemned. Can we strip ourselves bare? Do we serioiusly think the clothes we wear hide our nakedness?

What's the point, what's the point? Where's the bottom line? Where IS IT? WELL

If you knew that you had 100m to run. Would you speed thru the whole time? Or will you take your time, not to slack, but to enjoy the journey there. Cuz if this was life, it'll be death you're rushing toward.

The harsh reality. Sweetness is only half the truth.

Why am i so down now man. This is probably the most depressing post ever. The manifestation of accumulating, almost accrued frustration. (forgive me, i don't like to be so direct in the public domain. afterall, it's not dirty laundry i'm airing now, it's my opinions and feelings. snapshot of life as i know it now.)

GOD HUMBLE US.

this statement in itself is arrogant. what makes us think we can boss God around. i seriously need to look at myself first. i ask that all the time. hai.. but i'm realli praying for the day that i can honestly, earnestly say, Oh God, please have mercy, I don't deserve.

I know the answer but it flickers. God is a God of mercy and love. Anywhere we go, hope for good in man may be taken and screwed. But in a most grateful, unspeakable embodiment of grace, hope in God will not be forsaken.

Well, where has this expression of thought led me now..

Don't really know. But it's definately not the end of the journey.

Lay OFF

2006-02-10T12:32:00.000-05:00

Will YA?

Even THE EARTH goes round the friggin sun.

I've gained weight... but you can't lipo eyelids.

2006-02-06T13:32:00.000-05:00

*Pulls hair.

Ginseng and chicken essense no consolation for loss of sleep.

damn astroExam, astroJournal, MppJournal, Directing actor Ca.

Stop one car, you jam the highway.

Reflectoporn

2006-02-05T09:10:00.000-05:00

This is disgusting. While surfing the content rich information highway, the first hit i got searching for my law CA on sexuality was a completely revolting site. Can you believe it, mankind has come up with a thing like Reflectoporn. Deliberately taking pictures of reflective objects in your birthday suit. These sick chaps submit their photos to online auction sites as advertisements.

Humanity- we need help.
God, we need help.

The things you learn with the world wide web.

987 Midnight Skate!

2006-02-01T09:21:00.000-05:00

Wow! Can't wait for this to come!

check it out.

987 Midnight Skate

I honestlty don't know to be thankful or taken aback.I'm probably both.

First time after meeting for so long, then "judgement day".

I mean, Jesus has his way of communicating- which i think is what we should strive for. He goes direct sometimes. But i think the parables (which are more indirect) that he left us are more impressionable. That was his way of showing love and concern for us. Blunt messages no matter how well meaning can sometimes come across as obligatory rebukes that seem to primarily satisfy personal responsibility.

Is accountability for your brother separate from love for your brother?

Whatever it is, it got me thinking. I'm not about to shut out something because it seems harsh.
//In a positive light, I'm more aware of my circumstances now that i've gotten fresh insight.

Do you drop friends when they suddenly change?
Friends point out mistakes, yup, but there's more to that, i'm sure.

Fleeing from temptation. You can really take this sentence really far. What is stretching it to thin?

God wants us to have an abundent life right? Here we go, this is another sentence that can really be streched to cover a mirade of issues.

What is striking a balance then? Getting the full picture. God has to be holy, but he has to love disgusting creatures like us. The word is not 'balance'. But there's something to describe the relationship between God's holiness and his mercy.

Can holiness be a stumbling block?

Is holiness an individual affair? Does that make it self centred? But as they say on aircrafts, " Put on your own mask before attending to others."

I'm just throwing out bits of questionable material here. Don't have time to fully develop these thoughts yet.

A sinner walks,
sometimes even crawls to righteousness,
but dashes into hypocrisy.
Baby steps.

Another disclaimer brought to you by Tim.

man, am i making sense?

UCCD... time out.

2006-01-18T11:29:00.000-05:00

This is everybody's favorite multi cultural global citizen of a lecturer.

I'm doing the stupid project now. Why can't it be as fun as the previous individual project!

oh well. gotta do wad ya gotta do, with or without the grouses.

anyway,

Today was briefing day. There was a million briefings to attend. StoryFest, Radio, SB Achievers. In the morning also had to pass the musically redone tvc (it means 'television comercial' for the uninformed=P). Wow, i'm glad that the copyright issue came up. Think that there is more contrast, audio-ly, now. Nice=) Wish i had more time to shoot and edit though.

Was just looking at the open day decor today. And i'm thinking, why can't good lighting be an everyday affair in the school fo business. Atmosphere undoubtly affects the moods of most humans, regardless how optimistic or plain oblivious we are.

Looking at the dmc banners, there's a mixture of pride and dissapointment. Pride cuz we really stood out from the rest of the sb courses, visually at least. The other courses simply had template to follow. Only on closer examination do you realise that they actually have differnce text and pictures! But kinda dissapointed cuz, as a media course, and we learn a bit of design, i'm super sure we can conjour much better ideas.

Lush

2006-01-17T12:50:00.000-05:00

Today was way cool. Finally, had lunch at Carl's Jr. It's just an overpriced, well marketed version of Burger King. But the company was worth more than the 10 bucks. John, Jia Xiang, Yao Liang, Nat, Janice, Isabel and of course Sam Z was there! We were having his last dinner before he enters National Service. How cool is that. Can't believe time passes so quick.

After that the guys had a great time walking around the esplanade area. WE ARE SO RANDOM. A preview of the content: girls, girls, experience with girls, racist stuff, church stuff, girls. Looking back, we really did talk a lot about girls! I guess everybody has their fair share of interesting people in their lives to share about. Can learn from experience too.

No more push ups in the middle of the road.

Damn it, after all the urgent projects are over (cept UCCD), Mr Loh bore the bad news that the music for the dmc TVC was not royalty free. Bittersweet: the tvc i did with jason was shortlisted and will be played during StoryFest. But. I've got to redo the music tonight.

Just watched Golden Globes. Best music score: John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha. All the more reason to watch the show!

Weell, it was a good night. When john goes to ns, we definately got to organise another one of this. Blindin' man~

Good luck sam z in ur ns life!

Mika Nakashima

2006-01-12T07:26:00.000-05:00

She's hot in Japan now. Getting in touch with my past. Used to have megs of J-pop.

Mika Nakashima - Hi no Tori (Bird of Fire)

Nakashima Mika - Yuki no hana (Bloom of Snow)

btw, Jazz still rox my socks!

Gold Found

2006-01-12T03:35:00.000-05:00

http://drummingbeats.blogspot.com

This is a follow-up article. The embargo was grossly overestimated.

The link above is to my baby brother's blog.
News Flash! He's grown up (and bigger than me)! With it came composure, quick-wit, and a dash of passionate determination. My pride and joy, my punching bag. haha

Take a look, his recent post show's my family's trip to Beijing, China. Lotsa pictures.

The sensible dip

2006-01-12T03:19:00.000-05:00

It's sensible for a mother to dip her finger into the child's milk,
The right temperature range, lest a tweak.
Just like a jogger surveys his route, whether flat or tilt,
To keep performance peak.

ha, makes sense to me.

And now, let's take a look just past the halfway mark of the race... Yes, yes, he's still going. Timothy is still making progress, ladies and gentlemen, no matter how slow. There appears to be a checkpoint around the corner. Yes, it is. And he's taking a rest. It looks like nobody is in front of him! Wa- wait a minute, there's nobody behind him! Why the hell is he running?

WRONG RACE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

css Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design

2006-01-04T08:53:00.000-05:00

css Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design

css is interesting..

btw, this is the rubbish text that designers use:d

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.Sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper.

Suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis.

• At vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit

• Praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.

Qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.

• Epsum factorial non deposit quid pro quo hic escorol.

• Olypian quantels et gomilla congolium sic ad nauseum. Souvlaki ignitus carborundum e pluribus unum. Defacto lingo est igpay atinlay.

Eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim.

dunno why.. cool~! ha

Christmas E-Card

2005-12-22T21:38:00.000-05:00

haha, cute hokkien-style christmas greeting!

http://www.syfc.org.sg/christmas05/hokkien-rec.htm

To do..

2005-12-21T13:01:00.000-05:00

E Learning week... What more can I say.
Pebbles before mountains, Tim, Pebbles before mountains...

Steph's Blog: Chaos Theory

2005-12-21T02:59:00.000-05:00

Chaos Theory

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost;
For want of a shoe, the horse was lost;
For want of a horse, the rider was lost;
For want of a rider, the battle was lost;
For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost.

super piano man

2005-12-10T00:17:00.000-05:00

whoa, take a look at this guy.

fantastic man. whew, i just wasted my afternoon looking for piano vids and of cos jorden rudess music, vids, pictures. he's one hellava genius i tell ya.

Man i realli got to set aside time for piano. And driving. Ice skating. Overnight blading. krespy Kreme. Scriptwriting.

In the words of my all-knowing law lecturer, we're all leading a really "fulfilling" life. Not wasting any moment of it.

what a hot day! hope john's house got ac haha. oh ya, also need to finalise concept for storyfest tvc! will Timothy be be able to pull it off this time? According to his pathetic track record, the odds are against him. What will the end bring for this chap. Tune in for more updates!

(btw, for those who have been comming back, wa tks man for ur support even though nuthin seems to be happening=) hmm, who am i writing this blog for.. what's the purpose?.. farnie. i guess deep inside there's an attention seeking furball that's just aching to be expelled. ... ... tt was weird.)

2005-11-26T12:43:00.000-05:00

oh yea, about the calendar- ya'll can add gentle reminders, reminders, or WARNINGS on the "wall". feel free=)

Starry starry afternoon

2005-11-26T12:09:00.000-05:00

hosted two consecutive days for !Chill@SP. Man, it was, at least how i saw it- a total failure.

lack of a proper lead time and insufficient publicity all led to this somewhat pathetic end. well, we all learn. i know i did=)

but nevertheless, the crowd was still there for the project superstars Kelly, Channel and Silver.

I must confess i dun watch the programme. But when i hosted and one of the programmes for both days involved the superstars: WOW were they fantastic. Yes, i met those superstars!=)) Didn't know that sp or singapore for that matter had such great talent.

esp kelly, she had star quality.

Channel was fun cuz she was so bubbly and when we had the onstage interview after their songs, she helped in upping the mood.

man, it's a pity i din haf time to take more photos with them. it's just go go go. dang. but this is one with channel and silver backstage as kelly was performing.

(cam sux, more pics when nat sends me some of hers=))

entertainment industry seems pretty exciting man. it's quite an art to bring the wild side of people out.

So, this has been the headache for the past two days. SUPER LAST MIN. But at least it's over and i've learnt so many lessons.

Now it's back to a reality not unlike the former white waters.

Law ca. scriptwriting. publicity. culture paper. uccd. tvc.
these are merely the academic concerns.

hi sch, wad's ur connection (at least a direct one) with my future. i've yet to sit down not to mention launch into ponderation.

ok, i'm done with this quickie post, will pop by again soon to update my lifE!

btw, i've got a online calendar now which i intend to use and update very regularly to keep track of my time. so if ya'll need to check it out pls do so u'll know where will i be during those times.

JOSH.ORG: Devotions

2005-11-25T09:54:00.000-05:00

JOSH.ORG: Devotions

caught my eye but no time to read. look at it later!

Embedded Media HTML Generator

2005-11-15T12:56:00.000-05:00

Just trying out the "Blog This!" function in google toolbar. so cool=) anyway, does anybody know a good free place to host music like mp3s that u wanna embed into ur website?:)

Embedded Media HTML Generator

Checkpoint

2005-11-10T11:06:00.000-05:00

Haha, excuse the previous post.

"Faith in active opposition to common sense is mistaken enthusiasm and narrow-mindedness, and common sense in opposition to faith demonstrates a mistaken reliance on reason as the basis for truth."
-Oswald Chambers

Life on earth has this uncanny resemblance to an elephant trying to balance on the circus ball. Always trying to locate the centre of reality gravity.

At this point of my life, it looks like the propensity to fall is increasing as the burden on top gets heavier. But I don't want to spend my life trying to balance. I wanna be in teh center of God's will.

However, more thought needs to be poured over things like these. "Active opposition to common sense is mistaken enthusiasm". How many times have I promised the mountains when I don't do anything about the pebbles at the foot of it.

As the academic year begins, I can already hear the echoes of the gleaming scythe. It's sharpness in contrast to my rather out of focused life. I need to protect my walk with God; my commitment to his church.

How much have I changed since that time? Seems like the problem is surfacing again. It's so sly.

But thank you God that now I feel closer to Him. It's true that when crisis comes, we human beings tend to look to God or some higher being. But we know God wants us to have a relationship with him. A mutual relationship where we talk even though the wind's just right and the bow's gushing into the future.

2005-11-07T11:25:00.000-05:00

wow.. jiong yi, u're fast man!

Beijing was wonderful

2005-11-07T11:03:00.000-05:00

wow, beijing was an experience man. Chinese people are one clever race. Despite the backward pressure eternity had on these bunch of people, they still pulled the Great wall, the forbidden city, huge huge temples. everything was just huge.. definately need to see teh pictures.. but i've not uploaded yet..

dived straight back into the fast moving current of responsibilities. Several things on my mind. But not everything is appropriate or blogworthy.

Got an event on 26, the wushu performance. hope no chinese is involved, even though i dun mind:P

Got several outings in the pipeline, don't know if i should go too many.

God is working in people=)

Had, as usual, an enlightening chat with zhenyang this evening. The main takeaway: Eternal perspective. If we put everything in teh right light. The real, bigger picture will hopefully show.

But, God wants me to walk by faith, not by sight. this combination of alphabets seem a cliche. But their meaning hold timeless truth.

Got to sleep now cuz tmr going for morning prayer! yea man! haha, hope can wake up! hope to hear from the Lord and prepare myself for the long day, packed week ahead.

So many things on my mind. I've written them down, pray tt i can sleep in peace.

I'm off

2005-10-30T13:11:00.000-05:00

Whee it's off to school tmr. Then after wards it's off to beijing=) yea man! haven't realli got teh chance to settle down and slack. It's gonna be a hectic sem so bedda have a good start.

Splat!'s going on pretty well, we're rushing like crazy cuz the syllabus is sposed to be aroudn 14 weeks but we compressed it to 6! Felt some warfare going on and some potential problems, but it's too early to tell.

Anyway, it's time to relive a few of the loola days! Here's a clip. We were on our way back to shore after a night's sleep on a boat. The small safety boat only took us so far cuz it was low tide. Walked quite a bit, but Shoik! Pls pardon the lame narration.

do i realli sound like that? anyway, cool man, miss loola. But there are things to look forward to=)

Ha dunno if edwin's reading this. But i found a software to convert mp4 so i can edit with premier liao. and finally send you the birthday vid. Trust u're enjoying urself in Caaaaa-nada. HA!

Really Really R 'n' R

2005-10-21T13:10:00.000-04:00

my goodness, wanted to blog 2 days ago. but have been so occupied recently. and now i'm so tired. well at least put something:D

just came back from holland v with LTC people, wow, had great pizza, and went to this bar called the eski bar. haha, we were so noisey. but hey, we added so much life to the place. one thing special about this place: It's freezing! literally. the counter is made of real ice and the tenders go around in eskimo apparal. v cool. btw, met my primary sch fren! it'was cynthia's bf! wad a small world man! so many things to catch up. haha, no wonder like so familiar liddat.

dang, missed teh poly forum gathering yesterday. but was at crusade sm restreat and i think i needed that. felt yet again spiritually dry. human nature made an advance.

realli looking forward to meeting poly forum guys again man. wa really bad with names, so i got to take a good look and interact with them more!

man, this entry is quite bland.. scattered thoughts. my life through the vistas of fatigue.

a little photos can always spice things up=D here we go!

from the poly forum. artistic eh! Tim being artistic in Sofitel.

BABY GRAND! in sofitel

Some of my junoirs from the sparc compere camp. which was btw, a blast, esp teh last nite!

LTC gathering: inside Eski Bar! way cool

on the way home. tired

2005-10-10T10:16:00.000-04:00

I'm so glad that everything's sorted out. No more hard feelings=)

Got to go for poly forum now.. so update another time. meanwhile, pictures'll suffice=)

Had a BLAST at the loola camp!! did so many things i didn't try b4, met so many people. wa, realli realli miss it.

well, at least i got a TAN! to remember the time=D haha, finally got a tan=)

Feast ur eyes!

Coconut point. climbed a tree here.

View from the hut.

Some wacky frens who slept on teh boat together!

He's an astronomer.

Went to do some community service.

That guy act unhappy, actually he's very fun one.

The greatest bon fire of all time. However it toppled after 10mins.

On the ferry on the way home.

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will upload more, another time. whew, next post is gonna be photo intensive..

see ya!

Someone

2005-10-08T02:01:00.000-04:00

Someone has to be the fucking bad guy.

Buddy-buddy so what? You can't buddy forever. You'll never grow.

to hell with apathy.

this anger's a flash.

i'm the fucking bad guy.

RESTRAINT