tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74200542011-09-13T19:50:08.493+08:00A multi-angled expression of God's creativity... inclined to unboggle things boggled... and to boggle what seems simple. Hence this warning: the writer's block may very likely plague this boggler's blog!the bogglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706997730186185433noreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420054.post-23664395425488420312010-04-06T18:00:00.025+08:002010-07-01T16:50:42.849+08:00

While I was browsing through CDs at LifeWay bookstores in Austin last September, I came across the debut album of Sidewalk Prophets on a preview sale for US$5. Went back to the Freeburgs', checked the album out on iTunes and ALL the songs sounded good. So went back the next day to get it. Since then, it's been the most played album on my iPod Nano and almost permanently inserted into my car's

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Felt compelled to blog again after quite a while. Plowed through some internal battles over the long weekend and yesterday, a song, a slide & a scripture passage spoke to me.THE SONGSavior, please... take my handI work so hard, I live so fastThis life begins, and then it endsAnd I do the best that I can, but I don't know how long I'll lastI try to be so toughBut I'm just not strong enoughI can't

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...and don't it feel good! To be taking planes and being in airports without worrying about the many different stresses that come with having a cast and crutches. I actually spent some time remembering how different it was the last time I flew and relishing the fact that I was pushing my own stuff around instead of getting pushed around (in a wheelchair).A few more images I snapped during my

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Not too sure about the hiding bit but I definitely wanna tear down the walls that hold me inside. Or at least the fiber-glass cast that holds my fractured ankle inside.It's been 3 weeks since I made that 90-degree turn that the just-rained-on tiles in front of church topped up to a 270-degree one. Hardly 3 seconds and it cost me my full walking rights for about 3 months.Have gone through quite a

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...everything seems to be ri-ight.Except that it feels funny not to be walking, even if it IS raining... heck, I DID walk for miles through much windy-er & rainy-er weather in Amsterdam and London, after all! And I can't find stuff in my room, one of the reasons being I now have more than one suitcase of it! And my sleeping time is all messed up, although a friend pointed out that it usually is

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Actually, it's been several hard days' nights - that I've been working on my blog. An extended post wrapping up my trip to UK. Not helping with my jetlag though. Or is it the other way round? So er... it's coming soon! =S

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The first thing that struck me when I stepped out of the tube station at South Ealing was the sky. "The Simpsons..." tune kept playing in my head everytime I looked up. After several comments about how wonderful the sky was, my brother simply stated, "But it's the same sky in Malaysia."Skyscape, somewhere in England.Skyscape, somewhere in Malaysia.My brother's statement reminded me of the time I

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Having a spot of trouble getting out into the world beyond South Ealing. I've been back here for 3 days and other than the grocer's, I'm pretty much reluctant to venture far from my brother's flat. Might be because I had such a maximized time in the Netherlands. In those 8 days, I walked substantial distances around 7 towns, including Brugge in Belgium, visited 13 museums and snapped more than

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On the sixth evening of my eight days in Holland, we came back to Christina's home in Zwijndrecht from a day out to Haarlem and later picking her parents up from Schipol airport.For dinner, we picked up a 6-dish Chinese takeout meal which was a whole new experience altogether although really quite tasty! As my brother said a few times before and during the meal, one needed to wipe away any

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My first 24 hours in London were spent quite lazily. Slept, ate, researched places to visit, and took walks around my brother's flat in South Ealing. =) The shot above is an inversed reflection on a car bonnet.Oh, the postman popped by to drop off the battery I had ordered online last week for my Sony Clie! What amazing timing! Yay - long live my PDA!The most intriguing place hereabouts is a

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and Abu Dhabi... I know it’s crazy... but it’s true....Sorry – couldn’t resist following through with the song... but it IS true! =P And it WAS crazy – six and a half hours on the plane KL-AD, seven hours AD-Heathrow, and NINE HOURS in between at Abu Dhabi!!! It took me over 30 hours to get from my doorstep in PJ to my brother’s doorstep! Man, I could have reached Austin, TX in that time!! Anyway

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Not what I'd generally be ok with as a title on my blog but it was the only thing that came to mind... partly from watching Mama Mia! for the second time on screen last night... partly from listening to Abba tunes in the car today... partly from copying over (& speed-viewing) photos from my last trip to UK (when I watched Mama Mia! on stage) onto my hdd for my brother... and mostly from running &

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pas-sion [pash-uhn] - noun - any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling- strong amorous feeling or desire- a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music. - the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him.- an outburst of strong emotion or feeling- the state of being acted upon or affected by something external-excerpted

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It's been 2 weeks since I felt I was hearing clearly again for what's in front of me. It helped that I was away from the noise of doing, working & serving. And it helped that I was at a church camp (Gateway City's 1st) - where there was plenty of time to hear from God directly & through the 5 camp speakers too.Before I goh on... a few more images from camp...1st time ever I could frame a church

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My parents tell me that they took me travelling very often when I was a baby, and that I'd feel so comfortable in a moving vehicle that it'd take me less than 5 minutes to fall asleep. The same principle applied during Uni years when I'd travel some 30 odd hours to Austin - in the plane, I'd snooze off straight away, only getting up for the then yummier MAS meals. So it still amazes me that I

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It's a couple of days after the 4th Charge Up! Conference and a few emails come into my mailbox. An excerpt from one of them:"This conference has really charged me up! And I learnt a lot. Actually, while I'm been studying in KL for 2 years, I have been going to church like a normal christian. But after the conference, I feel that I need to go back to serve God in His church!"Just a few simple

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It's always enriching to have extended time with friends bringing up kids. I've learnt quite a lot from just watching the kids themselves and from how the parents interact with them in all sorts of situations. So it's especially rewarding staying with David & Joyce who help in the upbringing of currently about 80 other little ones besides Brandon.Thursday was a holiday so I got to follow the Kams

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Am at the Kams' place in Yong Peng and I just have to write about how my cybershots found their way into the blog.I didn't bring the Sony's connecting cable along with me so I bluetoothed the photos from my phone to David's Pocket PC which transferred them to his desktop PC via USB. Then I copied the images to my portable hard drive and uploaded them to my blogspot. =)Thanks Joyce for capturing

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Keppel Road Railway Station, 3:34pm I'm so loving my phone camera. =)Anyway... had arranged with Paul earlier in the morning to pass them the Eden video at Kluang Railway station.Elaine left me 3 mini paus, 2 post-it notes on her latest CD & an sms reminder to call Nat at her mum's place between 11:30am - 1:45pm to say goodbye to him. Checked my phone in time to make the call at 1:20pm after

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Spent the day doing just that - figuring things out.First it was this epic and vivid dream I had, which managed to continue itself despite my waking up twice in between! So spent some time in the morning recording down as much as I could remember into my journal while it was still visually fresh in my memory. Broke the entire dream down to 4 scenes and 490 words.Then went about taking photos of

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...I haven't blogged.Finally can, now that I've managed to get away from my usual crazy lifestyle in Klang Valley. But suddenly feel at a loss about where to begin... so much has happened since my last entry. So I think I'll just post photos to fill in parts of the gaping gap... takes less thought time... which will mean I won't have to wrestle with my writer's block... which will mean I'd

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I realize it's probably quite a jump from my last entry... not in time but in mood... but today's two words from my time with God is "come" and "celebrate". A bit odd considering that I've been feeling like I'm up over my head in a super swamped season. Looked at the 3 instances in Matthew when Jesus said "Come" (as an imperative verb) and thought about His invitation & the invitees' responses,

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*****When your own words can't seem to express the tangled web you feel inside, a friend calls... a text comes through... a song plays....Is there hope for every manA solid place where we can standIn this dry and weary landIs there hope for every manIs there love that never diesIs there peace in troubled timesSomeone help me understandIs there hope for every manSeems there's just so many roads to

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As I was driving back from Penang to Taiping this evening, I caught sight of a little Indian kid waving from the back of a car that was about 50m in front of mine. It looked like he was waving for no reason in particular and I decided to wave back. Heh... this started a waving conversation between him, his slightly older brother who immediately joined in enthusiatically, and me. I tried different

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By the end of today which is also the end of the first half of the year, I would have, within the sixth month of 2007: Laid my head down at 6 different homes, including 1 in Singapore and the rest in 4 different states in Malaysia. Attended services in 5 different churches over the 4 Sundays in June. Had 3 what I'd call properly-called-for media leaders' meetings. Spent quality

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Standing behind a shop counter right now... er, long story into which I'm actively deciding not to goh into! Anyway, the strains of 80's songs playing over the speakers kinda triggered me into blog-tion. Funny how I often forget the amount of time I had spent as a teenager just memorizing and belting out songs. Then suddenly you hear a song and the lyrics just come gliding out. Always surprises

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...goodbye wi-fi... goodbye!I've really appreciated the time in KK. Especially my bare minimum room with maximum wi-fi!It's been quite an eventful 3 days. Will only mention significant things that happened, otherwise it'll take too long to finish this posting.Sunday:First, I found the DVD that I pulled out from Alex & Grace's mailbox BROKEN! After all the trouble of bringing it over! The only

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That's the first line from the theme song of Star Trek Enterprise series, originally written for the movie Patch Adams. And it aptly entitles this entry - first about blogging again after 3 years, then about yesterday's 9-hour journey from PJ to KK.The first long journey... well... I got a Blogger account while I was visiting my brother in Cambridge in 2004 and had a single "test" entry which was

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"Just take a pill... it will heal faster."Ever since I can remember, I've been adversive to taking pills. A phobia. At its peak, I hyperventilate. So, many times, I'd choose the road of suffering. As long as the suffering didn't involve having to swallow any pills.I'm not sure what I'm going through, this season of my life. Seems more boggled than usual. Maybe that's why I'm writing after so long

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Currently ReadingAlkitabBerita BaikBy The Great Author**************Just been reminded that I've still an overwhelmingly lot to prepare for the mission trip which is ONLY TWO DAYS AWAY!!! No more blogging for me!! I think I need some banana leaf rice!

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Hebrew 10:24 & 25 came alive to me today. It was through the group of cell leader interns that I've been meeting with. Which has really been a joy! SIGnets, i call them... S.I.G. standing for Sunseeker Interns Group... with hopes that these cygnets will grow into beautiful swans in Christ! =)My week had been a spiritually-low one... felt quite disjointed from God. But meeting with the SIGnets

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Just WatchedThe Pianista ROMAN POLANSKI filmBy Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank FinlaySometimes you don't need answers. You just have questions. Inside... where only God can hear. And you know it only matters that God hears."I will lie down in peace and sleep, for You alone, O LORD, will keep me safe." (Psalm 4:9)

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I'm a perfectionist. At university, I used to stare at an empty page (which later evolved into screen) for hours, days even, before I started writing, continuing, and finishing my papers. This soon cultivated into a phobia of embarking on essays which in turn enhanced my habit to procrastinate. It wasn't because I didn't know what to write... I just had an uncontrollable need for every word to be

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Trying to understand this thing!

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