Reconstruction

Alright guys, as you can see, my blog is in a little bit of a disarray at the moment. The different elements seem to be slightly misaligned. I think that is an understatement. :)

The thing is, I'm trying to figure out HTML so as to customise my blog so bear with me for the time being. :) the disarray is the result of my unschooled experimentation with my template. :P

Well, meanwhile a little update on what's happening.

Life's been pretty hectic recently.

I've been doing magic classes on week day nights and hanging out with ppl on those nights when I'm free... so basically, my time is like maxed out... :P a fault that is purely my own when it comes down to time management. I value my time to chill out with friends and hang out more than a lot of things that I know I'm supposed to do... :)

I just came back from a pig out session at Cheese Cake Cafe at Siglap after the Chinese Ministry's Good Friday Outreach service at TC. The service was great, fantastic, with singing and preaching by a Chinese Gospel singer by the name of Zhang Han Lin. The cheesecakes were even better. :)

During the service, the Lord spoke to me personally about my heart and it made me realise that I've got some praying, processing and thinking to do.

In a nutshell, it's a period of searching and knowing the Lord and working through certain things with Him again. So ppl, if you have the time, do put in a little prayer for me. I'd really appreciate it. I'm trying to find my heart again... pray that I'll not be distracted by my new DVD-Rom and new episodes of anime and Battlestar Galactica so I can really concentrate on hearing and leaning on the Lord. :P

Yeah, I also went for the Starlight Dance Evangelistic event on Thursday night. I think I like the costumes and props better than the acting... oops...

yup! That's about all I have to share at the moment...

will try to blog as much as I can... but I'm still trying to find the voice and the words to say what needs to be said...

Cheers...

March 17th

Happy birthday to meee...

Happy birthday to mee....

Happy birthday, happy birthday......

*ahem... *feedback from the mic... screech...

Happy birth...... day........ to.....................

mee......

yup, just less than 2 hours ago, I am officially, *ahem, Twenty... TWO!

That's right, people! If you're thinking I'm some old geezer still trying to hang on to teenage angst, jumping around in my jeans and T-shirt, tearing up sound amps with the head of my guitar before launching them into the unsuspecting crowd, you - are - SO - wrong! Cos, I am still at the prime of my life, unlike some who have turned 28! *ahem...

*For those who have no idea about the sport of guitar launching, I'll explain it in my next blog.

the truth is, I feel like I'm at an age where I'm neither here nor there. It's like you've taken a walk somewhere in the country and the path had become more and more familiar to you, although that's when you start questioning yourself if this is the right path to begin with.

Sometimes, I feel like I've landed in Oz and I'm still trying to find my way back to Kansas. Now, the trick to getting back to Kansas is to always walk on the yellow brick road... Thing is, I'm not too sure if where I'm walking is the yellow brick road... :P

Right now, where I am, the light seems to be a little deem and the clouds overcast.

Then again, I remember that in the story of Oz, the yellow brick road led Dorothy into a dark forest that was eerie and scary too.

But that was also where she found the Tin Man who along with the Scarecrow and the Lion, helped defeat the Wicked Witch of the East (or is it West... whatever...) and brought her to Oz who helped her get back to Kansas.

Come to think of it, the story of Oz is very synonymous to our Christian walk. We glide through the good times, we venture through the bad times, but in our hearts, we carry with us a deep yearning for Kansas, that gives us the hope that keeps us going. And on this journey, we meet friends, though as inadequate as they think they are sometimes, they're actually the ones who possess the strength and the courage to encourage us and pull us along the way this side of heaven.

As Bono of U2 sings in One, "We get to carry each other... carry each other..."

I'm so thankful for friends and buddies who have walked with me through my life these Twenty-TWO years of my life.

Guess I'd like to take this chance to thank them and acknowledge them for their encouragement and the light that they have shown in my life

Thanks to Chao Yang, who is a brother that the Lord had brought into my life. Thanks bro, for the wisdom that you've given to me so many times in our friendship and for allowing me to catch a glimpse of the Father's love in your life. You're indeed a father to the nations! :)

And to my dear Bro, Mun Gor, thanks for always being there. We've known each other since our pagan days till now and we're still walking the journey of knowing more of His goodness and grace in our lives each day. I'll see you in the Faith Hall of Fame when I get there.

Thanks to John, who stood by me through those times, when I was a pain in your neck. Thanks for believing in me and giving me the patience and the space to grow. In you, I truly see Jesus.

To Ben, the Eagle, God indeed sent you into my life bro, to walk this journey of obedience to Him even though the hope is minute and the journey incurs long-suffering and lots of heartache. You're really my nan xiong nan di. :)

Then to my dearest sisters, Joyce, Pei Ling, Lindsay, Jen and Cami. In each of you, I truly see the character of the woman in Proverbs 31 formed in you.

Joyce, thanks for praying with me and believing in this brother of yours even when there were times when I don't even believe in myself. I have so much to thank you for, that it'll make me shed tears. Thanks for showing me how a woman so broken can be transformed by the Lord to be one who is so beautiful and precious in His eyes.

Pei Ling, for all the car rides and conversations of our journey with the Lord. Your simplicity is like a refreshing spring in the desert of cynicsm and doubts in this life. I've been greatly blessed by our friendship.

Lindsay, you still owe me a hug. Hahaha... we have many hours of intellectual conversations at the porch of your house to catch up on. :)

Jen, wherever you are right now, God's plan and destiny still waits for you to be fulfilled! :)

Cami, for being a such a great fellow hamster in this cage that we run in. :) thanks for your companionship, without which, I'd prob have gone crazy already... :P

And I just wanna say to my little sheeps, Sim Chun, Yuan Chang, Eleen, Yuling, Sharon and the rest, in the famous words of Chao Yang...

"Daddy lubves you..." :P hahaha...

There are still many I'm grateful for the Lord for bringing into my life. Don't have space to put so many ppl, but each of you are precious to me. :)

And thank You Lord, for giving me a chance to say my Oscar speech on my blog, where otherwise, I would never have had the chance to, since chances of being on a stage and saying all this would be pretty minute...

Thank you for being my Shepherd that...

"I shall not want,
He lies me down in green pastures,
He leads me beside quiet waters,
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for His Name's sake

Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death,
I will fear no evil,
For You are with me,
Your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me,
in the presence of my enemies,
You anoint my head with oil,
my cup overflows.

Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever..."

Amen

*a round of applause.... clap, clap, clap...

l337 5h0pp1I\Ig L157

An update on the wireless status... "Houston, we have connection! I repeat, we have connection!"

Yes, as of last night, my house is wireless. I've only surfed the second level and not the ground level so I'm not sure yet, if the wireless domain covers the entire house. But nevertheless I'm already quite satisfied. I've also managed to link my pc and my laptop and share files over the network. Woo hoo! I was watching my downloaded episodes of anime over the wireless network on my laptop via my desktop! The sad thing is, due to the low band width that wireless networks could muster, the videos were jerky and it wasn't much joy watching it.

But what the heck! It's still 1337 to have wireless!

*Bling-bling!* 1337 5k1ll5 l3vel UP! :)

Well, well... now that I've conquered home space, it's time to move on to the next 1337 project.

To do that, there is a list of 1337 equipments that I've been eyeing on. I intend to mod my pc to the ultimate 1337 machine! But this will have to take some time... Julian... watch out! Cos I'm hounding you from the back! >:E....

1337 l157:

*(for those who don't speak 1337 it says "list of things that may not be necessary but I just want to have and it's none of your business whether they are necessary or not!")

1) DVD-Rewritable ROM... slurp... it's a must have since I'm downloading epsiodes of Battlestar Galactica and GSD that cannot be found anywhere else...

2) a personal colour laser jet printer. (ok, so this is not so 1337 but it's still cool to have since I'm sick and tired of inkjets that smudges when water touches it...)

3) wireless mouse (hey, there needs to be synergy here, ok?)

4) portable hard disk drive... (no, there can never be enough space for my ever increasing appetite of videos...)

ok, ok... so it's not really 1337, 1337 since we're not talking about sound cards, graphic cards and mother boards with a 100 USB ports...

But hey, that's as much as my pc can handle at the moment, ok? The old geezer needs some space to breath before being towed in for major overhaul! Right now, it's probably trembling in fear of me wishing it shortens its lifespan, but I'll be kind... I'll wait... I'll wait for the day your little LED lights tweet to a little spark and fades off... *he he he he...* then the real fun begins...

Right now, I'm deliberating between going all the way of having my pc handle the sound entertainment system and recording from TV direct to just being a really cool 1337 machine all on its own.

But I guess it'll all work itself out in its own time... :) it actually makes the whole process of planning and getting there more exciting, really.

75k, 75k...

Going Wi-Fi - l33t level UP!

Woo Hoo!

I just bought a wireless broadband router yesterday. In another 24hrs, I should be able to surf the Net everywhere around my house! :)

I feel empowered... I feel like my l337 skills have reached another level! It gained another level the last time when I decided to diss my DIY supliers who were charging me exhorbitant rates just to reboot my pc with Win XP every time I got hit by a killer virus. I could have easily done it myself if they'd not witheld the XP disc from me! Bloodsuckers!

Well, you must be wondering why the need for a broad band router? The main reason being that whenever I'm on MSN or typing my blog late at night (cos that's when the writer's muse crawls out of the cave and starts feeding) the noise on my key pad wakes my mum up. (I've transferred my pc to my PLAY room which my mum is sleeping in now cos the aircon in the master bed room kinda konked out)

I can tell cos whenever I start typing, I could hear her tossing... sad...

I can hear her tossing now... oops...

but then again, you could ask, "why not change the keyboard instead?"

My answer to that question is, "Are you out of your mind?? It's every guy's dream to make his whole house wireless!! Who would want to miss out on such a golden opportunity??"

Anyway, now with the wireless broad band router, I should be able to surf everywhere around my house!! I can surf on my laptop while watching tv, in my room, in the kitchen when I learn how to cook, in the balcony sipping my drink, at the dining table... and of course, in the sacred of sacreds when I'm doing my "business"... hmm... wonder what that'll be like... shall do a test run on it... hehe...

But, I'll have to wait till tom night to find out when I get home from my Magic lessons with SP and plug in my laptop which is currently now in the office; else I'd have done a trial today...

So, goodbye to cable! Hello to wi-fi! :)

Oh yeah, and that's one of the reasons why I don't churn out blogs as much as I'd like to... :P

did I just excuse myself? or did I just shoot myself in the foot... think I just did both...