OCF Welcome night this time round felt somewhat different even though it wasn't a lot of people. But it is still good because there were a lot of new people and for the first time in quite some time, it felt like there were more new people than older ones (of course quite a number of the older ones are still now back here yet). That is a good thing and it seems like majority of them seem to enjoy our company (not to mention our lame behaviour and stupid things we say and do). The real test will the weeks leading up to and just after the Easter holiday on whether most of them will stay in OCF or not. Even better if they stay for church as well but that would be optional.
I finally decided to restring my bass but it has caused more trouble than it actually is. But I guess it is my fault for not restringing often enough. I bought 2 sets of strings ages ago because they were on sale. About 4-5 years later I decided use the other set. Barely 1 round and the string snapped indicating that the strings have gone past its "use by" date. I'm going to try again tonight but I hope I don't make any mistakes otherwise it is going to cost me about $45 and that is quite painful.
Thanks to the recent events, I've gone back to listening to some of the old anime music I had and it makes me feel like I was 18-20 again when I was studying Japanese and just immersing myself into some of their likings. I really really want to go back to studying Japanese again. After 7 years in Melbourne (and not practicing Japanese), I still remember a lot of what I had been taught albeit rusty of the vocabulary and grammar. Thankfully I had really good teachers back then and not to mention fairly intensive courses on Japanese. The fiercest one was a 4 hour class once a week for a whole year. It didn't feel so bad but there were a lot of sacrifices that I had to make. One was that the class was on Sunday morning and afternoon so I had to skip church for a whole year. There were Saturday services as well but at that time I was also working in a bookshop and quite a number of those Saturdays I had to work. But I think it was worth it. I feel like I should see to it that I am fluent in Japanese some time in the near future since that I've already come this far and still not falter.
And now, for the news:
Nature is beautiful and strange at the same time. Here's a look a (completely) asexual species of lizards and how they still can have enough genetic material to not wipe out its species.
Even the president of the most powerful country in the world (debatable, I know) still need normal friends to hang out.
To say that my parents were a generation ahead of its time in light of the following is quite funny.
I should probably try to jump on the toy camera bandwagon. Why not.
A highly interesting article on settling written by a self-proclaimed feminist. Highly interesting because it actually answers a lot of questions about other people in relationships that don't seem to make much sense. And highly interesting because it paints a slightly different perspective on marriage. Kudos to Bing for this article. Not the search engine. Warning: This is a pretty long article so this is not one for light or quick reading
Drain + various sources of light = Art
For those who remember the post I wrote on Tissue Hime, I finally found the bass tabs for ALL of the covers (s)he has done. Awesome! Note that the site is in Japanese but it shouldn't take to much brain cells to work out how to get the tabs.
Animate Everything
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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7:13 PM
We're moving into less than a week before the uni term starts. Quite excited because from now on I will be doing subjects that are according to the speciality that I have chosen, which are network and security. But the more interesting part are the electives that I will be taking on computer graphics. That will be fun but I think I am going to experience the most pain in terms of work load. We'll see what the term has to offer.
Also, all of the sudden there is a sudden surge in the number of newcomers to OCF. I'm surprised because it is barely near the end of the holidays and we are seeing this many of them coming in. My wish, as it is with every other year, is that most of them will stay in OCF and I somewhat have a good feeling about retention this time round. Which is a good thing for obviously OCF but as well as myself. This incident will either elevate me out from my problem with OCF that has been plaguing me for the past year or so or that it will change nothing and simply is delaying the inevitable. So many things to decide but more important is that I do not get my hopes up too high about it, unlike the last time. Above all, pray that God will continue to work among the newcomers and the old-timers to be focused on the gospel.
So with the little time I have left in the holidays, I found an old anime series that I forgotten I have. Well, actually it isn't mine but obviously I forgot to give it back. I couldn't watch it on my laptop for God knows what reason but now I can on my desktop. It kinda inflamed me to do a lot of other stuff like dig up my old anime music (assuming that my old hard drive is still up for it), getting a Japanese dictionary and hunting for a good anime source. If Disney has the reputation for ruining everyone's expectation of love, I'd say the anime world isn't too far behind. For some, they have Korean, TVB series to mope over and others on anime. I don't get Korean or TVB, largely too predictable (Khai would know this as well =P). Anime has somewhat the perfect combination of action, comedy, romance, cleverness and awkward and somewhat questionable scenes and/or content. It used to garner a lot of conversations last time because so many were on to it and the content was interesting, now it is like a dying tribe. I remember last time after church, 2 other anime fans and I would take away a bucket of KFC and have an anime marathon at my place. Nowadays it's hard to name even one person who still watches anime however infrequent they do. Hopefully there will be fresh meat this time round =P
And now for the news:
You know something is wrong when there is a Miss Cougar competition going on. Eeew.
Normally anyone who makes fun of someone's disability is not cool which makes Sarah Palin right to criticize Family Guy. However it's not so simple when the person "in charge" of making fun of that same disability has the very same disability. Who's going Down now? =P
Is this Trump guy serious? wth.
How about having a wedding at an Apple store? Cute and a bit on the nerdy side but...I don't know.
I so love shot #8. Kinda brings me back to the whole photo project in Turkey.
You can't have too much archeological finds about the Bible now, can you?
Maneuvering around social networking etiquette is getting trickier.
Thanks to WongFu Productions, have a blast at the short clips of their series of Technology Ruins Romance.
Also, all of the sudden there is a sudden surge in the number of newcomers to OCF. I'm surprised because it is barely near the end of the holidays and we are seeing this many of them coming in. My wish, as it is with every other year, is that most of them will stay in OCF and I somewhat have a good feeling about retention this time round. Which is a good thing for obviously OCF but as well as myself. This incident will either elevate me out from my problem with OCF that has been plaguing me for the past year or so or that it will change nothing and simply is delaying the inevitable. So many things to decide but more important is that I do not get my hopes up too high about it, unlike the last time. Above all, pray that God will continue to work among the newcomers and the old-timers to be focused on the gospel.
So with the little time I have left in the holidays, I found an old anime series that I forgotten I have. Well, actually it isn't mine but obviously I forgot to give it back. I couldn't watch it on my laptop for God knows what reason but now I can on my desktop. It kinda inflamed me to do a lot of other stuff like dig up my old anime music (assuming that my old hard drive is still up for it), getting a Japanese dictionary and hunting for a good anime source. If Disney has the reputation for ruining everyone's expectation of love, I'd say the anime world isn't too far behind. For some, they have Korean, TVB series to mope over and others on anime. I don't get Korean or TVB, largely too predictable (Khai would know this as well =P). Anime has somewhat the perfect combination of action, comedy, romance, cleverness and awkward and somewhat questionable scenes and/or content. It used to garner a lot of conversations last time because so many were on to it and the content was interesting, now it is like a dying tribe. I remember last time after church, 2 other anime fans and I would take away a bucket of KFC and have an anime marathon at my place. Nowadays it's hard to name even one person who still watches anime however infrequent they do. Hopefully there will be fresh meat this time round =P
And now for the news:
You know something is wrong when there is a Miss Cougar competition going on. Eeew.
Normally anyone who makes fun of someone's disability is not cool which makes Sarah Palin right to criticize Family Guy. However it's not so simple when the person "in charge" of making fun of that same disability has the very same disability. Who's going Down now? =P
Is this Trump guy serious? wth.
How about having a wedding at an Apple store? Cute and a bit on the nerdy side but...I don't know.
I so love shot #8. Kinda brings me back to the whole photo project in Turkey.
You can't have too much archeological finds about the Bible now, can you?
Maneuvering around social networking etiquette is getting trickier.
Thanks to WongFu Productions, have a blast at the short clips of their series of Technology Ruins Romance.
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Short Itch
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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11:09 PM
It has been a fairly good response so far about the pictures from Turkey. I hope that you all enjoyed it.
Since coming back, I had trouble sleeping because I've been scratching pretty much non-stop and it's very annoying. Gah...
And now the news. Sorry, nothing much going on these few days except unbearable itching:
John Mayer's recent controversy just makes him more of a douchebag despite his music being so awesome. In his apology both formally and in one of his concerts, he's said that he was just trying to be clever which essentially just blew up in his face. And so, the one who sang "My Stupid Mouth" said he's just going to refrain from being clever and just play guitar. In many ways, that sounds a lot like me. I sometimes try to say something brilliant or clever whether in Bible studies, jokes with friends, stuff to teachers/supervisors/older people and it just kills me. And the solution he proposes is also something that I think I should do as well. Just shut up and just do your thing.
God created work and there is a good reason for that. We'd die faster.
Having multiple sexual partners makes those "swimmers" go faster. Survival of the fittest?
I'd like to have a supercomputer as a toy. They're just super cool
After all the history we have in trying to break down any hints of racism in our society, it still seems like it is a subconscious attitude to be racist.
Should we students in Australia be scared? Maybe. Take it from a guy who got mugged twice.
Singapore? Boring? No wai!!1!
She's disqualified for being a cheeseburger overweight for her luge. There must be a cat somewhere.
Since coming back, I had trouble sleeping because I've been scratching pretty much non-stop and it's very annoying. Gah...
And now the news. Sorry, nothing much going on these few days except unbearable itching:
John Mayer's recent controversy just makes him more of a douchebag despite his music being so awesome. In his apology both formally and in one of his concerts, he's said that he was just trying to be clever which essentially just blew up in his face. And so, the one who sang "My Stupid Mouth" said he's just going to refrain from being clever and just play guitar. In many ways, that sounds a lot like me. I sometimes try to say something brilliant or clever whether in Bible studies, jokes with friends, stuff to teachers/supervisors/older people and it just kills me. And the solution he proposes is also something that I think I should do as well. Just shut up and just do your thing.
God created work and there is a good reason for that. We'd die faster.
Having multiple sexual partners makes those "swimmers" go faster. Survival of the fittest?
I'd like to have a supercomputer as a toy. They're just super cool
After all the history we have in trying to break down any hints of racism in our society, it still seems like it is a subconscious attitude to be racist.
Should we students in Australia be scared? Maybe. Take it from a guy who got mugged twice.
Singapore? Boring? No wai!!1!
She's disqualified for being a cheeseburger overweight for her luge. There must be a cat somewhere.
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Kittehnity
Monday, February 8, 2010
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7:45 AM
*update with news at the end*
So it has been another long while since the previous post but all is good. Came back from Turkey this morning and I have to say that it was a pretty enjoyable trip, more so because I am Christian. 8 days of full-on traveling and history/cultural lessons on Turkey.
I've visited 4 of the 7 churches mentioned in Revelations, of which Pergamum and Ephesus were pretty epic. It was a pity that rain had to disrupt the visit to Pergamum but easily made it up when in Ephesus. In both cities, so much of the ancient city remains intact and it is pretty amazing how people of that time managed to build such colossal buildings. The other place of interest is Cappadocia, briefly mentioned in Acts 2 and 1 Peter 1. It was interesting how the early Christians survived the persecution in Cappadocia and again much of it still remains intact.
Pictures to come soon after I head back to Melbourne on Tuesday night and have my film processed. Overall I was quite happy with my project and we will see if my film photography is up to scratch. My prediction? I'd say about half of them are not as sharp as I wanted it to be or of meh-quality and a few shots where I regretted not changing perspective for that shot (I can think of at least two).
Regardless on whether my photos do justice to Turkey, I highly recommend going there especially if you are Christian (there is some weight for Muslims as well but I figured it's more for the Christians). If Israel proves to be a hassle to get in (Malaysians should know this pretty well, our passport says so. You lucky Singaporeans.), Turkey is the next best place. The Turkish government seems to like Malaysia so much that we don't need visas to get in and pretty much buy anything there (even houses) without much paperwork and vice versa. Go for the first hand experience of seeing the early churches and the progression of Christianity.
Religion aside, the one thing I noticed while in Turkey is that there are a lot of cats. A lot. These are not your typical alley cats that get startled with every movement you make or any effort to get close to it. They will let you pet it. All of them. There are so many cats that I came across a local photography book entirely on cats around Turkey. They are fluffier, cuter and in some cases bigger than any other domesticated cat I've been used to.
Fierce.
*edit*
News before I go:
You certainly don't hear this kind of last wish grants every day
Kinda ironic, don't you think?
Drink up guys and gals, beer is good for your bones =D
Googlopoly anyone?
Think of it as a treasure hunt except the treasure's with you. If only I had some power tools and a soldering iron...
So it has been another long while since the previous post but all is good. Came back from Turkey this morning and I have to say that it was a pretty enjoyable trip, more so because I am Christian. 8 days of full-on traveling and history/cultural lessons on Turkey.
I've visited 4 of the 7 churches mentioned in Revelations, of which Pergamum and Ephesus were pretty epic. It was a pity that rain had to disrupt the visit to Pergamum but easily made it up when in Ephesus. In both cities, so much of the ancient city remains intact and it is pretty amazing how people of that time managed to build such colossal buildings. The other place of interest is Cappadocia, briefly mentioned in Acts 2 and 1 Peter 1. It was interesting how the early Christians survived the persecution in Cappadocia and again much of it still remains intact.
Pictures to come soon after I head back to Melbourne on Tuesday night and have my film processed. Overall I was quite happy with my project and we will see if my film photography is up to scratch. My prediction? I'd say about half of them are not as sharp as I wanted it to be or of meh-quality and a few shots where I regretted not changing perspective for that shot (I can think of at least two).
Regardless on whether my photos do justice to Turkey, I highly recommend going there especially if you are Christian (there is some weight for Muslims as well but I figured it's more for the Christians). If Israel proves to be a hassle to get in (Malaysians should know this pretty well, our passport says so. You lucky Singaporeans.), Turkey is the next best place. The Turkish government seems to like Malaysia so much that we don't need visas to get in and pretty much buy anything there (even houses) without much paperwork and vice versa. Go for the first hand experience of seeing the early churches and the progression of Christianity.
Religion aside, the one thing I noticed while in Turkey is that there are a lot of cats. A lot. These are not your typical alley cats that get startled with every movement you make or any effort to get close to it. They will let you pet it. All of them. There are so many cats that I came across a local photography book entirely on cats around Turkey. They are fluffier, cuter and in some cases bigger than any other domesticated cat I've been used to.
Fierce.
*edit*
News before I go:
You certainly don't hear this kind of last wish grants every day
Kinda ironic, don't you think?
Drink up guys and gals, beer is good for your bones =D
Googlopoly anyone?
Think of it as a treasure hunt except the treasure's with you. If only I had some power tools and a soldering iron...
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