Wednesday 23 July 2008

Tag

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the game the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and ask them to play and read your blog.

Starting time : 8.49 pm
Name : Abel Chi
Sisters : Constance Chi
Brothers : -
Shoe size : 9/10
Height: 169/170 cm.
Where do you live : Ipoh, Perak
Favourite drinks : Milk tea, Coke, Sprite, 7-Up, Vanilla Coke. Although I don't drink them often, which is a godo thing.
Favourite breakfast : Something simple, a bun maybe? Practical, stylish, and fuel-efficient (I think).
Have you ever been on a plane : Nope.
Swam in the ocean : Not really. Probably about 15 second's worth of it, AFAIK.
Fallen asleep in school : It's impossible in MY class. Too noisy.
Broken someone's heart : Nah.
Fell off your chair : Only when it got pulled, and that was what, twice?
Sat by the phone and waiting for someone to call : yes.
What is your room like : All the bare necessities, but comfyyyy.
What's right beside you : Guitar tuner, handphone, headphones, hard disk, pendrive, liquid paper, modem.
What is the last thing you ate : fried rice without egg.

Ever had :
Chicken pox : Yes.
Sore throat : Yes.
Stitches : No.
Broken nose : No.

Do you :
Believe in love at first sight : Yes, but remember, it is your emotion, think rationally, not emotionally.
Like picnics : Um... No.

Who was, were the last person
you danced with : Wouldn't be wise for me to answer.
Last made you smile : Joses. "Stains of a man." 5 seconds later, "That sounded wrong."
You last yelled at : I don't yell. I hit them in the gonads. Or used to. Probably yelled at Jeremy Ng for singing/failing at it.

Today did you :
Talk to someone you LOVE : Nope.
Kissed anyone : No.
Get sick : No.
Talk to an ex : No.
Miss someone : Yes.
Eat : Yes.
Best feeling in the world : Yes.
Do you sleep with stuffed animals : No.
What's under your bed : It doesn't have a stand. IMO, much better that way.
Who do you really hate : Satan.
What time is it now : 8.53

5 things i was doing 10 years ago
1. Being blur.
2. Not caring about the world.
3. Bullying my sis?
4. Learnt how to open the water bottle, while trying to survive being a left-hander.
5. Reading Enid Blyton.

5 things on my to-do list today
1. Sleep.
2. Arrange transport for tomorrow.
3. Setup reminders for tomorrow.
4. Sleep.
5. Finish up this tag.

5 snacks i enjoy

1. Strawberry Ice-Cream!
2. Potato chips
3. Twisties.
4. Chocolate.
5. Nothing else really. I don't indulge that often.

5 things i would do if i were a billionaire
1. Tithe.
2. Give my family financial relief.
3. Set up my own jam studio =DDD
4. Love offering to church
5. Sponsor Shas' ideas/next YACF camp.

5 of my bad habits
1. Low on charisma.
2. Low on confidence.
3. Laziness.
4. Homework procrastinating.
5. Gung ho attitude sometimes.

5 places i have lived in
1. My late Grandpa's house.
2. My current home in Ipoh.
3. -
4. -
5. -

5 people i'm tagging is
Nobodies.

Tag

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the game the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and ask them to play and read your blog.

Starting time : 8.49 pm
Name : Abel Chi
Sisters : Constance Chi
Brothers : -
Shoe size : 9/10
Height: 169/170 cm.
Where do you live : Ipoh, Perak
Favourite drinks : Milk tea, Coke, Sprite, 7-Up, Vanilla Coke. Although I don't drink them often, which is a godo thing.
Favourite breakfast : Something simple, a bun maybe? Practical, stylish, and fuel-efficient (I think).
Have you ever been on a plane : Nope.
Swam in the ocean : Not really. Probably about 15 second's worth of it, AFAIK.
Fallen asleep in school : It's impossible in MY class. Too noisy.
Broken someone's heart : Nah.
Fell off your chair : Only when it got pulled, and that was what, twice?
Sat by the phone and waiting for someone to call : yes.
What is your room like : All the bare necessities, but comfyyyy.
What's right beside you : Guitar tuner, handphone, headphones, hard disk, pendrive, liquid paper, modem.
What is the last thing you ate : fried rice without egg.

Ever had :
Chicken pox : Yes.
Sore throat : Yes.
Stitches : No.
Broken nose : No.

Do you :
Believe in love at first sight : Yes, but remember, it is your emotion, think rationally, not emotionally.
Like picnics : Um... No.

Who was, were the last person
you danced with : Wouldn't be wise for me to answer.
Last made you smile : Joses. "Stains of a man." 5 seconds later, "That sounded wrong."
You last yelled at : I don't yell. I hit them in the gonads. Or used to. Probably yelled at Jeremy Ng for singing/failing at it.

Today did you :
Talk to someone you LOVE : Nope.
Kissed anyone : No.
Get sick : No.
Talk to an ex : No.
Miss someone : Yes.
Eat : Yes.
Best feeling in the world : Yes.
Do you sleep with stuffed animals : No.
What's under your bed : It doesn't have a stand. IMO, much better that way.
Who do you really hate : Satan.
What time is it now : 8.53

5 things i was doing 10 years ago
1. Being blur.
2. Not caring about the world.
3. Bullying my sis?
4. Learnt how to open the water bottle, while trying to survive being a left-hander.
5. Reading Enid Blyton.

5 things on my to-do list today
1. Sleep.
2. Arrange transport for tomorrow.
3. Setup reminders for tomorrow.
4. Sleep.
5. Finish up this tag.

5 snacks i enjoy

1. Strawberry Ice-Cream!
2. Potato chips
3. Twisties.
4. Chocolate.
5. Nothing else really. I don't indulge that often.

5 things i would do if i were a billionaire
1. Tithe.
2. Give my family financial relief.
3. Set up my own jam studio =DDD
4. Love offering to church
5. Sponsor Shas' ideas/next YACF camp.

5 of my bad habits
1. Low on charisma.
2. Low on confidence.
3. Laziness.
4. Homework procrastinating.
5. Gung ho attitude sometimes.

5 places i have lived in
1. My late Grandpa's house.
2. My current home in Ipoh.
3. -
4. -
5. -

5 people i'm tagging is
Nobodies.

Tuesday 15 July 2008

Hillsong - This Is Our God (2008)

Ah, after the long wait, Hillsong releases a new album. But, this time, there would be some changes, as Darlene Zschech steps down as Worship pastor, and Reuben Morgan takes her place. Mike Guglielmucci, a worship leader, formerly from Planetshakers, steps up as a worship leader.






The album contains great performances and songs, which will stand the test of time. A prime example is, simply, the song "You are Here (The Same Power", which is just a simple chorus, albeit a powerful one. The opening 2, Your Name High and Run, are energetic crowd-pumpers, with brilliant technical aspects built in, along with Hillsong's trademark lyrics. Songs like "This Is Our God" and "Stronger, are bound to impact the way we worship for the next few years, to say the least.

On the technical side, been loving the guitar solos very much =). I think they threw in a few songs in C# Major... Ouch. B-key songs are feel easy now. This time, sadly, no piano songs.

Last, but definitely not the least of these, lyrics. The lyrics, as far as I can pick out (which is quite alot) are powerful, great, awesome, inspiring.

I'd say that would be all for today, time is always working against me. Out.

Hillsong - This Is Our God (2008)

Ah, after the long wait, Hillsong releases a new album. But, this time, there would be some changes, as Darlene Zschech steps down as Worship pastor, and Reuben Morgan takes her place. Mike Guglielmucci, a worship leader, formerly from Planetshakers, steps up as a worship leader.






The album contains great performances and songs, which will stand the test of time. A prime example is, simply, the song "You are Here (The Same Power", which is just a simple chorus, albeit a powerful one. The opening 2, Your Name High and Run, are energetic crowd-pumpers, with brilliant technical aspects built in, along with Hillsong's trademark lyrics. Songs like "This Is Our God" and "Stronger, are bound to impact the way we worship for the next few years, to say the least.

On the technical side, been loving the guitar solos very much =). I think they threw in a few songs in C# Major... Ouch. B-key songs are feel easy now. This time, sadly, no piano songs.

Last, but definitely not the least of these, lyrics. The lyrics, as far as I can pick out (which is quite alot) are powerful, great, awesome, inspiring.

I'd say that would be all for today, time is always working against me. Out.

Sunday 13 July 2008

Happy birthday, Nicky!

Ah, Nick's birthday party. Great. What happened exactly? Well, they kidnapped him from church. Can't get you the exact details, no proper source yet. Best one so far is Nicky's blog. It's incomplete, though. It failed halfway though. But the party was great... And some people still don't know that Tracy can play the guitar. Ouch.

OK, let's chuck the party aside. It has been a tiring week, lack of sleep + load of work = tiredness. The "torment" ended Friday night. Basically, lost about 3-6 hours of sleep, then was helping with preparations for Nick's birthday, and also trying to stay awake in class. Wednesday just HAD to be the day that all of my teachers would come in to teach, and I HAD to be sleepy and unfocused. Agh.

Just got Hillsong's new album, "This is Our God" from my cousin. Will be posting up the review soon. So far, all I'll say, it's great.

Let's sum everything up. It's Sunday, and I'm still tired. But, But, tomorrow is a holiday! What big fat coincidence (read as usual: God's will).

Okay, let's look at some inspirational lyrics today, since I got 2 psalms for devotion.

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.
2 He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams.
3 He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.
4 Even when I walk through the darkest valley,[a] I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.
5 You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.
6 Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 23:4 Or the dark valley of death.
Psalm 24
A psalm of David.
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.
2 For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

3 Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?
4 Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.
5 They will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior.
6 Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob.
Interlude

7 Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.
8 Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty; the Lord, invincible in battle.
9 Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.
10 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—he is the King of glory.
Interlude
Psalms 23 is such a popular, "common" psalm. But, time and time again, we must always re-read whatever we read. I don't really have any revelations through this one, although it is comforting for it to come at such an opportune moment of tiredness.

Psalm 24, on the other hand, reflects slightly one of the lessons ingrained in my head.

"When a psalmist repeats a line over and over, he's trying to put emphasis. Just like how we, nowadays, bold the important details, or underline them."
The key line repeated here, is verse 7 & 9, the key phrase repeated here is the title given to our God, the "King of Glory". It seems, that this portion of the psalm was written in celebration of the Ark of the Covenant returning to the temple in Jerusalem. This means, to me, yet another call to open up our hearts to God and let Him enter. For He is our portion, and He is the difference within us and the world.

The second portion of Psalm 24, strikes me the most. For it calls us to have pure hands and hearts, not to worship idols and tell lies. I don't think I need to say much about this.

The first portion, though, is a reminder that God owns all the cookies. And everything else.

-end-

Happy birthday, Nicky!

Ah, Nick's birthday party. Great. What happened exactly? Well, they kidnapped him from church. Can't get you the exact details, no proper source yet. Best one so far is Nicky's blog. It's incomplete, though. It failed halfway though. But the party was great... And some people still don't know that Tracy can play the guitar. Ouch.

OK, let's chuck the party aside. It has been a tiring week, lack of sleep + load of work = tiredness. The "torment" ended Friday night. Basically, lost about 3-6 hours of sleep, then was helping with preparations for Nick's birthday, and also trying to stay awake in class. Wednesday just HAD to be the day that all of my teachers would come in to teach, and I HAD to be sleepy and unfocused. Agh.

Just got Hillsong's new album, "This is Our God" from my cousin. Will be posting up the review soon. So far, all I'll say, it's great.

Let's sum everything up. It's Sunday, and I'm still tired. But, But, tomorrow is a holiday! What big fat coincidence (read as usual: God's will).

Okay, let's look at some inspirational lyrics today, since I got 2 psalms for devotion.

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.
2 He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams.
3 He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.
4 Even when I walk through the darkest valley,[a] I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.
5 You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.
6 Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 23:4 Or the dark valley of death.
Psalm 24
A psalm of David.
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.
2 For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

3 Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?
4 Only those whose hands and hearts are pure, who do not worship idols and never tell lies.
5 They will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right relationship with God their savior.
6 Such people may seek you and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob.
Interlude

7 Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.
8 Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty; the Lord, invincible in battle.
9 Open up, ancient gates! Open up, ancient doors, and let the King of glory enter.
10 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—he is the King of glory.
Interlude
Psalms 23 is such a popular, "common" psalm. But, time and time again, we must always re-read whatever we read. I don't really have any revelations through this one, although it is comforting for it to come at such an opportune moment of tiredness.

Psalm 24, on the other hand, reflects slightly one of the lessons ingrained in my head.

"When a psalmist repeats a line over and over, he's trying to put emphasis. Just like how we, nowadays, bold the important details, or underline them."
The key line repeated here, is verse 7 & 9, the key phrase repeated here is the title given to our God, the "King of Glory". It seems, that this portion of the psalm was written in celebration of the Ark of the Covenant returning to the temple in Jerusalem. This means, to me, yet another call to open up our hearts to God and let Him enter. For He is our portion, and He is the difference within us and the world.

The second portion of Psalm 24, strikes me the most. For it calls us to have pure hands and hearts, not to worship idols and tell lies. I don't think I need to say much about this.

The first portion, though, is a reminder that God owns all the cookies. And everything else.

-end-

Tuesday 8 July 2008

... The Scourge

Let's see... Watched and listened to the song "Healer", sung by Mike Guglielmucci. It is a powerful song. You can catch the vids on youtube, better yet watch the song story. Mike moved to Sydney to be closer to a specialist hospital. He's going through cancer, and requires an oxygen tank that "plugs" oxygen into his nostrils.

It is a powerful song, even just the chorus.
I believe You're my Healer
I believe You are all I need
I believe You're my Portion
I believe You're more than enough for me
Jesus You're all I need
Been going over the chords to adjust key, since it's a bit low for generally everyone. Works fine now =).


Next, Monday was... rather "as usual". But stayed back for robotics, did nonsense there. My "friend" brought his laptop. There was X on it. My friend went and hid it all. God is always good. Tuition, got annoying fat people as usual, although I don't think you'll know what I mean.

Tuesday, uneventful day at school. Other than my friend misstepping into the drain, and poking himself on a nail... Should've taken his tetanus jab by now. After school, Shas SMSed, because he wanted to go do stuff. But I forgot to take my phone to my room, so he questioned me online. In the end, went to watch Hancock while waiting for his car to be washed, and went to buy artblock for the MC blur queen. Did some other stuff too, will release details soon enough. Now, I'm blogging, because a bunch of my friends have run out of credit.

Sunday 6 July 2008

Disappear?

Friday was report card day... It was kind of... freaky at first. I was expecting these things to happen:
  • My class teacher to touch on my responsibility (or maybe lack of it) as the monitor
  • My class teacher to touch on the blank pages in my maths book (I really, really forgot about it - true, but not very believable)
  • Parents to nag a bit on my results
  • Friends to fly off to Parkson, stranding me at school
Out of those 4, none of them happened. Let's break it down:

  • My class teacher to touch on my responsibility (or maybe lack of it) as the monitor
Well, maybe I did a decent job.
  • My class teacher to touch on the blank pages in my maths book (I really, really forgot about it - true, but not very believable)
Her tummy wasn't giving her a nice time, so she said.
  • Parents to nag a bit on my results
I only got 2 Bs, and if I said I studied for the exam, it wouldn't be a complete truth.
  • Friends to fly off to Parkson, stranding me at school
They all went back home, leaving enough to keep me entertained.

Learnt how to play Chinese Chess, although I'm not really in to it. Later, had CF. Altar call. Was... good as usual. Ben "overprayed", and they tried to carry him into the car, but they failed. They were on deadline, shorty. Later at night, Shas called me over to "wash" his car. He had an accident, if you didn't know. Ended up watching Ben and Shas play Winning Eleven (as usual), get high abit and then went to the fun fair. Won a priceless keychain... A Spiderman keychain! (If you don't get it, then, stay that way). Oh, Shas, you forgot to get your minions to wash your car!

Saturday... wasn't anything special, so let's just got to the interesting part. Watched a message at youth on the Hillsong "All of the Above" DVD, entitled "A Generation of Light". Was an interesting message. After that, did nothing really interesting.

Sunday, Sunday. Forgot some stuff for fellow church members. Reminded, and will bring them next week, I promise. Besides that, I'm not emo actually, just very, very drowsy. But that makes me emo, so whatever.

Managed to clear up any doubts about the CF treasury (I'm the treasurer), and some things just fell into place by pure coincidence (read: God's will). Also found out some interesting things today =).

Disappear?

Friday was report card day... It was kind of... freaky at first. I was expecting these things to happen:
  • My class teacher to touch on my responsibility (or maybe lack of it) as the monitor
  • My class teacher to touch on the blank pages in my maths book (I really, really forgot about it - true, but not very believable)
  • Parents to nag a bit on my results
  • Friends to fly off to Parkson, stranding me at school
Out of those 4, none of them happened. Let's break it down:

  • My class teacher to touch on my responsibility (or maybe lack of it) as the monitor
Well, maybe I did a decent job.
  • My class teacher to touch on the blank pages in my maths book (I really, really forgot about it - true, but not very believable)
Her tummy wasn't giving her a nice time, so she said.
  • Parents to nag a bit on my results
I only got 2 Bs, and if I said I studied for the exam, it wouldn't be a complete truth.
  • Friends to fly off to Parkson, stranding me at school
They all went back home, leaving enough to keep me entertained.

Learnt how to play Chinese Chess, although I'm not really in to it. Later, had CF. Altar call. Was... good as usual. Ben "overprayed", and they tried to carry him into the car, but they failed. They were on deadline, shorty. Later at night, Shas called me over to "wash" his car. He had an accident, if you didn't know. Ended up watching Ben and Shas play Winning Eleven (as usual), get high abit and then went to the fun fair. Won a priceless keychain... A Spiderman keychain! (If you don't get it, then, stay that way). Oh, Shas, you forgot to get your minions to wash your car!

Saturday... wasn't anything special, so let's just got to the interesting part. Watched a message at youth on the Hillsong "All of the Above" DVD, entitled "A Generation of Light". Was an interesting message. After that, did nothing really interesting.

Sunday, Sunday. Forgot some stuff for fellow church members. Reminded, and will bring them next week, I promise. Besides that, I'm not emo actually, just very, very drowsy. But that makes me emo, so whatever.

Managed to clear up any doubts about the CF treasury (I'm the treasurer), and some things just fell into place by pure coincidence (read: God's will). Also found out some interesting things today =).

Wednesday 2 July 2008

Eye of the Storm

Well... As usual, feeling emo. But this time, I'm happy too. Although, the teacher-adviser for the school Scrabble club/sport has left... She's going to do her Master's, in counseling I think. Don't know a shred actually =P. She's been kind to us, because she's a counseling teacher, we get to use the counseling room to store our sets. She also did all the legwork to get sponsorship for us to be able to represent the school at the Scrabble national championships in KL. Also, she bought snacks for all the competitors during the state level competition that we hosted. The canteen was closed since our seniors asked the stall owners too late =). All the way from Tesco Extra. We got first place by the way =).

Other than that, report card day's coming up. Friday. It's gonna be boring, since I'll stay for CF instead of going home earlyyy.

Since I don't have anything really "happening" to share, let us go through my devotion for today, which IS happening.


I've been reading this book Shas lent me, titled Kings and Kingdoms. It's about the End-Time Prophecies in the Book of Daniel. It looks so far to be a great book. It's written by Dr. Paul Tan, who also has another book on the end-times too. Now, I just read through a part which says (in caps actually, but I'll spare you the agony),

"Thus, whosoever denies the Father and the Son has the spirit of the antichrist!!!"

Then, my devotion chapter for today is 1 John 4. Let's see what just happened:

1 John 4:2-3, "This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, (3) but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God."
In the middle of these two, Benjamin told me that he feels the Spirit "telling him to be more careful" and that there's an uneasy feeling "in the spirit world", like Satan's planning something. Interesting. So, people, please keep alert and pray. Watch out for temptations and face them, and prevail. But remember, we humans are not perfect and fail sometimes, but don't use that as an excuse to be laid back. And don't forget, always go back to the scriptures. Anything I say might not be totally true, but the word of God always is, and will be.

And that's all for tonight. Have to finish up pre-sleep things like bathing etc.

Eye of the Storm

Well... As usual, feeling emo. But this time, I'm happy too. Although, the teacher-adviser for the school Scrabble club/sport has left... She's going to do her Master's, in counseling I think. Don't know a shred actually =P. She's been kind to us, because she's a counseling teacher, we get to use the counseling room to store our sets. She also did all the legwork to get sponsorship for us to be able to represent the school at the Scrabble national championships in KL. Also, she bought snacks for all the competitors during the state level competition that we hosted. The canteen was closed since our seniors asked the stall owners too late =). All the way from Tesco Extra. We got first place by the way =).

Other than that, report card day's coming up. Friday. It's gonna be boring, since I'll stay for CF instead of going home earlyyy.

Since I don't have anything really "happening" to share, let us go through my devotion for today, which IS happening.


I've been reading this book Shas lent me, titled Kings and Kingdoms. It's about the End-Time Prophecies in the Book of Daniel. It looks so far to be a great book. It's written by Dr. Paul Tan, who also has another book on the end-times too. Now, I just read through a part which says (in caps actually, but I'll spare you the agony),

"Thus, whosoever denies the Father and the Son has the spirit of the antichrist!!!"

Then, my devotion chapter for today is 1 John 4. Let's see what just happened:

1 John 4:2-3, "This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, (3) but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God."
In the middle of these two, Benjamin told me that he feels the Spirit "telling him to be more careful" and that there's an uneasy feeling "in the spirit world", like Satan's planning something. Interesting. So, people, please keep alert and pray. Watch out for temptations and face them, and prevail. But remember, we humans are not perfect and fail sometimes, but don't use that as an excuse to be laid back. And don't forget, always go back to the scriptures. Anything I say might not be totally true, but the word of God always is, and will be.

And that's all for tonight. Have to finish up pre-sleep things like bathing etc.