lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
Love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory
Of the risen King
Jesus, Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory
Of the risen king
Monday, September 05, 2005
-6:35 pm
Hm how should I start except to say that I had sooo much fun? Haha I practically partied the weekend away to the annoyance of my parents but they just didn't understand I needed to run free (and wild) after a tough, intensive period of studying for the exams. It's strange though, that I somehow miss studying with my church friends like hannah, brandon and schezn. I know a whole bunch of them are at jon's house today mugging away (what good little children) although it's the holidays. According to marcus, "The hols is the best time to study".
After much haggling and painful persuasion (it was hard labour I tell you, especially to convince my mom), I managed to squeeze out a friday night out with hannah, kevin and marcus (complete with two lil kids- hannah's sister lydia and charlotte's brother leonard) to watch the long-awaited charlie and the chocolate factory. We practically became babysitters because those two kids couldn't sit still or walk in a straight line without wandering out of sight. Anyways, the movie was really entertaining and true to the calibre of Tim Burton, I got what I had expected.
A macabre sense of humour and jolly tunes insulting the incorrigible children permeated the whole movie, coupled with a pale-faced, eerily childish and sadistic Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp captures the very essence of what it's like to be Michael Jackson) complete with feminine giggles, an occassional petulant outburst and emotional flashbacks to his sad childhood. Despite the whole storyline appealing to the younger population, there is in fact a darker underlying theme running throughout the whole movie. It was the sadistic look on Willy Wonka's face whenever he saw the children getting their just desserts one by one, showing that he enjoyed seeing their sad fate but tried to disguise it with nonchalant concern, be it Violet turning into a giant blueberry or someone else being covered in garbage collected from the whole week. It was obvious that he was purposely trying to not find the key to open the gate so that Veruca Salt would fall head down into the chute. Let's just say that not all's gay and fantasy-like though it appears to be so. I liked the moral theme of family values though, although I wished that the movie included the second part of the book (the glass elevator), the ending was pretty nice and gives you that warm fuzzy feeling deep down inside which was a great way to end the movie.
Yesterday, I finally went to jam with a few people cos all our exams were over! It was uber fun, despite ancient equipment and a smelly studio room. Hannah and I took turns playing the keyboard and singing, occassionally playing the guit and all. I thought we sounded really good, especially for worthy is the lamb and with all I am. Pity the mp3 player couldn't pick up the music well because the amps were really loud. And I think the keyboard was too loud most of the time, although it sounded fine in the room but caused a lot of noisy static on the recording.
Two hours zoomed past so fast and before we knew it, the guy was chasing us out of the place. It was still pretty early and we all didn't want to go home so we decided to go to someone's house. Played the piano, guit and bridge there and basically chilled out after a fruitful afternooon of jamming. Dinner was the best because there was so much food! Haha piggish me couldn't resist the two extra large pizzas (beef and pepperoni I think and hawaiian) and my favourite spicy marinated chicken (I've never seen so many in one box in my entire life!). I can't believe we finished off everything. That was some feast I tell you. So we sat immobile for some time as our brain digested the food and made us sleepy and lethargic before finally overcoming inertia to leave before my parents do the nuts about the time I get back.
So yea that was how I spent my weekend.
Then came today, Monday and I can still feel the old tiredness in my bones; the leftover fatigue from the exam period still hasn't dissipated. Having to wake up early at 7am didn't help to even out the sleep deficit either. Oh wells. Went to school to do some MOE survey thing before slacking around, playing the piano and writing yet another song while I waited for cynthia to go for lunch. Had lunch at scotts picnic before we headed for cathay cineleisure for the movie march of the penguins. I felt that it was a great documentary, unorthodox and beautiful in the way the story was told in first person as though the emperor penguins could speak themselves.
The french language is beautiful and so is that director's portrayal of their mating season and ardous journeys to the sea and back to the Oamock (if that's how you spell it). The script was written more like a play about a love story, than a documentary about penguins. The chicks were so cute but there were heartwrenching parts where the frail fledglings couldn't escape the death grasp of the harsh elements and succumbed to the cold, fading into nothingness. That was really sad. I now truly appreciate the wonder of God's creations and the pain the female and male penguins go through just to preserve the life of their little one. The main question was would life triumph over winter? There was a lot of uncertainty but perserverance held out. Everyone should go watch it and you'll learn to appreciate how precious life is.
I'm kinda banned from going out this whole week so that I can help my bro prep for his PSLE. I guess that's enough partying for one week (sadly) so goodbye to freedom (again, for a brief period).
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at 11:48 am
blah said...
Fortunately, I can recall the last time I had that much fun in one day. However, you had it for a whole weekend. Must have been awesome ^^; Don't think that's ever happened to me before.