lately

what -


To K-box. Awesome time singing and grooving with friends. It has always been my passion to make music, especially with my vocal chords. Though at times, i ask myself if i'm just building sandcastles in the air with so many talented people out there. It's still a dream i hold on to, believing God will help me live it one day.



My first ever concert ticket bought off sistic. I've been to several drama performances, pubs and places that stage good music. But they're either paid by my mum, free of charge or it had a setting that didn't require tickets(e.g. pub).

This ticket admits me to Corrinne May's upcoming Concert at NUS. I missed her last concert last year at the Esplanade and i thought she will not returning for another anytime soon. Hence, this came as a pleasant surprise! Soulful, honest, and just beautiful music/voice that often takes my breath away. To top that up, she's Singaporean born. I like her enough to get a ticket. Interestingly, my friends and i will sitting at the 1st row. I'm looking forward to 12th Feb.




read -


Reading about the late Sam Walton, Wal-Mart and his family on FORTUNE magazine. This guy inspires me. Despite their immense wealth (Wal-Mart makes a quarter-TRILLION dollars in annual sales. The Walton family is as rich as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined. The Waltons' $90 Billion fortune is equivalent to the GDP of Singapore.), Sam(when alive) and his family remained humble and hardworking.

"This is the kind of outrageous fortune that can tear families apart," but the not the Walton family. I read they are Christians and are invovled in Church as well.

I think this is exactly what Pastor meant when he said, "When God prospers us, He blesses not only our wealth but also our health, relationships and everything; because the rich are typical of broken families, depression and meaningless lives.


And of course "Chronicles Of Narnia"



listen -

Listening to 'All The Earth' from Parachute Band live from New Zealand. Many tunes yet to be discovered in this new cd. 2 that hit me real hard is

Track 06: Complete
Track 07: To Live is Christ

I remember singing these as worship songs when i was a young Christian. Those days, we had Jenny as worship leader in my ex-church and things were simplier. I and my 'childhood' church friends really liked her for that sincerity in her surreal voice that exudes the glory of God. This is the kind of genuine worship, not fluffed up by the rahrah-ness that i enjoy. Rare and sweet.

The sense of nostalgia overwhelmes me.




musing -



New toy in the house. If you are younger than me and confused, this is a pager. Didn't know how to use it initially and chief clerk promptly retorted, " You all ah, so fortunate. All know how to use high-tech handphone. Simple pager don't know how to use." haha. Then he pressed a couple of buttons and activated this time-bomb.

Yes, time bomb. When it beeps, i have to rush back to camp.

On a lighter note, the other day, i was tipped off that it might beep on Sunday morning 0630. Hence, i decided to give 1st service a miss as i would have to report back to camp. It was a false alarm and i was rather annoyed as i didn't have a good night sleep and woke up at 0630 that morning.

But the twist is, if i wasn't 'saved' by this false alarm, i would have gone to church. And if i attended 1st service as usual, i would have reached Douby Ghout station at roughly 0630am.

That was exactly where and when Singapore had her biggest ever 'Terrorist simulation', 080106, 0630.