i have lots of 怨念 about places with terrible coffees still attempting to be posh & expensive & high-class.
especially wen with the unpleasant additive of tense asian eagerness, "making sure u dun get away without ordering anything" written all over one's face...
i cannot express how very 倒胃口 this is.
and the above is just pure grumbling after a strong but terrible coffee... and inability to fall asleep.
怨念
Peace in a World of Massacre
I really cannot express how much this article touched and encouraged me as I first read it sitting inside the Northern library computer room 2day.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/aprilweb-only/116-23.0.html
(for some reason I can't seem to get the link to work on my blog today so please excuse and use copy & paste)
absolutely awesome... everyone should have a read.
if God grants me the time I really want to be able to translate this for more ppl to read it. May need ariel's help on that. ^^
movies
Apparently many friends in china & the US hav already seen 300.
i remember the Epigraph at Thermopylae as i knew of:
O stranger, bring the Spartans word, that here,
Obedient thus to their command, we lie.
beautiful words.
any translation less classic just... won't do...
so.. the point is... I want to see 300.
I hope its still showing wen my real holiday comes...
yi qiu told me instead of 300 there was only 18... i din noe whether she was joking or i am just too ignorant in grecian history...
and i doubt anyone will watch it with me... (especially irene, who prob runs away at hearing the plot ^______^)
i remember a funny conversation btw motoko & batou in SAC:
Batou: thats the movie you want to see. do you want to go and see it together sometimes?
Motoko: no.
Batou(shocked): why not?
Motoko: if its a movie I like very much, I prefer to watch it just on my own.
Batou: then...what about movies you don't "like very much"? we can see one of those.
Motoko: then it won't be necessary to go and see a movie I don't like anyway.
^______^
this is very true...
but reminds me, wen the real holiday comes, I also want to drag alison to see Amazing Grace with me...
I am sure she will gladly join me, on hearing the familiar names: Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Rufus Sewell...
bring back fond memories of those shows we loved: the Forsyte Saga, Charles II, and of course...Daniel Deronda...
and of course, fluffy bug got the rite answer. Yay! ^________^
in KOH, King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem said those beautiful words.
one of my biggest regret in life is not seeing Kingdom of Heaven on big screen...
in short, the king from KOH is a very very attractive man.
its rare to find such an attractive character in movies.
well enuf of movies...
let prospective plans for the real holiday motivate me...
The beautiful words spoken
I loved these words and the person who said it to bits, from the time I first heard it till now:
....But remember that, even when those who move you be kings or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone.
When you stand before God you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convenient at the time". This will not suffice. Remember that.
things i reali like i repetitively post in blogs... hope tis is not a repeat^^
anyone still procrastinating and checking this place can take a guess where is this quote from and who's the person that said it... ^___________^
Sloth
been re-reading The Monarch Book of Sins & Virtues.
today turned upon a page... about sloth:
By Jerome K. Jerome(1859-1927)
I like idling when I ought not to idling; not when it is the only thing I have to do. That is my pig-headed nature. The time I like best to stand with my back to the fire, calculating how much I owe, is when my desk is heaped highest with letters that must be answered by the next post. When I like to dawdle longest over my dinner, is when i have a heavy evening's work before me. And if, for some urgent reason, I ought to be up particularly early in the morning, it is then, more than at any other time, that I love to lie an extra half-hour in bed.
very truthful...
theologically, sloth is defined as "being careless towards the things of God".
i probably should quote no more... its a terrible thing wen i know all these stuff, and then go back and procrastinate more like these words never had any effect on me.
KY
Ken & andrew dun noe abt this place... hehehehe... *stealthy looks*
will use this opportunity to honour a friend who has the dip 2moro.
Tiffany: shld i sms ken to congratulate him yet?
me: just say ur congrats 2moro la....
no need to rush^___________^
Tiffany: so ken doesn't change his mind over night..
me: o_______________0
did u get that idea from praying???
Tiffany: nope
me: gdness me.....i was scared....
Tiffany: we'll forcefully dunk him in
me: dun worry.... wen andrew says... u jump, i jump....
he won't have any hesitations
^____________^
a premature congrats goes to ken, a reliable,intelligent,& gentle shanghainese BIC who likes to do lots of deep thinking.
i guess i reali don't know ken that well, and sometimes can get into mind-winding heated discussions with him about certain issues.... >____< but still i think he is an awesome BIC and its reali gd to have his company & be able to witness his walk of faith over the years.
u r a precious child of God. May u continue to grow strong in Christ, and walk with confidence in His love, following His awesome plan for u.
quotes & pictures
these days good quotes from other ppls blogs reali made me think:
from dave's blog:
"People like me exist because people are afraid of death, and we pour so much of our resources simply into delaying the inevitable. "
from cindy's blog:
"nothing is more precious than knowing that you are where God wants u to be."
from crystal's blog:
"尤其当希望在眼前却由于这样那样的原因消失无踪，无法控制客户和机会就像无法控制爱情的来去自由，于是内心再起伏不安，但仍保持笑脸，相信却不强求，可能有时候还是会情绪失控，就像此时此刻的自己，过后，依然坚强。"
so... a gd variety of interesting thoughts...
and in addition, funny stuff I reali liked, from Engrish:
^________^ very hilarious.
