Heart trip

If one day my love could stop like my heart beat,

then my flesh never will burns when it meet heat,

soul bleeds,

my heart hunger for you like wolves hunger for meat,

my world fades without you like beer without wheat.

~J~

Turning point.?

So long... I wonder my heart still can keep the heart I hold for the person I waited so long or there is someone able to break the defense in my heart.. Lead me lord I pray..

changing life style...1

... a lot of things happened since i last post here... i wonder , Am i able to account everything out and reflect on my decision made so far..:P...i will try....

no...I MUST..not only/ just try..

distance

it was science taught me weights of air is measurable,

and through you I learned sorrows can be uncountable,

struggle,

who once taught me to nurture exhausted heart with tears？

made scent of affection surrounds by fragrant of fear.

~J~

i wonder how was the wind and the lovely blue sky,

as i haven't spread my wings and kept it at all time,

so long..

till i forget that there were once that i'm able to fly,

instead of hiding in dark without any tears to cry.

~~~

Lord's shower of blessings rains while my spirit feels dry

such imperfect people still God you lifted me high

how great..

God's grace is upon grace even so little we try

Father in heaven in you I hide for You I shine.

~J~

20/3/2011 journal..

quite sometime i didn't journal in blog.

things happen quite a lot...

this march seem passing very fast, i went back to penang to coach in ANTS(advance NCO trainning school). well at least i made my promise to serve in Boys brigade and i did.Well good to hope in the young people and learn a lot them. and to my suprise was that Christine from perak make it to ANTS as an officer.things change.oh,and when i was back there i realise my parent keep me in dark about my grandma, that she couldnt walk as she fell down from the chair during CNY. Now she has to walk slowly using the aid. Parent want me to focus on my study and keep this away from us, grateful when they send me back to kl by picking me up straight from camp site in teluk bahang, going there from my house will be like an hour drive...thanks mom and dad.

my sister Grace is transfer back to penang yesterday. hope she fit well and take care of them..

and i took up the easter production at the last minute, kee aun was like call me in 10pm and i say yes without thinking too much. God have His own plan for everyone, every year easter or every project have its own problems, like i say in last year, we still have the same God to guide us thou we have different team and people. now it is two day before the D -Day , we have nothing else but trust in Him, hope i can , no ..i will write a grateful post about it , like i did last two year, Lord we pray for your grace and mercy..

this may gonna host life game, it seem not progressing, wonder where would i be, the next 3 months. but struggle when mom offer me to go for Euro trip... aiz.. guess gonna miss it for Life game..but trust God for things to come.

and the greatest fear for me now is .. my thesis which have to be written in German. havent finalize everything but will have to pass up 1st draft this coming Friday..my supervisor was awesome. but just that i have to brush up my language skill.. and hope he can understand what i write.

talking about language skills, i counted and found i learn 10 new languages in UM, majoring German, followed by tagalog,Spanish, Portuguese, french, Italian, Japanese, Dutch , russian,

and this sem Korean, really need time to master all. but think the most enjoying will be korean as having Jonathan and helen and seong jin and sophee in the scene. a christain base enviroment realy is different.

think my greatest joy so far is to have great fellowship with friends ,like,see zoey coming back from uk. and the fellowship with shu kheng and cell group and people all around, having putting all the worries behind and release myself. letting go my grief aint easy, but it willl be an ongoing assignment =D.

march is coming to an end.. and start wondering about my future,master ...work.. love..ministry..

but, in God we trust. in God all things are possible.

Dear Jonathan, I'm sorry

Dear Jonathan,



I'm sorry that i cause so much pain for you, there is a list, i wonder if you would even read it, but still






i'm sorry

that i brought her into the room the frist place and trap her by vanishing the door

even though i lost the door key when she first step in.





i'm sorry

that the present you plan to buy for her remains behind the windows of the shop,

and her birthday presents you bought turn out to be blessings to your sisters.






i'm sorry



that i pulled you behind, when you wanted to grab her hand so many times

or make you let it go when wanna hold it longer.







i'm sorry

for making you write your hidden blogs for days when i remember her,

and somehow you make it a habit,

but make you delete the thousand-posts on the day you thought your story should ends,

maybe "sadness" should take the blame, but it was a bit my fault too..






i'm sorry

that keep telling you God might have a better plans and better person for you,

and move you to change to a better man before you spilt your feeling out.

well you did change a bit, but i still feel i was wrong about the right timing part.






i'm sorry

that i make you thinks that distances will bring you apart from her,

and time will heal and pains will go,well you proved me wrong all this while,

i think maybe the main reason was i keep her here all along.

but i really couldn't found the key

or the unlock button to let her out.






i'm sorry



to make you think so far away, before you have the chance to even get start with her,

families, cultures,religions, the ministries, or even the time you would fight which never happens,

i know i could always blame that to "imagination" or "planning",but i was the one started it right'?





i'm sorry

to keep your finger feel tired, everytime you feel that you wanted to

text her, or write more with the keyboard

i thought you might be tired after a long wait to see her online,

"brain" should take some blame for this one, but i know it was because i wasn't strong enough







i'm sorry

i laughed when i heard bruno mars sing grenade,

and it gonna be pretty scary to appear to girl

if your head was bleeding and have a bullet in it,

but i sure you love and could far more for the girl with a better solution,

dead wasn't the only thing you wanna show her, but the love within.





i'm sorry






i'm sorry

i make you write poets for her, wrote songs for her

but never let her knows, well,some remain in your mind and

her might come across a few when "sorrows"ask you to published it,

but most of them are gone when you press "yes" to the pop out

when the adminstrator ask you to think twice,

i know, i wasnt strong enough.






i'm sorry

i make "brave" absent when you try to talk more to her,

but at least "happy" was here when she smile,

though most of the time you saw it online or from the corner she wont see you.







i'm sorry

when you have a chance to be in the picture with her,

you stand close but never too close to her,

or even turn out be the man which ask the people to smile before the clicks,

as it was another chance she could smile at you,

i know, because i wasnt strong enough.





i'm sorry

to bring "bitterness" and "lonelines" to you,

like days of christmas, valentine, or any random days

when you was at midst of crowd with or without her,

the same thing was you havent try to let her know me.





i'm sorry

sometimes you happiness are followed by thinking

if she could be here to share with you,

and your smile get bigger when i saw "disapointment" knocking.

no one know but, i do. or maybe now some do.








i'm sorry

to keep you focus on other things

when you try to go to work to fill up you dating fund,

and make you believe money could be the reason for a successful relationship.

and make you stop trying.

i know, i wasnt strong..enough..



i'm sorry

i'm sorry

i'm sorry





i'm sorry

for things i said,

for things that i done.

and for things i never say and never done.





i'm sorry

that i put more than a person at my place now,

and you have to help me burried the previous ones deeper,

i know it couldnt be erased,

my habit of losing the key havent change,

but you could to make more room for the new one.could you?

And i think Jesus wouldnt mind having an old neighbour right here.








i don't know what will happened next,

but this time, i will be strong, at least stronger.

for you ,

be with you and

always pumping,

right inside you,

like Jesus stay in me,

till God bring us home,

for you.





love,

Your heart.

on the 9th of march 2011
















p/s: turn your sighs to prayer whenever you miss her in your sleepless night again, i feel better everytime you did it:)

whole soul?

yes there are something i never told another soul,

the list go on and on and never fill up the scroll,

like wormhole,

though the flame turn weak when the water meets with charcoal,

it never cold till i meet the one who make me whole.

~J~

here I hear

with open hearts lying on grass and eyes filled with tears,

your tears turn the vision blur till it flow to my ears,

souls near,

and the wind sings fear not as God shall turn your sky clear,

my dear my dear i wonder do you hear what i hear

~J~

end of 2010..

our God is the potter and in his hands we are clay,
need not to worry because there's God as we pray,
last day,
stories that we can't forget just shall we let it stay?
angel on earth where are your shoulder for me to lay?

~J~

directions..

♥
like the petrol that make the functioning engine start,
a simple act or smile can easily touched ones heart,
blind dart,
love of success is neither well-planned nor being smart,
thou Shall leave everything to God after worked his part.

~J~

hard wait...

as her heart was broken and build between us a gate,
restore not by time but only by His grace His faith,
can't wait,
the pain remains when god is not seen in the new date,
thou suffer for willling both but until then, i wait

~J~

coward's cave

Why to many could I easily started to rave,
but in front of her hardly could I find the word brave,
time pave?
her ears shall never hear for her how my heart have crave
as the love will treasured within and buried to grave.

~J~

soulless king

like canary at dawn with songs but dare not to sing,
or the eagle on ground with eager spread not its wing,
poor thing,
life turns a man that owns a kingdom not called as king.
when the diamonds on her finger carry not his ring.

~J~

seek and hide

wonder in cold dark night how the hot bright sun should shine,

and wonder how she feels whenever she hears my line,

I'm blind,

always as motionless as mountain she says I'm fine,

my wavy emotions sings she'll never be mine.

~J~

crossroad..

can i not listen to angel of evil and good?

and wound the sorrowful spirit with fearless with wood.

oh lord

Father in heaven bless me not with misery mood,

cure please my disconsolate moments of lonelihood.

~J~

the flashback

as the blue sky covered by thousands deadly sparrows,

all i can do is scarecrow there and let the wind blow,

don't know

will my heart ever stop soar for rhythm of sorrow

or never cease till my hair grow-ed to colour of snow.

~J~

calling...

i wonder how was the wind and the lovely blue sky,

as i haven't spread my wings and kept it at all time,

so long

till i forget that there were once that i'm able to fly,

instead of hiding in dark without any tears to cry.

~J~

祝她生日快乐

let it be two more m..

PKV T.H.E camp 2010...(the pre-camp reply):P

And it all start with this message from the camp committee..

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!! =)

If you're getting this email, it's because......

YEP YOU ARE COMING FOR PKV'S T.H.E. CAMP 2010! And you know what, it's going to be awesome! I can feel it in my bones!

So anyway, here's a few reminders and instructions that you will need.... so READ carefully yah.

*deep breath* Here goes.

1. The private bus is not allowed to enter university. Thus, all campers are to meet at

a) UM main bus stop (behind library) at 8am OR
b) In front of MAHSA College at 8.30am, where the bus will be.

So yep, we will have to walk over from the bus stop to MAHSA. But no worries, heavy luggage will be driven there.

2. If you have lost the other 2/3rd's of your form, here are the things to bring:

a) Bible (dont want share share, bring your own if you have)
b) Stationery (plus an extra notebook, if you write alot)
c) Thicker clothing (a jacket will be good for nights)
d) Toiletries (especially toothbrush!)
e) Torchlight (just in case)
f) A small gift (worth RM5 and below, bought or handmade, doesnt matter)
g) Sportswear (especially comfortable shoes to walk around, run around in)
h) Money for the remaining part of your fees (if you have not paid in full)

Lastly, bring an open heart for God to work in :)

So, that's it for now. We are very thankful that you have decided to invest these 4 days to attend the camp. We believe it is no mere coincidence but that it is God's will that we will all be gathered there under one roof to worship Him as one body and to learn more about Him together. Continue to uphold the camp in prayer as the committee works out the final kinks and also for each and every camper that nothing will deter him/her from attending the camp.

Anyhow, keep checking your mail regularly between now and saturday in case of any updates. Feel free to email me back with any further questions.

And please, reply me with a simple "noted.", "seen", "ok" or anything, just so I know you've read the email and gotten the important information :) Thanks!

Blessings,
T.H.E. Camp Committee 2010 =)

--
"And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, He will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?" - Matthew 6:30

"Life is too short. Start living now."
and someone decide simple @noted ain't enough..so..
we have

1)george

such an email deserves a worthy reply,

all the information contained within, fully read have I,

hardy can I wait for our departure on Saturday,

till then, back to assignments, which hold my joy at bay.

-g-

2) Contents of your email read and understood

Would go down to Camerons today if I could

Assignments and tasks to complete, we should

From now till then, I brood

Emily chow

and 3)Hyma

lack I the skill, of writing in rhymes,

but one thing's for sure,

can't wait for saturday

i have no more assignments to hold me down (yay!!)

just a lot of free time to watch supernatural=D

4)benjamin
Here I go with my part of the rhyme

Just when I thought last year would be the last time

I'd be at camp; here I am where it began

At my first in 2008, in Camerons once again.

Can't wait to rendezvous up on the hills

With you dear friends and our Lord until

With strength renewed, borne by the Lion's roar

We'll walk till we run, and run till we soar.

Ben

5)Emily tang
Like a bee buzzing through the night
Reminding myself His yoke is easy and burden light
Saturday will come and we shall meet
That glorious day, my joy complete. Wee~

Noted!

6)yes I know you can all rhyme,
I think just a yes will do just fine,
no need to show off, my oh my,
on Saturday I guess I'll see you guys.

Alan Teong

7)i'm looking forward for this Saturday,

hope it's gonna be a good day,

to see all the rhymes just made me laugh,

for people to reply it's too tough.

-deborah

8)

oh what a letter that come with so many surprise,

which uncover the talents of replying with rhymes,

other than just noted with thanks my sister in Christ,

any friendly neighbours wouldn't mind give me a ride?

~J~

God bless,

Jonathan ('',)

9)waiyan
Ooh, a poetic flow I see going on

I shall join too with my simple respond

A "noted", a "seen" and an "OK!" to say

I promise to come on time this Saturday :D

♥
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

10)ruth choy
Oh how I would love to entertain,
But sadly tis' not my thing,
Can't wait for camp to start,
I truly dread this week.

Noted. Thanks for the email~ =)

and all of sudden...
(spoiler)

Edwin Renggie

Noted see u guys there!

Sent from my iPod

but luckily other spoted..

11)divya
i'm not sure why everyone's replying it rhymes.
i really have too much to do and i'm running out of time.
thank you lydia for the reminder, this camp i anticipate,
well now, look what i've done (hehe) cant wait!! cant wait!! cant wait!!!!

whooops.. i mean jonathan!! :P

12)
since this is a talent-time
i too have my own silly rhyme:

Dayung sampan di Selat Melaka,
Nelayan semua kacak-kacak belaka.

Ingin saya merompak mereka,
Untuk alih perhatian, saya melaung "Merdeka!"
no, nothing to do with camp it has
but that's the point of being lame, i guess.

-hwei-

13)
Midnight(28.10,10)

Gmail's being a snail.

Was too frail, on the bed , i fell.

Woke up in the morning, already pening.

It's bothering, cause work's piling.

Nevertheless, Camp's coming, I'm Definitely going.

No need to worry, it's going to be merry!! ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶

-phils-

and here come our literature authority!!

..Dear Mr/Miss Organiser, must the "small gift" be gift-wrapped?

I'm wondering if I should say anything about the samples of poetic
expression offered on this thread...especially the various types of
rhyme (and non-rhyme)...some of you even mastered true rhyme! (Yes,
there's such a thing) :P

yy leong

and the commitee reply

...Hahaha. Well. It's up to you if you wanna wrap it or not. More suspense if you do? hahaha. hannah, what say you?

Lol go ahead, grade the poems! :D leniency is much appreciated :P

Lydia lee

so...
14)

LL and YY why didn't you continue the flow,

put out the fire and the fun like the candles you blow,

(btw)

if you remember the message opposite below,

poor jonathan tew still searching for friends to follow.

~J~

jontew

15)and the repented

my bad previously I didnt rhyme,

wasnt aware of it at the time,

Camp is coming up im sure it'll be awesome,

we'll have a blast and then some.

hahaha, See u guys this Saturday!

edwin douglas

16)
Shalom.

A great big thank you i hereby extend
For all the email replies in this short time span
Whether it was a rhyme or just a simple "okay"
My heart appreciates it all anyway :)

See all of you this Saturday ya! 8am at main bus stop OR 8.30am at MAHSA College junction :)

Punctuality is much desired. Time waits for no man... Hahaha. Looking forward to camp!

God bless,
Lydia.

17)Time waits for no man;

It is a lifeboat, for women and children first

Who cannot else get away, they climb

Up and in, as fool follows fool, and slowly leave.

Time does not wait.

Time waits if it can;

So Tolkien wrote, of the Witch King's bloody thirst

That he who must slay, must in his time

By Eowyn's rule be of the race of Eve.

Time lies in state.

ben ongWe shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

-- T.S. Eliot

such wonderful people isn't it?
:P

~J~

llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

"start writing and u will love writing...."

somehow it just doesn't apply on me..

ahahaha.a...headache....

whatever on my mind seem not logic at all.

logic is not just 1 and 0

111111100000000

001010010001001001000

100111111111111

10100101001001010000100

1111100010100100101010010101000101010

:P

~j~

To you;)

Three men were

hiking through a forest...

...

when they came

upon a large raging, violent river.

Needing to get to

the other side, the first man prayed:

' God, please give

me the strength to cross the river.

Poof!!!

God gave him big

arms and strong legs...

and he was able to

swim across in about 2 hours,

having almost

drowned twice.

After witnessing

that, the second man

prayed:

'God, please give

me strength and the tools to cross the river'

Poof!!!

God gave him a

rowboat and strong arms and strong

legs...

...

and he was able to

row across

in about an hour

after

almost

capsizing once

Seeing what

happened to the first two men,

the third man

prayed:

'God, please give

me the strength, the tools and the

intelligence to cross the river'

Poof!!!

HE WAS TURNED

INTO A WOMAN!!!

She checked the

map, hiked one hundred

yards upstream...

...

and walked across

the bridge

Guys, if at first

you don't succeed, do it the way

your wife told

you!

GO AHEAD,

SEND THIS TO A WOMAN WHO NEEDS A GOOD LAUGH

AND TO

ANY MAN WHO CAN HANDLE IT!

credit: internet source

wake me up when september ends

september starts.... what?! september already...

gosh, i have so many things not yet done... i got papers.. i got tests... i got..
STOP!

what have i done so far?

many a time i always worry for thing i haven't done..
and this make me see things that are done not in my sight.

maybe i just should focus one thing a time..
focus one at one time.

may it be study,


may it be serving,


may it be activities,


may it be love.


one at a time.

focus things one at one time.

~j~

to my self(for 23rd)!

Pray 15 minutes and listen for an hour

I used to go to church and hear the preacher say,
If you don't have Jesus, you'll be in hell someday!
The preachers used to preach hard and by the hour.
I heard one say, "Pray 15 minutes and listen for an hour."

I heard many prayers to Jesus, like he was Santa Claus;
heard many of them pray for just their maws and paws.
Then, I heard one old meek preacher pray for more power.
He said, "Pray for 15 minutes and listen for an hour."

Well, do you know that, after many a year,
I learned to reach the heart of God's ear?
He whispered, softly, in my ear, "Want more power?
Just pray for 15 minutes and listen for an hour."

The lesson that I learned, from my God,
as for years and years I prayed, "Help me, God,"
He said, "Won't ever learn, the way you have, for power.
Just simply pray for 15 minutes and listen for an hour."

Well, it finally reached my heart from my ear.
The power, He gave to me, fills me with cheer.
He whispered to me, "One way to real power
Is to pray for 15 minutes and listen for an hour."

Praise the Lord for the blessings He gives.
Through hours of prayer, I really know He lives.
For, He showed me the way to more, more, power.
Now, I can pray forever and listen by the hour.

© by (Howard) Vern Nicholson

Toothache v2.0

1st conversation:

location:UM room 414 college 7th

time:8:45

phone to UM dental clinic..

tut tut..

"hi, can i make an appointment today?"

appointment today?appointment is available next 3 month.

"what?!"

are you having pain now?

"yes,can i se..."

pain come now la, buat apa make appointment..?cepat sikit la..

"...thank you.."

level of pain from scale 1-10: 4

mood: thankful and weird though..

2nd (numerous)conversation:

location:UM dental clinic

time: 913

register counter

"please seat and wait for a while" .1 =5 minute

emergency counter

"please seat and wait for a while" .2 =17minute

bring to doctor room

"please seat and wait for a while" .3 =7minutes

(sign some gift-card to colleague)

after inspection(bout 5 minutes)Now around 9:30

"please seat and wait for a while" .4 =6minutes

waiting room

"please seat and wait for a while" .5 =38minutes

after asking :"how long will it take?"

"please seat and wait for a while".6=20minutes

waiting and reading exam note at waiting room.now around 10:40

"please seat and wait for a while".7 =24minutes

bring me to execution room(i don't know the real name)

"please seat and wait for a while".8 =3minutes

doctor come and inspect then injection of drugs

"please seat and wait for a while".9 =9minutes

before start to extract:(11 something d)

"please relax it will take a while". =XXXXminutes

doc:(medical terms..instruments ...medical terms...instrument.... medical terms)

me: ar ...ar..arrr.. ar... argh!!

and my mouth keep opened.

send to x-ray counter

"please seat and wait for a while".10 =4minutes

wait for x-ray

"please seat and wait for a while".11 =16minutes

x-ray(ing)

"please seat and wait for a while".12 =2minutes

back to surgery room

doc:(medical terms..instruments ...medical terms...instrument.... medical terms)sorry soory..

me: ar ...ar..arrr.. ar... argh!!

(now is 12:13)

doc:still got two roots inside..

please come back at 2:30pm.

！！？？？i tot only a while.?

Ps:sorry, tomoro got test .so cannot write too much..but the doctor and people there are very nice and professional other than the waiting part.

to be continue..

the reason

...:"why is this happening?why?"

.........:"it just happened, the results is already there,"

...:"?"

.........:"the reason is added after we know the ending result."

...:"........."

...:"why are you doing this?"

.........:"you will have the reason ,"

"After I determine the ending !"

we love , not judge

love what the leng lui hwei said the other day in PKV.

"we are not here to judge, there is no one judge you here,

you can do experiment here, and we still love you as who you are."

"there is not much different between junior and senior here,

but some place it can be a great issue,

as thou the senior know not what their are,

when the title "senior" is remove from them,"

it won't make you a bigger person if you are senior,

or no right at all as a junior,

it is just that we are in a different conditions."

(not exact words, hope she not going to sue me)>.<“”

an apple is not judge here as good or bad,

just that it is going thru a diferent season,

sowed,

young,

not ready,

growing,

ripping,

mature,

ready,

fruitful,

what ever u named it,

then all back to

a new beginning each time.

?

which one are u in

you decide,

we don't judge.

we still love you as who you are,

that matters the most.

An easter THINGY~part2

•Neighbours

ben try to bring out the message that we live among these people,and the things that happen surrounding,which i think is a great efforts, and i like when it start with the "negaraku" national anthem,(we was joking we might get caught like Namewee for changing some chords)but the version was extremely nice!.. waiting for them to post it..

the slide start with,

But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth?

Behold, the highest heaven cannot contain You.”

神果真与世人同住在地上？看哪 ，

天和天上的天尚且不足你居住的，何况我所建的这殿呢 ？

Eun chong and Ruth cheng start gracefully with the negaraku..

then the slide go on,(i have it cause i translate the chinese version for ben,hehe)

The river begins its journey in the mountains,

where it flows past a church.

河，从重重山开始了它的旅程，

漫漫的流过一座教堂。

People of all walks of life went to the church to pray

过着各种不同的人生的人们，走到教堂来祷告

Singer sings:

As I went down in the river to pray

Studying about that good old way

And who shall wear the starry crown

Dear Lord, show me the way

Oh brothers let’s go down

Let’s go down, come on down

Oh brothers let’s go down

Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray

Studying about that good old way

And who shall wear the thorny crown

Dear Lord, show me the way

Oh sisters let’s go down

Let’s go down, come on down

Oh sisters let’s go down

Down in the river to pray

As I went down in the river to pray

Studying about that good old way

And who shall wear the robe and crown

Dear Lord, show me the way

Oh sinners let’s go down

Let’s go down, come on down

Oh sinners let’s go down

Down in the river to pray

(i really love this song, went to prayer meeting on tuesday, pastor says:the busier we are, the more we cannot afford not to pray)

ben the conductor and he arrange all the the pieces to one great show!(he was trying to become dancer anyway..but..emmm....)

The river flows into the city, becoming polluted along the way,

even as we cannot stay in the ‘mountain’ all the time;

河，流进了城市，随着旅程，清澈不再，

如同我们，不能长居在“绿山”之中。,

(sad sad music)~~

We must enter the ‘valley’, and often the valley is dark.

我们必须流入“幽谷”，纵然很多时候幽谷阴暗。

(music getting louder..louder。。）like the world gonna fall apart...

Jesus said, “My house shall be a house of prayer,

But you have turned it into a den of thieves.”

耶稣说：我的殿必成祷告的殿，

但你们却将它变为盗贼的窝。

It is into this darkness that God enters…

“For God so loved the world

that He gave His only Son,

that whoever believes in Him shall not perish

but have life everlasting.”

神爱世人，甚至将他的独生子赐给他们，

叫一切信他的，不至灭亡，反得永生

come in the flute: by ivy HAR

then singer sings.

O come, O come, Emmanuel, 以马内利, 恳求降临.

And ransom captive Israel, 救赎释放以色列民;

That mourns in lonely exile here 沦落异邦, 寂寞伤心,

Until the Son of God appear. 引颈渴望神子降临 。

Rejoice! Rejoice! 欢欣!欢欣!以色列民,

Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. 以马内利必定降临。

(Emily chow with her angelic voice sang with soprano)(stunt by her voice)

Jesus cried, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”

(My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?)

耶 稣 大 声 喊 着 说 ：以 利 ！以 利 ！ 拉 马 撒 巴 各 大 尼 ？

( 我 的 神 ！ 我 的 神 ！ 为 甚 么 离 弃 我 ？)

(she was nervous and not very confident ever since she joined in, "esther"(a little joke between me and her)YOu really did great, and i believe no one doubt that, you should just give it all out, well you did!! and did great:-)(ben didn't allow her to eat anything that could cost her voice out b4 the d-day(poor esther)only eating soup maggi(still think she enjoyed it!)

Then Hyma join in the scene, with a very sweet song (do you hear what i hear)

Said the night wind to the little lamb

Do you see what I see?

Way up in the sky, little lamb

Do you see what I see?

A star, a star, dancing in the night

With a tail as big as a kite

With a tail as big as a kite

Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy

Do you hear what I hear?

Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy

Do you hear what I hear?

A song, a song, high above the trees

With a voice as big as the sea

With a voice as big as the sea

Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king

Do you know what I know?

In your palace warm, mighty king

Do you know what I know?

A child, a child, shivers in the cold

Let us bring him silver and gold

Let us bring him silver and gold

Said the king to the people everywhere

Listen to what I say

Pray for peace people everywhere

Listen to what I say

The child, the child, sleeping in the night

He will bring us goodness and light

He will bring us goodness and light

(i like the song s ben choose,i wiki it and found some interesting fact bout this song~~

"Do You Hear What I Hear?" is a Christmas song written in October 1962 with lyrics by Noël Regney and music by Gloria Shayne Baker.^[1] The pair were married at the time, and wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Noel Regney wrote the lyrics for the song, while Gloria Shayne Baker composed the Christmas carol's music in October 1962.^[2] This was an unusual arrangement for the two writers. Usually it was Baker who wrote the lyrics for their songs while Regney composed the music, as they did on their classic children's song "Rain Rain Go Away".^[1][2]

Regney was inspired to write the lyrics "Said the night wind to the little lamb, 'Do you see what I see?' " and "Pray for peace, people everywhere," after watching babies being pushed instrollers on the sidewalks of New York City.^[1] Baker stated in an interview years later that neither could personally perform the entire song at the time they wrote it because of the emotions surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis.^[1] "Our little song broke us up. You must realize there was a threat of nuclear war at the time."

However, it was Bing Crosby who made the song a worldwide smash hit when he recorded his own version of it in 1963.^[1] Ironically, Crosby recorded the carol for Capitol Records onNovember 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, and the recording was released a week and a half later on a then-new Christmas album. ):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Hear_(What_I_Hear)

hear this in youtube if you want,

then my guitar coming with George powerful voice..(only in day 2, cause ben think it would be nice to have some happy instrument,:)

I believe in the Kingdom Come

Then all the colours will bleed into one

But yes I’m still running

You broke the bonds

And you loosed the chains

Carried the cross of my shame

You know I believe it

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

(wat are we looking for?)for christian , the answer is clear, but for those who don't, what are u looking for?

The Bible tells us that Jesus will reign forever,

as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

圣经告诉我们，耶稣将掌权到永远，

为我们的万王之王，万主之主。

(ivy complain i look too serius durin the play but wat to do that time i was trying hard to hold my pain (refer to my previous blog)

i like the part where all sang together and everyone involved during the king of kings, feel united as a team.(we can go for 10 more times for that)...and we end with great applause..~~

King of Kings and Lord of Lords 万王之王，万主之主

Glory, Hallelujah 荣耀，哈利路亚

King of Kings and Lord of Lords 万王之王，万主之主

Glory, Hallelujah 荣耀，哈利路亚

Jesus, Prince of Peace 耶稣和平之君

Glory, Hallelujah 荣耀，哈利路亚

Jesus, Prince of Peace 耶稣和平之君

Glory, Hallelujah 荣耀，哈利路亚

me and the trumpet, and hwei and shannon, (hwei can just play anything one glance and shannon just like born as drummer..

oo and ben wrote to all the ppl invovled a letter,

no harm sharing it too right..ben?(don't sue me for copyright)(to be honest i love his writing~~.)

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Dear all,

Once again I'd like to thank you for putting in the effort to make Neighbours and Constellations work.

This is officially the last project I'm involved in as an undergraduate, and I'm glad it went well. Indeed I will have fond memories of this last Easter; of beginning undergraduate life in UM with friends in the PKV, and ending likewise.

I can't imagine a better ending. ;-)

Truth be told, the last few weeks have been excruciatingly stressful in various ways; thesis and final sem studies being among the causative factors. Day in and day out, I would look forward to our practice sessions, as they were a means to escape, a refuge of sorts. I would find release and relief within the walls of the Cultural Centre.

It was a great joy and pleasure hearing all of you sing and play, and brainstorming ideas together.

Eun Chong, thank you so much for standing in on such short notice. You truly brought the violin parts to life and took the solo beyond what I'd imagined it to be. Great stuff from the "Eun Chong--Ruth--Tse Hwei" unit. Loved what you did for The Prodigal Son too. Csardas!

Ruth (Cheng), our professional cellist. I think you were a real inspiration to the team, especially in two ways: the cello really is a beautiful instrument, and you impressed everyone by remarkably improvising and working melodic lines out on the spot. To me, you were the heartbeat of the ensemble, the 'human' side of the music. I'd always imagined a singing cello; yours soared.

Ivy, my ideas for the flute began with 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel'. It was always meant to be one of the key segments of the piece, and I had always heard it in the voice of a flute. All that I envisioned that passage to be, you made happen. It would have been nice to have had a few more flute parts, but that will have to happen some other time!

Jon, it was truly encouraging to see you improve steadily as we went along. In a more ideal world and perhaps under more favourable conditions (more time to practice), perhaps we could have really developed more trumpet parts. Thanks also for stepping in with the acoustic guitar. No practice and all, but that gave it a truly spontaneous feel. And thank you, above all, for the help you so graciously extended as we worked on the slides.

Hwei, when Jesus talked about cornerstones, he must have had you in mind as well. Thanks for being so patient throughout the whole process, for learning up all those parts, for being the ever-dependable one. In sports they have a 'man of the match award'. This 'musician of the concert' honour goes to you, hands down. Someday we should record the piece with a real piano instead.

Shannon, indeed the drumstick is an extension of your hand, and the drum kit just another limb of your body. Another feather in the cap, another one for the record. Thanks for making time for this (no pun intended)!

Ruth (Vinoth), your enthusiasm is contagious. Not sure how many of the others caught the bug, but I sure did. Thanks for bringing so much life to the vocal parts; the a cappella and early practice sessions gave us much of the momentum we needed.

Emily, again and again I fall in love with your voice. You've a lot of potential; go train your breathing and gain more control over your lungs. And then perhaps we will all be able to hear the latent opera within the unassuming frame that is Emily Chow. Confidence! Anyway, a number of people commended your performance of 'Eli, Eli'. Told you the cello wasn't necessary.

Hyma, thanks for stepping on short notice and adding so much colour to the ending sequence! And thanks for helping and supporting our dear Soprano. :-)

George, some things you just can't put into words. (There's always pictures, haha! But that's another story and I digress.) Thank God for music!

Divya, thanks for the excellent slide work! Evelyn said the slides weren't necessary, and I'd tend to agree. But what to do lah, not everyone appreciates instrumental performances; so we had to trouble you.

Alan, great job on your first real extra-curricular challenge in UM. Now you have three obstacles to conquer: Number One, waking up for morning classes. Number Two, training your voice and stepping out to sing. Number Three, growing up. If I had to choose, I'd think Number Three can wait. ;-) But you're gonna be a senior soon, so do set a good example for your juniors!

As I said before, you are all such talented people, that I felt it wasn't as if the director was trying to get his musicians to rise to his level; rather, they had to go down to his.

I only have one tiny little gripe: the pause after "He will bring us goodness and light" wasn't long enough! :-P

Well, the next thing on our programme would be the post-Easter celebration dinner. And of course, the follow-up. But we should get together and jam sometime, perhaps once the semester is over and done with.

With much love,

Ben

p.s. How are the flowers doing? ;-)

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A family pic of neighbours with ben's token

(love the flowers)

a group of people with talents

in less then 3 weeks, God use them to make a really great pieces of work.

this is something~~

to be continue..