Fireworks, awesome...

Yesterday, after xlr8, i head to Aaron's. Well, we planned to watch video - Bourne Identity, but most of the store ran out of stock, but April managed to get one (VHS) next door to her house. Then, today follow with newly release - The Bourne Supermacy.

We reached at South Bank cinema, 12:30pm for 12:45pm movie. The movie was so good. I will spare the details.

Then we have about 3 hours to kill before the firework begin. The park was full of people, 500,00 people estimated at the end of the day. hhmm... almost became tuna sandwich. Had seafood roll and an ice-cream for lunch. The rest of them had Kebab, I dunno why Ben like kebab so much.


Finally... ahh... after such a long wait. The show has began, it begin with Jet fly in the speed of 700km/hr, 200 feets above the river level. yah... it was so loud, and it this how the show started.

The firework last for almost 30min, accompany with music. man! It just speechless because it was so spectacular. I love it.

We were at the standing ramp of one of the dockside at south bank. We had just a nice view across the river. The firework just everywhere, from the river surface, bridge to the top of the building. yah... 5 tonne of firework had used on that night.

Spirit of Courage

Wake up very tired today. Hardly awake when I eat my breakfast. Usually I spent about 10min to prepare my breakfast, but so tired that I just take about 2 min to prepare. Yum… 2 cold ham and honey sandwiches, and a glass of milk. Sitting in front of TV watching Sunrise.

Just so admire our Australian Team women beach volleyballers Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson who finished in fourth, lost to American Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs in the bronze medal play off.

It was such an effort for Natalie Cook to continue to play when she has her underarm injured, and managed to get through the set. I could tell that American team actually target the weak to win the game. She was heavily in pain, but I could tell that something just more than pain to get her continue the game.

Natalie had been aiming for her third consecutive Olympic Games beach volleyball medal after winning gold in 2000 and bronze in 1996.

Olympic is like the journey of life. Every competition is about fighting the battle of life which we face everyday. We may win some time, but we may be the loser some time. But through Natalie, no matter how we so broken hearted or restless but there must be something that keep us going for life.

She may not win the medal, but at least she tried to finish the game. Finish the game is her goal I guessed. She had every single pain and emotion every time she hits the ball. I guessed the spirit of sportsmanship determine her goal to finish her game.

Well, I think purpose of life determine the effort to keep going every time we fall. Fighting the battle could be restless, but it is just part of life. Giving up should be totally out of question.

Cookies, yumm....

Yesterday was a good day just to rest. Yup! I had headache since Sunday night, then continue to Monday… I took a day off from work and just rest. I didn’t do much at home, just slept until 3pm. Yah… it was a good long sleep. I felt better after all.

About 4pm, I ran to Toowong Village for get some photo printed, that was for some art work that I am doing now. The quality wasn’t that impressive. I like black and white photos, but those photos that printed from digital camera wasn’t that great. Have you seen the real black and white photo from original film? Yup! I like that kind but no matter how, the digital photos can’t produce that quality. So disappointing…

Went to for grocery shopping with Daniel, we had a good laugh. We were waiting for that $3 chicken. Do you know what I mean… those roasted chicken reduce to sale from $8 to just $3, after certain hour. Usually the sale is on 15min before closing, but yesterday was bad… We finish our grocery15min before closing, and we can’t check out at the cashier because we want that chicken. So, we decided to wait for a while… Daniel kept walking up and down at that hot bar… gosh...! finally, it was reduce to sale $3 sharp at 9pm. Goodness me….

Gwen gave us chocolate cookies recipe 2 weeks ago, only yesterday after dinner, we have chance to try it. It was a big mass in the beginning, but the result was impressive. Hhmm… you should try it.

Yumm….

My Sis Graduation

today (well it is tomorrow for me, because she is at Hawaii) will be my sister's big day. Is her graduation for her Master degree. I am so excited for her and I am so glad that she make it through for her study.

She always has been smarter then I am. Well, I am not jealous or anything... but I am just so glad for her achivement. I actually planned to visit her just for her graduation. My mum and dad can't attend because 20 Aug 2004 will be my 100th days of my grandma passed away. I visit her because my job not allow to.

I just feeling bad for not being there for her celebration. I know nothing else better then to have family celebrate with her especailly on this special day. So, to compensate my absence, I ordered a flower and some other pretty stuff for her. Well, it really cost me some fair bit of money... but I will do anything just to make her feel that I am celebrating with her.

I really hope that she will forgive us for our absence and with these flower and gift could compensate our absence. Wish her all the best for her future and may God be with her always.

I love you mai... cheer!

Something that I learn from SHREK

Is Monday, yup… I still remember that what I suppose to do today but I didn’t. That’s because I have assignment to hand but I decided to drop the subject which I have mentioned before. Anyway, I am kind of free up my burden. I don’t know whether I did right, but what I felt that I really free from burden. I actually had more rest on weekend, and I have more time to think of my ministry which really drive me crazy. Finally, on Saturday, I just decided to drop the subject which I really can’t cope anymore.

I had a strange feeling yesterday after church service. The sermon was so good. Ps Wayne was talking about Shrek… ha! Yup! The Movie… I am just amaze what we can really learn from a movie, especially cartoon which just so rice in value to learn. He was talking about 7 reason why we need friends… hmm… I am not praising myself but some of the value which I already thought before. But there was once which, of course I knew that forgiveness is important… but it hit me so deeply that Friendship is also about forgiveness. After service I suppose to go for dinner with whole bunch of people.

“The whole bible is about forgiveness” – Ps Wayne quoted from someone else when he had his holiday at South Africa.

I begin to relate myself to the whole story of Shrek and the value of friendship. Recently, I am just so frustrate about one of my close friend who I found that he is just beyond my level of frustration that I can handle. Well, I would say that he has slight proud attitude and sometime like to make himself so proud that he “almost” claim all the credit. He is helpful person to other but sometime when come to friends like me who close to him, I think he is self-centred when interact with me. Hm… I should give full detail of him.

But my whole point of telling you this is to paint a picture who Shrek really touch me. I asked myself, am I forgiving person? And if not, Why not? In the bible, David prayed this prayer, “Father in heaven, please forgive me as I forgive other”. “As” means happen together, so, I should forgive other and at the same time, God will forgive me.

I think I have too much of thinking about this friendship issue, well it is important and without friend, I will be dead in loneliness. Forgiveness please an important role in everyone’s life. It either you take it seriously or you just ignore and pretend there are no such thing called forgiveness. If we have forgiveness, naturally we will have friends because we are loving person.

Anyway, I decided to change my mind dinner with bunch of people, but to have dinner with my close friend who I have been hurt without his knowledge. I took a big breath, suck my tummy in and walk in to his house which I used to hang out day and night. I begin to interact and trying to accept just the way he is. I really prayed that God will heal our relationship, and let me out from the layer of onion, so that I will not hide behind layered of onion anymore.

Endless Sleepless Night

Time flies… ooh… sound like everyone like to use these word when they slack of updating the blog. Ohh well… I am, actually. I dunno what I have been doing lately. I know that things has change for the past few month. Partly because the church building, I actually felt that I lost my home.

I have been busy with many stuff lately even since the church caught on fire. We are now at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, which gave us bigger opportunity to fit more people in it. I would say since the event, our church attendee has grow about 200 more, which statistically growth of 35%. I am glad (in the good way) that the fire happened. You know what I mean… don’t you!

Its because we are now at BCEC at least till end of the year, there are many usually church activity and ministry has changed. We are currently restructure the whole ministry and activities. Well… I am trying to tell you that I am still surviving after all these meeting and that meeting.

The 2nd semester of my bible college commenced last month and since then I have not really sit down and really study yet. I felt so guilty for not being obedience. I don’t how to explain, and I don’t know who to blame. I was so caught with meetings and just thinking about change the structure so that we can be excellent. But instead of excellent, I actually stuffed my friendship, I felt so far away from my close friend (someone who always be with me and encourage me, someone who care my general well being, I missed those…) I have less time for space to breath, accumulating the numbers of sleepless night and now every time I just need 2 minute on bed; I am totally gone to my dream world.

Don’t get me wrong that this is the result of ministry… I am just don’t know how to have my time management, or may be this is just a season of changing.

I am in the middle of stress now… many thing has gone not according to plan. I am disappointed… but I am keep pressing on.

I love my church and I love my friends, they are my soul and spirit, where I find joy and happiness that nothing else could replace.

Just came from resort weekend… and there was a session held in panel style. I still remember there was a question that I really wanted to ask, but because lack of time, I wasn’t given a chance. Anyway, may be I should just share here and who knows that you may answer this question.

“I would like to know how we (as working adult work in circular world and not minister) could take time off from ministry and work and at the same time not lost the passion. Remember that we serve actively at ministry during our free time and every time we have break… always time to catch up our sleep. What is your advice to someone like this, to do or what to do during break, so that when we come out from break, we are fresh and ready to do more work…?”

I leave that for you…