Words of Wisdom

Suddenly remembered 2 things that I heard someone else mention and I thought it was very important. Was afraid that I forget, so I decided to post it and also may it be a blessing to those who read it.

"Speak your mind! But mind what you speak!"

"You can count the number of seeds in a fruit. But you cannot count the number of fruits in a seed."

黑夜的彩虹 (Revised Version)

黑夜的彩虹

Key: E
词曲： 顯杰

Verse 1:

冬天 雪飘落

花朵枯而掉落

黑暗 的吞没

使我不知所措

寻寻觅觅

没有着落

但我心中

有个希望

不停紧握

Chorus:

黑夜的彩虹

我再也不迷惘

只因祢是我

唯一的希望

赐我力量

赐我平安

赐给我自由

黑夜的彩虹

Verse 2:

狂风和暴雨

吹走我的信心

黑暗的侵袭

使我措手不及

心灰意冷

想要放弃

但我心中

有个希望

不停紧握

Coda:

虽然 雪飘落

但心中有一盏火

黑暗 虽吞没

但祢是我的彩虹

我唯一的希望

黑夜的彩虹

I WROTE MY OWN ENDING! IRONY!

These are abstract of my previous posts (with dates). A little story I tried to write.

Monday, February 13, 2006

The Flower, The Butterfly and The Bee

The flower stood in the midst of the field. As the wind blew, the flower swayed to the rhythm. And the flower fell into bits and pieces of its memory. It still remember the days when there will be a butterfly which will frequently fly past and ocassionally pay a visit to the flower. The butterfly was gorgeous and the flower was deeply attracted to it. But not long after, the butterfly flew by lesser and eventually it disappeared. The flower was disappointed and waited day after day, hoping that it will have a glance of the butterfly. And again it was disappointed. And its memory of the butterfly is also fading but it still refuse to give up. Meanwhile in this tiring waiting, the flower was also visited by this bee, a hardworking and talented bee. Everyday, without fail, the bee will pay a visit to the flower. The flower is amazed by the capability of the bee. However, its memory of the butterfly, though vague, is still holding on to the flower. What should the flower do?

(Ending Number 1)
Thursday, August 24, 2006

As time passed, the memories of butterfly faded with the passing seasons. The flower stood where it was and will be daily sunned and showered with love. The flower stood firm and grew daily. At the same time, the bee will also without fail return to the flower. The friendship between the flower and the bee grew. Once in a while, when the bee visit the flower, the bee will take a rest on the petal and both of them will talk - talk abt anything under the sun. The flower was really comfortable to be with the bee. One day, a heavy storm blew over the field. The flower stood where it was braving the storm. The flower knew the bee was not coming and so it could just glimpsed over to the tree where the bee is living in. And to the flower's shock, the bee was with another bee. The flower was saddened. The next day, the bee came to visit the flower and this time, the bee introduced its fren bee to the flower. The flower was totally devastated........ You want to know wat the flower did?......................It invited both bees into the flower and close up its petal, and slowly let them suffocate and die a miserable death. Oh! I forgot to mention. The flower is actually an insect-eating flower. Muahahahhahaahahhahhahaha.

(Ending Number 2)
Friday, December 29, 2006

The flower stood there waiting and waiting. The flower still remembered the butterfly paying visits to the flower. The bee had always without fail been visiting the flower as well. The flower is confused. None of it make sense. At one point, the flower looked up into the sky. It saw the sun which governs the day and the moon which governs the night. After many days and nights looking at the sky, the flower was enlightened. The flower has an answer to its problem. It's neither the butterfly nor the bee. There is an even greater thing installed for the flower. As the flower continue to wait in anticipation, the flower petals start to wither. The flower was gone. However, at the end of the withered flower, a small fruit starts to grow. As the fruit grew, it knew that in it contains the seeds that will bear more fruits it can imagine.

If I had known... God's sense of humor.

黑夜的彩虹

黑夜的彩虹

Key: E
词曲： 顯杰

Verse:

冬天 雪飘落

花朵枯而掉落

黑暗 的吞没

使我不知所措

Pre-Chorus:

寻寻觅觅

没有着落

但我心中

有个希望

不停紧握

Chorus:

黑夜的彩虹

我再也不迷惘

只因祢是我

唯一的希望

赐我力量

赐我平安

赐给我自由

黑夜的彩虹

Coda:

虽然 雪飘落

但心中有一盏火

黑暗 虽吞没

但祢是我的彩虹

我唯一的希望

黑夜的彩虹

Rainbow in the darkness. No matter how dark it is, I know You are there for me and Your promise to me is faithful. It is my wish to get out of the darkness but it's just too hard, just too tired, just too scared, just too hurt. I know You are the Light that will lead me out of the darkness but as for now, one step at a time. One step at a time. Lord, give me the strength to overcome my pschological barrier, give me peace that whatever I do, I will be holy for You, give me freedom that I will not be entangle with things that draw me away from You. Lord, be my Rainbow, be the Light and hope of my life. This is my prayer!

John Paxson

1 SHOT! 3 POINTS!

END THE GAME AND SEASON!

Humor

New school semester:

At the first week:

At the second week:




Before the mid-term test:




During the mid-term test:




After the mid-term test:




Before the final exam:




Once know the final exam schedule:




7 days before final exam:




6 days before final exam:




5 days before final exam:




4 days before final exam:




3 days before final exam:




2 days before final exam:




1 day before final exam:




A night before final exam:





1 Hour before exam:




During the Final Exam:





Once walk out from the exam hall:




After the final exam, during the holiday:




This is so funneh! Found it off somebody's blog. (actually found it on this blog which belongs to this guy whose name is also xianjie) Once I saw these, I just couldn't stop laughing at it. So comical. Really thank God for humor. Humor is so important especially for me.
During the Great Depression time, humor was one of the things that keep people going on. That's how Charlie Chaplin came about. It brought joy and humor to people, helping them to forget or at least be distracted away from the sad side of life.
I guess that is a reason why I like to make a 'mockery' of myself. In itself, it's a humor but yet it is how I cover up my fears, my low-self esteem, my miseries, basically those parts of me that I never wanted to be part of me. That explains why I can act so immaturedly at many times with my self-mockery humor. Dun ask me to be more matured for maturity is not measured by what I do or say during 'peaceful' times but rather how I react sensibly and considerably during tough and difficult times.

Blink Blink!

After going to church, I left for East Point Mall to run some errand. As I was walking through East Point Mall, I had a glance of a very familiar face. Was that Evelyn Tan? Arggghhhhh! I thought so but I needed to run an errand so I couldn't go and 'stalk' her. Hahahhahaha! So after finishing my errand, I went back to East Point Mall and there she was at the foyer. Muahahaha! I walked closer to just make sure it was really her. And indeed it was her. YEah! Ok! Let me clarify. This is not some kind of lustful or fantasy hobby. It is just that I really admire her for her ability to act and yes I must say she is attractive (in a positive way).

Well! She is married to Darren Lim, also an actor. I heard a story about them lah. Not too sure how true but if it's real, I'm not surprised. Darren Lim had a hard time chasing her not because she was playing hard to catch. Rather at the initial stage, Evelyn was a Christian and Darren wasn't. So she had a reservation. Even after Darren Lim converted, it was not an easy for him as he had to 'prove' his conversion authentic. So only time will tell. So eventually, after many years, efforts paid off, both are happily married with a child. Yeah!....

Here's a makeover photo of her....

House of the LORD

On Wednesday, I went to church to play guitar for Chapel Service. During the Scripture Reading, Psalm 27 was being read. As it was being read, I remembered I wrote a song based on this chapter.
I wrote this song last year. I was in the chapel and a tune came into my head. I noted down the melody. I didn't have any inspiration on the words so I decided to take up the Bible to look for something that I could use as inspiration. And Psalm 27 spoke to me.
If the Lord is my Saviour, who should I be afraid of. If the Lord is the stronghold of my life, who can tear my life apart. As I dwell in the house of the Lord, I know I am in safe hands.

HOUSE OF THE LORD

Date: 10 Nov 2006
Composer: Xianjie

Inspiration: PSALM 27
Key: D#

Verse:
The Lord is my light and my salvation
Of whom shall I fear
The Lord is the stronghold of my life
Of whom shall I be afraid

Pre-Chorus:
When my enemies and foes attack me (they stumble and fall)
Though an army besiege me (my heart will not fear)
Though war breakout against me
Even then
Will I be confident

Chorus:
One thing I ask of the Lord
This is what I seek
To dwell in the house of the Lord
He'll keep me safe in His dwelling
O Hide me in His shelther
And set me high upon a rock
In the house of the Lord

Coda:
In the house of the Lord
In the house of the Lord
In the house of the Lord

Do not take IRON pills and ask Y!

IRONY! We or rather I watch alot of drama serials on the TV. And many a time, I will laugh off at the stupid plot and comment, "How can such thing ever happen? Too drama already lah! If really happen to someone, that someone really 'suai kia' (unlucky kid). " And many a time, I was laughing in advance at myself.
My life is too filled with drama and I don't know why. "Suai"? Nah! I dun believe in luck. Then why it happens on me? I don't have an answer. But I know the Lord teaches me through all these episodes of drama. So honored. I am the main actor of this "X.J Drama Series". Haha!

Today, once again an irony of life happen right in front of my face. I was supposed to report for my reservist. The MINDEF revocating me to a driver. When I reached the camp, I had to fill in a form. We were all told to declare any medical condition. So I thought since I was diagnosed with slight colour deficiency, I better declare just for precaution. In fact, I was quite happy I was in this course. ARMY give me free licence. Take lorh! So after filtering out the forms, the administrative officer started to call out name
The first group was those who don't have uniforms. I've no idea why they dun have uniforms. Don't tell me they assume that after ORD, they can dispose them off. So there were 2 of them. And the AO told them to go this far far away camp in the North East to buy their uniform. I nearly dropped to the floor laughing. I was speculating that in their mind they were cusing and swearing. Want to get out of course, try harder siah!
So the next group was those who had medical condition. Another classic. After gathering them, the AO told them they had to go to a very far away camp in the North (Choa Chu Kang) to see the Medical Officer. Wahahahahaha! I nearly cracked a hole in the floor. At that moment, many of them started to comment that the medical condition was history. Haha! Nice try siah! But they all still had to go. I couldn't help but to think that all these people just want to 'chao keng'.
Unexpectedly, my name was the last to be called. I wondered why! The AO asked me about my colour deficiency and I told her that I was diagnosed during my enlistment checkup. I told her shouldn't be a problem but she insisted that I go for Medical Review. This time round, I nearly drop to the floor. Wah! From the east all the way to the west. Xian 1/2! Waste my time and money. I dun mind taking this course siah! I shouldn't have bothered to declare. Thkfully a few of us shared cab.
So there were about 11 of us who went to see the MO and all of us were deemed unfit for the course. The MO even said that I shouldn't be driving at all with my colour deficiency condition. Hahha! Anybody still want to hitch a ride when I'm driving???? And I also learn one valuable lesson this afternoon. Not to be so quick at judging people. To be honest, all the rest who went to see the MO were all genuine cases.
So this prematuredly end my 1st reservist. WoohoooO! Freedom!
But Choa Chu Kang far siah! (Haha! Maybe shd have tried visiting somebody!!! ^.^")