Of Evening Past

an evening past,
of grains of sand,
and warmth.

an evening past,
of smiles
and lives entwined.

an evening past,
of glowing waters
'neath the bright moonlight.

an evening past,
of comfort,
and time stood still.

an evening past,
what's left of prints
in long forgotten sands.

an evening past,
will I ever be back again.

Clash of the Titans

Tuesday, 21st November 2007 is the day I will never forget.

Went to Stadium Malawati at about 5.30pm to watch the exhibition match. Well, we went there early hoping to get a glimpse of Nadal and Gasquet but sadly they arrived earlier than we did or they managed to sneak in unnoticed.

Managed to get the RM83 seat because everyone only knows who Federer is and not Nadal or Gasquet because.... the stadium was not packed while the Clash of the Times match has been booked for the past couple of months.

Well, THANK GOD. We managed to get GOOD seats (like I said the stadium was not packed.. haha) and we sat right at the front (RM300+ seat by the way) and guess what? We got the seat RIGHT at the entrance of the VIP lounge where they held the players!! yup! We saw Nadal and Gasquet up close coming in and out.

Nadal gave us a thumbs up when he saw our banner. Should have seen Jo's proud and beaming face. :)

The stadium's not bad actually but it's was slightly old.


that's me holding the banner, courtesy of my friend Joel (his artistic creativity), which means "Come on, Rafa"



Finally, we gave up waiting at the VIP entrance and went in. AND THANK GOD!! Got to see Nadal warming up. It was gooodd!!




Before the game, there was some cultural show and performance by some Malaysian boy band (i forgot the name), anyway, if you've watched it on tv you'd probably know and seen our banner.



thats Nadal





The match was a best of 3 sets.
It was a tight match between them, and Nadal showed off his skill in mastering the court, and yes, Nadal won.

There was a slight bump during the game however, the place where we sat was the best and then came a drunkard.
Let me show you his face:



a drunk. looked right into the camera because we shooed him(well I didn't dare do it but Jo did :)




This exhibition match was a way to show the world what Malaysia is, it is to promote Malaysia on its 50th year of independence.
The match was broadcasted to 50 different countries!!

In the midst of the last set, Mr. Drunkard starting yelling and shouting obsenities to the players, who came here to Malaysia to play a role in celebrating our independence, and disrupting the game.
WORST OF ALL, all this was broadcasted to 50 countries!

MOST WORST OF ALL, that drunkard was shouting there for nearly 45 minutes before he was taken off by the police.

The audience who sat near him informed the securities (and mind you, there were alot of security personels around) and they did nothing! They just let him be.

He was popping beers and yelling. Finally, we couldn't take it anymore and told the police. The police also took their time in chasing him off.

Note to you security workers and police officers out there. Do please perform your job titles.
It is very embarassing for us Malaysians to present this kind of view of Malaysia to the outside world and what more during our 50th independence where it marks a civilization that is united,prosperous and advance - not acts of barbaric-ness.

Once he was taken off, the whole stadium bursted into boo-s. Good for you Malaysians! But the players might think we are boo-ing them.

Well, despite the disruption, it was a really good match. Manage to see Nadal's acts of idiosyncrasies. ;) (those who watch his games will know what it is)


Gasquet



Nadal

Meeting The Top Tennis Players in the World....

I didn't really post quite a good story on how I met them..

Well, let me begin from the first day. Monday the 19th 2007

We took the train plus a 15 minutes walk to Ritz Carlton.

It was the official hotel for the exhibition match between Nadal, Gasquet, Federer and Sampras.

For those of you who don't know who they are, Rafael Nadal is a Spaniard world number 2 tennis player while Richard Gasquet is a French and the world number 8.
Roger Federer is (if you still don't know who he is) the world Swiss number 1 tennis player while Pete Sampras is the former world number 1 hence the exhibition game between Nadal and Gasquet is called the "clash of the titans" and the match between Federer and Sampras - "clash of the times".

Well, we manage to meet up with them but it was like those scenes you see on the E! channel... "swoosh swoosh... third car! Third car!!" and everything was over in a blink of an eye. Felt like some paparazzi. Though it was really a LOONG wait, it was worth it.

Well, we manage to catch the last monorail but not the lrt so we had to take the cab, and here's a piece of advice for those who intend to go to the heart of Kuala Lumpur by train and also intend to stay there, oh let say, till VERY late... DON'T. or at least don't miss the last train because it will cause your wallet to burn.




me waiting...

not much photo to post up for the first day.. well for one thing, the camera, the adrenalines were all running.. haha..

waiting..

I went and did the most craziest/dunno-what-to-call-it-also thing I've ever done:

I waited for 6 and a half hours in Ritz Carlton Hotel for Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet.

First they said they're coming at 5pm. So went there bout 4.30pm then they said flight was delayed, and they'll arrive about 7pm. Then they said Nadal and Gasquet are having dinner with the Timbalan Perdana Menteri- Will arive at 9pm. Then, they said they're at Sungei Besi tol at 10.30pm. Managed to see them only at 11.15pm.

Gosh!! That was a long wait!!! Couldn't believe I waited so long for a tennis World #2 player Rafael Nadal and worls #8 player Richard Gasquet.

Should have just gone to KLIA and met up with them (ARGHH!!!)
They reached the hotel, they avoided the cameras. But managed to get a good view of them though the camera wasn't that fast. (will post up pictures later).

Oh by the way.. did I mention that I got Nadal's and Gasquet's signature's on my shirt?!!

will post that up too.. so wait for it.

Is it a good fit?

i welcome me back...

Finally, the wait has ended- the wait for internet connectivity.

Its exam month, and much has happened. Not such of a significant event of that of a date but definitely change. A shift of wind, in degrees unknown.
Treading water is an art. One can perform it or not. It is skill, it is knowing abilities and limits.
Losing control or so it seems has never been comfortable, and it is harder and harder to know what is ahead, to prepare, to know beforehand.
Is the control being taken away due to the inability to take back control or is it a Creator saying "I demand of you allegiance and obedience rather than mere acceptance and belief."

The deal has been struck and it is time to honour it. Being still has never been any part of human nature except of when they are at prowl for a victim, for malice, work or play.
But stillness is necessary to see the things around you and take it in perspective. To be able to hear the stil small voice of God speaking in your spirit.
There are many things to thank God for- testimonies of His saints, His providence, His presence where He was and will be. Him in before and the after.

what will happen next, only God knows.. But He foresees the choice in liberty we make, which leads us in paths of the narrow or wide.

I don't worry over the future,
For I know what Jesus said;
And today I'll walk beside Him,
For He knows what is ahead.

2 Corinthians 1:17-22

Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans like a worldly man, ready to say Yes and No at once? As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we preached among you, Silva'nus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No; but in Him it is always Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him. That is why we utter the Amen through Him, to the glory of God. But it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us; He has put His seal upon us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

2 Corinthians 1:17-22

too much toleration...

Everyone’s friend but not anyone’s friend.

In and out of the realm called living, seems like a maze of jigsaw puzzles yet to be put in place. Like jigsaws they fall apart almost instantly. When they fall in place, not the whole picture can be seen. After all, not everyone look at a picture the same way.
Something simple and brief can be almost beautiful, enjoyed, thankful, cherished.
Sometimes it comes in the most unexpected way.

Living a life day by day is almost impossible. Everyone wants a decision to be made- almost instantaneously. But what about living as the Lord wills? To do things as the Lord wills?

Does it matter if none share this belief- these convictions?

Must there be tolerance just because there are different convictions of how one should live their life?

Tolerance, there should be none.

Out of the night that dazzles me,
Bright as the sun from pole to pole,
I thank the God I know to be
For Christ the conqueror of my soul.

Since His the sway of circumstance,
I would not wince nor cry aloud.
Under that rule which men call chance
My head with joy is humbly bowed.

Beyond this place of sin and tears
That life with Him! And His the aid,
Despite the menace of the years,
Keeps, and shall keep me, unafraid.

I have no fear, though strait the gate,
He cleared from punishment the scroll.
Christ is the Master of my fate,
Christ is the Captain of my soul.

My Captain

Dorothea Day

Missing

was missing for the last few days and will be missing for a week or two more due to the lack of internet in the new place I'm in.



so there will be no activity in the mean time.


I'll leave you with this for now:





http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/posters.htm

As with the news of Harry Potter being the new evangelistic tool, whats next?
Leprechauns, unicorns and the like should be reclaimed back for Christ?

or SHOULD WE NOT?

Shouldn't people's salvation be of the conviction of sin?

How would we then convince men that the Word of God is inspired God himself and not cooked-up by the Apostles, if we continue to use fantasies and myths and relating it to Christ?

The Truth of the Gospel will then just be made as a joke, a fallacy.
Are fairy tales needed to use to share Christ with others?

'...that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.'
1 Thessalonians 2:13

Isn't the power of the Word enough?

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrew 4:12

Perhaps, the contemporary churches now are so powerful and modern that the Word of God is useless, that the power of the Word or God is not working in these age and time.

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:18

Or is it your preference, tradition or culture that is more important than God?

'So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God. You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'

Matt 15:6


I guess in this age of sin, men should not live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'
Matt 4:4


2 Timothy 2:8-9

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered.

Thoughtful Tag

Was tagged by Joel... made me think a lot..

Seven things to be done before my death.
1. Just doing what the Lord wants me to do
2. completely submissive (to God, authority...)
3. Get married (I'm a girl la..)
4. Share the Truth
5. watch the aurora borealis
6. hopefully to see all the seeds of salvation planted, bear fruit.
7. taste all the sauces and soups in the world (haha.. just love 'em)

Seven things I will NOT do even if it kills me.
1. Convert
2. Be ungrateful
3. submit to doctrines of demons (feng shui, horoscope..)
4. not sharing Christ
5. be boxed in a mindset
6. to be unteachable
7. conform

Seven things I do when I'm away from the public.
1. re-vision
2. Talk to God
3. arrange and rearranging stuff
4. looking at things most people miss out on (can do that for hours..)
5. play the guitar
6. exploring the in and outs of a camera (i can do that for hours too..)
7. rethinking

Seven fav sentences/quotes.
1. ......
2. hmmmm....
3. oh...
4. cacat..
5. okay....
6. mmmm...
7. hahaha..

Seven favourite songs from all time
1. Born Again
2. What am I
3. Amazing Grace
4. Just as I am
5. When It’s All Been Said And Done – Don Moen
6. He'll take care of the rest
7. Hey there Delilah (ya i know... sigh...)

Seven things I'll make you wish you didn't do if you did.
1. betray me
2. think FOR me
3. be unthankful
4. making any situation worst than it is
5. putting blame when the blame should be placed on you
6. giving seriously unnecessary burden
7. Be seriously (and i do mean seriously) inconsiderate


Seven people to tag.
1. Jules
2. Sue
3. I
4. don't know
5. many
6. blogging
7. frens

waterway..

The course of life had just presented another path in the paved road. It feels as though huge torrents of water just forces its way through paving the road that all debris will have to go and no life or anchor to hold on to. Where does the path end?

Is this another unfolding of the carpet?

Sometimes life goes so slow but hits like a truck when unexpected things happen.

“argh…!”

Aflame

I recently read a book by E.M Bounds and its just fantastic the way he describes the little details Christians should have. In one chapter he talked about having the desire for God,

The desire for God that stays far behind the devil and the world at the beginning of the day will never catch up.
It is the overwhelming desire which stirs and breaks all self-indulgent chains that does so.

Holiness energizing the soul - the whole man aflame with love, with desire for more faith, more prayer, more zeal, more consecration - that is the secret of power.

I don't mean to say that having an overwhelming desire for anything must bring an overpowering sense of change or a show of physical appearances; such as the way we act or speak. But I do know that if we are passionate about something, we do tend to show a degree of desire or passion no matter how little that degree is.
The more you talk about a matter close to your heart, the more effort or passion or desire will be placed in it, and it will definitely not be hidden.

away...

away with the mindless beats,

away with the inexpressable fears,

away with the thoughts that yearns,
away, away..

away away..

let me be..

to yearn and not fall,

to dream and not dwell,

to speak and not lie,

to be the same even as the heart dies...

Introduction

American Heritage Dictionary
n.

Clay

1. 1. A fine-grained, firm earthy material that is plastic when wet and hardens when heated, consisting primarily of hydrated silicates of aluminum and widely used in making bricks, tiles, and pottery.
   2. A hardening or nonhardening material having a consistency similar to clay and used for modeling.
2. Geology A sedimentary material with grains smaller than 0.002 millimeters in diameter.
3. Moist sticky earth; mud.
4. The human body as opposed to the spirit.