my art.

i draw very good pictures. in my head. i have all these beautiful pictureque scenes in my head and i'm convinced it will come out beautifully on paper but....it doesn't. i think i have relatively weak(bad!) spatial-temporal reasoning. its even difficult to draw a proper cube! my trees come out bigger than the houses, the flowers are gargantuan compared to the pet dog, my car looks like a cardboard cutting and the portrait of james brooke, rajah of sarawak came out all misshapen. resigned to the fact i can't draw for nuts even though i like drawing. unnggh. i can, however, draw alot of picasso-like meaningless art.

i still think i can paint though. =D we'll see this summer hols. get out the brushes and colours!

alone at last! apartment all mine, solely mine! whoopdeedoo!
freedom! shimmy shimmy.
housemates......gone for hols. =D

the weekend

Blessed resurrection weekend! ah did i have a good time or what.
spent the weekend in jane austen country in a big rustic house with good food and good company.
waking up to lush green meadows, wooden stiles and the smell of bacon and eggs.
sleeping by the fire on a saturday afternoon while it snows.
walking to lunch in freaky weather that changes from snow to sunny bright weather in less than 5 mins.
sitting by the fireplace listening to stories being told by a proper storyteller and not those sien-looking kindy teachers back home.
being overawed by Hillsongs in london.
eating authentic chinese food for a change.
and finally rotting in front of the telly for 5hours straight.
did i mention the scrumpdiddlylicious food as well?
i've been well pampered. oh yes.

the blue sunset

oh night, night so blue. i think i've found the most perfect colour blue i've seen so far.

note the deeper shades of prussian blue diffusing in around the sides of the picture.
Lovely wednesday night, night so blue.

Psalm 100

Psalm 100
1. Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth
2. Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before Him with joyful songs.
3. Know that the Lord is GOD.
It is He who made us( and not we ourselves), and we are His
we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
4. Enter His gates with thanksgiving
and His courts with praise;
give thanks to Him and praise His name.
5. For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations.

We are like royal diadems in His hand. Rejoice!

3 glorious weeks of holidays!! whoopdeedoo! Halfway through first year already. Goodness, time does whizz by.

Psalm 45

i love Psalm 45. Especially the first verse. the headings say, to the tune of "Lilies". Of the Sons of Korah. A wedding song.

1. My heart is stirred by a noble theme

as I recite my verses for the king,

my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

2. You are the most excellent of men

and your lips have been anointed with grace

since God has blessed you forever.

3. Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one

clothe yourself with splendour and majesty.

It speaks of King David's marriage preparations to a princess from Tyre. Read on and there's the princess' preparation. Gowns woven with gold, embroidered garments. Beautiful, no? In my opinion, this was probably a very popular, topping the charts tune back in that era. =D You got the ephod-wearing levites toe-tapping, swaying to this song. There is a song based on this psalm by Greg Silverman titled 'Noble Theme'. Ah, lovely lovelies.

judgement time!

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/11/nation/20080311085456&sec=nation

Psalm 75

1. We give thanks to You, O God,
we give thanks for Your Name is near,
men tell of Your wonderful deeds.
2. You say, "I choose the appointed time,
it is I who judge uprightly.
3. When the earth and all its people quake,
it is I who hold its pillars firm. Selah
4. To the arrogant I say, 'Boast no more',
and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horns',
do not speak with outstretched neck.
6. No one from the east or the west
can exalt a man.
7. But it is God who judges,
He brings one down, He exalts another.
8. In the hand of the Lord is a cup
full of foaming wine mixed with spices
He pours it out and all the wicked of the earth
drink it down to its very dregs.
9. As for me, I will declare this forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10. I will cut of the horns of all the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

*God judges the wicked. He will not let the wicked prevail. =D These are exciting times indeed.

*title similar to last post* =D

i am doing the happy jig, throwing confetti around & cracking open champagne.
i bless Adonai for all the prayers He has graciously answered.
i give Him glory for granting many penangites their most gloriously peaceful and ecstatic sleep they've ever had for years.
i dearly wish i was back in penang amidst the crazy excitement.
anyway, at least i get to keep track of live updates via http://malaysiakini.x10hosting.com/.
5 states already! HaTov Shimcha! For Your name is the Beneficient One.
victory dance!

ps. hardly any studying done today. tsk. never mind, allow for these wonderful distractions.

change! change! everything must change

Like a caterpillar, i'm waiting to emerge from the cocoon of darkness and cold.

Like the cicada, i yearn to break free from the damp, gloomy ground to fly around in golden sunshine.

Oh spring, whereth thou? Winter hangs over me like a persistent cold. It is already March. Hasten, o spring!

sounds

its the familiar sounds that make you feel at home. I don't necessarily miss "home" or penang much, just those seemingly inconsequential noises that you hear everyday. i miss the roti man clanging away on his bell, the beeping of the truck carrying veggies into the house nearby or even the mat rempits racing up and down the street. heh.

i bet i'll miss some familiar sounds here when i go back for the summer holidays. like the daily emptying of beer bottles into the rubbish truck at the nearby pub, or the drunken screams of retards outside the pub. yep i'll miss that ALOT.