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Hahaha... okay okay. They have no link with one another. :P

Today's quite an eventful day!

(project meeting in school)

Had a really good project meeting with one of the teams this morning - interesting topic, motivated team - the first one that kept me occupied for the whole hour and a half (well, almost)! So many ideas just popped out even in the midst of talking - am looking forward to seeing something substantial coming forth from this one. :)

(nus)

Popped by to wait for char for her lesson to end... wanted to go to the central library to do my readings and spend some time journaling... but wah. The whole atmosphere of the sea of people studying was too suppresive and depressive for me. The last time I went it was empty lor. :|

And so we went to the coffee club express near her lecture theatre... she spent some time doing her reading before going off for lecture while I plodded on with my text. Then spent some time doing today's "Experiencing God".

And there... in all caps... it says:

"GOD DOES NOT GIVE UP ON YOU."

And then I remembered what I typed just the day before... the exact same words of what He spoke through the time of worship at cellgroup.

Eyes popped out big big. Like this -> /O_O\

Then I journalled... Gave thanks for all the things that has passed this day up to that point... wrote some prayers for others (for Pa to heal this boy who's been having a prolonged cough, for Him to touch some hearts one day, giving thanks for allowing mei mei to enter the top express class in her school [woots!]...)

And then He placed a song in my heart... a chorus which I managed to complete on the bus towards Vivocity. Think I'll continue writing it in chinese instead... but if any case, I'll post the english chorus at the end of this entry - it'll kinda wrap up this post, interestingly. :)

(carl's junior)

Yay I got my very first taste of carl's junior after so long!!! Haha... wanted to have a go at it the previous week but the queue was super millipedily (self coined... just. Copyright okay.) long... it was sweet of char to suggest getting it this week. Hur hur... and so we did. I took the cheapest combo... but even then the burger was already gargantuan. :P Tasted good though - we had our dinner at the roof top garden appreciating the potted plant that was just right in front of us. Hahahahaha...

But yea. I think this will most probably be the last time I'll be having carl's junior... can't afford such a lifestyle. Wallet can't... stomach lagi can't. I think I seriously need to look into reconditioning myself to kickstart my jogging and stay at that for good. :|

(deathnote)

Originally wanted to catch it with dori but she caught the show earlier without me. :( Haha... but yeah. Thankful that char agreed to catching it though I know it's not exactly the type of movie she'll like to catch. :)

I was hoping that there'll be the scenes where Light and L meet in school without Light knowing who L was... the tennis matches and all that - but I guess there's got to be give and takes in the movie version. Haha... I used to keep up with the manga and even printed the english versions off the net... but somehow I stopped - think dori kept the chinese collection though.

It's not that I have a knack of relating the movies I watch to faith... but somehow a statement which Light made in the beginning of the movie stayed registered in my mind... that "there is a limit to the law", which was why he took on the role of "justice" and killed off the criminals with the deathnote.

And as for how the story weaves... a classic example of what happens when a human is imbued with powers that's beyond himself.

Power grows and overtakes.

And it's the world's mentality that a savior comes and wipes off evil by killing those who commit evil... not realising that there's no real benchmark to determine the level of sin that deserves death.

And less we forget... He abhors sin... and loves the sinner.

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished." - Matthew 5:17-18

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. - Romans 13:8-10

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. - 1 John 4:10

And here's the chorus that'll aptly close this entry... I hope. :)

He's Jesus Christ, God's only Son
He knew it all since time begun
The task that He was called to do
To die for me and you
He had the choice to let it pass
But He loved us very much
He endured the pain and shame that came
And on the cross He gave

The crown of thorns upon His head
The nail pierced hands, all for our sake
His very last words on the cross
was forgiveness for the loss
And on the third day He arose
The Lamb's upon His throne
And He's reaching out, inviting us
To live the life He's reconciled...