FINALLY!

After 3 months, I finally did it!

I solved the Rubik’s Cube.

Thanks to Frindy, Verinea and Glenna for teaching me the steps.

The conclusion is: learning the Rubik’s Cube solution steps is similar to learning Add Maths. Once you know the technique, doesn’t matter what the question is, the steps are always the same.

Of course, you might have to take 3 months before you finally get it, like I did. Haha!

Beauty Will Rise

Coming back from KL, I have not actually stopped listening to Steven Curtis Chapman’s latest album:

Wonderful album, a collection of 12 songs (I’d prefer to call them psalms though) inspired by the recent death of his daughter.

Heart wrenching, yet hope giving, you cannot listen to the album and not be moved.

It certainly brought out the melancholic in me.

Love 3 songs especially in the wake of recent events:

Faithful

(Any song about God’s faithfulness gets a thumbs up from me cos it reminds me of the ending of Job chapter 1)

I am broken, I am bleeding
I’m scared and I’m confused
But You are faithful, yes, You are faithful
I am weary and believing
God please help my unbelief
Cause You are faithful, yes, You are faithful

I will proclaim it to the world
I will declare it to my heart
I will sing it when the sun is shining
I will scream it in the dark

You are faithful, You are faithful
When You give and when You take away
Even then still Your name is faithful
You are faithful
And with everything inside of me
I am choosing to believe
You are faithful

I am waiting for the rescue
That I know will surely come
Cause You are faithful, yes, You are faithful
And I’ve dropped anchor in Your promises and I am holding on
Cause You are faithful, God, You are faithful

I will proclaim it to the world
I will declare it to my heart
I’ll sing it when the sun is shining
I will scream it in the dark

You are faithful, You are faithful
When You give and when You take away
Even then still Your name is faithful
You are faithful
And with everything inside of me
I am choosing to believe
You’re faithful
So faithful

When I cannot have the answer
That I’m wanting to demand
I’ll remember You are God
And everything is in Your hands
With Your hands You put the sun and moon and stars up in the sky
For the sake of love You hung Your own son on the cross to die

And You are faithful
Yes, You are faithful
When You give, when You take away even then
Great is Your faithfulness
Great is Your faithfulness
And with everything inside of me
I am choosing to believe
You’re faithful

When You give, when You take away
Even then, still Your name is faithful
You are faithful
And with everything inside of me
I am choosing to believe

You are faithful
You are faithful

Beauty Will Rise

(I heard this song properly after reading about churches being burned, also remembering the mosques and Hindu temples in other parts of the world)

It was the day the world went wrong
I screamed til my voice was gone
And watched through the tears as everything
Came crashing down

Slowy panic turns to pain
As we awake to what remains
And sift through the ashes
That are left behind

But buried deep beneath
All our broken dreams we have this hope

Out of these ashes beauty will rise
And we will dance among the ruins
We will see it with our own eyes
Out of these ashes beauty will rise
For we know joy is coming in the morning
In the morning, beauty will rise

So take another breath for now
And let the tears come washing down
And if you can’t believe, I will believe for you

Cause I have seen the signs of spring
Just watch and see

Out of these ashes beauty will rise
And we will dance among the ruins
We will see it with our own eyes
Out of these ashes beauty will rise
For we know joy is coming in the morning
In the morning

I can hear it in the distance
And it’s not too far away
It’s the music and the laughter
Of a wedding and a feast
I can almost feel the hand of God
Reaching for my face to wipe the tears away
You say it’s time to make everything new
Make it all new

This is our hope
This is a promise
This is our hope
This is a promise

It will take our breath away
To see the beauty that’s been made
Out of the ashes, out of the ashes

It will take our breath away
To see the beauty that He’s made
Out of the ashes, out of the ashes

Out of these ashes
Beauty will rise
And we will dance among the ruins
We will see it with our own eyes
Out of this darkness
New light will shine
And we’ll know the joy that’s coming in the morning
In the morning
Beauty will rise

Oh, beauty will rise
Oh, oh, oh, beauty will rise
Oh, oh, oh, beauty will rise
Oh, oh, oh, beauty will rise

See

(On the morning I arrived back in school, I was told that my grand aunty passed away due to a stroke. This song is for her, my Kor Po, whom I always remember as the one who questions why I like to open the fridge ever so often. I will miss the way your face lights up and your eyes disappear each time you laugh with a cheeky smile on your face)

Right now all I can taste are bitter tears
And right now all I can see are clouds of sorrow
From the other side of all this pain
Is that you I hear?
Laughing loud and calling out to me?

Saying see, it’s everything you said that it would be
And even better than you would believe
And I’m counting down the days until you’re here with me
And finally you’ll see

But right now all I can say is, “Lord, how long?”
Before You come and take away this aching
This night of weeping seems to have no end
But when the morning light breaks through
We’ll open up our eyes and we will see

It’s everything He said that it would be
And even better than we would believe
And He’s counting down the days till He says, “Come with me”
And finally

He’ll wipe every tear from our eyes
And make everything new
Just like He promised

Wait and see
Just wait and see
Wait and see

And I’m counting down the days until I see
It’s everything He said that it would be
And even better than we would believe
And I’m counting down the days till He says, “Come with me”
And finally
We’ll see

Wait and see
O taste and see that the Lord is good
The Lord is good
The Lord is good
O taste and see that the Lord is good
The Lord is good

THANKS!

To everyone who made our trip in 2009 memorable, for all the friendships and bonds formed, for all the help you gave to make many things possible, for the company, for everything.

Thank you.

We are sad to leave KL so soon.

(The boys truly are sad, they’re doing their best to hide it, but you can’t miss it. They are sad…)

I am sad to leave KL again, but life must go on.

Have a good 2010.

Of KL and It’s Idiotic Drivers

It’s been a whirlwind, this holidays.

The 3 boys are really something to take care of.

My initial summary of the month of December: 4 Weddings, 3 Boys, 2 Feelings and 1 Funeral.

What a month indeed!

***

I admit.

I have a love-hate relationship with KL.

I love it when I’m not here, but I hate it when I am.

There are just too many idiotic drivers on the road these days. More than ever before, I think.

Today I saw a man deliberately ignore a no-entry sign and drove into the road, head-on towards the incoming cars.

And there was this driver in a black Proton Waja who just threw out a bunch (mind you, not one piece or two, but a WHOLE bunch) of tissues and scrap papers on the road. Come on la, the tong sampah can’t be THAT far away right?

The other day I was trying to turn out of the Gombak Petronas petrol station (the exit was big enough only for one car to pass through at a time, since there were many other cars parked AT the exit). I followed the exit which had the arrow pointing AWAY from the petrol station, and what do you know? Another car decided to come in using the EXIT way.

I tell you, KL drivers (both men AND women) are making me lose my patience, temper and hair.

So idiotic.

…

Yes, me included.

Random Thoughts on Facebook

Thought I’d just share some thoughts I posted on Facebook recently.

“It’s weird how wonderful it sometimes is when you’re able to work in peace.” (November 18th, 3.32 pm)

“It’s times like these that you cannot help but ask (again), “Will it ever be my turn?” But then again, you also cannot help but be thankful for all that you have right now. Life is still good, in spite of all the other good things that AREN’T happening to me.” (November 19th, 5.08 pm)

“When it rains, and you’re alone, it feels really good to be cooped up in the house, under a warm blanket, eating great grandma’s fried potato and eggs, sipping a nice hot cup of Milo and watching “Hannibal.” Morbid betul!” (November 20th, 12.08 pm)

“Being invited to weddings = nice. Responding to the question, “One or two?” = NOT nice. :S” (November 29th, 8.59 pm)

“(Marcus Khoo) Hates that life goes on… and it’s hard to catch up with it.” (November 30th, 12.30 am)

“Why is it that the ones you love the most always tend to be the ones who also exasperate you the most?” (Novmber 30th, 11.16 am)

Off to Genting today till Wednesday. Then, more trips around KL and weddings to attend.

Cheers.