Someday..

It's been a while since I've blogged (quite a cliche term when you think about it, eh?).

But yeah, I've been blogging on the First Year Uni of Melbourne website and just been busy with uni and really couldn't be bothered maintaining two blogs at once.

But I can't really vent this anywhere else.

I just woke up and for some reason went to the Hillsong United I Heart Revolution website, which led me to the I Heart Revolution Myspace. Then I watched one of their songs done on the I Heart tour, 'Take It All'. It's here if you haven't seen it:

All I wanted to say was that hearing a song (and strange thing is I've listened to this and others like this many times) from thousands of people in a completely different language, moves me on an entirely new level. I believe music is so powerful, it has the power to cross political barriers, cultural barriers, language barriers and reveal a heart of worship and praise that is far bigger and more thriving than the belittled image in our minds.

We sometimes pray (rather habitually) about how 'We're worshipping with millions of other people all around the world', but for me, it takes this sort of thing to realise only a glimpse of how awesome it is to be worshipping with the global church.

If you're feeling a little bit insignificant, stressed, broken, annoyed, disappointed here's a verse.

2 Corinthians 1:3-9

The God of All Comfort

 ³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,⁴who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. ⁵For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. ⁶If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. ⁷And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

The story behind this verse is quite cool, and motivates me today. In a nutshell, I was going through probably the most emotional and dramatic time of my life (as of yet). To get away from the people and life in Melbourne, I went to Crossway's youth, Deeper (now Surge) camp. There was 5 days of getting away and meeting completely new people and just being able to relax. The final night (as in most cases) is usually the biggest and most pumped up. This camp was no different, but I wasn't as into the crying and insaneness as I would usually be. But during the worship, not a climatic bit but just a soft bit, in my head was the most vivid image. It was just a white background and 2 Corinthians 1:3. Clear as day and it wouldn't go away. (lyrical miracle) So later that night I checked it and it happened to be all about comfort - something that I was really searching for at that time.

And I can't deny that it was His doing, because I've never read that verse in my entire life. I wasn't looking to God for comfort at the time, I was looking to new friends and time away from my normal life for comfort. It brought me back to not what I needed, but Who. 

So yeah, thats it. Oh and if you don't mind, comment or tagboard something! Bloggers actually enjoy knowing that someone reads their ramble, no matter if its 2 years after writing their speel.

Season Two Episode Eight

Of Friends...

What a great series! Finally got down to getting it off Jon and sitting down to watch it.

Also been watching "Chuck" as well - pretty sweet series as well.

I was reminded (geekily enough) of how much technology must have advanced since well.. the start of Friends.

Chandler starts off opening this block of a laptop and says:

"12 megabytes of ram,

500 megabyte hard drive

built in spreadsheet capabilities

and a modem that transmits at over 28,000 bps (bits per second = 3.4 kb/s)"

Standard cheap computers these days dwarf that, heck this laptop has 2gb of ram (2000 megabytes), and a 120 gb hard drive (120,000 megabytes).

Okay, enough geek schpeel (is that how you spell it?)

Yes my holidays have also been full of Alex-y goodness.

There, happy? 

Should have a great time tomorrow, more computer gazing, bumming and lazing.

Lyrical miracle.

Phenomenal abdominal.

Cracking rap King.

Okay they're deteriorating in quality, I'll stop now.

Peace on Earth and Good Will to All.

Long times.

Dunno what that title means.

LONG TIME NO SPEAK! 

I thought I'd just share some photographic love, yet again, of recent happenings!

Oh, I did get back from Singapore. Yay.

Been having a ball in Melbourne (and going to Melbourne Uni, doing commerce! woot.)

GOODBYE. HELLO. FAREWELL.

GOODBYE 2008.

HELLO 2009.

FAREWELL Australia, for I shall be leaving to Singapore in 8 or so hours.

It IS 3am in the morning and YES I do have to awaken at 7, but I've been uploading photos of recent shananigans regarding Jon's 18th + New Years at his place and, it has been a rather fun experience seeing how the night progressed.

For the full albums do visit le facebook - here are some tasters.

Hope you had a great Christmas and New Years! 

May 2009 rock extraordinarily obscene amounts so that you enjoy a radically revolutionary year of life that has many ups and downs, hopefully more ups, that will change and mature you and make you overall a better person.

FAREWELL! May possibly blog whilst overseas. Possibly. Not like anyone reads this anyway.

*glares*

-spash

Almost new years!

Almost new years.

Just a little piccy i forgot to put up last time =P

CHRISTMAS.

It has been a while since I've blogged! What has happened throughout December? Let's see..

Yeah, surprised Michael for his 18th (super belated.)

Pete survived 2 seconds of the beer bong.

Christmas Dessert Banquet - the most cake I've seen in my life.

The night, all set up.

Slogging my ass off at this joint.

Dancing and acting with friends and kiddies for the Banquet.

"Money makes the world go round" 

So it's been an exciting month to say the least, on top of going out and meeting the friends - soaking up a little sun just today (realising the ghostliness of my complexion) ..

With uni prefs locked in, Boxing Day shopping tomorrow, New Years at Jon's and Singapore just around the corner - this holidays has been the best of my life so far, and there's more to come! 

Cha-ch-ch-CHA

I am reminded of two things in the subsequent photo:

1) of the great beauty we can find in nature

2) of the quality that a point-and-shoot camera can give. I've been using my SLR so much, i've forgotten that you don't need always to twiddle with dials and modes to get a nice shot.

Which kinda is speaking to me now. It was really easy to whip out my small camera, snap this and keep walking. Yet if I had my SLR, I would have had to stop, twiddle with this, take a shot, possibly twiddle again and possibly take another.

Its the same with our lives - sometimes the simpler option is more rewarding than taking the bigger, bulkier, more impressive, more twiddly (thats my word for today) option. 

We might twiddle around so much, that we'll miss an opportunity, or miss the whole point of something, or miss something important. 

Sometimes its best to just leave the complications, mess and baggage of life and just take things as they came, snap it, and keep walking. 

Let it die, and get out of my mind

We don't see eye to eye 

Or hear ear to ear 

Don't you wish that we could forget that kiss 

And see this for what it is 

That we're not in love 

The saddest part of a broken heart 

Isn't the ending so much as the start 

It was hard to tell just how I felt 

To not recognize myself 

I started to fade away 

And after all it won't take long to fall in love 

Now I know what I don't want 

I learned that with you

Let It Die - Feist

Charles Lim, you have done an incredible cover of this song. Well done to you and the band.

I cannot sleeeep so I am mucking around on Aftereffects CS4 (oh yes, yes it is CS4).

BTW if anyone has 1.3gb spare download capacity I have a requestttt please do tell.

BRUNCH AT MY HOUSE 16 or 17th OF DECEMBER .

Winners announced when i'm bothered.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year - is OUT on the 4rh!