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Thursday, 09 July 2009

  • Winter Camp 09

    OCF Clayton held a winter camp at the same place they did last year at Mt. Morton Lodge, in Belgrave  from the 3-5th July 2009.The theme this year was "Be ready cause we believe" taken out from 1 Peter 3:15 which calls us to be ready to stand up for our faith whenever we are asked of who Jesus is - which would of course require knowingly Him intimately.. otherwise how to stand up for someone we know little about??
    The format of this years camp was slightly different. Normally, we will only invite a single speaker for a camp. This time we had three different speakers.. even with additional personnel for workshops.

    Surprisingly, there were a few new experiences in this camp.. such as catching a parrot with my bare hands.. and burning coins at the campfire, hoping to see them melt but didn't cause the branch broke.
    The camp committee did a great job! I'm sure many were blessed by camp, not to mention the two salvations we have. Praise God! Well done Jeremy Lee (Chairperson), Suyi (Vice-chair), Sheen Li (Treasurer), Eileen (Secretary & Worship Coord), Glenda (Publicity), Eugene Tong (Programs) and Ru O (Chief Chef).




    My Winter Camp Cell Group - one of them,"GM", who was also my bunk mate who slept right below me went straight back to Singapore the next day and tested positive for swine flu. I'm sure some of us have it too as many show symptoms.. none serious.

    Campers from OCF Clayton, Caulfield and Melbourne Uni!

Tuesday, 09 June 2009

  • Demotivation

    Never before have I experience I phase like this. Even my years in HELP when I flunked an entire year did not demotivate me from completing my studies and my determination to graduate in something. I'm frustrated and bored with studying.

    So far, I've only handed up 2 out of 10 assignments on time and it's a miracle I've been getting the scores I have. I take three days to read one journal when it is ideally three journals in one day. I'm overdue for my own personal deadlines, which then spills over to other things.

    The pure truth is I'M SICK OF STUDYING. I was never an academic and I believe my strengths lay somewhere else, something I was looking forward to explore free-from the books I've only skimmed and never read..I'm amazed I've made it as far as I have with the lack of enthusiasm I have. The thought of dropping out or differing has lingered in my mind too often this semester and I could hardly blame myself. After years of telling myself "I'll put up with this till I get that cert", it becomes extremely depressing to tell that myself that a second time.

    Ironically, it's the Australian culture which has contributed to this decay. Unlike before, I don't look at circumstances such as this as a barrier. I used to live with the mentality where "you gotta do what you gotta do", "it's a privileged so few have", "it's not about me, it's about something bigger" and a the general attitude of gratitude and appreciation that life is good for whatever form it is. Now I'm just hoping things are easy, things are supposed to go my way and suffering is meant to be wrong.  Damn, I'm messed up. This is why I wanna get out of here before I become "fat" and die.

    Back to basics. I need to remember what God wants. Not only will my attitude for this will change, at the same time I'll be aware that life isn't about me (in the self centered way anyway). Self motivation is the exact thing that demotivates you, which means you gotta allow Someone who knows you best to do the motivating. The importance of a plan from the One above is always good because it is something which is real (usually not so fun and not so deceiving) and purposeful. I remember how I changed when I allowed God full control - everything matters, regardless of how good or bad they were. I want that ignorant , not so rational faith again.

Thursday, 04 June 2009

  • Dralion

    I'm not really a fan of the circus, at least till I'm dragged there. I always get the impression that entertainment such as these were meant for a time before Internet and television was invented. Anyway, I headed down for the very renown French circus Cirque du Soleil. They come by Melbourne every year and apparent annually to Singapore as well. This was one of the three troops which perform around the world. Their theme this year was entitled "Dralion". That's dragon and lion by the way.

    Live music, as good as it can be. Lord of the Ring like singing. The stunts were quite wowing as well. However, apart from the music, singing, costumes and acrobatics.. it was not as much as I expected. The storyline, if there was one, was difficult to decipher. I can't really recall much from the last circus I followed, which was the Royal London Circus back when I was in primary school apart from the animals and wire walks. Cirque du Soleil was tidier and had a classier feel to it.

    Unfortunately, no photos for video recordings were permitted. We almost got thrown out for the three shots we snapped.



    It was still a fun time. ^ ^

Friday, 15 May 2009

  • Star Trek 11

    I usually don't do reviews, but the latest Star Trek movie totally blew me away. I'm quite a trekkie, mostly focusing on series from The Next Generation, Voyager and Deep Space Nine. The 11th installment of the Star Trek movie is based on the characters from a series before those I am familiar with. Initially, I was quite grossed that they wanted to remake the original series, with a perception that the original cast - who are primary shareholders of the Star Trek franchise simply wanted a movie to reflect their long lost glory. Their shot with the latest series - Enterprise, which didn't last very long was proof of it. Anyway, the reviews on the web from CNN and Rotten Tomatoes changed my mind and boy, it was well worth it.

    This movie is not just for the fans, although being one is a great bonus. Anyone can watch it. Even if you have no clue of what Star Trek is. For fans, I'd recommend you dig up the books and revise the facts, it would be more fun to watch (e.g. Who is Kirk's dad? How did Kirk become captain? etc). For non-fans, especially those with Star Trek stigma - I brought two of my housemates, one has no clue what Star Trek is and the other hates sci-fi altogether - they both enjoyed it.

    The 11th movie is set before (or rather the day of birth of) James T. Kirk, the hero and icon of original franchise. Romulans from the future, distorts the timeline and seek to destroy the Federation (typical for everyone to destroy the most peaceful race. Why not destroy the Klingon Empire or Borg or something). The movie gives a fresh look at Star Trek, putting in more detail, relevance (in terms of technology) and pure humour. The cast selection was great! I mean, hello Sylar and Mr How to Make Friends and Alienate people!

    Warning! Spoiler
    The only regret I have from the movie was the fact that the Planet Vulcan was destroyed. Vulcan plays a huge HUGE HUGEEEE part in the Star Trek universe. I felt Spock's pain when it got sucked into the artificial black hole. Man.

     
     


    I'll give this one a full 10/10.

    They managed to give a fresh concept without distorting the essence and canon of Star Trek, realistic and quality special effects, good humour, good plot, off the scale action, good acting and fantastic selection of actors. This is a big one guys. Go watch it!


Tuesday, 12 May 2009

  • The Thing with Policy

    Gust Avrakotos: There's a little boy and on his 14th birthday he gets a horse... and everybody in the village says, "how wonderful. the boy got a horse" and the Zen master says, "we'll see." Two years later The boy falls off the horse, breaks his leg, and everyone in the village says, "how terrible." And the Zen master says, "We'll see." Then, a war breaks out and all the young men have to go off and fight... except the boy can't cause his legs all messed up. And everybody in the village says, "How wonderful."

    Charlie Wilson: Now the Zen master says, "We'll see."

    (Quote from Charlie Wilson's War)


    I have this "surprise assignment" due on Thursday. I say "surprise" cause I thought it's due next week on the 21st. Apparently, it's around 13-15th May. The three day span is due to the flexibility of the lecturer. It's a Public Policy assignment.

    The jiss about policy making is whatever actions we do, we need to take account of how it affects the future, how we are reactive towards events as they unfold and if we constantly make the right decisions at the right time. Something "right" we do now can turn into a disaster later on, and following that things could be very different once again, just as how the quote above protrays.


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