Bi3 Zi4 Duo1 - Bryan's translation for "More Than Words" which is what the audience is laughing at at the start of the video. :P
We had a combined Singaporean CNY Dinner together with a few other Singaporean associations from the area. Bryan, Daryl and I did an item in a 5-item talentime that won first place! Praise God! Check out the video for yourself. :) IMO it could've be a lot better but all things considered, it was pretty well done. And Daryl's such a huge joker - check out the ending when he makes his guitar (which he named Charis) take a bow. ;)
It was a very timely blessing too 'cos one of the prizes was this pretty nice backpack and my current backpack shows signs of spoiling soon. =) Praise God for a great performance and a great evening!
Monday, February 26, 2007
Bi3 Zi4 Duo1
Saturday, February 17, 2007
More Photos!
I mentioned in my previous post a few hours ago that it was a pretty busy week. It was also a pretty exciting week, and it started off quite fun. Last Sunday Lisa was kind enough to lend me her car in the afternoon and a bunch of us in the dorm 'kidnapped' a friend whose birthday was the next day:
That's us from the 1st car (the one I drove) with the birthday girl, Michelle, in a very colourful blindfold. :) We were at an outdoor ice-skating rink. Another friend volunteered to drive the remaining bunch of people to the rink but wasn't going to join us so I ferried two groups of people to dinner later.
Michelle was quite excited when she found out where she was.
Group photo!
We went for dinner after that in Palo Alto and I drove a bunch of people back while the rest stayed longer, bought ingredients for a surprise cake and took the shuttle bus back.
I can see why dorm life is so much better than just renting your own place. No way would we be doing these kinda things if we weren't in the dorm. :)
That's us from the 1st car (the one I drove) with the birthday girl, Michelle, in a very colourful blindfold. :) We were at an outdoor ice-skating rink. Another friend volunteered to drive the remaining bunch of people to the rink but wasn't going to join us so I ferried two groups of people to dinner later.
Michelle was quite excited when she found out where she was.
Group photo!
We went for dinner after that in Palo Alto and I drove a bunch of people back while the rest stayed longer, bought ingredients for a surprise cake and took the shuttle bus back.
I can see why dorm life is so much better than just renting your own place. No way would we be doing these kinda things if we weren't in the dorm. :)
Friday, February 16, 2007
Busy week's over!
IT'S FRIDAY!! PRAISE GOD!! :D
It's been quite a busy week. Wednesday was particularly tiring. Woke up at 5:30am to roll out the girls of my dorm - all the guys rolled them out and gave them roses for Valentine's Day and then everyone gathered in the lounge and the guys did a song for them. They were surprisingly garang about it. I left straight after that to sing with The Mendicants - we were doing performances and individual valentine's day dedications the entire day. Had a 1.5 hr nap in the morning, a lunch break and a 4 hour break in the afternoon/evening - took another nap after dinner. I did a count - we'd done about 18-19 performances and a total of 31 songs by the time we ended at 11pm. I was actually quite surprised when I added up the number...
It was fun though. Especially the individual dedications - the people we sang to were all so delighted and surprised, it was great to see their reactions. We also sang at the Facebook HQ in Palo Alto and at a few dorms.
A few photos:
That's (from left of picture) Jai, Joey and Lance - we were practicing outside the Facebook HQ before going in
Inside the Facebook HQ lounge. The chinese guy with the black jacket in the foreground is an ex-mendicant who now works at facebook. He sang the solo for Brown Eyed Girl with us - quite cool. :)
A few of us biking - our jackets tend to look like wings while we bike if we don't button them up. Picture a bunch of 12 guys all dressed like that biking together. It's quite a sight.
Another picture of our well-dressed biking gang
We also found a gigantic fruit that smelled and tasted (when we eventually opened it) like a lemon. Possibly a pomegranate too. Or a grapefruit. Whatever it was, it was huge:
And this is what it looked like when we opened it. Look how thick the skin is!
I had such a good sleep wed and thu nights, prob because I was quite physically tired after wednesday. Don't have too much work for the weekend - mainly a music theory assignment and IHUM reading.
OH! I got an A- for my first IHUM paper!! Praise The Lord!! :D Got it back on thursday. Also submitted my Econ paper for a regrade on Thursday. I hope I can get at least a couple more marks, it'll probably help my grade. :) Whatever it is, I've done what I can. So no worries. =)
It's going to be an interesting weekend. Meeting a friend of my dad's for CNY dinner tomorrow night, then on Sunday I'm going up to Christian City Church San Francisco for Pastor Phil and to visit Barnabas, a Singaporean friend who works in SF and goes to c3sf too and who tore his tendon skiing a week ago. He invited some of us over to his place to finish CNY goodies but we wanna cook for him since he's on crutches (I think). Monday is completely free besides Chi Alpha Bible Study Leaders' Meeting - I don't think I'm going skiing with Pearline. Too rushed and would be quite tiring. Then again, we'll see how it goes. :) Whatever it is, I'm DEFINITELY sleeping in tomorrow (Sat) morning. *grinz*
It's been quite a busy week. Wednesday was particularly tiring. Woke up at 5:30am to roll out the girls of my dorm - all the guys rolled them out and gave them roses for Valentine's Day and then everyone gathered in the lounge and the guys did a song for them. They were surprisingly garang about it. I left straight after that to sing with The Mendicants - we were doing performances and individual valentine's day dedications the entire day. Had a 1.5 hr nap in the morning, a lunch break and a 4 hour break in the afternoon/evening - took another nap after dinner. I did a count - we'd done about 18-19 performances and a total of 31 songs by the time we ended at 11pm. I was actually quite surprised when I added up the number...
It was fun though. Especially the individual dedications - the people we sang to were all so delighted and surprised, it was great to see their reactions. We also sang at the Facebook HQ in Palo Alto and at a few dorms.
A few photos:
That's (from left of picture) Jai, Joey and Lance - we were practicing outside the Facebook HQ before going in
Inside the Facebook HQ lounge. The chinese guy with the black jacket in the foreground is an ex-mendicant who now works at facebook. He sang the solo for Brown Eyed Girl with us - quite cool. :)
A few of us biking - our jackets tend to look like wings while we bike if we don't button them up. Picture a bunch of 12 guys all dressed like that biking together. It's quite a sight.
Another picture of our well-dressed biking gang
We also found a gigantic fruit that smelled and tasted (when we eventually opened it) like a lemon. Possibly a pomegranate too. Or a grapefruit. Whatever it was, it was huge:
And this is what it looked like when we opened it. Look how thick the skin is!
I had such a good sleep wed and thu nights, prob because I was quite physically tired after wednesday. Don't have too much work for the weekend - mainly a music theory assignment and IHUM reading.
OH! I got an A- for my first IHUM paper!! Praise The Lord!! :D Got it back on thursday. Also submitted my Econ paper for a regrade on Thursday. I hope I can get at least a couple more marks, it'll probably help my grade. :) Whatever it is, I've done what I can. So no worries. =)
It's going to be an interesting weekend. Meeting a friend of my dad's for CNY dinner tomorrow night, then on Sunday I'm going up to Christian City Church San Francisco for Pastor Phil and to visit Barnabas, a Singaporean friend who works in SF and goes to c3sf too and who tore his tendon skiing a week ago. He invited some of us over to his place to finish CNY goodies but we wanna cook for him since he's on crutches (I think). Monday is completely free besides Chi Alpha Bible Study Leaders' Meeting - I don't think I'm going skiing with Pearline. Too rushed and would be quite tiring. Then again, we'll see how it goes. :) Whatever it is, I'm DEFINITELY sleeping in tomorrow (Sat) morning. *grinz*
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Photograph!
This was taken sometime last week during a friend's performance with Taiko, a Japanese drum group on campus. The group's really good!! Very nice beats and very professionally performed.
That's Michelle in the Taiko outfit. We just celebrated her birthday today - went ice skating and then went for dinner. Lisa was very generous to lend me her car to help ferry people.
Other folks from left: Me, Ricky, Michael, Michelle, Julie, Sandra, Hong-An, Alex, Peter, and (in front) Anh on the left of the picture and Ozzie pointing at Michelle. Everyone there's from West Lag (short for Lagunita), my dorm complex. =)
It's gonna be such a tiring week with Valentine's Day on wed. But praise God for a holiday next monday. I wonder what I should do. One option is to go skiing at Lake Tahoe with Pearline. Or I could just stick around campus, relax and spend some time with God. Dunno yet. :)
That's Michelle in the Taiko outfit. We just celebrated her birthday today - went ice skating and then went for dinner. Lisa was very generous to lend me her car to help ferry people.
Other folks from left: Me, Ricky, Michael, Michelle, Julie, Sandra, Hong-An, Alex, Peter, and (in front) Anh on the left of the picture and Ozzie pointing at Michelle. Everyone there's from West Lag (short for Lagunita), my dorm complex. =)
It's gonna be such a tiring week with Valentine's Day on wed. But praise God for a holiday next monday. I wonder what I should do. One option is to go skiing at Lake Tahoe with Pearline. Or I could just stick around campus, relax and spend some time with God. Dunno yet. :)
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Disappointments
I got my Econ Mid-term back yesterday. I did much worse than I thought I would. I know that I had a firm grasp on the material and I actually found the exam relatively easy, but my final score was 29/52, including 2 marks of bonus question. Although if it was a bonus question I've no idea why they counted it into the maximum score. :P
I looked through the questions and I think I may have lost out in terms of mentioning some key terms and some analysis which could have been more details. But the marking scheme is quite confusing and I really think I deserve a higher score. I guess I also have to be more careful though. The microeconomics that we're studying now is so familiar to me that maybe sometimes I forget I need to mention basic things like 'price goes up, quantity goes down, therefore..." (sometimes I'm inclined to just go straight to the 'therefore').
Anyway I think I might try to submit it for a regrade. I've printed out the regrading request form but I haven't filled it up yet. We'll see how it goes. My current grade is a B- (which is better than I expected - I thought a 29 would get me a C) and even if they only give me 1 mark more, my grade will jump to a B.
Oh well. God's still in control. And like I said during Chi Alpha when I was leading worship, regardless of the circumstances, I will still bless the name of my God because He is still good and all is in His hands. :) Gotta get to work now - I have a music take-home midterm due on Tuesday, IHUM reading for Tuesday, an IHUM Map Quiz on Tuesday to study for and Stanford Fund letters to write. (The Stanford Fund is the fund that supports a lot of undergraduate stuff including financial aid and student groups, so every quarter the student groups help the alumni center to write thank you cards to the alumni who've donated to thank them.) Then on wednesday (Valentine's Day) the Mendicants will be singing to people who've requested songs for their special someone so I'm gonna be so tired. But next weekend is Pastor Phil at CCC San Fran AND it's a long weekend! (Monday is President's Day). Yay!
I looked through the questions and I think I may have lost out in terms of mentioning some key terms and some analysis which could have been more details. But the marking scheme is quite confusing and I really think I deserve a higher score. I guess I also have to be more careful though. The microeconomics that we're studying now is so familiar to me that maybe sometimes I forget I need to mention basic things like 'price goes up, quantity goes down, therefore..." (sometimes I'm inclined to just go straight to the 'therefore').
Anyway I think I might try to submit it for a regrade. I've printed out the regrading request form but I haven't filled it up yet. We'll see how it goes. My current grade is a B- (which is better than I expected - I thought a 29 would get me a C) and even if they only give me 1 mark more, my grade will jump to a B.
Oh well. God's still in control. And like I said during Chi Alpha when I was leading worship, regardless of the circumstances, I will still bless the name of my God because He is still good and all is in His hands. :) Gotta get to work now - I have a music take-home midterm due on Tuesday, IHUM reading for Tuesday, an IHUM Map Quiz on Tuesday to study for and Stanford Fund letters to write. (The Stanford Fund is the fund that supports a lot of undergraduate stuff including financial aid and student groups, so every quarter the student groups help the alumni center to write thank you cards to the alumni who've donated to thank them.) Then on wednesday (Valentine's Day) the Mendicants will be singing to people who've requested songs for their special someone so I'm gonna be so tired. But next weekend is Pastor Phil at CCC San Fran AND it's a long weekend! (Monday is President's Day). Yay!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Fun stuff
Done with my IHUM paper!!! well. Almost. Still have to print it out and vet it before turning it in tomorrow.
Bible study went well tonight. Feel like God is giving me more grace in terms of caring for people I don't know very well. Leading worship on wednesday, praying it goes well. I'm sure it will - All that needs to happen is for God to show up. :)
A friend (Clarissa) emailed this to me. Quite funny:
The top ten ways the Bible would be different if it were written by college/university
students.
10. Last Supper would have been eaten the next morning cold.
9. The Ten Commandments are actually only five, double-spaced, and written
in a large font.
8. New edition every two years in order to limit reselling.
7. Forbidden fruit would have been eaten because it wasn¹t cafeteria.
6. Paul's letter to the Romans becomes Paul's e-mail to abuse@romans.gov.
5. Reason Cain killed Abel: They were roommates.
4. The place where the end of the world occurs: Finals, not Armageddon.
3. Out go the mules, in come the mountain bikes.
2. Reason why Moses and followers walked in the desert for 40 years: They
didn't want to ask for directions and look like freshmen.
1. Instead of God creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh,
He would have put it off until the night before it was due and then pulled
an all-nighter.
cheers folks. Hope all's well for you. If it's not, hope it gets better.
Bible study went well tonight. Feel like God is giving me more grace in terms of caring for people I don't know very well. Leading worship on wednesday, praying it goes well. I'm sure it will - All that needs to happen is for God to show up. :)
A friend (Clarissa) emailed this to me. Quite funny:
The top ten ways the Bible would be different if it were written by college/university
students.
10. Last Supper would have been eaten the next morning cold.
9. The Ten Commandments are actually only five, double-spaced, and written
in a large font.
8. New edition every two years in order to limit reselling.
7. Forbidden fruit would have been eaten because it wasn¹t cafeteria.
6. Paul's letter to the Romans becomes Paul's e-mail to abuse@romans.gov.
5. Reason Cain killed Abel: They were roommates.
4. The place where the end of the world occurs: Finals, not Armageddon.
3. Out go the mules, in come the mountain bikes.
2. Reason why Moses and followers walked in the desert for 40 years: They
didn't want to ask for directions and look like freshmen.
1. Instead of God creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh,
He would have put it off until the night before it was due and then pulled
an all-nighter.
cheers folks. Hope all's well for you. If it's not, hope it gets better.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Glorifying God on Oprah
Check this video out! A whole bunch of celebrities were gathered at Oprah's Legends Ball honoring 25 legendary black women, and they started passing the mic around and praising God together. Glory to God man. See it for yourself!
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