HAPPY BURFDAY RACHEL AND JO-L!!
rachel can't get married buuuut.. JOEL CAN!! Whoohooo~!

Was chilling with my dad the other day. Ya-noe, breakin' it down with ma' homie-yo~ *ahem* Anyway, so we were around Bukit Beruang area and lo-and-behold, we stumbled upon a beautiful lake with lots and lots of furry bunnies, ponies, unicorns and happy people!

Okay, I kinda made a mountain out of a molehill. Thank you Ms Word for the giving the synonymous word for 'exaggerate' - we're all learning everyday *cheerful smile that you see on kids TV program*. Back to the lake, so it was overlooking Melaka Mall and so I took the opportunity and shot a few pics.




Wha? Who would wanna take pics of bunnies, ponies and unicorns anyway? Weird.

Anyway~ The exam fever has reached level critical amongst MMU students and even the CFers are affected by it. People infected have poured out so much on their studies that they are left with zero brain usage for normal lives. Communication with infected people seemed almost impossible. The Broca's area; a specific part of the brain that is involved in language processing, speech production, and comprehension seemed to be not functioning. Motor functions are also impaired, such as the subject below;








Kudos to whoever who took that pic (can't really remember but best bet being Joash). My dear Joash, good things comes to those who wait. *smiles*

Since it's the exam season, the greatest ally to any coffee-drinking students would be, well, coffee. As such, it's sure a great thing to my daily coffee throughout the whole day. Having a dad in such a business sure has its perks and it is one helluva perk. heh~




I shall end this post now and get back to photoshopping joash's pic over some hot babe studying.. yea~ But before I take my leave, here's a lil' something for you guys out there who enjoys the TV series House as much as my family and I do. Beware of the fever~







Heh~ Good nite peeps and study smart!

p.s. avoid attempts to play fast electric guitar solos with an acoustic guitar

It's the last CF for the semester. Girls were sobbing and hugging, while the guys bid their farewells justly with a firm handshake just like real men. Unfortunately this is MMUcf and in MMUcf, we do things differently! In MMUcf, the girls will be sobbish and huggish, while the guys will just shake hands. Yea.. different..




Mark shared today. He pulled-off quite an interesting activity to bring his message across. He did confessed later that the ending would be better if Joash managed to bring Zijian but.. if I were to choose, I'd rather not have Joash touch Zijian. What poor soul would be left at the hands of Joash.. Now keeping promise not to put Joash's pic on blog for another post so I'll just put this up instead;




You can stop smiling now, Wayne. It's good to have friends whom are studying law. Never know when you will need their help to settle some legal issues or when you wanna sue corporate companies like TMnut or the government. Yea~ In fact, it'll be even better if each of them would to specialize in different law-related stuff; one for family, another for suing, etc. Question: Is it possible to sue a company like TMnut for below specified bandwidth access to the internet?




You can stop smiling now, Vain. Anyway, back to CF topic and stuff. Mark talked about reaching out to our friends whom are close to us. Made me think back about my good ol' high school friends and the guilt that I carry with me. Though it may or may not be true; due to how I screwed up my life in high school, my character and all, I sometimes feel that I will never be able to bring them to Christ. Even thinking of that makes me.. really sad. Though I didn't light any candles in CF.. I'll light a candle for them at home. I miss them.




My current standings towards people whom are close to me; Alpha, Beta, Gamma - cannot have relationships. Delta, Epsilon, Extension - find one before it's too late. Hmmm~ Looks reasonable don'cha think? To them Delta++ students, get your relationships right now at here. Pictures of girls taken and photoshopped with permission.. I think. Access to addresses and contacts will have a small fee of RM50, depending on the stock market value of girls. Order now!




Kk. The last pic was kinda awkward, and I'll take that as my cue to sleep now. Good nite peeps and have a great exam week.

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Great? Yea right~

Recently, I've been going out quite a lot with a particularly person. Quiet, but known and revered by many as the Anime Queen of MMUcf. Check her credentials and you'll find her to be some top-ranking officer in Emina, MMU's anime club. So yea, I've been trying to bribe her for her animes treating her nicely because she's my CG member.. yea - nothing more than that, really~ *whistles~*




Another trivial note about her, check out her mp3 player and you can find rare oldies such as Doremon theme song, Dragonballz theme song ('z' on purpose), and many more! I think she has Spider Pig too..




Recently, there was a scheduled top-secret meeting at an undisclosed classified location near Bukit Beruang's University Green, Jason Leong's apartment. Contents of the meeting have yet to be declassified and the only a few key names who attended were mentioned by the vigilant. They were coded: LC-LC-JL-JL-JL-Andrew Ming Teck Liu. Information may be inaccurate but it's highly plausible that it may be a fake to lead the vigilant journalist off their tracks. More on that later.




It was not explicitly mentioned what was being discussed but it was stated to be of severe implications of a dire problem that if left unsolved will veer to consequences of catastrophic proportions, ie, 1986 Chernobyl, 200X Black Mesa, 2007 ZX's toilet, ???? division by zero, etc.




Handling, tackling the issues at hand with an open, critical thinking mind was prioritized with the utmost importance - second to hygiene and coffee.. that's unless the coffee is free and it comes from Starbucks. Have you Starred your Bucks yet? *koff*




Snippets from chat-files (altered to be bias towards me.. heh~)

Shin Dee: apek liu..
Andrew Liu: stop calling me apek liu
Shin Dee: cannot
Andrew Liu: y?
Shin Dee: i know u're not
Shin Dee: but u're thinking like an apek
Andrew Liu: where gottt
Andrew Liu: tell me when i got think like apek???
Shin Dee: all the time...
Andrew Liu: example..
Shin Dee: how can got example when it's all the time?
Andrew Liu: im falsely accused
Shin Dee: nope, u're not
Shin Dee: u dunwan to admit nia
Andrew Liu: but u cant provide the example or evidence to show, much less prove that im apek
Andrew Liu: there under the falacies of ur statement, logically, im not apek
Andrew Liu: defining under the relative speculations of an individual cant be matched according to reality at hand
Shin Dee: ?????




Something was different about today's service. More like, something was back to normal. I know this despite feeling tired and exhausted, I'm filled, full, fat, etc. An anonymous pastor once told me that Christians shouldn't always be looking dull, un-energetic, and down. We have the Living Hope, so yea, think; JOY! JOY! JOY!




Despite being unable to come up with all the solutions to all the problems, we knew what we should do - must do. We are humanity's only hope and so when asked, "Where are you going, Master Chiefs?",

"Sir, finishing this fight"








=ENDS=

Ainnie-way (not related to Cosway or Amway), been telling people about a cute pic about Mario and Yoshi, Mario's gay pet dino. So here it is - enjoy peeps and good nite! hehe~

Another crazy week for me - well, almost all my weeks are crazy anyways so I guess that don't really matter. Looking forward for a time off actually. A time off with good friends in a relaxing weekend holiday. Sagil waterfall anybody? It's close to free. heh~




Though short, it was a very refreshing time at my grandma's place at Asahan last Sunday. We gave her our family portrait that she may remember us and look forward for us to come again. Me love my grandma a lot. She strong woman.




Sometimes I wonder if being too understanding is okay. I guess it is as long as we are accepting of people's flaws and we try to make each other better persons. To care, to encourage and to show the love of Christ as how it should be. Need more compassion people! More compassion! hahaha~ Sorry.






Hmmmm~ For an amateur photographer, me feels my skills are getting better. Using mah trusty W810i. Me like phone a lot!! It does things mah that old phone can't do just as how Debbie can bend in places where.. okay, I shall stop right there. heh~ Time for some lepak sessions!!










Listening to Lifehouse songs now. Can't help but find there music style a lil' similar to Jars of Clay. Hook on First Time now despite how tak kena the lyrics of the song means to me right now - I just like the music. Okay, maybe some of the lyrics too, all except the love, love, love part. I've got no love.. sad~






I have been doing some thinking and now, I'm having doubts of buying the new axe. I only have less than 2 years left in this university and when I graduate, I'll be too busy working my butts off over a bad pay:work ratio, getting caught in the rat race that I so despise, trying to get by in life.. or is there something I'm not seeing, something I'm missing?




Of all that he spoke that night, I guess the one that caught my attention the most was when he said that we should learn to balance the songs in praise and worship - of how we should balance singing of our response to God and at the same time praising God's character. Instantaneously, my mind was flooded with familiar songs that had both inside and how they'd fit so perfectly in..




I shall keep the other pic i took of them in my private collection *winks*. hahaha~ A note to self and well, to any other people who read this. Infasha is getting way over-priced. I mean RM4 for a nasi goreng pattaya? It's outrageous!! IT'S OVER NINE-THOUSAAAAAAND!! *sigh* Where's justice these days eh? I'd rather go to Saravanan any day; quick service, good food. There - good enough reasons.






Pulled an all-night'er to finish up my project over at my friend's place on Wednesday. The last time I did something like this was during my FYP in diploma except this time, I didn't get to eat any early morning dim sum because SOMEBODY was sleeping. As I worked through the night, the sound of my friends chatting and laughing fell silent and I knew, I was all alone..




I haven't slept for more than 24 hours. Mom was advising me not to go for CG tonight. I guess she doesn't know how seriously I take my duty. I had to go. KK was bring DD and HY was bringing her roommate Jochebed. Before leaving the house, I took a cold shower, drank a cup load of coffee and pumped myself as much energy as I could. It was the last CG for the semester and I want everybody to have as much fun as possible. I hope they did. hehe~ I love my CG members.

It's been far too long. There's much that I've kept walled-up in my heart, in my soul.

I went home. It was refreshing though the time spent there was short.

So I'm gonna bother flooding this post with words.

Instead.. I'm gonna flood it with pictures!! hahahhha~




































It was refreshing and it was good to see my grandma again.
Thanks God. Nites peeps~

I woke up to the smell of cold asphalt on the burning road to a level 9 mysterious stranger. Immediately I checked for my wallet, coat, and my trusty badge. The night danced like a damsel in dim-lit, broken-backed ballet class. Reached my revolver; I've got 5 shots and a bourbon. All loaded - it's gonna be a fun night..




The evidence left at the crime scene looked like a wedding rehearsal gone wrong. With the fresh scent of blood mixed with pasta, the murder, another Italian meal. I took out my sixty eight and began scribbling down whatever evidence I could look for. The now newly-widowed ex-bridge was shaking like a the salsa dance I saw in a cheap TV program. Then I caught it..




Like a kid caught red-handed with the cookie jar, her face flushed as red as her dress. She was about to confess but she started sobbing. I took a light, waiting for her to chill off. There's something strange about the beauty of the night during a murder; a sleeping hallow of black and white with only the visible color red - blood red. I looked over the evidence..




The evidence points its cold-dead finger at the few suspects that we found. Unfortunately for the groom, smartly dressed for a dead guy, all of them had an sweet alibi and they singing it to the tunes of a Fallout original. "They don't want to set the world on fire"? The thought of it cracks me up. I did what I could to break 'em with every rule on the book..





Finally, they smiled at me. Something was not right. I must've missed something along the way; a clue, a description. Something important was missing that would fit the puzzle better than an old collection of PG165s or that 10th Anniversary magazine I found on my desk this afternoon. The only male suspect, reached into his coat. I loaded my 12 gauge boom-stick. He pulls out a folded note and his head was still intact - I released the pressure from my trigger finger. Slowly, he unfolded the note and it said..



CG was fun! Nite guys! heh~

Choices. Definition of choices. Identity of choices. Challenges of choices. Reasons for choices. Purpose of choices. Consequences of choices.




*flashback*




Gloria is getting better these days. Obedient and smarter in fact. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to train her to stop jumping up on her two legs because when she does that, it dirties my shirt. Been playing with her more often too. Now all I need is someone who's willing to bathe her during the weekends.. hmmmm~




IEUMUEsomething-something had a BBQ party on Monday night, right after my 30 minutes of hell paper. Yeap~ There's nothing like stuffing yourself silly after being severely depressed by a tough paper. At least it's a better solution than jumping off the 8th floor of my room into the 10th floor of my bed. An interesting thing I noticed; girl-engine students were more hardworking than them men. Men - shallow.






Dad brought home a Golden Retriever puppy on Sunday night. The first thought that came to my mind was mom, dog meat, and machap. Then dad said that the lil puppy, Gus, will be staying here temporary and his real owner will be picking him up on Tuesday. So Gloria had a new friend to play with.. for two days only. She was whining earlier when I came back from CF. Awwwww..~




Just as I was getting ready to head to YAC, as usual, I'll stop by my fridge to grab some coffee. As I closed the fridge, 3 lil fridge magnet that has been there for ages caught my attention. I remembered the reason dad to put it there and I remember its purpose and impact. The little reminders that helps us stay focus.




Today's CF was rather special as it was the 6th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Rather than go all out emo, the team of guys who went for the Youth Pastor School, Julain, Joel, Jingles and Jai planned for the nights activities. We played a game whereby the rules are simple; 'gain as many points as possible' but as we're all well aware, simplicity comes with a catch.




I guess it'll too long for me to explain the whole thing and what happened, etc etc. So I'll just try to sum it up into a few lines in this lil' blog. What's the point of a person/group gaining at the cost of another to lose? What drives people to make the choices to gain as much for themselves? Greed? Insecurity? Fear? Where's the spirit of unity, of placing others before oneself? In the end, if we, as one body, work together, we will save lives.




Be sensitive and be caring. Learn to love people.
Nites~

In the past one month, I've been interacting more with people than ever before.. Yay!! In fact, ever since I applied membership to the two most super-exclusive cult club, Deric My Best Friend and Mark My Best Friend, life has been ever exciting! Apa kata Mawi? World!




My granddaughter, [girl in pic], has been very supportive to me. Me lurva her alottah. Very useful and kind, unlike the ones out there in the market. Belongs in kitchen with apron. Makes good coffee and knows how to serve with respect. Doesn't accept cash. First time she belanja me was a couple of days back. Retails for USD$39.95 - Get yours now!




Just kidding about me granddaughter. She retails for USD$14.50 is not for sale - sorry. Me feels a painful pinch coming soon. hahaha~ Okay, I'm talking nuts here. Ignore for three.. two.. one.. ignore complete. Me like deb a lot. Won't sell her for any price.. *ahem*




Despite the usual low attendance, last week, Catalyst CG reached a record-breaking attendance of 8 people! EIGHT! You know, DVD8! Whoohooo~ Guest star appearance includes the lovely Hui Yin and the cute Shin Dee. Our priority is to celebrate Kay Lyn's belated birthday, so we got a slice of Choc Cheese cake from Secret R, and had dinner in Kenny Rogers - first time I've EVER paid for a meal in Kenny Rogers. gosh~ Went to play some pool later. It fun night.




Friday rains hinder me from going out in the afternoon. Missed my morning class too due to a medical condition called Sleeperus Calltous - deadly I tell ya, deadly. It's another one of those blessing-in-disguise I guess. Got to spend a good time with Gloria. She's growing fast, though I wish the conditions for her upbringing would be in a better location, no malays, big fields, etc.




Practice was.. well, it could've been much better. I guess it serves to show two important points. One, we should stick to what we do best and improve in it. Two, if all the greatest musicians (guitarist, bassist, drummer, pianist, etc) would get together and just play, their music would not be great - sensitivity, simplicity, understanding give-and-take are much more important than raw skills. We're not a rock band, we're a Worship Team. Know the difference.






Been very busy of late too. Hardly had time to come home at night. Parents are a understanding bunch - me lurvah them alottah. Dad has been especially supportive of the idea of me getting a new guitar. He knows me been buying my own gear and he's gonna sponsor me cash to buy my future(?) new wife!! YATTAAA~




Thinking of how to work out The Pledge (coming to you this Tuesday). Together with Jou Chean, in her room, doing stuff.. *koff* and more importantly, working on the theme song to make it sound better. Done with the recording and hopefully, it's the final cut. The ideas sounds cool. Hopefully it'll materialize into something cooler. Get ready for this Christmas; a Christmas thingie: the invisible cloak. God's wings and His hands holds all - His covering is perfect.






Shin Dee is a very special girl. No, not the ones that you find in mental institutions nor the one I see in the mirror everyday. She's my niece you see. How did that connection happened? I'm not entirely sure, but all I know is that she calls me uncle, which, in at certain point is not good. *sigh* Sandra calls me uncle too.




This girl here, gave me a White Birthday. Wikipedia has nothing on it because it's something she made up herself. World! What's more special about her, is that she gave me something I've never had before. Despite me being me, extrovert, loud, unassumingly annoying, occasionally funny, having many(subjective) friends, I've never really celebrated a birthday before, well, not like what she did for me. So yea, that makes her special.




Thanks to all those who came and were involve in it too. Rest assured i'll get all of you soon, I had fun. Thanks Shin D, Kay L, Ana-C, Becca L, Sully V, Eli Beng, and Jingles. You are all a great blessing to me.

Nites peeps~

Dear Thelma,
      I think my wife is cheating on me. I'm a working musician and travel a lot, and recently strange things have been happening when I get home. Her mobile phone rings and she steps outside to answer it or she says, I'll call you back later. Sometimes she goes out with friends but comes home late, getting dropped off around the corner. I once picked up the extension while she was on the phone and she got very angry.

      A friend of mine plays the guitar in a band. He told me that my wife and some guy have been to his gigs. He wanted to borrow my guitar amp. That's when I got the idea to find out for myself what was really happening. I said that he could use my amp but I want to hide behind it at the gig and see if she comes into the venue and who she comes in with. He agreed.

      Saturday night came and I slipped behind my half-stack to get a good view. I could feel the heat from the back of the amp. Crouching down behind my Marshall, I noticed one of the power stage valves wasn't glowing as brightly as the others. Is this something I can fix myself, or do I need to take it to a technician?

Very concerned,
Malacca

Ah yes.. after a long lecture, here's the second and final part of it. Get ready.



*takes pen out*


*gets ready to write*






Relationships isn't like a level 9 Here and Now perk from Fallout 2 (though many a times we wish it is). In fact, it takes time to build on it. In the words of a famous person I once met in the mirror;




"Relationship is a journey of discovery; discovering who your partner is, and most importantly discovering who you are in the eyes of your partner and God".

Deep.. He must be one really smart guy.

Anyway, I found this little treasure while cleaning up the house yesterday.




Ahhhh... good ol' days.

Today's CF was a special meeting with hidden objectives of propaganda'ish purposes to brainwash them unsuspecting CF'ers. In views of a humble vaudevillian veteran, who is a victim, moved by the vicissitudes of fate. To hear the vox populi that vivifies verily left me in vanity's vast verbiage. But I've been most verbose, you may call me Vandrew. Dig it.














I guess through what I've been through things are just gonna get more challenging for me. If there's one thing that is most important in a relationship, in marriage, is understanding. My numero uno rule in any argument or issue; there is always two sides on a coin - check the flip side. Good luck in all your relationships, married or otherwise, and may you know how to separate fact from falsehood, truth from fiction and needs from wants. heh~




Good nite peeps~

Hold on to your seats peeps. This is gonna be a looong, naggy and draggy one.




Relationships should never be rushed into nor should it be given little thoughts on questions such as compatibility, purpose, needs, directions and of course, the will of God. Age and time should be taken into consideration as well.




One can associate relationships to food. By ordering different types of meals, separated from the normal convenience of the menu whereas still bounded by the limitations of choices and barriers of language, seamlessly acknowledged to be known and understood but lacking, one concludes that this whole paragraph does not make any sense at all. Hence. One can't associate relationships to food. heh~




When getting into a relationship, marriage should always come into mind. For what reasons or motive is there to start a relationship with no directions? If you aren't gonna last for marriage, why start? Such crude questions that people so often avoid are in fact, the most important of them all.



Personally, for me, I confess, I'm struggling now. As I've said; relationships are a tricky business and I'm barely holding on to anything right now, afraid to start anew, afraid of what my family would think. Whether can I afford it right now? Or thinking whether she's the right one for me. So I hope that you all will be praying for me that God will provide me with all the necessary things I need for this (future?) relationship to work out. Thanks.. so I want you all to meet...



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hahahahha~

What? Thinking something else? heh~
Nite peeps~ hahahaha~

I have not been feeling too well since Tuesday night. I was gonna type out some corny line involving Jou Chean but I guess I'll spare her.. this time. Thanks to those who showed concern and even more thanks to those who prayed for me - prayer roxxors. Despite the cough and phlegm, I'm feeling better now. Thanks again.




Though it was raining and though I was still sick and the temptation to just call one of my CG members and ask them to take charge while I rest was great, I felt the need to do my duty as a CG Leader - I can't let my beloved CG members down. We went to a new place I discovered called Biz Lounge and Thursdays is ladies night aka all drinks cost RM1 (applicable to male wearing mini-skirts).




The price is slightly just a little bit expensive for cafe' style food but almost everything about this place shouts an ambiance of coolness. Go to the top floor and enjoy chilling on couches. Unfortunately, when we went there, all the couches were already reserved. Yeap, reserved! My dear sister did warn me about that before. Guess she's right. heh~




Nonetheless it was easier to eat our food while sitting on rather comfortable chairs than on the couches so I guess it was a blessing in disguise. We ordered our foods and drinks and dug into the word of God; James to be precise. To sum it up, 'Genuine faith produces good works/deeds'. So if ya all have a true faith, ya should be doing good works. Simple, sweet and of course nice~






Another thing I find funny in a Biz Lounge. I needed to go to the loo for some small business and as I was.. uh, undergoing the business, I felt rather uneasy, as if there's someone watching me on the right. I tilt my head slightly to have a glimpse and I saw another person's feet right next to me! Freak!




It's as if people would wanna know how they look like when they're constipating. High chances of looking like Leonidas (see .gif pic above). But I mean, seriously, come on mann. I tried sitting on the toilet as if I was doing some big business and felt giler uneasy knowing I can see myself on the left. Even the most vain dude/dudette would feel it I tell ya.

All in all, it was a fun spending quality time with my CG members, reading and learning from the bible. Heh, it's ALWAYS fun.






Nite peeps~