"but you passed up a day late, that's 50% off your marks."
"good job, very well done."
"tell me honestly, don't lie to me, Su Han. Did you plagiarize?"
"well, you're almost there... but not there."
"i enjoyed your presentation much."
"shit happens, Su Han, i cant help you there."

Well, this is worth blogging..
i was explaining (for the 1,000,000Th time) how i got the name "Hansel"
when i decided to check the Etymology (study of the origin of words) of the name and
this is what i got:

"HANSEL was not found in this database." (behindthenames.com)
ouch... having a non-existent name?

but interest driven me searched till i found this off thinkbabynames.com:

The boy's name Hansel \ha(n)-sel\ is a variant of Hans (Scandinavian, German, Danish) and John (Hebrew), and the meaning of Hansel is "the Lord is gracious".
The baby name Hansel sounds like Hanzel and Hansl. Other similar baby names are Hanyel, Haniel, Hansen and Mansel. (Mansel..!?)
Hansel is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).

The Lord is gracious...

oh, it actually ain't all that special...
i share the meaning with John, Jane, Evan, Shavonne, Janet, Yann etc...

But what does this prove? Lol..
God has been VERY Gracious...

btw, anyone heard of Ralph Mactell's "Streets of London"?

The Hunt For Gollum

hey,
found this trailer..

If your LOTR-clueless, its just before the FOTR began but after The Hobbit.
Its how Aragorn,

"the Heir of Isildur; the “greatest huntsman and traveller in Middle Earth” (1,2... 3! *roll eyes..) as he sets out to find the creature Gollum. The creature must be found to discover the truth about the Ring, and to protect the future Ringbearer." (bookcentral.com)


Id say its a little wierd that the characters look so much alike, but unlike the big screen ones..
And 1:31 is the cliche-est..
But a good attempt for fans..

Aragorn looks abit Judas Iscariot-ish to me, or like beggars or thiefs..
which tends to come across as unprofessional (for rangers..)

But hey, its just a home movie.. (and its LOTR!)

Releasing 3rd May.

point-and-shoot / When I hold the release

Courtesy of...

i always visit this page, i really do..
and i just keep wondering..
"will this blog ever be updated?" its then that it hits..
I'm suppose to update it..

isn't it much like life?
where its you re responsibilities that you run away from?
when you have time, you dont spend it doing what you have to?
what you should?
from a Christian perspective, i mean...
look, no criticism, just conviction..
God gave us a sword to fight with, and all other means necessary..
skills, money, talents, all other means...
then what are we waiting for? all hell to break loose?
and we keep praying
revival, Lord, revival..
and we expect someone else to do it..

hey,
have you ever looked at someone wearing contact lens before?
i don't know why, but its so interesting...
and i don't mean the awkwardness of an Asian with blue eyes,
but yeah, that IS awkward.. who're you trying to kid?
i cant seem to take my eyes off the eyes of anyone with contacts, its like there's this depth inside that's infinite, and I'm trying to find its end..
NO, its not a turn on, haha.. and its not an obsession and i wont pull someones face to mine just for the sake of eye contact..
its just really nice to look at..

i got this new camera..
no its not a DSLR, wish it was..
its just a point and shoot.. but its still fun..
i had to buy it.. for my com tech assignments..
it didn't cost anywhere near a dslr.. but its still a bomb to me.. yeah, despite cny..
sacrifice..

you know, brown has a thing for me..
no kidding.. i don't know why either.. every time i get something.. its brown..
I'm not that choosy with colours..
fact is, i don't care much about them.. well, unless its something really weird like pink, or purple..
i go more for the quality of what i buy.. and the price, of course..
and its somehow always brown..
my wallet, hand phone..
and now, my camera.. haha..
yeah..

speaking of my com tech assignments,
i think these white lecturers really have a thing against us Asians..
how can you have so much assignments on CNY?
as a matter of fact.. how can you have ANY assignments on cny?
but what they give is what we do..

"yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why its called the 'present'."

well, in short...
i have no idea what to publish on my blog..
so i got everything I'm thinking of..
but hey, its a post right?

i think ive got a tag by someone im suppose to do..
but i forgot about it..
maybe ill find it..
or just continue forgetting about it..

now I'm thinking of what you're thinking..

A Lil Reminder That...

.. God loves even the least of these..

No, i dont intend to insult..
Rangers had a council fire and sam and i planned it.. it went well..
we dressed up and decorated.. with welcome gifts and torches and props and all..

and i told my story.. of red sloppity lips and long green fingers.. yeah..

im reminded that youre not suppose to smile just because youre serving.. its the serving that makes you smile..

no pics

.. I didnt get here by my own strength..

..neither am i gona run solely on it.

Council of Achievement..
got my GMA, finally......

yes, im trying my bestest best not to brag here..
But i sincerely thank God for this.. for sending the people he sent, for saying the words he did, when i needed it..

im nothing but for the work of God in my life.. work(-still)-in-progress..

.. Gods still always here, you just need to look close enough..

you need to need him bad enough..

This Is Now

youth camp this year was in a nutshell.. refreshing..
not up to par as compared to previous years, bluntly.. but certainly much needed..
i dont mean to complaint.. committee did brilliantly.. and exhaustively too..

did you see a new generation rising? it is hope rekindled..

oh and i got to be first aid..
wohoo..

personally.. theres only one thing i needed most at this time..
and thats direction.. and i found it, God, vaguely.. but its there..

its just college, i guess.. it rips you apart..
Like two sides of a cut, pulled apart instead of pressured to stop the blood..

.. God works in funny ways..

Daniel Angs farewell.
seein all those alpha kids (i know i shouldnt be calling you that, young adults..) watching the movie together, being noisy and messy and wacky and all that..

which makes you think of how their gona be as leaders..
which makes you think of how that noisiness and wackyness.. pause, i think the right word is MTB-ism.. can be used to 'impact our generation'
which spins that doubt all the way around into excitement to what God's promises hold..

the noisy bald guy is finally gone..
lol.. just kidding..

.. the Greeks miss out one more kind of love..

for mountains..
well, theres phileo, storge, eros and agape.. for parents, friends, lovers, and love unconditional respectively.. but none for things or arts..

but i guess its under agape.. unconditional of WHAT you love.. lol.. dont listen to me..

Spent Christmas in Cameron Highlands.. and climbed Gunung Brinchang with my cousins.. and caroling.. and we ate and ate and ate.. haha.. i need to lose weight now.. new years resolution.. definitely..

met new people too.. like um.. Kum Loong, and Reitter and Steffi, and Chris Cooper, and Brian and Ryan, i reckon i got half the names wrong..

and bumped into old faces.. haha.. stereostatic wayne, and joyce and jacqueline whom i nvr knew were cousins.. fancy that..

.. i have a blog, and it needs updating..

and will be updated.. soon..

oh yeah.. got my results back...

and i wana thank God for it.. (which is kinda ironic coz its all the way down here..)

i passed all my subjects.. haha.. Whoo..

well.. its 2a's and a.. yeah, pass..

(no prize for guessin which subject..)

amen!!

i look to the hills, where does my help come from?..

God, grant me the grace to except the things i cant change
and the balls to change what i can..

i hate the rain..
just hate it..
i got drenched getting in the bus..
and just when i thought i was dry and safe,
i got wet getting out..
cant the bus driver stop at the shelter?

woke up late somemore..

but most of my work is done, thank you God..
exams in 2 weeks.. and NO study break..

..my help comes from the Lord, creator of heaven and earth.."

of a birthday..

SUNDAY:

Me and Kah Leong, (or preferably known as "Phillip"):

Hey, Jims birthday on tuesday.. right? want to do something?
Like what?

We buy him lots and lots of coke..

Or we do belanja dinner at chillies la..

or both?

LOL.. cutting the long story short..
my idea didn't materialize..

neither did his.. well, it did partially..
It ended VERY Royal Rangers like..

So, where to eat la?
(Ngeow) Somewhere with free-flow of coke..?

Chillies?

Mc-D la..

Know what we did?

we all ordered medium and gave him a large..

Yes, that IS a candle..

And just because it was his birthday we all ordered what he did..

Sam, what cake is Tim buying?

duno..

wait, it better not be Chocolate Indulgence or Chocolate Banana.. sick of it already la..

Chocolate Banana

Jim & Jamie..

Cake cutting..

Jamie & Jim listening to Tims story bout..

haha.. something laa..

The Lams..

Tim & SamSoong

Happy Birthday, Cmdr..

from your 'Ranger boys'..