Awed

WOW.

Tonight's worship during Battle Cry was awesome beyond words.

It was one of those few times that every hand in the room was raised, every eye closed, every soul touched beyond explanation.

For me, it was one of those few times that I truly felt I wasn't playing the keyboard with my own knowledge, or what I've learnt.

It almost felt as if my fingers were guided by an invisible hand, gliding across notes, and doing chord progressions I never knew how to do before.

Even Jo came up after the service and told me "Wow, I've never seen you play like that before".

Before the whole things, I was nervous. Olivia decided to do 2 extra songs, one of which I had never played during an actual service yet (Saviour King). But once I started playing, all fear went away. =)

There's nothing I'd rather do, than to play for Him always.


Photos up by Sunday the latest. =P

Heroes Season 2

Yay for the premiere of Heroes Season 2!!!

Hooray for the new cute guy: West (Nicholas D'Agosto) aka Claire's future boyfriend (as I hope) and the new flying man besides Nathan Petrelli.

The guy for Claire?

Spoilers here, so skip this if you haven't watched chapter 1 yet.

Peter is NOT dead! *gasp* But alas, he has no idea who he is and is chained inside a shipping container but still has his powers. And and and, he has a new haircut, bye bye fringe. For a change, his hair looks better than Nathan's this season as opposed to last season. Which is a good thing.

No sign of Sylar YET. But there's a mention about the big bad monster which is supposedly identified with the kensei sign and have eyes like those of a cat. *miao?*

My favourite scene has got to be the part when Takeshi Kensei took off his mask- lo and behold standing in front of the awestruck Hiro was a ERM blond caucasian (speaking perfect Japanese). English to be specific. *laughed til my insides hurt*

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The Battle Cry started tonight.

It's a "camp" for the teens and early twenty somethings at church, happening from tonight til Sunday. Ben Little from Hillsong is here specially for this- I have to admit, he has awesome story-telling skills (in a good way) and uses good analogies.

I wasn't supposed to play the keyboard until tomorrow and Saturday night, but somehow Jo asked me to fill in for Michelle. Last minute decisions always make me nervous, but thank goodness I knew all the songs by heart since they've been played countless times at Cityside before. Heh. We need to start singing those new songs we've been practising for so long!

Looking forward to the weekend, it's been a relatively relaxed week compared to the past few frantic weeks. The weather hasn't been that kind though, I had to wear my thickest jacket yesterday, and tonight it almost feels like its winter all over again. Spring oh spring, where are you?

Artists I adore

Less than 1 month to my second Brooke Fraser concert in 6 months!

Those that know me probably knows that I ADORE her singing/song-writing talent.

She inspires me.

Besides, how often would I be able to attend any more of her concerts once I graduate? Or what if this will be the last time Brooke will be touring nationwide since Sydney is her new home now?



Now, if only Ben Folds would wake up one day and decide to tour in NZ!

and play/sing during my 21st birthday...


... or maybe at my wedding in the far far future? Pretty please....?

Virus virus go away

Please don't let me get sick again!

I started having pre-viral infection symptoms this mornings. The slight tingling in my throat and the fever a few hours which subsided after taking 2 panadol tablets. Sigh. I had just recovered from one 2 weeks ago!

Stay away from me, rhinoviruses!

A new garden in Dunedin

Dinner last night was meant for those who've been working at the motel for quite some time, a treat from the boss.

Then when I reached Blue Sky restaurant, the place was jam packed. It's probably the first time I'd seen so many people there, and the surprising thing is that about half of them were Chinese, half were Kiwi.

Later, I found out that it was a Mooncake Festival celebration organised by the NZ Chinese Association, mainly for the "cultural specialists" who came all the way from Shanghai for 6 months to assist with completing the Dunedin Chinese garden which is going to be somewhere near the Otago Settler's museum.

They seem to be putting much effort into building the garden, if I hadn't heard wrong about 90 huge containers were imported from Shanghai, all containing the materials needed to complete it. If all goes well, it'll be completed by February 2008.

The Mayor (obviously chairman of NZCA) gave a little speech and welcomed the guests who came. Honestly, I was surprised that probably 90% of the Chinese population there last night spoke fluent English with perfect Kiwi accents, and didn't know how to speak Mandarin. Also, almost everyone knew each other, demonstrates the fact that Dunedin is a small town: the boss knew almost everyone there, including the Mayor.

Find out more about the new Chinese garden here.

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HMPHHHHH.

Bunny almost made me go bonkers trying to deny he sent me presents.

Sometimes people do get a little annoyed when all you reply is "bleh", ok?

I'm letting you off because of the presents, thanks again.