Ordinary Miracles

So you see that I've added a new tab to my entries.

Well how do I say this... I feel that it is something very practical and very, very relevant especially in today's world. Amidst all the gloom, doom and bloom, we need something that we can hold on to - something that we can look upon and it sheds light into our vision, giving hope for tomorrow.

We need something that we can look back upon and really know that God is indeed good. We need the assurance that no matter what happens, there are these little moments that we can take and draw inspiration from.

Because there comes a time when you need to stop and smell the roses. No one has ever conquered Mount Everest and not take in the view from the summit. No one has ever took to the skies without gazing out into the clouds in wonder.

Write your worries in sand; carve your blessings on stone.

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It’s not that unusual
When everything is beautiful
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sky knows when its time to snow
Don’t need to teach a seed to grow
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Life is like a gift they say
Wrapped up for you everyday
Open up and find a way
To give some of your own

Isn’t it remarkable
Like every time a rain drop falls
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Birds in winter have their fling
But always make it home by spring
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

When you wake up everyday
Please don’t throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart
Cause we’re all a part
Of the ordinary miracle
Ordinary miracle

It seems so exceptional
That things just work out after all
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Sun comes up and shines so bright
And disappears again at night
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

-Ordinary Miracle, Sarah McLachlan-

Let me tell you a story

Last Thursday I was sitting in a cab. Yes, the ones sporting the yellow "Jemput Naik" stickers. So I was sitting on the cab, trying to get back from Carrefour to HSG.

Four of us in the car, the rain drizzling outside the cab. The driver was a pretty nice guy. Loud, but nice anyway. He was cracking some jokes in BM which I didn't quite understand but ah, laugh with him anyway.

And this was the plan: we drop people off one by one, but we pay the accumulated fees only when the last person gets off, to cut cost lar. Then halfway through the journey, taxi driver suddenly said,

"You know, actually it's legal to reset the meter whenever someone gets off. It's legal, know?? I'm not cheating you! If I wanted to cheat you, I would just tell you, 'TWENTY RINGGIT!' and you'll have to pay me that much. But I don't like cheating people, so people don't cheat me also!"

And he burst out laughing again.

Well because SOMEONE *cough*Sean*cough* didn't want to pay some extra Rm5, I had to start walking from the Parkson area all the way to HSG - it was about a 30 minutes walk.

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Then so happen this girl found out that she'd left her wallet on the taxi. IC, cards, cash - all inside. All lost.

Then one day, as she said it, "An angel appeared at my front door". Because right there was taxi driver, with her wallet, delivering it right to her personally.

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An excerpt from Evan Almighty:
God: How do you change the world?
Evan: One single act of random kindness at a time.


You can be a hero. Heroes do what's right.
Jo

Nah, a long post

This is how I spent my day yesterday.

Woke up, went out for breakfast, came back, did add maths, played some games, ate dinner, did more maths, played some more games, download lotsa songs, ate some more, sleep.

Man, I love holidays.

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Oh, has anyone saw this before?



Maybe I'll join it. Maybe.


Not really a long post also,
Jo

Wanna know what's a joke?

This is.

Faust!

I'm so going to use this concept one day for writing.

Dance, dance, dance

I love the rain! =D

Raindrops keep falling on my head

2 hours ago.

I was buying food from this mamak near Saujana, and the rest of the CF people were chatting away around the table while waiting for my food to arrive.

And so I noted.

"Err... you notice that the sky is turning very dark, very quickly?"

Ah, that got their brains working. So they all ditched me and ran off in the direction of Isaac's house. I got my food, turned back to get a plastic fork, stepped out on to the road-

And the heavens opened. In a non-spiritual way.

Cut the drama, we all made it into Isaac's place, soaked and everything, and after we have eaten and had a change of clothes...

THE SKY CLEARED UP!

Not only the rain stopped, the sun started shining all so brightly as though nothing happened. We got caught in a friggin' 10 minutes-long maddening downpour, got soaked to our bones, and the sky clears up!

Whoever said God does not have a sense of humour, they were wrong.


By the way, rainwater tastes oddly like watermelon,
Jo

All For One

Earlier on Wednesday I was on my way back from Carrefour to church for BK class. BK Class starts at 1. I was outside Carrefour at 12.50. 10 minutes to cover 5 kilometers.

Not good.

So I stopped a cab.



Now on every taxi there is always this yellow sticker on the side window that says "Jemput Naik" or as a crude translation, "Welcome in".

So you'll be thinking it means "Welcome in so that I can get you where you need to be professionally, effectively, quickly and pleasantly"

WRONG.

It means "Welcome in so that you can hear me swear in six different languages at other drivers that I don't know as I pass down the road, speak in dialects you don't understand and grunt for my payment at the end of the trip"

Bah.

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Oh, and on a happier note I've just watched



Yes, I know it's one month to SPM and I really have to study and yes I know the movie was already out half a year ago, but what the heck. I have more lined up for me. HA.


Toodles,
Jo

Ennui?

This is what happens when you cross a holiday, me and photoshop.





All images were made using photoshop and photoshop alone.

I should really go back to my add maths now.

Isaiah 53:2-5

He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.

But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.

Pictures!

There, the pictures =D





Oh If you don't see the significance of the two pictures, it's that we're wearing the same colours! Black and white. Geddit? Geddit??

And yes, I have small eyes. Big deal -_-" It's probably one of the better pictures I've taken since



So don't complain.

Flip a coin

I had this brilliant idea of wishing all the PMR people out there good luck in their exams but what the heck, they're not gonna read it until probably after the exams are over.

But go for it guys =) I'm sure you'll do great!

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Oh and I suddenly have this overwhelming urge to take a trip over to London. Well I have to admit, it was only after reading Kenny Sia's blog and seeing all the nice photos from over there that I wanted to visit that part of the world.

But it looks so NICE! Soo... anyone up for a trip? =D

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And this is how a particular MSN conversation with Victor Lai went.

Jøsëph Ñg [pH]² says:
flip a coin flip a coin!
ViCt0r heRE ~Mysteries of Life~Nudge for a Sandwich. =) says:
=.= for?
ViCt0r heRE ~Mysteries of Life~Nudge for a Sandwich. =) says:
coin for?
Jøsëph Ñg [pH]² says:
designs or relations
Jøsëph Ñg [pH]² says:
XD
ViCt0r heRE ~Mysteries of Life~Nudge for a Sandwich. =) says:
You and your Harvey Dent-ness
Jøsëph Ñg [pH]² says:
welll
ViCt0r heRE ~Mysteries of Life~Nudge for a Sandwich. =) says:
admit it, Harvey Ng
Jøsëph Ñg [pH]² says:
noway
Jøsëph Ñg [pH]² says:
eh tell me what should i blog about

*Vic goes offline*

=.=

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This is what goes on in my house on Sunday night at 9.40pm.

Mom: Aik! Haven't filled car with petrol yet!
John: Supper?
Mom: Petrol.
John: Supper!
Mom: Petrol!
John: Supper!
Mom: *starts singing* Petrol!
John: *starts singing* Supper!

And they became one harmonious sound in the orchestra of petrol and supper. It sounded something like:

Supper! Petrol. Supper! Petrol. Supper! Supper! SUPPER!

Me: I'm so going to blog about this.


We should make a movie one day.
Jo

You have got to be kidding me

We need more people who can do this.

Bye bye

Rain, rain go away
Come again another day
All the world is waiting for the sun

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If you missed Dr Naomi Dowdy's conference, buy the CDs! =D Really, you'll never know when are you going to hear something that will so inspire you and change your life forever.

And more importantly, help me earn some cash lah.

Whoever said that there is no drama in church, they were wrong. Who would have thought that sticking a few stickers (if you consider 200+ few that is) could be so much fun?

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Now it's always around this time when people start announcing on their blogs that they are not going to blog until SPM is over, not going to be online until SPM is over, not going to play games until SPM is over...

Yada, yada, yada

Not me though. So I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other, eh? =P Well at least until December 29th, if you know what I mean.


Toodles,
Jo

Dum de dum

So many things to do, so little time.

Pictures. Words. Concepts. Visualizations. Characterizations. Calculations. Facts. Formulas. Theories. Notes. Keys. Pens. Ink. CDs. Stickers. Food. Plastic. Hot water. Makeup. Marker pens. Sounds. Lights. Bags. SMSes. Calls. Blankets. Sleepyhead. Pillow. Clocks.

You.

Just a few of my favourite things.

I heart Jack Neo films

So yesterday my brother brought back this VCD (shh... don't tell), telling all of us, "Very nice one!! Very funny!"



Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was on at 10pm, Batman Begins was on at 11.45pm. Choices, choices...

So in the end mom took the initiative to decide that we will all watch Money No Enough 2.

If you don't know who Jack Neo is, he is the same person who brought you



And also



I was initially quite skeptical about the film - it even has errors in its title! (Yes I know that it was intentional) And when the show started, I noticed that I couldn't understand the subtitles, PLUS they were speaking in some dialect that I don't understand.

So I went off to MSN.

And like I do to all movies I don't quite like, I only started watching it near the climax. 


"It's all about sending a message..."

Like how wikipedia says it, "...help us to reflect at our own priorities while giving us a chance to laugh at ourselves." 

If I were to come up with a list of my favourite films, all three will make it to my list - not because it has amazing action scenes or oscar-worthy actors, but because every one of his films has, in one way or another, taught me a very valuable lesson. After all, who can forget the importance of kind words after watching I Not Stupid Too?


"I'm not stupid. Really."

I love it for the same reason I love those Chinese short stories that I used to read - it can entertain you, it can make you laugh, but at the end of it all there is always a lesson to be learned.

After watching intense, thrilling, car-chasing, gun blazing, building collapsing films like The Dark Knight, it was a really, really relieving and fun film to watch.

You have just got to watch it for yourself =)


I really should be studying,
Jo

Decorum, please

I've learned a new word today!