Last wednesday, went to Manchester to watch Manchester United vs AC Milan. Just for your information, did you know that Milan is pronounced Mee-lan and not Milano because the club was formed by Englishmen? Hmm.... interesting...
Well, before the match, I was in the middle of a protest march by Man Utd fans against Glazer. Kinda cool to be walking besides the singing, marching fans. Could hear quite a number of songs, Red Army, We are the Busby Boys, You are my Solskjaer, and many more. Could have been on tv too. Heh.
Today, I sat at the Stretford End where the fans are the loudest. Honestly! The fans in my area (Tier 2) had to be asked to sit down 3 times! Plus, there was a section of the fans in the middle that stood for the entire 90 minutes. Other songs I heard there were Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gary Neville is a Red.
The match itself was pretty interesting. Man Utd could have been in the lead at half-time. In the second half, Milan defended pretty well and Man Utd seem to lack the imagination to break through the defense. It's just too bad that Carroll fail to clear the ball properly and let in that goal. Overall, it was pretty even and should have been a 0-0 draw. Oh well.
After the match, we went to see the players as they leave. Managed to get T-Ho and RVN's autographs. How cool is that? Then, we took the tram back to the train station. Unfortunately, they only had a replacement bus service at midnight. So, we ended up reaching Sheffield train station at 2 plus am. Walking back was a little harsh as it was snowing and windy at the same time. Along the way, we saw clubbers playing in the snow (with one layer of clothing on only mind you) and took some pictures of the white scenery.
The next morning, it was still snowing!! Quite nice to be walking to class in the snow. During lunchbreak, we went to St. George's churchyard to take more photos and play with the snow a little more. Even took a picture beside a snowman someone build and left there. Too bad the snow stop by evening.
Anyways, it was an enjoyable wednesday night and thursday morning and afternoon. Hope this happens again soon!
Friday 25 February 2005
Monday 21 February 2005
Focussing on the future
Tonight's Forge was excellent! Actually, Sunday was excellent! After church, came back to blog, then went to church again to help with the setup and then Forge itself!
Today, Chris talked about visualizing what we are now and then visualizing what we want to be in the future. One other important aspect is to set a time frame to achieve it or else the whole thing would fail. So, he got all of us to suggest what are characteristic we should encompass to be good Christians and then, ask us to decide which characteristics we would like to build. I have my list, and I'm gonna stick to it.
Oh, and to make the whole day especially sweet, Chelsea lost to Newcastle 1-0 plus Bridge injured, Duff, Kezman, Gallas limping and Cudicini sent off! There goes Chelsea's quadruple dreams and treble dreams too! (coz Man Utd's Treble included the FA Cup which they just crashed out of) Life is good...
Today, Chris talked about visualizing what we are now and then visualizing what we want to be in the future. One other important aspect is to set a time frame to achieve it or else the whole thing would fail. So, he got all of us to suggest what are characteristic we should encompass to be good Christians and then, ask us to decide which characteristics we would like to build. I have my list, and I'm gonna stick to it.
Oh, and to make the whole day especially sweet, Chelsea lost to Newcastle 1-0 plus Bridge injured, Duff, Kezman, Gallas limping and Cudicini sent off! There goes Chelsea's quadruple dreams and treble dreams too! (coz Man Utd's Treble included the FA Cup which they just crashed out of) Life is good...
Sunday 20 February 2005
Normalcy
Even after 2/3 days of R&R, I still woke up this morning too tired to bother going to church. Maybe it's due to me not getting enough sleep kekekeke....
But, since I woke up already, I decided to take a nice walk down. Save 70p plus get some exercise. All in all it wasn't too bad. I actually reach slightly before the tram pulled in.
Today's sermon was about living to the fullest in the present but at the same time, planning and preparing for the destiny that God has prepared for us. First off, Jeremiah 12:1 relates something very true today
Though all things are possible through Him, we must first have the right attitude to achieve that. As it was said in today's sermon, the attitude you carry now is the attitude you carry onward. If we cannot be trusted with what little we have now, there is no way God can trust us with what He has planned for us. For we would fall flat. In a way, the only thing stopping us from reaching our destiny is ourselves. We have to love the journey.
In order to do that, here are some tips in today's sermon:
1. Remember what you are living for.
We have to keep reminding ourselves that we are not here to gain worldly gains. Instead, we are living for things in Heaven. God has promise that once we start living for Him, He will bless us with all the worldly things such as wealth creation, peace, status etc.
2. Renew every area of our life.
One thing I have come to realise is there is no such thing as normal. How does one define normality? Boring? Stagnant? Life was never meant to be normal. A proverb I once read said "the only constant thing in life is change" In fact, that's a good thing! Once our lives tend to repeat themselves, we start to switch off. We settle to a routine. We effectively stop living and start just surviving. To avoid a coma-like life, we have to constantly change our environment, our thinking, our everything. Do something spontaneous every week!
3. Make a Decision, Live with Discipline and Do it.
When we make a decision to change, we must have the discipline to follow that decision. Then, we will make that change a permanent thing in our lives. Many a times, we decide to give our lives to God/follow His words/etc. only to back out later. We tend to say things like it's too hard/I'm not good at it/no time/etc. In order to fulfill our destiny, we have to start seeing this changes as steps towards the final goal and have the discipline to implement those changes.
Lastly, today's sermon talks about 2 kinds of Christian packages. There is the Safe Christian Package and the Adventure Christian Package. Safe Christian Package means Christians who go to church, worship the Lord, believe He died for us on the cross but just go back to their lives not really impacted by God. The Adventure Christian Package are those who actively seek out His words and are running towards His prophesy over their lives. They are the ones who reach out and touch the hearts of others. The choice is up to you. Personally, I would prefer Adventure.
Lastly, I would like to sum up the whole sermon with this verse:
But, since I woke up already, I decided to take a nice walk down. Save 70p plus get some exercise. All in all it wasn't too bad. I actually reach slightly before the tram pulled in.
Today's sermon was about living to the fullest in the present but at the same time, planning and preparing for the destiny that God has prepared for us. First off, Jeremiah 12:1 relates something very true today
You are always righteous, O LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I wouldGod's answer is found a few verses away in Jeremiah 12:9 -
speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why
do all the faithless live at ease?
If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can youThis basically means if we cannot be satisfied with what we have, how then can God lead us on to other, more exciting things? This is something so true in our lives. Everyone constantly thinks that their own life is hard while others seem to have it easy. We also constantly wonder why God is being so unfair; that we are not blessed as others. God is replying, be contented with what you have and do the best you can. Once you have success where you are, God will lead us on to better things. God continues to move our boundary lines. If we believe we can only influence one person and we do, God will lead us on to influencing a crowd. Once we reach that, God will then lead us to influencing a city. God IS Almighty. With Him, there is no boundary. Anything is possible with Him.
compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the
thickets by the Jordan?
Though all things are possible through Him, we must first have the right attitude to achieve that. As it was said in today's sermon, the attitude you carry now is the attitude you carry onward. If we cannot be trusted with what little we have now, there is no way God can trust us with what He has planned for us. For we would fall flat. In a way, the only thing stopping us from reaching our destiny is ourselves. We have to love the journey.
In order to do that, here are some tips in today's sermon:
1. Remember what you are living for.
We have to keep reminding ourselves that we are not here to gain worldly gains. Instead, we are living for things in Heaven. God has promise that once we start living for Him, He will bless us with all the worldly things such as wealth creation, peace, status etc.
2. Renew every area of our life.
One thing I have come to realise is there is no such thing as normal. How does one define normality? Boring? Stagnant? Life was never meant to be normal. A proverb I once read said "the only constant thing in life is change" In fact, that's a good thing! Once our lives tend to repeat themselves, we start to switch off. We settle to a routine. We effectively stop living and start just surviving. To avoid a coma-like life, we have to constantly change our environment, our thinking, our everything. Do something spontaneous every week!
3. Make a Decision, Live with Discipline and Do it.
When we make a decision to change, we must have the discipline to follow that decision. Then, we will make that change a permanent thing in our lives. Many a times, we decide to give our lives to God/follow His words/etc. only to back out later. We tend to say things like it's too hard/I'm not good at it/no time/etc. In order to fulfill our destiny, we have to start seeing this changes as steps towards the final goal and have the discipline to implement those changes.
Lastly, today's sermon talks about 2 kinds of Christian packages. There is the Safe Christian Package and the Adventure Christian Package. Safe Christian Package means Christians who go to church, worship the Lord, believe He died for us on the cross but just go back to their lives not really impacted by God. The Adventure Christian Package are those who actively seek out His words and are running towards His prophesy over their lives. They are the ones who reach out and touch the hearts of others. The choice is up to you. Personally, I would prefer Adventure.
Lastly, I would like to sum up the whole sermon with this verse:
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 - Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, butIn other words, to reach our destiny and claim the prize, we must make a firm decision, be disciplined and follow it through.
only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who
competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that
will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last for ever. Therefore I
do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the
air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to
others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Friday 18 February 2005
CNY week
aka, Project week. Probably one of my busiest weeks. Everyday, I was working on my project in the morning and in the afternoon. In the evening, eat out or special dinner.
The itineray:
Monday= Pizza Volante (Halifax)
Tuesday= Noodle Inn (Portland)
Wednesday= Steamboat in Portland
Thursday= Leftovers from steamboat
Friday= Shoutlouder (not really dinner but still out)
Saturday= Dinner with Kam, Hamimah and Shu En
Wahh... sleeping late, waking up early... I still feel lethargic. But, it was a very good week. My project made quite a lot of progress and that's gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood....
The itineray:
Monday= Pizza Volante (Halifax)
Tuesday= Noodle Inn (Portland)
Wednesday= Steamboat in Portland
Thursday= Leftovers from steamboat
Friday= Shoutlouder (not really dinner but still out)
Saturday= Dinner with Kam, Hamimah and Shu En
Wahh... sleeping late, waking up early... I still feel lethargic. But, it was a very good week. My project made quite a lot of progress and that's gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood....
Monday 14 February 2005
Kitchen cleaning
where are all the dishes?
I see a counter!!
Sometime around the 27th of January, smack in the middle of my exam week, everyone of us living in Apartment 1 till June decided to clean up the kitchen and living room. In fact, the only reason we got soooo motivated to do this was due to a complain from our landlord. Guess he felt our pigsty kitchen wasn't gonna get new tenants for him. ^_^
Actually, you can really say the kitchen was messy. There was garbage bags cluttered, food all over the counters and crockery everywhere (except in the cupboards where they belong). Cleaning it turned out to be quite a mammoth task. We hauled at least 3 big black garbage bags away. The counter you see above was invisible before we rearrange the stuff there. Our stove changed colour from brown to silver (almost!). Plus, we manage to get some extra floor space!
Actually, I'm still in awe of the transformation. Can't believe it actually still looks quite clean today compared to 3 weeks ago. *grins*
Friends who blog
I did not plan on blogging this late nor did I plan to stay up reading my friends' (and other people's) blogs but somehow it happened. For those who worry whether I will suffer for this, rest assure I won't because, I now have a 3-day weekend! Yes folks, I have NO (let me repeat that, NO) classes on Monday! *dances like a monkey*
Okay, back to the point. After reading through the blogs, some things became pretty clear. First of all, of all the blogs I read, the author/authoress is either already overseas, back home or going overseas. The first 2 usually just blog about daily events while those who fall in the 3rd category (the few who do) are busy counting down the days till their departure. This makes some depressing reading though. No offense, just sounds to me like they emigrating or something. Oh well, parting is such sweet sorrow. Anyway, to them, I wish you all the best in Australia for I know you all will do well.
Second of all, I actually read some blogs of people who I only know by name (ie. friends' friends' blog). I just somehow find it interesting. Don't ask me why though, I am not sure myself. @.@
Due to that, I have change my blog link on the sidebar to list almost all the blogs I read. If anyone doesn't want their link there, please email me at ydj.adrian@gmail.com and i will remove the link. Cheers, people.
The last thing I notice was that I quite some traffic lately due to a couple of posts. First of all, when I change my blog name to Eagle's Wings. And now (in fact, more due to this), my post listing Randy Orton's entrance theme song. Guess if no one comes to my blog anymore, I'll still get Randy Orton fans coming in. Heh.
Right, before I go off and catch some zzz's, I would just like to say sorry for the lack of posts lately. The truth is, I just got a little lazy and a little too busy with exams, projects and CNY. Look out for my post on kitchen cleaning and my CNY week! Until then, jumpa lagi!
Okay, back to the point. After reading through the blogs, some things became pretty clear. First of all, of all the blogs I read, the author/authoress is either already overseas, back home or going overseas. The first 2 usually just blog about daily events while those who fall in the 3rd category (the few who do) are busy counting down the days till their departure. This makes some depressing reading though. No offense, just sounds to me like they emigrating or something. Oh well, parting is such sweet sorrow. Anyway, to them, I wish you all the best in Australia for I know you all will do well.
Second of all, I actually read some blogs of people who I only know by name (ie. friends' friends' blog). I just somehow find it interesting. Don't ask me why though, I am not sure myself. @.@
Due to that, I have change my blog link on the sidebar to list almost all the blogs I read. If anyone doesn't want their link there, please email me at ydj.adrian@gmail.com and i will remove the link. Cheers, people.
The last thing I notice was that I quite some traffic lately due to a couple of posts. First of all, when I change my blog name to Eagle's Wings. And now (in fact, more due to this), my post listing Randy Orton's entrance theme song. Guess if no one comes to my blog anymore, I'll still get Randy Orton fans coming in. Heh.
Right, before I go off and catch some zzz's, I would just like to say sorry for the lack of posts lately. The truth is, I just got a little lazy and a little too busy with exams, projects and CNY. Look out for my post on kitchen cleaning and my CNY week! Until then, jumpa lagi!
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