This week's manners-lesson are..

1. Don't rely on others...you have to be firm on your own ground and you ought to have manners. If no one responded you, then it's time to cut the topic or change your attitude slightly to adjust the situation. And also, I've been telling this to my brother..he can hang out with others at night, but make sure he knows his place in the crowd. :)

2. DON't COMPLAIN about the food while eating. It's a very bad habit. Especially, if you do try this and that menu but you aren't paying! Be grateful that people are generous enough to let you taste the food..And you can say you're full, but there's no need to say "I've had enough..I don't like it..it's too fullfiling and making my tummy sick.." while others are still eating and paying it at the end of the day..., it just turns off everyone's appetite , seriously. :(

3. Shortage of money: Just say it, no need to hide it. If people ask you to go for expensive dinner and you are short of money, then people would appreciate you more if you say so.. Doesn't it help a lot ?? We can think of alternatives..Coz then we can be on the same boat with you :)

4. Handling women in their PMS period (pre-menstruation): don't trigger their annoying side.

5. Good manners make good impression on you. :D


We all have disputes against family members/etc, but the least we can do is not to be stabbed in the back by friends talking about how bad our conduct is...Knowing our weaknesses and strengths, add that with good manners, we'll be just fine. :)

A Worshiper

23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. ²⁴God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."(John 4: 23-24)

Lately I've been filling in random quizzes in Facebook and there's one that I did have a go at and it was about God's gifts in you (eg. are you a worshiper / teacher etc) and mine was : a worshiper.

Then about 2 days ago I randomly opened my cute-tiny Bible just to read something.. this technique does not necessarily work all the time, but I was tired at that time and it was 4 am in the morning. So I said to God "God, look, it's not playing hide and seek with you, but I'm just very sleepy and I know any chapter I read is You talking to me this dawn."

So John 4, God was talking to a Samaritan woman, I pictured straightaway how it might had been like back then and those two verses felt like they were emboldened.

And you know what's weirder? Every time I started to read the Bible again, I always got nightmares...One of them was I somehow tried to run away from this evil-looking Chinese dude , and I didn't escape successfully then I woke up. So I didn't read the Bible the next day and I dream normally (no nightmares, just some random dream)...And I tested it again and read the Bible again, and goshh another nightmare!! I don't know about tonight, but maybe it's just ms.evil doesn't like me growing in God...

Well, I guess I have to know exactly where I'm walking on and where my destination is.

God, I'm not worth it, I have so many flaws that I don't think I can be Your worshiper in spirit and in truth...But I know You look deeper down into the purest form of heart and with what I have, with all I am, I shall worship You ... and I hope I can make You smile... that's my prayer.

Let it go

Things happened unexpectedly
Shaken by true reality
You did not plan this, seriously

Awaken from your long dream
Voices traveled fast across the stream
You did not realize this, was shrimp headed

So you ought to let it go, let it go

Till' when is your past going to conquer over your soul
Till' when are you going to roll around on the ground over foul things
Whilst the best is yet to come
Don't just sit down dreaming of Rome

Better a slap in the face than knife to your heart
Better to hurt now than hurt later
The rice is not yet a porridge
For God, it is never too late to change

So you ought to let it go, let it go

Today...

Today is a happy day...

Yesterday..

Yesterday was a happy day

full stop :)

The Man I Adore

While rowing my little boat here on the vast ocean of life,
I think I have been hearing a voice,
Voice that gradually becomes clearer and clearer as I row forward
I think I've been seeing a man in my thoughts as I row this boat alone...

He's the one who has the charm and confidence,
He's the one who has the wisdom and love,
He's the one who has the leadership qualities

I like when he acts cool
I like when he keeps me guessing
I like when he makes me feel I'm the most adorable girl he's ever met

Teasing and laughing are our daily chores
They bring warmth to our lives
Knowing when to give some private space...I respect!

I like when he shares his burden
I like when he listens to my advice
I like when he feels at-home with me in my boat

We do have differences and similarities
Some things are best to be left out at this moment
Negotiation option is always there in the corner

But ain't love about filling in the puzzle?

My boat and his boat equals to a much bigger and stronger boat
And when that happens, I shall be contented
Through trials I shall be strong
Through happiness I shall rejoice

This man I adore is someone who has...
A shoulder for me to lean on,
Hands to hold to,
and a life to share with me

Where is he now,
I don't know
But I can hear his voice
Across the ocean..and he's coming here..

The Upright Highway

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to The Upright Highway!

¹⁷ The highway of the upright avoids evil;
he who guards his way guards his life. (proverbs 16)

Well..hard it must'v been to guard our ways when we've been trying to stand strong on the forceful wind of evil things...


What happened if you knew the wind is 80km/h with heavy rain (usually!), and you're going for 120km/h....while you're also unsure on how good your driving skill is nor how good your car can take it!?!

In his heart a man plans his course,
but the LORD determines his steps. (Proverbs 16:9)

What's gonna happen if you continued to drive that night??Yet you're still a newbie :P

² All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD.

So off you drove again , on the highway again and it's a bright afternoon, you're after for some nice lunch-break when you saw a car gets broken down.

Don't you think it's amazing how such little things linked to one another? Yet people think stuffs happen because they're co-incidences.. I don't know about you, but I believe they aren't.
...

³ Commit to the LORD whatever you do,
and your plans will succeed.

and,
I'd say amen to verse 3!

You have... _ _ _ _ km to HOME .. enjoy the trip! :D


Cheers!

Bambino~

Thanks to a friend who introduced me to Japanese drama series..gosh...now I'm sort of addicted to them..

The last one which I just finished watching it titled Bambino, it's about a chef thing.. basically a 21 year old dude from Fukuoka trying to find his luck in career wise so he went to Tokyo and along the years he struggled his way in finding and achieving his true aspirations and how this actually conflicted with his relationship with his girlfriend... (more info, wikidrama can be a useful guide)

My favorite quote from that movie is:

'you have no right to talk about your dreams, if you can't deal with the things right in front of you.'

This quote was said by a senior chef whom Bambi had a 4-eyes chat with when he complained to the senior chef that he didn't come to Tokyo to be a waiter and served bread for customers. (Basically this enthusiastic naive Ban-Kun *Bambi* was really keen to be a top chef with specialty in Italian cuisine...but he had to be a waiter for a year before the owner decided to move him into the kitchen as a chef)

I was shot to the core... I have so many things right in front of me that I'm still struggling with.. My personal issues, career issues, and yet I'm such a dreamer... I wonder.. If I still dislike certain people, would that mean I'm still not able to deal with the 'things' right in front of me? I know this quote obviously means I have to concentrate on my thesis, deal with it, then I will have the right to my dreams (when putting it into Agnes Patricia monogatari at the moment).

Well, well, that quote surely has been shaping my thoughts lately.. and oh, fyi. I'm currently mind-detoxing myself.. trying to get rid all of the 'dirty' contents (noo.. i don't mean by dirty as in s*x or wahtever you might be assuming right now)...and I'm currently reflecting and comparing myself with Ban-Kun...

The most popular phrase they often put in the series was "Never Give Up."


So I shall not..and the same goes to you. :)