Ignite Camp '09

Carmel Ignite Camp '09 just ended.

It really was a good camp. Different feeling as the last. The last one was hectic yet memorable... this one was more relaxed and we had more time to just get to know each other and have fun.

I realised that we've all changed... and for the better! This is something I wanna thank God about. Underground church was a cool event. My role was extremely difficult to play and I had to think of ways to create the effect I wanted. But in the end it all went well and I think it was really something I will remember for a long time.

Anyhow, I saw something funny today.

That's all.

Just wanted to say that.

Not telling.

Just saying.

Yup. It was funny.

2012

I've just watched 2012. If you're looking for an action film, this should be a good choice for you. If you're like me - someone who lets his mind get into analysing why certain things were done in a certain manner, you'd be rather irritated during your movie.

Here are somethings that just made the movie too much of an action film and too little of a logical one.

Posters: Cars were lined up neat and nice on the freeway on both directions even though the whole road has collapsed leaving a HUGE canyon between the road and the city. With the minutes it take for all the buildings to collapse crumble and fall into the canyon, noone on the freeway actually swerved or did a U-turn trying to escape the collapse. They probably left their car and ran figuring they were faster than their vehicles.

Lead character: (out of many I'll pick one) While the roads were collapsing, he had to look for a map in a section where there were a pile of other maps and papers. And this was done in a camper van while the rest of his team waited in a plane for him to get the map. Wouldn't you just grab the whole lot (it wasn't a lot) and get onto the plane then look for it there?

Leaving an aircraft in a car: The aircraft was not yet in a landing speed when the car had to leave the plane. The car "jumped" off the plane. The plane was probably still travelling at 200mph when the car lept off the plane. Which meant that the car (facing the wrong way of the momentum) had to be travelling in reverse gear at close to 200mph for it to be safe. Nothing happened to the car. I would like to know the gear ratio of that reverse gear.

Scientist's best friend: While the whole of India was being tsunami-fied and all land communication was wiped out, his was still able to use his mobile phone to call his friend to say his last words. I want to know which telco he's using. I'm buying shares. It survives not only the financial crisis but the apocalypse.

Not a wise choice: You have the world's leaders with you on board. People with a track record of great leadership, brains and so on... With less than 15 minutes to go before the impact of the tsunami, would you open the gates allowing others on board, with the knowledge that the procedure might not be completed in 15 minutes which would then result in the wipe-out of the human race? It is better to have 50% on board than risk losing everyone. Yes, some of you may think I'm evil. But I would open the gates if in another situation, we had 30 minutes.

Still more to go... but I'm lazy to type 'em all...

Till next time...

SONY HD TVs

You know those horror movies like Saw where the bad guy appears on the screen with his image constantly grainy and flickering?

Sony HD should do an ad that spoofs this.

It should go just as the show does, just that the images are all crystal clear and there are a few endings:

1. They find out where the bad guy is situated because HD picks out his background.
2. They aren't too afraid after that and live happily ever after forgetting the entire incident.
3. They don't even pay attention to the bad guy speaking and just comment on how clear the picture is.

Ending tagline - SONY HD TVs. Makes a difference.

Thank You Lord!

Yup, big thanks to the BIG GUY...

I had an amazing night tonight. To cut the long story short, My brother and I actually got ourselves into the Paddock at the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix. I won't tell the entire story here so that people won't steal my plan and make it hard for me to do it again.

We spoke to engineers, got up close with the cars and parts, met up with most of the drivers, took pictures with them, sat around like lazy billionaires and just soaked up the atmosphere. It was truly an incredible night.

I remember praying "Lord grant us favour tonight. Incredible favour, because only You can..."

Visit to the hairdresser

Hairdresser's Assistant: "Sir, what would you like to drink?"
Me: "What do you have?"
Hairdresser's Assistant: "Tea."
Me: "Just tea?"
Hairdresser's Assistant: "Yes."
Me: "ok then."

In my mind I was already teaching him to rephrase his initial question to "Sir, would you like some tea."

I also realised that hairdressers love to talk to you while they're blow drying your hair. When it's peace and quiet with little snips of the scissors, they're usually mute. When the warm and strong air from the blow dryer is in your ear creating an internal heavy metal band, they start to speak to you ever so gently.

Hairdresser: "Ar ...th...cr...in...bat...no?
Me: "er.... ya."
Hairdresser: "Hahaha.....cot...you...tis...bel...fri..!"
Me: "er.. hahaha...ya"

I have no idea whether I have just agreed to go on a date with him or if he's telling me he cut off a large chunk of my hair by accident.

Don't waste your time.

Malaysia has announced that some of its recipes have been hijacked and is now claiming certain dishes (food) as theirs. Dishes such as Chilli Crab, Hainanese Chicken Rice and Nasi Lemak are all Malaysian dishes.

To me, this is just rather childish and they're really just targetting Singapore because many (even Malaysians) have called Singapore - "Food Haven".

To M'sian Tourism Min. Ng Yen Ye:

Hi, how are you? I just want to say that whatever you're doing won't change a thing. Italians have their Pasta, but the Japanese made it their own as well - Waraku's Japanese Pasta. And they're all available here. Tourists won't change their minds and go to Malaysia instead of Singapore because they think "Oh, wait a minute, it's Malaysia that came up with Nasi Lemak! I should travel there instead!" In my opinion, with the variety and quality of food we have here in Singapore, claiming certain recipes as yours won't really change a thing.

Please use your efforts, time and money in a more rewarding way.

That's a lot of cash for one man.

Yahoo! Singapore posted this picture of Ng Teng Fong today for an article on Singapore's wealthiest people. He happens to be ranked up there on the number 1 spot with a chunk of cash that's enough to buy 56 billion Japanese Rice Crackers worth S$1 each. Yes that's a very long way of saying he has S$56 billion.

But this picture truly shows that money is not everything. Richest man in Singapore looks to me like he's rather poor on happiness. And I checked some of his other pictures online and he seemed the same or, in some, forcing a smile.

So guys, don't let money be the goal in life. (I'm not saying that that's his goal in life)
Get something Joyful, something Eternal, something Special, something Unshakeable, something Sovereign.

Ps. I had a great birthday outing with Wendy. We tried mini-golf and it was surprisingly fun thrashing those little kids. We had a lovely dinner and the talk was just wonderful as usual. We headed to the arcade and challenged each other on the Xbox 360. We then went undercover and spied on some people (not in a bad way), then we had soya beancurd for supper and again had a nice chat. In my previous post I was wondering what good would fall into my lap... I should've noticed the geat gift that was already with me. Let the cash continue to go to people like Ng Teng Fong, let rust continue to invade the LP640 and let Robert Pattison continue with his acting... I've got Wendy.