Professor Keating in Dead Poet's Society

"And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for."

Singapore Day 2009

"Take my hand
And lead me to salvation
Take my love
For love is everlasting
And remember
The truth that once was spoken
To love another person
Is to see the face of God."
VALJEAN, FANTINE, EPONINE
Les Miserables

Les Miserables - I Dreamed a Dream

There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame

He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came

And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

"Trust in the Lord and do good; so you will live in the land, and enjoy security. Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him."
Psalm 37:3-5, 7a

"We live for the beautiful moments in between."

"Our children are colour blind, shouldn't we keep them that way?"

My society says that possessions bring happiness.
By faith I believe that generosity is of more value than accumulating things.
The world tells me I need to lookout for myself.
My faith tells me I can trust God with my future.
People all around me speak and live as though "what you see if what you get".
But I want to believe there is much, much more to life than what can be seen and measured.

Rainer Maria Rilke

"I would like to beg of you, dear friend, as well as I can, to have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign langugae. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them...At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, even without noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day."

There is an absolute joy when you meet another christian, especially in the most random of circumstances.

Thank you for encouraging me.

Jason Mraz @ Hammersmith

Amazing showmanship. :) Love this song.

Algarve Coast

Algarve Coast, Portugal
29th March 2009 - 2nd April 2009

Genesis 1:1
'In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.'

Prom Praise 2009

Prom Praise 2009 was held at the Royal Albert Hall. I almost didn't want to go for it, if not for Ding's constant nagging. :) It was awesome being right in the middle of the arena, listening to the orchestra play and choir sing. David Gross and Geraldine Latty were great.