Subur

Subur in Malay means early morning, dawn.

Just as the movie began at dawn time, it also ended at dawn.

Just as it began by potraying a lovely scene (of a Malay woman preparing a sandwhich for her beloved husband before he goes of the the mosque to pray), it ended with a lovely scene which one can only know what it is by staying on after the credits.

Just as there was a entourage of scenes (one after another) depicting what was going on in each of the various relationships in at least one part of the movie, it was also the case at the ending part which was set at dawn time.

At dawn, Orked's mother looks at her husband lovingly and pensively. Her husband wakes up, realising that his wife was looking at him asked, 'why are u awake at this hour? go and sleep lah.' (something to that effect). To this she replies, 'I was thinking about your death (u see in the early part of the movie, her husband was ill and was rushed to the hospital), kalau u mati dulu, saya akan sakit hati.' To that, he replied, 'I wish you will die first.' 'Huh', she said. 'Oh what i mean is that if you die first, you will be spared of bearing the lost of me. Let that happen to me.' (again Ron's paraphrasing here). Then they hug each other and ..... then the husband said something like 'lets wake up Orked for morning prayers.'

Still at dawn time, the next scene...the Malay husband of the woman who was making the sandwich goes to the Mosque...and the main melodic tune of the movie's soundtrack which is really beautiful comes on, played in a slightly different way (which btw also came on in the early part of the movie when he went to the mosque as well).

Then, still at dawn, the young prostitute comes back from her work...she stops by the making sandwich woman's home..for what? well to inform her of the good news that she has saved up enough money which she has been making from prostitution to pursue her dream which is...(i forgot).

Then the prostitute goes home. At home, she stops by her mother's room, looks at it...her mum and brother had gone off to visit some relatives. Then she enters her room not knowing that a thief who is known to the family comes creeping behind her. Obviously wanting to steal from her as he is desparately looking for some as he owes monies to the loan sharks.

Then, the next scene shows the swing in which the 3 ladies were sitting on having a conversation sometime during the movie - sandwich making woman, the young prostitute and her mum - the older prostitute. [I'm still wondering the significance of this scene]

Then the end? the credits come on.....

But wait, wait for there is another scene that comes on after the credits!

the phone rings, but for who? oh it's for orked...she picks up the phone...hears what was coming through it, mumbles something...then she turns over to the other side of her bed ....and wahlah! ....guess who is revealed? To this person she informs that it was her dad who called...asking her to wake up for morning prayers or should I say subur prayers.

How's been your subur?

You are here

Tis is the 1st track of Darlene Zschech's Change Your World album which is her first solo album.

Is really good, especially with the haunting 'Hallelujah' refrain that goes together with the song especially towards the end of the song.

At the name of miss zschech, standard evanglicals would instinctively put on guard their theological sensors ready to spot out any theological shortcoming of her songs . This is understandable as songs produced by Charismatics and Pentecostals tend to invite more theological criticism than others (this is not to say we are to assess songs less stringently which are deemed to be 'safer' because they are produced by standard evangelicals).

So fellow Christians, have a listen to this album, with theological discernment as one should with all things, perhaps you might be in for a surprise not to say you will agree with everything. You might be even irk with some stuff but you might just be in for a pleasant surprise.

ps: hoping and wishing to know more Christian songs, perhaps writing, composing, singing songs...indeed songs are one heck of a gift from God!

ps: have a listen to casting crowns album called lifesong, tis beatiful and meaningful.

Agnus Dei!

I wish

This morning as I woked up, I wished that I would have woken up to a Christian community.

Brushed my teeth, get changed, go to a breakfast hall where there a Christians. On my way, I would see Christians doing their quiet time, reading God's Word and praying. Seeing this would bring much encouragement to me, and what a great way to start a day!

At breakfast, give thanks to God for the food, enjoy the food and the company of Christians, having great conversations about God and life and how it impacts our lives.

Then I'm ready to face the world with all it's nonsense. Ready to shine for Christ, to share Christ whenever I see the opportunity and to imbibed Christ in all I do, think and say. To shine rays of light into the darkness of the world and to draw people to Christ.

This is what I wish for. Not something new that I thought of today, but it's been on my mind for a while. Ohh....how I wish this could be true. Good morning!

Troubled

Hi readers! I'm back! Wow the last time I wrote was on 5th Nov 2005.

And what a way to 'make a comeback' when the first entry is entitled 'Troubled'.

You must be wondering what is ron, troubled about.

Well,.... di mana saya nak bermula. Boleh dikata saya ada berberapa perkaralah yang 'troubling' saya.

Pertama, yalah group belajar injil saya. Ada banyak perempuan dan merekanya muda fizikal dan juga spiritual. Saya 'wish' ada seorang perempuan yang lebih tua yang boleh menolong mereka supaya mereka boleh 'grow' spiritual and juga boleh tahu membaca injil untuk sendiri dengan cara yang betullah.

Kedua, menentang rumah. Saya ini mesti cari rumah baru untuk sewa. So praylah saya boleh cari rumah yang sesuai untuk sewa.

Ketiga,.....tak tahulah...ada perkara-perkara lain...tetapi i guess, yang dua perkara atas yalah perkara yang menganggukan fikiran saya sekarang.

So tolong doakan Tuhan menolong saya dengan dua perkara yang saya katakan diatas. Boleh? Terima kasih lah.

Oh I'm heading off soon to the English Prebytery Training Conference which has been great in both the teaching and the discussion groups.

From John's study last nite, may we belief because Jesus can be trusted and hence take Him at His Word rather than dependent on miracles or other things like our experiences etc.

Tuhan dimuliakan!