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Gabriel.
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PEOPLE!

Saturday, 26 September 2009, 12:33 am

Some shout out loud, some keep it all tgt

Some are wild, some are compose

Some believe in themselves, some believe in the eternal

Some live for the world, some are heavenly minded

Some have loads of cash, some are penniless

Some dare to be themselves, some try to conform to what pple think they should be.

Some are devils, Some are angels

Some are confused, Some are clear minded.

// in everything, there's always a flip side. Think about it.

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you wonder, i'll ponder

Wednesday, 23 September 2009, 12:06 pm

Ok as stupid as the title goes, i really wonder why life seems to be unfair. On the exterior, i complain a lot, especially with the whole face shebang going on, spreading like massive wildfire burning down any smooth area problem. And i really wonder is it just me or are they just lucky they nvr had to endure such pains. And as you wonder what i might say next, i ponder on what people say, that my face will get better when it's all over. How long does puberty last? Since my face entered such a stage only last year. Sandpaper and buffering won't work so someone please tell me is it just my luck or is there something better installed ? Smoother face maybe? OK i shall not bore you with my lame excuses for my excessive oil production but if someone has a solution, you better tell me! TKVM!

//BANG BANG, I've got a shot gun, gonna bang you like THUNDAH!

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Wholesome Shallowness

Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 11:41 pm

KONG HEE- In 2007, my wife Sun released a music video of the hit single “China Wine,” the result of a creative collaboration with Reggae wunderkind, Wyclef Jean. That video garnered a lot of attention on YouTube with more than two million hits over two dozen fan sites. It received rave reviews from industry insiders as well as youths who love dance pop the world over. Not surprisingly, the video also raised quite a few eyebrows within the religious fraternity who felt it was inappropriate for a Christian to be featured in a dance video.

Although Sun is married to me, she herself was never formally ordained as a minister. She never felt gifted with a pulpit ministry. But ever since Sun was a child, she had participated in many singing contests and won quite a few of them. As a preacher’s wife, Sun functioned faithfully from behind-the-scenes as my helpmate, becoming an effective counselor and a singer in the church.

At the turn of the millennium, as I began formulating my doctrine on the Cultural Mandate, challenging my generation to come out of isolation and engage the marketplace, I urged Sun to help me embody that message. In 2002, she launched her new career in Taiwan as a pop singer. Since then, she has done very well with more than four million units sold, five multi-platinum records, and over 30 number one songs in five different countries. Today, she is known in the Far East as a bona fide singer, entertainer and humanitarian.

From her royalties, Sun has built eight schools, two orphanages, two medical centers, one rehabilitation clinic, and two housing projects. Through her connections, she has helped with the establishing and fund-raising of four other orphanages, two hospitals, two community services, and one charity foundation. For all these humanitarian achievements, Sun was awarded the Top Outstanding Young Person of the World in 2003, and became China’s Charity Ambassador of Children since 2004. In 2007, she sang the theme song for the Special Olympics at Shanghai. Last year, she sang the 2008 Olympic Anthem during the pre-game launch at Beijing. The unchurched throughout Asia loves Sun and views her as an exemplary model to the youths of society.

Yet, in spite of all her secular and creative achievements, many conservative pastors find it hard to accept Sun in any role outside of church ministry. But the reality is that she is no longer a church staff or a gospel singer. She doesn’t work for any religious organization.

As a professional artist, Sun has to take on many dramatic stage personas. This is what entertainers do. In the “China Wine” video, she happens to be acting in one such role. Fiction must be separated from fact. I think the struggle many pastors have is the difficulty to separate her association with me (as a pastor’ wife) and her career as a singer. I agree that if she is a “pastor” or “preacher,” perhaps the video would have been inappropriate. But Sun is not a pastor. She is an entertainer. All her music videos are not produced by the church but by her secular music label, the company that she is working for.

“China Wine” is a music video about a girl who has to take up an extra job at a nightclub to make ends meet for her family. Some pastors immediately took offense at the club scene and sexy dancers around her. As for her costumes, she wore gym clothes which was not inappropriate for the set she had to act in. At the end of the music video, she caught her boyfriend cheating on her in the night club and confronted him in Mandarin. If you understand what she said, her words were neither crude nor profane at all. She basically shouted at the guy, “Hey, what are you doing with this mistress?” Unfortunately, the video translator subtitled that as “Hey, what are you doing with this b****?” That final b-word caused a further uproar among pastors, who were quick to condemn her for uttering profanities. A few of them wrote me angry emails calling Sun a “whore,” “hooker,” and other nastier, derogatory terms. Some said she was promoting free sex and immorality. But any intelligent, objective viewer would know that the whole drama is not about sex; if anything, it portrays the reality of a fallen secular world.

All these storms in a tea cup set me thinking of a bigger question: Are Christians living a sanitized life? Why have “Christian” productions been so ineffective in their reach to the unchurched, to the extent that even believers are not interested in their products?

In his book, Eyes Wide Open: Looking For God in Popular Culture, author William D. Romanowski talks about a 1993 survey, which reported that over 80 percent of all churchgoing Christians regularly go to the movies. When they were asked what they thought about Christian films, TV productions and Christian Contemporary Music, this was what they said:

1. Christian popular arts are inferior imitations as compared to mainstream culture.To many, Christian music is substandard guitar pop and happy-clappy lyrics about Jesus. This is not surprising as many Christian artists feel that their main job is to preach the gospel and proclaim the faith. As such, artistic quality or creativity is not so important. But what they forget is that when people go to a movie or buy an album, their first desire is to be entertained. If they want to be preached to, they would have gone to church. 2. Christian popular arts are unrealistic, sanitized versions of the real world. Some reviewers even use the phrase “wholesome shallowness” to describe them. Christian entertainment has come to mean movies and music appropriate for “family-only” audiences. That basically means kids-oriented programs or old-time TV reruns for senior citizens. Are Christians that naive and immature, living in a perpetual time warp of a bygone era, that we can’t handle the realities of the 21st century? As early as 1916, Hollywood had already discovered that 60 percent of theater owners wanted pictures that portray the real world—even if they contained themes on violence, sex and money. This is because moviegoers want films that honestly and artistically address the issues of life. 3. Christian popular arts are limited in content and purpose. If you listen to most CCM, you would think that all Christians do is worship and evangelize 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But people in general, Christians and non-Christians alike, don’t want to be preached to 24/7. They want a pop culture that is fun, entertaining, artistic and innovative. They are also concerned with the issues of life—and they enjoy it when those themes are addressed with artistic flair. Everybody knows the trials and temptations of daily living. We are not immune to problems and tensions. We are all concerned about love and relationship, life and health, career and finances, the global economy and politics, war and peace, and our future. We are all trying to understand why things happen the way they do and how we can live our lives properly. Pop culture helps us to navigate through all that. People get inspired and moved by U2, the biggest band in the world today. Their music captures a sense of religious longing and the struggle of living in a world torn by war, injustice and poverty. They enjoy movies like The Matrix, which speaks of an invisible world behind our natural world. They are moved by Schindler’s List (rated R) which touches on courage, sacrifice, and overcoming racism. CHC member, Jack Neo, is arguably the best movie director in Southeast Asia. His films, I Not Stupid I and I Not Stupid II, were box office hits because they realistically deal with the pressures of the rat-race in Asian societies. Listeners and viewers cry buckets over these powerful songs and films. They may be secular, but people get touched by such productions more so than most Christian ones. If Christian pop culture is artistically inferior, unrealistically sanitized, and limited in content and purpose, is there any surprise that surveys regularly show that even churchgoers are not excited about them? No wonder Christian artists have such a difficult time selling their products beyond small book tables in churches. The beautiful truth is that God is not against pop culture. There is a section of the Old Testament known as “The Writings,” covering books like Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes and Lamentations. Honestly, aren’t they the popular songs, dramas and musicals of biblical times? Psalms are songs of frustration, regret and anger, yet sung with love to a sometimes hidden God. Aren’t they like most tracks on the Billboard Chart? Job deals with the sufferings of life, and the desire to find meaning through them. Isn’t it like the Hollywood hit movie, Forest Gump, or the long-running Korean serial drama, Jewel In The Place? Proverbs deal with the danger of shortcuts, the snares of temptation, and the rewards of honesty. Aren’t they just like the cartoon series, The Simpsons? The Song of Solomon is about the obsession with love and the sensual. Just turn on any pop radio and we have our modern-day Song of Solomon being broadcasted 24/7. Ecclesiastes deal with the weariness of daily living in an imperfect world. Isn’t that portrayed in movies like Signs and The Pianist? Lamentations deal with grief. When one listens to most of Eric Clapton’s songs, aren’t they all about dealing with grief? Like the Old Testament writings themselves, pop culture is the collective wisdom of our generation. Popular arts explore social injustice, songs of sorrow, and even tributes to women. Like the Book of Esther, they may not even mention the name of God. Like Ecclesiastes, they suggest that in this life, bad things do happen to good people. Or like the Song of Solomon, they may celebrate romance and sex. These songs and movies may not have a salvational purpose, but nonetheless, they offer us the essential comfort and wisdom for living. As such,pop culture represents a powerful means of communicating to us what the real world is like, and how to live in it. We are all products of our personal theological persuasions and convictions. Pop culture affects the lifestyles of the masses. Venturing into the realm of secular culture is certainly not for the weak or the fainthearted. What Sun is seeking to do is to show us how to be a modern-day Daniel or Joseph to our contemporary Babylon and Egypt. Daniel took on Babylon’s language, education, fashion, name and persona, and yet he didn’t compromise his own value system. According to the New Bible Commentary, Joseph was thoroughly “Egyptianized,” and yet he lived a great life of purpose. Esther, the super celebrity, was also similar. Sun simply wants to emulate these heroes of faith. Can you remember John the Baptist questioning the authenticity of Jesus’ ministry when he heard about the latter’s working style? Jesus had become widely known as a friend of sinners, tax collectors, prostitutes and drunkards. He was even seen going to parties and events that the Pharisees themselves wouldn’t set foot in. John the Baptist was concerned that Jesus was becoming worldly, immoral and compromising—a bad example to the disciples. Our Lord’s reply to him was simply this: “Look at My fruits. Look at how the gospel is preached. ‘And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me’” (Matt. 11:6). The Greek word for “offended” is scandalizo, which means “to trip up, stumble, or be enticed to sin.” I would say the same to those religious critics who may be offended by Sun. The “China Wine” music video was never meant for a church event. Neither was it ever intended to be an evangelism tool or a gospel video. It is simply pop entertainment. People watching the video and regarding it as just that will never get offended or stumbled, which explains the millions of hits and thousands of good reviews on YouTube. So to the religious and conservative who have used nasty, derogatory and expletive terms to describe Sun, my parting shot are the words of Jesus Christ from Matthew 21:31, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.” // Honestly, i'm totally blown away. You go PASTOR!

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SUNshine!

Monday, 21 September 2009, 1:05 am

Feels just like i'm on a shooting star

Make my wish to be a superstar

If i'm wrong and dreams don't come true

I'll just make today what i want to do

Cause everywhere i go my life is a party I don't have a worry the sun still keeps shining on me

look how it's shining on me

You can't tell me nothing look girl cause i'm coming the street is my runway and everyone's looking at me

All of their eyes are on me

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Fancy Free- SUN!

Saturday, 19 September 2009, 12:28 pm



SG's Hottest EXPORT making INTERNATIONAL HIT!
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Song and blog

Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 11:48 pm

There's obviously been a surge in songs. Ok 2 songs in a month is like a lil fast for me. You know how stressed i am. I'm blogging more now, kind of. You know how stressed i am. Feeling sick and all once again. Pray that i'll be better tmr. Tmr's my chem paper which i have totally no confidence. I guess HOPE is the only thing i need in my life now. Blogging gives me more room to blabber and rant so tweets and plurks will be coming along. Oh about plurk, i'm going to freeze my account which means i'll use less or not even touch it. This could mean my blog being the only avenue for my rants until the end of A levels.

// Hope for today, tmr and forever
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Faithful

Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 8:27 pm

Jesus, Saviour of all
Come into my life, be my King of all
Hope for all, light unto our path
Brought us life thru calvary

Walk with me, lead me on
Be my guide, hold my hand, take flight
Knowing You are the one
Always by my side faithful.

Though the world fades away
Lord your word will remain
Nothing can change Your love for me!

// woke up feeling like a millionaire!
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MY FACE

Monday, 14 September 2009, 10:51 pm

Still very bumped about my face. It's getting worse day by day. NOw on honey aspirin and hazeline snow mask! Someone's going to pay you know? Seriously. Gosh, it's so bad not it looks like it's a slash on my face of red DOTTED pimples. Did i mention dotted? Loads of it. at least 5 on the left and 3 on the right. Not to mention 1 on the chin and one on the nose. So many in 1 day! How can this be? All the money spent was really wasted. SOMEONE better PAY! I'm SERIOUSLY NOT LAUGHING ABOUT THIS! GOSH!
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Gifts of different sizes.

Sunday, 13 September 2009, 11:31 pm

Yes loads of gifts this year.. 3 actually haha. I got 2 watches one from cell group and one from my parents and a wallet from my friends (BAND and ZESTT!). OK so strike of 2 from my wishlist. Ok three. I bought my topman belt too! haha. Materialistically, i'm filled but my soul was filled during service too. Thank God for a word in season. That's why you see every where plastered with this spring thing though spring in the northern hemisphere begins in like Jan to Feb. Anw spring starts now in the Southern Hemisphere (AKA AUSTRALIA) thus that's where i got the inspiration. Hope the flowers aren't too gay or anything. It's meant to embody HOPE for the coming A levels! haha.

Another gift that i'm very thankful for are my friends. I've got to say they wow-ed me! BIG TIME! The card that Sam Lynn and Candice did, i guess mostly sam with candice and lynn's messages was like awesome! It was a preview of my debut album! Really awesome! Love it big time! The cell group also made me a nice card. HD board and all with red font. Amazing how much detain was put in to the GLITTER! haha i hate glitter but i love the card! Honestly. Don't like the glitter's fragile i stick on you feeling. But they made the card awesome. Awesome cards comes along with awesome friends. CG's SABO was fun i guess but i think they should never NEVER do anything to my face. Suddenly out break came back when my face was finally improving! All the KIEHL's went to waste. Was alil angry. But i guess being a good sport has it's consequence? Seriously, MY face it took alot of money and effort and it all went down the drain. ALL WENT DOWN THE DRAIN! but it's ok. I had fun. Really. Then to my school friends. Had dinner at this italian restaurant at Liang court which i don't know how to spell. It was nice. The food was Good and i tried escargot. It was quite good. YOU should have a taste of it!

Anw after that cam whored for like a long time and they all went home expect me sam lynn. Went to club. at Zirca+rebel+lunar. I've got to mention i was the only one who went in w/o problems. Security was quite strict. Lynn had to take out I/C Ez link and to think that was sufficient she had to recite her address! That was the biggest JOKE! Zirca was boring, Rebel was mut-ful and lunar was plain outright sleazy with the massive number of Chinese EXPATS ( to be nice and kind to them). Ok Here's another secret, i don't have a good threshold for alcohol and thankfully my first drink was good. I ordered Orange Gin, Less gin. The guy was like awesomely good cos he put like half a shot of gin in. Little =good alcohol for me. The drink wasn't dreadful Plus they did it on the counter. The second drink i tried was apple rum, less rum. The guy put alot more rum then the gin. Got to mention, different guy. ANW, RUM's BAD! Had this repulsive pre-aftertaste! Not nice. Not that the alcohol was too strong cos the apple flavour was very much present but i guess it's RUM'S taste that i don't like. I drank like a few sips and forced my friends to drink. I tried their Carlsberg and cranberry vodka and lime vodka and apple vodka and they all tasted bad to me. Orange gin less gin's the way to go for me! haha. I'm bad with alcohol rmb? OK i don't mean to post about my clubbing experience but honestly it wasn't a good legal clubbing experience. The illegal times were more fun not because of the thrill of being illegal but because of the club. I was dying to leave last night. Really. I closed my eyes and almost fell asleep on the dance floor. Ok i'll stop blabbering.

I celebrated with my parents and my aunt today. Quite sumptuous day. haha. alright i'm quite done. Oh anw back to service, i felt it was a turning point light at the end of the tunnel winter to spring kind of message. I really honestly felt hope. So yah. I did come out becoming better not bitter.

//Seasons my change, winter to spring, but Love never fails!
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Hello EIGHTEEN!

Friday, 11 September 2009, 12:20 am

It's my Birthday! Thus, New blog banner!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!

18 YEARS OF LIFE!!

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Birthday Wish list

Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 11:46 pm

From material to non-material wishes, in no order of merit.

Swatch Watches ( Casio substitutes also can)
Checkbook wallet from FOSSIL
Belt from Topman
522 & Trench Coat (which i think is sold out!) from Levi's
Loafers white and black that looks nice
Duffel bag that's not like my current Adidas duffel's (Those kind that hot guys carry)
More shirts from G2000 and Esprit
T-shirts from Esprit and maybe other stores like edit and uniqlo
Grey berms from uniqlo
NICE GREY JEANS FROM ANYWHERE
New bible
... Non-material
Decent pass of >C grades for all subjects except Chem
STRAIGHT As FOR A LEVELS!
GREAT TIME IN ARMY!
BETTER SKIN IN NO TIME!
...ok so these are the more shallow things that i hope to have soon. For the more spiritual stuff, it'll come on or after my birthday (: Don't say i didn't give you a list hor... haha

// COWBOY CASANOVA
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You are

Monday, 7 September 2009, 8:02 pm

During prayer meeting, the melody line of I Just Want You's chorus resonated in my heart. And then the whole song just fell in place. I haven't written a song in a long time. You can guess how deep in the abyss i've been. anyway this song's pretty themed. 3 verses speak of 3 different aspects. First is my failings, second, His visions in me and lastly His love for me.

V1.

I've been running wild, searching for something

Lost without a love to keep

Aimless as i run, fall into deep

Until, You came to me

Chorus.

You are Lord, You reign in my life

You are King, Saviour of all

You are the one, my strength, for all eternity

You are, Jesus, my all

In the storm, You are my calm

When I am lost, I'm found in you

You are my strength and portion when my heart it fails

Jesus, You are my love

You are, faithful and true.

V2.

Now that I am found, I run to your call

With Passion burning deep in my heart

Focused on your word, it brings me life

And now, it carries me

V3.

Into Your love I come, humbled, in awe

At the marvel of your love

For my sin you came, gave me your spirit

Now I can walk so free

Bridge.

In all the earth, be lifted high

Higher than all, higher than kings

Take your place, rule in my heart

More than enough for me!

.. now i need help with the lyrics. It's a lil too jarring. trying to smoothen it out. Give some comments and thank you. I'm going to lead a victorious life haah!!

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Reach out

Saturday, 5 September 2009, 12:03 pm

Reach out with love

Take someone's hand walk beside him when he needs you there

Reach out with love

Let's make the choice today we all can give

love can move anything love changes everything

You can touch the world when you reach out with love

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