On my way to China

Here I am again at the airport, using changi's free internet!

Will be an exciting two weeks, up in some ulu village w my dad!

If you read this, you can be praying for a smooth journey and fruitful trip.

More to come when i get back.

=)

Quotations from the Confused Annals of Goobledygook

(credits to a latenight/early morning chat w cheekin)

JM says:
do i get any cool hi-tech device?
ch33kin says:
a tooth pick
JM says:
kewl
ch33kin says:
it's not just a tooth pick.. but also.. a lock pick, a ear pick, a nose pick and a porpick
JM says:
wats a porpick?
ch33kin says:
wats a porpick? i made that up...
JM says:
gee isn't it such a cool device?
JM says:
it is also a pick pick right? it helps to pick up other picks
ch33kin says:
it's not just cool... it's so cool.. it's a hot kick ass device
ch33kin says:
i'm sorry it doesnt come with that function
JM says:
awww
JM says:
kick pick hmmmmm
ch33kin says:
pigstick
ch33kin says:
pick nick
JM says:
whahahahah nit pick
JM says:
i like that one
ch33kin says:
neat pick?
ch33kin says:
nitwit?
JM says:
its a neat nit-picking picking knit-witting pick

ch33kin says:
gibblet
ch33kin says:
raddish
JM says:
gibbet
ch33kin says:
carrots and turnips
JM says:
reddish raddish?
ch33kin says:
tulips are vegetables and turnips are big potatoes
JM says:
radical reddish yiddish raddish
JM says:
radical reddish yiddish raddish, kapish?

ch33kin says:
i heard
ch33kin says:
and i believe the rumour
ch33kin says:
i believe the rumour is true
ch33kin says:
i believe the truth is a rumour
JM says:
i believe the rumour about a tumour tomorrow is a tremor
JM says:
if there is a rumour about truth being a rumour, there must be some truth to the rumour, which makes the rumour true

Vague Salutations to 2005

Its been barely a week into the new year and another 51 more to go. And swoosh by they will.

Questions, uncertainties, quaintness. There is an old familiarity about the unknown; we've faced it before.

January. To stand at the door of the year and to look both ways, except on this road you only cross in one direction. You hear the call and you run forward in exhilaration, trepidation and calm.

I know where I was this time last year; where will I be this time next year?

Faith, Hope and Love.

Peeling off the layers of an onion, except in this onion, the rings get bigger as you go further up and farther in.

Present Tense; Future Perfect.

Psalm 65
For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.

1 Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion;
to you our vows will be fulfilled.
2 O you who hear prayer,
to you all men will come.
3 When we were overwhelmed by sins,
you forgave our transgressions.
4 Blessed are those you choose
and bring near to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,
of your holy temple.

5 You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness,
O God our Savior,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas,
6 who formed the mountains by your power,
having armed yourself with strength,
7 who stilled the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
and the turmoil of the nations.
8 Those living far away fear your wonders;
where morning dawns and evening fades
you call forth songs of joy.

9 You care for the land and water it;
you enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled with water
to provide the people with grain,
for so you have ordained it.
10 You drench its furrows
and level its ridges;
you soften it with showers
and bless its crops.

11 You crown the year with your bounty,
and your carts overflow with abundance.
12 The grasslands of the desert overflow;
the hills are clothed with gladness.
13 The meadows are covered with flocks
and the valleys are mantled with grain;
they shout for joy and sing.