Different lives

It was just only a few hours of playing and listening to music. God's music. Listening to live playing. Playing along. Jamming along. All at once it took away all the stress I had the endure the whole day of assignments and FYP-ing. It made me forget all about it. Totally. I felt like floating. I felt so free and light. Like dancing in the hills with a cool breeze. Why can't life be like that all along? :)

It's weird balancing engineering and music. I look at engineering with a serious face and sometimes a frown. Music brings a welcoming smile always. heh. It's like living 2 different lives. Wish I could just have music all the time. I wouldn't mind one single bit. hehe.

Anyway, the is song I'm really obsessed with for the moment. By sonic flood. Keep listening to it non-stop. Really, beautiful song. And lyrics is just wonderful.

The sky will fall
The ground will give
Through it all You will
be faithful
Friends may leave
They come and go
This I know
You will be faithful
You will be faithful

You will always be the same
Your love will never change
You are the everlasting
I will put my trust in You
Forever to be true
You are the everlasting
You are the everlasting

When beauty fades
And slips away
For all my days You will
be faithful
When I breathe
My final breath
I find my rest in Your
faithfulness

When all around us
Is falling into waste
When the earth is dying
You cannot be erased
And I don't have to be afraid

You're the Alpha and Omega
You're forever, everlasting 

Jesus, the everlasting. Alpha and Omega. I will put my trust in you.

Tribute to my hometown friends

This is a tribute to my Alor Setar hometown friends. These are my longest-time friends so far. :) Since secondary school. Even 1 dude since primary school. haha. We came here together as a giant bunch of us right after our SPM. almost 30 of us. Like a rombongan lawatan sambil belajar thingie u could say. :P

Since then some have switched uni. some have graduated already. But I'm glad we're still in touch. Kinda lost touch with them during gama, delta years. But really happy managed to get closer this semester. As I told some before, i feel like my uni life is becoming 1 giant circle. Feels like edmerald park days sometimes when I hang out with this guys. :) I enjoy every moment of it. The lame, stupid but really funny jokes, the *ahem* hokkien swearing ( :P), the old hokkien slangs, the 'check-out-this-chick' moments, and plenty more. I've done the craziest things in my life only with this guys. haha. laugh till my tears came out and catching for breathe with this bozos. :p

Well, this is a tribute to you guys man. We're coming to our final year together, probably. you guys rock.



'commander' chin chiat. why call him 'commander'? heheh.....



left- ah guang right- hock khai we go back a loooong way.




same people. with the addition of ah goo. nah. he's not AS material.



addition of ah foo in the middle. king of dota. some of who don't know, he used to be alpha group 4. he and i go back since primary school days.




futsal time last hols.

To those who I haven't put in the pics ( cos i haven''t taken them)
Tiah-> probably my oldest pal in the whole uni. We go way back since standard 1. haha. you're really the old pal here la. know u like some kinda old, old friend. we had plenty of awesome times together. haha.

Ah Chin. ( chuah, steve) -> always the dude to try the stuff nobody dares to. he was probably the one who thought me....erm....ok let's not get there. hehe. I can't believe we got the same company eh. hehe. got even closer since we started our band. yes. he's amplify's 'steve vai.' really cool skills man. spending thousands on a turbo on your car is dumb but cool. haha.


Lian Mooi, Jet, Ewe Shin, shiong, yeung yie. -> it's still a blast whenever i meet you guys. we should go futsal again. oh ya. lian mooi is a wizard footballer. one of the best i've seen around.


anyways. to those I haven't mention the names. hopefully you guys won't be offended.can't think now. too sleepy d. hehe. all the best to you guyz man!! ;)

Estatic

This is it. This week. 2 more days. I don't care if it's just kids. I don't care who it is. I'm inching closer. Closer. I'm only excited. I know it's only just me. It's only mine. My dream. Closer, closer.....
I will give everything I have. EVeryThiNG. National GIG... WHEEEEEEEEEEEE~~~~~~~~...................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Cross

Wondrous mystery, in the pages of history,
Of a man who bled and died for me,
Its more than a story, He’s the one who hung up on a tree,
His crimson flow poured out for me,
Gave His life to set my free

I was reminded last weekend in church, that we are worth it. Even if it was me alone, He would have done it also. Talk about investments, you think the master and creator of the heavens and earth made a wrong investment in dying for you?

This is because He believed in us.

Been talking to some people lately. Many actions and plans executed are based on statistics and logistics. The issue now of ' just do and believe' has started to become just a myth. Where has the faith gone? We might sound like idiots, doing things which sound foolish in the eyes of other people. Jesus didn't ask us to become wise-bozos to calculate the percentage of success everytime we do something for God. He just say deny ourselves, take up the cross and follow Him. Deny ourselves to the extend that we follow Him, even if people started scorning and discouraging us. You think it's stupid? You think it's stupid when Noah built the ark when people were laughing at him? You think it's stupid when little David stood againt Goliath? You think it's stupid when Jesus, died at the hands of his own creation??



Enough of trying to be so darn smart. The Pharisees thought they were. I'd rather be a fool for Jesus than being a wise cracker for others. At least, I know which 'investment' will last. For eternity. Faith comes from hearing, hearing from the word of God. Before anyone start making smart remarks about faith is just a feeling, check yourself, dude. Have you been reading the bible? Jesus took in fishermen to be his disciples. He doesn't need 'smart, inllectual' people.

Here's my call and encouragement to people out there. There are many voices out there. You hear, but you LISTEN to only one. You know who. ;) Let faith and passion rise again. You only need a mustard seed. I'd rather grope in the darkness then find Jesus, than walk in the safe 'light' and then find nothing.

If you have no one to back you up, at least, you know there's me. :)

Believe

Because I still believe in it. Because I still believe in you guys.

Wrote my first song ever. This is it. Thanks to the rainy weather, giving extra 'emo-ness'. Haha. Nah. I'm not emo guy. I hope. Makes it harder to write songs though. This is based on my experiences.

*verse
It's so hard
to touch you
It's too hard
to be near you

let me dry your tears
let me calm your fears

*pre-chorus
i'll be there
when you need me
it's all right
it's all right

*chorus
i reach out to touch you
i hold up my hand
i seem like a fool
why don't you understand

this pain is so real
and it's holding inside
that's all i can feel
let me be by your side

*bridge
take away this pain from me
will somebody set me free
i don't wanna cry no more
i'm dying inside

It's a ballad, by the way.

Reach

Sometimes I reach but I have no idea how to
Sometimes I wonder how other guys do it
Everytime you're around
I find it hard to be myself

Looking into your eyes
Brings out excitement from within me
It's just that I wish sometimes
Those eyes will look back at me

Every moment I hope
Something or someone crumbles it
Makes me feel that someone's better than me
Makes me feel I'm not good enough for you

Maybe it wasn't meant to be
Perhaps you were looking for the things which I don't have
Through all this pain
Through all this hurt
I could only reach


and hope you reach back.


( nice song huh? )

United Live-Look To You 2005

Awesome, awesome album. The lyrics, the music, the energy, simply 'canggih!!' . Just erm...'got' this album today. (Scared to mention the 'd' word. Public blog. Scared kena tangkap. :D ) Anyway, it got my spirit pumping and my feet a-dancing. Once again, I wish in my dreams that I'm behind the drums. Muahah..anyways...


I love ths whole album. So it's hard to choose. But this one really made my eyes wider and ears bigger the first time I heard it. It's called ' What the world will never take.'

With all I'm holding inside
With all hopes and desires
And all the dreams that I've dreamt

With all I'm hoping to be
And all that the world will bring
And all that fails to compare

You say You want all of me
I wouldnt have it any other way

I've got a Saviour and He's living in me
WHOA

I wana know
I wana know You today

And You're the best thing that has happened to me
And the world will never take
The world will never take You away

No-one could ever take You away

Nice, nice chord progression. Loved the spirit of the song. Marvellous. Wonderful. Amazing. 'Hor Liao.'

Need to get back to my EMG midterm. Sigh. Hey, LS, if you're reading this, THANK YOUUUU for helping!!!

Appreciate it. A Lot. >:D<

Song

Thanks for those wonderful comments on my previous blog. I blogged about so many random thoughts but is wonderful why everyone only concentrated on 'finding a girl' part. hahah....

oh ya, NZX, this ah beng-ness thingie everyone's talking about. Still beats me man. Do me a favor, don spread it to malacca. PLEASE.

Anyways. It's amazing how simple things make the most impact. I thought I was gonna miss vision casting today, but somehow Pastor insisted that I tried to make it. And I did. And I'm so glad I did.

We sang this song.


Jesus loves me this I know
for the bible tells me so
little ones to Him belong
they are weak but He is strong


Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me,
for the bible tells me so.

It's been a long while. Thank YOU for reminding me today. Thank you again. I so needed to reminded. Especially today. You're just awesome.


Oh yea. David Gary commented that I'm a whole different drummer since the first time he met me. Said that I've reached a 'there' level. Thanks for the encouragement, friend. I still need to learn so much more.

I''ve been asked to play for NATIONAL GIG!! WOHOOOO!!! * jumps estatically*
MY dream is slowly coming true!! To those of you who don't know my dream as a drummer, I've always dreamt of playing a huge concert, with a large crowd. Christian rock concert. It doesn't matter with a band or whoever. WWWHEEEEEEEEEEE~~~!!!!