HIS Story

Three months of practice, three nights of performance. A journey we as a church went through together for the reason of reaching out, changing life.  We saw thousands of people coming into the doors of a church in a small little town wanting to show how great our Lord is through a great musical retelling of HIS Story. From the birth, through his ministry and to the cross where He lay battered, pierced and mocked just so that we can have eternal life. How can one man make such sacrifice? Laying down His life for the sake of others. An example, a testimony of believing that He is in control. 

As Christmas approached and as the year ends, its quite shocking to know how quick a year has gone by. What have I been doing all this while? Alot I must say but whether it is worth the time and effort. The musical was different this time around. Maybe because I was on stage. Its been some time. I wondered why it took that long. Caught up with the rat race? Afraid to commit? Being on stage rekindled memories of times back in uni. Even my trip down Malacca to see my sister directorial debut make me feel all nostalgic once again. It was great times. And it has been good times. Times when we get to do what we love as well as be with people we call as family. Brothers and sisters. Being together as one brings about great energy. An energy that give life. A life that we all have in Christ. 

I have received many comments by being on stage. Good they say. They enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. It was fun. So fun that I missed a little part of it after it ended. Well, all good things must come to an end. But can that end be delayed very much longer? It got me thinking of what I am doing now. Should I pursue it or let fear grip my heart that I will regret some day? Tough I know yet I will ask of Him to direct my path. That I may do what is pleasing to Him and at the same time enjoying every minute of it. Life is short. Even the years are too. Time waits for no man. Can man make time wait? I think we can if  make the best our of the time that we have. That was what I felt over the weekend.

It has Begun

The time of the season is here. Christmas, although quite some months away has begun to be felt in our hearts. A combination of previous musicals have made us to rekindle back HIS Story. Practices have since begun and it would be just 9 weeks left in coming up with a full fledged musical equipped with a choir, actors, stage and customes, just to name a few. My involvement this time will be different, returning into the limelight once again.

A Day at Home

Today I took a day off work. Took time off to update my resume to prepare for my next career move. It has been close to 3 years. The deplete in energy at work seems to indicate a sign that it is time to move on.

Romp the net to find tips on writing a good resume. Came across the new updated list of Top 100 Companies to work for. An obvious company top the list, the tool that everyone use to find information, just as how I scoured the net to find tips on writing a good resume.

Saw a video on why Google was the top company in the world. Flexibility and openess seem to be the key to their success. Came across a this video when I was looking through the Google site previously. It really gets you up from your seat desiring to work for such a great company like Google. Check out the Google Recruitment Video for more insights.  Check out the following sites for some interesting insight into Google.

10 fascinating Googlers
Ex-Googlers: Where are they now?
9 things you didn’t know about Google
Help Wanted: Google

Credits to ELTICI HR CONSULTANCY PTE LTD  

Another link that I came across which was quite useful was the number of videos available on writing a good resume. A good number of samples resume to follow can be found here. I’ve not completed my resume just yet but done most of it. Got all the available roles available in my existing company. More to view from others. To stay in IT or not would be a subject I will deliberating the next couple of weeks. Praying for direction.

Iron Man

Awesome. One word to describe this fanboy movie. Truly enjoyed every moment of it. The CGI from ILM was imaculously perfect. The suit was simply eye catching. Don’t believe me? Check it out below.

I’ts been quite some time I’ve seen Robert Downey Jr. after his famous drug rehab story. Guess he did quite a good job as the “anything also can” character. One of the most worthy character was Obadiah Stane played by Jeff Bridges. Man, does he look cool in the bald bearded persoanality. Gwyneth Paltrow looks incredible. Just a word of advice for fanboys, stay till the end of credits. Man, I’m thinking of getting the action figure. Hear that its being sold at Jusco for RM82 (members) but I believe they’re be selling like hot cakes after seeing the movie.

 

Review: 4.5/5

Free Willy

I reminded me of Free Willy. No, its not a killer whale. It’s a Lochness monster or water horse as the title of the movie calls it. A change in venue brought us Sunway Pyramid whereby Kelvin, Terry and myself met up for our weekly dosage of reels. Don couldn’t join us due to a futsal practice session for a tournament that would be played the weekend.

The show was quite good for my liking. I seem to have a liking for fun filled adventure movies. The thing that caught my eye was the young boy, Alex Etel whom I first saw in “Millions“. It was a movie I truly enjoyed watching especially with its creative displayed cinematography that reminded me of “Big Fish“, which is also one of my favorite title. Water Horse depicts a young boy who found what he believe was a strange rock that appeared to be a big egg that holds a mystical creature known by many as water horse. According to legendary belief, water horse exist by itself both as male and female. Only one can exist at a time. When one water horse dies, an egg is laid. Thus, another water horse will soon exist. Angus, the young boy soon form a close relationship with the creature. However, people in the neighbourhood mainly army personel who started to camp around the Loch Ness to be in the front line to counter evading Germans wanted to destroy it. However, Angus went all out to show that the water horse was not dangerous but as a friend. This tale was told by Angus himself when he was old to two young tourist who stopped by to have a drink.

It did bring back good memories of the killer whale. Yet told in a different mood that somehow capture your attention.

Review: 3.5/5

As usual right before the movie, we dined. This time we decided to go for something Oriental and headed in a Vietnamese restaurant called O’Viet Restaurant and Cafe (G1.45). Not many people were found inside the restaurant. Both myself and Kelvin had Brisket stew that came with rice while Terry got himself something like “kuay teow teng” that came with a plate of raw mint leaves and bean sprout. Food was alright. Being a stew fan, I couldn’t help to enjoy my serving. My initial thought was to go for something light. However, I decided to go for rice instead considering a serving of 3 spring rolls cost about RM10.

Review: 2.5/5

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