Running on Empty

*Huffing... Puffing... Wheezing...*

and that's only the start of it...

played touch footy for the first time in almost 8 or 9 months tonight...
man it was tough!!!!
went out too hard too fast..
the pace of the game was blistering!!
just keeping up in defence was a struggle!
my legs wouldn't move as fast as my body and mind wanted it to!

i think i'm just getting old and unfit.. (or have been out of the game too long, and went in too hard too early)
i miss touch footy but i think i need to go back to social comp first to build up my stamina again before hitting the hard stuff of comp touch...

at least i know i will sleep well tonight! :)

Meaning of life

"The chief end of Man, is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever..."

Doesn't this makes life seem so easy...
All the world's worries and cares, fears and pains seem to just melt away and pale in comparison.
And yet why is it so hard to live life like this?

FELLOWSHIP

One of the most simple and yet profound truths of the Christian faith...

Because we are in fellowship with Christ, we are in fellowship with every Christian all over the world...

Because we are one in Christ, we are one with the Father....

Detur Gloria Soli Deo
Amen.

LNP

ante...
small blind....
Big blind...
call...
FLOP..

raise 50...
call...

TURN..
check..
check

RIVER...
check...
raise 30...
ALL IN!!!...

what happens next?...

Goodbye to a friend

I lost a friend today...

He was a companion for many years... he was old, and unwell...

A true best friend..

Always faithful, loyal, gentle, loving...

I will miss him... i will miss his companionship...

Do dogs go to heaven?

Big Day Out

My cousin Ivan from Auckland is here for the weekend.. just spent the day with him going around Sydney.

Went to Manly, and walked around the city.. The weather today was soooo beautiful!!! Was so tempted to get in the water...

Bring on SUMMER!!!

Off tonight to check out the Rock's Markets by Moonlight, then onto the Basement to see James Morrison in action! Going to be oh so tired tonight!! tee hee.. :)

Ka Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Without a doubt, the inaugural Ignite Film Festival was an absolute blast!!! (pun intended) I was blown away (pun intended again) by the ingenuity, quality, diversity and creativity of the films entered!!!! The theme for this inaugural film fest was "parables". Entrants had to submit a short film based on one of Jesus' parables from the Gospels. The variety of films ranged from scifi to thriller, to animation to silent movie, to documetary and musicals!! It was amazing!!!
The turnout on the night was awesome!! I dun know what the official head count was, but i'm sure it was close to 1000 people!!!!

Not only were the quality of the films amazingly beyond my expectation, but it was really really refreshing to see the various parables depicted in a whole new light. Its actually very powerful to see the stories unfold before you. I know i was very challenged and moved by a number of the films. And the films can make a really great evangelistic tool, because at first viewing you may not immediately recognise which parable it is. This is great, cos NCs may ask what was that film about, or which parable was that? and you can then turn them to the accounts written in the Gospels and hopefully also explain to them the meaning behind the parables. DVD's of all the finalists are available through TVS.. i'll post more details when I get them.. i'll also post photos when i get them developed..

Tell you what though.. It was a very very very lonnngggg day..... I was soooo wasted at the end of it... having woken up at 3:30 that morning (refer to my first post), and then gone to work, running around taking photos and being alert for opportunities is a very very tiring job... even now, i am still very drained.. think i might go crawl back into bed for a couple more hours of shut eye... aduiqd ajjafljjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj sorry, think i just dozed off thennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn uiiisdddjkwefoihhhhhhhhhhh..

err yeah... i'm going to crawl away now....

First Post

This is my first blog. As you can see its 4am on a Saturday morning. Why am i up at this ungodly hour on the weekend???!!! I start work in 3 hours! But i cannot sleep!!
It's hot, and humid and stuffy! My mind is awake and tired at the same time.
Restless and unsettled, things racing around in my head at a million miles an hour.

I know that today is going to be a very very long day, so i know i need my sleep. Yet I cannot sleep, so here I am logging on and making my very first post!! How insane is that??!! And I haven't told anyone about this blog, so there's no one to read this! So for now I just type for myself and for the sake of typing and evetually for whoever finds this blog.

My mind is filled with things.... plans, ideas, thoughts, concerns, worries, doubts... "Are you weak and heavy laden? Take it to the Lord in prayer... In His arms he'll hide and shield you, take it to the Lord in prayer."

I have work today in the morning from 7:30 till 11:30/12, then i've got to rush over to Town Hall and help out with Ignite and take photos. Have I got enough film? Is the film i have too old? should i buy new film just for today? questions questions questions running through my head.... need to just relax and slow down.... "breathe in..... breathe out..... breathe in.... breathe out.... "

Ignite is going to be awesome tonight... I will post after the event all about how it went...

think this is enough for my first blog... going to crawl onto the couch and watch NBC today and try and sleep for a couple more hours...

welcome to my blog... hopefully there won't be too many postings at ungodly hours such as this in the future.. :P