Be Unto Your Name~
We are a moment, You are forever
Lord of the ages, God before time
We are a vapor, You are eternal
Love everlasting, Reigning on high
Holy holy, Lord God Almighty
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Highest praises, honor and glory
Be unto your name, be unto your name
We are the broken, you are the healer
Jesus Redeeemer, Mighty to save
You are the love song we'll sing forever
Bowing before you, blessing your name
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Retail and Sports Therapy~
I bought 3 American Eagle shirts which were on sale yesterday, a brand that I'm feeling connected to. A pair of berms from Ross for like 12 bucks, and a new pair of incanal earphones cos my trusty Koss Portapro is on the verge of dying. Spent most of the day out yesterday, taking the GIP video with Juanita then heading to Northgate to do all the shopping, before going to Cheesecake factory with the CH peeps for some atas dinner. Today, spent the late morning watching an exhibition husky volleyball match, and I must say I'm very impressed at the standard of volleyball I'm seeing. After which, headed down to the husky stadium to catch some Spring football action. The sun was shining, and i actually have a tan in 4 months. Not bad. Didn't stay for the entire football match though cos it got a little dreary towards the end, typical of start and stop sports such as american football and baseball. Spent the rest of the day at the IMA studying (or trying to), and played some badminton after that. Did abit of footwork too to try to shape up for the Washington State Open. I managed to find a partner for Men's doubles. He's a chemistry professor whom I've recently been aquainted with, and I must say he's a pretty gd player. Hope we would be able to enjoy some competitive badminton during the tourny!
I bought 3 American Eagle shirts which were on sale yesterday, a brand that I'm feeling connected to. A pair of berms from Ross for like 12 bucks, and a new pair of incanal earphones cos my trusty Koss Portapro is on the verge of dying. Spent most of the day out yesterday, taking the GIP video with Juanita then heading to Northgate to do all the shopping, before going to Cheesecake factory with the CH peeps for some atas dinner. Today, spent the late morning watching an exhibition husky volleyball match, and I must say I'm very impressed at the standard of volleyball I'm seeing. After which, headed down to the husky stadium to catch some Spring football action. The sun was shining, and i actually have a tan in 4 months. Not bad. Didn't stay for the entire football match though cos it got a little dreary towards the end, typical of start and stop sports such as american football and baseball. Spent the rest of the day at the IMA studying (or trying to), and played some badminton after that. Did abit of footwork too to try to shape up for the Washington State Open. I managed to find a partner for Men's doubles. He's a chemistry professor whom I've recently been aquainted with, and I must say he's a pretty gd player. Hope we would be able to enjoy some competitive badminton during the tourny!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Ooops~
Haven't wrote for quite a while. Haven't found the strength to. Haven't found the motivation to. Lethargy plus a series of emotional bombardments have kept me at bay. I can't really remember what happened in the past week. Everything is being overshadowed. The mind has to be kept clear. It always has to be. It cannot be clouded. It cannot be blinded. Work has started to pile up. Or at least I piled up my own work. I need to pick myself up. I need Kevlar. The bullets will never stop coming. The trial will never end. But life still has to go on. Life in the war zone of a war I'm close to giving up. Life in the shadows, that God will bring me out of.
It is not about the things we do, or the words we say. It is about the things we do to other people, and the words we say to them, that make the difference.
Haven't wrote for quite a while. Haven't found the strength to. Haven't found the motivation to. Lethargy plus a series of emotional bombardments have kept me at bay. I can't really remember what happened in the past week. Everything is being overshadowed. The mind has to be kept clear. It always has to be. It cannot be clouded. It cannot be blinded. Work has started to pile up. Or at least I piled up my own work. I need to pick myself up. I need Kevlar. The bullets will never stop coming. The trial will never end. But life still has to go on. Life in the war zone of a war I'm close to giving up. Life in the shadows, that God will bring me out of.
It is not about the things we do, or the words we say. It is about the things we do to other people, and the words we say to them, that make the difference.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Pierced~
Make me Take me
Break me I am pierced
Make me Take me
Break me I am pierced
Though I am wounded
And unworthy
Though I am selfish and untrue
You are holy You're the healer
You forgave meAnd made me new
You made me new
Oh this love how can it be
That my God would die for me
For my sins His wounds did bleed
Jesus you were pierced for me
Make me Take me
Break me I am pierced
Make me Take me
Break me I am pierced
Though I am wounded
And unworthy
Though I am selfish and untrue
You are holy You're the healer
You forgave meAnd made me new
You made me new
Oh this love how can it be
That my God would die for me
For my sins His wounds did bleed
Jesus you were pierced for me
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Dalai Lama~
Is such an amusing fellow. He makes people break out into laughter with all his antics and his "cute", according to Juanita, facial expressions. The Dalai Lama came to UW as part of his 5 day Seeds of Compassion tour of Seattle, to receive an honorary degree and to address students of UW. I was fortunate enough to get a ticket to place myself in the Hec Edmunson Pavilion for this historic and once in a lifetime opportunity event. The Dalai Lama basically talked about compassion and peace in the world, with an ultimate vision of demilitarizing the entire world. He then answered questions pertaining to compassion in a controlled Q&A session, and no questions that are related to the situation in Tibet or the upcoming Beijing Olympics are allowed. While the Dalai Lama was speaking inside the pavilion, chinese demonstrators gathered outside in what seemed to be a protest?? They urged people to support the Beijing Olympics and tried to convince that historically, Tibet has always been part of China so cut the chit chat. And then there was this plane circling around the UW campus which had a flag saying "Dalai, Ur smile charms, ur actions harm."
There are many people who revere and respect the Dalai Lama, but there are many who are against him too. Nevertheless, his presence has brought some life and controversy to the people in Seattle, and it was an interesting but rather disappointing experience (cos i wanna hear him talk abt the happenings in China and Tibet).
Is such an amusing fellow. He makes people break out into laughter with all his antics and his "cute", according to Juanita, facial expressions. The Dalai Lama came to UW as part of his 5 day Seeds of Compassion tour of Seattle, to receive an honorary degree and to address students of UW. I was fortunate enough to get a ticket to place myself in the Hec Edmunson Pavilion for this historic and once in a lifetime opportunity event. The Dalai Lama basically talked about compassion and peace in the world, with an ultimate vision of demilitarizing the entire world. He then answered questions pertaining to compassion in a controlled Q&A session, and no questions that are related to the situation in Tibet or the upcoming Beijing Olympics are allowed. While the Dalai Lama was speaking inside the pavilion, chinese demonstrators gathered outside in what seemed to be a protest?? They urged people to support the Beijing Olympics and tried to convince that historically, Tibet has always been part of China so cut the chit chat. And then there was this plane circling around the UW campus which had a flag saying "Dalai, Ur smile charms, ur actions harm."
There are many people who revere and respect the Dalai Lama, but there are many who are against him too. Nevertheless, his presence has brought some life and controversy to the people in Seattle, and it was an interesting but rather disappointing experience (cos i wanna hear him talk abt the happenings in China and Tibet).
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Friday and Saturday~
Shit. Firstly I forgot to hand in my first HW for my Material Properties class. Dammit. But nvm about that. Joe Satriani came to Seattle to give a guitar workshop at Guitar Centre on Friday. For those who don't know who he is, he's probably one of the best in electric guitar playing in the world at the moment. Thanks to Dan, I managed to get to know about it. We went like 1 hour earlier at 5pm before it started, but there was already a queue that went for about a block when we were there. Thankfully, we managed to squeeze into the pathetically small room to hear him play and give some tips on electric guitar playing, which for about 80% of the time was too cheem, I had no idea what in the world he was talking about. Just practically amazed at the impossibilities one can even imagine.
Today, we woke up early to make our way to the Future of flight musuem and the Everett Boeing Plant for a Boeing tour. It was just simply amazing to see the assembly lines of the 747s, 777s, and 787s. We managed to see the 1st ever 787 being built right at the Everett Assembly plant, which also happens to be the biggest building on earth. When the tour guide mentioned that the building is so big that there are more than a million ceiling lights in it, I almost fainted. Haha...But from an aerospace engineering student point of view, the tour was definitely very educational and informative, showcasing the latest technology in commercial jets.
Despite the very interesting Friday and Saturday experience, I'm coming down with what I would call "first line of defence down". I'm down with a pretty bad sore throat, and hopefully it would not propogate to a fever. I'm doing all I can to prevent this from happening, and with friends like Michelle and Kiet offering herbal tea and medicine, I'm sure I would be able to regain my 1st defence line again. Now after all the fun, I need to get some rest.
Here's a song from Joe Satriani which I find beautiful. Sharing it with all of ya'll out there. Check out the uber nice riff somewhere at around the 2 min marker:)
2 months left to make things right.....
Shit. Firstly I forgot to hand in my first HW for my Material Properties class. Dammit. But nvm about that. Joe Satriani came to Seattle to give a guitar workshop at Guitar Centre on Friday. For those who don't know who he is, he's probably one of the best in electric guitar playing in the world at the moment. Thanks to Dan, I managed to get to know about it. We went like 1 hour earlier at 5pm before it started, but there was already a queue that went for about a block when we were there. Thankfully, we managed to squeeze into the pathetically small room to hear him play and give some tips on electric guitar playing, which for about 80% of the time was too cheem, I had no idea what in the world he was talking about. Just practically amazed at the impossibilities one can even imagine.
Today, we woke up early to make our way to the Future of flight musuem and the Everett Boeing Plant for a Boeing tour. It was just simply amazing to see the assembly lines of the 747s, 777s, and 787s. We managed to see the 1st ever 787 being built right at the Everett Assembly plant, which also happens to be the biggest building on earth. When the tour guide mentioned that the building is so big that there are more than a million ceiling lights in it, I almost fainted. Haha...But from an aerospace engineering student point of view, the tour was definitely very educational and informative, showcasing the latest technology in commercial jets.
Despite the very interesting Friday and Saturday experience, I'm coming down with what I would call "first line of defence down". I'm down with a pretty bad sore throat, and hopefully it would not propogate to a fever. I'm doing all I can to prevent this from happening, and with friends like Michelle and Kiet offering herbal tea and medicine, I'm sure I would be able to regain my 1st defence line again. Now after all the fun, I need to get some rest.
Here's a song from Joe Satriani which I find beautiful. Sharing it with all of ya'll out there. Check out the uber nice riff somewhere at around the 2 min marker:)
2 months left to make things right.....
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Spring Quarter~
I can safely say that despite taking 5 courses this quarter, I feel that this quarter is going to be more slack than Winter quarter, cos the homeworks for this quarter are much easier than last quarter, and they are shorter too! No more thermodynamics and structural vibrations to worry about. Well that's so far for now, I hope it stays that way. And its still FREAKING cold here lah....cannot take it lah...wah kau..dunno why the weather so freaky. Flowers are blooming already but still can't see the sun. Spring already but still wearing my Northface jacket and hoodie. My berms are growing mouldy and my slippers are protesting to see the streets. I just hope that Spring WEATHER will come round soon. I SOMPA when i get back to Singapore, I won't wear jeans for the rest of the year.
Today will mark the start of training for the upcoming Washington State Open Badminton Tournament. Had the best badminton session since I've been to Seattle, meeting 2 new guys who plays good badminton, one whois from China and the other from Korea. I realised that all the guys who play good badminton are all not locals, and they are mostly PHD students or outsiders. Anyway, played so hard that my shoulders, back and legs are aching like mad now. Maybe its due to the long lay off during spring break. But I will get back into shape or at least some shape before the tourny starts on May 16th. Now I just hope that after a damm shack badminton game, I don't have to put on my jeans and hoodie and shoes to walk back to the apartment...I wanna wear slippers and my sweaty shirt and shorts backk.....
I can safely say that despite taking 5 courses this quarter, I feel that this quarter is going to be more slack than Winter quarter, cos the homeworks for this quarter are much easier than last quarter, and they are shorter too! No more thermodynamics and structural vibrations to worry about. Well that's so far for now, I hope it stays that way. And its still FREAKING cold here lah....cannot take it lah...wah kau..dunno why the weather so freaky. Flowers are blooming already but still can't see the sun. Spring already but still wearing my Northface jacket and hoodie. My berms are growing mouldy and my slippers are protesting to see the streets. I just hope that Spring WEATHER will come round soon. I SOMPA when i get back to Singapore, I won't wear jeans for the rest of the year.
Today will mark the start of training for the upcoming Washington State Open Badminton Tournament. Had the best badminton session since I've been to Seattle, meeting 2 new guys who plays good badminton, one whois from China and the other from Korea. I realised that all the guys who play good badminton are all not locals, and they are mostly PHD students or outsiders. Anyway, played so hard that my shoulders, back and legs are aching like mad now. Maybe its due to the long lay off during spring break. But I will get back into shape or at least some shape before the tourny starts on May 16th. Now I just hope that after a damm shack badminton game, I don't have to put on my jeans and hoodie and shoes to walk back to the apartment...I wanna wear slippers and my sweaty shirt and shorts backk.....
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Monday, April 07, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Rediscovering the touch~
Spring quarter has started very much quicker than expected, and probably not well anticipated due to the chilly weather that we have faced in the past few days, with snow reported in Seattle over the weekend while we were on Spring break. It is still relatively cold with temperatures averaging slightly less than 10 degrees C. This quarter, I am taking 5 courses. They are Incompressible Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Functional Properties of materials 1, Introduction to modern materials, and Introduction to manufacturing processes. Today in my Intro to manu process class, my professor, reminded us why we are studying engineering.
"In the manufacturing processes, there are design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and the support and administration. Design engineers are where we want to be, but support and administration is where the money is. So why do u want to be here? Why not get an MBA?"
Everybody remained silent for a while before some answers popped out from corners of the classroom.
Finally he said "Engineering is a noble profession to exercise your creative mind to design and create things for the world, for the people. We are directly responsible for people's welfare. When we screw up, people die. It is therefore important to remember what you have learnt in class so that you will become good and responsible engineers when you graduate."
I make it a point to remember what I'm studying, and to be as serious as I can to what I'm studying. Studying here in the US has certainly broadened my perspective on learning, and why we should learn and continue to learn as an engineer, why we should pursue learning not just for the good grades, but for the ultimate responsibility for other people's lives. Sometimes when the going gets tough, all the toughness just clouds out these goals and mottos. But today, it has been made clear to me again through Prof Labossiere, one who has inspired me at the start of the dreary Spring quarter, one whom already earned my respect just at the 2nd lesson.
Spring quarter has started very much quicker than expected, and probably not well anticipated due to the chilly weather that we have faced in the past few days, with snow reported in Seattle over the weekend while we were on Spring break. It is still relatively cold with temperatures averaging slightly less than 10 degrees C. This quarter, I am taking 5 courses. They are Incompressible Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Functional Properties of materials 1, Introduction to modern materials, and Introduction to manufacturing processes. Today in my Intro to manu process class, my professor, reminded us why we are studying engineering.
"In the manufacturing processes, there are design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and the support and administration. Design engineers are where we want to be, but support and administration is where the money is. So why do u want to be here? Why not get an MBA?"
Everybody remained silent for a while before some answers popped out from corners of the classroom.
Finally he said "Engineering is a noble profession to exercise your creative mind to design and create things for the world, for the people. We are directly responsible for people's welfare. When we screw up, people die. It is therefore important to remember what you have learnt in class so that you will become good and responsible engineers when you graduate."
I make it a point to remember what I'm studying, and to be as serious as I can to what I'm studying. Studying here in the US has certainly broadened my perspective on learning, and why we should learn and continue to learn as an engineer, why we should pursue learning not just for the good grades, but for the ultimate responsibility for other people's lives. Sometimes when the going gets tough, all the toughness just clouds out these goals and mottos. But today, it has been made clear to me again through Prof Labossiere, one who has inspired me at the start of the dreary Spring quarter, one whom already earned my respect just at the 2nd lesson.
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