I hope that every christian can be able to say these words below

Jeremiah 4:19
My heart pounds within me,
I cannot keep silent.
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;
I have heard the battle cry.

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we shall overcome
by the blood of the lamb
and the word of our testimony
everyone
overcome.

ni ni ni
I was going to blog earlier, but I wasn't high enough.
YES, NOW I AM
personally, I blame cuttlefish.

anyway, let's begin with our song of the week
Overcome by Desperation Band



first heard it during the last Fresh Fire Conference Miracle Rally
lyrics are as follows:

Verse 1
Seated above, enthroned in the Father's love
Destined to die, poured out for all mankind
God's only son perfect and spotless one
He never sinned, but suffered as if he did

Prechorus
All authority, every victo-ry is Yours
All authority, every victory is Yours

Chorus
Savior, worthy of honor and glory, worthy of all our praise, You overcame
Jesus, awesome in power forever, awesome and great is Your name, You overcame

Verse 2
Power in hand speaking the Father's plan
You're sending us out, light in this broken land

Bridge
We will overcome by the blood of the Lamb
And the word of our testimony, everyone overcome

I'm not ashamed to say I think this is a beautiful song (:

we will overcome
by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony
everyone, overcome

I'm all out of random facts for today :p
but please, if you're reading this and you want more random knowledge, please TAG ALREADY

I get annoyed when so many people tell me they read my blog but I don't know about it D:
FOR PENAL CODE PURPOSES, THIS IS NOT SOLICITATION.

two other songs today
oh look! Its a BONUS :O
the first is Refuse To Be Denied
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTJqndfHEJs
its especially for a certain person who already knows she is
the second is Be Glorified
first heard it yesterday
spent a good half hour hunting for it :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H667w4HdcVQ
yep, they're all by desperation band
and they all speak volumes :)
they are beautifully written
and amazingly spirit-filled :D

considering I spent friday night in miracle rally, saturday at adult service, sunday morning at ignyte service and sunday night at another miracle rally, its great to spend time in the presence of God :D

and God keeps speaking softly because He wants me to voluntarily shut out the distractions around me.
Hai, He's ever the gentleman, never forces it onto us
always gives us the choice :p

I'm just going to spend more time listening to the songs above
will pop by again later (however long later will be)

I'm coming after you
I'm coming after you
I'm coming after you Lord ;)

Take this life and be glorified

this is a pop-in

this photo made me laugh coke up my nose
it burns >.<

hullo strangely-quiet-at-1.30-in-the-morning world :D

I'm very much a person of habit, even my randomness is habitual O.o
and yes, blogging late into the night is very, very habitual

I'm glad IBA at SGH is over
meaning I can FINALLY sleep this late without having to calculate the number of hours of sleep I'll get and whether or not I'll be awake enough to survive the day

I'd mention more about what I plan to do over the rest of my holidays, but I'd sound like such a geek my ego would be shriveled, buttered up, flambed, and served with a side of shredded self-esteem.

Sleeping cycles have edged towards crepuscular.
That is, I'm more awake near dawn and dusk.
Gid like big words.

I feel insecure about my english, so pardon the occurrence of more cheem words throughout the course of this post

and because I'm a believer in life-long learning:
After an intensive study on raindrops by Philipp Lenard in 1898, he found that raindrops measuring 2mm in diameter or less are approximately spherical in shape; raindrops measuring from 2mm to 5mm get increasingly hamburger-shaped; and raindrops above 5mm look like parachutes. However, raindrops above 5mms are really unstable

I thank God for making me a 'smart cookie'
but sometimes I wish I don't remember such random information
for instance:
One of many actual clinical psychiatric tests for suicide risk assesment is called the SAD PERSONS test
Yep, got that right, the test for suicide risk is called the SAD PERSONS test
follow the link for verification!
www.capefearpsych.org/documents/SADPERSONS-suiciderisk.pdf

yep yep, I be random

ANYWAY, listen to Rachael Yamagata!
1963 - Rachael Yamagata


This was the most upbeat song by her that I could find :p

lyrics:
Baby, I'm stuck in the middle, and I don't know why
Find the words you sing to be
Sweeter than the words of the bird in the sky
Oh, the days you came around
I feel so good for me
I can take most anything
Cause what you bring

I find it to be magical
I feel like I'm loving you in 1963
Flowers in my hair
Little bitty hearts upon my cheek
Baby, you'll be on my mind
'Til I kiss you next time

Baby, come on, take a ride in my little blue bug
Keep the windows down
Don't forget to celebrate the radio's up
Oh, the way you hold my hand
There is no other way
We could take a thousand walks
And laugh all day

I find it to be magical
I feel like I'm loving you in 1963
Flowers in my hair now
Little bitty hearts upon my cheek
Baby, you'll be on my mind
'Til I kiss you next time



anyway, background information, Rachael has a cool family
from her dad's side, she's a fourth generation Japanese-American;
from her mum's side, she's of Italian and German ancestry
plus, she has a really, really good voice
and nice eyes
I notice eyes O.o



I re-thought the book I wanted to get
and I decided instead on Cast of Characters instead of In the Eye of the Storm
Couldn't find it in Manna, so I'll buy it online
awaiting the happy parcel :D





God's flipping the page :)
This chapter's finishing, He's just doing the final touch-ups
then He's flipping the page



Someday, I want to be able to look back on my life and echo the words of Paul in his letter to the church in Philippi,
"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want."
--Philippians 4:12



I don't want my holidays to waste away :)
I don't want my three years left in ACS(I) to waste away
I don't want my five years left as a youth in ignyte to waste away

Jesus is the Lord
Who reigns forevermore
Jesus is the Lord
He reigns, He reigns

sing it with me

yes! The words have been uttered :O

for the uninformed, its a play on the title of Dr Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham, and if you don't know that one, what rock have you been living under? D:
hopefully not the one with patrick star.
My dad's convinced patrick is spongebob's gay partner.
no, you didn't read that wrongly, it really is my dad.

ANYWAY
for the curious, yes, life has been good :D
sorry, no emo poems, I'm not in that funk anymore
yes, I said funk.

I analyze my vocabulary
I believe that makes me weird O.o

but back to the point
God has been good, and life has been good
my life's getting back on track :)

random lifestyle tip:
The best posture to stand while on the MRT to avoid falling is legs roughly shoulder length apart, knees slightly bent. Straightened out knees absorb force less well than slightly bent knees, and that makes it harder for you to accommodate the changes in forces as the train moves.

on a side note, my english is suffering, I used auto-correct thrice in this post :O
SHOCKING, but true.

I love that God's moving in familiarity in my life, yet at the same time, I love the new ways of looking at old things that He keeps revealing :)
I wanna go for the adult sermon series "in the eye of the storm". I'm also getting the Max Lucardo book with a similar name. A good friend shared a truth with me about being in the eye of the storm that I hold dear to me ;)

I'll be in Cameron Highlands from the 21st to the 27th of december with my family. Which annoys me greatly. Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with my family, and I especially enjoy the openness and truthfulness in my family. But what annoys me is that there's a part of me that wants to spend time with my friends too. Special, added annoyance is for the number of days I'll be missing with a certain oikklo friend when she comes back to singapore D:

I want a new bag
bag and shoes
bag and shoes and shirt
bag and shoes and shirt and jeans
wardrobe

I should stop using "I" so much. So egocentric. Heh, but I need my ego moments :D

and thank you for all that expressed sadness at my hiatus. whenever I stop blogging is when I realise people read my blog.

So here's to you, reader, for putting up with randomness enough to fill the seven seas!

hiatu- NAH, just messing with you.

I'd Rather Be With You - Joshua Radin


This is the sort of song you hope someday you'll remember so it plays at your wedding or engagement party or the silver anniversary of your marriage.

Yes, I'm a romantic arty-farty sort of guy, what took you so long to realise? O.o

lyrics are here
Sittin here on this lonely dock
Watch the rain play on the ocean top
All the things I feel I need to say
I cant explain in any other way

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you were naturally
The one to make it so easy when you showed me the truth
Yeah, yeah Id rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

Now heres the sun come to dry the rain
Warm my shoulders and relieve my pain
Youre the one thing that Im missing here
With you beside me I no longer fear

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you were naturally
The one to make it so easy when you showed me the truth
Yeah, yeah Id rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

I could have saved so much time for us
Had I seen the way to get to where I am today
You waited on me for so long
So now listen to me say

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you were naturally
The one to make it so easy when you showed me the truth
Yeah, yeah Id rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

Say you feel the way I do

Joshua Radin's such a good singer



Count on it:
Everyone who had it in for you
will end up out in the cold—
real losers.
Those who worked against you will end up empty-handed—
nothing to show for their lives.
When you go out looking for your old adversaries, you won't find them—
Not a trace of your old enemies,
not even a memory.
That's right.
Because I, your God,
have a firm grip on you and I'm not letting go.
I'm telling you, 'Don't panic.
I'm right here to help you.'

Isaiah 41:11-13, The Message



Yes, I'm different now. And yes, I'm still random gideon.
But I'm a little older now, I'm a little wiser.
A little more learned in life
A little more learned in loss
A little more learned in gain
A little more learned in living in God's ways.
Its a journey :)
and I think I just passed a milestone

and now its on to the next one :D
with my bestest, best friend by my side
and He makes my life more exciting than you'd believe ;)

God bless :D