Embarrassing

Recently I bumped into an old friend whom I have not met in like 8 or 9 years at my workplace. I was on my way to another room when I saw this guy smile at me. I am usually pretty cool about it cos I have seen thousands of patients by now. Probably one of those I have seen before. Next thing I know he calls me by name and by my chinese name. Then I panicked. How did he know my name? I tried very hard to recall who he was but my mind went blank. Then he told me his name. Still, I could not recognise him. Then he proceeded to tell me that he was so and so's husband. Then I suddenly recalled who he was. Then a bigger shocker came cos he looked so different from how I remembered him to be. And before my mind could kick in, my mouth already shot off:' Oh my God, you have put on so much weight!'

There was a silence. Then my 'lightning fast' brain realised the implications of what I just said. Oops. I was embarrassed. I quickly tried to divert the topic. 'How have you been?' Frankly I was not paying any attention to what he said after that. I was still stuck in the 'OMG, you have put on so much weight!' part of the conversation. After a short chat, I quickly excused myself. The worst part is that he is intending to do lasik with us which means that I will see more of him. Eeeks. As much as I do regret for my tactless comment (which came out faster than I knew) I was really surprised at how fat my friend has become. The last I remembered of him, he looked lke the typical athletic type of person. But now,......

Was chatting with my colleague about that incident later in the day and she was telling me that it typically happens to guys after they get married. SCARY! So, to the guys, you better take more pictures before you get married. Those will probably be your glory days. To the gals, do take pictures of your man before you get married. Those pictures will probably be the best it gets. :)

WAKE UP!

Hmmm, managed to find a little spare time to blog this morning. Don't quite kow where to start though. Seem to have a lot of stuff on my mind right now.

Was watching some music videos posted by a student of Berklee in Boston. His name is AJ. I was really impressed with his musical talent. The way he plays the piano. The intricacies that he looks into. Again it started to make me question about what I am doing right now to raise my music abilities. I have slipped into the status quo attitude for my music and I find it difficult to rise above it. Same for my walk before God. I just don't wanna 'rock the boat' so to say. God I need help. The scary part of it is that I know that if I do not start doing anything different from now, next year and the years to come will remain the same. But some how I can't push my flesh beyond what it is now......

Today's Worship

I finally got through today's worship! Okay, sounds like I really dreaded which I did in a sense. No. 1 I had not seriously touched the keyboard for months.
No. 2 I only received the songlist on thursday so effectively I had only 3 days to prepare.
No. 3 There were fast songs with Cm Fm Gm Bb Eb Ab chords in it.
Arrrrrrhhhh.

Yesterday when we had the practice I really panicked man. Thank God for solid guitarists like Thye Peng. He was the one who played the most so I could get away with mininal playing. Whew. Actually he used to play for NCC worship team so he got 'liao' one man.

So the mandarin worship went pretty okay, thank God. Did not destroy the worship which I thought I would have. :) Then came the english one. Thank God it turned out pretty okay as well. My worship leader Daniel was really good. I am always impressed with his ability to take the simple skills that I have and make it sound good overall. Think I need to play more in worship. Gone rusty is really an understatement. I bugged Daniel to teach me keyboard after the session. Hope he can squeeze out time to coach me. That would be great.

Hmmm, so many things to learn, so little time. Hmmm, the conclusion? I just need like a million bucks so that I can quit my job and go full time into music. That would be heaven man. Okay back to reality again. Just take things one step at a time I suppose.

Thank you Lord for watching over my hands today. Really grateful that You pulled me through man......

Photo Edits

Was just playing around with the photo editing of my phone. Quite cool right? Hmmm, I seem to look better without much color!

Father's Thoughts

The father's thoughts,......

Son, I want to give you the best things in life.
I want to give you the toys that I never had.
I want you to enjoy the luxuries I never enjoyed.
I want you to be the envy of all your friends in school.
I want you to have the best education that my parents could never afford.
I want you to live in a mansion that I could only dream about when I was young.

The son's thoughts,......
Dad, I wish you could just spend some time with me.
I wish I could say 'good night' to you before I drift to sleep.
I wish You were there to comfort me when I was down and out.
I wish you would be there to say that you are proud of me when I have done right.
I wish you could make it in time to the dinner table so that we could have a meal together.
I wish you would give me more of your time than more of your money, your presence than presents.