Choice is yours...

When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices.
Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams.

Choice is yours...

My Cats

My cats, "Ah Boy" and "Ah Girl". Yeah, I know, lame name but there wasn't any suitable names when I adopted them. They don't seems to like the name too, response better when being "meow" at. Weird cats...

Deaf Art Expose 2008

There will be a Deaf Art Expose 2008 coming soon in August (1st - 3rd Aug, 2008), which will be launched by YB Tuan Teng Boon Soon, Deputy Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Malaysia.

Come and join us if you're looking paintings for home or office, best still, to experience the Deaf world and check out the activities provided by the organizer. An opportunity to mingle with the Deaf!

Interesting cat

Today after grocery shopping, I went to pick up my car. On my way, I saw a cat sitting by the side of the corridor, somewhere near the parking, turn its head 90 degrees and look at a place. I've been observing it because no matter who or what passed by, it doesn't move nor its head move abit! I purposely walk near it to see if it'll move, guess what, even I "meow" at it, it doesn't move at all! Same as its head, keep at 90 degrees, watching at the same spot. I thought it's interesting, look at what it's looking at, it's nothing! I only see road, car, grass... probably my eyes are not sharp enough to see what it sees. First time I saw a cat so concentrated on something that it didn't care what's coming next to it. Too bad I don't have my camera with me, otherwise I would have snap this cat's moment.

It makes me think of my 2 cats back in my home town though...

Graduated!

Looking at the certificate, though it's just a basic sign language course, I could not hide my excitement. For now, I'm having basic skill to explore into the Deaf world! 10 weeks to learn the sign language is not a long period, however, the bond and the fun that the course brings are nothing can be described by words.

I still remember the last day's presentation that all of us need to present, most challenging is without words, all done in sign. We created lots of laughter until face and stomach ache!

I missed the time already. But it's not the end, it's just the beginning...

输了...

今晚打输了一场战, 劲疲力痉.
不想等, 不想妄想... 认输吧, 是时候向前走.

人生总会有输的时候, 今晚过了又是新的开始...

加油!

Seriously disturbed...

Today supposed to be a happy day, but I'm seriously disturbed after seeing this:

Bali's ritual slaughter of the magnificent green sea turtle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e47ez1V_-4

No grammar in Sign Language?

Last Saturday, I asked my instructor what's the grammar like in Sign language. She told me Malaysian Sign Language is not like English or other verbal language. She gives me an example:

English:
May I know where is the toilet please?

Sign:
TOILET WHERE?

See the difference? The challenge is to tell story with sign so that other party can get a picture rather than "speak" proper sentences with sign. They will not understand if I sign the full sentence with proper grammar. Next week I'm going to tell story with proper signing!

Psalm of Confession by David Chin

He is certainly talented and amazing! Met this fellow friend at a conducting camp back in year 2004, now seen he has done so well in his studies, many congratulations! Well done, David!

Original Composition of David Chin (winner of 2007 Pensacola Christian College original composition contest).

A blessed wedding...

It's 5pm here and it's raining now. Looking outside the windows, whole scenery somehow turned greyish blue with little brown peach trying to steal the main character of the scene, not too strong, very light brown peach. Wanted to relax under the weather but the smell of the rain isn't the same anymore. Where has the smell of the rain gone? I missed the nice smell of the rain...

This afternoon I went to attend Joshua and Lee Yee's wedding, conducted 3 songs at the church wedding ceremony. During the last song, which is the most difficult one, I accidentally push off the score stand at a Fortissimo part. Definitely not the right time to steal the bride and bridegroom's limelight! But then, somehow the fall of the score stand creates loud bang and caught many attention towards my direction. Got panicky a little, thanks to the pianist, she laughed, that calms me down somehow.

I got back to the beat and continue conducting without the stand and scores. The memorization of the scores eventually put to a test! Choir members are steady. We manage to get to the end of the song smoothly. Phew! Now trying to recall, I didn't know what happened. A choir member told me my hand touched the score and the whole stand just fall off. So, I must have done the Fortissimo stronger than I thought!

Thinking back of my conducting experience, pushing off the score stand is the first time it happened during an actual conducting session. Some might thought that I do it purposely to create more "emotion"! Yeah, actually fortissimo can be quite intense but then ... it's not a bad idea too to be more expressive!

Definitely something to learn... either keep a distance from the stand or make sure I kick the stand real hard so that it fly away! No.. that can be dangerous. My teacher will sure scold me to have such thought! Well, anyhow, I'm glad that another story has added to my conducting life, a good one to laugh at too.

Lastly, I wish Joshua and Lee Yee a wonderful life together and may the life after marriage brings lot of stories that could bless others in their circle of life, continue to shine as a body of Christ...