Inspired

Wayne and Libby, former members of the Parachute Band (a Christian band from NZ), conducted a music workshop cum sharing session with the worship ministry on Sat. I think they are sort of becoming our ministry mentors, as someone put it. I was so inspired by them, and their drive to be excellent in order to serve others. Yes, there's a stark difference between excellence and perfectionism.

Excellence is about others; perfectionism is about myself.
Excellence is not a destination you arrive at, it's an attitude you live with.

Indeed, I hope I can strive to be excellent, so that I can lead others closer to Christ. In the meantime, I'm hoping to write some songs - about God this time. It's been more than 5 years since I last wrote something. Hopefully God will put a new song in my heart this time. And hopefully too, I won't be ashamed of what I've written. Don't be perfectionistic gal, be excellent. Serve others.

shortlisted

I've been shortlisted for the first round auditions of Deal or No Deal! Haha.
Let's see how it goes :)

girl talk

nice girl talk today at Miss Clarity along Purvis Street, together with ah wing and eug.
quotable quote by eug: "But he loves me silently!!!"
yeah, we all need someone to love us loudly, don't we? :)
as an aside, I saw one of my colleagues' youths sitting at a nearby table. how strange that I keep bumping into him - he's an apprentice at the salon I frequent, and here he is with his gf at the cafe I'm dining at!

post-dinner trim

Kartaly requests for Ethan Mummy to cut her fringe - in the comfort of Ethan Mummy's five-room flat. Diaper-strapped Ethan looks on, at first saying an ominous "don't cut! don't cut!", before commenting "shorter...shorter..." Yes, yes, Ethan darling, we know Aunty Kartaly's fringe is getting shorter. But Mummy can handle it - and she does! *clap clap* Aunty Kartaly's happy too :) And that's how our Saturday home-cooked pasta dinner party ended!

K 歌夜睌

Another night of kara-forever-ok with the kiasu bunch that wastes no time in choosing songs. They plan their song list even before they step into the room! They even prepare my warm-up song! :p

881: 一人一半

Caught Royston Tan's 881 today. The title track 一人一半 is simply captivating. The original Hokkien song has been remixed into part Hokkien part Mandarin. Here're the solo and duet versions.

Time to record

Finally am back from my recording session at the studio. I haven't sung in soooo long, my voice takes so long to warm up, I can't reach the high notes well, and my vibralto shivers. Sigh... We finally finished the song at 1am. I'm tired...now just waiting for my hair to dry and then I'll hit the sack... zzzzzz

Response

God must know how crazy I felt last night. This morning, I opened my email inbox and saw a surprise email from a Christian friend. Not a close one though. He said he couldn't shake off a dream he had of me last night, and he shared a message he felt that God wanted me to know. And that message really hit home. Isn't God so good?