Sunday, May 31, 2009
And one my faves won! I think they totally deserved it. Whilst many other acts simply went with their audition piece, Im glad they managed to be so creative and flawless despite the time constraint.
This is the last semis.. and it was better than the finals. Well... he had less than 24hours to recover and prepare so its kind of unfair.
Now... time for me to find another time waster.... hahaha....
Lord I'm sorry for the things I did not say
Or the actions that remain undone today
My life ought to lead others to You
But those around me never knew
This is not about whether I have a gift
Or a burden in which I have to lift
Its about the commandment you gave us all
To go to the nations, schools and shopping malls
And help others be more like you
Just like Peter, James, John and Matthew
So Lord help me never to forget
That this is my mission not my debt
Without you it is doomed to fail
But thank God for the cross and the nail
Friday, May 29, 2009
actually i took a break cuz BGT didn't show on wednesday due to the champions league... haha... ok, back to BGT semi finals no. 4.
this little boy was cute but he wasn't one of my faves in the auditions. however, i found him really lovable here. i have one question: how much did he spend getting the costumes and props? and does he cover the cost or the show does?
now here is a great example of what 'young at heart' means. check out this 73 year old man who clubs 7 days a week! i think his backup dancers were all the friends he made there...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
just a break from BGT fever - actually its because I find the semis overall quite disappointing, while I still hold on to my faves, I think that the auditions were better for all of them, except for Diversity.
The title popped into my head as I was reading Job today (I'm at the part where he is upset with God and his friends who insist that he had somehow deserved the catastrophe that just fallen upon him).
This phrase is actually a line that has been used pretty often in the last few episodes of Naruto.
I think I can hear some of your mental thoughts screaming: "WHAT?!"
I know its pretty far out... a line from Naruto popping out when your reading the Bible. Tsktsk...how un-spiritual (or childish) can you get?
Try putting aside any Job's friends-like remarks and just look at the phrase on its on. Now it comes about when this boy of unknown origins (who later is revealed to be an orphan) comes across Naruto and asks him where home is and Naruto gave this answer. At the same time, Naruto firmly believes that Sasuke, his friend who has left him, will one day return as long as he (naruto) doesn't stop thinking about him(sasuke) .
As Job faces depression (well who wouldn't if you lost all your children, wealth and health?), he doesn't blame God for not thinking of him. Quite the opposite, he mulls over why God, being so great and almighty, chose to focus so much on him. He very much rather be left alone.
He was right that God focused on him, but not for the reasons he thought. And just as God focused on Job, He focuses on each and everyone of us. Portrayed as a father of a prodigal son, God longs for and thinks constantly of us, even those who deny His existence and live their lives without Him in mind. But just as the phrase says, home is really where there is someone thinking of you and no one thinks of us more than our Heavenly Father.
Psalm 139:17-18
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
On a side note that is of a completely different tangent, check out this vid and have a good laugh. I don't care what people say, but Im proud to call Singapore my home for reasons like this! You'll sure never hear that song the same way again~
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
The semis are here! And Im glad my faves have gotten thru.
Diversity was great. And Flawless appeared to be abit of a copycat simply because they were in the second semis. They are both great but I feel Flawless is just too flawless, ie professional. I love the how fun and fresh Diversity is.
Im really sad Gareth didn't get in, although it was because Shaun got thru that he didn't manage to. I actually much preferred Shaun's performance in his audition then in the semis, but hope he does better for the finals!
Anyway here are Gareth's clips so your can see how cute (don't you find his accent adorable?) and talented he is - Simon was really being an a**
Sunday, May 24, 2009
It all started with Susan Boyle becoming an international sensation and then I found Britain's Got Talent - heaps of it. Here are just my faves so far:
Fave child singer - i think he handled the change really well, most ppl would have been quite shaken
Fave voice - i think this is even better than AI's Kris' version:
Fave dancer - He's even better than George Sampson!:
Fave dance group:
Most unbelievable:
Most oddly entertaining aka best father-son relationship:
And last but not least - the cutest:
Couldn't find a vid that allowed me to embed so herez the url - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSCQx3cNulQ
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
I just finished watching They Kissed Again (ISWAK 2). Before you start mentally linking me to one of the S-Factor girls or chiding my silly indulgence, just read this (or don't).
As a sequel, and we all know how sequels are like, I wasn't all that excited about watching it. Especially since the hype was all over a year ago and my friend who lent me the DVD, practically gave it to me without watching it because she couldn't be bothered to watch it. However, while it possibly can be labeled as typical idol drama fare, watching it made me a happy girl.
I admit, Im a sucker for happy endings and romance, and this show was basically that. To make things interesting, they obviously had to insert some storms into their marriage (they got married at the end of the first show, before they started university). However, unlike the storms in most adult marriages as depicted in the media, the focus was on how 2 very different people learnt to love one another in a manner the other could understand and to understand the other person's way of loving him/her. Misunderstandings arose due to insecurities when the girl failed to see how much her husband loved her, thinking that she loved him way more than he loved her. I believe many people who have been in a relationship can testify how often that happens.
The book "The 5 love languages" is widely read and I believe if the characters read this book, it would have saved them from learning it the hard way (but it made for good tv). An acquaintance of mine who read the book, asked what happens if she and her parents have different love languages. After talking with her for a while, it seemed as though she wanted her parents to show her love in her love language. Whilst I only know the gist and have not actually read the book, I do not think that that is how the knowledge should be applied.
If your way of showing love differs from how the other person feels loved, then you ought to try changing your way of showing love to suit the other person. Also, if the way you feel loved is different from how the other person demonstrates love, learn to look out for and appreciate the other person's way of loving you.
What does it mean to love? To make oneself feel good or to make your loved one feel good? A love that centres on your own comfort and feelings is a selfish love (if we can still call it love). But a love that put the other's interests before one's own, is the love that God demonstrated when He gaves us His Son and is the love that we are called to emulate.
Anyways back to about the show, the picture painted is that of 2 very different, yet perfectly complemented persons. This kind of pairing is also seen in another of my favourite shows - Nodame Cantabile. However, regardless of the number of idol dramas I've watched, I am still down-to-earth enough to know that such situations are only seen in reel life. But is it really too much to look for someone who is perfect for me, just as I am perfect for him? Someone who needs me just as much as I need him? Someone who loves me just as much as I love him?
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