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# Point of Difference
Its the weekends again! YAY!!
Saturday
Was awesome!! Haha, apart from spending lots of time hand-washing clothes, tuition was alright. Although i still dread the journey there n back. Started off fine with me dropping by TJ to get my stuff which i left in the SC room. Oh, why would it be there? Cuz... i left it there... haha.. ok ok, cuz i left it there while i went to watch Chinese Drama's show. The easiest name to put for the show owuld be Temasek Nite 07.
Friday
Points that you already know
-Kenneth doesn't know Chinese
-Neither is he able to read Chinese
-He wasn't stupid enough to sit through it alone
So i got myself a few translators! Haha. Big thanks to Zhiyuann and Yingen who translated for me. Let me try and retell the stories (there were 3 ok!) and tag me if i got it all wrong k?
Story ONE
-aiks... darn.. can't remember liao..
-*ponders while enjoying ALL OF THE ABOVE*
-oh oh, it was about how life isn't always perfect
-there was this father who adopted a blind girl
-then he was going to die, so he donated his eyes to his daughter
-and according to zhiyuan, the scene where the musical box gets spoilt is significant in the sense that it foretells that she is going to lose something (or someone) precious to her
-and parallel to that, there is a fairy tale going on where the prince and princess lives happily ever after after (lol, after after =) defeating the witch
-btw, to the witch, ur shadows were so cool!! tag me if u r reading this k? I dunno ur name but i guess you know the ppl i was watching ur show with
Story TWO
-it was about being urself
-there was this girl who always thought of herself as inferior to others, especially to her sister
-because of that, she thought that ppl were always making fun of her and excluding her when they actually weren't
-in the end, when she stands up for someone else (because of something she herself holds dear), she realises that she needs to stand up for herself
-then she realises that she will only be happy when she is herself
-according to zhiyuan again, the act of her putting on her glasses at the end is to emphasize the point
Story THREE
-starring JULIE LOW!!!!
-i dunno what her character's name is so i shall call her Julie (=
-its a whole story about the good and bad of changing times, centralised around the Singapore Government
-started of with the collapse of the First World Hotel and ended with the upgraded Kopitiam where the Julie pays for the expensive meal
-according to Julie, her transition scene to her "older self" was purposely interrupted by the stage crew and lighting change to ignify how time flies
Ta daa~~
And there you have my version of what went down at Temasek Nite 07
So moving back to...
Saturday
After getting my stuff, peeked into LT2 where EXCO elections were going on but had no time to stick around cuz tuition called. But once tuition was over, i headed back and stepped into the LT.
The EXCO was already decided by then. Shall not ruin the surprise for u, but somewhere on my blog is the list of the new EXCO. Go hunt k? Then after forever, we decided to go to Parkway for lunch.
Ate KFC, sharing a buddy meal with Cheryl who tried Meltz. I think Meltz is nice, but not filling... Interesting things that went on was talking about how Hui Min was gonna suffer! And her scandal where she herself failed the task. Dun think u guys will know what im talking abt, but then again, u shouldn't! Saw a PW group there also!
Aruna, Abishek, Pui Yee, Cheryl and Ryan's group. I think. They were supposed to be at Macs but apparently it was too crowded so KFC had good luck.
Left for home on 48 and then did my laundry and rushed to YA pre-service prayer. Aiken shared an awesome msg (see.. he said so already in the mails ryte?! haha) on being the LIGHT! And then we moved into the service which was very very good! We started off with this awesome song... Point of Difference!
Shall focus on the chorus, and how it is really meaningful (oh, btw, i bought hte album already! Haha! Can't edit my sidebar though, but point is, UNITED rocks, and their songs are really meaningful!!)
Chorus
Open the skies, flood the earth with Your light
Like what Maddy and Aiken said, this is really meaningful. Apart from the obvious fact that we are called to be lights, there's this interesting thing about lights. In a room as big as u can imagine, ok, for convenience, think of a classroom. If its totally dark, there's like so much darkness in the room. But even if a small tiny candle is lit, the darkness which is so much more than the small little candle cannot overpower it. The light shines through. And secondly, everyone in the dark will naturally focus on this light. This is our calling. YA and Emmanuel. To be that light. And not just any small light, a light that will flood the earth! Blowing Spirit, Jumping Locusts!
This is love to break a world indifferent
This is the MOST meaningful part of the chorus for me. Why do we need to shine? Because we live in an indifferent world. Just like what Isaac super-crazy-awesomely-amazing Church Camp promo-video said, we love in a world where lies are passed off as truths. Where people care only abou themselves. Where one can be a crowd and yet lonely, be online yet disconnected. This world is so cold and indifferent. And we are called to love, love so much that it breaks the indifference. Love so much that we stand out. Love so sincerely that we shine. Love so dearly that people see the Love of God in us. Love that breaks indifference. How important that is, words here can't express, but it really struck me. To live my life, that my love will break this indifferent world
As we lift up our eyes, fill our hearts with Your fire
It certainly isn't easy to love till it break indifference. It won't be normal to stick by friends when work calls. It won't be easy to care when I need to be cared for myself. It's hard to show I care when I'm empty inside. But this is where God comes in to be that fuel for our fire to burn and shine for Him. On my own, i cannot love till it breaks indifference. I cannot love without being filled myself first. And as Rachael said before the service, today, God really wants to fill us with love. Love firstly for Him, and next for others. And im taking up that call. To love people, to genuinely care, to sincerely touch, to break this world indifferent.
In a world the same, we'll be the different. The Difference.
Even after all the "hype" of the weekend, the world is still the same. The only change that took place is in me. The world isn't suddenly going to be all lovey and caring. And trying to break the indifference may break my spirit within the first few hours of monday. But in my world, im going to be the different. The Difference!Labels: 31st EXCO elections, Point of Difference, Temasek Night, Yingen, Zhiyuan
the story ends like this;
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