Soaring, Flying

Eviction notice:

2010-08-07T14:35:00.002+10:00

You are hereby requested to relocate your attention to:

http://danderlee.tumblr.com

Catching Up

2010-05-05T22:59:00.011+10:00

It seems like just yesterday that I sat in that dreaded examination hall, anticipating the exams that would decide my future.

Much has changed since then; I have now left the place I once called home, Camberwell Grammar School, however preserving the fond memories that I cherish so dearly.

No longer will I enjoy the joys of VCE Accounting (though it has been replaced by its mean cousin), or the satisfaction of leaving early on Friday afternoons.

The immeasurable sense of relief walking out of an English SAC, and out of Further Maths in general...

I do miss my comfortable, warm blazer, and of course Cheung's smirk as be paraded his hard earned colours glimmering in the sunlight.

The lunchtimes of toasted sandwiches, the cosy common room and sweaty soccer sessions. And did I mention watching Jacky attempting to 'bicycle'?

Bright and early mornings, and that first deep, cold breath of air before Saturday morning sport. Okay, that's something I don't particularly miss.

But most of all, I miss the friends I've made and kept - especially those who have ventured beyond the walls of Melbourne. Luckily for me, we keep in touch!

Thanks to all of those whom I've shared all these memorable experiences with, and I hope that these continue to grow.

Now I focus on my present and future, with warm memories in mind: Monash University.

To the class of 2009, Cheers!

Ticket inspecting isn't a real job.

2009-10-10T18:01:00.003+11:00

The heading says it all.
Next stop, failures and underachievers.
Lost you? Sorry, I was referring to ticket inspectors.
Congratulations on your $20,000 salaries a year; do you honestly gain any satisfaction in apprehending and intruding into the lives of everyday civilians, whose only desire is to have a pleasant, uninterrupted, timely and efficient service?

Unfortunately, Metlink has failed to provide any of these.

What gives these 'public transport officers' the right to fine people, flaunting their shiny badges and hiding in their fashion-insulting trench coats? Where'd you get them from, the children's dress up shop? Such authority can hardly be taken seriously.

The time Metlink finally decides to commence providing punctual and efficient tram, bus and train services, without arrogant ticket inspectors ruining a potentially enjoyable ride is the time I will continue to buy Metcards.

Rather, I'm in anticipation of the new Myki system - perhaps this system be able to provide a better alternative to the outdated, uncoordinated inefficient and unexcusable service that we must depend on.

For those law abiding citizens, for the benefit of us fare evaders out here, I have a piece of advice for you:

Take as long as you can when being checked, buying sufficient time for others like myself to get off at the next stop :)

Ticket inspecting isn't a real job. Go and pursue something better and more beneficial to society...like a sewer rat.

Endurance, Survival.

2009-09-07T19:27:00.002+10:00

Vitamin D: Sun

2009-09-01T18:55:00.005+10:00

Today marks the end of the bitter, cold and ruthless Winter,

and the entrance into the bright, warm and jovial Spring!

As the earth rotates ever so slowly, Sun, I WELCOME THEE!

Come and pervade our frosty island with your warming rays,

please don't forget about Melbourne!

I know the weather here is quite unpredictable...

But if you could let the Big Guy know, it would be greatly appreciated!

No longer will we have short, dark days...

Nor will we have to brave subzero temperatures,

equipped with scarves, gloves, jackets, hoodies and umbrellas.

I shan't miss the cold winter mornings, the thick fog that descends from above...

Instead, I amiably greet the long, bright sunny days,

And I hear ice cream is back in season!

Hello beaches! Ahoy there Lack of Stress!

Swimming pools, Ice Kachang, Sipping coconuts on a tropical island.

Ah. That's the life.

Oh, how I yearned for you..

And I'm so glad you've finally come.

Till we meet very soon,

I do hope you've had your dose of vitamin D!

TWELFTH YEAR

2009-08-08T00:11:00.005+10:00

Why is it that whenever you mention "Year 12" to someone new,

their almost impulsive response is somehow related to either:

i) subject choices

ii) university

iii) current schooling

iv) and as of last week, midyears

(I am both a victim and a recidivist in this matter)

Isn't it possible to make generic conversation on a differing topic?

Life doesn't completely revolve around school, you know...

Well, realistically this year - it does.

I am dreading the mountain of notes that await me in Legal Studies, the endless practise exams; that will undoubtedly kill enough trees to supply enough firewood till heaven come, and of course, the stress of final exams.

The end is fast approaching, of which I am earnestly in anticipation of...

Finishing secondary school, CONSTANT, NON STOP PARTYING, University - my future.

The "premiership quarter" as our headmaster has made copious references to, is now transpiring.

From now on, it's heads down, tails up, or so to speak, and the commencement of final preparations for the championship finish!

Thanks to my good friends Facebook and MSN, my attempts to embark on this educational conquest is somewhat impeded, but I do intend on overcoming these petty adversaries, with one focus, finishing the race, and doing so well.

(I sincerely apologise about the abundance of sporting metaphors)

Good luck to us all; we privileged few, fortunate enough to grace the education system with our budding minds and intellect - summed up in a single score on December 13th...hardly a representation of thirteen prolonged, frustrating, and painstaking years of schooling.

If you can survive VCE, I'm convinced you can subdue just about anything.

dan.

Freebies

2009-08-02T18:53:00.002+10:00

Went to the monash open day today.

Spent the day with lovely people.

Helped myself to many freebies!

Bears, a frisbee, a bouncy ball, pens and lollies.

Had a very fruitful day...

The wind was quite annoying - a nightmare for my hair.

But nonetheless refreshing...

Okay it was simply irritating.

Melbourne Uni open day is soon.

MORE FREEBIES!

Photohunt.

2009-07-29T17:39:00.004+10:00

Played photohunt the other day.

Actually, the whole week!

Had lots of fun, wasted lots of time!

Achieved a highscore - now I can die happily.

Isn't it weird?

If you do something for a long time, it seems to be imprinted on your mind.

For example tetris blocks falling in your head?

When looking at a photo, instinctively searching for differences?

Or is it just me?

Yes, glad to know I'm being so productive in year 12.

dan13L.

Accounting

2009-06-03T15:08:00.002+10:00

And it looms near...
The dreaded midyear exam is within 6 days..AM I'M BLOGGING?

I've finished 23 practise exams as of today, and am looking forward to Tuesday the 9th of June.

Next week is going to be hectic:

Accounting Exam
GAT
English Oral
Soccer games against Marcellin & PEGS - (two of the best teams)
Formal!

Followed by another 4 SACS in the remaining two weeks.

This is the essence of year 12.

Shall get back to you soon.

Dan13l

EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION

2009-05-10T22:35:00.004+10:00

CLOSE ONE!

My blog nearly died!

Since February, it has just struck me that I have completely neglected my blog.

I have a blog? wow!

This blog would like to extend its thanks to triplet member James Law for reminding me to blog.

You can probably tell how hectic year 12 has been, given my utter lack of blogging...

on the contrary, my new obsession with Facebook.

In summary, key events from February to now (May).

Australian Business Week

aka. Australian Commerce Nerd Week - an AWESOME (educational, fun, entertaining, stressful, competitive, enlightening, opportunistic, informative, lifechanging) week spent at Deakin in Geelong, with a group of amazing people and staff - at a brilliant program.

Sixty students from sixty schools around Victoria were given the opportunity to compete and cooperate together at this program - one that I will never forget.

Here, each group of ten (GO TEAM CITRUS (orange)) was designated a multimillion dollar organisation, whereby we had to develop a product - market and advertise it, as well as making EDUCATED decisions about the development, pricing, employment associated with it.

Seriously, I've never analysed more Profit and Loss, Cash Flow Statements and Balance Sheets - and the ever tedious process of preparing sales forecasts. However, the pressure was something that made it that much more fun. The Legal component involved our team preparing a case, and presenting it before a judge in the Geelong Magistrates' Court. CITRUS TEAM WON this area, and it was highly rewarding and enjoyable experience.

I will not forget the many friendships that I made at this conference, as well as the loud, catchy and repetitive MAGENTA team chant!

WE ARE MAGENTA,

MIGHTY MAGENTA

COZ WE ARE MENTAL

AND WE ARE MAD

WE ARE THE GREATEST

BUSINESS PEOPLE

THE WORLD HAS EVER HAD!

I'm sure nobody wanted this week to end, but upon conclusion, memories of the past seven days began rushing back:

(don't worry if you don't understand anything below...)

The boring keynote speakers (excluding the free bars and the Disney movie LOL)
The Business Policy Game that nobody REALLY understood
Trade Display (WIN!)
The outdoor activities and our fricking faulty canoe - falling into the muddy lake (FIVE TIMES) amidst temperatures of 10 degrees T.T
Briana Gray ;)
Team Citrus - winning the quiz night thanks to the wonders of google
Our morning recreations at 7:30am (and our morning of STRETCHING LOL)
JAMAICAN ME HAPPY (Manekaaa)
Plotting our sales performance on my TI-84 and failing
The last minute preparation for our presentation the next morning
Matt's phone beeping during our presentation HAHA
Hardcore pool competition
The SPA
VUGGS - Tv Advertisement
Navy team - Wikipedia-ing GDP LOL
THE AWESOME FOOD (how could i forget)

Thanks to everyone for making it such a memorable week!

Now I have my eyes set on the Accounting Midyear exam.

My entire future rests in the hands of this subject.

No pressure..

30 practise exams to go!

TILL NEXT TIME.

IF I DON'T TALK TO YOU SOONER...

REMIND ME TO BLOG!

(Y)

dan13L.

Why you'll love a mac.

2009-02-18T23:09:00.003+11:00

Why I love macs:

They don't lag

They don't have viruses

They look sexy :)

It has a camera (makes a good mirror)

iPhoto is awesome

Why I don't love macs:

Exactly.

(Oh..offline messaging doesn't work on mac-messenger...but stil

l!)

Dan13L.

Global Burning

2009-02-07T23:54:00.004+11:00

Yes, I have decided to rename it.

Rename what i hear you ask?

Well, I don't know how you can possibly consider a week of 40+ degrees temperatures

Warm.

No...

Nor enduring a FORTY SIX DEGREE DAY doing homework without aircon..

No...

It's

BURNING, SCORCHING, BLISTERING, SEARING, SIZZLING, BLAZING.

Now for those of you who confusing this unprecedented HOTNESS with me, (a honest mistake), let me assure you, Daniel's hotness still wins.

Nevertheless, do not panic.

I am here, with an exhortation t

o you all... to take action against climate change.

WELL. I have come up with a solution for climate change.

No, seriously.

Al Gore has wasted his time making documentries.

Scientists have wasted their time researching weather patterns and analysing the constant destruction of the atmosphere and the rapidly melting arctic circle.

I HAVE THE SOLUTION.

Fear no more!

Well..

It is simple, yet complicated...

'Change all the units of temperature to Degrees Celsius.'

THAT'S IT.

simply marvellous, I know!

Therefore, America and all fahrenheit using nations are responsible for global warming.

In America, the temperature will pret

ty much HALVE.

As in many other continents and countries around the world who are incompetent enough to make their OWN units of measurement...

foot, inches, miles, fahrenheit? seriously...

cm, mm, m and celsius for me!

So there it is:

The world's solution for global warming.

So don't go complaining about the weather...

Simply convert to celsius.

However, if you live in Australia and currently use celsius as your unit of measurement..

Then...

You're stuffed.

Oh well.. it is a GLOBAL effort right??

Once America cools, so will we :)

There.

Simple logic.

Dan13L.

PS. First week of year 12... CHECK!

& if you want to see penguins on the beach... go burn fossil fuels.

Two thousand and nine.

2009-02-01T19:21:00.003+11:00

2009!

Apologies for a severe lack of blogging, as I've been down with a serious case of blogger-itis.

Anyhow, 2008 has flown by quickly yet again, and I begin a new chapter of my life - the final year of high school. Yes, the dreaded year 12.

How can I 'summer-ize' (haha) my holidays in five minutes?

Well...

I had an awesome time in Malaysia and Singapore, meeting up with friends and relatives.

Altitude 'on tour'

Falling asleep in FJA USJ (seriously...service starts and 7:30am..thanks josh for waking us up at six!!!)

Ice skating and Sunway Lagoon were awesomeful.

Cousins in Singapore

New Year

Penang

ooo. parasailing, jetskiing and 'banana boating' for 15RM were definately highlights!

reading and studying

not blogging

&stressing out.

That's pretty much what my holidays consisted of. Actually there's probably more. But I'm half asleep atm :D School is very stressful you know. well, the three days of it so far.

OMG. seriously..this week was the hottest week in 108 years...

Wed, thurs and friday were all 41, 43 and 42 degrees...

and camberwell grammar school is like the ONLY school that begins in the middle of this insane heatwave. Even though I like summer, I don't think I like it as much anymore! Hmph.

My first week back to school has been quite okay...

It was HOT and impossible to concentrate

But I've been coping so far.

I have no idea what this year will bring, but I'm committing everything into God's hands. He is the one who will pull me through no matter what life may throw at me.

And here is the Sunday school verse for last week (i so remembered this..)

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Phillipians 4:13

So I look ahead to a (hopefully) awesome year...I've only got nine months to go and it will all be over. I seriously can't believe I'm already off to uni next year. Better enjoy it while i can huh?

Anyways, my Accounting and Further homework awaits me..

As does the epic final between Federer and Nadal.

(Verdasco is my hero...)

I wish you all a blessed year ahead!

BRING IT ON 2009!!!!

Bye,

Dan13L.

PS. Oh yeah. I might be slightly emo this year because of year 12 :) warning!

go daniel!

Bye!

2008-12-23T01:01:00.001+11:00

Bon Voyage.

:]

In anticipation and excitement,
Dan13l.

PS. (My shortest ever!)

VCE.

2008-12-15T21:34:00.006+11:00

The Victorian Certificate of Education.

Year 12.

One year.

One year that summarises your entire schooling life.

One year that paves the way for your future.

One year that (supposedly) determines 'how smart' you are, against the rest of the state

One year that can make or break you.

However ridiculous this system may sound, it is the system that governs our education; familiar, yet vague.

Hundreds of hours of study, revision and work are basically condensed into the final end of year examination: if you stuff up, there's no going back.

Unprecedented pressure to perform well in this final year surely has the power to break the motivation of even the toughest students.

Nevertheless, we should be thankful for a place where everyone has an opportunity to determine what their future entails - a luxury missing in many countries around the world.

So maybe the VCE isn't such a bad thing - sure it has many flaws, but...

okay, yeah it sucks.

Well, here's an idea of my ideal system:

the DAN-TER score.

You are ranked in order of

How many different flavours of jellybeans you can name.
The amount of hair products you have used on your hair at any one time.
Your performance on the standardised Narcissist Quiz (click me)
Your ability to quote from Romeo and Juliet at will
How smart you look (note: the use of glasses is strongly encouraged)
Whether or not you support the greatest team of all, Arsenal FC

As you can see, this system is clearly much more efficient, accurate and clear as opposed to the current subjective, disorganised, equivocal and inexact system known as the VCE.

So why don't you sign up now for your DCE Student Number, and enjoy the benefits of a DANTER high achiever like, Me.
(Okay fine, I'm not great at naming jelly bean flavours)

However, I am quite happy with the VCE for my Classics result! I had quite a laugh looking back on my post which apparently dreaded this day... and it's completely NOT sad to make yourself laugh by reading your own work.
Let's just say I beat my conservative prediction of 30. By a fair bit :)

Thank you God, you're awesome.
You know, I managed to do quite well...seeing that my backup plan of spilling toxic waste on my exam paper, thus which would automatically give me a perfect score.

"Study with DCE - because education should be determined by completely pointless abilities and conditions".

In utter shock, disbelief and extreme contentment,
Dan13L.

My new love!

2008-12-05T16:25:00.008+11:00

My new love!

Yeah, my old 'flaptop' kinda died :P
RIP fujitsu..
and happy birthday! to my new baby... sexy black macbook! :)

it was the last one (no joke) in store, with 40% off!
like a dream come true ;)
thankyou god!
and thankyou mum =]

macs are soooo coool. no joke.
the design is perfect.
everything else is perfect.

it only has two flaws:
the arrow keys are too small for hc tetrising..
and you can't use msn plus!!
but otherwise (y)!

If you've seen any of the mac(&pc) ads on tv, you'll find this funny xD

High School Musical 3!

The wait is finally over! High School Musical 3. Too bad, I've already seen it ;)
It was awesome!
However,
the story line sucked (no crisis)
it ended too abruptly
and it was too brief!

nevertheless...

the music was awesome
as was the dancing
and so was sharpay ;)

the weird thing was though, the cinema was completely full of girls..
no joke.
not one other guy.
AS IF. ==
maybe i just went at the wrong time right?
T.T
Lmao.

It's like catching lightning, the chances of finding someone like you.
It's one in a million, the chances of feeling the way we do.

My favourite song from the movie..the mv was legendary. look out for it!

Anyways.

I really need to play with my mac

I am so in love.

Oh yeah..i had a blonde moment yesterday. *sigh.

I missed my bus because i couldn't find my metcard...
I spent like 15-20 minutes rummaging through my bag, wallet and pockets for it...
later to realise..it was in my wallet. =.= (i thought it was something else ><") not funny! i had to wait another hour because of that! xP no really, I'm going to play with my mac now. Haha Bye. Dan13L.

The End.

2008-11-27T22:25:00.004+11:00

It's over. It's finally over. The countless hours of revision, tetrising and reading will soon become distant memories (save tetris), as the warm weather approaches. The smell of summer is in the air, I can feel it! I am looking forward to summer's HOT weather, (though I'll be enjoying the fun sun in Malaysia), the Australian Open, my spine-tingling, hair raising, exhilirating experience of reading my year 12 textbooks, as my final year of school approaches. .

Yes, our school is slow. Every other school finished exams when we started, and I'm glad that it's FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY (etc etc) OVER!!!!!!

YYYYYYYAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!

(This is me getting all of my stress and anxiety OUT)

(Gar, i still have an english essay to do.. -.-)

Nevertheless,

the holidays are sure to be full of fun,
though it has not yet begun.
the nice warm weather and bright shining sun,
will most likely increase the rate of skin cancer and sunburn. (and annoys people like jackie)

Aha.
You were expecting a RHYME weren't you >=]
Evil much?

LOL.

So, as a result of the many lost hours of sleep and life in general, I will be compensated, in the form of general compensatory damages, for pain and suffering. (here lies the remnants of my legal revision).

My favourite stress relief, TETRIS is going to be my new best friend.
For the next few weeks, "you're my douche" (quote stewie griffin)
SO.
Get ready tspins..
Get ready fingers..
Get ready audrey to be beaten in tetris sprint...
Get ready and start your enginges,

it's

TETRIS TIME!

If tetris wasn't working, I think I would be a very bored person. But then again, I still have my FiFA. ^^

OH. and one more thing. Hyori Lee/Lee Hyori is hot! That is all.
If we got married, she won't need to change her surname!
Convenience and efficiency!

So bye bye exams, good bye year eleven...
Holidays...(and year 12)

Here.

I.

Come!

=]

A tetris image for inspiration :)
GO DANIEL!
Highscore!

PS. It's weird right...

People waste hours and hours playing tetris to take a second or two off their highscore...
or to add an extra hundred points or so...

Just a random fact of life to ponder upon for the week...

And just for the record, I'll be blogging more, now that I'm free!

Yay.

Dan13L.

Holiday mode

2008-11-19T17:41:00.004+11:00

IT'S NEARLY HOLIDAYS!
Exams are nearly over!

Well actually, they haven't even started yet!

SIGH.

My exams start this friday...two days time. And finish next thursday.. eight days time.

Today was meant to be a study day, so we didn't go to school.

I had a completely productive day consisting of...

Playing FIFA
Playing Tetris
Playing more FIFA.
Being sick
Diligently working and revising as a form of "stress relief"

Okay, well not the last one.

Yes, I somehow don't feel like revising..although my methods exam is on friday...and I don't understand half of probability... My lack of productive work is compensating for my severe loss of "life" in revising for my classics, so I guess it all balances out. :)

For some weird reason, yesterday, I woke up with a sore throat and feeling sick. I was feeling perfectly normal the day before! How does that work? So hard to concentrate too...you know..concentrating on beating Man U 8-0 with Arsenal :D

My highlight of my time wasting was yesterday...
TETRIS!
I am ranked 64th in the world for tetris!
YAY!
All I can say is...ty stephi :)
WOOT!
Yay..

But my day has hardly been wasted; I found my new love!
Not Hebe...
Not YooBin...
Not Chocolate...
Not HSM3
Not all of the above...

BUT NO!

It is the new macbook...

*Drools*

Awesome much?

Anyways...I should probably get back to what I was doing...

The art of procrastination.

Byes :)

The exam to end all exams: Classics

2008-11-12T22:57:00.002+11:00

YES.

It is officially OVER!

Classical Societies and Cultures Units 3 & 4

The 11 of November 2008.

WOOT!

All my hours of practise essays, reading, analysing texts, analysing naked statues, more reading and regretting this subject...have finally paid off.

I had a running countdown to my exam for the entire term...and I am just so glad that it's finally over!

The exam was really good; our class was really well prepared for it, seeing that we have a pro-as teacher...

Anyways.

It was a warm day, and my heart was beginning to beat. Faster and faster.
:O
It was time to go into the examination hall.
*Silence*
The exam soon began...

Two hours on the clock, fifteen minutes reading time.

*Opens the paper slowly*

YES!!!!!
The best Iliad passage in the world..
A pretty good sculpture
and a wide variety of essays to choose from.

Oh yeah :)

I'm quite happy..seeing that I managed to write ten pages within two hours..

more than i've ever written in any of my practise exams!

at the start...my hand was like shaking..and cramping...it was PAINFUL.
But after a while..the nerves blew away :)
thank god :D

I managed to pull of the exam in a 'passable' manner
but I'm dreading the 15th of December o_O results day!

So..

Thankyou god for helping me through this all!
If it wasn't for You...
I dno where I'd be in life.
Thankyou for all of my friends and family who encouraged me
may you bless them too :)

But...I might miss Classics. All of Dr K's lame jokes...and CLEARLY essay writing myself well into the night, stressing about the sac the next day.

Zomg.

I'm just so happy it's all over!
A huge burden of stress gone!!
So now..time to focus on 1/2s.

*Deep sigh of relief*

OWH.

1/2s??

!!!!

Oh well. Just pass :D

So, I've been completely unproductive today and yesterday, making up for all the loss of several hundred hours of my life on this subject.

Hopefully...the examiners will be able to read my writing...and feel extremely generous.

Either that or...

The vehicle carrying the examination papers will do an amazing flip, somehow spilling toxic waste and or acid onto my essay, thus giving me a perfect score.

LOL.

unlikely

but possible :D

Nights then :)

Things to do in an exam you know you are going to fail:

If all else fails...

(i stole this from a facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=2249470023&ref=ts)

2. Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, yell out, "I'm SOOO sure that you can hear me thinking." Then start talking about what a jerk the instructor is.

10. As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.

18. If the exam is math/sciences related, make up the longest proofs you could possible think of. Get pi and imaginary numbers into most equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life story.

20. Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right next to you. Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.

30. After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of him/her.

Final Final Final Exam! =O

2008-11-08T14:26:00.002+11:00

My counter is down to....

THREE DAYS

Till my Classics exam!

I'm both excited (to FINALLY finish)
nervous and slightly panicking.

However..

I should probably get back to my revision..

Memorizing quotes...

Writing essays...

Being awesome...

What?

:D

This will be my last post till I'm done..

Best of luck daniel!
(yes i'm wishing myself luck! since nobody else has yet :P)

JIA YOU~

God bless :)

DanieL ~ Tuesday the 11th of November 2008, 3:00pm - 5:15pm

New Blog and New Baby!

2008-11-04T17:38:00.002+11:00

Yes Yes Yes!
After many hours of work, I finally understand why it took audrey so long last time (to make my blog).

My newest skin of Big Bang =P
Pretty cool huh!

But that's not the only new thing!

I just got a message an hour ago...

SONJA GAVE BIRTH!!!

YAY!!

See, I knew it would be a boy ;)
At least Josh has a playmate now xD Although he's like 15 times his age...

Haha, Asher Loke was born today on the 4th of November 2008 =]

Welcome babyyy :)

I'll make sure you grow up to be as cool as Altitude. *cough.
;P

Congratulations to Quentin and Sonja on the birth of your baby!
May God bless both you and him amazingly!

We shall meet soon :)

On another note, as exams are approaching, today is my final Tuesday before my exam.
It's so close! Every single day, hour and minute I have spent studying this subject now comes down to this one day: the 11th of November.

*scary background music*

Nevertheless, whilst browsing through msn, (which I shouldn't be doing...), I stumbled across a verse:

Phillipians 4:6

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

That gives me some comfort! I know I can rely on Him, not just by my own strength. That He is so much bigger than my worries, and will pull me through!

YAY!

So that concludes it.

New Blog yay.
New baby YAY!
and Exam revision! Owh..

Bye!

dAN.

PS/ Just to let you know, I've kept to my word of writing three essays per day!

So far...

^.^

God bless!

Photo editing fun!

2008-11-03T20:18:00.004+11:00

Awesome blog posting!

2008-11-03T00:01:00.003+11:00

Awesome-ness!
=]
I should really be studying right now, and I really want to sleep...but I feel a need to blog.

Well.
Talking about 'awesome'...
*pose*

jan says:
what are you doing?
danie L "Janphie"; [9] (classics;) says:
im getting my dose of awesomeness..
jan says:
as am i
jan says:
;P
jan says:
awesome doesn't even describe us well enough...
jan says:
it should be replaced with 'jan' or 'daniel'
jan says:
like, omg, you're so daniel !
danie L "Janphie"; [9] (classics;) says:
LOL

Haha =P I think that word is getting a little bit overused...But it's still...awesome!

Anyhow, during this long long weekend, I have attended the wedding of Corrine and Jaime (congratulations! =] ), spent several hours singing pointless karaoke (at Carmen's birthday), played badminton...

and studied. A little.
NINE DAYS TILL MY EXAM.
Scary much?
Bio and further already start tomorrow..so I'll consider myself lucky... for now at least.

Till the 11/11/08, I will write 3 (THREE) essays a day.

That is my pledge :)

Anyhow, today was Sonja's last day at kid's church!
So Audrey was speaking today about putting our faith in God.

Hebrews 11:6..."Without faith it is impossible to please god"

Amidst the stress and chaos around exams, school, sport etc, I've been inclined towards doing everything on my own, and figuring everything out by myself. It is so easy to miss the fact that God is always here for us, and wants to give us a helping hand - it all relies on faith. Even in the small things in life, by placing our faith and trust in Him - through Him, anything is possible. Our God is an awesome God, and He is BIG. Bigger than any exam, or any problem we may come across, for He holds the world in His hands. The ENTIRE WORLD. It's hard to believe or even comprehend, and by having unfaltering and unwavering faith in Him, we can move mountains.

Thankyou God for all the small things in life.
Thankyou for giving us life and keeping us from harm.
I'm sorry for the times where I haven't placed my faith in You,
and may you increase my faith as each day passes.
God, be my strength: you are bigger than anything I could ever imagine.
No matter what, I know You're always there for me,
And may I always praise You and give You thanks.

Amen!

Dan.(is tired)

=]
nites

Keean = Cheese = LOL

2008-10-28T19:09:00.004+11:00

Hi keean :)

Was kinda bored today...and stumbled across this interesting site.

But let me just say, you would make a very good girl. and a good cheese.

And also..

LOL.

LOL.

www.yearbookyourself.com

try it out :)

PS: These pictures remind me of a fat granny. haha jk :)

HSM3!

2008-10-25T22:18:00.002+11:00

High School Musical 3 came out in the US yesterday!
Australia is so slow...

December 4th.

Chaii.

Well at least I won't be singing it during my exams.

Ahaha..

In the meantime, I have been trying to study..
Whilst listening to the HSM3 Soundtrack!
iT's pretty good..some songs are just like o_O.

But I am quite excited. At least I have something to look forward to, besides the joys of year 12. :)

That reminds me...year 12 next year. Sigh.

Oh well.
Back to the land of concentration =]

Daniel.

Blogging Boredom

2008-10-24T17:07:00.010+11:00

Sorry I haven't blogged in ages ><

Kids sunday!
Sunday was kids' sunday - a day where kids ministry went into main service! The sanctuary was decorated beautifully with red and white balloons, love hearts, balloon towers and more balloons :) Much much planning had gone into this day, and both the leaders and kids were pumped and excited! From the games to worship to the message, God did an awesome job in ensuring everything went to plan, and both the kids and adults were able to connect with Him. Grace did an awesome job heading up praise and worship, so did audrey and june mcing, and Sonja's message was really powerful! Praise god for a successful day!

Memorable moments included:
- Quentin losing to the sunday school kids in a bible quiz LOL
- The extremely cute announcements
- Posing. (not really)

(I'd include more pictures, but i've disabled facebook to study!) =P so i've stolen them from shaun's blog. tyty!

God Bless,
Daniel

PS:/ Quite annoyed much? I deleted a picture o.O and then half my post deletes with it!
That's like...half an hour of my life gone!
Wasted!
Argh!!
Enjoy the pictures. *glare* lol.

Classics and Chucks!

2008-10-12T21:12:00.003+11:00

It's a month till my Classics exam! AHHH.
Well..as of yesterday, the 11th of October.

Classical Societies and Cultures Units 3 & 4 Exam:
=
stress
scary
daunting
close
sixth subject
hardcore revise!

As of this month, I shall study hard!
Jia you!

AND.

I have a new love!
No, not yoo-bin...

Chucks!
My first pair! how exciting...

Cool right?

Yay :)

Anyways, you might be wondering why this post is so short...and unlike all my other posts.
Because.
EXAMS ARE COMING.
SHUCKS!

Okays...

Kids sunday this weekend!

God bless =]

D@N.

PS: Yoobin is still my love!

4 in 1 blog!

2008-09-28T23:08:00.006+10:00

Okay okay... I'll blog! Finally..

You know, holidays are nearly over! I just realised how much homework i have to do, and how little time i have. And the trial exam this thursday. Argh!

Anyhow, I don't have the discipline to write a 1000+ word 6in1 post like some people.. ><. 1. Teacher's meeting! (Kids ministry)
Last thursday was one of the few teacher's meetings i've been to this year, regrettably. Especially during the school term, it's hard to find time to get everything done with sacs, homework stress etc etc etc. But it was really good to attend this one day - during the holidays with much less on my mind.

I learnt many valuable lessons from this meeting, from leading worship with Audrey and Qynn's message. I shared a verse from Psalm 9:1-2...

1 I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonders.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

This verse really says that God wants us to worship Him with ALL of our hearts. Not half-heartedly, but COMPLETELY from our heart, with everything we have. This really challenged me, as a worship leader in kids ministry, some Sundays I'm half asleep whilst trying to get into His presence. And if i close my eyes, I'll probably fall asleep ><. He wants us to worship him with our lives in spirit and in truth - that is all he asks of us.

Quentin shared something really cool as well... he made a comparison between a car and kids ministry: if even one small wire in the car isn't working, then the car won't be able to move, let alone go anywhere. So even the very small details in our ministry - such as saying 'hi' to kids in the morning can really have a lasting and significant impact on our kids ministry as a whole. We also had quite a competitive game, naming small details that we as leaders should aim to be doing. Unfortunately, due to LAMENESS, our 'awesome' line was rejected and thus, we lost.

Sigh.

But nevertheless, this has opened my eyes to the small little details that we need to be wary about - the small '1 percent-ers' that make all the difference.

To close off a very eventful day (lacking study), I caught up with some friends from DCC (my previous school) and stayed the night. Full of pizza, Halo3 (which I completely suck at), guitar hero (the best game ever!), family guy and summer heights high, this was an awesome way to put my legs up and enjoy the true essence of the holidays.

I woke the next morning with like three hours sleep, and went to the optometrist. Apparently I need glasses. For reading. Yay! So funny, one eye is longsighted, the other is short sighted. Weird right?

2. McDonald's templestowe, HAWTHORN ROCKS!

Saturday was another awesome day for kids ministry, our annual teacher's appreciation lunch! A day full of posing, posing and..hmm..more posing was good fun! We played a variety of games, from chocolate balloon popping?? to celebrity heads. Funniest moment of the day, however, goes to Joshua Tan Wei Ren.

We were playing 'cartoon celebrity heads', and Grace had 'Kim Possible'.

Grace: "Does my character have a surname that I know of?"

Josh: "Hmm. Possibly."

LOL

I also discovered that half of our kids leaders can't spell x-cite right...wait I think it's x-site. I'm not sure really..

And audrey is a nerd. So is rachel.

Pictures here:

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39506&id=658849681

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39512&id=658849681

But straight after that, I had to race home to catch the final half of the AFL grand final! The biggest event on the football calendar - one that I haven't been following for years now, on the last Saturday in September. I have supported the mighty Hawks since primary school...when Shane Crawford was captain. Yes, a long time ago..but I kinda ditched them..because they sucked! Gar!! But but but..since they made the grand final..I decided to watch it! And against the odds, Hawthorn came from behind, as the underdogs to take the 2008 premiership flag! YAY! YAY! YAY! Suck geelong! hahah =P Buddy franklin = awesome.

I was very happy..and still am!

3. Soccer: Kids' Leaders vs. Fungus leaders

I don't think I've ever played so much soccer in one week. I think around eight hours this week. Crazy much.. Our kids team has been training hard this entire week - fitness, skills and shooting! An event that many were looking forward to today, the first ever futsal game between fungus & kids ministries. Our team, consisting of Nick, shaun, josh, jon, tim and myself had an entire strategy worked out for every situation - one that proved useless in the end. Aiyoh..

We went in brimming with confidence, only to be utterly disappointed. We started off the game hyped up and ready, full of powerade (the ultimate anti-cramp solution...seriously works!) and adrenaline. After we scored the first goal, and the roar of the awesome crowd, we were ready than ever! But after they scored several goals in succession, our morale was quite deflated.

Sigh.

The final score: 13-6. I managed to score two goals (i missed another two right in the goal square >.<), which I can't really complain about. They were quite awesome too! Though plagued with fatigue and aching muscles, we continued to play on, encouraged by the excited audience who (happily) came to support us!

"FGA kids leaders are awesome!"

I know right? LOL yay!

Oh well. The other team played unbelievably better than expected, just goes to show, you should never underestimate anyone.

But it was quite an action packed, interesting and fun weekend...

one to remember.

and i beat steph's tetris score! 31234! =]

Till next time,

Daniel

PS/ I just realised..it's only 3 in 1. My bad. >.<

Edit: Steph just beat my score. Ouch. ><

Awesome Amazing Audrey Tan Hui Yaa

2008-09-17T23:51:00.003+10:00

As you all may have noticed, I have found myself a new blog skin!
After twenty minutes of trying to install the skin myself, showing no progress whatsoever, I decided to ask the blogging queen for help: Miss Aud-"blog"tastic.

So being the helpful person she is, audrey agrees to fix up my sexy new blog! As blonde as I may sound at this point, being completely humbled by the works of this stubborn and merciless blog template - even the best struggle in their vain attempts to gain control over this delusive foe.
THE BLOG. *scary sound effects*

So, over the course of two (or three?) hours, Audrey was working furiously hard, helping me fix my annoying blog. Initially I didn't expect this to be such a complex and lengthly task, but as the minutes ticked by, I was beginning to feel quite gulity.. because she has an assignment due tomorrow - which she hasn't written yet! =O So I shall give her all the help she needs..if she needs =D

I just want to say thankyou to AUDREY! for your help in making this blog so pretty and beautiful like me, (LOL) and for all of your time! You rock. You rock! &Thankyou so much!

But the highlight of the day was this: (you might notice audrey's link as just that...)

daniз L says:
HAHA
daniз L says:
awesome amazing audrey?
daniз L says:
aaa?
-sNazZy- ms. Voice │ I'm human too! says:
:P
-sNazZy- ms. Voice │ I'm human too! says:
triple A battery!
daniз L says:
lmao!
daniз L says:
those are the smallest
daniз L says:
ROFLROFLROFLMAO
-sNazZy- ms. Voice │ I'm human too! says:
LOL
-sNazZy- ms. Voice │ I'm human too! says:
(-.-)
-sNazZy- ms. Voice │ I'm human too! says:
wat. a. coincidence. huh.

Also, might I add, during audrey's hard hard work, I was NOT wasting time! Oh no, I was not doing my homework, I was hc tetris training! Tspins are my new best friends, after bringing my triumph over the champion tetriser stephanie Loh. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THIS MEANS! Ever since the start of my tetris 'career', I have always been behind this one person. By a margin of 6 at one point, this was quite a ferocious competition - a score I could never break. But today! Something was to change! Not just my blog skin, but a new highscore for me! YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY! So to all my adoring tetris fanclub out there, thankyou. haha xD I wish.

Anyway..I am exhausted right now..This afternoon, I went on a 40km bike ride from doncaster to eltham, to bullen, and back again. Chaii. It was so damn tiring. The weather was great though :P We managed to see kangaroos (or wallabies, not sure) and bunnies. which were very cute.
Anyhow.
Thankyou again to Audrey, whose 18th birthday is coming up very soon...
I stand in awe of your 'au-some' blogging html skills, and, am once again flabbergasted. (i promised myself i would use that word in a blog LOL)
And hope you enjoy my new skin!

Dan13L.

PS/ Stephi...let the tetris games begin!

Flip a coin.

2008-09-14T21:39:00.003+10:00

For all you people out there who are plagued with the trait of indecisiveness, here is your answer!
Whether it be deciding what to wear, what to do, what to buy, etc etc etc...following much experimentation and scientific thought..we have come up with one single answer.

FLIP. A. COIN.

Cool right? Reminds me of batman... Sometimes it annoys me..how I can never make decisions, or someone else. So here is an awesome solution! Haha...

This week I've been deciding whether or not to get a haircut. Following Audrey's last minute "DITCHAGE" of me, (she was meant to get a haircut aswell..) I was torn between two binaries...
getting a haircut at beautybank, or getting a haircut by the extremely qualified, awesome and skilled hairdresser.. Aud-rey.

So there I was..flipping a coin.
I decided...
Heads - ill get it cut 2mrw in box hill.
Tails - aud-tastical will cut it. (NOT THIS ONE. NOOO)

The result was...
TAILS.
=

(it was more dramatic than that, really)

SHUCKS :O

AHHH! Stephi's reaction was quite hilarious though:

stephaniee:	lol. im gonna miss ur hair

but it won't be that bad..

anyway..enough dramaticism..

Today marks the first day of the school holidays! (weeks begin on Sundays, remember?) This term flew by unbelievably quickly, and quite a daunting homework schedule awaits me..With essays overdue from term 3, and end of year exams approaching, including my 3/4..i wouldn't call them holidays... as our school calls them: "non instructional private study".

Haha. No.

Lol. But life isn't as dreary and grey as I may make it sound, holidays are a time of rest and FUN, and especially sleeping in till late. Talking of that, I'm beginning to feel sleepy now... Should i sleep? Nah..i gotta blog..but..hmm..uh... just flip a coin! =D

Well..holidays (study days?), here I come!

Nites =]
Dan.

(colourless. i know ^^) PS. I need a new blog skin. This is getting boring!

The Lord is my strength..

2008-09-09T00:32:00.003+10:00

You Raise me up
Josh Groban

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

You raise me up... To more than I can be.

Holidays!

2008-09-08T16:51:00.004+10:00

Three more days of school! Two more days of sacs! Three more assignments to start and finish! And... High School Musical 3!

Wooo!

This term has zoomed by, and I haven't even realised it yet! For some reason, I don't think I've been trying enough this term. Lol, tetris is way better..right? But next term I really gotta be serious ><.. Term 4 = my 3/4 exam. Week five! Scary much.. the two most important hours of my life to date.. Shucks! But then again stressing won't do me much good.. I'm currently finishing my last SAC for classics before the trial exam and the final exam. Nearly there. ^.^

Tomorrow marks our school concert in Hamer Hall. So...I get the day off! Yay... Wandering around the city shall be quite fun. =] My last school concert..soon vce will be over. Hopefully very soon. =.="

And being my narcissist self, how can I blog without talking about my hair? Yes..next week I am going to have a haircut..finally. It's been way too long (pardon the pun) and it's time to get it cut.. I spent over an hour helping audrey decide on a hairstyle to choose...after browsing through dozens of pictures of boa (she's quite hot ;]), audrey decides to choose the FIRST PHOTO. *Sigh.
Well beauty bank..here I come! =] Yay.

High School Musical 3 is coming out in November. After my exams. Woot! I'll be FREE! The trailers online are looking pretty cool, as do the MV's. Talking about MV's..I wonder who has the altitude one. I WANT! ^.^! I'm looking forward to the third and final of the trilogy..HSM3: Senior Year. Go Troy, Gabriella and SHARPAY. Woot =P

If I could summarise this week in dot points....
-Father's Day
- TETRIS SPRINT HIGHSCORE!! ^_^
- Classics Mega Sac
- School Concert
- HOLIDAYS!
- High School Musical 3.
- Rubik's Cubing

Till next time. (till holidays time!!)
In much excitement,
Daniel.

More pics!

2008-09-01T21:31:00.004+10:00

Crazy Sex Rally!

2008-08-31T20:06:00.004+10:00

Woooo! It's sunday again! my blogging day..
Sorry about my lack of blogging..
My weekdays are usually quite busy and boring..
Very busy actually.
I'm still four weeks behind handing in my english essay..which i don't plan to do. Too late x.x My bad!

But on Saturday, it was the Fungus/101 Crazy Sex Rally! Days, weeks, months were spent in preparation for this one day...for four minutes of perfection. Altitude, with the help of Bryan and our "manager", and Nick, after over a month of rehearsals and indecisive decision-making, was able to pull off quite a memorable and rewarding performance! Thankyou so much to all of you! You are awesome blessings ^.^, we wouldn't have been able to do it without you. From choosing one song with the four of us, to another song, to two songs with the six of us, it was quite a journey.
But through all the hours of filming, recording, dance practices, singing practices - every minute of it was worth it..

Well actually..the re-recording of me & audrey's rose scene was quite a waste of time :P
AUDREY TAN...learn how to step on a rose please!! xD (we took around twenty takes..at least) haha.

But I'm glad that it's all over!

No more interrupted school nights,
And most of all..an awesome performance dedicated to God.

In all, it was quite a successfull night! There were not as many people as expected, but nevertheless, all of them were able to hear a little about the amazing God we serve. The beatbouncr's dance was AWESOME (go josh!), and the ever so annoying smoke alarm. LOL. No one anticipated that would happen...hehe =P Although the topic was quite controversial, and the message was quite weird (in my opinion), he did make several good points which are very true about the society today. You know, sometimes it's so easy to miss the point of these rallies. Sometimes we could be overly concerned with lighting, how well we perform or the amount of people who attend, but it occured to me that these don't really matter! The reason we do this is to glorify God's name, and to begin to plant seeds in the hearts of people, and in time will grow unbelievably to impact lives. That's all that matters. Even those 'unsavable' people in our lives have hope. Glen Berteau from Kidshaper spoke a powerful (and hilarious) message exactly about this topic:

no matter how impossible the situation may seem, and however stubborn people may be to receive god's word...it only takes ONE TIME for god to work amazingly. So it's all about persistence and determination, and above all, faith in our God. Because through Him, the impossible becomes possible.

All I can really do is reflect and stand in awe of Him. For the success of Saturday, and for the lives that will be changed in the future, and thank Him for His unfailing love. Every life and every breath means so much to Him, and that gives me hope for what can happen through faith.

So THANKYOU God!
For the amazing and successful rally, for the lives you touched, for the work you will do in the future. Thankyou for all the people who made the rally what it was, for the time and dedication and hours given to glorify your name. You are truly an AWESOME God!
Impossible is nothing.

Dan13L.

/PS. IT'S SPRING TOMORROW!!!
/PPS. I need a new blog skin. I'm getting bored of this one!

Some photos!

Love..Piano.

2008-08-24T21:40:00.001+10:00

love is like playing the piano.
first you must learn to play by the rules.
then you forget the rules.
and
play from your heart.

<3

(credit to shaungoh)

Memories

2008-08-20T19:08:00.003+10:00

Memories...

Over this week, as I've been persistently TETRISING (to beat Steph's highscore =P), my mind always seems to wonder. I have no idea why...but I can *hardcore tetris* and think about so many things at the same time... Who said guys can't multitask? ^.^

Sometimes I'm thinking about the work I should be doing, other times I think about someone, sometimes I just reflect...then again..other times I really am concentrating on tetris. :P

But this week, I've been thinking about the good 'ol days..year seven... primary school!
Life used to be so free..so little to do..therefore..so much free time! Nowadays, I haven't had a homework free day all year! But I've discovered many joyous memories of my childhood, the fun times just playing around and doing nothing...playing sports, lego, cars, digimons! =]
Haha...good fun.
Like every other asian, I had to learn a few instruments while I was growing up. I have played the violin, piano and now, the drums.
So, on the weekend I decided to play the piano for a while. (a long while...and i've completely forgotten violin)
I took out my grade one book and starting playing! I really, really can't read music.. I played piano for like 5ish years? And could never sight read..
So here I am..trying to sight read this grade one kiddy piece... "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
Haha..but actually..it's amazing how many songs I still remember.. I can still remember around 80% of the book? Cool huh?
My childhood brings back good memories..
Although I hated piano practice...I'm starting to enjoy it. But, I don't have much free time these days. So...I'll stick to tetris practice!

Last week, I had a major outcome for Classics...worth 50% of unit four! Bleh..I revised heaps for it, and had to miss some rally practices along the way. But, thank God...I did pretty well! =]
My first A for a major sac! I better start trying now...6 weeks of school left till VCE examinations! I'm getting scared...year 12!
Oh yeah.
I've done my subject selection for next year!
Yay...
There's my life gone..next year.
So make sure you spend time with me this year!
=D

Anyhow..
I managed to watch an episode of Bullfighting...you know..my Hebe drama...
I haven't seen it for a term!
HEBE! I've missed youuuu!!!!
But I've also got Yoobin now :D
;-)
That reminds me..i'm way behind in naruto. Oh well..
Back to the school routine.

DaN.
[^.^]

Winter Woes.

2008-08-11T18:16:00.004+10:00

IT'S COLD.

* * * *
* * * *
* * *
(looks like snowflakes?)
Apparently..it snowed yesterday in melbourne!! I haven't seen snow since primary school..and i sure miss those "ice creams". Literally. Ice.

Mornings have been especially freezing, and all I want to do is to stay in bed! Here is my basic waking up routine:

5am - *open eyes*. Is it time for school yet? checks time... nope. Back to sleep.
7am - arghh..gotta get up soon...
7:15am - alarm goes off. (radio plays). mmm..nice music..NOT. so cold...*hits snooze*
7:30am - okay..i'm geting up now..wait..no..back to sleep..
7:50am - WHAT THE. i just shut my eyes ONE SECOND AGO!!!??

And I leave at ten past eight! Ahhh...

The rest of the morning is a rush..i usually forget either my locker key, my lunch, my diary or my books. And occaisionally, i lose my tie.

So yeah. Winter is way too lame.
I'm over it.

But one cool thing about winter this year is the OLYMPICS!!!

O O O
O O
The opening ceremony was just about the best thing I have ever seen....
Seriously...woah..words can't describe how awesome it was!!
So..i won't even try ;)
Somewhere about the awesomeness rating of 100 out of 10?
perfect synchronization, extravagant colours, beautiful music...
this was one to remember!

Last night, I had PEKING DUCK!! Wooo...thankyou soo much to aunty alena =] She is awesome! Yum Yum Yum. It was a freezing cold night, and there was nothing better than having sumptuous duck =]]. You know..Shaun Goh is quite blonde! I used to think maybe audrey, sarah, adrienne :P (not me la.. lol!). Funniest convo ever:

We were discussing driving and the Learners test, which jacilyn and steph are yet to take....
(something along these lines...)

Shaun: "If your car is turning, and there are three lanes on the other side, which you're turning into, which lane can you turn into?"
Jackie: "Huh...i don't get it..i need like a diagram to see..then it'll be easy to get my L's!"
Shaun: "Well...what if next time they don't have diagrams?
Steph&Jackie: well they obviously won't, and if they did, we'd take it before that happened.

shaun: " WHAT IF YOU'RE BLIND?"

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL.
I think he just realised what he said five seconds after. LMAO.

I wonder why it's called 'common sense'. It isn't that common after all... =P

I know i've blogged about this before, but I MISS SUMMER!

I miss the long, warm days that only get dark after 8pm.
I miss the warm mornings where there is NO COLD!
I miss having a COLD shower during the summer heat.
I miss the australian open..i'll miss being a ballboy ;)
I miss.. You baby.
LOL. Nice pickup line much?

Anyways..as rally is approaching...i'll need to rest my voice and my throat. so i can sing :)
So I'll be off now...
You know..typing up a blog really strains your voice. right? ;)

xD

Bye for now,
Daniel.

Narcissism...

2008-08-03T23:06:00.004+10:00

Are you a narcissist? Take this quiz to find out!
========================================

Do you...

1) Spend extended periods of time checking yourself out in the mirror?
2) Find your reflection is more attractive than brad pitt/angelina jolie?
3) Spend more than fifteen minutes doing your hair?
4) Choose clothes two days in advance?
5) Look at your reflection everytime you pass a mirror or window?
6) Have a photo collection, with >60% of photos being of yourself?
7) Carry round a mirror (or use your phone as a mirror) wherever you go?
8) Talk to yourself on the phone to hear your own voice?
9) Sing songs/write poems about how awesome and ridiculously good looking you are?
10) Try to pick up and flirt with walls? (i wonder who would do this...)

.................................................................

SCROLL.
vvvvvvvv

If you answered YES to...

0 questions = whether you choose to deny it or not, you are a narcissist!
1-3 questions = you have a potential to be a narcissist, but need to check out your hair more often
4-6 questions = you are a half-narcissist, well on the way to becoming one.
7-9 questions = you are basically a pure narcissist. well done.
10 questions = you are a pure, utter and complete narcissist. in fact, you define narcissism. You are probably audrey. (or jan~!)
11 questions = you either cannot count, or you cheated.

I got..9/10 =]
Nice!

Lame Pickup Lines

2008-08-02T23:54:00.002+10:00

LOL! I stumbled across this whilst looking for blog skins.
Haha..
Brings back..memories ;)

(click on it to view)

House Singing...

2008-08-01T17:08:00.004+10:00

Hi All :)
I don't usually find the time to blog during the week, so here's a treat!
Last night marked the 42nd annual Camberwell Grammar house singing competition.
Over the past month, every monday, wednesday and friday (and even lunchtimes) were spent rehearsing before school at 8am! All the cold mornings rushing to school in busy traffic, and trying to hit high notes whilst half asleep....doesn't really do it for me. Not to mention the fact I've been sick with a cold! But thank god i'm better now ^.^
So. Our house, robinson, had quite a reputation to live up to, after winning the competition last year, coming first in both songs! quite an extraordinary feat if you ask me. We had two songs to sing: a unison song and a part song, both involving everyone in the house. Although I didn't really like the song choice this year, I still decided to give it a shot.
Although..I had one AWKWARD moment. During our last rehearsal, we were going through the song for the last time....me..being me..starts singing, whilst drifting off..into the starry sky...
Everyone continued to sing in perfect harmony...and suddenly stopped..but i still kept singing!
AHH! It was awkward. Everyone like stopped and looked at me. And i was like. "OOPS. My bad"
*looks at the floor* LOL!
But anyways...after a good hour of listening to both good and bad instrumentals, from jazz trios to string quartets, it was finally time for our house to sing. The other houses before us were average, mediocre if you ask me.
With brimming confidence, we walked up on stage showing hints of nervousness. We sung "okay" i guess..the music director didn't start crying like last year LOL. Mr Henley. What a legend.
Completely out of rhythm..and OFF PITCH on our FINAL NOTE. AHH! What an earsore.

At the night's end, around 10:30, the results were announced. I was thinking we were perhaps average, around the middle somewhere (of the 8 houses). AND THEN.
WE CAME EQUAL LAST.
WHAT THE?!!~~
I knwo huh? Shouldn't we just WIN since i'm in the house?
Like... "You don't need to sing. You have daniel. you win."
I wish. I wish they were "blinded by the level of pure awesomeness"..but they weren't lol.

Oh well. I got home, and realised I had an eco project due the next day. So at 11:30, i began my work, whilst discussing praise and worship for fungus, and altitude for rally. I don't think i've ever been so stressed. And completely unable to multi-task. I kept working till around 12:30 or so...and was completely exhausted. Completely. After a long week of little sleep, tests and assignments, I fell asleep straight away.

I woke up at 7am. Turned off the alarm. I woke up at 7:30am. Went back to sleep. School only starts at 8:25 anyways. Woke up at 8. Ahhhh... Sleeep. Woke up at 8:30. Okay..time to get up now.
I WAS SO TIRED.
I missed first period.
And first thing in school, I had an english sac. Which was quite good ^.^
So yeah. And here we are now :)
I just finished playing drums for a bit. Was lots of fun! Haven't played for at least six months..
Ah the memories :)

Anyways. Time to revise for my three tests coming up next week.
Looking forward to a good rest this weekend!
Laters =D
Dan13L

Procrastination!

2008-07-28T23:13:00.003+10:00

This weekend was quite non stop for me...still trying to catch up on lost time!
Let's see..last week there were two birthdays! Jackie & Nick ^_^. And more coming up as we speak.. I just want to wish both of you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =D (since the two of you don't read blogs, i'll keep this brief xP) Thankyou for being such great friends; love, rage and awesomeness. ^_^v Keep it up! (Except for the middle one. :P)
Saturday we played the final match of the winter soccer season (for school). Based on the somewhat embarrassing results over the season, I was not expecting to win this last match..especially against one of the better teams. But proven wrong for the second time, we won 4-1! In a fairly one sided affair, I had two runs denied due to a very inconsistent ref (calling off-side from the CENTRE), which could have been converted to two goals! But oh well. We finished the season on a high, with a few PRO goals!

Oh yeah. Backtracking just a little. Friday night...just before soccer, I was going for a drive around box hill with my mum. (Just practising) To cut a long story short, I was extremely close to having an accident.
Basically..as I was approaching the main road (from a side street), I accidently stepped on the accelerator...instead of the brake! And shot out halfway into another car's lane, who swerved across to a screeching stop, centimetres from the side door. Followed by a barrage of rude horning and a peculiar feeling of shock that overwhelmed me...it was a scary experience. Even writing this right now brings back quite an eerie feeling.. But all i can do really..is thank God. Thank Him for protecting me and my mum (and the car :P) from a close call. You know, this really opened my eyes to the importance of life. Although it wasn't THAT serious..I really wouldn't know what would have happened if the worst was to occur. So once again, Thankyou God. No matter what, in the bleakest of situations, even if the world crashes down around you, He will always be there...just holding His hand out.. waiting to grasp you away to the safety and comfort under His wings.

On another note, Sunday I saw one of the best movies...EVER. The Dark Knight, if you haven't already seen it, is one of the best best best best best movies ever! The non stop action to the flawless character portrayed by Heath Ledger, twists after twists, shocks and fiery explosions, accompanied by random humour here and there...that's only the beginning! Yeah...Batman dies. Sorry for spoiling it :)

LOL! Jokes :) I'm not that bad. (A) right?

anyways..i had great fun with josh-keean-jackie-stephi-nessa-kim&peter. Seriously...I wouldn't mind watching that movie again. Anyone up for seconds? ^.^

Today lol.
The topic of the post.
PROCRASTINATION.
Got home around 4pm...and remembered...I needed to find / make and instrumental for our song for rally! (If we end up following through). I spent FOUR HOURS in total, searching for instrumentals, then searching for a program to MAKE and instrumental...figuring out how to use it...then realising it's only a trial version...then looking again. Then editing..then stuffing up an hour's worth of work because i forgot to save! (well..i didn't know how)
*Sigh.
I managed to get an instrumental that kind-of works...but then i stuffed HALF A SECOND of it..and decided to start again. talk about perfectionist. Chaii. Oh well. In the end..i achieved nothing. ironic huh. And then rushed all my other homework..which I am yet to complete :D
Well..it's not due yet!

Well I guess...it goes to show..you can't become an expert in something in one day! No matter how talented you are. Or awesome. *pose* Haha. But i guess..it's something like Christianity. Our relationship with God shouldn't be something done in one day...rushed and incomplete...but instead..should be something we constantly do; think about and act out, whilst constantly seeking and thanking Him for everything we've been blessed with. Just a thought or two...but yeah. it's getting late.
I'd love to talk more..but i'll be too tired tomorrow..
Well on the bright side, I don't have house singing at 8am! Woot!
But i've still lost my voice! Hopefully I get it back soon.

Nights =]
Dan13L.

note to self: DO WORK!

The Weekend.

2008-07-21T19:31:00.010+10:00

Following the first week of school, there was nothing more I was looking forward to than the weekend! After nights of bad concentration (as a result of TETRIS), and the homework beginning to pile up, I was beginning to get quite fed up. Hmmph. With what? I dno..
But yeah. Saturday was quite an interesting day.
Woke up EARLY to play soccer (for school..how lame). Got there just on time, and played quite a "fun filled" game. Of tiredness and exhaustion maybe. Then went for a drive ^.^ yay! Then went to tuition. Then had Altitude practice. Woot!
I honestly don't know how I managed to pack so much into one day... There basically wasn't a minute for me to stop, let alone EAT and catch my breath. Nevertheless, I got my work done, and had fun along the way. Awesome.

So yeah. As you might know, the August "Crazy Sex Rally" is looming large (note alliteration), and we have been practicing our song quite 'gayly' (HAPPILY). Obviously >< We managed to work out the different parts to our song, something that had taken us AGES previously..so praise God!

Sunday morning, I was teaching in n:gauge, the older kid's class. (second service) ^.^ Woo! I was talking to the kids about worship, how we should worship and thank God constantly. Just preparing for the lesson, it occurred to me that I hadn't been living all of my life in worship to God, even at times I'd just fall asleep forgetting to spend time with Him. Like talking on the phone late and falling asleep halfway through. LOL Stephi. Haha, but yeah..this message really opened my eyes to the importance of worship, be it through singing, actions, words and time, I sometimes fail to comprehend how great our God really is. But now I've committed myself to a life of worship, and I pray that God will just help me through and walk by my side. For through the troubles and stresses of life, He will always be there.

So. The weekend finished with a celebration for Jackie's birthday...as well as Audrey's gay girlfriend (Nick =P) Was good fun, good FOOD, interesting discussions, great friends and an awesome time!!

Although I didn't get through any work on Sunday. T.T
But it's all good. :)
I'm finishing it off now.
So from Daniel.
Till next time.
Bye =]

Time for random pics.

awesome posers right?

even awesomer posers ^.^

Haha.

Back to school...

2008-07-16T18:54:00.005+10:00

Following a good two weeks of rest, excitement and boredom, the calendar had decided that it was time for school once again. The first day wasn't really that bad...I (amazingly) managed to finish all of my work, (thank God!) woke up on time, got to school before the bell!
Quite an achievement huh? Besides the sleepless night of dreading school, stress and a million thoughts flying through my mind, school wasn't as bad as I had expected! It was great catching up with school friends, as well as a fresh new term and attitude to accompany it. I didn't get too much work, just a LOT and a LOT of reading ... lets see, three, no..four books for classics, another for english...*sigh. I don't consider myself much of a reader lately, but I've decided to do them all bit by bit.

my highlight for this week? hmm. I watched Enchanted for the first time on sunday night..lol..for some reason, Josh made me promise never to watch it..but yeah. heres an exception. sorry! haha. i really didn't expect it to be that good! it's like the perfect fairytale movie...an amazing euphony of songs, a magnificent array of dance and music, a "so cute" storyline, and a hot main actress ;), this was one of my favourite movies (second only to HSM =] ) Some of the songs are really nice and sweet, like lollies. ahaha. go random similes!

but blankets upon blankets, wearing various layers of clothing, a heater, scarf and gloves does get annoying after a while. Cold mornings, cold nights, cold hands...one thing i'm really missing atm is SUMMER! Summer! my favourite month of the year! the long, warm, sunny days...MY BIRTHDAY!, the australian open, the summer holidays...what an awesome season! although it gets rather HOT time to time (like me) LOL, i am really missing summer! But..by next summer, I would have finished my classics 3/4 exam =O, and about to start year 12! No way..i'm quite stressed about that really. But thankyou jerusha for your encouraging and wise wise advice =). You rock!

On a complete change of topic, I was looking through photos on facebook, and on the computer from like three four years ago...just reminiscing. Quite fun really...a good place to escape from all the pressure and stress from everyday life :). Whilst listening to the sweet ambrosia of the Enchanted soundtrack, washing over your ears and wandering mind...it brought back heaps of memories! one of the reasons i've now decided to keep a blog! Anyway LOL. i came across this rather peculiar picture. quite funny if you ask me..just this year actually..during the australian open...audrey and alvin came to visit =D. (I was a ballboy if you don't know) Probably one of the most amazing, interesting, tiring and exhilarating experiences I've ever had, working as a ballkid at the grand slam of asia/pacific.

audrey's posing skills never cease to amaze me. haha.

go federer!

me TRYING to be nearly half as cool as aud.. but not. haha.

Just a little moment for me. Thanks to aud for visiting, and for the pics there. =]

Anyways..my little reminiscing session seems to be drawing to a close..upon realisation there is work to be done...reading to do...

Just a small collection of my thoughts over the last few days...
That's all for now ^.^
Dan13L.

The Holidays!

2008-07-12T19:56:00.003+10:00

YES! Finally! After exams, and two weeks of nothingness, it's finally holidays!!! The longest twelve weeks of my life... and now the fastest two week holiday of my life. Doesn't time fly! So..what have I been up to these holidays?
Lets see..
- Stressing about the hair shave
- Drove for the first time! (yay!)
- Camp
- Met up with old friends
- Saw a few movies
- Procrastinated
- Did i mention procrastinated?

Seriously. T.T These holidays...i was actually hoping to get some work done. I've never actually had such a busy homework schedule...i'm still only like halfway through! From assignments to essays, revision to reading, reading and more reading... my holiday was set to be full of FUN and JOY! Ahem. Well I must say I've had a good rest! Sleeping around two, waking up past twelve - you get used to it after a while. While tetrising, facebooking, msning. How fun! ^.^

That is probably as close to what a 'typical' holiday-day involves for me.. but today, i'm quite happy. I started my homework! With three days till school, i realised i probably should get some work done. The next day and a bit is going to be quite crazy. Still got three books to read, an assignment to start, language analysis, methods work. But i'll get there, hopefully =]

Yesterday. Friday the 11th of June. Quite LOL. I woke up around 11am (quite early by my standards) and was quite excited! Going to drive! Weeee. But there was a problem: the family car is currently getting repaired...should be back by 12pm!
(My thought process)
*Waits.* 12pm. Hmm okay..still not here. *Waits more*. Oh yeah..I need to be in box hill! Altitude rehearsal! 1pm! with stanley! Should be okay.. AND i'm meant to be seeing a movie with some friends!?? *waits*. Okay..it's getting quite late. When does the next bus to box hill come? WHAT. ONE HOUR'S TIME? no way! GAR!
So here the awesome suspense story comes. I quickly run out of the house, and get to the tram stop. Just my luck, a tram is there! Woot! I'm trying to get to the bus stop, which is a few stops away. Thing is though..it leaves...er..NOW! *Heartbeatingfaster*. Quick, quick, quick. *Sees the bus* JUST IN TIME! Couldn't have been better timing. By this time i was quite stressed, and awesomely..i got there in the fraction of time! Praise God! ^_^ So yeah...little did i know..i caught the bus with the FURTHEST route to box hill. It went like around in circles..for half and hour..when it should have taken me less than fifteen minutes! Gar! Oh well. I made it to box hill office, an hour after our rehearsal started.

*Walks in awkwardly* Audrey, Stanley, Shaun, Keean and Josh sitting quietly.
"Hi?" *smile*
To cut a long story short, we had quite a successful rehearsal! We found this really really awesome song, (thanks to Aud), and I'm actually quite surprised that we were able to sing it on first practice! Woots! =] Well done guys... And stanley was surprisingly nice ^.^ He really helped us with our voice projection, pitching and harmony..thanks heaps~! So yeah.. rally is coming up at the end of next month (quite soon eh)...and we're looking forward to it, that God's name be proclaimed and glorified! Get excited! =D

I even managed to read a little..Classics is just about the worst 3/4 to do. Don't do it!! Ever. It's hard. That reminds me..100 or so days till 3/4 exams start. o.O

The rest of the day went along quite slowly, until fungus that night! this was our first meeting back since camp, and everyone was pumped and excited for yet another awesome encounter with God and seeing friends again. Praise and worship was really awesome...especially since they did 'Still' AND 'the stand'! yay! if you remember, my blog name is from that song! Soaring, flying? eh? nice =D awesome worship leading aud ^.^ it's been a while since i've really felt God's presence so strong like our night sessions at camp, and fungus yesterday was no exception. From the prayer meeting to worship, games, message, dan&jan's poser session, it was quite an unreal experience. I don't know how to describe it, but our youth group seems quite different to the one before camp! Friendships have become stronger, new friendships and bonds have been made, and that I guess is central to how we bond and how we grow. God's really put a passion into my heart, and the hearts of others from camp, and I pray that God continues to burn that strongly each day, as fungus and 101 unite !

So that's basically what i've been up to these holidays.

What am I looking forward to? (or not...?)
- Fungus Rally
- HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 Oct 24th!
- Driving!
- 3/4 Exams T.T
- School..

Oh well. May as well enjoy the holidays while I can.
Except..I CANT BELIEVE HAILEYBURY GET ANOTHER WEEK OFF! NO WAY!
^_^
Relaxx. No stress. Till tuesday.
Dan13L.

Memories - Highlife Camp '08

2008-07-09T20:18:00.028+10:00

Thanks to Audrey, Jerusha, Gabriel, Alvin & Rutie for their photos =P

Highlife Fungus/101 Camp!

2008-07-09T17:14:00.009+10:00

Camp! It excites me just to mention it! Honestly, words can't begin to describe the amazing work that God did at this camp; the powerful messages by the enthusiastic preacher Michael Raj,the breathtaking encounters with Him each day, and the strong friendship bonds that grew... that's just the tip of the iceberg! It's been one week now, since this amazing milestone in my life, so if you're ready...buckle up and brace yourselves ^_^v. (yes i'm dramatic, get over it. LOL xD)

as some of you may know, this was my VERY FIRST fungus camp ever! Yes yes..so sad. I've been overseas in the Mediterranean, London (go Arsenal!), Queensland. *sigh. I've never experienced camp first hand! And trust me...after this camp...there's no place I'd rather be...than spending each day seeking and praising Him...building relationships and performing high school musical songs (randomly) in skits. LOL. =]
in the past, I've been to several church and kids camps - they were great experiences mind you, but for some reason..at this camp...i was less inclined to hold back, and was more able to give my all to Him.

I was looking forward to this camp, and was getting VERY excited and hyped up, (not hyper)... and all I wanted was to meet God, and to receive a touch from Him that i so yearned for. Praise God, I got so much more than that! So prior to camp, I asked God to really reveal Himself to me over camp, because at times, it felt as though I was miles away from Him. After the exam period, I had realised that barely any of my time I had given to Him, and this was something I really wanted to fix. Much stress, late nights and full schedules had wormed their way into my life, and I was often left distraught and alone. But just a few days before camp, when reading the bible, I came across a verse.

Psalm 46:1-3
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.

This was really encouraging to me; at times where I had relied on my own strength to do things, not getting very far, it was then that I remembered that He is always there for me, a place of refuge, a source of strength in everything I do. I was really looking forward to camp, and meeting God, spending time with good friends, (not particularly the shave off..you have no idea how painful that was lol :P...my sympathies go to nick & adel!) and believed that God was going to move!

So the day came. The second of july. Not a particularly warm or sunny day, but I was PUMPED! Although i finished packing at 1:30am. *Sigh. (I have no idea how i managed to squash everything in!) I invited a few friends from school, but luckily, at the very last minute, JON LEE decides to come along. Ahaha. Mister hair straightener himself xD I thank God for allowing Jon to come to camp, I believe God has begun to stir something up in his life and ignite a passion for Him! In the future, I just really hope that others will be more open into attending such life changing experiences like this, and I just give that all to Him.
Back to where we were. ^.^
We had quite an interesting bus ride there...from singing (over-sung) songs, to having the bus start smoking in the middle of nowhere!! But i spotted a double rainbow, and just reminded me of the promise God made so long ago. Nature is so beautiful...

Anyway...that night at praise and worship, I don't think I've ever seen our youth group go so crazy - jumping, screaming, singing and kneeling in worship to Him, and that already exceeded all of my expectations for camp! I remember the amazing atmosphere, God's presence was so thick - I couldn't have asked for a better way to start this camp off! That, accompanied by Michael Raj's enthusiastic preaching really set the bar for the rest of this Highlife Camp. Were we in for a treat! One thing that he said that night, was not to hold back or wait for the last night, but to surrender it all to Him! The song 'surrender' by Planetshakers has already racked up several plays on my iTunes, and prompts me to give my all, my everything to the King. (hey that rhymes..just realised. lol)

Lord every day is yours
Lord every breath is yours
Im giving my life to you
Lord I'm yours
....
I surrender all to you
I am nothing without you
Jesus Christ, take my life its all for you

Day two was good fun! We had a schedule full of games, brilliantly organised by Audrey and Azim. Thanks to both of you for the work and love that you put into running games at camp, the dedication behind the scenes as well as at the camp site, was something to be proud of. May God bless you, and continue to reveal Himself to you both, as He has great plans for the future! Today I was able to meet our family BROWNING! (ftw!). I co-led the family with Ruth, she was a such a great person to work with! Rutie has such an amazing, kind and loving personality, and such a heart for serving God. Let me just say, You're AWESOME! Thanks for all the notes too. Aha. =] I managed to get to know her quite a lot better, and am extremely happy I had the opportunity to do so! One of the highlights of the camp was the river crossing game..because we WON IT! =P haha..our family didn't win that many things at camp, but this was something to be proud of hehe. I just want to say, well done to everyone for all your efforts! Go team =P
The themed dinner was awesome! Although the food wasn't great (at all hehe), the place looked really really cool! And so did everyone ^.^And definitely, closing with HSM songs was 'wootage!' (if that's now an adjective!)

In my mind, the third day was the HIGH-HIGHLIGHT of the HIGHLIFE. (Sounds cool huh?) Honestly, you couldn't have packed so much into one day. Firstly, the hair. shaving. fundraising. competition. =O!!! Basically, altitude had spent the last month or so raising money for camp through busking, sucking up (*nudge), foodsales (thankyou to all the aunties!), and blackmail. (LOL not really :P) Mixed feelings of fear, excitement, incredible odds and FEAR again, the moment was fast approaching.
To think that our BEAUTIFUL HAIR would be gone!! Ahh!! What a complete disaster! (If you were a narcissist, you'd understand...right aud&jan?)
They counted our three buckets, (we spent a day looking for a fourth, which never existed >.<"), and 101's sole bucket (full of notes!). And announced the winner.
*Silence.*
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!! I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS ECSTATIC IN MY LIFE! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! Lmao!! Kinda got a little carried away with our victory celebration, and I'm starting to feel bad now. Sorry! =(
But yeah. you can't even understand how much this was building up....every day...dreading and waiting for this one moment! But then.
Relief. of. a. lifetime.
So I went back, and did my hair. ^_^v Haha. Woots! And thanks to jackie & stephi for my awesome haircut xD. and to my personal hair stylish Aaron. You guys are legends! Also to my messenger, who was 'pro'! (Go qynn!)
We also spent the entire day preparing for our skit! I am quite new to this, and I think I kinda screwed up our thingy. But we managed to come an amazing third! Our family rocks! Yvonne-y was "so cute"...as was everyone else for cooperating so well!
If you didn't get it, I think I thought about it too deeply. *sigh lol. I'll explain it to you. if you really want. :D (not now...im at like 1500 words...T.T)

That night's session was unlike any other. From praise and worship at the start, and the powerful ministering of Ps. Michael, this set the atmosphere for God to move amazingly. And He did. So powerfully, so mightily, so awesomely. Ps. Michael really challenged us, and God really convicted me, about things in my life, that I had to change if I was to live a life that glorified His name, one that was an act of worship to Him. During the altar call, my heart began to race, and I stood up, not even knowing what, and just knelt down, waiting for God to speak to me. When I was being prayed for, I just broke down and cried uncontrollably. Crying in awe of His presence, and sorrow of my sins, and the unfailing, unconditional love that He has for me. Our God is great. He is awesome, and worthy to be praised. That night, I just saw people crying out to God, and being touched so mightily by Him. But the conclusion of this session was what really blew me away. We began to pray for each other. In groups of two, three, four - even more, we cried out to God, and asked for His hand upon our life, our youth group, just thanking Him for all that He is, and His will for the future... This reminded me of a verse in Ecclesiastes.

Ecclesiastes 4:9

9 Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their work:

10 If one falls down,
his friend can help him up.
But pity the man who falls
and has no one to help him up!

11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?

12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

This really opened my eyes to the importance of friendship and relationships. The genuine love that I saw and I felt that night was just indescribable. And even reminded me that the love God has for us is so much more... I just want to thank God for being so real throughout the camp, for changing lives, breaking down barriers of the sin and of the past; for Him, nothing is impossible.

A perfect way to close off the camp, a warm and cozy camp fire, amidst the millions of stars that blanketed the night sky, so pretty... like you. (LOL. note to self: thats quite a good pickup line!) Singing random songs ranging from Veggie Tales to sunday school classics, Teddy Geiger to planetshakers, I spent five minutes or so, standing beneath the spectacular and beautiful night sky. Admiring the brilliance of God's creation, whilst trying to find the southern cross!! to my avail! Shucks. there were so many stars...i couldn't find it. Not blonde! I don't think anyone else did!! I managed to spot two shooting stars (there were THREE!!), and really took my breath away. Rarely did I sit back and admire the beauty of our surroundings and of nature, God's creation, and really just made me feel so thankful for all that God has blessed me with, the friends and family, a house to live in, and a beautiful world to admire. (not to mention an AWESOME god to praise!)

I just want to thank God for everything he did at the camp. I have gotten to know people so much better, made new friends, and experienced God's might and power first handedly.. what more can I ask for? (a nintendo ds with tetris maybe? LOL jk jk). I also just want to thank everyone for the love that they showed towards me and others, that was so genuine and powerful...be it through letters written, or acts and words of kindness and love. Remember, even the smallest acts of kindness can impress into one's heart!
This camp so amazingly exceeded anything that I had imagined in my wildest dreams, and I want to give ALL Glory to God. I pray that in the future, His hand continues to be upon each and every one of us, as we grow and love Him more and more each day.
Praise God for an awesome awesome camp!

This was truly..a camp to remember.

Dan13L.

PS. Btw...this post took me a good two hours!! I think slow lor.. :P

Introducing...ME! =]

2008-07-08T23:12:00.000+10:00

Hello there! A very warm welcome to you! After much thought (about five minutes), I have decided a BLOG would be a very nice way to pass time, express my feelings and views, and giving some space to ponder and reflect on the life God has blessed me with.

So after (several) hours of thought and "hard work", I relentlessly toiled into making my very own blog. After being quite inspired by Isaac and Jerusha's blogs, (not to mention Audrey and Sarahs =]), with their deep and meaningful thoughts and reflections (DNM), eyecatching splashes of colour and design, accompanied by inspiring (and annoying) music, I initially thought this was going to be an easy task. (what a mouthful :P)

I was very wrong.

To tell you the truth.. i spent most of the morning and afternoon, even till right NOW, (nearly 12) trying to put everything together - i even resulted into editing large slabs of html code (thanks to my "awesome" year nine IT skills.. *cough.).. from choosing the blog name, to finding a skin to my liking, adding extra features, to writing this now, was quite a complex and confusing task.

it was after many hours of confusion and headaches that i realised...IT'S A LOT EASIER THAN THAT!! Not to say i'm blonde or anything...
well..only a little xD.

So here we are. Finally. With quite a nice design (in my opinion), and weird random widgets that are still quite foreign to me, i'm happy to say.. I've done it! Woot!!
*sigh of relief*

Where did i manage to find such an awesome name for an awesome blog? i hear you ask? well.
i don't know! Lol! =P My first few (hundred) preferences weren't available; suave, alliteratively, precise phrases..which had been taken! annoying right? So. i'm quite happy with what i ended up with. The title "Soaring, Flying" as you might recognise...is from the AWESOME movie HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL! Wooo!! Haha, and on another level...it reminds me of the love God has for us. In the chorus of the song 'Still', "i will SOAR with you. above the storm". No matter what our problem or situation, He is always in control, because he loves us so much! It's just really encouraging for me..and i hope..for you too.
Not too heavy, not too light. It's just (Daniel). right =D
Haha.
Anyways...we're finally here..hope I haven't left you dumbfounded and with an overwhelming sense of boredom..there's much more where this came from ;P.
So from stories to songs, bible verses to lame acrostic poems, pictures, videos and long (often nonsensical) posts...
i declare this blog..
OPEN! ^.^

God Bless!

Till next time..
Dan13L.