From Desktops to Laptops
Alina reminds me of Simone. Alot. Haha. She blinks and chuckles and smiles just like her.
And cell was okay. We had another round of ICST and Elaine was really hyped up for it cause it was her first. It feels good when you have some people you can tell stuff to - be it if their really very close to you, or they are just mutual friends - and let others pray for you. It's our obligation, to look after one another. If you think about it, love lies on top of alot of obligations. At the end of the day, we patch up, we mend severed ties, we pray for one another (even though we might not be best friends) because we are obligated to the person.
Anyway obligation is a big word. It's the reason why we try the very best to succeed in life.
I just want to say that when Lisa asked me what instruments I play (she was the third person this week) again, I found it quite surprising that I don't really know any.
Heyyy aren't I the guy whose conforming to the singaporean level of - design? Whereby you're suppose to be good in photography, own an ipod, a dslr, and a macbook. And at least know how to play one instrument for crying out loud (and not something like gu zhen or qi pa, cause those are CHINESE instruments ...which are fundamentally non-existent in singaporean design students). We're probably all bananas, and have had at least been to a gig, had/have a band, have tried skateboarding, and know music from interpol, or norma jean or rainer maria.
This is what life looks like for me right now.
And it has to stop. I don't want to become just another punk/indie designer/artist. I don't want to be comfortable by just being all that I wrote above. I expect more out of myself, and I expect more out of the people living this life now. We all deserve more.
I was just listening to one of the online sermons just now. And the pastor said this that struck me - What are we in ministry for? Do we want to be in worship ministry cause we want to be able to play our specialised instrument? We want to be cool and do cool things? Or we're seeing the picture bigger than that; we're doing this not for our own benefit, but for the congregation. So that they can firmly grasp that short 30 minutes of worship, and help them connect fully with God. And we're doing this for God, and we want to glorify His name.
Okay. I need to sleep. And my mac is surprisingly cooler tonight.