Tuesday, July 03, 2007
I just have to blog this before I sleep tonight. :D
Cant praise God enough! He simply amazes me! I'll tell you why in just a while~~
Went to watch Caleb's choral group(ACJC alumni choir) performance today with Ollie and XiuHui. It sounded heavenly!(ok.. besides the fact that i didnt really get what they were singing..haha) Their voices blended so flawlessly that I couldnt really hear who was singing what(assuming this is supposed to be the way hee) There were so many people but I could hear almost one voice. I could clearly hear the sopranos etc (** sopranos all i know). Anw it was just..wwwoooowww.. :D
Guys' voices are usually masculine while females the opp, single gender choral groups are impressive yet when they combine, its a perfect thing i find. Was thinking to myself.. and God made man and woman together in his own image. Woman made to be man's helper. 当女人的嗓音与男人的歌喉融合在一起时真是相得益彰,天衣无缝。 这两种声音是相辅相成的。。就像神当时在创世纪时给男人做了个女人, 好让女人能够做男人的好帮手。神也吩咐男人要爱妻如同爱自己的身体,照顾她,甚至得舍命保护她, 宛如耶稣爱人舍命保护。。。(enough of chinese eh..heh)
no wonder it was PERFECT. cos God is.
Kinda felt inspired to join choir after this hee.. sing for the Lord, well capability aside. haha. I love their encore piece. Its impressive how a solo singer can sing along with a choir backing its background music. There's no instruments no nothing. Just God-given voices. The outcome : angelic music, wonderful combination. *wow!=D*
--> k ya i noe I very lor sor. but this is my blog!! haha let me be my usual self kx hee
After the performance, all 3 of us were hungry so we quickly settled at Thai Express for dinner. Had a great time catching up and amusing Ollie n XiuHui with my not-v-funny jokes :P (Btw Ollie, I rem you asking me in class why am I always frowning when I attend your classes. Then I gave u the usual puzzled look and someone said im just focusing and absorbing hee.. REMEMBER??? :P)

Mr Olivia Chia(my bio cher!) who thinks i shd switch to calling him Ollie now.
Uncle Ollie? haha

XiuHui..look here leh.(Camera shy la!)

We are DONE! :D
We went back to look for Caleb and say hi to Krystal(this very very sweet girl with a magnificent voice) After which Ollie sent Krystal and I home.
On the way we had some (should I say discussions? it was mainly one-way..haha) interesting chats. We talked about traditionalism, about the differences between pentacostal and charismatic.. which Ollie said charismatic churches can trace its roots from the pentacostal..they were the 1st wave. O he threw so many names and bombastic words that I was trying really hard to catch what he was saying. Then we moved on to the touchy issues in churches these days on tongues.. healings.. teachings in certain type of churches. Boy that was a handful of topics! He mentioned about how
man can never fully understand the concept of GRACE if we are never taught and comprehend SIN and its EFFECTS. I thought it was very true.. its like.. speeding..only when one exceeded the speed limit and crashed one day will he appreciate the beauty of driving within it..(weird analogy.. but u get the idea hur hur hur)
Indeed, only when I recognise my nothingness and let God be God did I realise how filled this life can be. Its beautiful. Thank God how he has provided for me all these days of my life!
Would we know that major chords are sweet,
if there were no minor key?
Would the painter's work be fair to our eyes,
without shade or land or sea?
Would we know the meaning of happiness,
would we feel that the day was bright,
had we never known what it was to grieve,
nor gazed on the dark of night?
Signing off...Tingyu^^