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Name:
Chris
Location:
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
I just made 2 records in my life, the first one was doing the Lord of the Rings marathon and the second one was listening to my friend's song "What they say" for 48 times in a day (perhaps more..). So, have you got any idea what i'm like?

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Dale, In Soo and Me on Wednesday when In Soo left ...
BACK TO SCHOOL! A part of me wants to go back...(...
Amazing Grace An aged native African woman stoo...
A man, A barber, and An unkempt man.... A man wen...
Finally I got out of my "Cave" BwaHaHaHaHa.... Hm...
RANDOM THOUGHTS.... Hmm...rainy, cloudy, typical...
Report has come....Grrrrrrrr......Freaky Az... ...
Samwise Gamgee : Just an imaginary friend? God ...
~Wicked Weird Wonky Weather~ What do you usuall...
~ The Day I Was Saved ~ IWAS SAVED!!! I ...
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July 2005


sunday, july 24, 2005

 Dale, In Soo and Me on Wednesday when In Soo left for good...See ya later Bro..
posted by Chris @ 7/24/2005 11:55:00 PM  5 comments
BACK TO SCHOOL!

A part of me wants to go back...(It's like..Ummm..15%..BWAHAHAHAHA)
and the rest doesn't really want to go back ( hmm...85%..MWAHAHAHAHA)

I think it is proved as a new disease called the holiday-syndrome

This is my analysis of this new precarious epidemic among students around the world..

"During the holiday, students get bored and they FEEL like going back to school, but when it comes to the end of the holiday, students REFUSE to go back to school!!"

MWAH-HA-HA!!!Unfortunately I caught this disease during the holiday...Can't help it...*Can't touch this*

Anyway, I'm just babbling here..no need to read this one..It's crap gosh...Oh yea..pray for this wednesday, the badminton thingy, I have a feeling that I'm gonna lose but I'll do my best and give it to Him, if He wants me to win then I will (hopefully He does...)HWAKAKKAKA..B! Bi...

Cheers

Cheeze..
posted by Chris @ 7/24/2005 11:24:00 PM  0 comments
Amazing Grace

An aged native African woman stood up slowly from her seat, standing in the middle of a court room in South Africa, she was about 70 years old.

All her suffering through the years was shown clearly on her face.

In front of everyone in the court, seated Mr Van der Broek, he had been found guilty of killing the husband and the son of that lady.

A few years back, Van der Broek came into that woman's house, he took her son, shot him and burnt his body. A few years later he took her husband and for two years she didn't hear anything from him. Then one day Van der Broek came into her house and asked the lady to come with him to a place close to the river. She had to see her husband being tortured and he was forced to stand in the middle of a pile of dead branches and they burnt him. The last words she heard from her husband were "Father, please forgive them"

Not so long after that, Van der Broek was captured. He was found guilty and that was the time to decide what punishment was appropriate for him. The judge asked the lady "So what do you want us to do with this man who has slain your family?"

The lady was silence for a while and she answered " I want three things. First, I want to be taken to where my husband was killed and I will collect his dust then I will bury his dust appropriately". After stopping for a while she continued "My husband and my son were the only ones I had, my second request would be that Mr Van der Broek is becoming my son, I want him to come twice a month to the ghetto and spend a whole entire day with me, so that I can share the love that is still in me". "And the last one, I want Mr Van der Broek to know that I really have forgiven him because Jesus Christ died to forgive, as that was my husband's last request." Then she asked the judge “Could I ask someone to help me walk to Mr Van der Broek so that I can hug him now to show him that he has really been forgiven?”

The guards then took the lady to the front closer to Mr Van der Broek. Mr Van der Broek could not believe in what he heard and suddenly collapsed.

The people who were attending the case, her family, friends, neighbors and all those whom had suffered the same kind of prejudice suddenly stood up and started singing

~ Amazing grace..........................

How sweet the sound......that saved a wretch like me...........

I once was lost....but now....I'm found.....

Was blind

But now

I see.......

Great story, aye?

'Twas quite hard to translate from Indo to English..gosh..I need to get my Indonesian back before it eternally disappears..as if it would..gosh..anyway i'm sleepy..so gnite see ya l8er..Adios..

Cheers,

Chris
posted by Chris @ 7/24/2005 10:37:00 PM  0 comments
tuesday, july 19, 2005

A man, A barber, and An unkempt man....

A man went to a barbershop to have his
hair cut
and his beard
trimmed..

As the barber began to work, they began
to have
a
good conversation.
They talked about so many things and
various
subjects. When they eventually
touched on the subject of God, the
barber said: "I
don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the
customer.

"Well, you just have to go out in the
street to
realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if
God
exists, would there be so many sick
people? Would there be abandoned
children? If
God existed, there would be
neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine
a loving a
God who would allow all ofthese things."

The customer thought for a moment, but
didn't
respond because he didn't want to start
an
argument. The barber finished his job and
the customer left the shop. Just after he
left the
barbershop, he saw a man in the street
with long, stringy, dirty hair and an
untrimmed
beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.

The customer turned back and entered
the barber
shop again and he said to the
barber: "You know
what? Barbers do not exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the
surprised
barber. "I am here, and
I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers
don't exist
because if they did, there would be no
people with
dirty long hair and untrimmed
beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! " answered the
barber. "What happens, is, people do not
come to
me. "
"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's
the point!
God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is,
people
don't go to Him and do not look for
Him.
That's why there's so much pain and
suffering in
the world."

Have you got anything to say about this story?!Let's think about it first...hmmm...cheers..

~Chris~
posted by Chris @ 7/19/2005 12:30:00 AM  0 comments
friday, july 15, 2005

Finally I got out of my "Cave" BwaHaHaHaHa....

Hmm..Yesterday (July 13th) I was sick, like really really sick (still really sick)..My nose was blemen runny, I had a fever, and I couldn't really talk (my voice was too 'SEXy') whatever... but yea..I just couldn't keep my bums staying at home anymore...hahahaha..I thought 2 days staying at home were enough for me..I need to see the world with my naked eyes..hmmm....

So yea..actually there were 2 reasons that made me wanted to go out, the first one was because I needed to fix Duong's racket and the second one was because I also needed to return Dale's book.


I went to the shop and they said it would be repaired by 6.30 pm, so I went to church after that, hoping that Dale would be there..but that was such an unfortunate event for me..hahahaa..HE WASN'T THERE...like *duh*..i txted him, no reply, called him for about 10 times, no single answer (only that lady from the voice mailbox, gah...i hate her voice now..Bwahhahaha).
Anyway I ended up waiting there for 2 hours, the people that passed by might think I was a stalker or woteva..hahaha..I was playing with the new toy "the bell" hehe..(hopefully it's still working now..phew) and I took some pictures as well, i was too bored to be true..

When finally I gave up and left for Newmarket again, then suddenly Dale rang..boo..no wonder he didn't answer, he was with *censored* ehm..ehm...well yea..duh..umm..i don't know what to say now..eventually we met at Starbucks (woohoo..chai tea..hmm..yumm..) and I returned his book then He shot off again..hmm..I got the racquet fixed and it's all good now...Just wanted to show ya' a highlight of an adventurous day..hehe..ciao aLL..Pls keep praying for me as I'm preparing for the 27th of July thing (badminton championship)..Thx..GBU aLL..

posted by Chris @ 7/15/2005 08:08:00 AM  0 comments
wednesday, july 13, 2005

RANDOM THOUGHTS....


Hmm...rainy, cloudy, typical winter nights in Auckland..Blustery weather.. not like last year though...
But this quote from a friend of mine makes me think even more about the true meaning of friendship..

"If u ask me how long we'll be friends for, i'll say 'i dont know', coz i dont kno which is longer, 'always' or 'forever' " -ell-

hmm..What do you think about that ?

Blessings,

Chr!s

posted by Chris @ 7/13/2005 04:50:00 PM  0 comments
Report has come....Grrrrrrrr......Freaky Az...

Guess what?! What?! What?! What?! HeHe... I got my report yesterday...and for some obvious reasons my feeling was like that emoticon before opening the 'glorious' envelope (exaggerated!) and when I opened it, the blue cover of the report was revealed..-Muah-Ha-Ha-..ehm..ehm..I guess while I was reading the report my adrenaline gland produced more adrenaline hormone into the blood, which eventually sped up the rapidity of my heartbeats (so human bio...gross..)

Anyway...the report was good, I only got 2 "2"s and the others were straight "1"s..I was like YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...HIP HIP HURRAY!!They were quite satisfying for me, as you..the people that know me have known that things couldn't really satisfy me if they weren't produced from my best effort...that's just me..sorry guys..Hehe.. (>.<)
So..It's all good...hehe..I know I can do better...I'll do it (not try to do it) next term..

I have got these marks now, and perhaps getting them was easier than keeping them to be the same and improving them. When I think about what I did initially to get these marks, I wasn't working really hard, I just relied on my general knowledge (I guess..) and luck (hmm..). Even in this holiday right now, I'm still having the English assignment and it's so blemen hard..It's a task that you can't use your general knowledge but you really need to read the stories, like 4 novels..Heck..Nice az..yet it's really good for me..I'm determined to do this task, it's worth doing...5 credits mate..

Anyway..live news from Auckland, the weather is getting YUCKIER and YUCKIER...It's the holiday season for the schools yet the weather doesn't really allow us (the students) to go out of our houses. And it's getting COLDER and COLDER as well. So......see you later. Chris reporting live from 38 Lenore rd, Favone, Auckland.


Cheers,

-C.K-

posted by Chris @ 7/13/2005 04:45:00 PM  0 comments
Samwise Gamgee : Just an imaginary friend?



God is with me all the time...

Last night my life was in a sorrow..I couldn't believe what my best friend did to me..I was dissapointed and I was tremendously sad..just unbelievable..

It was like he was avoiding to talk, and it was really clear to be seen..

Actually yesterday we were having fun...fun fun fun for the whole afternoon and part of the night. I was just wondering why...why...why was he so easily influenced by other people's opinion? That was my only question..He's mature enough to distinguish whether the issue is true or false.

I couldn't even sleep the whole night..I kept asking myself the same question over and over again..Funny to think how I valued other people's life while I didn't really need to care that much..bugger...

When I used my own strength to fight the feeling, I couldn't handle it...It was just too dissapointing..and i was trying to be strong on my own...but that was just useless...just a waste of energy and time and thoughts...

BUT there was someone with me that was also helping me in this fight..my God helped me with this a lot..I just surrenderred it all to Him..I was like, "Well God, if you want this to happen then do as You wish"..and I could sleep quite well after that....

I think I can reflect on the Lord Of The Ring movies that i just saw last week, how Samwise Gamgee, he was really loyal to Frodo. Even in times of sorrow, for example when Frodo was tempted by the ring or when Frodo was manipulated by Gollum to betray Sam but Sam was still there all the time to assist him. Sam never gave up to help Frodo because he valued the friendship so much.

The most memorable moment about Sam's loyalty was when they were sleeping on a cliff and Gollum spread the crumbs of the elven bread on Sam's outfit and he threw the elven bread into the valley. When they woke up, Frodo thought that Sam had eaten the elven bread by himself, and Frodo chose to trust Gollum instead of Sam. They left Sam alone, and he just couldn't believe his best friend did that to him.

Last night I just crawled in my bed, asking the same question to myself over and over again..It hurt me really badly..I felt like my friend left me alone because he trusted something else that might not be true!

Eventually I realized I couldn't hold it any longer by myself, I gotta get up like Sam and I gotta continue my journey with my friend. I asked God for giving me an aid, to help me so that i'm able to endure in this fight. and GOD DID!

There was a great moral point that could be taken from Sam, one of them was :
"A friend like Sam is a type of friend that you should never expect, but it's worth being one like that to your friend"

And this is what I'm doing...I've surrendered it to God, and it's all up to Him..I'm just trying to be like Sam, I've forgiven my friend and I want to mend the relationship if it's broken, stick the pieces together again, doesn't matter how hard it would be but it's worth doing.Thx God for giving me the peace in my heart.Thx to my friend for giving me the chance to feel this way, so that i might grow.

So yea...this just happened last night and here I am, a person that will fight for his friends even though we will have to travel through our "Mordor" and travel together with the "Gollums" because love in a friendship never ends.

~ Are you sitting down....with all your sin and shame all stored up
Are you ready to leave.... for what the law could not do GOD DID!

Cheers

~Chris~




posted by Chris @ 7/13/2005 04:40:00 PM  0 comments
~Wicked Weird Wonky Weather~


What do you usually expect from your last week of school?! Just muck around and do nothing at all, Don't you?!! I do...HeHe...Just being honest..but look what i've got now..2 days of school left, 1 test and one internal exam...how despicable is that?!LoL..just joking...

The weather in Auckland has been really YUCKY lately..like seriously..YUCK!!huhu...The sky could just pour the rain from the time I wake up till the time I usually go to bed (at about 11PM), How about that?!and the next day the same thing happens..again...and again....and again...

But just take the positive side out of rain, I guess.. Lately, a friend of mine wrote something in his blog about rain and it was so true...that we need to be thankful for the rain that we've been given, it's not too much to flood the country nor it is too small to dehydrate us..he's so talented to be a religious person (LoL..) but yea God is so good (ok..My name is Christian and I'm a Christian, do you have any problem with that?).What if there is not enough rain for us!Would you prefer to be in a barren land? Personally, I would not...I'd better be in a land with heaps of rain!Anyways..that's just a small reflection on the weather condition here in Auckland....

Friendly Friday has been pretty good! I always love them! and don't forget to pray for me on the 27th of July, I'm going on a Badminton championship representing my school in the singles game for Auckland Regional ASB championship...I'm quite freaked out because the others are really good but let's try...why not...if God wants me to win then i would, wouldn't I? so....Is that ok?!(Dale?!)

So yea...My report from here is ALL GOOD!Nothing's really gone bizarre in my life...I'm just trying to believe God more and more each day...trust Him..So...Ciao...See ya later!!

~ Far But Near ~

You with authority ordered the heavens into being
And all the hosts of them just with a whispering breath
Gather the water and lay up the deep
Let all the earth fear you and stand in awe

Far but near You are
Unthinkably higher but wonderfully not far from all
Far but near You are
Transcendently immanent holy yet close to my heart
You're holy alive in my heart

You planned this place in a day in such a crafty way
Though You seem far from here groping I find that You're here
God of such power You're with me this hour
You graciously condescend where I cannot ascend

I am in need of You
Save me deliver me
From this calamity
I'll tell you openly.....

Music by Dale Campbell Lyrics by Dale Campbell (He's a friend of mine LOL)

Check this out!Great piece of music ( A masterpiece)
www.dalecampbell.com
I'll update if he's got new songs :P...(Hopefully he doesn't mind)
Cheers!
HOLIDAY IN 1 DAY!!WHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW........

~C.K~







posted by Chris @ 7/13/2005 04:32:00 PM  0 comments
~ The Day I Was Saved ~







IWAS SAVED!!! I HAVE BEEN SAVED!!! I AM SAVED!!!
Enough of it .....he he... Let me start ....

I think it started 2 weeks before the 6th of March, I went back for the first time to Friendly Friday.
I was curious that there was this new guy, and Chris introduced me that his name was Dale and he was from the states. I asked him which city he was from, he said he came from Springfield,Missouri. I was surprised because that was where "The Simpsons" were, so I started singing the theme song, and he sang along..ha ha...anyways our relationship got better. The week after that I found out that he was the Youth Pastor of the church that held Friendly Friday, then that week he invited me to go to the sunday service. So then the next sunday, the 6th of March, I went there with In Soo (I finally could persuade him to take me). Dale was leading the worship part, it was so cool though, then it came to this part, suddenly Dale just told us "Perhaps we could have some quite time....perhaps.." and we just did. During that quite time, I was just praying and closing my eyes. Suddenly I heard this voice, It came deep deep down from my heart but it was so clear, the voice was so peaceful and nice, I couldn't really know how to describe it though... it was like this "Chris, this is the time for you to give your heart" I was so surprised, really really surprised. Immediately I opened my eyes and looked around, but everyone was praying. I wasn't sure if it was Him. Later on, I got conviced and I replied "If it was really you God, then I'm ready to go and work on your field". So that was when I gave my life fully for Him. After the service, actually I wanted to go straight home with In Soo, but then I didn't know why, I just knew it that I hadn't read His words that much. So, I went straight to Newmarket and bought a Bible for myself and from that night on until now I've been reading it.

Not only that, but God has done some pretty neat things in my life, believe me or not I've had some miracles happening to my life already (I'd love to share them, just ask me). I also want to give a big special thanks to Dale for doing something that saved me, you're the bestest of the best bro. Also, some people that have influenced me Han Mi, Melanie, Makoto, In soo, Esther, Wanny, can't say anything but I love you guys. Some of my new friends Duong and Cecily (Are you gonna get baptized on the same day as i am ?), you guys are really cool!. esp. for Duong keep strengthening your faith girl!You can do it. For Elina who just left today, be good back in Finland. Thx for reading this guys, Be blessed and GBU!

NB: Eventually I got baptized on the 8th of May (Mother's Day)..Even though it was raining and the weather was just blustery, God treated us in a special way, right after me and Dale stepped into the water, the sun just shone brightly on us...and that was it, the sun just shone for the baptism and an hour after that it started raining again...wow..Thx a lot GoD..Thx for the people that came as well, I didn't expect that many people would come..and also Thx Dale for baptizing me.

posted by Chris @ 7/13/2005 04:28:00 PM  0 comments
Hola guys, I finally can make a blog of mine *DaNg*!So it's CoolaZ then! Just wanna welcome you all friends of mine who haven't been in touch with me, I miss you guys so much, you know?!LoLz..Anyways here in this blog no rules are applicable,so just write anything (even though it's quite off ),still just let it flow. Another thing is that you should write as often as possible *^0^* because i wanna hear every single thing from you all, it's been quite "nice" and "boring" here without hearing anything from my mates. So just keep in touch.LatErZ..

God Bless You!


~ ROCK ON~


posted by Chris @ 7/13/2005 03:49:00 PM  0 comments