cultural mandate

It's been a productive and busy break. It was a public holiday yesterday and somehow the schedule was more packed than ever... after swearing to stay at home and relax. I prefer that actually. I caught Pirates of the Carribean 3: At World's End on a Wednesday afternoon at The Empire (classy ey?). I did the most unpardonable sin though: watching it without watching the first two; yeah I was quite blur in the movie but hands down, it must've been the best movie I've watched this year. Most of the movies I've watched were superb but this was fantastic. After 2hours and 45minutes of sitting down in the cold of the cinema theater, I went to The Mall and watched the Sneak Peak of Shrek the Third. (I always thought that 'sneak peaks' were like the longer version of a trailer, but it's not. It's the day before the actual premier.) It was just alright, not great, but I watched it again the next day in the afternoon with another group of people. Wowee!

There's a piano recital coming up soon. So ya'll Mall-ers will be seeing a piano right smack in the middle of the Mall after the entrance sometime next week. Hurray. I have to rush through this classical piece and the second movement's not even memorized yet. Help! I've got to get this done and soon.

A bunch of us were at Des' place last night, having yum-yum and watching the Emerge 2007 conference LIVE via satellite. It was brilliant. We got to see the Parade of Schools and they have this thing called a clap-o-meter, by which the schools' performances are judged by the loudness of the claps and cheers from the audience. It was so funny because we, in front of the television screen, got carried away and cheered non-stop as well. :D It was weird because the past days I've been in front of the screens watching these heroic people either sacrifice and lay down their lives for the sake of destiny but they are just movies; I see what's real in front of my eyes, people of all ages and sizes and cultures of different kinds.. reaching out to a God who exists, a God who came in His humanity to be able to relate to us and engage us.

Sidney Mohede from Jakarta Praise Community Church was there, he was leading worship and he sung the song "Mengenal-Mu" and Annabel (I think) sang it in Chinese and I was like woah :O I saw Angie, Ling, Jeremy and Joyce as well! They must've had a blast... and for another three days to come. Ling's tummy looks really 'bumptastic' on the tele, more than it does in real life! :P

This picture is of a cat that got smashed up really bad. I saw it while I was walking in Kiulap and the reason why it has the negative effect is because I was playing around with the camera and forgot to change it. I guess it's a good thing 'cause it was pure disgust. Had to take a picture of it though. It's insides actually burst out and were splattered everywhere.

The little thing you see there, no that's not the cat you just saw just now, but up-close it's actually the fetus of the cat. Yes, it was pregnant while getting smashed up :O sorry I had to show such gruesome pictures, but it's cool... right? HAHAHAHA so evil can.

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