TOP TEN SIGNS THAT YOU ARE AN UNQUESTIONING CHRISTIAN (11-23-03)(stolen from the internet--author unknown)

10- You vigorously deny the existence of thousandsof gods claimed by other religions, but feeloutraged when someone denies the existence of your god.

9- You feel insulted and 'dehumanized' whenscientists say that people evolved from lesser lifeforms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claimthat we were created from dirt.

8- You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problembelieving in a Trinity god.

7- Your face turns purple when you hear of the'atrocities' attributed to Allah, but you don't evenflinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughteredall the babies of Egypt in 'Exodus' and ordered theelimination of entire ethnic groups in 'Joshua' --including women, children, and animals!

6- You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, andGreek claims about god sleeping with women, but youhave no problem believing that the Holy Spiritimpregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god whogot killed, came back to life and then ascended intothe sky.

5- You are willing to spend your life looking forlittle loop-holes in the scientifically establishedage of the Earth (4.55 billion years), but you findnothing wrong with believing dates recorded bypre-historic tribesmen sitting in their tents andguessing that the Earth is a couple of generationsold.!

4- You believe that the entire population of thisplanet wi th the exception of those who share yourbeliefs -- though excluding those in all rivalsects -- will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell ofSuffering. And yet you consider your religion themost 'tolerant' and 'loving'.

3- While modern science, history, geology, biology,and physics have failed to convince you otherwise,some idiot rolling around on the floor, speaking in'tongues,' may be all the evidence you need.

2- You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when itcomes to answered prayers. You consider that to beevidence that prayer works. And you think that theremaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1- You actually know a lot less than many Atheists and Agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, andchurch history -- but still call yourself a"Christian."

got that from some atheist website in the "humour" section. hmmm.. if you've read all the way here, dont you hate to but have to agree with the No.1 sign? it's really quite disheartening and the worst thing is that we're not doing much about it.

that aside, haha liverpool won facup! i was SHOCKED when i saw them up against westham. oh yay yay yay.

i miss chapel

Smith is recovering from the broken leg and dislocated ankle he suffered during the FA Cup defeat at Liverpool in February.

The injury has certainly not dampened Smith's spirits. The Yorkshireman remains his usual chirpy self, even though he will be working throughout the summer having had any thoughts of being in England's World Cup party banished on that grim day at Anfield when he launched himself forward in an attempt to stop a John Arne Riise free-kick. 'He has an amazing philosophy and approach to his recovery,' said Ferguson. 'It doesn't bother him at all. There is no mental block. He will be back all right.'

wow

i talked to the most arrogant (ex-)ri boy i've met in my life ytd. (besides the fact that he's the first...hmm maybe it's a common trait ..)

at least i managed to get back at him! =D heh. heck if he ever finds his way here. when he went to the toilet, i dared my sister to switch off the lights and she DID! hahaah! i ran out of the room before he could do anything.
...ok i sound so childish now ahhah

12k ytd was really tiring. my watch died on me while i was at my 9th km. i gasped and choked at the sudden intake of too much (i cant be bothered to think of the correct adj now) air. i felt like crying :( i think my watch doesn't like me anymore. my watch woke up only after the run. so i have a time-less run of which i think i did a pb! grah. track tmr. hurr

-;/c

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower,
Hear the music -
Before the song is over.

hmmm, i visualise a peaceful life as one to that of a nice, slow sounding song. but my life will never be like that. i had the chance but i was ignorant then. now, this choice of road i take is nth to that of a melody; and there's no turning back. my life can never slow down as much as i want it to.

anyways, oh maan, i think in my 4 yrs of running life, i've nvr felt an adrenaline so strong it just makes you crave for more. mr q asked rq alisa and i to run our very last 400m with kienmau&mok. though i was nowhere near most of them, wow! the feeling was super good. running like shit for your dear life. the guys ran super off timings cos i did 1sec off their target time. ha. at least i (almost) hit the target time! yay. hahaha. but but...oh man. the feeling when i was running is sooo difficult to comprehend! it's really addictive man. i wanna run like that again. i hope we get to do this crazy freak ass last interval again next monday. that 400m was the craziest i've ever ran in my life. 800m &1500m the last time with jing was almost all out too but my arms&legs were aching crazy after. the feeling of losing total control of your body was very scary. i was leaning over a horizontal pole after the race and thought i was going to faint anytime and die. haha besides the thoughts of dying, i felt very high; light headed. ok i'm going crazy. it's time for bed! =D

HI Gerard,
sianzzzz.........../Zzzzzz.........what does it mean?

i am the new member your English so "qing" i ready catch no ball.haha.............just jokeing....want to learn more from the young generation. Am i so "shua gu"?

nice to see u?very supporting now, keep in up!!!!!!!!

that's the cutest email i've ever read :) hahaha besides the upcoming erection(eLection)s both by the same person. hahah aww :) aged innocence. aquathlon tmr! if it was still mrng's time, i'd bring my costume to play in e sea after...actually i'd just jump in with my mg vest&shorts. ouch.

it's trg no.I for me since track season started. i know i'm giving lame excuses that this is my 1st ever track season so i cant adapt to the trg(s)--> i've only been to one so tech. wrong word used. but i'm really not coping well. monday track. thursday track (AGAIN). sat (12km again again again). monday track (all over).....
oh dear, i'm really dreading e next 10 weeks or so. i'm still suffering the side effects from monday!and i'm gonna have INTERVAL trg again tmr. having trg is fine..but it's interval! i think the int. dist wld be 1.2k. i'm so accustomed to macritchie terrain(going upslope means you can slack.noone's gonna blame you. going downslope means you can push less but go further) that i can't connect with e track anymore. it's like a foreign friend. you know it yet you don't.. i guess i've to start all over this relationship and try to be more accomodative this time.

but i'd nvr change my view on 3km. 7 1/2 rounds will always remain 7 1/2. i'd go crazy!!!!! arrgh.

aaah found a motto from sgrunners.com : complete -- not compete.

i was chosen to lead a group of talented people
and i can't even make simple, mundane decisions for my own self.
what's all this?

hahaha i got 17/20 for that feverishmathtest!. .. oh my,i'm starting to feel very ________. i've always wondered why people wld post their results; in exams wise and running wise. hahaha and i'm unknowingly falling into this pheno..me..non(correct me if my spelling is wrong)!

and i'm gonna indulge into another aspect(?) of people i can't tolerate. (i shan't attempt to describe it. i'll just jump straight into it. here goes: ) I LOST ONE MARRRK!!! arrghh and to be tops with tricia&gang at that!! i think my mind was in a state of whirl that i couldnt differentiate anti&clockwise. oh maaan one mark lost just like that!! how screwed is that?!?! (gosh i cant stand people who do that =x if somebody said that, i'd tell them 17 is good enough alr act.)

gosh , i think i can fully understand how acsi must have felt when they lost to (of all schs) vs. then again, natls and emathclasstest cant be parralled :(

a mental note: i'm nvr gonna use the comp in the morning. get v easily distracted. the xblog is like a...an artifact (spelling?!) of the mgxcountry legend. haha that word was revived ytd reading merrilyn's hist.bk. i think we shld update everyday there. boring or not boring.

on to running stuff, i did a pb for 2.4. i shan't put up my timing if not i'll feel even more smaller than small (in my view) i wanna rerun actually man..on a 400m track. it's different. grrr...i dont know what's getting into me. i dont feel satisfied abt my run. but at the same time, i'm not sad abt it. anyhow, it was great. i felt that it was more pressurising than natls man! my nervous level was much higher. cos 1) all your friends are there 2) you wld be able to hear your friends frm e all sides of the track 3) ... 100) you're a freaking cross country runner. you've to do a damn good time man. fine, the cheerings from the sidelines( haha) did help a lot. due to space confinement, the voices were amplified. i felt the whole 'crowd' cheering when i ran past; oh yea and mr ong's 'looking good. come on'. and actually even opp. the track, i can hear more cheerings, ger reading out timings. and it was very encouraging to see everyone cheer for everyone. and it felt wonderful to hear someone shout, " NO ONE FAILED!" at the end. :) just for that moment, i felt a very strong bond between all 3 classes; much stronger than cross. then after that, the bond just disappeared. like it was nvr there in the first place. but i'd hold this momentary feeling dear to my heart. the fact that it was there yet had an invincible effect...the contrast brings out the emotions more.

ok i'm supposed to leave home like 1/2hr ago. i'm gonna be late for my traffic!! i bet my sisters are still sleeping

HAHA. i heard this over the radio(advertising on some political talk)

lady: there has been talk going around that the PAP are arrogant...
guy: (cuts in) well if we're arrogant, I wldn't be talking to you right now.

haha oh maaan. to hear the whole story, channel news asia! tmr, 16th apr 6.30 / 7.30. oh boy oh boy! i cant wait ;D

i dont know why i'm putting it here but it's prob for personal reference in future. breathtaking. (one of )the best race of my running life ever. and God is really kind to me to let the race be nationals. praise God. experience from saa race did not make me totally gape at the number of people in front of me. (the first few runners were out of sight ; i look down when i run.:.limited view) but there were times i was amazed at self that i was behind weilin (during those times, i unknowingly slowed down)

anw,tks mr q and ntu dude for supporting us throughout the race (literately man. it was scary) and also to ac, again, for your unduly support! :) i realised with every bunch of acjc cheerleaders i ran pass, it's always ," go weilin! inner self:how they heck do they know her name? did their research before coming? ... go mg! come on mg! ok no. gosh weilin's famous" ha

,>it must take lots of guts for top runners to take the lead of a race. more so the runners up, chasing after the fastest person in the division. it's scary enough to be able to count the no. of runners in front of you with your bare hands man; honestly. but the feeling is great. the adrenaline rush you get when you stop counting after using one hand.

after the horn, i was quite fired up by my competitors cos amazingly even though they were lined up behind me, they(including my teammates lah! :D) managed to squeeze their way through and cut me. grr. i wanted to contribute to e team(according to mrq, that means getting top10) so i decided to run the outer lane and get them off me. 400m gate, 1.29. then the rest of the race was a blur with Pain now only. pride for long time. go go go in mind. [btw e sophisticated phrasing is : Pain is temporary, but pride lasts forever. Lance Armstrong]

though i didn't think any Godly thoughts like how i shld be doing, i felt calm. could sense some protective barrier over me; i'm sure that was God's presence. and yea, surprisingly, i was very cool headed about this whole race..to the point hoiyan and teo, yes teo, asked me at least twice,per person, :"eh you scared (for natls) not!"of course i was but there was this force pushing away all any distractions. it's just a race, which is a race, that is a race. maybe i lost some nervous energy lah..after the math test earlier on. ahhahaha goodness i had no idea what i was graphing out and my hands were shaking uncontrollably even though there wasn't much moving air.

anyhow, haha it's 12 ;D this will probably be the last time i'd stay up till midnight. so i better sleep now. oh no. i think my dad's gonna trash my sis real bad. he sounded really angry on the phone on his way to picking up her. oh no oh no.i had two major qns thrown at me few days ago: 1) join track? (there was a possibility i'd train alone)
2) rj?ac?

the former wasn't really a qn actually..i've always wanted to join track. and i'm not gonna care abt the latter.

to mr ng, natls to me was: a sigh of relief...joyous ...happy....that every thing you (i) did paid off in the end.
how true :) and there's a reason i'm only publicising it here not anywhere else. i'm sensitive to how the rest of the team will feel when they read this.

and with this, a closure to my last secondary cross season;(hopefully not e last),

It's so unbelievable,
I don't want to let it go,
Something so beautiful,
Flowing down like a waterfall

he has his way with words