Awaken In Color
Life, now in ColorArchive for July, 2009
Remembering the Promise.
In slightly more than a week’s time, Lasalle term would be starting again. The second picture was our first assignment from Gnanamary, to introduce ourselves to her.
I can’t help feeling slightly poignant and strange. I still remember my lessons, my works, what some teachers said. Yet it still feels so unreal to be not a student there physically anymore.
Dahlia and Sawn. Though Sawn wasn’t really my teacher, he really gave me a vibe like Dahlia, whenever I see him in I.Studies. Haha. They are the nicest teachers around. They really connect with the students and stay positive, encouraging the students to do better. They strike me as very real teachers, with great insights about arts.
Gnanamary. A teacher that fights for her students, but also against those she feels are not worth fighting for. She strike me as a very real person. I can never forget the 3 hour sitting down with her and my aunt.
It’s when you know that you’re going to have opinions being forced into you, yet they goad you on to feel that your opinion matters. To put it bluntly, they trapped me inside there for 3 hours to believe all the negative things my aunt has got to say. It was really off the line, when it got to their own opinion of my father and mother.
I hope I won’t get her as my tutor when I get back to Lasalle.
Regardless of all that.. a brief year in Lasalle really allowed me to have a deeper look into myself and whetted my appetite for arts. It’s been a rocky journey, but I’m determined to finish what I started there. My only cry is that I’ll be 21 when I go in again.
And this time, I’m really going to get my film into being shown at Japan for Pocketfilms Festival.
Tenacity,
Darren
Snippets
This post is long overdue. Haha.
I finally found the spark to the writing nerves in my brain. A simple worship song was all I needed. This moment really caught me when I least expected man. Hehs.
Anyways..just felt the need to blog about this incident. Was just reflecting on my week, and something Chewtheng (or someone, I can’t really pinpoint) said really struck and stayed with me.
Yes..I remember this now. Chewtheng said this during CG. Haha. Yea. Anyways. She was saying how money was really so in our lives. We always wish we can have more money, and especially during this age. Most of our peers right now would really be working and trying to earn as much as they can, whenever they can. And because they work full time, commit their time to it, they get really good paychecks. And after they quit, they would spend a few Ks from their salary into travelling around the world, touring with friends, enjoying life and just having the time of their lives.
And so I asked myself, I would certainly love doing that. I mean, who wouldn’t love having cash to actually spend on what you wish to buy, and being able to travel overseas. And I realised, it would certainly be the life I lead if I wasn’t in church, perhaps.
But I would get encouraged, because I know that I’m doing something that has an eternal value. Serving and building the house of God. Lives getting impacted and changed. Souls that are saved for a great destiny. And suddenly, running for the temporal loses it charm altogether.
I’m excited. Eternal life doesnt start when our lives on earth ends. It begins right here, right now, in the moment we accepted God in our lives. We don’t need to struggle and wait until we die, to enjoy God’s promises to us. It’s really right here. Take a closer look. We can only tell people God is good, when we see why He is good in our lives.
I’ve run out of things to say. The only thought that’s still here is God is good. Haha. That’s really a powerful statement to make, really. Read Ivan’s blog if you want to know why. Haha.
On a sidenote, Nicholas Chew did something really unexpected, and I’m really touched. He was in a magic shop yesterday, and remembered some of the graphic playing cards I mentioned in one of my posts. And he bought 3 of them, and just gave them to me today after service. I’m really touched. Haha. We opened one of the decks together. Don’t think I will open the other two though. Keeping them in proper storage so that they will remain in their best condition. Haha ;D I’m really glad to see him in church every week, and knowing people like Elgin, Lixing and Sean Ethan Sahai. Glad that he enjoys our church. =D
Lostboy
Haha. Intro-ed to this by Carissa. Not bad I must say ^^.
Just recieved an sms from Sam. – “Just so proud of u! U r such an impt person in this team. 
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Felt so happy after that. Where else do you find leaders like that. They really sow into our lives, and in turn inspire us to do the same for others. Ivan, Charleston, Samantha and Sooyee. I thank God for our Pastors and leaders like them. Just really inspired to keep carrying the burden with them.
Haha. I finally found a flexible and good paying job! Gonna do some data entry for my ex-teacher’s neighbor for $7 per hour. It’s really amazing cause it’s just 3-4 days a week, which was what I really needed. I’m hoping it will be enough to help me fufill Building Fund. I feel that God already gave me an amount. Now it’s just fufilling it. Haha.
Life is great. Life is awesome.
This week is going to be another busy week. New Intro Video to be out by friday for AR Bernard’s service. I can’t wait! Haha. And then there’s the secret secret project (hehe). And also Imagine 2009!
This is what I love doing.
Love God, Love People, Love Life.
signing off,
D
David, Growth and Stones.
This guy is good. french magician David Stone. Apart from the magic, the video was well done as well. Man.. Can’t wait to get his DVDs. haha.
Going to watch Transformers 2 with Bzone later. Can’t wait. But Sooyee just called and asked me if I had something on. Wish I could split myself and go for both instead. Haha. Soo also told me there’s going to be a special team meeting this sunday. She said I’ll know what it is on that day. So filled with suspense..haha.
So excited for service this weekend. I really sense a change.. it’s the feeling of growth. Haha. Can’t wait man.
