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Saturday, April 7, 2007
Easter day
Right now, I'm in Malaysia, JB! It was so a last-minute decision of my parents to drive out here...i so did not want to go. I wanted to watch Shirlyn Tan, a very talented local singer perform on Saturday, songs from her debut album. but my parents were like, "nooo way are you going out, when we're not at home." like wtff. wth. I can't belive they would give me this unreasonable ultimatum. and to think i would miss the Rivermaya concert too. But then i thought over my priorities and figured that since my whole family's going, I don't wanna be the odd one out. It wouldn't be nice.
JB's traffic lights are darn inefficient. The red lights are on for like forever! So much so that we were caught in a jam in the mid afternoon! Imagine that...and correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think it's a holiday here in Malaysia?? and so, we travlled like, a mere 50km in 2 hours! Our car really crawled! and to top it all off, our car nearly got like, crashed into by that big yellow bus, which travels frm JE to JB. yes, a Singaporean driver, I'm guessing! He was trying to cut in front of my dad on the already jammed JB road, but there was NO WAY HE COULD, CUZ, HE WAS SIMPLY TOO NEAR OUR CAR!! seriously, we were 2cm away from getting scraped at by that haulking stupid bus, and some more he gave us some 'attitude', a pissed off face, and waved us off to let us go first.man, i was so freaked out, i couldn't believe a stupid driver would have the nerve to drive so close to us!! and it happened on my side of the window! so believe me, i got a full frontal view of what exactly happened, too mUCH for my own liking. luckily, my mum reacted more quicker than me, she acted agitated and quickly signaled to the driver to back off or slown down, doing some quick flurry of hand gestures, which pissed the driver off. Damn stupid fella.
We then parked our car at the hotel, FINALLY! and made our way to City Square shopping mall. This shopping mall is like, mega-huge on the inside! There's a zone for teens, something like Far East Plaza and every other shop for everyone else. We went to grab some dinner at the foodcourt and what do u know, an average meal costs 5RM. I think it's expensive, considering the meals at the hawker centres at the reststops in malaysia usually costs less than 3RM.
After that, I was looking for a backpack, cuz I'm sick of those one-sided tote bags I bring to school, cuz it gets really shoulder-and-back-straining. And I FINALLY found a cute bag, it was sold in a shop called 'Studioworks' and that's the brand of the bag. I think it's a Malaysian brand. The design of the bag is like, white words ('studioworks', over and over) written in a graffitti style on the lower half of the bag, with red splashes of spots. I'll post a picture here if I can. It's material is quite thin-like the material of a child's bag- considering its price, 48RM. but hey, I told myself, how much do i know? haha. how ironic. how much indeed. so I just bought it. I wouldn't know until I gave it a try.
And then we also came across this store, finally able to have some fun shopping after we searched high and low, found, and bought my bag. haha. we came across this store, which was having a 70% discount on a bunch of clothes. mostly tops, skirts and dresses, and the material was like, silk, and the design retro and floral-ly, and bright-coloured...so we tried on a bunch of the clothes...and only went away with me buying pants! haha, i look slim in those pants. I could wear it to work in future-office wear, it's that nice. but i don't know if i'll stay the same size in future. argh. hell, this pants is already L size u know?! I'm not fat, I'm just fleshy in my waist area! -_- and the pants cost 28RM. Originally was 93RM.
ok, hmm, Easter day, I really wanna put more thought into what I wanna say about this special day...here goes, I'll try, it's already 2am here.
Well, Easter day is when Jesus was hung on the cross, and left to slowly die. Just a few days before, he was welcomed by the whole city of Jerusalem, people were waving palm leaves at him and shouting "Hosanna to the King", "praise the king" and he rode into the city on a donkey! how humble can a 'king' get? Why would ppl praise someone like that? So modest, so unassuming, so un-kinglike.
And then just 2,3 days later, everyone turned their backs on him, spit on him, mocked him, placed a crown of thorns on his head, while he carried his cross on his back to the crucifiction place. They were testing Jesus. To see if he would somehow, use his 'powers' to kill those who were disrespecting him, those who were degrading him to such a state. But no, he didn't. and he knew he had to die. Cuz that was what was inevitable. He had to die to wash away our sins, because God his father, our Father, loved us all and wanted to make us clean, by sacrificing his son, a pure human, lamb, untainted by sin. He was God's son.
so now we can communicate directly with God-in our personal prayers, instead of through priests like people in the Old testament did. because of Jesus.
And then he rose again 2 days later, to rejoin his Father in heaven. and showing others that indeed, he was not human.
For everything, there is a creator. and there is a purpose. We won't know our purpose until we come to know about God, and accept him in our hearts. and acknowledge what Jesus did for us.
Only a creator can tell you the purpose of his invention. We were not made to be super ambitious, super inward-looking, super self-centered. But for so much more. Because life on earth is but a temporary home and preparation for the next.
God loves us all. Are you willing to love him back? To welcome him into your life?
I'll pray for you.
God bless.
Lyrics for Halfway Home by Jason Mraz
I used to walk along the opposite side of the road and made others get out of my way
I used to think I could sit and wait for the times
but they wont come until I meet them halfway
I'm halfway home and I'm on my own
I'm halfway there and I don't care, I don't mind
I plan to leave here after supper time
that's when traffic is light, all I need is a sign
and I'll be alright. I'll be fine
I used to think that i could just sleep and then I'd dream
And everything it would come to me
Until I woke one day without anything to eat
Lying on the opposite side of the street
I'm halfway home and I'm still out on my own
I'm halfway there and I don't care, I don't mind
Because it ain't my time to stay or say.
I'll never lay down.
I used to think that I could just sit and wait for the time
But I know I gotta meet them halfway
I'm halfway home I tried home running with the flow
I'm halfway there. Ain't it funny how everybody seems to care
I planned to get there around supper time their serving up bread and wine
All I needed was a sign and I'll be alright.
I'll be fine.
1:22 AM