in remembrance

So the founding pastor of the Bible Presbyterian movement dies and at the vigil service, I saw faces of old acquaintances from the church before the split. Interesting that death brings people of polar positions together, even if only for 2 hours, even if it's all just a matter of obligation.

The BP movement can probably be considered really fundamentalist (the term has taken quite a bashing especially due to the whole feminist group saga). Worship means hymn books piano organ (no drums electric guitar dancing clapping jumping tonguespeaking). Mostly, they use the King James Version of the Bible - i.e the one with the most archaic, (but very poetic) English. They take a separatist stance on doctrinal issues, which explains why the BP church history is fraught with splits.

This is an experimental post on religion. It has occured to me that in all my compartmentalisation I have effectively managed to exclude talking about Christianity on my blog, or to anyone who isn't Christian. Ironic, given that it matters more to me than cello or any other thing.

too hot

Once in a while, I meet up with someone, meander a certain distance - today from esplanade to people's park - along the way eat, talk lots, and buy loads of random stuff (not really thinking about what I am buying, distracted by conversation). It is good therapy, especially if said company is not one of the many faces I mandatorily meet at rehearsals.

Central is still a nice place on weekends, some of the small shops sell interesting stuff. Generally quiet, a lot of walking space, but then again, with good company space/place is less relevant. This is the sound of contentment.

riding the blue whale geyser

The downside of MSN Gtalk Facebook chat is that you take so long to communicate so little. The responses you get are probably mentally censored so many times, further obfuscated by emoticons that are more often than not the opposite of the genuine facial expressions. In short, you get a response that is a projection of what the other person thinks is a desirable response. On the other hand you might get totally uncensored, in your face responses, from those who don't have the guts to say the same in real life conversation. Or you might not get a response at all, from those who otherwise would not have ignored you in a face-to-face situation.

(I consider myself guilty of all the above responses).

Which is why no-punches-pulled conversations, even if (you) take forever to unravel the tangled threads of thought while verbalising the entire thought process, is mind-blowingly exhilarating.

(Too little, too infrequent, is my only lament.)

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Highlight of the week:
playing with music instruments via a multi touch table in an engineering lab.

And already it is Friday night,
last free night of the week!

Haven't eaten at Sunshine Plaza in ages. This is the stall with the numerous celeb photos on the glass doors. The noodles are ok, (and I never thought I'd say this), but insufficient.

Night and Day@Selegie
The emptiest place I've ever seen on a Friday night. Maybe because when we left it was still early. The walls are graffiti-ed with emo poetry and drawings and it is night here even when it's day outside, but there's no service charge and they sell $1 titbits!