Thank you Lord!

Dear Lord,

Thank you for everything.

Thank you for all the opportunities that you’ve given me.

Thank you for the people that you’ve placed around me.

At this point of time, I’m starting to see my own life journey writing its own life journal right before my eyes. It’s such a satisfactory feeling.

AY0809 is truly a life-changing year. The amount of things that happened, the decisions that I have made, the situation that you’ve placed me in, all these formed a perfect symphony in this little page of my journey.

Lord, I pray that you’ll continue to guide me and lead me to where you want me to go. Empower me as I carry out your Will on earth as it is in heaven.

Thank you Lord.

In Jesus most precious name I pray,
Amen.

the next thing in line - if i manage to kill off all the backburner tasks

The next inline will be the video-editing workflow, Adobe ClipNotes is what I would like to explore next. Kana’s PAC MSW Spreadsheet rang a bell at the back of my mind that with the current EW structure we’re desperately in need of a better video-editing workflow with higher-level-approval-capabilities and comments-on-review-videos capability. EW is becoming more and more like a real Media Workgroup.

Well Written Article on ARCHIVING

Archiving is a bit like doing your taxes (OK, I’m sorry, didn’t mean to leave this on a bad note. It’s nowhere near as bad as taxes, but bear with me here). If you don’t take care of the accounting for your finances daily, weekly and monthly, and you wait until April to calculate all things money, you won’t be loving life, at least in the first two weeks of April. But if you label your tapes methodically, keep all of your assets in a single folder, organize your file names and keep good notes, archiving will be a simple, and believe me, a rewarding final step in your production
That was an extract of the last paragraph of the article “Backing Up: Best Practices” http://www.videomaker.com/article/14395/

like what huanjin have said, I have been doing this archiving job all on my own thus far, I really should pass down the knowledge and move on.

My only problem is that Archiving is a tedious and boring job by nature. Unless the person who’s doing it has a solid future time perspective, it will be just another SAI KANG for him/her.

With CatDV acquired, I will spend more time on devising a proper Archiving Work Flow. By the looks of it, we will be start burning a lot of DVDs real soon.

In a way, the HDD Video Camera is really a savior! Love it!

An Open Letter to the World

I don’t know how true are all the facts in the video, but I do know that some of it is true. If the whole issue is explained that way, it seems like the jews are not in the wrong?

But I believe that to counter violence with violence is never the solution.

and this is the video response to the above video. disturbing…

world war III?

and here’s Bloomberg on CNN. If what he says are true.

Oh well, it’s just natural self-defense. But still, both side need to cease fire and start talking.

important milestones of FIRST

This post is to commemorate the many milestones of FIRST in my life.
I guess this trip back “Home” contributed as many FIRST as when I step into NUS on 19th July 2006.

ok here goes. (”this” refers to a lot of different incidents throughout the journey back @ Bangsar thus far)

this is the FIRST time I’m going back to my “HOME” @ Bangsar.

this is the FIRST time I slept on my bedroom @ my Bangsar Home.

this is the FIRST time I watched a movie in Megamall.

this is the FIRST time I sat on my father’s Honda Accord.

this is the FIRST time I drove the Honda Accord back to my house from Megamall. (second time driving on auto-gear)

this is the FIRST time I drove on KL Streets.

this is my FIRST and only 23rd Birthday.

this is my FIRST time in my life where I actually bought Christmas presents for my sisters (both blood-related and aiya-sisters) :p.

this is my FIRST birthday celebration on my exact birth-day with two pretty sisters (ONLY) whom are not from my blood-related family.

this is my FIRST time meeting Joyce’s friends SauHong, ShengJie and ShaoSheng.

this is my FIRST time experiencing how it is like to go on a shopping trip to a shopping center and not feeling bored.
We were @ Megamall from 11am till 8pm. (CRAZY…)

this is my FIRST time attempting to process 1600photos from 53rdDCYC and trying to upload it unto Facebook, I hope Facebook doesn’t put a limit on the number of photos that we can upload.

this is my FIRST time celebrating my birthday @ Bangsar HOME.

this is my FIRST time attempting to blow out candles which will not die off, I fan them off after a few blows.

this is my FIRST time bathing in a bath tub that’s only half the size of a normal bath tub with a special curve-in that allows you to sit and bathe… weird.

this is the FIRST time I’ve used FACEBOOK so intensively, more than 4hours straight per day.

this is also the FIRST time I’ve scored so many static electric shocks when I brisk my hands past Joyce’s. I wonder was that my FIRST aura in action… :p

ah.. this is my FIRST attempt to keep my hair LONG… very LONG!

I believe there are more to come.. stay tuned for part II?

ah… so many “FIRST TIME” and I’m reading the book “The Time Paradox”
I’ve contributed to the statistics of the most frequent used english word “TIME”, it beats “money” and “sex”.

Of course, how could I forget to THANK GOD for giving me so many FIRSTs in so short a time. It’s like turning over to a whole new chapter of my life, bursting off with so many FIRSTs.
Thank God for granting me the opportunity to realign my goals, my principles and my life back to where He wants me to…
Let’s start afresh!

Amen.

the story of a guy who keeps his hair long #001

Oh well, if you are reading this post and you are still unaware of your friend here has been keeping his hair long, hop on to my facebook profile and peek at some of the amazing photos taken of long hair joshuatj.

I have long wanted to document this amazing experience of keeping a long hair for a Chinese Guy in South East Asia, specifically in Malaysia-Singapore.

First of all, I am amazed at the amount of people who inherently associate long hair to being a girl. Why must keeping a long hair a girls solely privilege?
Why can’t guys keep long hair as well?

Of course, keeping a long hair brings despair in the form of the hair constantly brushing against your face, the hair tickle your nose, the hair poke your eyes.. it seems to have more trouble than advantages.

So why did I decide to keep a long hair then?
I questioned myself on countless nights.

A simple hair cut in Singapore costs 10SGD and that’s RM24, that, coupled with the reluctance to find a cheap and decent saloon was the motivation in letting the hair grow on its own course.

Of course, my inherent nature of extreme curiousity and wanting to try something new pushes me forward and here I am with a hair-length of 15cm.

Part of me is very curious as to how people around me will react when they came to realise my plans or seeing me in long hair.
The best part of this journey is to be able to stun long-time-no-meet friends.
I’m waiting for the opportunity to meet up with my primary & secondary school friends in the upcoming Chinese New Year.
This time, I will try to jot down what is their first response after seeing me for the first time.

Honestly, I have quite a bit of fun trying to maintain my long hair. From learning the use of a conditioner and actually applying it to buying hair bands and to the most recent endeavor of buying a hair blower myself.
Of course, I have to thank quite a number of girls in being patient and explaining the art of maintaining a long hair.

But seriously, what is so good about keeping a long hair?

to be continued…

next up.. the ultimate plan… queue hair style!

This is a Wordle of my Blog

Apparently the word “God” and “Love” appear the most! ^^

Thoughts on Evangelism Method

Saw this while tan_ce was doing his rituals.

HuiEn, CheeEng and I went into a deep discussion about the video.

It was very interesting as this is the second night where interesting discussion sprouted out from EusoffWorks Rom.

I wasn’t prepared, thus I don’t think I can recall exactly how the discussion go.
We talked about what’s the intention of our act of kindness?
Simple answer: We love because God first loved us.
We meet people’s need because that’s exactly what God did when we’re in need.
His masterplan of salvation.

As we are God’s ambassador on Earth.
As we love our neighbours –> we love God.

What I’ve gotten out of this discussion is
“Meeting people’s need, we do because we want to bless our neighbours; we bless because God has blessed us first.

Sincerely we hope that our neighbours will be able to receive the same blessing as we do - from God.

But the way we share our gospel must be more tactful. Most importantly, it must be accompanied by prayer, as ultimately we are only the vessel. We plant faith seeds, we water, but God is the one that makes them grow.”

some question that will need more rounds of mental acrobatics.

Our mission is to make disciples of all nation,
how can we not concern about numbers?

Accident en route KL-Singapore

Phew~
Thanks be to God,
I don’t even have a scratch on me.

It all happens around 7:00pm
@ 30minutes-distance from YongPing,
while I was sound asleep.

I felt a sudden jerk and follow by a long screech,
and BANG~

It seems that the bus that I’m on had banged onto something.

According to another passenger,
there was already another accident that happened before we arrive.
He saw a red car slowed down to "kepoh"
and just as the red car slowed down,
our bus tagging along behind never expect the red car to slow down
and as the driver try to avoid a head-on collision with the red car,
bang unto the lorry that was involved in the previous accident.

The damage is not severe,
the windscreen at the driver’s position was dented not smashed,
thanks to non-smash glasses.

Within 30minutes, the police arrived.

At around 8pm, another bus arrived,
our bus driver’s friend,
picked us up, all six of us.

Guess what, it’s a VIP bus,
with personal TV. ^^

Well… after 3++ hours of journey,
here I am, safely arrived in my cozy (little messy) room at C112, Eusoff Hall.

Love is a choice not a feeling~

Was curious about the meaning of marital ring in a wedding ceremony.
Did a quick Google keyword search and bump into this phrase,

“love” is a choice and not only a feeling.

With this, it explains everything about the common 三角恋爱 plot conflict in HK TV series,
到底你心里面还有没有我？
If one is to follow the common understanding of “love”
one will have a hard time to answer that question in a conflict situation.

But if we understand that “LOVE” is a choice,
It’s really up to one to make the decision,
and stick to it.

Therefore marriage is really a big decision as
the deadline of a marital vow is eternal.

As for the path leading to the eternal vow,
courtship should also be thoroughly thought through
before progressing further.

All these are based on the FAITH that GOD had all the plans ready for us
since the beginning of time,
and that includes our life-partner.

Of course this reminds me of God’s “LOVE”,
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,
that whoever believes in HIM shall not perish but have eternal life.

God chose to LOVE us, unconditionally
and eternally.
Thus, His heartbeat is “none shall perish”,
everyone is given a chance to accept His LOVE,
as God Himself have long made the decision to LOVE us.

Oh well… some of you might be wondering,
“It’s been a long time since joshuatj last posted on his blog,
and now he’s blogging about love…. ^^”

Well… the truth is I’m currently watching “岁月风云” (episode 16 now)
and like other chinese pop TV series plots,
it’s always about LOVE and relationships.

After long hours of immersing in the plot,
it gives me a feeling of despair that people nowadays
are having a hard time managing relationships.

After some mental acrobatics,
I think I’ve located the problem.
The core of the problem,
is just like what I’ve said earlier,
a misunderstanding of LOVE.

I’m not trying to be a LOVE expert here,
but what I’ve written are just some of my thoughts (products of my mental acrobatics).

If you have something to say about what I’ve said,
please voice it out.

Mental Acrobatics is best done in groups where IDEAS bounce around. ^^