Watched Paul Blart: Mall Cop today... Hurray for the heavyweight champions of the world! Hahaz, it was refreshing to see an out of the ordinary hero coming out to save the day. By that i refer to an ordinary hero as someone who flaunts 6 to 8 packs for abs, has some super powers like shooting lazer or spider webs, and is basically running around town in spandex. This out of the ordinary hero has one full pack, upsize, instead of the usual 6 to 8's. He has evolved and mutated into such a form that no super powers were needed, and traveling is done on an ever trustworthy 2 wheeled machine (dunno wats it called). Anyway, this hero has been kicked around, bossed over, and looked upon as a failure. Why? Most ppl dun think that he can do much, considering his weight problems and health status. However, when tough times called for tough ppl, the underestimated Paul Blart did wat he was made to do, to uphold justice.

This movie reminded me of how each person is made for a certain moment, to fulfill a certain task. I used to think that i belong to the "Others" column (refer to picture above), used and thrown away. Initially, Paul Blart reminded me of ME. How life was starting to get a little routine, how ppl are starting to take me for granted. How i think that its pointless for me to continue doing wat i was doing, and it wun make a diff if i stop. But this movie, putting the hilarious jokes aside, reminded me of wat i heard frm so long ago. That each of us has been made for a purpose, given our current status, our current skills, and even our current fitness, so that we are able to carry out a certain task, be it big or small. Point is, you are made for a purpose! So carry on doing wat u are doing, even thou ppl dun appreciate it, knowing that at some point of time, u hav made an impact in someone's life.

Just to quote from the Daily Bread from some time ago:

In August 2007, a major bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people. In the weeks that followed, it was difficult for me not to think about that tragedy whenever crossing a bridge over a body of water.
Some time later, I was watching an episode of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. Host Mike Rowe was talking to an industrial painter whose work he was trying to duplicate. “There’s really no glory in what you do,” he said. “No,” the painter agreed, “but it’s a job that needs to be done.”
You see, that man paints the inside of the Mackinac Bridge towers in Northern Michigan. His unnoticed job is done to ensure that the steel of the magnificent suspended structure won’t rust from the inside out, compromising the integrity of the bridge. Most of the 12,000 people who cross the Straits of Mackinac each day aren’t even aware that they are depending on workers like this painter to faithfully do their jobs well.
God also sees our faithfulness in the things we do. Though we may think our deeds—big and small—sometimes go un-noticed, they are being observed by the One who matters most. Whatever our task today, let’s “do all in the name of the Lord Jesus” (Col. 3:17). — Cindy Hess Kasper

Watched Confessions of a Shopaholic yesterday. Was amazed by the "Girl in the Green Scarf". Somehow this movie made shopping as scary as drug abuse. But being the impulse buyer myself, i can relate. Somehow it made some sense to me when the lead, Becky Bloomwood, said that when you shop, it made the world a better place, a happier place. Totally agreed. I mean, how long hav i wished that the bass guitar standing at the window shop is mine. Carassed it so many times, longed for it, but it nv came. Not until i change my focus to another new target standing at the shop window.

But this movie was somewhat a reminder abt the materialism that is occuring in the world we live in now. How wat we wear, wat we drive, and even wat we eat defines us to our very bones. How often hav we admired and envied the rich and famous walking past us with their fragrance of high end leather, perfume, and possibly a hint of freshness you can only get with Prada. While you are wearing something that looks fashionable, but deep inside u know that its juz another product frm the 2nd hand shop, rejected goods, or simply brandless piece of trash. And the cheap perfum or deodourant doesnt help to lighten that fact. Well, i am one of the ppl that falls under the 2nd category. Going around to look for cheap deals. Buying things at a discount. Sewing back torn stuff and telling myself its still worth wearing or using.

Does wat we put on ourselves really count for so much? Or is it the inner self that is worth so much more? I mean, you can put a tick on a t-shirt, and the price doubles. Put three stripes on a pair of shoes, and that value is thrice of wat it was before. But how do you put that logo on you? Do you, like many, use cash to buy the label and put it over yourself, not realising that all these things are only skin deep, and its only for hiding the cheapness of wat is really underneath.

Get rid of the mindset that worth is only measured skin deep. Go deeper.

Finally back on familiar soil! Darn, the air here is so good i hate myself... Apparently i didnt get a day without a cough or a sneeze, so its quite irritating... Anyway, was in Seremban for 4D3N in a hotel called Royale Bintang... No comments abt the hotel other than the fact that its the place that i hav been hanging out in most of the time... Other than the Parksons and A&W nearby... Yes, i said A&W, and of coz i had the taste of long time favs... Trust me, this trip was worth every single bit of it....

Woohoo! This must be the first time in my life i bought 2 pairs of shoes in one day, within the same hour! Hahaz, sense of accomplishment sia, finally bought shoes althou i hav been planning to get a new pair since last year... Ok la, quite ironic in the fact that a pair is black with white design, and the other is white with black design.. Kinda like Ying and Yang shoes? Anyway, new shoes! Yay!

Watched 2 emo movies over 2 days, felt like forever since i did that... Departures was a nice movie, loved it... Some jap film that won some award of some sort? No idea, but i would agree with whoever thought that it was the best foreign film... Always liked those sort of movies where it incoporates humour into some sort of documentory thingy, has some emo parts, but ends off happily ever after... Well, i learnt smth abt japanese culture in some ways, and its a movie nt to be missed, trust me...

Watched marley and me today, and ya... I wanted to watch it since last year la, so i kinda fulfilled some dream today? It was as gd as i expected it to be, so there was like no disappointment... Although i kinda already read thru the whole book b4, it still felt as if i was watching it anew... The film makes the words come to life, and althou nt every single word of the book was captured and translated into motion and sound, the point was still made... Darn, i think i hav been watching too many emo films le, maybe i might end up being super emo... Need to watch dragonball to counter to effects? =p

Watch this.. It may sound cool, but the deep meaning behind it is smth else....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA

An Ocean of Ink

"Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies
of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry,
Nor could the scroll
contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky."
-words of the hymn “The Love of God”


Today's Daily Bread really was interesting... Maybe its coz of sunday's sermon being related to this topic, but once again, i juz cant help it but be in awe of how great is our God.. The more we try to understand and learn how or what God's love is, the more we will come to realise that how much it is beyond what we can comprehend...

Well, as the last line of today's Daily Bread says: "God's love cannot be explained - it can only be experienced".