Person 1: Hello?
Person 2: Hi~ What's up?
Person 1: nothing much, how u been?
Person 2: To be honest, i'm not doing too well.
Person 1: Why? What's wrong?
Person 2: I feel like there is a barrier between me and God.
Person 1: Explain.
Person 2: Well, I fell in love with God when I was in 7th grade. I went to my first Praise Night and I just completely fell in love with church and God. I always thought church was a boring place, and a place to meet friends, but ever since that night, my view towards Christianity has been completely changed. However, lately, I started do grow this hesitation and disdain in my heart about going to church and i just can't figure out why.
Person 1: Hmm, here, get a bible and read this. 1 Samuel 3:7, "Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, the Word of the Lord had not been revealed to him." You're just like Samuel right now. God has given you something during that Praise Night and you fell in love with it, but you are holding onto that piece for too long and been blind by it. You do not know how God works yet. God is trying to give you something more, but you keep looking back, where you should be looking forward and expect greater things from God. I think you should pray and ask God what you need to do next. You know the problem, now ask God to show you the way.
Person 1: Wow....Thanks man, that really helped me. I'll pray to God right now! thanks so much bro!
Person 2: What are friends for eh? =)
Person 1: click*
Person 2: click*
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Fourth Piece to My Soundtrack Memory
First Concert
Inspired by: Canon in D by Pachelbel
Lyrics that I like: None
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I have been playing my violin since I was twelve years old. I was sixth grader back then. I began orchestra by joining my orchestra in my middle school. I didn’t know why I did it, I just did it because it looked easy. I rented a violin and started to play, and surprisingly I was pretty good. My parents bought me a $2000 violin and told me to work hard at it, and I did. Now, it has been nine years since I played violin, and thinking back, I don’t think it was waste of time or money at all. Playing violin for past nine years gave me experience and wider knowledge about classical era and pieces.
My all time favorite orchestra piece is Canon in D by Pachelbel. Last week, I went to my friend’s wedding. When I was in sixth grade and performed my first concert, we played this piece: Canon in D. It sounded great, fun music to play for violinists, and it also had some challenges parts where I practiced and mastered it. Ever since that concert, I almost never played again. It was in the back of my head, but never really played out that piece, but when I entered the wedding, this was the piece that they were playing. I sat and just listened to the piece. It reminded me how much I grew, and how much effort I put in to become a great violinist and a musician. As the groom and bride entered, the piece ended and I attended the rest of the wedding.
This sound track is a lot more different from my previous ones. My previous ones had deeper meaning to it, but this one piece, Canon in D, just reminded me of sixth grade “me”.
Inspired by: Canon in D by Pachelbel
Lyrics that I like: None
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I have been playing my violin since I was twelve years old. I was sixth grader back then. I began orchestra by joining my orchestra in my middle school. I didn’t know why I did it, I just did it because it looked easy. I rented a violin and started to play, and surprisingly I was pretty good. My parents bought me a $2000 violin and told me to work hard at it, and I did. Now, it has been nine years since I played violin, and thinking back, I don’t think it was waste of time or money at all. Playing violin for past nine years gave me experience and wider knowledge about classical era and pieces.
My all time favorite orchestra piece is Canon in D by Pachelbel. Last week, I went to my friend’s wedding. When I was in sixth grade and performed my first concert, we played this piece: Canon in D. It sounded great, fun music to play for violinists, and it also had some challenges parts where I practiced and mastered it. Ever since that concert, I almost never played again. It was in the back of my head, but never really played out that piece, but when I entered the wedding, this was the piece that they were playing. I sat and just listened to the piece. It reminded me how much I grew, and how much effort I put in to become a great violinist and a musician. As the groom and bride entered, the piece ended and I attended the rest of the wedding.
This sound track is a lot more different from my previous ones. My previous ones had deeper meaning to it, but this one piece, Canon in D, just reminded me of sixth grade “me”.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Human for Sale!!
Slavery has been around since 1400 B.C. when Jews were slaves to Egypt. It was presumed that slavery ended in 1865 as 13th amendment was formed, but even now in 2011, slavery still exists in another shape or form.
Modern day slavey is known as Human Trafficking. Human Trafficking is an illegal trade of human beings for force labor or prostitution. A prime example of human trafficking is the "Red light District" in Amsterdam. Most of the girls have been involuntarily forced into prostitution and sex-orientated businesses. This should not be allowed in US nor in any of other countries. Slavery ended back in 1865 and it should stay that way.
Slavery should not be still existing, even if doesn't acquire hard labor.
Modern day slavey is known as Human Trafficking. Human Trafficking is an illegal trade of human beings for force labor or prostitution. A prime example of human trafficking is the "Red light District" in Amsterdam. Most of the girls have been involuntarily forced into prostitution and sex-orientated businesses. This should not be allowed in US nor in any of other countries. Slavery ended back in 1865 and it should stay that way.
Slavery should not be still existing, even if doesn't acquire hard labor.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Third Piece to My Soundtrack Memory
One Final Piece
Inspired by: Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky-Korsakov
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The clock is ticking with its long black hand with every second, and without realizing, the moment that we all were waiting for has come. The light dimmed and yellow light brighten up on the stage. Thirty different faces sat on a black chair with an instrument in their hands, some shaking and some excited. When that 7’o clock hit, it was our time to shine.
At 6:30, everybody began to arrive at school and went into the room and grabbed their instruments. We all sat in our positions and tuned up our instruments. There were violins, violas, cellos and basses. We got out our black folders and took out our pieces for that evening. Every eye watched and followed the movement of our conductor’s hand and began to play along the beat.
At 6:55, we stood just outside the door of our auditorium. We finished our rehearsal and waited for that signal to come in and get into our position. Some were shaking hands with people passing by and some were re-tuning their instrument, but no matter what they were doing, we all had one purpose that night; to perform in our one last final orchestra concert. Everything was in place and perfect, I mean perfect. Our instruments were in good condition, our moral and hope was high, even that one kid who always ran to bathroom second before the concert was ready.
Every single one of us practiced and practiced for past three months just for this night. As 7’o clock hit, we went in, sat and waited for our Concert Master. I was third chair, first violinist during this concert. Yellow light was shining on our faces and our sheet music and, have never been this excited before. As the Concert Master walked out, we applauded with our feet, while audience applauded with their hands and whistles. We had six different pieces to play. Concert Master had his solo, Assistant Concert Master had his and finally I had mine, but somehow I don’t remember that well about any of our solos. We played through our solo pieces and went with the concert. If I had to summarize our concert with one song, it would be our final piece: Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky Korsakov. As we played, the tension, the suspense, the climax, the dynamic and the excitement and joy filled us up! Every bow movement was aligned and played like one instrument. Every heart on that stage beat like one that evening. We did our best and played with everything we got. In a matter of minutes, the final piece was done, and claps and whistles came from every corner of that auditorium.
I had to say, my school had a pretty damn good orchestra. No, I lied. Our orchestra was the best one in chesterfield. Some shed tears as they realize that concert just now will be the last concert that we will play together as an orchestra. It ached my heart too, but this is how life works. There I met my orchestra and it was there where we all said our Good-byes.
Inspired by: Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky-Korsakov
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The clock is ticking with its long black hand with every second, and without realizing, the moment that we all were waiting for has come. The light dimmed and yellow light brighten up on the stage. Thirty different faces sat on a black chair with an instrument in their hands, some shaking and some excited. When that 7’o clock hit, it was our time to shine.
At 6:30, everybody began to arrive at school and went into the room and grabbed their instruments. We all sat in our positions and tuned up our instruments. There were violins, violas, cellos and basses. We got out our black folders and took out our pieces for that evening. Every eye watched and followed the movement of our conductor’s hand and began to play along the beat.
At 6:55, we stood just outside the door of our auditorium. We finished our rehearsal and waited for that signal to come in and get into our position. Some were shaking hands with people passing by and some were re-tuning their instrument, but no matter what they were doing, we all had one purpose that night; to perform in our one last final orchestra concert. Everything was in place and perfect, I mean perfect. Our instruments were in good condition, our moral and hope was high, even that one kid who always ran to bathroom second before the concert was ready.
Every single one of us practiced and practiced for past three months just for this night. As 7’o clock hit, we went in, sat and waited for our Concert Master. I was third chair, first violinist during this concert. Yellow light was shining on our faces and our sheet music and, have never been this excited before. As the Concert Master walked out, we applauded with our feet, while audience applauded with their hands and whistles. We had six different pieces to play. Concert Master had his solo, Assistant Concert Master had his and finally I had mine, but somehow I don’t remember that well about any of our solos. We played through our solo pieces and went with the concert. If I had to summarize our concert with one song, it would be our final piece: Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky Korsakov. As we played, the tension, the suspense, the climax, the dynamic and the excitement and joy filled us up! Every bow movement was aligned and played like one instrument. Every heart on that stage beat like one that evening. We did our best and played with everything we got. In a matter of minutes, the final piece was done, and claps and whistles came from every corner of that auditorium.
I had to say, my school had a pretty damn good orchestra. No, I lied. Our orchestra was the best one in chesterfield. Some shed tears as they realize that concert just now will be the last concert that we will play together as an orchestra. It ached my heart too, but this is how life works. There I met my orchestra and it was there where we all said our Good-byes.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
I can live without technology...I think...-_-
24 hours per day. I am probably on either computer, TV, or cell phone for 20 hours of that day.
Time Spent:
Facebook: 3 hours
Cell Phone: 3 hours
Internet (tetris, poker, blackboard, etc) : 10 hours
TV: 1-2 hours
So i've decided to live one day (Tuesday) without TV. Why? Because it's the easiest. I know that i cannot operate without Facebook or internet or cellphone. So how was it? It wasn't that bad. I had to miss out on few shows and news, but those i can always go on Youtube or Hulu to catch on. Also, because i only spend like an hour or two, it didn't affect me too much. =P
Time Spent:
Facebook: 3 hours
Cell Phone: 3 hours
Internet (tetris, poker, blackboard, etc) : 10 hours
TV: 1-2 hours
So i've decided to live one day (Tuesday) without TV. Why? Because it's the easiest. I know that i cannot operate without Facebook or internet or cellphone. So how was it? It wasn't that bad. I had to miss out on few shows and news, but those i can always go on Youtube or Hulu to catch on. Also, because i only spend like an hour or two, it didn't affect me too much. =P
That picture.
April, the sun is out and smiles are everywhere
I study my friends' bright young faces.
Young and filled with passion.
We hold colored boxes
and bags of gifts in our hands.
Some in dress and some in jeans with shirts
we stand outside of Outback Steakhouse.
There's a girl in the middle with a beautiful smile
a smile that brightens up the whole world.
She has never been any happier before.
On her hand, she has a cone shaped hat
that says, "You're 18!".
On her hands, she holds a cake
made from the hands of her friends and written
"Happy 18th Birthday!"
I study my friends' bright young faces.
Young and filled with passion.
We hold colored boxes
and bags of gifts in our hands.
Some in dress and some in jeans with shirts
we stand outside of Outback Steakhouse.
There's a girl in the middle with a beautiful smile
a smile that brightens up the whole world.
She has never been any happier before.
On her hand, she has a cone shaped hat
that says, "You're 18!".
On her hands, she holds a cake
made from the hands of her friends and written
"Happy 18th Birthday!"
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Death of Jesus
The death of Jesus Christ is one of the most influential events for all of humanity. It's where the Christianity began. Almost 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ of Nazareth was crucified on a cross. Nobody really knows the true reason why Jesus was crucified. Some say it because he was blaspheming God and some say that it was just God's will. Jesus had done many miraculous things and yet, the prophets and priests and Jews cursed him and spat at him. Now it has been almost 2000 years since Jesus Christ was crucified, and over 2.1 billion people believes in him and became a Christian. I for one am an example of follower of Jesus Christ.
I called my friends about this. We talked for hours about this event. Many of friends grew up with me at the same church so most of them agreed with me. We believe that Jesus Christ was our savior and through him, we will return to our Father in Heaven. But, I had a one friend who denied Jesus Christ. She believes that there is no God and is totally waste of money and time to serve God and the church.
I can't really say who's right and who's wrong because i wasn't there. To me, it is real and it really did happened. There is no right or wrong. It just all depends on what one choose to believe in.
I called my friends about this. We talked for hours about this event. Many of friends grew up with me at the same church so most of them agreed with me. We believe that Jesus Christ was our savior and through him, we will return to our Father in Heaven. But, I had a one friend who denied Jesus Christ. She believes that there is no God and is totally waste of money and time to serve God and the church.
I can't really say who's right and who's wrong because i wasn't there. To me, it is real and it really did happened. There is no right or wrong. It just all depends on what one choose to believe in.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Second piece to My Soundtrack Memory
Never Ending Faith
Inspired by: “Voice of Truth” by Casting Crown
Lyrics that I like:
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand
But the giant's calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"
But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
The voice of truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
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Everybody has that feeling in their stomach where they just know they can’t do it, whether it be a interviewing for a job, taking a MCAT, or taking SAT to get into college that they want. But, there’s always that depressing and self doubting feeling in our gut that keeps us away from retrieving our highest goal. Not only that, there’s a fear in our heart that keeps ourselves from reaching for our dream.
However, did you realize that it always works out at the end? Even it may have taken us million times, it works out at the end. Did you realize that?
I didn’t fully realize until I heard this song. I heard this song when I was in high school. I was taking my SAT on a gloomy Saturday. The weather was horrible, I had a bad headache, it seemed like nothing would work out. I thought to myself, would I be able to go to the college that I want?
As I drove down that small smoke tree driveway to get to my SAT center, I listen to this song. Even though I heard this song so many times, I never realized what lyrics meant, but somehow, on that day, the lyrics reached out to me.
This wasn’t the matter of getting good SAT, or getting into the college I want. It was matter of listening and believing in God.
Though there may have been obstacles during this day, I went to the SAT center and took my SAT. I will be perfectly honest, I wasn’t too good at taking SAT so my score didn’t even pass 2000, but I knew everything was going to be alright. I didn’t know where I really wanted to go honestly, but now I think about it, where I wanted to go was where God wanted me to go. God has put me in VCU and I am more than happy with it.
I had GPA of 4.3 during high school, enough to get into better college. Some people asked me, “Why did you come to VCU?”, “You’re retarded for coming to VCU”, but I think not. I believe and I entrusted my life that day. To me, everything did work out. I came to college that I wanted, even though there was a “giant” standing before and laughing at me that day.
Inspired by: “Voice of Truth” by Casting Crown
Lyrics that I like:
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand
But the giant's calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"
But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
The voice of truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
________________________________________________________________________
Everybody has that feeling in their stomach where they just know they can’t do it, whether it be a interviewing for a job, taking a MCAT, or taking SAT to get into college that they want. But, there’s always that depressing and self doubting feeling in our gut that keeps us away from retrieving our highest goal. Not only that, there’s a fear in our heart that keeps ourselves from reaching for our dream.
However, did you realize that it always works out at the end? Even it may have taken us million times, it works out at the end. Did you realize that?
I didn’t fully realize until I heard this song. I heard this song when I was in high school. I was taking my SAT on a gloomy Saturday. The weather was horrible, I had a bad headache, it seemed like nothing would work out. I thought to myself, would I be able to go to the college that I want?
As I drove down that small smoke tree driveway to get to my SAT center, I listen to this song. Even though I heard this song so many times, I never realized what lyrics meant, but somehow, on that day, the lyrics reached out to me.
This wasn’t the matter of getting good SAT, or getting into the college I want. It was matter of listening and believing in God.
Though there may have been obstacles during this day, I went to the SAT center and took my SAT. I will be perfectly honest, I wasn’t too good at taking SAT so my score didn’t even pass 2000, but I knew everything was going to be alright. I didn’t know where I really wanted to go honestly, but now I think about it, where I wanted to go was where God wanted me to go. God has put me in VCU and I am more than happy with it.
I had GPA of 4.3 during high school, enough to get into better college. Some people asked me, “Why did you come to VCU?”, “You’re retarded for coming to VCU”, but I think not. I believe and I entrusted my life that day. To me, everything did work out. I came to college that I wanted, even though there was a “giant” standing before and laughing at me that day.
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