switch

I'm switching to Blogspot. I think this site's kinda hostile because you have to have an account and be signed in in order to post. Very marfan.

flamin'

Conversation between me and Ah Yan in the car on the way back home:

"About ten years ago ah, when the Ipoh church burned, somebody heard about it and called Uncle HT [one of my dad's pastoral colleagues] and went, 'Pastor, pastor! The church is on fire!'

"And Uncle HT said, 'Wonderful! That's exactly what I want!'

"And the person said, 'No, the church is REALLY on fire!'

"And Uncle HT said, 'That's great, praise the Lord!' And they went on and on like that don'no how many times before it finally got through to him."

"Reminds me of the time Taiping church kena burglar, then we went over with Pa the next day to see it and he caught two really big cicaks and we kept them in an aquarium for about a week."

"You remember really weird thing one."

"I like that one, I remember the animals, don't remember people. There were two really big geckoes."

Currently Playing The Power of the Powerless By Cui Jian see related

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eating crow

I've just had an absolute brainwave: if someone pisses you off to no end, the absolute best way to get rid of the feeling is to apologize to them. Once that's done, you're free of any obligation, and they can't do anything else to you.

And it's biblical too; "Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift." (Matthew 5:23-24).

Sigh Now I suppose I'll have to suck it up and apologize to my piggy snoring prematurely-middle-aged vulgar-laughing roommate when we graduate tomorrow.