Now this is the way to fly!

Now you will listen carefully to the flight announcement! ")



"This is flight 372 on SWA

The flight attendants' on board servin' you today

Teresa in the middle, David in the back

My name's David and I'm here to tell you that..."

Would you wanna have your AirAsia or MAS attendant rapping.... or singing flight announcement?

Rapping flight attendant David Holmes on WSJ blog

A respond to Mr Penn

It's been ages since my last post. I think this is a good time to return.

If you like films as much as I do, you must have watched the OSCARs and thus would've heard Sean Penn criticising Christians upon receiving his award.

I just wanna share a recording from Dr. James R. White of Alpha & Omega Ministries who responds to Mr Penn's attack.

Multitouch surfaces! We are living in Sci-Fi age!

How to build your own multitouch interface...



Cardboard box, check. Paper, check. I just need Plexiglas, web cam and some coding on touchlib.

Although we all can't have our own 2D/3D CAD devices like Mr Stark aka IRON MAN, but 2D multitouch surface is here! Check these links out.

Full-Screen Multitouch Mac OS X Is Here

Jeff Han Talks Multitouch, iPhones, and Lame Minority Report Jokes

Multi-grope: Interacting with Microsoft Surface at the AT&T Store

Film talk

Watched 2 films, IRON MAN and 夕岚之街 樱之国 (Yûnagi no machi sakura no kuni). They're both very different in genre: the former, a based-on-superhero-comic summer blockbuster, the latter, a touching story centres on two generations of a family that were victims of atom bombing of Hiroshima.

IRON MAN spoke volumes to my inner child and I rank it up there with Spider-Man 2 and Batman Begins.

memorable quotes:
Reporter: Mr. Stark, you've been called the Da Vinci of our time; what do you say to that?
Tony Stark: Absolutely ridiculous, I don't paint.
Reporter: What do you say to your other nickname, the 'Merchant of Death'?
Tony Stark: That's not bad.

However, it was the Japanese based-on-manga 夕岚之街 樱之国 that really touches my heart. Although fictional, it would've been true stories of many victims that were left alive but physically and emotionally scarred by horror that brought WW2 to an end.

memorable quotes:
“原子弹不是自己掉下来的，是被人投下来的。”
“不能再把什么责任都推到原子弹上面去了！”

Both films get thumbs up.

Worth listen to...

Almost another month w/o any posts... Anyway, just wanna share a really touching clip hear forwarded to me. It's really worth a listen to..



A remarkable phone call from a 12-yr old boy to Houston radio station KSBJ FM 89.3. So profound, the station has it posted on their website.

Long hiatus continues..

I just realised it's a month since I posted anything here. I guess my long hiatus would have to continue for a little longer since with so much going on now this blog is not in my top 10 priority anymore :( But rest assured I will be back soon!

P.S.: Happy 5th Anniversary to Berlyn :)

When Lady East meets Señorita West...

It did not went too well :)

Actually, my colleague and I tried to blend the his 二胡 with my guitar as an entertainment item to our fellow staff during our CNY do. I think either due to stage fright or some unknown reason, our "ladies" panicked and wasn't harmonising during the first half. After some calming down, we managed to steer the conversation between them to a harmonised agreement.

Who says these ladies do not mix well, they just need some gentle persuasion.

Even superstars have younger/humble days

Yeah.. it's been ages since I post. with a slew of things coming one after another since before CNY and after I find myself preoccupied by many things during this festive period. One of them is to scan some of the old photos from my collection to use in a sharing during the fellowship meet. Here's a cute one... (have fun identifying yourselves, if you are in it.)

"we are doing a an early 80's show... that's why we dressed like that"
-- the humble beginnings of today's superstars

Presenting Dr Teo of Disted-Stamford College

Managed to unearth this jewel from the depths of Youtube.

It would be cool to embed this video on Disted's website! ^_^

5 C.S. for God's guidance

A summary of what brother Simon shared on the 1st of January 2008 under the mild morning sun and breeze of Batu Ferringhi beach. Yes, I know a lot of you were not paying full attention that's why it's reviewed here:

General question: I have prayed for God's guidance, how do I know what he wants me to do?

Answer: In looking for God's guidance here are the suggested 5 C.S.~

1. Commanding Scripture - God will not lead us to do anything contrary to Scripture where His general will is revealed. Of all the "5 C.S." this is to be prioritised before we look into the other 4 since the Scripture is the final authority. That's is why it is important for us to know our Bible.
2. Compelling Spirit - Jesus said His sheep hear His voice and know it…thoughts, strong impressions, desires to act or feelings that need to be tested…is it loving, is it strengthening, encouraging, and comforting, does it bring the peace of God? But under this category is also prophecy, dreams, visions, angels and yes, audible voice.
3. Common Sense - God’s promises of guidance were not given to save us the problem of thinking. Some things can be decided in using our God given sense.
4. Counsel of the Saints - Making decisions are our responsibility, but it is good to consult godly others in our lives, chosen on the basis of their spiritual authority.
   
5. Circumstantial Signs - sometimes God opens doors, other times He closes them, watch the circumstances but don’t put too much weight on them. Sometimes we are asked to persevere in spite of all the circumstances.