Anybody?

I just thought about something the other day -- a magic trick that some random person showed me when I was still a kid and I realised that I have been trying to figure that trick out for years and until now, still haven't got it yet.

So if any of you guys know the secret of the trick, can you please please please please please let me know? It goes like this:

1. You take a rubber band and put it around your wrist
2. Roll it up and down your arm and take it out, it should look twisted all over
3. Take the rubber bands by two ends with your two hands
4. Twist the two sides of the rubber band such that the middle crunches up when you bring your two hands together
5. Pull your hands apart and you should get an un-entangled rubber band!

It's the most frustrating trick I have ever come across 'cos I've never been able to know why is it like that or meet anybody who can tell me why, so if you know why, can you tell me please?

Random thought of the Day:
I think little kids would feel cheated if they learn all the names of the various dinosaurs and learn how to spell the names and watch Jurassic Park and all that, to grow up only to find that dinosaurs were already extinct. -.-

Random musing of the Day:
If someone were to write a book on your life, how many people would read it?
(c.f the Navy commercial where everybody in the cinema fell asleep while watching the movie of the life story of some random guy.)

-Ecclesiastes 12:13-

Now all has been heard;

here is the conclusion of the matter:

Fear God and keep his commandments,

for this is the whole duty of man.

Desire

You know what's it like to really desire?

It's kinda a strong word.

We were talking about it in Lit class the other day, whether which word is more appropriate. Whether the "want to escape" or the "desire to escape" or the "motivation to escape" is more suitable when writing our essays.

Side-track: 'A's in about 5 months time! :O

And my teacher said that the "desire" for something only comes when it makes us wanna do something about it. Something like that.

I think, desire makes you wanna go out of the place where you are now and doing the thing that you really desire. That when you see that thing, your heart just totally wishes that you were there at that time, instead of where you are at this time. Oh gosh, do you know what I mean?

But no matter what it is, my One Desire needs to be God before I can do anything else. He needs to be the desire of my heart, before I can fulfill any of my other desires. There's something that I really really desire to do, but I know God must top it off, and before I can achieve that, none of the desires I have should take His place.

So, wait, Michelle, wait.

Isaiah 26:8-9b
Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws,
[I] wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of [my] heart.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.

(If you wanna know what's the desire I'm talking 'bout, just ask me :D )

An Exaggeration

My ulcer is killing me.

Sometimes, Somethings

I think, some things are just meant for us to look at and marvel at God's creation. No matter how much we try, no matter what we do, we cannot retain these things. They're meant for that time, that place, and that person.

Call me sentimental, but I really believe so.

Like the moon and the stars. I know, common sight. But have you ever seen them at their best? It's like a blanket of sky covered with diamonds, and the moon being enthroned in the sky. It's such a beautiful sight. Especially when at night walking home after a long day, seeing the full moon immediately lifts my spirits.

But have you ever tried taken a picture of this magnificent view? It's virtually impossible. The effect will just be, gone. We can't capture God's awesome creation with man-made cameras. It just won't be the same.

Psalms 8:3-4
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

And snow! Snowflakes! Have you ever seen the real deal? When everywhere is covered with snow, festive season sets in, and children having fun in the white stuff? Haha, it's really a wonderful sight. Once, I caught a snowflake. It was beautiful. So my mum and I, we tried keeping it in the freezer, at least until winter ended. But it just didn't stay the same, the splendour was gone after a few hours, and no longer what it was before.

I guess the snowflake was meant for me at that time to marvel at, to make me feel loved by God, and not to be insistent on keeping it.

And, I guess, I couldn't ask for more. Thank You, God!

Craving

I need ice-cream so, so bad..

Namely, Strawberry Cheesecake flavour.

Missed free cone day. There's no denying ice-cream makes a person happy, what's more a free ice-cream? One year one time only lehhhh :(

Strawberry Cheesecake, where are you?