I've no notion of their existence until I bumped into them in the midst of their 7-day talk sessiony thingy. And they are having it IN my faculty (ICT building for CSSE students, the newest most advanced and prettiest building in Melbourne University).
More than that, they even have services in my building every Saturday morning! After much chit-chatting I was invited - which I expected to eventually happen - and I had to decline. Their service was from 10am to 12pm. Jam's from 9am to 12pm. Pity, they were nice people. Very evangelistic I must say. Very much like us.
But of course their beliefs differ from ours if only by a slight. They argued that they belief in the Bible as a whole, and followed them as a whole, so they took extra measures to ensure the 'older laws' were followed - like Sabbath on Sunday, and worship service on Saturday. And even the crazy n' mad book of Leviticus which I can't even pronounce properly (as half the books in the Bible). If you've read the book of Leviticus, you'll know why. Wonder how they do it?
They are our brothers netherless, very much alike the Jews, only believing in the 'Second Coming' of Jesus who was, is and will be our Saviour. Which is, principly, what we believe too, right? It is unfortunate that I'll probably never see them again (because of Jam session). But seriously, even if there wasn't Jam, I would still be in bed till 1pm.
By the way, sorry for not blogging for so long. It will be this way for a while I'm afraid - it has changed to the reading season. I expect next would be the writing season though, and what I get in this reading season will bear its fruits then, hopefully.
i love ACCF no. 1 attention grabber joel!
i never had the oppurtunity to 'uncle' a baby, and man, it was the most amazing experience. he has come to the age where his fragile little hands grab whatever his eyes catch. he even remembered me, even though i never carried him - all i did was to make faces and smile at him.
when he first saw me today during service, he wanted me to carry him, and man was i surprised! but i told the person who was carrying him to keep joel away because i was sick. *sigh* i do want to try carrying him one day though. another time i saw him was when he was examining terence's watch. joel turned his head and saw me and smiled cheekily! he then continued to play with the watch (play as in shaking it, throwning it down and hitting it with his hand with a "da!" on each hit) then suddenly starting crawling towards me. i retreated of course, not wanting him to get sick. man, i never realise how cute babies really are... i hope i didn't hurt joel's feelings by avoiding him.
man, being ill is painful. almost traumatising.
my illness is nothing fancy though - common cold. runny nose, BAD sore-throat (makes singing a chore), irregular coughs at average 5 second interval, lack of sleep (i'm coughing the whole night, whaddaya expect?), weariness and dramatically poor LiHfFe. plus occasional sneezing that tears my throat apart.
all i wanna do is to stay away from everyone - don't wanna to spread the sickness you know. no, i'm not that sweet, just wanting to break the chain so that i won't get the next mutated virus so quickly. and not only that, i don't want anyone to see me in this miserable state of mine. just wanna sleep the illness off.
i used to have severe sinus problems back in malaysia, where i always sniffed and sneezed and coughed. if i try to move dusty books i may even get a fever. when i came to melbourne, where there's much less dust and stray animals, it was heaven for me. never wanted to return home ever since. and when i fell sick, it was like all my nightmares returning at once, with me finding myself convincing me that it was only a cold that will go away tomorrow. what a joke.
i am still coughing, and i know this illness can go two ways - recovery or fever. i'm the expert of this since that i get this all the time in malaysia. all i have to do is to provide my body the required resources for the big battle - it may be the deciding factor of how my cold will develope after all. so i bought cereals and milk for breakfast (haven't had the all-important-breakfast for months), fresh apple juice and strawberries for fast nutrition absorbtion (i usually have fruits on blue moons only), some muesli for my non-destructive energy intake (destructive energy intake aka chips) and an oven-able apple pie just in case (its not what you think). seriously, that's the healthiest i've been for months.
so if anyone finds me avoiding them physically, don't worry, i'm just sick with a fever. in fact, please take my hint and stay away. if otherwise then you can celebrate my healing with me.
by the way, anyone knows what is the meaning of a cold? was trying to make it holy...