To go from a MOMENT to a MOVEMENT.

I love it

2011-11-14T16:28:00.002+11:00

... that even when I am not committed to God, He is committed to me.

i love it that even when my love towards God fails, His love towards me does not fail.

God thank you for everything in my life.

thank you for

... everything.

everything is such a blessing!

family, church, Jane, school, EXAMS, life groups, FRIENDS, my leaders.... man.

God you literally have showered me with blessings!

You are so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God's grace to do ministry...

2011-07-08T19:05:00.006+10:00

hi!

I haven't blogged in a long time - sorry I'm lazy with this.

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So I just got back from a 5 day camp.

I was asked to be the speaker for a Crusaders study camp.

- so this specific camp, was year 12 students who are about to sit their HSC, and they were all from private schools.

I was asked to give 1 Jesus talk each day.

When I was asked to do this, many questions ran through my head:

Should i do it!?

Am i even READY!?

What if i suck!?

I'm too young/inexperienced to do this..

I can recommend so many better preachers than me.

and the list of mental questions went on and on.

i was thinking so much that i even thought that it was an injustice to God's good news.. because i may not do a good job of preaching the gospel.. where as if it was someone else, they might do it better than me.. - hence maybe someone else should do it.

anyways, all these thoughts aside, I spoke with a few of my mentors and leaders, and they all told me I should go for it.

So i did.

I didn't even know what to expect.

I just knew that i knew nothing.

haha! read that line again!

i have no idea how to preach, i don't even know how to prepare a sermon

I don't know how to speak to an audience and make them engage with the talk

i don't know..... i don't know... i don't know...

wow. one thing i learnt about myself - is that i think too much.

God gave me a precious opportunity to rack up some preaching experience, to share His good news [which saved my life], and to walk out in my calling.

So i went.

and I learnt about another aspect of God's grace.

see, grace is getting something you don't deserve.

Justice: punch for a punch

mercy: not getting the punishment/wrath you deserve

grace: unmerited favour.. - getting a GOOD THING, which you DON'T deserve.

and God's grace was all over me.

ok. If i was to do like a critical evaluation of my 4 talks [Jiwon gave the day 4 talk! - Jiwon is: http://johnjiwonlee.blogspot.com/ ]

first talk: it was okay.. pretty decent i thought

second talk: was complete fail.. i didn't even know what i was saying up there.

third talk: okay.. better than the second day..

fourth talk: **jiwon**

fifth talk: really good

and that's kinda how i felt about my own talks.

now before we go on, i need to give you this disclaimer.. [some of you may not even know me that well]

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Preaching God's word is not about the preacher..

whether I sucked or not, is irrelevant - it was whether God wanted to speak through me or not.

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So I'm not saying that preaching God's word is about me.

all I am doing, is just externally processing [blog] whats going on in my head.

so yeah.

it was a long-ass camp! 6 day camp!

and throughout the camp i heard from different leaders - of different students getting saved, and different students recommitting to Jesus.

WOW!

How amazing is this?!!?!???!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

it blows my mind.

i mean.. - it blows my mind that they got saved, and i just want to celebrate this forever.

but what also blows my mind is that God would use a pathetic, hopeless preacher like me.

that in His goodness and infinite wisdom, He used my pathetic words..

wow.

His grace is all over me.

Today was the last day of camp, and after i preached, it was morning tea time in the dining hall, and one of the students came up to me and another leader and just began to share his heart.. - and how he felt the desperate need to repent and get things right with God.

So we sat down with him and prayed with him.

He began to just weep in repentance.

right there in the dining hall, with all the yr 12 students walking about.

He just wept as he responded to the mercy and grace of God.

and i was reminded:

man.. this is the moment i live for..

it was..

glorious to say the least..

Later he told me that he felt a huge burden lift off him, and that he's feeling a real intense joy that he's never felt before..

haha!

God you are SO GOOD! and so much more committed to this broken world that I am!

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This one song has been wrecking me so hard these days.

its an old hymn, and its called "How deep the Father's love for us"

as I was driving back from the campsite, this song kept repeating in my head.

and i just began to weep..

How good is God?

some of you who will read this - you knew me 4 years ago right?

I was a fool!

absolutely pathetic and hopeless.. I was worshipping myself, and I thought i was "the man"

I deserved death, hell, eternal wrath and punishment. [because God is a perfectly holy God]

but instead, He poured out His wrath on His one and only Son Jesus..

.....and now I can enjoy my relationship with the Father.

...I wept as I drove back from the campsite.. and as i reflected on His grace over my life.

i couldn't control myself.. I had to weep more.

my prayer is that the words of song, would impact your heart in a new, intense, passionate way.

first one is a male voice.

and the second one is a female.

haha.. I'm funny right?

these are the words:

How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One,
Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed I hear my mocking voice,
Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

I remember.

2011-04-24T21:49:00.002+10:00

my friend,

my father,

my shepherd,

my King, my God.

wow.

I can't believe you died for me.

and i can't believe you defeated death.

"Truth didn't stay in the grave"

so all those years ago, on this very day, you resurrected.

how crazy.

God, this means the world to me.

not only did you die for me, and die in my place,

but you rose again, - something which no-one else can do.

yes, you are the living God.

and i will follow you. i will serve you all the days of my life.

God today means everything to me.

it is probably the most significant day in the year calendar for me.

if this day didn't exist, i would have no future, no hope, no desire, no passion, no goal.

but

BUT

because this day DOES exist,

i will follow you on the narrow road, i will carry my cross, and i will continue to work it out..

..with fear and trembling

God. a lifetime as a preacher pastor.

it scares the crap out of me Lord and you know that.

i still have so many insecurities, and so much lack.

but God, your grace is actually enough.

God, the resurrection work you did in me - this is enough for me to change the world for you.

I need nothing else.

i need no other reason or proof.

you changed my life, and because of that I will testify to your limitless grace.

God, my future is in your hands..

let me faithfully, and boldly, declare of your salvation until the day i see you face to face.

nothing else matters.

teach me how to serve your church.

teach me how to serve your daughter.

teach me how to talk about You!

you died for me, you died in my place.

you rose again - for me.

and with that same resurrection power, i go forth.

yes Lord, i will walk into my destiny.... my calling.

God i dont even care about anything else.

i just want the world to know about You

...and i want them to experience what you did in me.

God, its ridiculous.

my loyalty lies with you.

You are my God.

book review

2011-04-09T22:09:00.001+10:00

I am currently reading a book called "Vintage Jesus"

written by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears

JESUS IS WITH US AS WE BRING THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD

Shortly before his ascension into heaven, Jesus gave some final orders for his people to follow: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Jesus' declaration that he alone possesses all authority both in heaven and on earth is an unparalleled claim that is devastating to our current postmodern mood. Rather than seeing the world as a muddied mess of equally valid and authoritative perspectives, cultures, opinions, spiritualities, philosophies, genders, generations, races, and the like, Jesus boldly revealed that he alone rules over all with all authority and without any exception.

Subsequently, today Jesus Christ is alive and well, seated on a throne at the right hand of God the Father being worshiped as God by angels and departed saints. Today Jesus alone rules and reigns in exalted glory as Lord over man and beast, male and female, gays and straights, young and old, rich and poor, black and white, simple and wise, powerful and powerless, republicans and democrats, married and single, chaste and unchaste, modern and postmodern, Christians and non-Christians, angels and demons, the living and the dead, every religion, every spirituality, every philosophy, every thought, every word, every deed, every dollar, and every inch of creation, which he claims as his possession under his throne that is over all. Practically, this means that Jesus has authority over the sex we have, money we spend, food we eat, web sites we browse, words we speak, places we journey, attitudes we project, ideas we entertain, friends we embrace, shows we watch, drinks we consume, hobbies we enjoy, and work we do, because Jesus has all authority over all people and all things without any exception.

By grace we love and are loved by this glorious and exalted Jesus whom we worship unceasingly, serve unwaveringly, and proclaim unashamedly until our face is at his feet.

One Year On

2011-03-23T06:23:00.002+11:00

I cannot believe it.

i absolutely cannot believe God's faithfulness in my life.

three things:

1. i am so undeserving

2. i never meet the "standard" - seeing the standard is Jesus

3. God pours into me. All the time. Whether i'm "good" or not.

Today is a special day for me.

It marks exactly ONE YEAR since I returned from DTS..

wow.

DTS.

WOW..

some of the best six months of my life.

the last 365 days has been a blur.

a blur.. of revival awakenings everywhere, answered prayers, and just a firmer grounding in Christ.

HOW faithful is God?

I am at Bible college now!

RIDICULOUS!!!

I had so many prayer points when i was coming back from DTS one year ago, and all of them have been answered!!

I want to share just a few with you:

1. Revival in Sydney

GOD bring REVIVAL IN SYDNEY!!! - was my prayer..

and He did just that.

that was not my only prayer though..

i also desperately wanted to be a part of it.

and by the GRACE of God, i am. ^___^

2. God multiply the DTS-ers that are sent out from NLCC!

wowowowowowowow i want to cry when i think of this.

in two days time i welcome back 3 of my closest friends from DTS.

wowowowow

God, you are soooooo incredibly faithful.

I was checking out my diary, and in a few weeks, it will have marked exactly one year of Community Outreach Night

WOW.

This is a whole new post for another day...

CON

wow.

my prayer is that God would somehow use this ministry to rally a general to revival.

living a LIFESTYLE of revival.

living a TRANSFORMATIONAL lifestyle.

Not worshipping on Sunday mornings,

but LIVING a lifestyle of adoration and worship.

Dear God,

It's been exactly one year since I came home from DTS.

God, within the past 365 days, my desire to serve you and expand your Kingdom

has ONLY grown.

My desire for holiness, purity, righteousness, and a lifestyle of self-discipline..

..... its only grown.

God my desire for revival has ONLY grown.

my identity in You has become much firmer, and I am now way more confident of what You have called me to do.

God, by your grace and mercy, allow me to serve you faithfully til the day I see you face to face.

One year on, I realise, You're still worth it all.

Power Level: 9000

2011-03-15T06:36:00.002+11:00

What an AMAZING season of life I am in!

Full-time Bible college is intense.

Here are the few things that are going through my heart as I do Bible college:

1. I am actually a sinner. - The more I "learn" at Bible college, the more I realise just how sinful I am, and just how badly I need God's grace to cover me..

....and it does cover me... so perfectly.

2. As the days go by, the calling on my life becomes clearer and clearer. No more insecurities, Just a man on a mission - which God commissioned me to do.

Nothing more, nothing less.

3. I am still so intensely hungry for revival.. More than ever. Revival in the churches, revival in Sydney, Australia and the whole world.

4. I find that the more we get into Scripture, and the more we dive into it, My head becomes clearer.. my ability to think and assess myself - becomes so much easier..

wow. How amazing the Word really is.

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so what is my purpose with this?

I am soooooooooooo determined.

to pour into anything and everything.

anyone and everyone that will listen.

I will pour out everything i have, know, and have to offer.

This life isnt even about me anymore.

I need to bring as many people as I can close to Jesus.

and the Gospel.

- which saved ME from eternal death, and i just know it will save you too.

all of 2010 I was crying out for "Passion and Discipline"

now.. in 2011, that has a whole new meaning.

MORE LORD!!!!!!!!!!

some things that God has been speaking to me recently:

"Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it."

- Jesus Christ.

my question to myself is this..

no no.

my question to you, and the world is this:

What does that look like?

What does it actually look like when someone denies himself?

I will deny myself the "good things"

- in order to gain the intense joys of following Christ...?

so maybe to me, in this season of life, it means giving up "good things"

in order for the "best thing"

yep.

definitely worth it.

here is a question for all you Christ-followers.

are you denying yourself?

are you counting the cost?

are you carrying your cross?

this cannot be done alone!

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2011 is going to be one crazy crazy year.

my prayer and desire, will be that God sets a whole new standard for us - in what the word "Radical" actually means.

NLCC - man I love it.

5 new bible college students

5 returning DTS-ers

5 more leaders at Community Outreach Night

man. this is going to be one crazy crazy year.

God,

help me to pour out everything I have, for the sake of Your name, and the good news in which You bring.

I pray that you would challenge my standards daily.

Increase the passion and discipline in my life.

...For the sake of Your holy name.

in the unfailing name of Jesus i pray.

Amen.

Good Theology

2011-02-23T19:45:00.001+11:00

I deserve hell.

everything else is a gift from God.

thank you Jesus!

Valentines day! You say love?

2011-02-14T22:30:00.000+11:00

If love is in the way a parent gazes upon a child of their own,

Then how much more is it in the way God gazes upon what He has made "in His own image." (Gen1 Eph2:10)

If love is at first sight, an unexplainable mystery,

Then so much more is the unexplainable mystery of God electing us, in love,

before the creation of the world. (Eph1:4 1Cor1:27)

If love is in the uncontrollable pounding of your heart as you stretch out your arms to embrace,

Then so much more in the uncontrollable pounding of Christ's heart as He

stretched out His arms on the cross. (Isaiah 53)

If love is in laying down your life for your friends,

Then so much more in Christ laying down His life for us, while we were still enemies (Matt6:33-39 Rom5:8)

If love is in giving up your comfort for their sake,

Then so much more in God giving up immortality, serving humbly & dying humiliatingly for our sake. (Phil2 Rom8:32)

If love is in choosing to spend the rest of your lives together,

Then how much more as He not only gave us His Spirit to remain with us, but

He made a way for us to spend eternity with Him. (Eph 1:13-14 John 3:16)

God prays for us, remains faithful to us, fights for us, pursues us, forgives us, redeems us, restores our honour & dignity,

He hears us, blesses us, pours gifts, grace & favour on us, reveals Himself intimately to us.

There can be no doubt that

God IS love.

Alpha and Omega

2011-02-03T09:51:00.002+11:00

So a new season of my life has started! and I am LOVING it!

I am now officially a STUDENT.

It feels like I have never been a student before, and let alone STUDY!

I have never studied before in my life, so trying to study and force myself into this lifestyle has been quite challenging.

But I know that I am on a mission, so I will study, and graduate from this place.

this place: www.smbc.com.au

So my Cambodia season was so intensely epic, I look back on it with such fond memories.

God taught me so much, so much about His heart for the world, and how He wants us to all be missional.

Our Father is missions-minded, so we need to be as well...

Another thing God taught me was on leadership.

He taught me alot about that.. - but thats for another time, another post.

I have renovated my bed room! so its possible for me to actually sit my butt down and study!

So Bible college started last week with a intensive week on Greek.

It came to a point where when i lay down to sleep at night, i would see Greek words floating around in my head.

haha!

but man, this language is so difficult.. =(

but it's okay. I will tank on.

day by day God is continuing to stretch my character, and continues to challenge me to be more like Him, in word and deed.

I felt like I should delete facebook because it was a hindrance to me and my studies, it was a huge distraction for me, and i just know the enemy's going to use fb to distract me from my mission.

- there is no way I can let that happen.

so this year I wont be leading a cell group, I'll just be doing CON on Thursday nights and teaching at PG1 =)

speaking of CON, we have a new name!

ReCON!

Revival CON!!!!

Reconnaissance, Reconsider, Reconversion, Reconcile, Reconstruct, Reconvict.

Its all about the Reconception of Christ in their lives - taking people back to their creator,

Reconditioning the spiritual status of Sydney

Reconfigure the hearts and minds of dead or sleeping revivalists

Reconfirm your calling in life

Reconnecting the broken hearts with the maker of hearts

We're going to Reconsecrate our southland of the Holy Spirit

And we're going to Reconsider how we do street evangelism.

We're going to Reconstruct God's body in this city

We will help Reconvert the backslidden believers

and We're going to Reconvince everyone that they need Christ.

ultimately, its about Reconnecting to our Father.

I have some close friends all over the world right now!

Simon who is on outreach in China

Dahae who is in Sweden/Finland

Songa who is leading an outreach in Brasil

Marie who is on outreach in India

Deejay in NYC

Jina who is off to amsterdam!

Nceba who is on outreach in Thailand!

WOW

God is so good!!!!

There is a heatwave going on in Sydney, so its been like.. ridiculously hot for the past week.

no more power outages please

Cambodia Outreach 2010

2011-01-09T20:19:00.000+11:00

Tuesday 21/12/2010 - Day ONE - Depart SYD and Arrival in Singapore/PP

It was amazing. It was crazy. It was super exciting. Woke up in the morning really early, picked up a few people, got to meadowbank, and left all together for airport. Said our goodbyes, and got on our flight at around 9:30am... Flight went to S'Pore first, then 2 hour lay over there, then the connecting flight to Phnom Penh. The sights and sounds [and smells] of arriving in Cambodia were absolutely amazing. Culture shock? Maybe. Ready to run hard out for Jesus? Definitely. The team is doing good [or so it seems] We all arrived at the airport, I think everyone was individually trying to find their bearings and trying to get used to the place, Vansy picked us up from the airport, and we got to his place. and man, what an amazing place he has. like a mini 3-storey house. sorted out the room situation, and had a quick [and intense] glory sesh. Just giving praise to our father. praying over a few things, then Vansy wanted to take us out to a Chinese restaurant to have dinner, we got to hear him just share his heart, ate the good food, [I dont know if the food and drink were safe for me, but oh wells, we're not gonna die right?] then later in the night we dropped everyone home, and Sylvia, Vansy and I went to the airport to pick up P Josh - to find out his flight has been delayed an hour. haha! so we eventually got P Josh, and came back home, and slept. its morning now of day 2. We have some things lined up today. How exciting!! YEEEEEE JESUS!

Wednesday 22/12/2010 - Day TWO - City Tour/ Prayer walk day

So today was a crazy day also. Woke up, started the day with quite a rushed quiet time, then had a quick team worship session, then we went out and went to the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields first.. this place was really intense. like. I didnt know what to be feeling, but my heart was more broken for the people and I got a better idea of their background, culture and history. It was truly a broken, broken place. Genocide really has done its crazy damage here, then after we left the killing fields, we went to the S21 Jail site, where they held the prisoners and tortured them, this place was even more intense than the killing fields, we didnt really know what to do, feel, say, or even pray. I think the guys were a little bit in shock at what was going on, but all in all, definitely an eye-opening and a heart-breaking experience. God gave us all a bigger heart for this nation... Then after that we went to the king's palace, which was really epic. crazy temple-style buildings with just.. alot of land, and just beautiful stuff [and obviously there was Buddha things everywhere we went, this place was really chill, and gave us a better idea of their culture I think... Then we went to the markets, had an epic food-court lunch and did some shopping [I didnt buy anything] then came back home quickly - saw P Josh off, and then Vansy and I had to leave for the CCCC HQ here - where I met and spoke with an admin dude in regards to our ministries... everything turned out really great and I just felt the love and grace of God all over my life and even over my mistakes in ministry. God is truly good to me. then we came back, and left as a team to go eat dinner and do some quick shopping, was fun - food was good.. it was kinda like street food, so I didnt know what to expect, but it tasted all good - so hopefully God will keep us healthy! [it was cheap too!! =D ] then we came back home.. debrief was good I think - but its quite obvious the enemy is trying very hard to destroy everything we stand for and believe in.

God give me wisdom and strength to carry out the task you have placed before me. God I get my identity from you, and not from these team members. Help me to serve them well, and in turn, honour your cause in this country. Jesus I need you more than ever. Please dont t urn your favour away from me.

Tomorrow we go down to the bush for 3 days - God - its ALL FOR YOU!!! HERE WE COME!!!

Thursday 23/12/2010 - Day THREE - Arrival in province, first field day

Praise Jesus! What an amazing day! hmmmm God was teaching me so many things today.. woke up, had my quiet time and I felt like God was saying "Surrender.... surrender it all to me, and then watch me as I change the world through you and your availability" and I suddenly felt like singing "I surrender all~ I surrender all" it was really awesome. then we had an epic breakfast, crazy scrambled egg [and bread rolls] then we got on the van and went to the CCCC HQ and there we were briefed by Sakal [how amazing this man is] and we left for the 2+ hour drive into the villages.. kampong cham ..? not sure how to spell or pronounce. so we got here, checked into the hotel, put our stuff down, and realised that we have like 5 hours to spare.. so we wanted to go swimming in the hotel, so we went out to the markets and bought some shorts we could wear to swim, and God had other plans.. we got back to find out that the pool was out of service ... so we just had a glory sesh - and man, how glorious it was! so nuts. we just prayed, adoration and intercession.. and there was a time where I felt led to just.. repent publicly in front of my team for just.. not being the best I can be. and they forgave me, and it was really awesome. then we just spent some time in affirming one another, and then we went into a village to show the Jesus film, and we did our everything skit. shared the simple Gospel with alot of the children there, then we gave out some candy [!!] then people gathered to watch the Jesus film.. man it was so amazing, so many miracles [every prayer that is answered is a miracle no?] so many prayers answered.. thank you JESUS! You are so committed to this team and what we're trying to do here. God, I need your mercies new every day. please show me grace upon grace. I need you so much. give me strength and wisdom to serve your precious children here. God I want to keep the main thing the MAIN THING. I love you so much. give me divine wisdom in how to cater to my team better - in regards to where they're at spiritually.

and.. the team's doing good =) I think everyone's doing really well =)

im off to sleep [which I need more of]! haha good night

Friday 24/12/2010 - Day FOUR - Follow up day, Jesus film at night

Today was a very intense day. so we woke up, had breakfast.. I had my quiet time on Acts 5. man it is an awesome chapter. anyways.. morning was follow up [at the same village as last night's Jesus film] it was so epic. We split into two teams and we went around giving out the "mini mags" telling them about the Gospel and the Jesus film, asking them, talking with them, kinda like CON.. anyways.. one of the ladies we hung out with - she's a very old lady. had chronic back pain and neck pain for ages, and minji and lisa prayed for her and she got healed!! YEEAAAAAAAA so nuts!!!! and in the other team, some random lady received Christ into her life for the first time!! =D

then we drove into another village and visited a home church.. and an old lady who pastor's it. we got to encourage her and pray for her and bless her. it was such a joyful time. Jesus you are so good!

then we had lunch, then we went to another village to show the Jesus film , and man this place was nuts

nuts because the enemy attacked hard.

I mean. we did our "everything" skit and that was really awesome I think, alot of people were touched [I pray] and later on in the night, one thing led to another and I found myself arguing with Jiwon full force. man it was so demonic.. the ENEMY IS ATTACKING US!! tomorrow is our 12 hour day

Jesus please give me good rest and keep me passionate! this is all for you!

Saturday 25/12/2010 - Day FIVE - 2 salvations & 6 healings

24 hours on, it is full clear to me why the enemy was attacking us so franticly last night. Today's Christmas day and its been one of the most intense days of my life. just sheer awesomeness, sheer joy. I woke up and my faith was just stirred so much during my quiet time with Jesus... all of our faiths were stirred and we all knew Jesus was going to do something extra crazy today [after all, its His birthday!] so we hit up like 1 hour of "follow up" where we led 2 ladies to Christ, and about 4 people got healed.. I mean today's one of those days where everything is so intensely awesome that I can't even process it and at the end of the day, everythings just a big blur. so throughout the day, God healed different people of Epilepsy, malaria, blindness, joint pains, etc etc it was just an awesome day. throughout the day my team and I were falling more in love with Cambodia, the people here, our local hosts, and our team and God. it was just so awesome. so beautiful. I felt like God was wrecking me in the natural and the supernatural. the scenery here is just magical sometimes.. like.. almost enchanting. the view is so beautiful.. the horizon, all the trees, all the farms, just amazing landscape. the sky is ridiculously pretty, all the animals, and at night - the stars. oh my gosh - the stars are just nuts. throughout the day we went from house church to house church, just praying for them, encouraging them, and blessing their ministries. It was just a wonderful day [12 hours of ministry] we leave Kampong Cham tomorrow. back for the city.. [im kinda looking for it] - not because I hate this place, but im really looking forward to campus ministry, and working with Daniel Pak.

Jesus im just so glad to be here with You.

I love everything about You

I love what you're doing within my life, and in my team as well.

God, please.. MORE!!

We want to KNOW YOU!!!!

Sunday 26/12/2010 - Day SIX - Last day in the villages

Today was amazing. we left the province, and came back to P P... so in the morning, we went to a X-mas service thing, where there were heaps of people, we got to sing two songs and do our "everything" skit.. it was quite awesome.. had lunch then left for P P.. got back here - then we went to the CCCC HQ and kinda debriefed with Sakal.. he just told us thanks, etc etc.. he gave us a gift.. and then we came back home, tried to get some rest, then we went out for dinner - had some nardy KFC, ate HEAPS of chicken.. got full, then we went to the supermarket and got some ICE CREAM!! yeeeee so today marks the end of the village ministries. and tmr we start with Daniel Pak in the college campus ministries... should be exciting and fun. Jesus we surrender all.

Do all that you wish to do in us and through us!! God, glorify Yourself!!!

Monday 27/12/2010 - Day SEVEN - First day at GCC ministries

So today was our first day at GCC - Grace Christian College [I think..?] throughout the day we were teaching Cambodian students English, Korean, Photoshop, and guitar. It was super fun! we totally loved it. it was kind of a chill day.. until 5:30pm, then like.. it was a sudden rush of 150 students all at once [everyone comes for English lessons] it was epic. hahahha so good. yeah.. Team morale is still good I think - I need to step it up. am I praying hard enough? am I praying enough? am I encouraging enough? am I serving enough? am I desperate enough? [half the team's getting sick, and my prayers are going to get answered] God help us!

the enemy is attacking, but God has some epic things in store for us!

So pumped for rest of outreach. Jesus we want more of You!!

Tuesday 28/12/2010 - Day EIGHT - 2nd day at GCC + Dinner at NK rest.

Today was an intense day - more attacks, but you know what it is? its not attacks, maybe its me and my lack of wisdom, lack of leadership. my team members are physically burning out - and im still pumping them into ministry.. wow. God help me. We need rest, we all need rest - even me! But I need to step it up in every area, keep enjoying Jesus, and find a way to get my team some rest. Because Jesus is going to do what He's going to do anyways.. we desperately need rest.. sigh. I wish someone told me about this stuff - I wish someone told me about leading an outreach, and what I have to look out for.. I thought I had all the corners covered but obviously not *sigh* Man, I really need God's grace to cover me for just tomorrow - which will be another intense day, then we all need to get some rest on Friday. Sisters are randomly breaking down - and its a clear sign that they need rest. Am I actually up for it?

Today was a crazy day too. woke up - had my quiet time, went to GCC, and had classes all day - it was intense at 5:30 when like 200 kids showed up [again], then after GCC, we were all so buggered and tired [then we went to a North Korean restaurant] it was nuts. the whole experience was just surreal. I didnt know what to think [without getting in sin] I didnt want to judge [wait.. did I?] all the waitress looked the same. same cute ridiculously coloured dresses, perfect make up, almost robotic service. food was epic, but the whole ambience was weird. I ate dog =) and neng-myun.. I had a good chat with one of the waitresses, it was epic. we held like a solid conversation, and it was such a special/unique experience talking with someone [MY AGE!!] from NK.. man. God bless her.

sigh.. im leading a bible study tomorrow

this team needs rest.

I need God to help me become an efficient and faithful leader.

am I actually looking after my team members?

am I serving them?

not enough.. like actually.. sigh. its on.

Wednesday 29/12/2010 - Day NINE - GCC + bible study at night

Today was another epic day. seriously its quite weird sometimes, because I just feel like celebrating Jesus 24/7.. but yeah definitely the spiritual attacks are real, the enemy is real, but so is God's grace over this team. so real. today I feel like God was just reminding me of the importance of rest. if my team doesnt get enough rest, its my sin, wow.

so I spoke with Lalit and David, and asked them if we could have Friday off [as a team] and at first they were being weird about it, but I kept pushing for it, so yeah.. hopefully it should all be good. day was normal.. same ministries.. some people are getting attacked [but I dont know to what degree..] at 5:30 we had a bible study sesh.. where we led them in a song, Lisa shared her testimony, and I led a bible study.. haha it was so funny because I full prepared a bible study to give to people like.. my age.. with my english skills and my knowledge of the bible. hahahaha I didnt expect to be teaching a bunch of 14 year olds.. so I had to full change it up on the spot and talk about just Jesus really.. I hope God planted seeds.. Peter was sick, so I told him to stay home today.. I really hope he gets better asap, but if not, he'll stay home again tmr..

Jesus help me, we're halfway through outreach and I need more of your grace and mercy.

Jesus you are so good, you are so worth this.

I love you Lord.

Thursday 30/12/2010 - Day TEN - GCC

Today was awesome in a different way. I was so lazy and lethargic at GCC, and I was just lazing around - had a nap, etc etc.. and then in our 2 hour nap we all went to the markets.. which.. im not sure if it was a good idea or not.. we were just haggling and bargaining ourselves hardcore.. sigh. I didnt even buy anything anyway! sigh. then we went back to GCC and had like.. 3 more classes? then after dinner we came home and for debrief, I brought a rebuke [kinda] but more like what I felt like God was telling me. about how we're not giving this GCC ministry our 100%... so I just told the guys how I’m feeling.. and hopefully God will really fix us up.. Jesus help us!

tomorrow is our first official Sabbath.. our "day off" I really hope we spend it wisely. I know so many of us need to process ourselves.. catch up on journalling, and just hang out with Jesus. we get to sleep in. YAY!!!

We're like half way through outreach.. God please give us the strength and desire to continue

Friday 31/12/2010 - Day ELEVEN - Day off / NYE

Today was an awesome day. NYE.. our first day off.. finally we get a day off.. I think I full failed as a leader.. by not planning any day off's for our outreach schedule.. =( and so I guess like half the team getting sick is my fault.. well not my fault necessarily, but my responsibility..

anyways today we enjoyed a long-awaited day off.. we slept in [glorious] and woke up to a breakfast of ramyun and bibimbap.. epic. man I love our girls.. seriously.. then we hung out at home until like 1pm.. then we went out to the shops and walked around a bit, ate a burger and some pizza [it was okay] then we walked around a bit more.. then we went to the sports field and tried to play some bball.. and we got ourselves an indoor epic court, but we got kicked out of the place by some dude, then we spent ages trying to look for Dan, then we ended up playing some bball outside with some locals and it was really fun! we won most of them [but we lost the most important game - the last one] haha. so then we all went to this massage parlour, and paid $10 each for a one hour massage, it was glorious. then after that we went to this crazy burger place.. where we all got a huge burger each.. then we came home, and just hung out until new years.. and now its like 1.21am, and its 2011!! wow. its so nuts, because one year ago exactly, I was at a missionary house party in Africa.. wow. So much has happened in this year..

sometime, I really must find the time to think back on 2010 and worship Jesus for ALL that He's done in me and through me in 2010.. wow Jesus

Jesus - YAY!!! =D

Saturday 1/1/2011 - Day TWELVE - NYD - GCC NYD Party

Today was another epic day.. I think yesterday's relax day was so needed.. so today we went to GCC real late - at like 2:30pm.. for their NYD party.. alot of music and dancing, some games.. some face painting action, it was really fun to chill with the kids - even though the language barrier is a bit annoying =S

we did our everything skit - which was quite intense, because I threw Jane too hard and she smashed her head on the ground.. sigh.. then we hung out a bit more, danced a bit more then left for a cafe, had some coffee and came home.. It's Vansy's 24th birthday today! we got him a cake and just celebrated a bit when he came home.. tmr is Sunday - im preaching on community.. hmm I really wish God would take my measly prep and make it something way beyond me.. Encounter lives Jesus!!

for Your Kingdom's sake.

Sunday 2/1/2011 - Day THIRTEEN

Just two days of ministry left.. Today was... woke up late, ate some noodles, then headed off to GCC, I preached.. on community.. but everyone fell asleep, but its not even about me, so oh wells, I hope some people got the message.. then we made like 300 sandwiches and headed to the villages, one hour drive. we went there, gave out some food, played some games with the kids, sang a song, and that was about it.. came back home.. I realised something today.

If this outreach is a "Fail" outreach, it is my fault. What did I intend for these guys? what did I want them to learn on this outreach? we have two days left of ministry.. then what? What will we see God do in these next two days?

I realised, that my intensity dropped, and hence, the team intensity dropped as well..

damn.

Monday 3/1/2011 - Day FOURTEEN

Today, woke up late [we all did] missed out on the intended glory sesh.. *sigh* what a fail.. anyways, went out with Vansy on his moped to buy some breakfast for the team, came back home, ate some brekkie, left for GCC - GCC was awesome.. because I just felt like.. releasing myself to just preach the good news as much as I can.. so in the morning I had two guitar classes [I realised teaching guitar always stretches my patience and character] haha! then had lunch, then went to the markets [the rest of the team bought stuff] but I had no money, so I just watched. haha. then came back to GCC, there wasnt much of an afternoon class, then at 5:30pm, the usual rush came in, and before we started our english class, I just spoke to them why we're here, and what we want to see happen, I told them about Jesus and everything.. and so the english class went on, and there was this time where people could ask us anything and we would just help them, so people were asking us what "riddles" were.. and what "trouble" meant.. and funny enough, the next word they asked was "Lucifer" so I used that opportunity to glorify Jesus and just tell them who Lucifer is.. and who Satan is.. and the difference between Jesus and Lucifer.. wow. it was such a great opportunity.. you know what I realised? no matter the language barrier, preaching the gospel breaks all boundaries, because the Holy Spirit will speak to them no matter what, and I think them seeing me speak about Jesus so passionately, made them want to listen to me.. hopefully they heard that Jesus loves them alot. Then we went to an intense buffet dinner, and then we got home.. Vansy just treated by teeth [scaling..] hahha and now im going to sleep.

tomorrow is our last day at GCC! then we leave for debrief!! =)

Jesus, what is it that you want to do tomorrow?

Tuesday 4/1/2011 - Day FIFTEEN - Last day of Ministry.

Today was a crazy day, in so many ways. wow God like.. put me at ease with so many things.. today.. was just nardy.. in terms of ministry, it was just epic, because we were closing things off, saying goodbye to the students, etc etc last day of lessons, and at 5:30pm we had like a farewell party thing, [more than 100 kids showed up!!!!!!!!!!] possibly even 150+!!!! we got to share with them our hearts on why we're here, and do what we do, we said Jesus so much that they probably got the point.. Jiwon shared a brief testimony and shared the Gospel [man I love Jiwon] and it was just like a party. lots of song and dance,

lots of tears - because the students were sad to see us leave.. so many of them got us gifts and things, and you know what? I might actually just come back in a years time =) alot of kids were crying as we were saying our goodbye's.. and I think that gives us a clear indicator of how much they fell in love with us and what we had to bring to them... [Jesus]

in terms of food. wow. WOW.

today was like.. in terms of food, the most craziest day of my life... here we go.. woke up, left Vansy's place for a restaurant where we ate Quai-ttiao [dont know how to spell it] its like. noodle soup. pretty ordinary right? yeah. I had no idea what to expect for the rest of the day.. then for lunch we were eating at GCC, and man.. I was examining the meat, and when I looked at it closely, I realised it was too small to be a baby chicken.. and as soon as I asked "WHAT IS THIS?" Sara - the girl who works there, just broke out laughing.. little did I know, it was frog. waaa aowww.. it tasted like chicken, but too much bone and too little meat in my opinion.. would I do it again? maybe.

then in the arvo sometime, we went out to the streets and we ate cricket [grass hopper things] this huge beetle thing [we called it "cockroach" hahah] and another smaller version of cricket.. oh, and snake.. I tried all of this.. and.. it was like.. myul-chi.. or like a prawn thing. it was so oily.. hahaha the snake was nice too.. dont know if i'd try any of this stuff again though.. =S im just glad I didnt get sick from it. hahaha then for dinner, we had like.. embryo food.. like duck eggs, but the foetus was.. almost formed if you get what I mean.. it was just dirty man.. turned me off food. kinda like hard egg yoke, but.. half yoke, half formed animal.. it just turned me off [but I ended up eating three] because I guess.. peer pressure? hahahaha peter ate one, so I had to. hahahahaha and for lunch, we played scissors paper rock, and I lost, so I hate to eat 2 chillis [these were the most intense chillis of my life] and man, it sucked.. it hurt =( hahahahaha so im lying here in a motel room, peter and James sleeping on the other bed.. tomorrow morning we leave for an epic 5 hour drive to sihannouksville.. for a 2 day debrief =) hopefully we get to just rest, reflect, respond, worship, affirm, adore the Lord together, and eat good food =)

God, please grant me the wisdom I need to help debrief and process my team's thoughts..

This aint over until we're at home in Sydney.. God please give me divine insight..

but yeah.. wow! ministries are over!!! going back home in 4 days! =) so excited!!

I miss marie =(

Wednesday 5/1/2011 - Day SIXTEEN - Debrief day 1

So today was first day of debrief.. we woke up super early, had some breakfast, then drove down to Sihanouksville. checked into the hotel here, everyone got a massage [not me] checked out the town with Vansy for a bit.. we checked out the beach, and had lunch... some fish nibbling foot massage thing - which was really intense. [and funny]

by the way, everything's in weird order, im too tired to think.. hmm I wonder if these guys are actually debriefing themselves.. God give me the strength to go on.. 2 more days!

Thursday 6/1/2011 - Day SEVENTEEN - Debrief day 2

Today was awesome. woke up, left for a boat tour of the islands and snorkelling. - this was obviously amazing.. just snorkelling in bright blue water, amazing sun, amazing private beaches, amazing islands.. arggghh just glory. good time hanging out with the team.. saw three islands off the coast of SHV... had lunch on an island.. then after a few hours came back to SHV, and went on the water park- this was super fun. haha jumping off big inflatable things.. awesome. had a dinner at some restaurant - food was rubbish and service was non-existent.. hmmmmm

anyways, everything about today was fun, and I loved it.

loving the team.

tomorrow is last day of debrief, hopefully we can just hang out as a team and share revelations.

Sunday 9/1/2011 - Outreach is over - on the plane to Sydney

I didnt journal on the last day of debrief [because simply I was too tired] hmmm lets see what I can recall from the last day of debrief until now...

well we woke up, had breakfast, and it hit me hard. This team is seriously lacking in self-discipline. Is it self-discipline? I mean, I was simply asking the team to just "come with" but it seems like no-one was taking me seriously? why not? am I a joke? I feel as though, .... well to be honest I didnt know how to feel at the time, just alot of frustration and anger, I felt the team needed a rebuke, but then again, what to choose? bring the flame? or bring the grace? do we actually need a rebuke? is it ever right to deliver a rebuke? sigh.

it was probably emotionally the most intense day of outreach for me. I felt like the team just disregarded me and my authority - not that I was intentionally looking for it, but seeing the church - and God has put me in this position [I didnt volunteer for this] and I thought my team was mature enough to just simply submit..? submission to spiritual authority... This was one of the main lessons I learnt as a new believer.. but did they just not know..? I was so frustrated I didnt know what to do, so I just did what I knew to do.. get on my face.. so I was just praying and asking God to comfort me, and to speak to me in regards to.. what to do..

the whole thing was pathetic.. the last day of outreach and we affirmed one person.

sigh. But at the same time, I figured there was no point of doing affirmations when their lifestyles arent affirming one another.. you know..?

anyways. I was just open to the team and I told them straight up what was going through my head..

They weren’t too responsive I guess.. And we just ended up.. talking about our outreaches individually and what we were learning about the character of God..

So we came back to Phnom Penh, and checked in to the motel... and at the motel, we were hanging out and finally decided to do the affirmations, and we did a few, and it was like 4am.. we were all too zombied, so I just went to sleep [not to mention - we all had a few red bulls each - farrout. bad idea]

I still got the runs from it =(

so anyways, all that has passed now, and I am on the plane back to Sydney.. it is 2:28am Cambodian time, and 6:28am Sydney time.. most my team's probably sleeping right now..

I'm quite physically exhausted, and just emotionally drained.. But looking back on outreach, and what God did IN me personally and what God taught me about His character... was just nuts.

God - You taught me so much!

I'm really hoping that You taught my team so much too...

I definitely feel as though I know You better - after this outreach.

I have more of Your heart of compassion for this world You created..

I love the great commission more, and Jesus I need you more.

Help me to surrender all.

all day, every day.

Sydney, here I come =)

Team - I seriously love you and I believe God has a special calling on each of your lives. Lets keep running after Him! the Man, the God, the standard, the truth, the prize, the method, the strategy, and the utmost JOY.

NARD

2010-10-05T00:24:00.003+11:00

hey guys. thanks for reading this!

i have been wanting to post for so long! but just havent had the time [or energy]

God has trusted in my care, a cell group, a community outreach night ministry, and a missions team.

....and He gave me a full-time job as church admin.

its amazing.. how when God calls, He equips.

he gave me a packed out schedule, but when i look back on the last few weeks, He also provides me with the energy, time, and passion to do the tasks that He's set before me.

How good He is to me.

His grace is endless..

anyways.

there is so much i want to say, because there is so much God is doing in me..

but i feel like..

what i'll attach to this, will speak for itself.

so in short, God has been challenging me.. to step it up in all areas..

that the standards have been set.

the standards of Holiness, righteousness, and purity, have been SET.

the standards arent an idea, or a level.

the standards .... - its a man.

Jesus is the standard.

and God's been working in my spirit today - LIKE CRAZY

and i came home and wrote this email to my cell group.

my prayer is that ... my simple words will ignite a spark in your hearts.

that will become a flame..

burning with zeal for the living God.

so read on:

to the lambs in Sydney:

Guys, i just want to share my heart with you.

and im sorry if your eyes are tired, but read on.

guys, i really need you to know, that we - as a community - need to take church seriously

we need to take cell more seriously, we need to take commitment more seriously, and we need to take sin more seriously.

if we really want to be that generation that wants to usher in revival into this land.

we need to set our standards HIGH.

our standards of holiness must be HIGHER

our standards of purity must be HIGHER.

if we really desire to see the world change in repentance, and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour,

we - WE, need to set our standards higher.

so let me bother you.

by asking you this:

"how high is your standard of holiness?"

for the sake of our eternity, and for the cause of Christ, you need to be asking yourself these questions:

1. What does holiness mean to you? what does purity mean to you? what does righteousness mean to you?

2. What are you doing [or not doing] to pursue holiness, the standards of JESUS

3. What do you feel, or think, when you think upon the cross of Jesus.

4. How often do you meditate on your salvation, and the calvary?

Let me begin with this.

let me seek your forgiveness.

let me apologise to you, and repent before the cross.

forgive me cell, because for the last few weeks i have slackened off as a leader.

i have been lax with my commitment to this cell, forgive me for not bothering you enough

forgive me for taking cell leadership too lightly

forgive me for not challenging you, and facilitating an environment where you can actually GROW, and become Christ-like.

forgive me for falling short .. in pouring into your lives.

lets start new.

we only have about 7 weeks til the official close of cell for this year,

but remember, its not about how we start, but how we finish.

so let me renew my commitment to you guys.

Today, God worked some things in me.. He stirred some convictions in my heart, and.. i am so convinced, that we need to go harder.

if we REALLY want to be that generation that will usher in revival, and ultimately the second coming of Christ,

we need to push ourselves.

self-discipline has to be engraved onto each of our hearts.

how are you doing with sin?

are you having your quiet time every day?

are you thinking of Jesus, speaking with Jesus, spending time with Jesus?

yes? how often?

no? why not?

are you praying for this cell?

are you praying for the members in this cell?

are you praying for our church?

are you praying for Pastor Josh?

let me bother you..

so i urge you, and i almost beg of you.

lets not take cell lightly..

"if revival depended on you alone, would we see it?"

guys, lets step it up.

lets take Jesus seriously.

lets take the great commandment seriously

lets take the great commission seriously.

lets commit to cell, lets commit to church, lets commit to Jesus.

...because whether you like it or not, Jesus is committed to you.

so come to cell this week, and lets worship the Lord together.

for the simple message of the Gospel.

because the truth is this:

we are sinners, we were on our way to death, and hell.. and destruction and damnation for eternity.. then Jesus paid the price, and took our sin and shame on the cross.. God poured out His complete wrath on Jesus.. the lamb that was slain.. and because of that, we get to spend eternity in heaven with God. we get to experience a NEW LIFE in Christ Jesus. we get to PARTNER with God in all that He does..

so come to cell this week.

i know chatswood is far, but trust me, community - is so worth it.

so come to epping by 6.15pm

and we'll car pool it over there.

we'll worship together, eat together, pray together, and learn together.

As per yesterday's sermon, I will be talking about sin.

and I will share bits and pieces of my testimony in detail.

come!

and lets go deeper into the heart of Jesus.

lets experience AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY ... in jk's house.

and also we will spend some time discussing the future direction of our cell.

i hope to see each and every one of you there.

i love you, and i am praying for you.

[pray for me too - i need it]

[and pray for this cell, and our church]

"Anointing never makes up for a lack of character.."

2010-08-14T16:44:00.003+10:00

The above is a quote that my friend Jeff Reid [www.followthereids.com] shared..

it is so profound..

just studying the life of Daniel blows me away.. He lived a disciplined life of prayer and devotion. - for like 60 years!!

now that says something about his character..

man, I want a character like that.

I want to live a disciplined life like that.

because at the end of the day, i'm pretty sure that God honours those men who will discipline themselves toward a life of holiness...

so..

its going off right now.

this emotion is hard to describe - almost impossible.

do you know the feeling when God is just doing SO MUCH?

and you try and respond, but all that comes out is tears and a muffled sound?

because the truth is - there is no sound , no words, no anything, that does it justice.

i often find myself thinking: "hmmm.. its actually impossible to have a set "response" to God.."

and its so true.

a different response to God is required at different times.

well in this season i'm in, i think my only response is to get on my face and weep - because He is that good.

so anyways.

take the above few lines.

now imagine God just took everything deeper.

even more intense..

so now im at a stage where it feels like God is moving sooooooo fast that I cannot keep up - i'm loving it.

We find a promise in the Psalms:

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt.

Open wide your mouth and I will fill it."

wow.

God, you are so faithful to your promises.

God i pray that you take our generation even deeper in devotion, adoration, and intimacy with you. Continue Your good work. I thank you that You love my generation way more than I do.

Amen.

Stir it up, STIR IT UP!!!

2010-06-29T20:19:00.004+10:00

WOW

that is the one word i can describe this season of my life.

I think during some moments in history, sometimes, someone has to stop, sit, and think about whats going on.. in his life, in his environment, in this season of life.

things are happening in my community, in my environment, and in my life.

to list:

- More and more people are getting hungry for the Lord

- People are craving for a love movement to spread rapidly

- Unbelievers are coming to Christ at a rapid pace

- Church membership is growing at a rapid pace

- Cell groups is getting larger

- Young people are stepping into the radical lifestyles that they were destined for.

- The Lord is speaking to me in clear ways, and very obvious ways..

- Jesus is meeting people where they're at, no matter where they're at.

the list goes on and on.

I think im in one of those moments, and i am SO thankful to God that He has allowed me to live in such an exciting season of the world.

absoutely everything around me, and in my life tells me this is the birthings of a great revival.

hear me on this, i am no scholar or theologian.

You probably know more about the bible than me, more about church history than me,

and straight up - i am a high school drop kick. and i dont know much.

but when i think of the world "Revival"

i feel that its just when a mass number of people come to Jesus in repentance, then accept Him into their lives, then experience the transforming power of the Holy Spirit inside of them.

It's always been the same pattern.

Repentance -> Revival -> Reformation.

[ a cute little thing i learnt at DTS ]

but its so true isnt it?

if we come in pure brokenness and humility, and we just put ourselves in our right places before God, and just weep in bitter repentance.. oh how beautiful

then as IF God wouldn't pour out His cup of revival on our land?!??

and we can EXPECT reformation to happen.

throughout the last few weeks I've been telling people that Sydney is hungry.

hungry for something - and they don't even know what it is..

but i think i need to broaden my lens.

i think the WORLD is hungry.. hungry for something - and most of the citizens of the world dont even know what they're hungry for.

i am quite certain that JESUS is what they're hungry for.

whether people have never heard the good news, whether people are backslidden Christians, whether people are nominal, ordinary, sunday-christians.

i think God is doing a NEW thing, and its an exciting season to be alive..

*************************

a dear friend of mine, and my community transformations DTS school leader

Jeff Reid is coming to Sydney.

the whole thing with this is just crazy.

its just crazy.

about 8 months ago, Songa and i were at Kona, just enjoying our lecture phase.

and as we hung out in the cool summer nights breeze, we would almost as an off-note, speak of how EPIC it would be if Jeff came to Sydney

its not like.. we prayed about it, its not even like.. we asked him to come.

we just talked about it, and we both thought it would just be so awesome if he came to sydney.

now - 8 months later - God is teaching me something.

God is teaching me that He already KNOWS whats in my heart, and i think this is just one of those classic examples where God just grants you the desires of your heart, simply because

He Loves You.

isnt that crazy?

songa and i didnt DO A THING

but now - Jeff is coming to Sydney.

hmmmm i think God orchestrates things very well.

One thing which has really amazed me is seeing my younger friends - 18,19,20 etc

just GOING for it, 1 Timothy 4:12 styles...

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."

It really stirs me when i see the younger guys just not holding back, and just going hard out for Jesus. and to be honest, i think it is exactly this that changes the world.

OH LORD - WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE!!?

2010-05-31T03:35:00.002+10:00

been ages since i updated..

just been hectic busy [and a small dose of laziness too]

so since i got back from DTS, i've had this crazy stirring in my heart

:Revival.

since Levi epicly put me on spot and prophesied over me at coconut grove, on one of our CONs

ever since then, which is now like.. 8 months ago.

ever since then, i've been thinking about revival, praying about revival, dreaming about revival, studying about revival, talking about revival, etc etc.

I think what happened that night, as he spoke those huge, and very weighty words over me

i think something happened.

it was almost like he pushed some buttons inside of me.

which allowed my soul to swing open a door in my heart.

the door of revival [?]

and ever since then - i dont think there has been a day when i dont think about revival.

revival in sydney, revival around the world.

hmmmmm.

and now, as i sit here in sydney, DTS is done and dusted..

life moves on..

life is quite hectic too i must add.

i am actually desiring revival.

like i actually want to SEE it, to BE a part of it, to STIR it, and just experience a fresh wind of God just blow through sydney..

i really desire to see God's spirit just drop like a BOMB in sydney.

i really desire to see the dunamis power of the Holy Spirit move in Sydney, and in people's lives..

like.

seriously:

im sick and tired of hearing about it

im sick and tired of reading about it

i just want to LIVE it and SEE it.

and i want to die - after i have witnessed the greatest revival in all of history.

nothing else excites me like this does..

so really God,

what does it look like?

what does it look like when a generation will get on their faces daily and contend for this?

what does it look like when a group of young people come together, say no to compromise, and just run hard after the things on your heart?

what does it look like when a generation will say no to the ordinary, the mundane, and start walking out in their super-natural callings?

what does it look like when a generation says no to every other lover, and just adores on Jesus, then responds to His voice.

what does it look like when a generation will deny themselves, humble themselves, and usher this thing in?

what does it look like God?

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?!?!!?

Oh God that you would mark our generation with holiness.

that we would desire ONE THING.

that our whole generation would submit ourselves under the Kingship of You...

that our whole generation would seek Your standards of sin.. Your standards of holiness..

that our whole generation would wake up, grow up, shut up, man up, and hit the streets demanding revival...

that our whole generation would pick up their cross, and fight on our faces for our nations

that our whole generation would love unconditionally

that our whole generation would LIVE the great commission & the great commandment..

that we would desire ONE THING.

that same ONE THING that the mighty king David desired many thousand years ago in Psalm 27.

ONE THING LORD.

*****************************

God is doing an amazing thing all over the world!!

and it is hard to deny..

so time to jump on the bandwagon of revival!!

jump on, or you WILL miss out!

stop lying to yourself, and running after idols..

lets wake up to reality and truly live the life Jesus wants us to live.

just for humour sake:

YWAM stands for many things.

Youth With A Mission? maybe..

Young Women After Men

Youth With A Meeting

Yes We Are Mad

Youth Without Any Money

You Will Always Move!

Your Wildest Adventurous Moment

Yes We Arrange Marriages

Youth Without Any Management

Yogurt With Any Meal

Youth Without A Memory

You Want A Marriage

Youth With an absence of Men

Youth With a Mullet

Youth With a Mac

You Will Always Manage

Youth With Awful Mattresses

Youth Without a Mobile

Young Working African Missionaries

Youth Worshiping at Mission

Youth Watching A Movie

Youth Walking Any Mileage

Yes, we accept Muslims

Youth with a Mohawk

Yet we attempt Miracles

Youth without a mirror

- this was taxxed from Liam & Rachel Byrne's site:

http://www.liamandrachel.com/ywam-humour/

oh man.. i miss my DTS friends.

good poetry...

2010-05-02T01:08:00.002+10:00

Just imagine with me.

a few thousand years back,

lets pretend that you're a nation's leader..

a great warrior, a chief of the military, and the king over many peoples.

then pretend that you are oppressed..

someone is after your life.

a certain group of people want to kill you and destroy you and everything you stand for.

then you go ahead and pray this to your King in heaven:

¹ Hear, O LORD, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.

² Guard my life, for I am devoted to you.
You are my God; save your servant
who trusts in you.

³ Have mercy on me, O Lord,
for I call to you all day long.

⁴ Bring joy to your servant,
for to you, O Lord,
I lift up my soul.

⁵ You are forgiving and good, O Lord,
abounding in love to all who call to you.

⁶ Hear my prayer, O LORD;
listen to my cry for mercy.

⁷ In the day of my trouble I will call to you,
for you will answer me.

⁸ Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord;
no deeds can compare with yours.

⁹ All the nations you have made
will come and worship before you, O Lord;
they will bring glory to your name.

¹⁰ For you are great and do marvelous deeds;
you alone are God.

¹¹ Teach me your way, O LORD,
and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.

¹² I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart;
I will glorify your name forever.

¹³ For great is your love toward me;
you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.

¹⁴ The arrogant are attacking me, O God;
a band of ruthless men seeks my life—
men without regard for you.

¹⁵ But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

¹⁶ Turn to me and have mercy on me;
grant your strength to your servant
and save the son of your maidservant.

¹⁷ Give me a sign of your goodness,
that my enemies may see it and be put to shame,
for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

- Psalm 86.

- a psalm of David.

amazing right?

Amazing Grace

2010-04-21T16:07:00.002+10:00

...

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found

Was blind but now I see..

*******************

simply, amazing.

during my time with Jesus today, i found myself singing this to myself.

and man

i was just broken.

weeping at the feet of Jesus.

He is so good isnt He?

as I sang it, memories, previous experiences,

just everything flashed by in my mind..

the scene of me living in an utterly sinful lifestyle.

stuck in addictions and sins of all sorts.

and then it hit me.

that Jesus would have grace upon grace..

for ME

that He would love me, when i deserved death.

truly, how amazing it is.

Jesus, I pray that you will always bring me back to this place.

back to the calvary. - All the time.

I just want to always ponder your grace, and really how amazing it is.

Amen.

The greatest story ever told...

2010-04-13T15:34:00.000+10:00

Chorus:

It’s the greatest story ever told.
A God pursues foes whose hearts turned cold.
The greatest story ever told.
Restoring all that the enemy stole.
The greatest story ever told.
The glory of Christ is the goal, behold.
The greatest story ever told.
It’s the greatest.

Alright check it: let’s go back in time, brethren. Divine lessons always keep your mind guessing. The glory of the Triune God is what I’m stressing. The origin of humankind was fine. Blessings were plenteous. God is amazingly generous.Crazy benefits in a state of innocence. God told the man what he could taste was limited. Not long after came our nemesis in Genesis. He scammed well,man fell, damned to hell. The whole human race – he represented it. Fooled by the serpent, man through his work, woman through birth – even the earth ruled by the curses. But instead of a wake immediately. God said her Seed would be the One to crush the head of the snake. Yo, wait what is this? Whoa, a gracious gift! In Jehovah’s faithfulness He clothed their nakedness. This was so they would know their Savior’s kiss and bliss. But first, many growing pains exist suffering in the worst form, ugly deeds. Eve’s firstborn seed made his brother bleed. Indeed things got progressively worse. Every section of the earth is been affected by the curse. And though God’s judgments against sin were gory, praise the Lord! It’s not the end of the story.

Next scene: man’s sin was extreme. God gets steamed, man gets creamed.The Lord is so Holy that He drowned them in the water. Fire in the valley of slaughter – Sodom and Gomorrah. But at the same time, He’s so gracious and patient that from one man He created a whole nation. Eventually enslaved by the mentally depraved, they cried out to the only One with the strength that He could save. He brought them out with signs and wonders – satisfied their hunger. Then He appeared on Mount Sinai in thunder. Where He laid down the law for God-ruled government. Commonly referred to as the Mosaic covenant. Sin was imputed. So for man to know he’s unrighteous, God instituted animal sacrifices.This was to show our constant need for atonement. And when it came to sin, the Lord would never condone it. And when His people disobeyed and went astray, He raised up prophets and kings to lead them in the way. But they would get foul with their idolatry – wet and wild prophecy – send them into exile. To take their punishment like a grown man. Then with His own hand He placed them back in their homeland. And while in their forefather’s land they dwelt, they awaited the arrival of Emmanuel.

After 400 silent years filled with sighs and tears. In Bethlehem the Messiah appears. God in the flesh – Second Person of the Trinity. At thirty begins His earthly ministry. Baffling cats with accurate, exact facts and back to back miraculous acts. A stumbling block to the self righteous. But the humbled – His flock, said “There’s no one else like this.” He came from heaven to awake the numb. Demonstrated His power over nature, son. A foretaste of the Kingdom and the age to come. But the reason He came was to pay the sum for the depths of our wickedness, our wretched sinfulness. Bless His magnificence! He is perfect and innocent. Yet He was wrecked and His death. He predicted it. Next He was stretched, paid a debt that was infinite. He said that He finished it. Resurrected so the elect would be the recipients of its benefits.Through faith and penitence we get to be intimate. His grace is heaven sent, it never diminishes. Now the Holy Spirit indwelling is the evidence for heaven’s future residents who truly represent Jesus, the Author, Producer, Director and Star of a story that will never, ever end!

Isaiah 61:1-2

2010-04-13T01:15:00.000+10:00

¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,

² to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,

earlier today

2010-03-27T15:53:00.002+11:00

earlier today i was just spending some time with God

and i was getting on my face and reflecting on the faithfulness of God.

God is SO faithful isnt He?

That He would meet me where i was at, and pick me up off the ground and take me to new levels of love and adoration!

That the God who breathed the heavens and the earth into creation, that the God who commands every creation under Him, that this God would call me by name.. that this God would leave the 99 sheep to look for the one lost sheep.

ohhhhh its so good.

I feel like i'm blogging more these days because there's more going through my mind..

awesome.

oh God that you would move us to action!!!

There's no place like home..

2010-03-25T19:45:00.003+11:00

its so good to be back home!!!

Its funny, because while I was in Africa and Hawaii, i almost feared coming back home.

the idea of coming back home... kinda scared me.

because.. well its not a new mattkang thats returning home.

but its a same mattkang, who just thinks differently about life, the great commission, and everything else..

i realised that the last 6 months of my life has really sharpened the way i think about anything, whether its a God-related thing or not.

So i guess i can conclude that i am a new person.

because what i used to care about six months ago, i just dont care about anymore.

and what would never have crossed my mind six months ago, is what i live and breathe now.

my priorities have MAJORLY changed..

so i guess i was returning home after six months as a different person.

but i guess i couldn't really choose NOT to come home

hahaha

although i loved Africa and Hawaii SO much.

so whats on my mind?

Well, as soon as i landed in Sydney, i was just flooded with joy and peace.

alot of it

i knew i was happy to be home.

so here i am, sitting in my bedroom..

and everything about me is different.

now the only thing that excites me, is Jesus and the spreading of the gospel.

wow.

what happened to me in the past 6 months?

haha i dont really know what exactly happened to me.

but i am definitely at peace with who i am now.

I love Jesus more than ever, and i have a deep, burning desire to see people get encountered by the love of Christ.

I want to live a life, that is worthy.

i want to earn a right to speak into people's lives.

because of my life of purpose, passion and purity.

my transparency, my integrity, and my self-discipline.

whats next?

Bible college. =)

i am actually excited about this.

hahaah

God, you are worth it all.

YOU are the pearl of great price.

and you are faithful to the end..

..So it ends...

2010-03-06T22:13:00.001+11:00

Hi blog, and to who-ever else reads this thing.

hahaha you know whats sad? i can probably count on my hands the people who might might read this. hahahaha

-simon
-young
-juri
-yui
-marie?

i actually want to put a ??? next to every name, hahaha because im not even sure.. well just so you guys know, young, i always read your blog.. all your new stuff.. i just dont comment. hahahaha im loving your work bro, keep glorifying the King!!

simon - you never update, but i still always check.

juri - i always read your blog and comment too =) keep blogging, i love it

yui - do you read my blog?

marie - you probably wont even read this, but i love you and miss you alot, and you SHOULD read your brother's blog.

OK

anyways, lets get this blog entry started...

SO.

as i write this, i am sitting in the living area.. of our outreach home..

i am about 20 days from returning to sydney - my home

i am about 8 days from leaving south africa, to go back to kona , hawaii

i am about 40 chapters from finishing Jeremiah - the "weeping prophet" hahaha nice.

i am about 50 metres from Masiphumelele - the township which we are ministering in..

masiphumelele - located in the southern suburbs of the greater cape town region.. in south africa..

masiphumelele pronounced "masi-poo-meh-leh-leh" is a township - an informal settlement.. or to be rudely blunt, the slums. about 30'000 people reside in site 5. masi is a.k.a. "site 5" probably everyone is black. most of them are from the Xhosa tribe in the eastern cape [there is a click in "Xhosa"] and the rest of the demograph is made up of scattered ethiopians, somalians, zimbabaians, malawaians, tanzanians, ... some people suffer from drug and alcohol abuse, some from HIV.. alot of social abuse and just alot of brokenness..most people suffer from the emotional left-overs of the apartheid.. [aparthied - oppression in its purest form.. white people killing black people because they thought they were superior.. so thats what aparthied was..] the pain takes deep roots. so there are some people with some problems.. but all need LOVE. all of us need LOVE.. so anyways..

today was the last day of ministry in masi..

after today, we'll just chill.. hang out a bit.. debrief alot..

process what in the WORLD happened in the last 3 months.

its funny, when we all arrived here three months ago, we ALL said to each other

"man, this outreach is going to be over in NO time.."

and now we're here, at this point of "end-of-outreach" and man, i am still surprised that time flew so quickly.. you get me right?

its a funny feeling.

this blog entry is going to be extremely long, as you can imagine.

but if everything had to be summed up in ONE line, ONE statement, it would be this:

This six month period of my life, my DTS, has been the best 6 months of my LIFE (so far.)

its probably self-explanatory why..

but i'll explain anyway.. because this is my little share of the world wide web.

here we go:

hmmmm.. so i figured.. 6 months of just straight up living for Jesus, worshipping and adoring Jesus, telling people about Jesus, thinking about Jesus, speaking with Jesus, telling myself about Jesus, just being soaked in this thing.. i knew at the start that this 6 month DTS thing would change my life.. but i didnt want to be a douche and get ahead of myself by saying it then.

so im saying it now.

it definately has changed my life.

if i sound self-righteous or prideful, then please dont read.

because i honestly am not. i dont even care where i am at my faith
i dont even care where you are at YOUR faith.

its not even about "where" we are at our faiths.. since when was that the main thing?

i love Jesus, and i made a simple promise, commitment, and a dedication..

to just live the rest of my life for him.

not because i have nothing else to live for..

its not that - really!

its because i have lived the life where money is the aim of the game.

and man, i had so much, but i had nothing.

i had everything but i was so empty.

my head, heart and hands.. were full of money, thoughts of money, worries of money.

i dont know why i am calling that "other" life - "money"

but when i live this life, it is..

...perfect.

this lifestyle challenges me.

it never gets old, it never gets boring, it never gets dry.

you know what?

i realised that no matter where you are at your spiritual walk, God will ALWAYS meet you where you are at, and take you to a new level.

there's ALWAYS a new level..

....forward and up baby.. forward and up..

so there is something at hand.

my deep desire for revival.

revival of the world..

my deep desire for the man - Jesus

the second coming.

but like i said, the church today is always talking about the second coming of Jesus

when many people around the world havent even heard of the first!

whats with that!?!?

so i have this ONE desire in my heart.

Jesus, MORE of Jesus.

more of the man Jesus

more of the God Jesus.

just MORE of Him.

its always been about him!

why did i EVER make it NOT about him?

thats so... ignorant!

everything is from him and everything is FOR him.

not because i say it is, not because all the "christians" in the world say it is.

but it is something which i have learnt from just straight up revelation.

this feeling inside of me, i cannot write.

i cannot describe.. and THAT is the beauty of faith.

it is being CERTAIN of what we do not see right?

well man, i am certain..

not brainwashed..

not institutionalised..

but.. just..

certain.

just.. at peace with myself and at peace with my maker.. my lover.. my father and my friend..

the christian faith is actually very simple.

its all about the man Jesus.

its about falling in love with Him

again and again.

its about LOVING him with fire in our hearts.

its about falling in love with the calvalry.. again and again.

its about falling in love with humans and humanity.. again and again.

community.

it is huge..

when Paul was on the road to damascus.. Jesus met him where he was at.

Jesus appeared, and Paul was instantly made blind..

that was the turning point in his life.

he was blind for a few days, then God used SOMEONE ELSE

to lay hands and pray for him to re-gain his eye sight.

God could have just healed him.

but thats the beauty of community man.

He gives and takes away. awesome right?

NOTE: there was community even before there was creation..
Jesus is all pro-life and pro-community.. so His bride, the church should ALSO be about communtiy!

so Paul was the hitler of the day.

he was the saddam husein of the day.

he killed christians, and he had political power.

he was good at killing christians.

but God met him WHERE HE WAS AT.

and Then paul went out to be one heck of a missionary and wrote most of the NT right?

God is so good.

see, what Paul did.

he went from a moment to a movement.

a moment to a movement..

thats what its about.

feeling spiritually dry?

its because we've taken our eyes off the prize.

keep the main thing the main thing, and always remember, sensations, and emotions will fade.

but Jesus does not fade.

church camps are over.. JAma is over.. conferences are over.

your salvation day is over.

but that is the simple aim:

to go from a moment to a movement

what does it take?

just a whole lot of self-discipline.

IMO thats what it is..

because God never changes.. its always us that change.

so thats what paul did.. he went from that moment on the road..

to a movement.. - which boosted the early church and spread Jesus SO MUCH.

anyways. argh i am going to stop e-preaching
hahahahaha

so anyways. more about me and my 6 months here.

so i am the same matt kang.

i still like the same things.

kebabs, easyway, jokes, hiphop.
hahahahaha NEYO hahahahaha

but.

what i knew before, i know just a little bit more.

what i knew before, i am just a bit more passionate about it now.

bold?

what the heck is boldness anyway?

so the context is this: we're on the street evangelising , telling people on the street about Jesus and how He loves us.

spiritual boldness?

what IS that?

i feel like some of us - even me - have been taught that it is a gift from God.

and some people are bold, some are not.

but all that is rubbish.

some people in my team think i am bold, why?

its because they monitored my personality and character for 6 months and came to the conclusion that i have a big mouth, motor-mouth.. and i have volume.

that doesnt make me bold, it makes me talkative.

everytime i tell a stranger about Jesus

i am shivering inside.

shivering inside with fear.. doubts.. other faith issues.

- but its not even about me right? its not even about how i feel.. or what i SHOULD be feeling, its not about the conditon of me!

but regardless of my shivering.. regardless of all those butterflies in my stomach,

God continues to use me.. to be a blessing to others.

why?

HOW?

How is He so awesome like that?

i dont know how. but He is awesome like that.

i think spiritual boldness is something which is stirred up.

i think it is nothing to be achieved.

it is something to get over, and realise that we need to discipline ourselves to be bold.

i dont think its a gift, i think its a decision.

its a choice one makes.

and its a choice i had to make.

if i hadnt made that choices, i wouldnt have seen people healed of HIV, AIDS, TB, shingles, epilepsy, deafness, etc.

more importantly, i wouldnt have seen the people come to know Jesus and to truly receive Him.

so lets just say that i learnt 5000 things during my DTS.

one of those things is this:

..to go from a moment to a movement.

i have had many "God'-moments in my life.

those times where it was "sensational" or emotional.. or just really "spiritual and weird"

but in all honestly, most of life is not like that.
reality is NOT like that.

we only bake in the glory oven, when we BAKE in the glory oven.

we arent always baking ourselves to become a glory-muffin.

some times, and hopefully often.

but in reality we have lives to live, and hence, we do our thing, go to work, study, minister, preach, etc.

its those moments where God epic-ly meets us.

then we are changed forever.

then we discipline ourselves to make that a MOVEMENT.

and hence, we go forth and change the world for Jesus.

He IS coming back!

its not a fairy tale!

if you belive nothing in the world, you might as well believe that.

you might as well step out of the boat like i did..

so another thing i learnt is this:

forward and up baby.. forward and up..

no matter where we are, we should ALWAYS been looking to better our personal faith.

we should ALWAYS been contending for MORE.

MORE of Him, Less of us.

more of His love
more of His grace
more of His compassion...

i deeply hope that i never stop at a weird stagnant place - waist deep

and realise that my spirit aint growing.

another thing i learnt was this:

keep the main thing, the main thing.

its always been about Jesus.

its always been about His love.

since when was it about us? about the CHURCH? about religion? about denominations?

since when was it about signs and wonders? since when was it about speaking in tongues?

we preach in the streets, not because they DESERVE to hear about Jesus
or beacuse we OWE God one.

its because JESUS deserves to be told about,
and we RESPOND to His love.

if we are sharing Jesus out on the streets and realise that we are rising up to our DUTY
or ROLE as a christian, then we have started off on the wrong foot.

its always meant to be a RESPONSE to Jesus' love!

Because Jesus loves us, and we love him back, we respond to Him.

we respond and we STEP OUT IN FAITH AND OBEDIENCE.

who knows what might happen when we walk around the streets of sydney and love on people, pray for people, listen to people, be REAL with people, be INTENTIONAL with people.

we respond and tell people about Him,

and we eagerly hope and wish for, and desire that they might experience the love of God in even the smallest measure.

..because even that smallest measure will rock them forever.

we dont pray for people to get healed for the sake of it,

we pray for people to get healed so we can TELL them afterwards that Jesus healed them because Jesus loves them so much!

you know another thing i learnt?

Revival isnt something we just ASK for.

we dont ask God for a revival, then it comes wrapped up nicely, in pink

we contend for it. we dont pray for it once or twice or thrice. or fice [?]

hahahahaha

we contend for it by getting on our faces. in prayer and worship and adoration.

we live a LIFESTYLE of it.

and then once we're done in the glory oven, we go out into the streets and begin to tell people about Jesus.

because that is where revival will be birthed. not ONLY from prayer and worship, but from actually walking out in obedience and going OUT into the streets and being intentional with people.. with the gospel.. the physical part of it is huge. we have a task on hand.

revival is the task.

we will stirr it up and we will SHOW God how badly we want it, by walking the streets of our communities sharing Jesus' love.

who will walk with me?

...if your gospel isnt touching others, it hasnt touched you...

man.

i could actually write forever.

see..

the problem is this:

there is so much i want to say.

but how will i be heard?

there are so many things i want to share with people, people of our church, people in the global church..

but how do i do it without offending them?

without causing them to judge me?

without causing them to stumble

without making them think that i have even a HINT of spiritual pride?

the solution is this:

speak up when i think i should, but use the God-given wisdom and discernment.. discretion.

noon-chee ? hahahahaha

but the fat of it: LIVE a life, that SETS and example.

and always remind people.

its not about me
its not about you.

we have a task on hand, lets get over ourselves and get on with the task..

one church says to the other:

"YOU guys are wrong and WE are right"

"no, WE'RE right and YOU'RE wrong"

the truth is actually.

"YOU'RE wrong, and WE'RE WRONG, and JESUS is right"

lets live it.

******************************

so that was my epic blog post.

i had so many things i just wanted to share with someone, but i wanted my audience to be more than just marie..
hahahahaha

did you like it?

man.

i am SO, SO determined. to live a lifestyle of this.

to live a lifestyle that will just show Jesus' love to people.

that ministers with intention.

alot of me just wants to say that this is my final blog post, and again, i am never going to blog again.

because i feel no-one reads this.

and its a waste of time, or.. just whatevs.

but i feel like i shouldnt close it.

....even if i update it once every 3 months.

i pray there is SOMEONE, SOMEONE from the globe somewhere, that read this accidentally, and has felt the spirit of God stir them up.

my one prayer for me, for my chruch, for the nations is this:

GOD, MOVE US TO ACTION!!!

STIR US TO ACTION!!!!

ministry part of outreach phase is over.

debrief part starts:

debrief part consists of:

lots of fun and games
touristy stuff
processing what happened
worshipping
debriefing
reminding each other of how God worked in the short 3 months.

then back to hawaii, then back home!!

sydney, see you soon!

2009 is goneskies. 2010!! =D

2010-01-01T00:21:00.000+11:00

2009 is over!

and 2010 is about to begin!!

here's a statement of faith and proclamation.

new years resolutions? i aint got none.

but here we go:

im going to do all i can,
to make 2010 a year about just dying to myself and glorifying Jesus.
Because thats what my life is about.
Im going to live 2010 about whats really important in my life.
im going to live for what im going to live for.
im going to take steps of faith,
and im going to step OFF the boat and start walking on water. =)

TIA baby.. TIA

2009-12-20T22:34:00.003+11:00

This.

Is.

Africa.

it is so awesome here.
its epic in so many new ways.
i never thought i'd see the kinda stuff im seeing now.

cape town city is JUST gorgeous.
when i was telling people that my outreach would be in cape town, every single person said
"ohhhhhh its beautiful over there"

and man. now i realised why they all said the same things.

its frikken beautiful over here.

everything has an AWESOME backdrop.

mountains.

oh gosh its so epic i can't even begin to describe.

im sitting in an internet cafe here.

and man
i dont know where to start.

the people here are awesome.
although im still kinda scared of them, because they're all so black and kinda scary looking,
but the locals i HAVE met, man, they are so awesome.

their humour is epic.

their culture is epic.
everywhere you go you hear music and see dance.

in cape town everything is dirt cheap [well compared to sydney anyways]

and man.

its just epic here.

God, you are so faithful.

i can't believe im in cape town right now.

Jesus, be glorified...

we love acronyms

2009-12-04T11:50:00.002+11:00

i think i could think of really good acronyms.

like.. a new one each day for the rest of my life. hahaha
but actually, im stealing them off other people. they're not really mine =(

anyways.

DTS is really really epic.

i've seen so much epic stuff i feel the only appropriate response to everything.
is to just get on my face before Jesus and adore on Him.

less than 2 weeks left before my team and i leave for South Africa.

did you know?

in S.A. a woman has a better chance of getting raped than ever learning how to read or write?

isnt that tragic?

the question is, what are you going to do about it?
what are YOU going to do about the injustices of this world?

i only live once, so i want to live a life, where.. on my death bed i can look back on my howevermany years and say with confidence,

"I did the best i can to bring light into this dark, dark world"

What am i going to do about it?

i dont know exactly what, but something.

mark my words, i will do something about that.
even if it kills me.

time is really really flying.
it seems like yesterday i just arrived here.. now im getting ready to leave for south africa!
its going to be a crazy journey.

Kona to LA airport [5 hour flight]
LA to Atlanta [6 hours?]
Atlanta to johannesburg [20 hours?]
j-burg to Cape town [6 hours?]

argh its gonna be a long 3 days of travel.

something sad:

the wireless internet for my building is pretty pathetic -_-

so here i am, at the banyan tree cafe [UofN's cafe]
hahaah

using their public computers =)

...at least the internet works. hahaha

something has been achieved.

i arrived here with so many questions.

one of them was

"what am i going to do with my life?"

and i have that question answered now.

=)

I want to expand on this:

SEER.

S- Stand
E- Engage
E- Encounter
R- Respond

i want to life this lifestyle.
and all four points are just as important.

you need to stand.
sometimes you might need to MAKE a stand.
but you need to CHOOSE to do SOMETHING to put you and your heart.
posturing your heart, in a position to

ENGAGE.

Engage with Jesus, because He totally wants to engage with you.
im a big believer in self-discipline. i think i need to do EVERYTHING i possibly can, to engage with Him in all moments of life.

and ENCOUNTER.

i need to tough it out and lean in UNTIL you encounter the star breathing God.

call it a holy stubbourness?
i need to press in no matter the cost, and wrestle with my own soul and spirit like that psalmist did.
i need to grab my soul by the scruff of the neck and shake him.
and COMMAND him to fall and worship the highest one.

and after all this, i need to respond.

and what i've been learning at DTS is..

..alot of the time its only appropriate to get on my face and worship Jesus
no words do it justice.
i just need to get on my face and keep telling Jesus that He is the king of everything in my life.

SEER.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh life is SO good.

Jesus, you are SO good.

Hawaii is awesome.

2009-10-29T19:34:00.002+11:00

its been more than a month

almost at the half way mark of my lecture phase..

and man, DTS is so awesome.

did you know? everything in the world can be categorized into three things.

there are things.

you know you know

you know you dont know.

you dont know you dont know

most things will fit in the last category.

DTS is still

"Death To Self"

am in LOVING it!!

DTS - Death To Self

2009-10-09T11:07:00.002+11:00

DTS is amazing.

in every way.

i love the people here, and i love Hawaii.

spiritually how am i doing?

the truth is, i dont know.

im a bit confused. [actually, a LOT confused]

but when i think about it [and i think about it alot]

i come to the conclusion that

well God has me here for a reason, and im pretty sure its going to break through for me soon =)

im still expectant for the LORD to deliver what only He can, and i know God is going to crush me with His love.

waiting on the Lord - gotta love it! XD

God, may You and You alone be glorified in these 6 months of my life.

help me love You more. - thats ALL i want to do.

HONOLULU

2009-09-25T05:55:00.002+10:00

is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!1

words cannot express, the beauty of this island.

everything was perfect.

our flight [no turbulance]
the weather.

the people in hawaii are just beautiful...

but everyone we've seen so far is like 100 years old. hahaha
songa and i were wondering "hmm where are all the young people?"

hahahah
it seems like in Hawaii, the old people never retire! =D

so its 10am Hawaii time right now. 24/9/09
and we arrived in Honolulu at around 8:30am..

and we're just gonna hang around the airport.
then at 1:30pm ish we have to catch a flight which will [eventually] take us to Kona

-where YWAM base is =D =D =D

we're both pretty excited..

in the plane, songa slept like 6 times. hahaah i was so jealous.

and in the 10 hour flight, not ONCE could i sleep -_-
hahaha

epic fail.

but instead, i watched "the proposal" [with sandra bullock]

enjoyed it =) =)

then watched "terminator salvation" quite a good movie..

when arnold came out i almost fainted. hahaha

woops =P

and one of the flight attendants on our flight was P'pim - whom i used to live with back in the day.

it was good to see her =)

she recognised me first..
as soon as i step on the plane i hear a "MATT!!!"
haha

it was very bang-ga-wor to see her =)

and she hooked me up in the flgiht
gave my friend and i chocolate, hahahaha loved it.

Hawaii is awesome.
the weather is similar to sydney - just perfecter

[yeah its awesome here]

i just want to go to the beach asap. =D =D

right now.

songa and i are sitting infront of 2 internet kiosks in HOnolulu airport.

and we're both tired.
but its awesome

i've been taking a BIT of photos.

i miss my family, my friends, my NLCC family.

but guys seriously, hawaii is epic.

y'all need to come check this place out.

PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D =D =D =D =D =D =D

=D x a million

WHAT UP!?!

2009-08-27T14:13:00.002+10:00

here's an epic quote:

"..if you have only the word, you dry up.

..if you have only the Spirit, you blow up.

..but if you have both, you grow up."

WORD! =D

hmmmmmmmmm

as DTS approaches [LESS THAN A MONTH NOW!! =D]

im getting soooooooooo excited.

bought my flight.

so excited.

haha

why is it?

that i sense more and more

a deep stirring within my spirit

that im being called into full-time ministry?

should i run from it?

argh.

its weird.

i have a feeling that when i return from DTS, i'll go to seminary.

oh BY THE WAY, did you know..

the semin in seminary

is the same as "semen"

as in.

the definition: "seed"

thats what it means!! XD

hmmm

we'll see what happens.

but in the meanwhile, i gotta get everyone to pray for me!!

PRAY FOR CONFIRMATION!!

you can never have too much confirmation =)

how am i doing?????

2009-08-21T00:23:00.002+10:00

hi everyone.

Life has been very strange lately.

the term:

"with new levels comes new devils"

definately has proven its deep, profound meaning.

it seems as im going through what many people might call a "hammer time"

and you know what?

as hard as it is, i will choose to rejoice in the Lord.

for He is "...the stronghold of my life.. of whom shall I be afraid??" [Psalm 27.]

no matter what i think

no matter what i feel

no matter HOW i feel

no matter what i know is to be real

and no matter what my questions are.

one truth remains:

God, the creater of heavens, my mighty father, almighty warrior King, alpha and omega..

- Loves me to death.

and i will choose to stand on that truth each day.

Jesus, take all of me.

wreck me Jesus, and take me one step closer to being in your image.

...i submit myself to you Lord. You are the King of everything in my life.

Mighty Father,

At this time I pray out to you.

in my brokenness and in my weak and brittle faith

i proclaim your love over me,

over my family,

and over all the earth.

You are a mighty God.

Who am i to question You?

Who am i to question your will?

Forgive me Lord, for my human stupidity has failed me yet so many times.

God at this time, i just pray and i request of you Lord..

please release the DUNAMIS power of the Holy Spirit

in my life.

May you be the only source of strength,

the only source of courage

the only source of truth.

God i pray that this will be a verse I will hold onto

dearly with all my might.

"..Ye are of God, little children,

and have overcome them;

because greater is He that is in you,

than he that is in the world."

- 1 John 4:4 [KJV]

Mighty father, help me to love you.

help me to always look to you no matter what is on my mind.

help me to love you and worship you more.

In Jesus' name,

Amen...

Dee-Tee-Ess !! =D

2009-08-12T14:00:00.002+10:00

hahaha

i just recieved the email from DTS.. saying that i was accepted! =D

hahahaha

God is awesome.

LIFE is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7BQzic-zLs

AE-pic

2009-08-07T10:56:00.002+10:00

knock knock!

who's there?

keith!

keith who!?

KEITH ME NOW THWEETHEART~

hahahahaha

its been an awesome week.

God is glorious.

i LOVE the character of God.

i love it how He is omnipotent

i love it how He is omnipresent.

i love it how He delivers what He promises

i love it how He leads His children

i love it how He wants the best for us

i love it how He has an EPIC will for each of us!

i love it how He looks after his creations and makes sure we're okay =)

i love it how He is the ALPHA and OMEGA [this is epic if you think about it deeply]

i love it how He "works for the good of those who love Him"

i love it how He is always in control!! =D

we are part of a generation. that will experience revival.

seriously, you dont know how thankful i am.

out of ALL those millions of people that asked for one.

out of ALL those generations that asked for one.

God has chosen us. =)

its damn damn damn epic.

one thing i've noticed:

when my life was in the bushes, when i was wandering in the desert.. when i was rebelling.. when i thought i knew what was the best for me. when i was doing what i wanted when i wanted, when i ate everything i wanted to, when i DID whoever i wanted to, when i didnt give a damn about God, when i thought I was in control, when i thought I was the one in control of my life.. when i was back slidden, i was always looking for temporary satisfactions.. i was always trying to find stuff which would make me feel good... i thought i was the man.. my outside appearance, i always wanted to seem to people that i was in control, that i was the three "c"s

cool

calm

and collected.

and you know what?

thinking in retrospect, the three c's were exactly what i WASN'T.

so things happened, and i got my priorities right.

i crawled back to the cross, like many times before,

and i felt like a prostitute. i felt low, i felt dirty.

i felt guilt and shame.

but once again, the amazing grace of God took over, and the Holy Spirit just did His thang! =)

so months has passed.

and now that i am finally back in TUNE with God,

i realise that NOW, FINALLY i can say with complete confidence that i AM the three "c"s.

i'm cool with Jesus

i'm calm knowing that the almighty warrior King is in control

i'm collected in my thoughts because i bring every issue before His throne =)

its a good life.

....when you finally get things back in order.

..when you finally put God back where He belongs = #1 in your life.

the Alpha and Omega of your life =)

God is going to do some epic stuff, and im about to explode with passion and excitement.

Happiness =)

2009-08-03T01:58:00.002+10:00

HI EVERYONE =D

i turn 21 today =)

yaaaay happy birthday to me =D

[and JUST as it turned into 3rd of August.. at like 12:04am or something, i saw the FIRST

SHOOTING STAR EVER!! - coincidence? i think not. =)

God, you are EPIC]

out of the 21 birthday's i've had.

this one was by far - the epic-est.

so on 1/8 NLCC men went to wisemen's ferry to the saesoon conference centre.

prayed a bit [just a bit]

and played heaps of sports

we all played some touch footy.

then i played some bball

and i did alot of rowing [because there is a lake there! =D =D =D]

so after all that, around 5pm we decided to come home

[little did i know, there was an EPIC surprise waiting for me]

so i finally got home thinking

"man im so damn tired.. im gonna have a shower then sleep]

and marie calls out: "come through the front door"

and im like

-____-

okay.

and man. i walked inside.

and there was an explosion.

.... an explosion of pure awesomeness.

that certain type of explosion you can experience only when you have the nicest, most loving friends, gathered in your living room [all SUITED UP] to surprise you for your 21st birthday =)

it was truly epic.

and man

i was loving it all night.

it was so awesome.

i was thinking "im just gonna pass my 21st birthday"

"because i dont believe in birthdays much"

"and i have no friends"

etc etc

and man

BOOM - it was awesome.

they thought of a theme

"suit up"

and it was awesome

everybody suited up, and i felt epic.

we played this fun game.. where people have to guess things about me are true or not.

rofl

props to simon,juri, and marie.

for making it. hahahahaha ROFLcopter

then there were three speeches.

simon + juri + marie's

three speeches which moved me in awesome ways.

loved them all. - and i truly cherish our friendships.

i love you guys so much.

and so i cut the cake.

and then someone brings out a wrapped box thingy.

it was about. 30cm x 50cm

and im thinking

"nice. its probably a mad board game" - because i like board games

and people were like

"RIP IT OPEN LIKE A MAN!!"

so i RIPPED IT OPEN [like a man]

only to find ANOTHER layer of gift wrapping.

so i think to myself

"ahhh i know whats going on here. they got me a little box, which has been wrapped a million times. hahahaah how fun"

so i ripped off the second layer.

and i saw a brown box

and i thought "hmmm this doesnt look like another layer of gift wrapping"

so i ripped it all off so i could see it more clearly and get a feel for what the heck it was.

and so i still didnt get it.

i saw a brown card board box with some words on it.

i was so thrilled.

then it slowly hit me.

**the awesomeness is building up**

and i saw that blue "HP" sign

and i thought

"no waaaayyy"

and then on the bottom left corner i saw the "intel" sign

and i was like

NOOOO WAAAAYY

and i imploded of awesomeness.

it took me a good 20 seconds to sink the awesome feeling in.

THEY GOT ME A LAP TOP!!!

AND A GOOD ONE TOO!! [we hate low-grade lap tops]

man

it was ACTUALLY epic.

and i felt so loved.

the feeling was so awesome.

man.

seriously

man.

it was epic.

man...

seriously.

it felt so awesome.

so now i think im gonna take it with me to hawaii for my DTS =))

[i've never had a lap top before]

what do i do?

do i need to install stuff on it?

im so confused.. =S

what do i do?

someone help me =S

anyways.

so that was my surprise 21st.

i have heaps of photos from it

400. to be exact.

from marie's SLR.. [and i think there are heaps on DJ's one too]

but each photo is like 2 megabites

so im like:

"no way. i aint uploading this stuff"

so yeah -_-

i might.. if i can figure out how to compress each photo -_-

[someone help me with this]

it was awesome.

God loves me.

and my friends love me.

man.

i REALLY love you guys.

thank you for the greatest birthday ever =)

God bless your pants off! - each and every one of you =)

xoxo

Preparing for Hawaii

2009-07-30T17:38:00.002+10:00

let me start by stating some truth.

God is AWESOME.

so now.. the time draws near that i go off to DTS in Kona - Hawaii.

im not much of a traveller so its all messy up in my head.

all i gotta prepare and stuff.

gotta send all these forms.

[and then gotta get accepted]

gotta get MONEY ready =(

[God will provide.]

see: Matthew 6:26

²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

so God will look after me.

man i gotta get the tickets..

gotta get the visa.

gotta get a needle tomorrow for tuberculosis =(

fail blog =(

exciting times =)

there are a few books people should read.

order them off Koorong today! =D

"Experiencing the Spirit" - Robert Heidler

"Spiritual Leadership" - Oswald Sanders

"The discipline of Grace" - Jerry Bridges

and of course the Bible.

man i should really read the bible more.

and PRAY more.

hahaah its never enough.

and i love it.

blessings to you all

HAAWWAAAIIIIIIIIII =D =D =D =D =D

2009-07-21T20:44:00.001+10:00

"Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace.

And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace."

Returned and Refreshed from Korea, Repented and Renounced at Camp

2009-07-19T03:02:00.002+10:00

I sit here, and let me just start by saying this.

I hope you know, that we are living in a special time.

call it "end days" call it whatever you want.

but if you know,

then you know.

if you dont, then.. well i pray for you.

let me start with whats pressing on my mind the biggest.

church camp was epic.

i know i know, they're always epic.

but this time, they were actually

truly

epic.

there was alot of this going on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slain_in_the_Spirit

it was...

Glorious to say the least.

awesome, awesome times.

*****************************************************

Korea was awesome.

it was just so good to get away from Sydney for a while =)

and i think i enjoyed a much needed holiday =)

two weeks.. a bit too short, but im still glad i came back just in time for camp =)

well, guys i've just spent 5 hours uploading korea photos onto facebook, so please

go have a look, and be a good friend like young, and comment on my photos =P

hahaahah

yui ~ on monday i'll post the package to you.. and i'm gonna burn you a cd with ALL the photos on it =) the photos i didnt even post on facebook =) so be excited!! =D

so yeah.

i sit here, and my eyes hurt, because i didnt get enough sleep at church camp...

and i returned today and its 3am. and STILL no sleep.

two things.

korea was epic.

NLCC retreat was DAMN epic.

let me tell you people.

crazy things are happening..

crazy times are coming..

lets me excited!

its all about the two "R"s ok?!!?? =D

talk soon,

love y'all

Republic of Korea - Day 12.

2009-07-13T02:58:00.003+10:00

Today will be my last night in Korea.

the past 2 weeks or so.
have been so damn good.

i think.. well.. it was a much needed holiday for me =)

it was just SO awesome to roam the streets of Korea.
looking like one of their own.. but actually NOT.

it was so awesome.

and as my last sleep in Korea until - who knows
i sit here.. and im a little bit sad.
-_-

but im pretty excited to go back to my motherland - Sydney.

I've been to cities.. that never close down.
from new york to rome..
and old london town~
but no matter how far or how wide I roam
.... i Still call australia home~~~ ^__^

props: http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2006/qantas-i-still-call-australia-home/

rofl

i loved this song. hahahahaha childrens choir FTW.

let me be honest, i HAVNT been to NY.. and i HAVNT been to Rome.
and old london town? i never.
haha
but there IS a city that never closes down.. and that is Korea.
it was SO awesome.

I am glad im australian.. because yes korea is a great nation.
convenient.
lots of people
lots of things to eat,
lots of places to go,
lots of things to do

but....
there's just something NOT right about this country.
im glad i come from a country where i have to drive 20 minutes to get to my local pc.
im glad i come from a country where there is no 24hour take out shop
im glad i come from a country where public transport EPIC fails
im glad i come from a country where mcdonalds doesnt home deliver.

Korea is a great place to hang out.. - but im glad im returning home =)
my home.. where i belong =)

i was gonna make this an EPIC long post.
but im not going to.

because TOMORROW is my last day in this country.

so tomorrow [actually.. probably the day after]
i'll do a recap of my trip to korea
and i'll do a real long post
[i'll be in sydney by then]

=)

so when i arrive in sydney,
i have 2 things on my mind.

1. go out to the post office, buy a box, post all of my gifts to yui, and send the package to thailand ASAP =)

2. upload all the photos onto facebook -___- [this is going to take me an age.]

so let me ask the question which you've all been wondering.

Q. So matt.. are you done awesoming all over the nation of Korea?

A. yes my child.. I think i am just about done on my quest. i've eaten dog. i've drank lots of soju+beer+mak-gul-ee+this crazy chinese stuff. won money from the casino, been to a palace, been to two museums, went shopping like EVERYDAY im free.. yes.. my quest is done. i am done awesoming all over this nation.

see you soon =)

Republic of Korea - Day 11.

2009-07-11T22:17:00.002+10:00

Today.

i woke up

walked around the streets of Seoul alone.
saw some awesome stuff
[didnt buy anything though]

haha

and for dinner.

me and my cousin, 무영이형. his english name is Dennis
LOOOOOOOL marie and i gave that to him like 10 years ago

we're like
"yeah he looks a bit like a dennis"

rofl

we went to the local chinese restaurant and ate
jjam-ppong/jja-jjang-myun/tang-soo-yuk
and this bottle of chinese liquor which is 50% in alcohol volume.

we finished the bottle.

enough said.

i love you all.

Republic of Korea - Day 10. - man-date

2009-07-11T02:37:00.004+10:00

Let me start by saying this: [because i think its gonna be a long post. and if you cant be bothered to read anything, at least you can read this one line]

TODAY. WAS. AWESOME.

- let me briefly take you through the proceedings of today.

as i slept peacefully in the living room of my aunties house, an unknown farmer called me.
and in doing so, awoke me. - i heard his voice, and i instantly knew - that today would be an awesome day.
a AWEsome day.

so at about 11.30am i made my way out [by myself!! awww im so proud!! i can public transport in Seoul alone!! =D ]

so i head out ... and got on at 길음 station
and went to 안양.

which is REALLY far [yes farmer.]
rofl

then i met with the notorious Mr. Farmer.
a.k.a. Steve -but no-one calls him that. LOOOOOOOOL

Farmz can be found at
www.xanga.com/to_much

we met up
walked around his hood for a while -its quite a good hood.

and we decided to go into a certain food store - which shall remain nameless.

and we ate a certain dish. - which shall also remain nameless.

and no, i didnt hear any growling from my stomach

=P

meal = was good

=)

then we slowly made our way to
[bro where did we go?]

ummmmmmmmmmm

DDM - a.k.a. 동대문.
an epic shopping district of our motherland.
we sat at this nice coffee store with a nice view
[rofl farmer]

and drank some nice stuff.
and just sat there enjoying our awesomeness.

and watching the effects of us awesoming all over dong-dae-moon

then we continued our quest.

the quest to find enclosed footwear for farmer.
[in order to enter the casino]

casino - http://www.7luck.com/

so we walked around DDM for a while..
couldnt find anything

so we subway-ed it to a close station
MD - a.k.a 명동
"myong-dong"

which is ALSO another epic shopping district.
and we walked around there for a while
[i bought a few shirts]

and farmer bought the "truck" cap
[dude, now that i think about it, i want one too]

-_-

we were in athlete's foot and we finally found a nice pair of adiddas shoes which farmer liked.
with a not-so-thick sole, and of course, the stylish three stripes.

then we trained it to

[umm where did we go?]

oh thats right.

the CASINO

now let me tell you a little bit about this casino.

we got off the train at Seoul central station
"서울역"

and we legged it towards the "Hilton" building
- the "Hilton millenium Hotel" which also had a 7luck casino inside.

the first impressions were absolute fail.

[i will upload photos later on facebook]

it looked like a hole from outside.

then we walked in.

and *gasp

it was still a hole.

let me tell you truth:
it is probably the SMALLEST casino in the world.
its so 후저써.. its so crummy.. so small, so dirty.. the tables werent that nice.
the patrons were all scum.
the whole casino is the size of a large house.
you could stand at the end of the casino and actually count how many tables and machines there are.
rofl

the dealers DID know what they were doing.
but they didnt really seem to care at all.

it was quite funny.

there was an "eating area" and do you know what it was called?

hahahahahaha

it was called "restaurant"

farmer and i went to the host desk to sign up for membership [of course.. - you get a free card!]

and the korean chick at the host desk -which is what i used to be.
[no, not a korean chick.. but the dude at the host desk]

she gave us the application form, and jut told us to basically "sign here"

and she printed us a card. and that was it.

she didnt tell us ANYTHING about the casino
didnt give us ANY free bet vouchers - WHICH OTHER PEOPLE GOT
and didnt tell us any of the terms and conditions
and the benefits and rewards...

NOW i know why they made us say all that crap.

it was really bad service.

7luck, your customer service is an absolute disgrace.

the patrons can drink at the tables
and smoke at the tables.
rofl

BUT

i repeat.

BUT

*this is a very big "but" *

BUT!

a few things about this casino.
1. its ONLY for foreigners.. i.e. tourists.. or anyone else holding a passport from another country
2. alcoholic beverages are FREE - and remember, there are no RSA laws in Seoul.. these people actually dont give a damn
3. food was free.

i see myself as a blackjack player.
and farmz sees himself as a pai-gow player.

so we head off to the pai gow player.
and i have 500'000 won in my pockets.. in hard cash.
but i just decided to buy in with 100'000 won. [which is Aus$100]

and we did a few hits on pai gow -which i have never played before.

and i kidd you not.

every hand that we played, we won.

so it was a glorious evening.

and as we were playing at the pai gow table, doing what we were doing.
trash talking.
being awesome sydneysiders
betting big - and winning
just you know.. spreading around our awesomeness

we were going through the menu of "free food"
[which you order with the dealer at the gaming table, and the food is ready for you to eat at the dining area. rofl]

we were expecting [well I was expecting]
really shotty stuff..
beacuse its free
we were expecting like TWO dishes.. and really bad stuff

but the menu was EPIC!
they had everything!!

korean food, western food, it was awesome.

i couldnt be bothered to actually think about what i wanted
so farmz goes "i want this one"
and i said "make that two"

[it was some bap [rice] and a steak]

it was nice =)

so we won another awesome hand.
and we were in an awesome mood [and we still are]

so we went to the dining area
and ate our food

and since alcohol was free,
farmz goes "can i please have a pina colada?"

matt goes: "make that two"

ROFL

GOT GAY!?!?!?!?
hahaah

the waitress chick probably thought i was gay -_-

but yeah.. i won money from that casino so it doesnt matter what they think

anywyas
as we were eating
and talking about stuff.

this asian dude next to us starts talking to us
[farmz knew he was gay. i did not]

so i friendly continued chatting to him
[and farmz wasnt talking to him - which i found weird.]

so we kinda had some small talk action going on

"where are you from"
etc etc etc

then he ate and left

then farmz goes to me: "dude he was gay.. he was cracking on to you"

and i go:

-______________________-

dammit.

i hate gay guys

-_-

so yeah

i told farmz we should have won MORE from that place

but his wisdom lead us to LEAVE the casino being "up"

and for the rest of the night we felt awesome =)

farmz needed to meet one of his friends in "강남" a.k.a. "gang-nam"
which was a mad suburb =)

a little bit far, but still a mad suburb.

so we got there
and walking the streets of gang-nam

he showed me the greatest hip hop club in Korea
and we saw this EPIC bb-gun shooting range..

dudes, it was awesome.

we both played three rounds each.

[and still couldnt manage to win a prize]

FAIL.

i swear man. i rekon if i had a REAL gun i could get them all.

it was pretty awesome.
sitting there with like.. some gas-powered M4a1 bb-gun rifle.

it was awesome.
MUST go back - and win myself a soft toy

^_____^

then we tried finding a place to sit and chat and have a quiet drink.

but it was friday night
and everywhere was packed.
we ended up at some place called.

"tree-beer"

what was it called farmz?

i can't remember, -_-

so we got a table there
and got some food
and talked
and talked
and talked

and farmers friend dogged us. hahaahahahah never showed up

so we had 2 coronas each

and left =)

so that was the story of my day.

rofl - man-date.

hahahahaha

bromance.

rofl

nah, today was a damn awesome day.

simply because

we ate dog
and we got paid from the casino [which never happens]

if you didnt stop me at the pai-gow table, man i might have played everything.
hahahaha

now let me hear you all scream:

" GG !!!!! "

Republic of Korea - Day 9.

2009-07-09T22:28:00.002+10:00

Today's plan was for us to wake up really early,

then go to LOTTE WORLD!! =D =D =D

but.. it didnt happen because it was raining hard all day =(

epic fail.

so we just stayed home and drank beer and watched horror movies
[oh gosh i love my cousins]
-___-

i hate horror movies.

-_-

in the last 48 hours, we've watched
texas chainsaw massacre
the descent
silent hill
some crazy zombie movie

*sigh*

and another thing, hahaha my auntie is pumping me with beer, i love it
hahahaha i dont think i've ever had so much beer over the course of two days.

tomorrow is my epic date with farmer. rofl.

and we're gonna hit tha casino!!
hahahaah

im blogging early.
because again, i dont know what condition i'll be in, in a few hours time.

hahaha

Korea is so damn good - even with the rain.

i dont want to leave~~

=(

KOORREEEAAA!!!!!

=D =D =D

Republic of Korea - Day 8.

2009-07-08T22:02:00.002+10:00

Hi everyone.

as i went through my previous posts, i realised that yesterday was day 7 not 8. hahaha
so i think i missed out on day 4 or something? =S
hahaha dont know what happened there.

ok.

i'll keep this brief because im ever-so-slightly intoxicated.
[alcohol is so damn cheap here. its awesome]

today, woke up.
went to dong-dae-moon "동대문" an epic shopping joint.

and had apparently the worlds bestest boo-chin-gae "부친개"
[Korean style pancakes]
with some mak-gul-ee "만걸리" a korean traditional alcohol.. made from fermented rice.
[am i correct?]

so the whole day as i was walking around this epic shopping village, i was buzzing.

and now we came back home
to hav these epic hamburgers [with a watermelon slice in them!]
and some black beer
which is really nice.

we finished a big bottle

and im slightly intoxictaed [very]

so im blogging early.

im semi naked right now.. because
- im about to have a shower
- its damn hot and sticky here

so after i have a shower
i'll still have this epic alcohol buzz
hahahaha
so i think i'll watch a horror movie with my cousin and drink more.

man, korea is awesome.
they have this cable tv kinda thing.
it turns your tv into a computer or something.
and you can watch movies on demand!!!!

=O

FOR FREE!!! =D =D =D =D

so far, for free i've watched here...
ong bak 3 [which was epic fail]
texas chainsaw massacre [which was scary. ahahaha]
and yor-gor-gae-dum "여고개담" i didnt spell it right.. its a korean horror movie.

rofl.

and after my shower, im gonna watch some other awesome movie for free
hahaha

love you all..

these are the people i miss.
in no particular order

-yui
-simon juri lily young farrout. all my crew back in sydney
- my work crew
-marie... =( i misssss youuuuuuuuu [im drunk]

tomolo, we plan on waking up very early, and going to lotte world ALL DAY
[an epic theme park]
apparently one of the biggest indoor theme parks in the world!!!]
gonna ride til we vomit
[if i dont vomit later tonight. ROFL]

ahhhhhhh

its a good life.

KOREA IS GOOD.

xoxoxo

Republic of Korea - Day 7.

2009-07-07T21:38:00.002+10:00

Sorry for the confusion everyone.

i think yesterday was meant to be day 6
hahaha

anyways, today, i visited my grandma in hospital

then i went to her home down, and i got lost.
and i wandered the streets of bul-gwang "불광" for about an hour

then i decided to ask the police station for directions
[and they didnt know]

so i came out, and i went to another cop shop, and once again, they had no idea.

so the public servants of Korea have failed me.

but it was still awesome being lost.
haahah
i felt like an EPIC tourist

it was great.

the day isnt finished for me yet.

my favourite male cousin [무영 hhyoung]
has just arrived in Korea from Melbourne.

so we will be partying hard tonight
[and probably every other night]

we're having the almighty chicken+beer night
marie suggested it. its tradition apparently.
haha

so this time in a few hours i might be too maggot to blog

so thats why im doing it now
[out of duty. forgive me]

KOREA IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM EATING DOG ON FRIDAY!!!
[i wonder if it will be called FIDO!? rofl]

Republic of Korea - Day 7

2009-07-07T01:05:00.003+10:00

so its been one full week huh?

well i can promise you that the last 7 days have been some of the bestest days of my life so far =)

today, woke up a bit late.

went with my cousin to the bank [which was an experience in itself]
walked around markets..

ate some watermelon flavoured ice cream - it was hectic.

then we went to all the department stores.

peoples, i saw a department store that sells BABY ECHIDNAS
it was the cutest thing.

seriously.

and lizards..

and 5 litre bottles of soju

and bottles of corona for like $1.20

-____-

it was epic.

walked around HEAPS [like any other day]

walked around heaps of the department stores.

got some stuff for mum
got some stuff for yui.
got myself a pair of shorts
=D
hahahaha

then my cousin took me to this downtown stand up comedy show.

it was called 개그왕.
or "gag-king"
or "comedy-king"

it was pretty funny
hahaha

and returned home at 23:30.

man.

im loving this country.

seriously, i think i could REALLY live here.

hmmmmm maybe i should come back later and teach english here?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[just a thought thats been on my mind]

=)

miss you all.

xoxo

Republic of Korea - Day 6

2009-07-06T02:35:00.002+10:00

its day six in the motherland.

and its still awesome as expected.

today, during the day time,
i met up with my dad [who i dont see much because we're staying at different places]

and bought him lunch at myong-dong [it was awesome]

then went to onnuri church's EM [eddie byun]
which was really awesome as well.

then went out with my cousin to han-gang
"han" - river.

they have this epic bridge-fountain thing.
with rainbow lights

its kinda crazy
[i'll upload photos later]

im planning to meet up with
Steven song-ju Kim - www.xanga.com/to_much
[you guys may know him, or may not]

ive been facebook and xanga stalking him for ages.

and i found out he's in korea as well.

so i've just had an epic 2 hour chat with this brother from another mother

and we've decided to hang out
[he goes back to syd on 12/7 and i go back on 13/7
and we're both in seoul alone.

so we're gonna meet up
and speak english to each other. [really loud, and really fast]
so we can impress all the people of seoul.
hahahahah

we've already set a date.
its going to be awesome.

things im excited about:

1. i've made a new friend,
2. and we're gonna hang out in seoul together.

its going to be epic.

we decided our nights gonna be like this.

- meet up, then eat dinner [bo-shin-tang] or.. DOG. yes. we will eat dog together.. it will be glorious.
- then hit the casino [www.7luck.com] its illegal for locals to go. so steven and i will go together. =D hahaah no-one else can take me because they're all korean citizens. hahahah we'll both get rich.
- then hit some bar and drink awesome stuff and exchange stories about how awesome we both are.

its gonna be awesome.

we will TOGETHER, awesome all over this land of Korea.

the land of the fobs
rofl...
no wait.. WE are the fobs now.
hahahahaha

miss you all.

Korea is awesome.

xoxo

Republic of Korea - Day 5

2009-07-05T01:35:00.003+10:00

wow. time is flying.

every day i am walking through the streets thinking two things:

1. waaaa aowwww its awesome being here.
2. waaaa aowwww there are SOOOO many people here its QUITE ridiculous.

anyways, today, my cousin took me to myong-dong 명동 which is like the shopping district in Seoul.. as well as 인사동.. which is another epic shopping district as well. hahaha man.
it was so tiring.
walked frikken ALL DAY - it was awesome.

and then we came home early [6pm]

and all mum's best friends came over
[with their kids]
so 3 immos [aunties] and their kids.
and we ate all sorts of epic food at home [with some beer]
rofl

and one of the immos said "오늘은 우리 주성이 생일이야." [today is matt's birthday!]
and im thinking "-____- sorry miss, you are mistaken. my birthday is in AUGUST"
rofl

so they brought out some cheese cake [which i didnt eat much of - beacuse it wasnt nice]
and they sung for me =)

i was like nggaawwww how sweet~

apparently they decided to celebrate my birthday early =)
ahahaah

i took heaps of photos with them =)
so y'all can check it out on my facebook when i go back to syd.
hahahahaha

and they all gave me yong-ddon "용똔" [pocket money]
it was glorious.
hahahahahaha

the excitement is still sky-high. its awesome being here.. and every day i am amazed by Korea's awesome technology, how awesome their public transport system is.
and how many people there are - its crazy

its so good to see all the immos [havnt seen them for 10 years!] again.. i actually felt real comfortable with them =) [they are my mums closest friends.. so hence they are my friends also]

=)

today was truly crazy.
ate lots of awesome food
and saw HEAPS and HEAPS of awesome stuff.
went to some EPIC catholic cathedral [it was freaking massive]
went to some buddhist temple place [which was also epic. they had three buddas inside, and they were MASSIVE]
and yesterday went to the biggest muslim temple in korea [which was ALSO massive and epic]
hahahaha
[dont ask me why im going to all these epic religious places.. i think its just because my cousion wants to take me around really well and show me what seoul has to offer]
hahahaha

man.. i am seriously loving this trip
and i am SOOO thankful that i am here.
its SOOO good to be here in the motherland =)

im loving it.

KOREA IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[p.s. if you KNOW that i love you, then email me your requests.. if you want me to buy you anything from korea. request now or forever hold your peace.]

miss you all - but this place is awesome, you should all be here.

Republic of Korea - Day 3

2009-07-04T02:32:00.002+10:00

Hi all,

*warning: this is going to be a long post*

im going to try and remember as much as i can from yesterday [day 2]

.....

.....

the list.

these are the things i have realised after i have been in Korea for 24+ hours.

- every.single.car.on.the.road has a GPS. and its not like one of our ones. they have like a LAPTOP screen in their car. all their GPS's are SO MASSIVE. its ridiculous. the GPS screens are seriously.. like the screen of a small laptop. its MASSIVE.
- every supermarket, and almost every food shop sell beer and soju
its awesome yet ridiculous. dont they have RSA issues over here!?
- there's always, heaps of people around. [this is an understatement]
- in the train, [or subway], EVERYONE sleeps. seriously. i was catching a real late night metro last night. and in my carriage was probably about 13 people.
and EVERY. single. one. of. them were sleeping.
its like.. they get in, find a seat, then sleep. it was awesome. and funny.
- their train system is freaking epic. they have TV's inside their trains.
they have like 30x more trains then we do at cityrail.. if you miss a train, one will come in 3 minutes [im being serious] all their trains have nice air conditioning in them. very smooth and fast right.
- they have this "T-card" which you can use for EVERYTHING. train, bus, taxi, public telephone, buy drinks/snacks at the vending machines.
its a crazy card which has some sort of chip in it. and you can recharge it at these recharge stations.. and you can go everywhere you want. just "beep" your card on your way in and out of the station.. technology is freaking awesome here.
- people that DONT sleep on the train, have their mobile phones.. and ALL OF THEM are watching TV from it. its pretty cool.
- if you J-walk. chances are.. you'll die.
- there are koreans everywhere.

man.

today is day three..

we woke up [ i slept at my immo's house ]
[my mum's older sister] whose family we're all really close to.

so my cousin 누나 woke me up
and we left the house. and went to Korean national museum. man.. this place was so massive.. i was SOOOOOOOO impressed.. and there were heaps of cool stuff inside.. [well what did i expect from a museum!?]
like.. the place was SOOOOOOOOOO big. it took us 3+hours to walk around and check out everything.
then we went to this place... looks really small, crummy, dodgy, dirty, but apparently they serve the best 탕수육 in the world. [sweet+sour pork]
and man, i took photos of it [and the shop]
and its true. its the greatest tang-soo-yuk in the world.. it was so yummy.

then we went to Korean war museum. and man.
this was probably the best museum i've been to my whole life.
it was MASSIVE.
it looks SOOOOOOOO impressive from the outside, and when you walk in, you will still be more impressed and amazed.
they had literally EVERYTHING.

[i think its because i subconsciously compare it with australia]

australia has a national history of like 200 years.
but Korea's national history is like 5000+ years.
and man, Korea has been in so many wars.
the war memorial museum was SOOO epic i can't even begin to describe it to you.
they had SO much stuff inside.

it was SOOOOOOOOOO big and GRAND.
you walk in. and you freeze. and gasp.
and say "waaaaaaaa -aaa aaa- aaa -aaaaoowww"

i was walking around.. reading some tributes, and reading some other stuff.
and i gotta admit, i cried.

=(

Korea's history is quite tragic. [damn you japs]

the government obviously put in heaps of money for these two museums.. because man, i was so damn impressed.. they were SOOO much bigger than i expected..

then we went to 이태원. "ee-tae-won" which has apparently the most foreigners in all of Seoul.

and it was true. it was PACKED with african americans, middle eastern, and americans.
[there's a american military barracks near by]
so there were US marines walking around EVERYWHERE. [it felt just like home]

apparently "ee-tae-won" is the red-like district of seoul.
it was awesome.

my cousin showed me all the back streets and all the awesome night clubs and bars and stuff.
[its a massive place for shopping as well.]
on their main road,
i saw THREE nike shops!!!! XD

it was frikken awesome.

we just walked around there..

....there were SOO many shops
and markets,
and stalls.
and man, it was awesome.

then we ate thai dinner somewhere.
then we bussed it up to 남산 [direct translation = "south mountain" ]
its the big ass mountain with the tower at top.
man
we got there, and man. it was awesome.
seriously..

did i mention that there were neon lights EVERYWHERE in korea?

- we paid our entrance fee and went up to the top of the tower 350+ metres.
and man, i looked out the window.

it was amazing.
the view was seriously, breath-taking.

i could have just died from pure awesomeness.

i thought i was the most awesome thing in korea.
....but now i know, that the view from that tower is THE most awesome thing
[i come in at a close second]

that was my day three..
alot of eating good food
alot of eating junk food.

i looked at HEAPS of culturally deep stuff [at the two museums]
- and thats what i wanted to do!

apparently tomolo my cousion's taking me to 명동 "myeung - dong"
which is like another shopping suburb..
and she's gonna take me out to 시내 as well.. ["city"]

its gonna be damn aewsome.

hey simon, remember that day we walked from epping to city?
it was like 20+ km right?

man, today i think i walked more than that.

seriously.

it was damn awesome.

and i dont know what i'd do without my air force ones.
[speaking of which, i need to buy myself another pair]

=( but its the same price here and australia. $130 =(

everybody, im loving korea.
if you're bored and want to hear my voice, just call me 01077910128

its seriously awesome here.
a part of me wishes i lived here.

[but the pollution is damn epic. and the people just dont care for each other]

so im glad - i still call australia home =)

miss you all heaps.

and i wish you were all here with me.

...especially you yui..
its awesome here girl.

Republic of Korea - Day 2 - dammit my phone won't let me =(

2009-07-03T02:12:00.002+10:00

Republic of Korea - day 1

2009-07-02T01:01:00.002+10:00

WHADDUP!?!?!? >=)

ever since like
2 nights ago [when i started packing]

my excitement has been growing.

now that i think about it, i dont remember when it actually PEAKED.

whether it was boarding the flight at Sydney kingsford smith airport

or during take off
or the aeroplane stuff
or landing

or walking around in Korea.

man

everything.

words [actually] cannot express my my excitement.

sometimes i think im just gonna explode with excitement.

ok, before i blab on about day 1, let me say this.

i have brought a camera with me and i plan to make my trip a story for all you people who facebook stalk me.

i plan to take photos of EVERYTHING [i also plan to eat dog]

i've been taking a few photos today =)

[its just day one]

but you wont see any photos here
you'll see them when i get back to Sydney and i upload them on facebook.

to be honest, i want to know who actually reads this.
because if you read this, that means you care about me and my trip.

so if you read this, the know this:

im planning to update every night while im here.. so please read and comment]

=)

it started like this.

last night i made the final touches to my packing
[i hate packing]

and as i lay in bed.
the excitement was rising.

it was crazy

maybe simon was right. maybe i should have stayed at pc for longer.
and that way i would have slept better in my bed
or at least i could have snoozed on my 10 hour flight [which i didnt sleep AT ALL]

anyways

so i got to sleep around mid night?

then i woke up at around 3am
and i was just rolling around.
until 5am
when the timing was perfect.

i was like "argh! screw this, im getting up"

and that was the time i planned to wake up anyways.

so we all woke up

mum dad marie and i

and dad and i finished our packing.
got everything ready
i shaved, did my hair, and got my groove on.

then we all prayed

and we left for the airport.

man. ask marie. i couldnt stop talking on the way to the airport.

to be really honest, the last time i was THIS excited, was the day my Honda CBR600RR arrived at my house.

man

i was so excited
[and i still am]

so dad and i checked in..
got on our plane

Asiana flight #OZ602

it was awesome.
[not enough turbulance though]

the plane was crusing at 46000 feet, and the air temperature outside was like -90degrees fahrenheight.

it was awesome.

everyone gets their own monitor.
and you can choose to listen to MUSIC
or play GAMES
or watch MOVIES

for the first 4 hours i was watching

the curious case of benjamin button
yes man
mall cop
marley and me

yeah i was juggling through all 4

then after the frustrating ordeal,
i found out that i can choose to start any movie, anytime i want.

FML =(

i played alot of blackjack on the plane [on the screen things.. not REAL money] =P

and i just enjoyed the view =)

and man
when i landed in ROK.

man i almost awesomed all over the place.

and when i got off the plane, they were checking us all for swine flu
- and thats when i couldnt handle the awesomeness anymore

..i just awesomed all over the place.

i was talking to my dad in english [really loud - on purpose... so everyone can hear me and be jealous]
and he would talk to me in half english and half korean
and i would talk back in half korean and half english

and everyone that heard us were impressed

oh gawd i love it.
hahahaha

it was a day trip

so when we arrived at Incheon [Seoul] in the evening, we caught the bus to grandma's house
and now we're here

and now its midnight.

so i didnt do anything at all today.

i just arrived in Korea and it was awesome

SO MUCH HAS CHANGED in the last 10 years that i havnt been here.

it feels like i've arrived at some future city.

so much neon lights everywhre.
so many damn people everyhere [KOREAN people.. it feels cool, yet weird at the same time]

now IM the fob =(

so many cars.

and the pollution is just epic.

how do these people live?

i mean, its so bad you can't even see the SUN!!

=(

the weathers warm and humid and sticky [not good times.]

and the mosquitoes are making love to all my limbs.

=(

well thats all for today.

just KNOW that i am excited.

i have made a temporary list of things to do in korea:

-buy gift for yui
-buy something small at least for all my sydney crew
-MARIE of course
-go to each of the FIVE casinos here in ROK
-go to a gun shop/shooting range
-eat dog
-go to every single museum that i here
-go to a pet store [i know.. weird huh?]
-go to lottle world and everland
-go to all the epic marketplaces and shopping places.
-eat every thing in this nation

anyways
dad and i are going to sleep.

night night =)

i wish you were here with me yui.

i want to take you around~

xoxo

Joblessness

2009-06-29T06:44:00.005+10:00

...is a word.

today, i walked out of work.. - for the last time.

my supervisor walked with me.. and [similar to dropping out of high school]

i had to be "signed out"

security had to sign off

wardrobe department had to sign off

and my manager had to sign off

and of course...

i signed off.

the reality of NOT being in star city hit me as i had the "staff termination form"

in front of me.

and i suddenly realised what i had done.

given up my job. which is source of income for me. which puts "bread on the table" for me.

for something MUCH greater.

for God's purpose in my life as well as just OBEYING what the Lord has commanded me.

what any other faithful servant would do.

call it blind faith.

call it whatever you want.

so as i walked out of work today.

a certain emotion called "sadness" hit me.

hahahahahaha

nah i didnt cry dont worry.

[but i should have aye!?]

hahaha

nah. i was awesome. and didnt cry.

im glad to be out

but then again, im gonna miss the work and everything about it.

the patrons, the staff, the emails

the job,

and crazy stuff which happens at work.

but it'll all be awesome in the end =)

trust God. =)

Good bye forever Star City.

we had a good 3 year run. but now, God has to take front seat of my life.

you were very good to me though!

GOOD BYE FOREVER!!!

*****************************************

a few days ago,

it was a weird day. filled with weird emotions.

a great brother of mine, smsed me while i was asleep.

and when i woke up, i read:

"Michael Jackson is dead."

i felt my heart drop.

and i felt sad.

but its weird.. because i was never a DIE HARD fan, and MJ was before my time anyway!

but still.. knowing that the KING of pop died.. kinda... broke me a little inside.

R.I.P Michael Jackson.

i think you [the world] will have to agree with me.

when i tell michael jackson.

"MJ, you were the man"

and even that's an understatement.

after you went crazy, people gave you weird names.

"wacko jacko"

and etc.

but your true nickname will forever be

"the King of pop."

and the world knows it.

we're gonna miss you sir.

it would be fair for me to say.

that you sir, Michael Jackson, have helped shaped the modern world. [you know this is true]

you have been crowned with the title: "the artist of the millennium" by World music awards.

and you have sold more than 750 million albums world wide. and THAT makes you the greatest artist of all time.

here.

let me copy and paste something:

Michael Jackson has set many records throughout his career and won many awards. From the early days of the Jackson 5 to the current day. Michael Jackson has been in a league of his own with his best competition being himself and trying to improve on what he has already achieved.
He are a just a few of the record breaking achievements.

Biggest Selling Album Of All Time - Guinness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Album is the biggest selling album of all time, with over 50 million copies sold worldwide. Thriller is also the biggest selling U.S album with sales of 25 million copies.

Most No1 Hits in 1980's
By The End of the 1980's Michael Jackson had more #1 hits than any other artist for the decade.

Greatest Audience - Guiness Book Of World Records
The highest-ever viewership was 133.4 million viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during the half-time performance.

Bad Tour - Guiness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson's world tour brought in a record gross revenue of over $124 million during September 1987-December 1988.

100 Million Records
Michael has sold over 100 million singles and albums outside of the U.S.

Billboard Charts
Michael Jackson is the first person in the 37 year history of the Billboard chart to enter straight in at No1, with his single "You Are Not Alone". The previous record "Earth Song" which had debuted at No5 and also Michael Jacksons.

Biggest Selling Video
Michael Jackson's "The Making Of Thriller" is the biggest selling video to be released by an artist.

Billboard "Hot 100" Singles Chart
Most No1 Hits by Male Artist (13)

No1 Debuts
Michael Jacksons "Bad", "Dangerous", and "HIStory" albums all debuted in at No1.

Awards
Michael has won more awards than any other artist.

No1 On Charts
In 1983 Michael became the first artist to simultaneously hold the number one spots on Billboard's rock albums and rock singles charts, as well as the R&B albums and singles charts.

Consecutive No1 Singles
Jackson 5 were the first group to ever have four consecutive No1 singles.

****

ANYWAYS.

i got sidetracked a bit.

i was saying.. how my friend woke me up with the bad news.

and THIS was also the day i heard some REAL AWESOME NEWS.

and THAT is why it was a weird day for me.

i was REALLY happy and REALLY sad throughout the whole day.

i thought i was gonna explode with the mix of emotions.

hahaahahah

the great news?

well. if you know me well, you know that i am an NBA nerd.

i love my NBA and i love keeping up with it.

and as a wise man once said.

"..i love this game"

[i dont know who said it, but someone said it. because NBA use it in their ads]

david kang recently told me that he reads my blog.

so even THAT makes it worth me talking about NBA.

so follow with me:

...so after hearing about the King's death, i also heard that SHAQ [you should all know him]

has been TRADED to the cleveland CAVS. [which is a big deal]

and that VC [Vince Carter - is my favourite NBA player. - you should all know this]

was TRADED to ORLANDO MAGIC!! [and this is great news.]

[AND a big deal]

so SHAQ:

who was traded to pheonix suns a few seasons ago.

and is often referred to "the most dominant NBA player in the history of the game"

[which is quite the title.]

now phoenix didnt do too well.

they had a frikken all-star line up.

yet still they managed to fail.

steve nash, amare, the matrix [shawn marion], Barbosa, grant hill, J-rich, s-swift, AMARE.. anyways, it was an EPIC team, which should have made it to the western conference finals.

[this is up for argument]

but in my honest opinion [IMHO], phoenix ALREADY had an EPIC center which they obviously werent taking full advantage of.

this man:

AMARE:

IMHO he is one of the most dominant players in the league right now. he's young. and he can sure play ball. he is awesome. and i think he is under-rated =( sad times =(

so phoenix didnt REALLY need shaq.

and plus, they had a mad team and STILL managed to epic fail.

so now shaq will be going to

CLEVELAND CAVS.

to join THIS man:

who won an MVP award. and who people think is the greatest in the league right now.

[they might be right.]

but Kobe would give him a gg anyday.

now cavs are funny. alot of people thought they were gonna win it this year.

pssh.

Kobe said no. [RE: a few posts ago]

but now, cleveland... who has King James and Shaq Daddy.

might JUST destroy the eastern conference.

then comes MY man:

VINCENT LAMAR CARTER.

[doesnt he look so awesome in his new orlando jersey!?!? =D =D =D]

has just joined ORLANDO

[who CRUSHED cleveland in the eastern conference finals a few weeks ago]

and my favourite center in the league..

THIS MAN:

DAVID DWIGHT HOWARD.

his nickname is "superman"

i mean.. come on guys.. his nicknamed "superman" for a reason.

and vince carter has too many nicknames to list.

but to name a few:

half man half amazing

air canada

human highlight film

inVINCEable

vinsanity

UFO

and many others. [i love VC]

so ORLANDO MAGIC - who are the current EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS.

are

going to

WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS NEXT SEASON!! =D =D =D =D

VINCE CARTER AND DWIGHT HOWARD BABY!!

IT STARTS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

****************

so yeah.

thats what made me so happy.

VC going to a DECENT team for once in his life.

sorry NJN, but im going to follow my man, and i guess i'll be visiting the orlando magic website alot from now =)

hahahahaah

so i am jobless now.

please call me out to eastwood and shout me pc.

[and a kebab]

i may be jobless, but i still love you all.

PRAISE GOD FOREVER!

Two movies I watched today...

2009-06-26T01:53:00.005+10:00

First up,

Transformers 2: Revenge of the fallen"

if you read this, you probably know me well.

...and if you know me well, you probably think that i am easily impressed.

but man, you know what? i'm not.

when it comes to movies, in the recent few years, i've become very critical.

i judge harshly, and if the movie sucks, then my review will tell you that.

ok anyways,

transformers two.

one word to describe it.

"WOW"

earlier this week, my workmates and i - were planning to watch this at IMAX.

and yesterday we found out that IMAX was booked out.

you know what?

i'm GLAD we didnt watch it in IMAX, because if we did, i might have died.

...no seriously.

i might have just passed out from pure awesomeness.

what do they call it? a visual orgasm?

like.. if im wearing the 3D glasses, and like optimus prime just jumps out of the screen at my face

then in all honesty, i might die

so im glad we didnt watch it in IMAX. because i think all 6 of us might have died.

[ok you get the point]

anyways. i dont know what to tell you about this movie.

exec. producer: steven spielberg.

what more can i say?

directed by Michael Bay.

if you're into your movies as i am, you will know that michael bay has a very distinct style.

and man, i LOVE his style.

Michael Bay's resume looks something like this:

Transformers 1 and 2

The texas chainsaw massacre: the beginning

The island

Pearl Harbour

Armageddon

The amityville horror

Miami vice

Bad boys 1 and 2

etc etc etc

Michael bay is awesome.

and i love it how, he likes to blow stuff up [he says so in all of his interviews.]

he simply enjoys big bangs and explosions =)

now you put that together with steven spielberg.

and you all know that mr spielberg is a maestro in film-making.

and MAN.

see the thing is, transformers 2 was very much developed around the original TF fans' opinions

and hence, it was awesome.

alot of the voices from the ORIGINAL 1984 Transformers movie came back to do this one.

and man, it was just awesome.

the problem is this:

we were sitting too close to the screen

and SO MUCH was happening ALL THE TIME.

so i dont think i digested everything visually.

so i need to watch it again at cinemas a few more times

[yes, a FEW more times]

[who wants to watch it with me!?!?]

hmm

being the critic i am, i need to give pros and cons yeah?

well pros..

same as the first one.

-great acting

-great storyline

-great camera effects

-great use of music

-great use of lighting

-just bloody brilliant.

yeah.. hmmm... same. =)

Steven spielberg rarely fails. [you know this is true]

cons:

now.. if having "too much action" was a bad thing,

then well i guess that would be the only bad thing.

but man, lets be honest, if you have a penis, you will freaking LOVE this film.

its like bad boys 2.

HOW CAN YOU HATE IT!?

yes, it has NON-STOP action [and some movie critics might complain.. and say that its "too much" - but im not like that. i LOVE action.. its visually stimulating]

anyways.

my words wont do T2 justice.

so watch it for yourself.

mattkang's.elite.movie.review.after.sitting.too.close.to.the.screen: 9.5 / 10

____________________________

second movie we watched.

The Hangover.

let me ask you a question:

have you seen the previews for this?

hahaahahahah

[read that above line again]

if you're into these movies, you are..

if you're not, then you're not.

lets cut the crap.

im going to speak, as though you DO enjoy these movies.

lets admit it.

they have their own category.

-low budget

-very light hearted

-not a PLATINUM AAA+++ all star cast

-small laughs only. - nothing epic like shawshank redemption or titanic or anything like that.

if you enjoy this category,

you will damn-LOVE this movie.

man

i was half asleep when the movie started [simply because i was tired from lack of sleep]

and man, i just couldnt stop laughing.

dry humour? call it what you may

but man, it was damn hilarious.

out of all the low-budget, har-har movies ive ever seen, this one would have to be my favouritest.

it was just SO funny.

there are SO many funny scenes which i want to blab here to you

but i wont.

[because i am hoping you will go watch it for yourself]

man

even thinking about it, i giggle alone.

haahahahahahah

one word to describe transformers 2: "WOW"

one word to describe the hangover: AHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH

yeah thats it.

mattkangs.elite.movie.review: 8.5 / 10

________________________________________

postscript:

you know what? Bruno seems like a good movie. =) hmmmmmmmmmmm

...you know whats better than watching an AWESOME movie on your day off?

....its watching TWO awesome movies. rofl.

miss you all,

xoxo

....it is finished... ...almost...

2009-06-24T02:08:00.002+10:00

as i sit here at work, it doesnt quite hit me, that i have ONE shift left,

then i'll be out of here forever.

hmmmmmmmmmm

SC is one heck of a place to work man.

it was a good place to work =)

easy job = easy money.

love this job.

arggghhh so after ONE more shift, im outtiez =)

foreverrrrr

well.. im gonna miss this place, but as this chapter of my life closes,
another chapter will begin =)

and i love it that my friends will support me through this =)

its going to be an EPIC next few months

=)

Haircut Diaries #2

2009-06-18T13:41:00.003+10:00

hello everyone.

this is going to be a rage post.

that was a warning up front.

i have a good friend. who shall remain nameless

[young]

i told this brother that i always have a hatred for my hair style. =(

and yesterday, it was time to get a hair cut.

and my friend said to me

"just tell them 요즘 유행하고있는 머리로 잘라주세요..."

BIG MISTAKE

GOSH YOUNG!!!

>=(

WHAT DO I DO!?!?!?

I HATE MY HAIRCUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT DO I DO!?!?

sad times..

but apart from the tragic story of my hair [and its LACK of style]

my life is sweet =)

GOD IS GOOD!

CONGRATULATIONS L.A. LAKERS!!!! =D

2009-06-16T16:20:00.003+10:00

HI ya'll.

its been a long time *starts singing that song. "its been a long time long time.. etc" *

hahaha anyways.

every day this last 2 weeks i have thought about updating my blog.

but i just havnt.

because it would be weird...

when my friends are clearly not always updating their blog.

-_-

you know who you are.

so if i updated daily, it would have been epic fail on my part.

haha

whats on my mind?

first and foremost, i'm going to be jobless in 7 shifts. =(

but its not really a =(

its a =))

everything should be alright =)

if i told you that i am not worried at all, that would be a lie. =)

because i am a bit.

but i hate the human inside of me.

hahahaha - if you know what i mean.

2000 starts are awesome =)

night shift. hahaha with good people

i.e. kevin.

hahaahahahah

WHY IS IT that when i KNOW im leaving, work like.. blossoms?

like.. EVERYTHING becomes better?

my work is all smooth,

the people get nicer to me.

and it just seems as the demon of star city is begging me to stay

rofl

but i will spit in his face.

mwahahahahaha

im outtiez

7 days.

oh gawd.

my deepest fear: will i not be able to afford pc anymore?

[im actually being serious]

haha

anyways, the last few days i've been contemplating whether i should do a "congratulations LAL for winning the NBA world championships 2009"

because.

well i was going for orlando

but.. after like 4 days, i have decided, that they DO deserve a post from me.

so:

CONGRATULATIONS LA LAKERS!!!!! =D =D =D

Phil jackson, you deserved it.

Kobe, you deserved it.

LA, you guys have won too many finals =P

but good on you. =)

truly one of the greatest teams in the history of the game.

[of course along with boston... and maybe SAS. hahaahaha]

it was a bit weird that L.A. won in 5.

like.

they were up 3 - 1

and the next game in the series was at orlando. -_- now i dont mean to sound weird, but if i was LAL, then i would lose the game on purpose, so i can take the next game to HOME COURT and then win the finals.. hahahaha

it was really awkward, when LAL won the game.

the whole stadium was silent [orlando fans]

and kobe and co start jumping up and down

hahaahah

[got awkward?]

hahahaha

arrggghhh

dwight, hedo, and the rest of you at orlando, arggghhh

its okay.

there's always next year =)

and dwight howard, oh-em-gee you are a beast of burden.

kobe says:

"i'll take FOUR"

hahahahahaah

nah.. this is kobe's fourth championship

his very well deserved championship i might add.

kobe is subjectively the GREATEST player in the league.

not one single person comes CLOSE to being half the man kobe is.

he is extremely talented.

and this time round, he was SOOO hungry to win it without shaq.

and to all the kobe haters and shaq lovers, i hope this is a kick in the ballz for you.

in your DRAGON-ballz

kobe has proven himself.. "i can do this without shaq"

and he did it damn well too.

kobe now has nothing else to prove.

he has already shown the world that he could possibly be the GOAT.

[why do i feel like im cheating on VC?]

its okay.

i think i might have a new favourite player.

hahahaahhaahah

kobe.

you are awesome.

hahahah

anyways,

has anyone else noticed? its a little bit cold these days.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-chiCAgo!

2009-06-07T17:50:00.002+10:00

Chicago - The Musical.

tonight's blog entry will be another classic example of

when one simply expects too much from a production. and hence, leads to disappointment.

for those that dont know, i am korean,

and because i am korean, i have this epic attraction to free stuff.

and like i mentioned in the previous post "$50"

the only thing better than watching the hit production "Chicago- the musical"

is watching it for free.

and i suppose for free tickets, it was a great night had by all.

but hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

i want to try and do the show some justice.

but i dont think i can.

if i sat here and told you it was an epic fail production, that would be a lie.

if i sat here and told you that it was awesome, that also, would be a lie.

dont worry people, im not gonna have a elite.matt.kangs.musical.review

ahaahah

because in humility, the truth is: i know nothing much of musicals.

my friend JURI however would know much more.

since she was a STAR from one musical hit ;)

ANYWAYS.

kevin got 4 free chicago tickets from work.

and we aligned our days off, and 4 of us from work went to watch it =)

it was good =)

but thats about it.

it deserves those three words.

"it was good"

you see, you all need to know one important truth.

i really love jazz music

i do.

and i love musicals too.

but the last musical i saw was "Miss Saigon" [also at star city]

but as i was watching Chicago, i couldnt help but to keep subconsciously comparing it with Les Miserables

[which is clearly, the greatest musical in all time]

and the two are very different.

i mean.

the tag line for chicago is

"sin is in"

man, when that went up in posters around the property, i LAUGHED.

HA-HA-HA!

are you serious!?

how LAME!!

haahah

it is sooo lame.

and i guess chicago is jazz

and le mis is classical, orchestra type music.

and man.

chicago was no-where near what le mis was.

but it was good!

some catchy tunes, some good dancing, and singing, all that jazz

hahaahah all that jazz?

wow im good at blogging.

the tickets for chicago go for around $100 each.

and its going to be on at star city - lyric theatre for a few more long months.

if you ask me as a friend, "should i go watch it?"

let me tell you, NO.

its NOT worth $100.

truth: its good

but its not $100 a ticket. good.

i would say.

just rent the DVD.. of the hollywood movie version.

[which won 6 oscars] =O

do i regret watching it?

not at all!!

it was a great show! and made me walk out with a smile

and i was genuinely happy for a while! =)

...but i would definately not take yui to watch it.

it just wouldnt be good enough for my standards.

so if you want to take your partner out, and make a night out of it,

then.. dont watch it.

the only reason i had a good night.

was because

we had a few drinks before the show

and after the show, we ate chinese food [gawd i love superbowl]

and drank a bit more

and shot some pool

thats why it was a great night.

hahaha

chicago is gooooooood

^___________^

it will give you a smile.

hahaah

but your HEART wont be smiling

[haah i sound gay]

anyways, i've decided that im not going to give it a rating out of ten, because im afraid i might not do the musical any justice.

[and im all about justice.]

father is home now.

im going to go eat dinner.

rofl.

father.

SLOW. - but the opposite of it.

2009-06-04T00:15:00.002+10:00

[fast]

[or. fasting]

FYI - those who know me well know that im a follower of Jesus.

those who know me really really well know that i have been on a 3 day fast.

which means.. well.. my definintion of fasting..

no food, only water. for three days.

its a spiritual thing.

and i think every christian should do it.

- often.

but dont worry im not gonna sit here and preach to you.

**i just broke fast**

you know what?
i dont even know who reads my blog anymore.

because at some stage i was telling my friends about it.

at some other stage, i was telling everyone about it.

and random people have come up to me saying they read my blog.

hahahaha ee-pic.

hopefully one day, my blog will be one of those world-wide known, epic blogs.

hahahahaha

and i can write a book

[with young]

rofl.

anyways.

you know what?

do you know what the best thing about fasting is?

....breaking fast.

hahahahaha naawww jokes.

but you know what i mean.

haha

breaking fast means, the fast is completed, and you eat =)

man.

i just broke fast.

-it was glorious.

seriously, even if you're not a religious person, you should just

... STARVE yourself for 3 days.

like not eat ANY solid food [only water]

and eat after 3 days of no-food.

it seriously is glorious.

and actually, there would be no other word i'd use.

glorious

does it justice.

maybe amazing?

naaah, definately glorious.

why did i fast?

because Jesus said so?

yeah maybe. =S

but nah, i had my other issues.

[for me to know and you to find out]

this is the third time fasting for me.

the first time i did a three day fast

man i thought i was dying.

i would roll around all day [during those 3 days]

feeling weak and everything.. and just expecting God to take me up to heaven to be with him in eternity.

[yes, i actually thought i was gonna die]

and i didnt PRAY much.

and you know what they say...

fasting without prayer, is dieting.

seriously, the first time, i had like 3-4 naps a day.

and i just felt damn WEAK.

but i completed it - for God =D

and man oh man. did God deliver.

epic things happened in my life.

then second time i fasted, it was a little bit better.

i slept less,

there were less hunger pains.

and i definately prayed more.

[i think its discipline. its something you gotta train yourself up to do]

and this time, the third time i fasted, it was definately way easier than the other times.

and i definately prayed more.

ahhhhhhhh

church camp's gonna be EE-pic.

[yes everyone ee-pic is my new word. i have moved on from "epic"

and now its ee-pic. pronounced "eeeeee-pik" hahahaha]

fasting is awesome.

its something i want to do.. many many more times for the rest of my life.

its releases POWER. in the spiritual sense.

and trust me, with my new decision, i'll be needing lots of POWER.

which new decision?

ahhh i've made a few decisions actually.

but i'll blog about that another time..

because i dont want to make this too long. hahahaah

if you knew me from www.xanga.com/max_vinsaity

then you know that my blogs can sometimes get out of hand, and i just blab on about EVERYTHING.

[well thats what i do. i blab on. i talk heaps. rofl. and you love me for it]

but the next few months are looking very very exciting =)

NBA finals?

well.. what can i say?

LAL verse ORL.

hmmm it should be a bloody good series.

haha

i just had 4 days off!

going back to work tomolo!! =D

and FREE CHICAGO!! >=D >=D

[i love my job]

stay warm everyone.

there's a serious -swine- flu going around these days.

puahahahahaha

nah swine flu.. doesnt scare me.

>=)

we are men of faith.

Fitty Dollar

2009-05-31T23:11:00.003+10:00

do you know?

what is better than $50?

A: a FREE $50 note

yes everyone.

that is correct.

today, after church.

simoncho, simonkim, lily, sanga, young, and i

were walking around strathfield.

one thing led to another.

and we met simon cho in front of the westpac ATM.

he looks at us weird.

and as we try to walk ahead

he goes

"STOP!!!"

and we're like

and he's like

"look right"

"look to your right"

hahahahahaah

and as we look to the right, there is an ATM machine..

and it takes us a few seconds to figure it out.

there was a FIFTY DOLLAR NOTE STICKING OUT OF IT!!!

now. this leads on to another WHOLE topic:

the human condition.

the question remains:

what would YOU have done?

why did this happen to us?

why would someone go to the ATM to withdraw some cash, and just... LEAVE their cash behind?

are they like.. retarded or something?

so we stand there looking at it for a while.

and obviously, simoncho is too chicken to take it.

and my criminal mindset tells me to just.... well.. grab it. -_-

so i grabbed it.

then i thought

hmmm.. is this the right thing to do?

am i being a good Jesus-follower by doing this?

and in the brief 10 seconds, a million thoughts went through my mind..

should i take it?

should we split it?

should i turn a blind eye, pretend i didnt see, and just LEAVE it there?

should we do the right thing by law, and take it to tha PO-lice?

what should we do!!??!!?!

after thinking deeply, [yet quickly]

i put the $50 note back in the machine [where we found it]

and YOUNG. rofl

took it out

and just started walking

so.

meh.

the blood was on his hands now.

[!?]

hahaahah

anyways, as soon as the excitement of finding a FREE $50 note passed by me,

i said to myself

"this is SOOO going on my blog!!" [like a wise man once said]

no. wait.

i think i said it out aloud.

rofl.

anyways.

so as we walk to cador.. we're still in awe at this

[because.. come on.. we NEVER find free money!!]

we eat

then leave.

and as we're walking through fountain. [outside GJs]

there, on the seat

is a CHOCOLATE BLOCK.

a little bit opened,

but completely clean, and untouched!

so now we're all freaked out.

what is happening to us.

why are we finding free crap?!?!!?

hahaha

we all thought we were gonna be in for an epic night of some sort.

but.. nothing happened.

we j ust went to homers [as always]

and coffeed, then went home

hahaha

juri, you missed out on being a part of the free $50 episode.

it was truly happy times.

in OTHER news.

young tried to download some game on my iphone.. and in the progress, used up all my credit

i hate you forever.

and the whole night, i was being made fun of.. of my weird/gay HAIRCUT.

comb-over FTW!!!! >=D

guys.. we should go to strathfield more often

I LOVE THIS GAME

2009-05-27T20:03:00.005+10:00

an ideal world..

would be a world where EVERYONE follows the NBA.

like follow follows.

that would be a good world.. indeed..

but most of the people i hang with.

and.. well.. actually everyone who reads my blog... is NOT a follower of the great NBA.

every. single. time. i watch an NBA game, it screams in my face.

and my heart screams out to my brain

"I LOVE THIS GAME!!! >=D"

[yes. with that emoticon as well]

seriously.

my heart actually pumps faster and harder when i watch an NBA game.

it is PERFECT.

the system of the NBA and its followers.. is absolutely flawless.

it is SO good, that although none of my readers follow it, i am still doing a blog post about it.

now if you know me well, you know that my main man is:

Vincent Lamar Carter.

plays starting shooting guard for New Jersey Nets.

at one stage i was so damn obsessed with this guy

i had everything.

i have three of his jerseys

had his shorts

his hat

his shoes

everything.

i knew EVERYTHING about him

his birthday is 26/1 [yes. australia day]

his wife

his daughter

argh

EVERYTHING.

i thought he was awesome.

...well he still is.

but i grew up a bit. and i admitted..

he isnt the greatest. and he never will be.

time to choose a new favourite man.

[sorry VC]

[but i still LOVE and adore you]

at one stage, i was SO obsessed with him,

that i had a folder on my comp with THOUSANDS of his photos in it.

i probably had the greatest VC photo collection ever.

and i used to get EMAILS from VC

[this is true.]

anyways.

im over my high school puppy love with VC and his ridiculously epic vertical leap and awesomeness at dunks [ask any avid NBA fan, he is single-handedly the GREATEST dunker ever.]

so now. my new man is:

Kobe Bryant - Starting shooting guard for the Las Angeles Lakers.

dont call me a bandwagoner. because at one stage, i detested this guy.

but after watching him play, and studying his game more in depth.

this guy is frikken ridiculous.

ask any NBA expert and they will tell you that this guy is really unstoppable.

when you watch him, you are in awe, because he can do whatever he wants, and no-one comes CLOSE to stopping him.

recently SLAM mag released an article called

"Can even Kobe guard Kobe?"

its true.

he's frikken ridiculous. and his game is so good it will make you weep

alot of NBA followers argue with me about this.

but i rekon... that this guy might end up being the GOAT.

Greatest

All

Time.

and that title, is currently being held by his airness, MJ.

but kobe.. man. well.. when i think of him, i just shake my head because he is too good for my pathetic words to describe.

ANYWAYS.

if you follow the NBA, you will now that it is currently PLAYOFF TIME

YAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D =D

and a few of my favourite players are left!!

it is... conference finals.

which means

eastern conference

and western conference.

= 4 teams left.

Lakers vs. Denver

Cleveland vs. Orlando.

now this post, is meant to be about two men.

these two:

Hedo Turkoglu - Starting shooting guard for the Orlando Magic.

and

Dwight Howard. Starting Center for Orlando Magic.

i'll give you a quick run down of these guys.

Hedo Turkoglu.

after watching him closely in the playoffs, i have come to realised, that damn i love this guy.

he is so amazing.

his nickname is

"Mr. fourth quarter"

because of his frequent late-game clutch performances.

he is amazing.

his playing style is flawless, he is a great defender and scorer.

a great leader. and he is a big man who can play 4 positions [this is a big deal]

he can shoot from the inside, outside, and in any direction he jumps.

he is awesome.

do you know what his name means?

"turkoglu" in Turkish means.. "the son of Turkey"

and "Hedo" well "Hidayet" means "the man with all knowledge+wisdom"

i found that to be quite epic.

because man.

to be frank, he is one of the best players in the league right now.

in the 4 games so far between orlando and cleveland, he has made SO many clutch shots.

he's almost given me multiple heart attacks.

so thats Hedo.

[i wonder if he has B.O. ??]

and dwight howard.

his nickname is. "superman"

that says it all.

he is a beast of burden.

and all the NBA critics will tell you, he is a man-beast and he is a monster.

he stands at 6'11" [which is massive]

has a great vertical leap

and man.

he crashes the boards [rebounds]

and he dunks the crap out of everyone/everything.

[he won the slam dunk comp]

with THIS dunk:

it was called the superman dunk.

[yes he is wearing a cape]

he is an avid Christian.

i would love to put up both their success and achievements on this page.

but i dont want to bore you guys out.

but they are both REALLY epic.

i was watching the game

Cleveland vs. Orlando today at work.

and i was rooting for Orlando

because.. well not because i love supporting the underdogs.

because... i actually dont

but i just like the players and i like the team orlando better. =)

orlando has produced amazing things in the past.

i.e. shaQ, t-mac, penny hardaway, etc etc

and well.. i used to be a Lebron hater.

[yes, he is frikken awesome]

anyways.

the playoffs goes something like this.

first team with 4 wins advances to the next round.

and today i watched the Magic go up 3 - 1

=D =D =D

so if they win ONE more, they'll be in the NBA FINALS!!

AGAINST LA!!

[probably =P im guessing/hoping denver wont make it]

hahaha

anyways.

thank you for reading, because chances are, you dont give a crap about the NBA.

but you should.

ohhhhhhhh how i wish everyone would follow the NBA.

a wise man once said.

"i love this game..."