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#5

I am grateful that I don’t feel as “existentially lonely” as I felt during my holidays. Perhaps I have found my meaning in life or perhaps having something to do (i.e. going to college, working, helping people, etc.) distracts me from thinking so much about existence. (I know. I am creepy in my own way.) So yeah. I am grateful for not thinking too much. … Or is it having something to do.. Either way I am happy. *beams*

#4

I am so grateful that there are talented musicians out there in the common world (as opposed to the “recording world”). I am grateful for the invention of YouTube, that aspiring singers (such as Marie Digby) are able to share their talents with the world and to the delight of the world.

Stupid For You is my favorite song from Marie Digby, enjoy!

#3

I am grateful that I had Crystal as my housemate, collegemate and workmate. I am grateful for the times we spent talking about our lives and laughing at home till late. I am grateful for the person that she is - thoughtful, caring, non-judgmental and supportive. And although I am sad that she is going to Australia for her studies, I look back and I thank God that at least the Lord has allowed us to crossed paths and has blessed me with a gem like she. : )

I am gonna miss you girl. :’(

#2

I am grateful there’s another Calvin Klein Underwear Sale. I am grateful that it hasn’t started yet. I am grateful that it is starting from tomorrow onwards. I am grateful that the Calvin Klein Underwear Sale is in OneU, hence I am grateful to be working in OneU and to live close to OneU.

(Dear God, Please let there be gold-banded Calvin Kleins…)

#1

I am grateful to be able to earn some pocket money by doing what I love - graphic design. It’s not much but it’s still good money and I get to display my art (and add it to my portfolio)!

God and Soda

(C) Copyright Celestine Tan 2007

Before any one of you jump into conclusions, no I am not having a crisis of faith. My closest friends know that faith for me is more cognitive than affective. The reasons as to why do I believe in God, why am I Christian and why am I Catholic is because I see reason in all these … a logic in its own right. Perhaps you might argue, faith itself is unreasonable and you may be right to a certain extent because it is difficult to see reason in certain faiths. As for me I see reason in the Catholic faith which becomes motivation for me to seek to believe what’s “unreasonable” - for instance teachings I do not understand or agree with. Why? Simply because I see a consistent track record of reason which obliges me to give the Church the benefit of doubt and an ounce of humility because I do not know everything.

Block Facebook Apps in 3 Simple Steps…

Everyday I go on an “ignore-battle” with various Facebook Apps as I thwart them from clogging my Facebook profile. If you receive more than 10 invites per day, you know how it feels to click the ignore button again and again and again and again… not to mention day after day after day after day… Imagine if you fail to check your Facebook account for more than 3 days… (Argggghhhh!) And the laggishness of the ignore button doesn’t help either…

Which is why God invented the block applications function in Facebook! (OK, God created the guy or gal, who invented the block applications function…) Anyway as promised here are 3 simple steps!

STEP 1

Click on the Facebook application link. This will bring you to its main page…

STEP 2

Click on the button which says “Block Application”…

STEP 3

Click on the “Block” button which confirms your decision…

and voila!

You have successfully blocked this application from sending you any more invites!

Serious I find blocking Facebook apps rather therapeutic. OK, lemme see 56 more to go….

Epiphany

Having led two cell groups for four years, it feels strange not to be leading any of them anymore. It is just as the title says, an epiphany of sorts… where you suddenly realize that meaning has been stripped off your life (perhaps as a result of lost of an identity (?) ) and that you have to look for meaning all over again. At the beginning it felt like existential loneliness - nagging feelings of incompleteness and insecurity, and I thought that was what it was. However epiphany occurred to me only after having vocalized my thoughts and internal processes to a friend and he paraphrased what I said to him to me.

My Place in This World expresses just exactly how I feel…

My Place in This World by Michael W. Smith (Source)

The wind is moving
But I am standing still
A life of pages
Waiting to be filled

A heart that’s hopeful
A head that’s full of dreams
But this becoming
Is harder than it seems

Feels like I’m
Looking for a reason
Roamin’ through the night to find
My place in this world
My place in this world
Not a lot to lean on
I need your light to help me find
My place in this world
My place in this world

If there are millions
Down on their knees
Among the many
Can you still hear me

Hear me asking
Where do I belong?
Is there a vision
That I can call my own?

Show me, I’m
Looking for a reason
Roamin’ through the night to find
My place in this world
My place in this world
Not a lot to lean on
I need your light to help me find
My place in this world
My place in this world

Lookin’ for a reason
Roamin’ through the night to find
My place in this world
My place in this world
Not a lot to lean on
I need your light to help me find
My place in this world
My place in this world

Lookin’ for a reason
Roamin’ through the night to find
My place in this world
My place in this world

It’s true!

It says here.