Tinki Talks

I did it! I did it! I did it!

Woo hoo hoo!

Remember my dilemma 10 days back? The one where I had a 50 image upload quota right here in Friendster Blogs? Well guys, I found a loophole in the system! Woo hoo hoo! Did you notice that I had a picture in my last post? Haha. Coolness, no? And if you didn’t know, it’s still January. Wee hee hee!

*takes deep breath to keep excitement down and to control heart rate*

I never knew that cheating a system is this much fun. It’s exhilarating, actually. Makes the head rush and the blood gush. Fun! Fun! Fun! No wonder hackers keep at what they do. Haha. It’s addictive!

Bleh, Friendster Blogs!

You’ve just been outwitted!
Wakakaka!

*rolls on floor laughing*

Well, here’s to pictures always
and not a day without
when I really want ‘em.

Cheers!

I. Hate. Needles.

Malaysia’s healthcare industry needs a good kick in the butt for it has a lot of bucking up to do. This ain’t a joke, fellas. Don’t forget that the wealth of a country is judged by the health of its people. This is serious business, okay! I kid you not. Laggards, we are. Depressing, it is. Suck big time, we do.

I mean, come on! Technology has come a long way but where’s that state-of-the-art technology when it comes to healthcare!? I’m not seeing it. In fact, we’re so far behind that we’re still jamming needles the size of bamboo sticks into patients in order to vaccinate them. Sheesh! And don’t say I’m exaggerating. I’m not. Hey, I’m not!

We need to invest in the healthcare industry, people. If any of you grow up to become politicians or doctors in this sorry Land of the Bamboo Needles, make sure you do something about the wretched healthcare situation. I’ve heard of non-needle vaccines that are taking the world by storm. I think it’s a fascinating field that should be given the limelight it deserves. Getting a shot without being pricked? Heaven! So tell me, why aren’t we seeing any of them non-needle vaccines around?

I’ve heard of jabs that shoot a spray of the vaccine so strongly that it penetrates the skin and enters the bloodstream without even requiring a needle. Still sounds a little painful but, at least there’s no needle. And, okay. Fine. If it’s considered too costly or too expensive to provide an entire nation with such high-tech means of medical care, then at least give us something like vaccine patches or vaccine nasal sprays – anything that’s pain-free. Come on! I don’t think I’m being too demanding. Be nice for once, you men in them white lab-coats!

Aaarrgghhhh!

I. Hate. Needles.

In memory of you…

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It’s been a whole four years gone by
but it just ain’t gettin’ any better.

Sigh.

Today’s your day.
I miss you dearly.

Tick tock, tick tock.

Another three and a half days
till the pics repossess their legal right
to “Get Loaded”.

Tick tock, tick tock.

Artist: Carrie Underwood
Song Title: Jesus, Take The Wheel

She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati on a snow white Christmas Eve
Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy with the baby in the backseat
Fifty miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline
It’s been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn’t pay attention, she was going way to fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn’t even have time to cry
She was so scared
She threw her hands up in the air

[CHORUS]
Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands
Cause I can’t do this all on my own
I’m letting go so give me one more chance
Save me from this road I’m on
Jesus take the wheel

It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder and the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the backseat sleeping like a rock
And for the first time in a long time she bowed her head to pray
She said I’m sorry for the way I’ve been living my life
I know I’ve got to change
So from now on tonight

[CHORUS]
Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands
Cause I can’t do this all on my own
I’m letting go so give me one more chance
Save me from this road I’m on
Oh, Jesus take the wheel

Oh, I’m letting go
So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I’m on
From this road I’m on
Jesus take the wheel
Oh, take it, take it from me
Oh, why, oh

Sometimes life throws us blows we just can’t seem to dodge no matter how much we duck and try our best to dipsy-doodle around. They keep coming – heading towards us, and heading towards us fast – sometimes too fast for our liking. Hitting us where it hurts most and hitting us hard while they’re at it. Unrelenting, insanely persistent and unceasing, they come at us in torrents and waves. Draining the life out of us without even leaving a trace of them ever being within a 10-mile radius of our physical bodies.

“It’s been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn’t pay attention, she was going way to fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn’t even have time to cry
She was so scared
She threw her hands up in the air”

I can’t do this on my own. I can’t. I’ve tried to but I can’t. I just can’t. I spin on that thin black sheet of glass each time I drive, and I when I walk, it’s on ice. I’m treading in waters too deep for me to even keep my head up. I don’t know what to do. My hands are in the air.

“Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands
Cause I can’t do this all on my own
I’m letting go so give me one more chance
Save me from this road I’m on
Jesus take the wheel”

Yes, take this wheel from me. Take it from my hands. I can’t do this on my own. Give me that one more chance I long for even as I loosen my death-like grip on what’s in front of me and surrender it into Your hands of life. I know that it’s there that everything grows, blooms and flourishes. Yes, yes. That I know.

I surrender it all to You, O Lord, for it is You who knows best.

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For it’s in You that I place my trust;
for it’s in Your hands that I place my heart.

Artist: “Kids of the Unknown”
Song Title: I Am A Promise

I am a promise, I am a possibility
I am a promise with a capital “P”
I am a great big bundle of potentiality
And I am learnin’ to hear God’s voice
And I am tryin’ to make the right choice
I am a promise to be anything God wants me to be

I can go anywhere that He wants me to go
I can be anything He wants me to be
I can climb the high mountains
I can cross the wide sea
I’m a great big promise you see

I am a promise, I am a possibility
I am a promise with a capital “P”
I am a great big bundle of potentiality
And I am learnin’ to hear God’s voice
And I am tryin’ to make the right choice
I’m a promise to be anything God wants me to be
Anything God wants me to be

*smile*

I don’t have anything to say today.

Why?

Cos it’s all been said.

Now, go listen to cute cute kids sing fantastically
in what we call the out-of-tune style.

I like.

p/s: I still want my own kid.

Artist: Rascal Flatts
Song Title: Life Is a Highway (OST Cars)

Hmmm, yeah

Life’s like a road that you travel on
When there’s one day here an’ the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There’s a world outside every darkened door
Where blues won’t haunt you anymore
Where brave are free an’ lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore

We won’t hesitate
Ta’ break down the garden gate
There’s not much time left today, yeahea…

[CHORUS]
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you’re going my way
Well, I wanna drive it all night long

Through all these cities an’ all these towns
It’s in my blood an’ it’s all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road an’ these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver’s lights
Knock me down, an’ back up again
You’re in my blood, I’m not a lonely man

There’s no load I can’t hold
Road so rough, this I know
I’ll be there when the light comes in
Just tell ‘em we’re survivors

[CHORUS]
Life is a highway
Well, I wanna ride it all night long
If you’re going my way
I wanna drive it all night long (all night long)

(Ah, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, yeah)

[CHORUS]
Life is a highway
Well, I wanna ride it all night long (Hmmm, yeah!)
If you’re going my way (you’re goin’ my way)
I wanna drive it all night long (all night long)

There was a distance between you and I (between you and I)
A misunderstanding once
But now we look it in the eye
Ooo ohh, yeah
Ah, hm, hm, hm, hm

There ain’t no load that I can’t hold
A road so rough, this I know
I’ll be there when the light comes in
Tell ‘em we’re survivors

[CHORUS]
Life is a highway
Well, I wanna ride it all night long (All night long, yeah yeah)
If you’re goin’ my way
Well, I wanna drive it all night long

Ah, gimme, gimme, gimme, ah, gimme, gimme, yeah

[CHORUS]
Life is a highway (life is a highway)
I wanna ride it all night long
(Ooooo, yeah)
You’re going my way (you’re goin’ my way)
I wanna drive it all night long (all night long, yeah)

C’mon!
Ah gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, yeah

[CHORUS]
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long (yeah, I wanna drive it all night long, baby)
If you’re goin’ my way (you’re goin’ my way)
I wanna drive it all night long (all night long)

I couldn’t resist the temptation…
It was just too strong…
I heard it call me, felt it nudge me…
It lured me… It enticed me…

So what I did was…

I downloaded the soundtrack!
Full album, consisting of tracks
from various artists as well as
the film score! Woo hoo!

*clap clap*

Mr Torrent, you rock.

*does a little dance*

I love this song. Knew at once that it was a Rascal Flatts song. Haha. Gary LeVox’s voice is unmistakeable. (FYI, he’s the lead vocalist of the band.) Midway through the song, I did have second thoughts, though. Somehow, it didn’t sound like one of their compositions – different writing style and melody – so I looked it up. True enough, the song was originally written by Tom Cochrane! No wonder laaa. Aih. Confuse me only. Sheesh. Haha.

I’d upload the album artwork
(cos it’s really kick-ass fantastic)
if I could but I can’t so… sorry.
Go surf and check it out.
It’s beee-yeeeww-teee-fullll, baby!

So, if Life is a highway, all I can say is that you better know which direction you’re heading in. That aside, everything else I wanna say, the lyrics’ said it loud and clear. Life’s like that, huh. It’s a highway that goes on and on until you come to the end of the road. Sure, we may come across some bumps along the way or face some bad weather every now and then. But struggle as we may, when finally reach the end, at least we can stand up and proudly tell the world that we’re survivors.

Around the block, over the hills,
through the valleys and back again.

We’re SURVIVORS!!! =)

You know that Golden Globe-winning animated feature film that’s presented by Walt Disney Pictures, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution? The one that was released in the US on in June 2006 and later in the UK a month later?

Know it?
They call it Cars.
Heard of it?

Well…

I just watched it!!!
SO NICE!
I like.

Sigh.

Fine, I know I’m super lag when it comes to this but, come on, gimmie a break. I had too much on my plate when the movie came out back in mid-2006. I’m pretty up-to-date when it comes to movies these days. Honest! And plus, I WANTED to watch Cars when it was released. I even made plans! I did! I promise!

*blink blink*

I so don’t know why I’m even bothered to explain myself to you.
Heck, this is MY blog. So what if I watch a few movies a little too late?

*huffs*

And to you guys who watched it before me, I say to you,
“Ya la, ya la. So what? Think you very clever la now?!”

Sheesh.

Okay, sorry. Enough with the rage issues.
Haha. I’m just kiddin’ ya.
I’m in a good mood. Really.

*wide wide smile*

Well guys, I learnt something today. Learnt it from talking cars. Heh. If you watched this movie, you’d know where this was taken from. If you watched it and don’t remember, how could you possibly not?! Go watch it again. If you haven’t watched it, HAHA. You’re worse than me. Thanks for making me feel better. =p

Now, read it. Read it with emotion.

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Conversation Between Lightning McQueen And Sally Carrera
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LIGHTNING MCQUEEN: Whoa. Look at that. Look, they’re drivin’ right by; they don’t even know what they’re missing!

SALLY CARRERA: Well, it didn’t use to be that way.

LIGHTNING MCQUEEN: Oh yeah?

SALLY CARRERA: Yeah. Forty years ago, that Interstate down there didn’t exist.

LIGHTNING MCQUEEN: Really?

SALLY CARRERA: Yeah. Back then, cars came across the country a whole different way.

LIGHTNING MCQUEEN: How do you mean?

SALLY CARRERA: Well, the road didn’t cut through the land like that Interstate. It moved with the land, you know? It rose, it fell, it curved. Cars didn’t drive on it to make great time. They drove on it to have a great time.

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Wow.

I love that last part – “Cars didn’t drive on it to make great time. They drove on it to have a great time.” It may come out sounding all clichéd but it’s true, you know. When it comes to life, it’s not the destination… it’s the journey.

I hope life’s like that for me. Always. I don’t want to end up cursing as I journey on towards my destination. What’s the point of living this life we lead if we’re just going to breeze by it without taking in all that Life has to offer? No. I want to cruise and enjoy the view as the days go by. I want to be able to smell the flowers, listen to the rustling of the leaves, and see the sunrises and sunsets set before me. I want to enjoy the pretty clouds that are scattered in the blue blue sky, watch as rainbows emerge and disappear, and see the stars twinkle at night. I want to watch the waves as they lap and lick the shore. I want put my ear to seashells and hear entire oceans roar within. I want to watch children play at the park. I want to take pictures with people I care about. I want to dance till dawn breaks. I want to laugh till my sides ache.

I want it all. Yeah, I want it all.

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I miss writing such posts.

It’s late and I’m tired.

I think I’ll make this a short one. I just hope that my brain stays up with me as I try to write all that my mind wants to say. If I zone out and you can’t seem to get what I’m saying no matter how many times you read my sentences, don’t worry. Haha. I’ll probably read this again tomorrow and I’ll catch my mistakes then. In the event of there being any, I’ll rewrite the parts I where my brain happened to be MIA. =)

So…

Ready?

Okay. Here we go.

The Bible Vs. Science.
Creation Vs. Evolution.
Faith Vs. Certainty.

With so many opposing factors influencing our take on life, our conception of the world and our worldview, who’s to say what’s right and what’s not anymore? Who’s to say which is truth and which is not, when two contrasting and contradictory worlds collide and confront? Sure, we may say that we are the ones who are right. That believing in the Bible, in Creation and having faith through it all is the way to go – that it is the ONLY way to go. And sure, Christians DO make up the highest count when it comes down to it. An estimated 33 percent of the world’s population are Christians (every denomination included). So what if the percentages shown are just approximate estimates and do not provide a definitive number? That’s one third of the entire population here on Earth, man! 2.1 billion souls who believe in the three concepts I mentioned earlier!

Okay, I’ve lost my train of thought.
Got myself too excited with notes regarding
the size of specific religions around the world.

Sigh.

Tinki paging Brain.
Tinki paging Brain.
Come in, Brain.
Do you read me?

Sigh.

Apparently not.

I think I should close soon.

So, my point of writing is this: I’m a Bible-believing Christian. You see, my God has given me a set of scriptures, consisting of 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, that tell me everything I need to know about every aspect of life. The answers are all already there. I just have to know where to look. Heck, I have to WANT to look or I may miss it altogether. Wrapped within these scriptures are clear guidelines regarding my conduct towards whatever that may come my way.

Aaargh.
This isn’t working.
I’m gonna just leave you with this.

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Quote of the day:
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“When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data.”

– Henry Morris (Institute for Creation Research)

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No matter what I may think and no matter what logic, science,
reasoning and commonsense may tell me, as long as it contradicts
with what my Bible says, I know that it is I who have made a mistake.

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Philippians 4:7
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7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

– New King James Version (NKJV)
Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

You’ve done it again.
Yes, You’ve done it time and time again.

*closes eyes*

Thank You, Lord.