Presented by a clinical psychologist, Dr. Gideon Arulmani, Director of The Promise Foundation India, and International Fellow of the National Institute for Career Education & Counselling (Cambridge, UK) and a professional storyteller, Kamini Ramachandran, Co-Founder of MoonShadow Stories and President of the Storytelling Association (Singapore), this workshop will bring two disciplines, namely, storytelling and counselling together and explore storytelling as a counselling technique. The speakers will present the cultural preparedness approach as a conceptual framework that could guide the development of counselling interventions that are responsive and relevant to felt needs.

--> going for this tmr! :D hahaa. sponsored by school. woohoo!
guess i'd put my gestalt on hold :P

hahahaa.
for the first time, my principal came up to me and said 'the front was a bit fast.. the teachers need to know what resilience is. but overall, good presentation'

wahahahaa yay

:)
i can't do it. hahaa.
i think it'd take some time. haha. maybe half a yr? maybe one yr?
maybe never? hahaa
but ah well :)

my recent delight lies in watching Heston's Feasts on youtube. haha. learning about the history of some foods in some eras, and seeing creativity at work is a treat for my soul.
love it when i see imagination and creativity at work!

the downside to being an accountability partner is that you look at some of the sites that appear in the list and have to think about how to confront the person after that.

Thai Life Insurance Melody of Life

hahaa.
Not being able to concentrate on one task for long, this is what my tabs usually look like at 3pm in the afternoon

Full of uncompleted articles to read, and the things I need to attend to.
They will slowly disappear as the day goes by, as I keep switching from one tab to another, and eventually finishing them :). lol
Thank God for a good memory. hahaahaa

Taylor Swift - Mean

and the fast song. haha

Vanessa Carlton- The One ( With Stevie Nicks)

singing this as the slow song :) hahaaaaa.
pop rock is such a hard genre to define and find.

i guess, in a way, it's kind of expected... knowing the kind of guy he is, and it always seems that he's held out for her through the many years.
and i guess in a way, it doesn't make sense to me when some people change the people they like so quickly. because if that's so, i'd think that it's a matter of lust and infatuation, rather than love. for love perseveres, and holds on, and continues to despite circumstances that occur. and if it can fade away so easily, then how can that love last through the many decades that are to follow? what will happen in the times of hardship? in times when things seem bleak, in times when sacrifice is needed? a love that imitates Christ's love for the church.
i'm just sad that i can't celebrate their togetherness together with the family of God. to rejoice in them together, to participate in their progress, and witness the process coming to past.

was reading a brother's former blog post and i remembered why i enjoyed the melancholic side in me :)
it's 'cos of the sensitivity to the nuances in emotions. the ability to identify with what is wistful.

I went to Yamazaki Sensei's class today. No idea why I thought the sensei's a male.. turns out that she's a female. haha. nice, energetic sensei, a little like me (keeps laughing at things). haha. but not as detailed as Horiuchi sensei. hahaa.
the sensei is nice, but the class ah... aiyoh. dunno whether it's cos there're more working adults in the class, or cos the ppl are all not very good, but the class is less enthusiastic. lol. i prefer my class. more participative :) haha. it's a pity! considering tt Yamazaki sensei is so enthusiastic. haha.
maybe it's complementary. hahaa.

choosing to make the right decision is not easy when making the right decision brings about hardship and pain temporarily.
but go past that initial hurdle, and you'd realize that things are so bright before u :)

From Michael's post on facebook
"Immanuel" (God is with us) is a wonderful word to sum up what happened throughout the weekend. Thank you Ps Jeff and Claudia for leading all of us to love God and follow Him wholeheartedly. Thank you Hope Conference committee. You did an incredible job. And now may we experience "Immanuel" tangibly wherever God has placed us in everyday. :)
--> AMEN! this word came to me when I was praying during Kairos night too.