Church today was a surprise.

A long time gone friend finally decided to return to my church and because of that, I finally made up my mind to go back for Sunday School.

Yes, I admit it, I have not been to Sunday School for like half a year already. No idea why, but I just didn't want to go.

Thank you God for bringing him back to this church and for bringing me back to Sunday School.

Crap, I'm falling sick with flu like symptoms except for the one that everyone tests for: fever.

And coupled with the fact that I've been going out a lot for the past week... Help! No idea if its just seasonal flu or something worse.

The Mamiya MSX 500 has officially been declared dead. So off to the mantelpiece it is then!

To put it simply, film is scary (at least to me).

I don't know whether the shots I took with my Dad's Mamiya MSX 500 (with a slightly fungi infested 50mm f/2) will turn out nice, and perhaps I have just ruined the last roll of film that was available in my house.

Sigh, 3 shots of my mom, sister and brother and another 21 shots to go. Let's shoot tomorrow morning (canal! and people exercising) and the rest of the week before going back to J8 to scan and convert to digital :(

Hope it turns out good... If not ;( cry.

Reading the article in the paper today by Lee Wei Ling, I feel a sense of respect and awe for her friend.

And now as I am typing this post, I am actually reading The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch once again. Having watched his speech to Carnegie Mellon's graduating batch of students when he had already come down with pancreatic cancer inspired me to read his story once again.

Truly, the little things in life we whine or bitch about: exams, results, money, relationships, etc.; all these are just tiny things that we shouldn't be that worried about. Of course, we do need to be concerned, just not, well, worried.

Life is more than that.

Life is about doing the things you want.

I thank God for my parents. They allow me to do things that I want to do (within reason of course) with little hesitation.

Just earlier, me and my siblings took time off to just make a sorbet, something that we wanted to do. Perhaps that could be described as random, perhaps that time could be spent doing something "better".

It is time that we learn from both Lee Wei Ling's friend and of course Randy Pausch. Even as they went through the toughest periods of their life, they managed to see the positive side of their life.

Which is more than I can say about myself (or most youth today).

Carpe diem. Do the things in life that you want to do.

I never regret the stuff I do. Even when it is the stupidest, dumbest thing that got me into a hell lot of trouble.

I regret the stuff that I didn't do. Wasted chances, lost opportunities, perhaps never to return.

I'm truly in no position to comment. What do I know about life at the mere age of 17? I can merely say that it is time for me to live day by day, step by step, knowing that I cannot control the future.

A quick riddle :)

Something to relax. A slim young man asked a girl on a date:
"I say something. If it is truthful, will you give me your photo?"
"Yes," replied miss.
"And if it is a lie, do not give me your photograph. Would you promise that?"
The girl agreed. Then the chap said such a sentence, that after a little while of thinking she realized, that if she wanted to honor her promise, she wouldn't have to give him a photo but a kiss.
What would you say (if you were him) to be kissed and so on?

I shall go get a 50mm f/1.4 soon