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Of Strategic Planning, Shofar, Tutorials and Pets

An incredibly busy last few weeks it has been, and here's my rambly attempt to make up for the silence, and mousetrailing.

I'm happy to announce that after months of waiting to figure out my software for research, through some amazing miracle, the software company's regional resident guru (yes, he's pretty much the guru) decided to come down and walk me through its capabilities... Well, after these 2 sessions (an intensive total 10 hrs), i should be sufficiently empowered to get things crunched. Its one immensely powerful software, and can just about be used to manipulate and analyse any vibration/acoustic signal you can think of, in watever way you want... which is simply too overwhelming for me to operate. THis is their website if you wanna check them out: PULSE from Brüel & Kjær. Check out the "case studies" section and see who else uses this monster of a software... you'll get an idea how being one person trying to learn it from scratch is sometimes barking up the wrong tree. Oh well... at least now i'm getting somewhere, hopefully! =)

Oh I've been involved with heartware.org with this "orchard of hope" project thingy... Basically i've been doing short performance-gigs with friends over the last two weekends, all on the theme of hope... This coming sunday Z3 will be there, doing an unplugged set at 830pm. I'll be also doing another slot with this guitar friend of mine at 7pm. This fella's a blast, so if you're in the area, just drop by. While we wouldn't be doing outright christian stuff, we'll be singing about life, hope and peace. Occassionally we launch into some "scatsinging", which is kinda cool- i take that to do some covert singing in the spirit, and mentally pray over each fella standing and watching us... for a hunger for Christ to gnaw within him.

Had an introduction to Strategic planning last friday with this really cool fella Steven Teo (btw, the website's really really odd, cos he's retired from that many years ago). As you can see, he's really made it up the corporate ladder and stuff, but he's happily quit all that, and given his life to become an itinerant evangelist, and specializing as a church organization consultant. I'm glad he's in the picture in YI. We'll hear more from this fella down the year. He's got substance to contribute on key biblical leadership and managment principles.

"A habit becomes strategic when it is done purposefully and in relation to specific desirable outcome"

Last week, I finally searched and dropped an email to this really neat שופר (shopar) maker in Israel; and he replied yesterday... I'm now considering if I should get it- he's like the stradivarius of shofarot. Lets see what happens.

I took my first tutorial class yesterday and more to come. It feels totally weird, giving tutorial to engine students- they don't ask questions, they don't respond; they just sit there, and happy you're going through the answers with them. Oh well, i was like that. Still prolly am.

Have two new guinea pigs from my sis-in-law. Gave to us at CNY... my dad's trying to see if they'll take to less processed food and more organic ones... happy to have some rodents running around.

And if you're looking for a really refreshing worship CD, get Kathryn Scotts Satisfy. The author of real, intimate songs like Hungry, this CD's been like water to my soul... Its all about hunger for God, and how he's the ultimate satisfaction to the hunger and turmoil of our lives. Hunger, submission and the Cross.

That's about it for now... More updates as time allows.

"Hungry, i come to You, for i know You satisfy..."