26 Days and 18 Hours
Until I breathe the smog air of Hong Kong again…
April 2011
39 posts
Royal Wedding Day
So, I must say congratulations to William and Kate. Up here in St Andrews, those two hold a very special place in our hearts. Also, as it seems, they allowed for us all to have a day off and for most people to spend said day off getting absolutely plastered.
So here’re a few photos from today (and maybe one of two of bunnies).
What a fatty watty…
Evidently the wedding’s hymns were well received
Ah, the time honoured question: “What are you meant to do while watching the royal wedding?” Well for us, the answer was simple. Play with pipe cleaners. Duh.
After the wedding is over, it is time to toast everything.Which went down something like this:
Ladies and gentlemen, the Queen! *clink*
To William! *clink*
To Kate! *clink*
To the Monarchy! *clink*
The Colonies! *clink* Isn’t it the Commonwealth?
The Commonwealth! *clink*
To Britain! *clink*
To the children of Will and Kate, may they be many and consist of at least two males in case we need backups! *clink*
To the horses pulling the Royal Carriage! *clink* and…
TO THE CONSUMMATION…
…
…
… HUZZAH! *clink*
Pipe cleaners, the flag and people of an inebriated nature. Royal Wedding success!
Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship →
foxnews.com
Which I think is absolutely hilarious. And awesome. Personally, I find the Fox News’ negative response to this to be so very…Fox…
“Besides being riddled with a blatant lack of patriotism, and respect for our country, Superman’s current creators are belittling the United States as a whole. By denouncing his citizenship, Superman becomes an eerie metaphor for the current economic and power status the country holds worldwide,”
Personally I think a lack of patriotism is a good thing. I think the ability to break free of the blind exaltation of a deeply flawed nation (and don’t get me wrong, they all are) is a very good thing. The way I see it, according to the article, Superman is shown to make this move because he doesn’t want to be held back by governments from doing what was right.
So, in the name of not being held back by patriotism from doing the right thing, cheers to your apparent the “blatant lack” of it, Superman!
You’re doing the world proud.
Being a man and doing the right thing.
Spatiotemporal
“It is of my opinion that Longenecker, though he may have created an authentic spatiotemporal setting in which to place his protagonist, cannot be said to have created an authentic narrative if the characterisation of said protagonist is not authentic.”
Boom.
Nice try, Wakeling.
“Resurrection is not just coming back to life and going to heaven. Resurrection is the reversal of death.”
—(via lj-pulse)
Hehe
I love how just before Christmas I had to write an essay on Isaiah 11:1-10, which was basically a peace of advent prophesy talking about the coming of the Messiah, the saviour of Israel and the Lord over all people.
And now the day after Easter, where we remember Jesus’ death and celebrate his resurrection and victory over said death, I’m gearing up for my biblical studies tutorial on the resurrection of Jesus (which means there’ll be lectures on it too :D).
Woot!
You can chalk it up to well-planned modules if you really want to, but it’s still cooltastic.
“EASTER SUNDAY!”
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new year. new beginning.: i finally get it. →
bnutt.tumblr.com
today we went to the hillsong good friday service at the sydney entertainment centre in sydney city.
this is what struck me today:
Satan made up religion
and Satan believes in Church
he is okay with us going to churchhe is okay with us reading the bible
just as long as we don’t actually…
Wise.
An Email from our Lecturer:
“It has been brought to my attention that copies of Lost Letters from Pergamum bought from the bookshop here in St Andrews may be faulty- the last 30 or so pages may be missing. If you take the copy back to the bookshop, they will refund you.
If your copy is missing these final pages, I’m afraid you will have to use one of the library copies to finish the book- or borrow from a friend! But it is as well that you are alert to this possibility now.”
Fail.
First Mass Effect 3 Screens →
kotaku.com
Hear that ladies and gentlemen?
Those’re the pre-pubescent-sounding girly screams emanating from this 18 year old overgrown sci-fi geek Mass Effect lover.
So like…yeah….
“It’s a new day, drop those old chains.”
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Work O' Plan
John the Evangelist
A bit of a mashup by John Galvin, a former student at St Andrews. (click here if you want to check out the website for him and his company, Business Before Pleasure)
EPIC WORKOUT MUSIC
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHREEEEEEEES
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS!!
I hope my gift made it to you, it contains many life lessons I feel you need to know to survive in this crazy world. One day you will thanks me.
You are very cool. And very strange. And have odd flatulence from time to time. Also you smell a little funny, but that’s OK because you’re my big brother and I LAAAV YOU. Thank you for being hou man and, dare I say it, for being zhen de boss.
Enjoy this commemoration of the day you came out of our dear mummy-dearest. See you in about 40 days.
Miss you bro.
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The Lord and I are in a shepherd-sheep relationship, and I am in a position of negative need.
He prostrates me in a green-belt grazing area, and conducts me into lateral proximity with a non-torrential aqueous accumulation.
He restores to original satisfaction levels my psychological makeup.
Notwithstanding the fact that I make ambulatory progress through the non-illuminated geological interstice of mortality, terror sensations shall not be manifest within me due to the proximity of omnipotence.
Your pastoral walking aid and quadruped-restraint module induce in me a pleasurific mood state.
You design and produce a nutrient-bearing support structure in the context of non-cooperative elements.
You enact a head-related folk ritual utilizing vegetable extracts, and my beverage container exhibits inadequate volumetric parameters.
Surely it must be an intrinsic non-deductible factor that your inter-relational, emphatic, and non-vengeful attributes will pursue me as their target focus for the duration of the current non-death period.
And I will possess tenant rights in the residential facility of the Lord on a permanently open-ended time basis.
Amen.
” —Psalm 23, as written by an Academic
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unfolding slowly: the rooftop →
unfoldingslowly.tumblr.com
Tonight we began something new, something exploratory, something that would not be limited by labels, definitions or existing ideas.
Church has been in the making for two thousand years. In ancient Athens ekklesia was the name given to a particular gathering place where men would assemble…
The church is, and needs to be, breaking out of the box. The church exists within a box, contained within paradigms and labels as well as physical spaces; set buildings too, steeple and all. For some, the fact that my church occupies a floor of what is mostly an office building is too different from what many think church should be. And for some, that has become the new box.
None of the box is that bad, of course, until it stands between us and God. Until the shining and prettily decorated walls of the box distract people from the shining face of God. As the (great and esteemed ;D ) writer I’m reblogging says:
“I wonder, if Jesus walked into one of the churches in Hong Kong would he make a whip from strips of cut up designer bags and turn the tables of the coffee machines, book stalls and chairs? When did church have a formula for how you do things? When did we have a set time for prayer, worship, sermon? When were these things even timed into a Sunday schedule? Why does it have to happen on Sunday?”
The box is a box of both the world’s and the church’s own making. Here’s to it’s shattering.
So read on for a snippet of that shattering, a crack in the wall, so to speak.
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Book Reviews
On the back of Gerd Theissen’s “The Shadow of the Galilean” (1987):
“This book is amazing. If you thought German academics were incapable of writing interesting material for the ordinary Christian, just try this.”
- Themelios
Lol….
Maggi Asam Laksa...
…makes everything right with life…. :D
Happy Mother's Day Mummy!
“Well at least it is in the UK!”
2 Kings 4:30
But the child’s mother said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Thank you mum.
That you’ve always been there for me,
Always been there for all of us.
Thank you mum.
That you’ve given so much up for us.
So often.
And for so little back.
Thank you mum.
That you love us so much.
Even when it doesn’t seem like it.
And even when we don’t really deserve it.
And I’m sorry mum.
That we can also bring so much grief to you.
That there are so many times
That we just don’t treat you with all the
Love
Respect
Affection
Humility
And patience
That you (and Dad) deserve
More than anyone in the world
So sorry
And thank you
I love you so much
And miss you
- Ollie
Isn’t she BEAUTIFUL? :)
Day 3
Spring is coming here…already I guess and the daffodils are in bloom (well they were already but….whatever). The sun’s been shining today with a lovely breeze running through St Andrews and people are starting to slowly come back to Andrew Melville Hall to get some work done before terms continues in just over a week.
Oh and today as some simple fried rice :P
Tasty.
Day 2
Houmous and Olive Sandwich and Tortellini with chicken fo’ dinner BOOYAH….also i never realised just how LONG THE WALK FROM MY HALL TO MORISSONS IS.
Then again my cheapness forbade me from buying stuff if Tescos which is much closer. This is because our Tescos is one of the most expensive in the country….RAWR
Also, today I learned the beauty of UHT milk. It may taste a little funky, but it keeps for all eternity and since it doesn’t have to be in the fridge until you open it people won’t can’t steal your mighty stash…… :D
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Muahahaha
I have expanded my Empire to occupy a second locker in the kitchen!
Hail me.
Lol...
…just pwned an olive and houmous sandwich….mmmm….healthtastic
