Bad Hair Day Alert

Warning: Read from marked indicator if you wanna skip readin all my complaints.

Beijing is my home for the last time this trip round. Went to Xi Dan yesterday and got conned! Some dude pulled me over to some hair dresser shop and started saying all sortsa stuff bout how they were having a promo activity and he wud tell me how style and take care of my hair. Since alone and bored with much time to kill, I thought why not.

He blabbled a while and asked me to head to the other side so he sud give my hair a wash. Asked him personally whether he was gonna cut my hair like three times n he sed no since I wanted to keep it long. He started snipping my hair afterwards n i thought watever lah, my mop-like hair needed a trim anyways. He was nice and started askin wher I was from n stuff. Friendly I was till he wanted to perm my hair. The poof type on top and straight beneath - the Ah Lian type I wud assume.

I demanded for the price which he kept persuading me to do so then look at the price. Suspicion crept in then. Insisting till he did, when he showed me the price did I realize ok this is getting too far.

555 Yuan! Expect me to pay 555 Yuan for a perm and turn my hair Ah Lian, Id rather die. So much of a how to keep my hair talk. It turned into a talkback show. I insisted my way and he insisted his. I've got enuf when he started critisicing me. This girls onli 18 and she's still immature, shudn go around telling ur a Msian cos of this, you look more like you come from the Sixth Ring area (Beijing counts their areas by rings, the outer the rings the further away it is fromt the city) This is what you get when ur friendly in China..

WTH?

Demanded him to take off watever was on my head and that was it. So much of being friendly to start with. Askin me to show off my new hairdo from Beijing (this was before the whole debate), I sure will. When someone asks, what happened to ur hair?! Will kindly let them know a Beijing shop in Xi Dan did it. Pfffttt

Complains stop here.

My mood was gone to shop for the night but somethin kept me feeling guilty. Before I stepped foot in dat crazzee shop which was crazee bout conning ppl and their money plus spoil ppls mood, I lined up for bubble tea where an aunty came up to me and begged for money. All I had was notes in hundreds and I just acted dumb and kept quiet hoping she wud leave me alone. She didnt so I did. Went to a store two doors down instead.

So many stories of beggars who steal ur wallet after you give them some money, using money for cigarettes and beer and so forth. It was probably -5 degrees or more then and I don't even know whether the aunty had enuf clothes on to keep her warm. What if, just what if she really needed the money? The thing is, you'd never know whether she does.

I felt bad but didn't know how to. 100 notes din help.

Decided to get myself a hotdog to munch on on my way back. Wud be nice since it was freezing cold anyway. As I was about to pay, another aunty beggar came up to me. I asked her whether she wanted one and she nodded. Buying someone a hotdog has never been this rewarding man. She kept thanking me and sat down on a railing nearby, smilling while she munched away.

Satisfied, I passed through the same row of shops I got my bubble tea from as I head for the train station. The same aunty I saw the first time was still ther begging. Went up and asked whether she wanted anything to eat. Got her what she wanted, some pita bread like thingy and left. She happy, I happy :)

Money spent buyin them food is way better than paying it for da crazee barber. Summore have to waste my breath to get out.

Still ain't know where money for beggars go to, but at least I know two had something for their stomachs that night.

Signin off: Pictures of the Aus trip shall come SOON :)

Packing...*yucks*

Untill now, I still don't understand how Kenneth can fit EVERYTHING he has in one big suitecase whereas after filling up three boxes, not even half of my things are packed!

*packing blues*

Signin off: Can I just not move?

Physics 101

Stress = Force / Area

Since the area of the brain is not that big, therefore the force per unit area will be larger aka more stress over a certain force compared to something with a bigger area. Stress is perpendicular (Correction: I meant proportional..Really (: ) to strain.

Strain = Change in length / Original length

Strain is the measure of deformation per unit length caused by an applied force (stress). More stress, more force, more change in length, more strain.

When stress is over strain, this is what we call Young's modulus.

Stress / Strain = Young??


I think not.

Thoughts in my head : Tendency to ignore's back. Effective yet not good. Na, help!

Relationships

To know what it's like to be in a relationship with another person, it takes you to

1. Say Yes to the relationship
2. Step into the "relationship circle"

Understanding it as an outsider outside the circle is possible, but never will you really have a taste of its joy, kodak moments, tears, hurt and even heartbreak that comes along with.

A relationship with God is not much different. We can stand by as spectators, watch and admire what is inside the "relationship circle" and yet not know what experiencing a relationship with God really is like. Stories of miracles happening, lives touched all seem pretty amazing but all these stays as that.

The steps are the same. A relationship with God requires you to

1. Say Yes to the relationship
2. Step into the "relationship circle"

Saying yes is the easier bit, but sadly enough, many of us after saying Yes still stand at the edge of the circle, occasionally reaching a left foot or right hand into the "relationship circle". What's worse is that you may be comfortably standing at the edge of the circle for years and don't even realize so.

Being at the edge is not bad, but it just means that you're missing out - missing out on experiencing what a relationship with God has to offer first hand. Big big difference from a second hand experience~

Maybe you're at that stage where you've said Yes to God and yet after so many years of saying Yes, you still have never experienced God in one way or another. I'm not talking about the experiences of God of other people, I'm talking about YOU experiencing Him for yourself. If that's you, time to look down and check whether you're standing at the edge of the "relationship circle".

I urge you, friends, to commit your whole self into the "relationship circle" when it comes to God and let Him be in control. Why?? and What for??? you may ask.

Here's what I think. Boy-girl relationships can promise you the whole wide world and yet most of the time leave you in shattered pieces, sometimes even more broken than you think you could ever be. A Godly relationship may seem unimportant at this stage of life yet it is one that picks up the shattered pieces of your life and in turn promises you new life -an eternal one in heaven.

God did not promised that along with having a relationship with God is a smooth and problem free life ahead. What He has promised is that everything that is happening is in His plans and when tough times come, we can rely on Him.

Footprints in the Sand

One night I dreamed I was walking
Along the beach with the Lord

Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand

Sometimes there were two sets of footprints
Other times there were one set of footprints

This bothered me because I noticed that
During the low periods of my life when I was

Suffering from anguish, sorrow and defeat
I could only see one set of footprints

So I said to the Lord, " You promised me,
Lord that if I followed You,
You would walk with me always."

But I noticed that during the most trying periods
Of my life there had only been
One set of prints in the sand

Why, when I needed you most
You have not been there for me

The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.

During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints
It was then that I carried you."

Experience God's goodness yourself and be sure to want to come back and have more of it. The joy along with it is simply indescribable (agree with William) and maybe thats why missionaries can work way past their retirement age and yet want to continue with more (agrees with Nana).

Why not give it a go?

"Taste and see that the LORD is good.
Blessed is the person who takes refuge in him."
Psalm 34:8

Signin off: Love love