I Like Red Hues

I just realised it lol.

Was browsing through wallpapers to download and I realise that all of my all-time favourites were
1) artificial
2) red-hued.

And then I realised that I didn't have a single favourite blue-hued wallpaper.
Maybe because red-hues give off a feeling of warmth while blue-hues feel cold and lifeless and, might I say, fake?

Blue wallpapers, unless they're unphotoshopped photographs, feel very fake to me. :/
Hmmm. To each his own I guess.

Some of my favourite phone wallpapers <3

What Do You Worship?

A little background:
I am an Anglican Christian and my Dad is one of the reverends in the church. Our church is located within the hospital. He is in charge of the hospital sector and he usually goes to the Chinese congregation. So basically, if there are any emergencies, he's the guy that people turn to for help. But yesterday, he was invited to speak at another church and so he didn't attend our church's service. We only had one Pastor in the service yesterday so he was in charge of everything.
So, on to the story.

Yesterday when the Sunday service was ending, this man who had some kind of mental illness had another relapse. It was around the time we were getting ready to give our offerings. This guy has had many relapses, so it didn't really shock anyone.
The difference yesterday was that my Dad was not there. So the other people there, the Pastor, the admin, the band, the people... they all didn't know how to handle it because my Dad wasn't there. Usually Dad would princess-carry the guy to seek medical help and someone else would lead the rest of us to pray for the guy (or anyone else... we invite some of the patients to our service so the risk is always there).
But since my Dad wasn't there... Well two or three people hurriedly carried him onto a wheelchair and pushed him out of the congregation and tried to stabilise him outside.

And what did the Pastor do? NOTHING. Did he lead us in prayer for the guy? No. Did he express his concern for the guy? NO!

I could see that while some of the people were concerned, most of them didn't give a damn. They didn't even look at that guy. The service went on, money was handled, songs were sung, all while the dude may be fighting for his life outside.

I got so pissed. SO FREAKING PISSED. I wanted to scream to the lot of them, "WHAT ARE YOU WORSHIPING?"
What is your faith? Is your faith to be faithful and focus solely on the rituals to God? Do you not care if someone is in need because you are absorbed in your ritual?
Is the ritual more important or your neighbour more important?

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these."
-Mark 12:30

So, what is your faith? You come to church every week, you offer up your 10%  dutifully, you read the bible, you pray frequently... But what is your faith? Is there any believe while you go through the rituals? Is there kindness, love, hope, joy, peace...?

Honestly, it made me very, very disappointed with my church. My Dad and I yelled at each other over this because he kept trying to defend the church saying they were too reliant on him and so they didn't know what to do, that it's only natural for this kind of indifference because the guy has had multiple relapses. And he kept emphasising that I am overly judgement, and he just was damned stubborn and wouldn't even try to consider what I was trying to tell him, this huge problem that I was trying to bring to light so that he, having a position of power, could do something about it.

It may be true. I am quick to judge, but most of the time I am right. Has he ever considered that maybe I'm just more sensitive to emotions and actions of others? That perhaps I judge quickly because I observe enough to judge in that short period of time?

We all judge others. As beings with emotions this is inevitable. Maybe I'm just more sensitive and form my judgements quicker. Has he ever thought of that? Has he realised that by repeatedly pointing out my judgemental issues, he himself has already condemned me?

It hurt. I felt sad, disappointed, oppressed, misunderstood..... and I cried. For 10 minutes I locked myself in my room, turned off all lights, stood by the window and cried.

Did he even think to apologise? Heck, no. In my Dad's mind, he is perfect. Even if he made a mistake, it's because someone else lead him to do it so essentially it's not his fault.
This is a trait that my brother has inherited as well and it's tearing my family apart. Me, I stopped caring about my brother a long time ago to be frank. He is not, and never will be, my responsibility. I tried -we tried- but to no avail.

Wow this is long. Well, happy belated Valentines' my readers (I know I have a couple from different countries, which is so cool).
MWUAHHH. <3 p="">

Fonts Periodic Table

This is quite cool. XD

Humorous Google

I guess they got tired of people complaining about stupid things. XD

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

I'm high on caffeine now HAHAHA I keep sending my friends (female, of course) kisses (the emoji kind) and making them feel awkward. IT IS SO FUN TO MAKE YOUR FRIEND FEEL AWKWARD.

....I think I'm a natural sadist. BEWARE PPL HAHAHAHA.

ANYWAY. HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR~~
It's the year of the snake~~ Snake snake snake~

Lol just thought of the Harry Potter song thing. The "snape, snape, severus snape". (Forgive me HP fans if I spelled the name wrong.)

And since I realise that most of my readers are non-chinese, allow me to enlighten you.

The Chinese Zodiac is made of the animals..

Rat
Cow/Bull
Tiger
Rabbit
Dragon
Snake
Horse
Goat/Sheep
Monkey
Chicken
Dog
Pig

...in this order. So 2012 was the year of the Dragon and this year is the year of the SNAKE~ Imma piggy.

So... background story. 年 (nián，year) is a monster that terrorises villages and consumes humans. Every year, on the last day in the Lunar Calendar, the monster will make a visit to the villages.
Hence, things like firecrackers and the colour red were employed to scare the monster away. Thus, on the first day of every year, the villagers that survived will visit their relatives and friends to congratulate them on surviving another "year". That's why we say "恭喜恭喜" (gōng xǐ，congratulations） to each other and visit our relatives every Chinese New Year.

That's how my day was spent; visiting all my relatives. There's a lot more behind this Chinese tradition and you can look it up yourself if you're interested.
It's intriguing how traditions first came about, isn't it? Like who is the person who made up this story and then what popularised it?

And who's to say me or you can't start a tradition? This is so cool. Maybe we can start a "balloon day" internet tradition or something. XD

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR~

Snape, snape, severus snape (hermione!).

Extremists

People in general have become very impatient and short-tempered haven't we?

Decades ago waiting a month or two for a letter was normal, even romantic. Now, if I don't reply an SMS immediately the other party might think I'm irritated at her or something and read too much into it. Sometimes I just didn't feel like replying immediately, that's all. Nothing personal. Perhaps you asked about homework and I just didn't want to think about the mountains of work I chose to neglect.

Plus, people are getting more and more aggressive. I see heated arguments on online platforms such as YouTube and Twitter and Facebook all the time. Can't these people just hold their fingers and not upload offensive comments seriously?
Curse words, f-bombs, poor grammar, all over the page. It gets annoying real quick.

Take Justin Bieber and Twilight for example. For every single music video I watch, someone will try to bash JB in the comments. WHY? To get more likes? Not like it's working.
People are quite passionate regarding Twilight too. I really don't see why we can't just take a neutral stand.

Once in a while someone will ask me if I like Justin Bieber. I always respond "OK lah.." and the person will immediately assume I really hate his music. This happens with Twilight too (and Friday, but for Friday it's true so...).
When I say "OK lah" I actually mean "OK lah". I think Baby had a catchy tune although the mv was kinda ridiculous. I do have his songs in my phone though I seldom listen to them.

I was thinking about the topic of "extremists" because I realise that my two major (used to be, but now only has one major group) groups of friends are extremes culinarily. One group cooks all the time and like to bake. The other doesn't know how to properly crack an egg.
The most ridiculous kitchen fail I ever heard if when one of my classmates told me she put an egg into the microwave, shell intact.
I thought that exploding eggs were general knowledge, but maybe not. XD

Ok off to conquer the mountain I have neglected!

STOP SPAMMING MY COMMENTS

Sheesh people. I'm tired of deleting your stupid porn website links ok.