beautiful...

Walking on the road to Jerusalem,
The time had come to sacrifice again.

My two small sons,
They walk beside me on the road,
The reason that they came
was to watch the lamb.

And they said, daddy, daddy,
What will we see there,
There's so much that we don't understand.

And so I told them of Moses
and father Abraham,
Then I said dear children watch the lamb.

There will be so many in Jerusalem today,
We must be sure the lamb doesn't run away.

And I told them of Moses,
and father Abraham,
Then I said dear children watch the lamb.

When we reached the city,
I knew something must be wrong,
There were no joyful worshipers there,
No joyful worship songs.
And I stood there with my children
in the midst of angry men,
Then I heard the crowd cry out,
Let's crucify Him!

We tried to leave the city
but we could not get away,
Forced to play in this drama
a part I did not wish to play.

Why upon this day
were men condemned to die,
Why were we standing here,
Where soon they would pass by.

I looked and said, even now they come,
The first one cried for mercy,
The people gave him none,
The second one was violent,
And he was arrogant and loud.

I still here his angry voice
screaming at the crowd.

Then someone said there's Jesus,
I scarce believed my eyes,
A man so badly beaten,
He barely looked alive.

Blood poured from His body,
From the thorns upon His brow,
Running down the cross,
Falling to the ground.

I watched as He struggled,
I watched Him when He fell,
The cross came down upon His back,
The crowd began to yell.

In that moment I felt such agony,
In that moment I felt such loss,
Till a Roman soldier grabbed my arm
and screamed, you, carry His cross!

At first I tried to resist him,
Then his hand reached for his sword,
So I knelt and took
the cross from the Lord.

I put it on my shoulder,
And we started down the street,
The blood that he'd been shedding
was running down my cheek.

They led us to Golgotha,
They drove nails
deep in His feet and hands,
Yet upon the cross I heard Him pray
Father, forgive them.

Never have I seen such love
in any other eyes,
Into thy hands I commit my spirit
He prayed and then He died.

I stood for what seemed like years,
I'd lost all sense of time
until I felt two little hands
holding tight to mine.

The children stood there weeping,
I heard the oldest say,
Father please forgive us,
the lamb ran away.

Daddy, daddy,
What have we seen here,
There's so much
that we don't understand,
So I took them in my arms,
And we turned and faced the cross,
Then I said dear children
watch the lamb.

randomness

Just thought this shot was pretty awesome. The Ann Arbor skyline just outside the NCRB. =)
We were 'walk-walk'-ing last night and it was freeeeeezing cold. =) and I thought, well, let's get artsy.

The road to Ziwet!

Yam Zao, Sek Yin, Ho Hoi Sum! (stills)

Ok, so we did have a helluva good time after the SSA elections. oh my gawd. Zouk USA!

Chicago CTA

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Lake Michigan from the Hancock Observatory

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Yam Zao, Sek Yin, Ho Hoi Sum!

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Photograph of the Year 2005! Navy Pier Ferris Wheel









More moon river pics







*someone* would love to sit on this.=)








The Chicago skyline by night. Hmmm. I used too high ISO already haha so it seems like day. =)







Ok. we paid 10 bucks to get into this .=) hahah and we were out in say 10 min.

Ok, we met Yinyi at Helmi's too haha..=) and then headed to downtown Chicago. Chinatown!








Parking at Chinatown=) the cheapest we could find. 8 usd for the whole day.






We had dimsum before that, after we met up with Sel and her dad. =) Hhaa thanks uncle! (erm... boss? :P) for the dimsum treat. Had it at dimsum daily. shiok man ...

Met up with the rest of the group over at Penang, this Malaysian restaurant at Chinatown. Wanyu and Liangying! the ppl from St. Louis! Will drive down some time. hopefully before you guys leave.


Ok and we took the CTA -Chicago's Metro, to downtown Chicago.

USD 1.75, to ANYWHERE. hahaha ... not like SMRT






The Hancock Observatory: John Hancock Tower. =) Haha the whole Chicago skyline's ours!

The visitors...








Ok, hahahah this reminds me of Europe. like, totally.













Moonstruck!






Me, Fiona and Chris, DSTA!







The Best part of the deal: HELMI BIN KHASWAN! RIPBS42000!!! you guys should all be here. I love this guy man...

The verse for da bruddersss:
2 Tim ^4:7 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

Our 1st rest stop.


Navy Pier, Chicago! and the Great Lake Michigan!

Back on the road, to Urbana Champaign.

The UIUC. Haha... the Wolverines meet the Fighting Illini. Check out their state-of-the-art pool in their recre gym, man.

In the midst of darkness, You are the light, indeed :) Thank You.

^{Rom 8:30} Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Oh Jesus, You are to me the wisdom of God and the power of God.

***
I will follow after You as long as my soul lives,
I will lift up my hands unto thy name O Lord,
my mouth shall praise You because You have been my help...

In the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice my Lord,
Your lovingkindness overwhelms my soul O Lord,
and I will bless You, I will love You all my life...

moon riverrr 

a picture to whet your appetite. Navy Pier, CHICAGO! 

Psa 23: 4
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

Thank You. I have the promises I need. Already :)

=) just finished watching the movie the day before. You're right Gabe! haha awesome movie.=) artsy fartsy. *griN* ...