Thats me cutting the birthday cake!

Doca's enjoying the food... next pic will have a closeup~

And we're all enjoying fooooooood :D

Sheila, Josephine, Clara and Doca

Doca tries to kill Robert!

THE Fanwar... hahaha :) The Fanwar's threw a little party for Doca's birthday! Whee!

King Naresuan... the BRAVE king of Thailand :)

From the Thailand National Museum

Jeans and trouble

"We got away without a complaint this time" - that's what Fanwar said on monday morning about the youth worship (pics posted a few threads below) the previous saturday. Turns out that complaints started coming in on monday evening... so he wasn't spared the remarks from those who really don't like it when the younger people (students) lead out the worship services.

Some background -Dr Wann Fanwar, my prof. is in-charge of youth worships that happen once every two months i believe. Everytime there is a youth worship, he gets flak for 1. length of the program 2. dressing of those involved 3. music that is provided or something else - if it isn't in the three categories already.

I led worship last sabbath wearing... jeans and a dress shirt with tan shoes. seems decent enough for me but some people, who already don't like my style of worship leading went up to Dr Fanwar and gave him a lecture on what i should have worn. ah... are jeans that irreverent? They were pressed...they didn't have holes... i didn't wear sneakers or sports shoes... they're comfortable... they're what the people of my age wear. if those guys want to make me a clone of them... i dont think they're going to succeed :S

To let you (the reader) think a little... when we youth/young adults are their age (the guys who are complaining), will we also comment about dress, music, hairstyle etc? Some food for thought... we always deem what we see fit to be fit for a certain situation, most of the time not putting into consideration the time that has gone by since we last 'updated' ourselves. hmmm :)

RObert preaching in his dorm :)

oh yeah... a closeup of the strings on my guitar. hahaha :D

another pic frm today's leading :)

just getting up and... the mic stand is not where it's supposed to be. Kishen and I adjusting the stand...

Kishen on my right along with Khun Phet on the bass.

Motion blur added! hehehe... thats me leading worship juz now... today! it was awesome... really was. Praise God for always being there in our worship and gracing us with his presence!

Foot in pain

My foot is in terrible pain... my Navicular bone in my mid-foot section is suffering after i heard a little 'pop' sound yesterday when i was playing ball. I thought it was nothing at first... until this morning - i couldnt move my foot cos it was so pain! I've sort of walked the pain off a bit and it's tolerable... but I think I need to go for an x-ray.

I pulled up some information on that... and here's what i got from www.orthopedics.about.com

Navicular stress fractures are a common foot injury in athletes. Navicular stress fractures tend to occur in athletes who sport requires explosive movements and sudden changes in direction--commonly injured athletes include high jumpers, sprinters, basketball, and soccer players.

Athletes typically have vague midfoot pain just beyond the ankle. The pain typically hurts most during and just after athletic activity and resolves with a period of rest. In more severe cases, patients may even have pain with more routine activities such as walking. There is usually no history of an acute injury, rather most athletes describe a worsening, nagging pain. Unfortunately, this often leads to a delay in diagnosis, and while it usually causes no long-term problems, it does delay the start of treatment.

Diagnosis of a navicular stress fracture is suspected when athletes have pain directly over the navicular bone.
There may be a small degree of swelling in the area. Sometimes the navicular stress fracture is seen on x-ray, but often requires a bone scan to be seen. CT scans are also helpful to better identify the fracture pattern and to evaluate for healing. Treatment of a navicular stress fracture is with a short-leg cast and crutches. Usually six weeks in a cast is sufficient, but some patients may require longer. In a small group of patients, the navicular stress fracture will not heal and may require surgery. Conservative treatment, however, is most often effective.

dang... this means no sports for me for a while... :S

sighz

My brithday cake :) it reads "Go Nathaniel, Go" in hebrew and english. hahaha

We went on a field trip recently... and look at what happened to our bus! Tyre exploded.. wooohooo! Thank God for keeping us safe as the bus skidded!

Field trip to BKK... from 5pm - 1am! Woo... went to watch the BKK Symphony Orchestra play for the King. Well.. here's Simon (left) and Joshua sitting in the lower deck... super smelly... we couldnt stand the stench of the toilet and the diesel fumes so we evacuated from there to the top... where we had to pretty much stand for quite most of the trip to BKK.

The BKK Symphony Orchestra playing for HM the King. The king was present at this concert and it was pretty awesome being in his presence! No cameras allowed... but still managed to shoot with my DSLR... a few shots. haha :D

A closer view of the stage. I was at row Z with Simon and Joshua. Very beautiful place and excellent acoustics.

Simon and I got tickets (extra tickets) and went up to the 4th floor for an ariel view...! woo... sweeet. The concert was FANTASTIC! I've got a new love and appreciation for Classical Music!

Temp dropping

It's been getting cold of late... was wearing jeans, shirt and a sweater last night when i slept... brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :S cold!