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August 24, 2015
The Singularity Series Blog Tour!
EXCERPT - The Legacy Human (Singularity #1)I want to ascend so badly, I can taste it.It’s bitter and metallic, like the acrylic paint spread before me. It’s beautiful and beckoning and untouchable, like the shimmering rose skin of my patron, Lenora, who hovers over my work, tasting it in her own way. Her fingertips barely graze the paint, sensing its color and texture and scent in a way that is utterly inhuman.Because she’s not human. Not anymore. She’s ascended—vastly more intelligent,...
August 23, 2015
#musicmonday: In Jesus Name - Israel Houghton & New Breed version
Because this is one of the awesomest renditions I have heard!
Also I bought a new CD!
Also also I am on my way hoooommmeeeeee to Malaysiaaaaa truly Aaaasssiiiiaaaaaaaaaa
(apparently the album is partially recorded in Kuala Lumpur!)
:p
August 21, 2015
Goodbyes
I hate that we make all the right noises
to say goodbye
But our hearts never really let go -
no, not while
Our words fly across our screens
big or small
And there's always a chance to see you
on my wall
And I really don't know what to feel
inside anymore
When everything's changing right down
to the core
So we make the right sounds as we
say our goodbyes
But we'll never really ever completely
break our ties.
to say goodbye
But our hearts never really let go -
no, not while
Our words fly across our screens
big or small
And there's always a chance to see you
on my wall
And I really don't know what to feel
inside anymore
When everything's changing right down
to the core
So we make the right sounds as we
say our goodbyes
But we'll never really ever completely
break our ties.
August 18, 2015
#Bookreview: The Vanished Knight by @MGerrick1
The Vanished Knight by M GerrickMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
First things first: I received this a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Callan Blair is fairly sure that this next foster assignment will be like all the rest - she'd be in and out pretty quickly. Except this time, she's sent to school at Graystone Academy with her two new brothers and somehow plunges into a real magical world that had only ever existed in her dreams. Worse, whilst she's still coming to terms with t...
August 16, 2015
August 15, 2015
Ramblings on Esther: For such a time as this
I was re-reading Esther, and after all this time, I guess the one thing that still sticks in my mind is Mordecai's question to Esther: "Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14b)
Who knows if you were born into this time, into this place, into this situation for such a time as this?
Who knows if you gained this position, this authority, this stature, this voice for such a time as this?
Because these are dark times for Malaysia. And if you, wh...
August 11, 2015
#bookreview: The Nanobots and Other Stories by Golda Mowe
The Nanobots and Other Stories by Golda MoweMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Nanobots and Other Stories is a collection of ten short science fiction stories for children. I loved the way Mowe used local legends and cultures in the composition of her stories even whilst making it so futuristic!
Each story is followed by a brief write up on the science behind that story.
Fun AND educational. Sounds like a good deal :D
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August 9, 2015
#musicmonday: Let me see your face - Jon Thurlow
Song discovered via Daniel S.
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I see the longing under the fear
I see it in your heart to finish the race with Me
I know if you just say yes again
Together we can make the longing reality
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Living in the tension of going and staying.
Longing for change and yet hating it.
Wanting to move forward, and yet being afraid to move.
So I cling.
Waiting.
Then stepping forth.
August 8, 2015
on Penang, calling, and relationships
At the end of my college years in Kuala Lumpur, my Christian Fellowship friends asked me what would make me stay and work there instead of heading back to Penang. A good job? A boyfriend, maybe? My answer then was that I felt called to Penang, because if everyone else left, who would stay and build?
Someone, Solomon or Rowen probably, asked, but what if you found a guy in KL? I shrugged and said that I guess he would have to move to Penang then. So I went home. And nine years on, it seems...
Someone, Solomon or Rowen probably, asked, but what if you found a guy in KL? I shrugged and said that I guess he would have to move to Penang then. So I went home. And nine years on, it seems...
August 4, 2015
#bookreview: Cyberpunk: Malaysia
CYBERPUNK: MALAYSIA by Zen ChoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I don't know if it's fair to rate a book that I have a story in, but well, I guess I'm rating all the stories in the book other than mine. =) Anyway, as much as I was hoping that I would fall desperately in love with Cyberpunk: Malaysia, I didn't. I liked it well enough. It's pretty decent. But it's not gripping. But as far as debut Malaysian Sci-Fi goes, it's a good offering. So that's 3.5 stars from me!
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There is a quote (I think) which...
