Lord of my Dance

I finally had the time to catch the much talked about movie, “Memoirs of a Geisha” after postponing it time and again due to my busy schedule. I’ve heard how the book was talked about, read about in most of my teenage years and up to my adult life, making it a ‘must read’ classic literature. Now everyone can see it on the big screen. Of course most of what I heard about the books are from female magazines since they are the so called ‘gurus’ on the art of seducing and catching that elusive commitment-phobic man…talk about stereotyping!! So of course the book came in highly recommended since being a Geisha is about a “woman who has mastered the art of seduction” as how Mameha (Michelle Yeoh’s character) teaches her virginal protégé Sayuri (Zhang Ziyi’s character) on "stopping a man in his tracks with a single look". Some people think that a Geisha is just a glamourous name for being a hooker…but I think the Japanese will highly contest that. Not that I want to watch the mo...

The AYA Festival 2006 is on again! And this time we have Delirious coming to town. For those who are not familiar with this group, they are the ones who wrote these familiar songs which we sing during our worship like, “I can sing of Your love forever” or “Did you feel the mountains tremble?” One of my favourite is “The Happy Song” though I first heard it sung by Chris Tomlin. Nothing prepared me for the incredible performance that they put up. The sound system was world-class…I think they brought in their own mixers and stuff and the effects were really amazing. It was like watching a U2 or some international band in concert. At yet this band is incredibly humble and is only glad they can serve and minister God’s Word through their music. They utterly availed themselves to AYA to use them fully and make their time here in Malaysia as fruitful as possible. I know that fame can really get into some people’s head and cause them to glorify their music more than God. But this is no...