edit: He does not smoke nor drink. He is polite and courteous. He was a virgin until he married his wife. He said, “The Bible teaches that true love waits until marriage. If our life today is so beautiful, I think it is because we waited.”
I am referring to Kaka the famous Brazilian footballer of AC Milan, now a target of megarich Manchester City, which is prepared to pay mind-boggling tranfer fees and salary to get this player.
“I am a radical,” he said. “In fact, I’m very radical. I have my life, I have my values. And, compared to much of society, especially football, that is radical.”
The Times, London, reported that “Kaká, a devout evangelical Christian, sticks to his faith in a secular world. And that, he says, is what makes him a radical, a non- conformist, a man who walks in his own religious bubble, respecting the choices of others but keeping them at arm’s length. “I isolate myself from such things,” he said. “And people still accept me.
“As for others, I respect them and their right to choose to do other things. I don’t judge them. If you can do that, it’s not hard to be a Christian in a less than Christian world.”
In this less than perfect world that is fraught with temptations and traps that we may fall into, do we succumb to them and allow ourselves to be manipulated by peer pressure, are our principles and Christ-like values built on sand that can be easily defeated and torn down, or solid ground with concrete foundation, so it is able to withstand the test and temptations?
Junku's photography captured the different facets of life and it was as if he could make time freeze at that particular frame to tell us that while there could be pain, disappointment, longing and life gets so mundane, there are moments that we really ought to be cherishing. Scrolling down the images is like opening doors to various feelings...really good pictures, I don't think any one can go through the gallery mindlessly without evoking thoughts and emotions. I like the ones on old people especially, because their jadedness and indifference are so explicitly spelt out on their face that makes me feel that sometimes while it's good to be optimistic, hyped, sometimes it's even more important to learn to take slower steps, be patient, think, observe and listen.
This week in one long paragraph: Randy made an inspirational speech on Wednesday, Ziyi came back and daji spent time talking, and I don't know how to be perfect in playing seriously. had shepherding today...and today the weather really sucks, but pe was real fun cos we played floorball for a while and my classmates are very fun people we watched the boys play soccer and laughed very heartily, which should be the way pe should be. I passed GP *beams*... there was council election yesterday and some of the videos were so good and funny last year got pwnszxz, so that was half of terrible thursday gone so it's not so bad after all. i stayed up to do my econs and math homework on wednesday night till like 2 am (but i slept 2 hours before that hahahhaa) which made me very happy on thursday cos i could be pesky during my breaks and disturb people at my classbench and stare at my eyecandies , speaking of which thanks ahhh junior boys ): tuesday we had co meeting, very short meeting minutes but spent 2 hours with crap talk interspersed, which i thought we all didn't mind because we won't have such sessions after we step down, which is coming really soon actually.
that's about it...very blessed, joyful and humbled this week, so i'm contented (: anyway Easter is coming I don't have money to buy eggs for you lovely people but Hope Easter Service is on Sunday 12 april 11 am and 3 pm, HC care group/Shijun and whoever's going will be going at 3 pm, so if you are keen/free (OR MAKE TIME FOR IT), or thinks that the God-shaped hole in your life is getting bigger, please come look for me alright (:
