Lest I forget…all of Your goodness, the blood You have shed…

     Hey people! Uni for me has started again and I gotta seriously kick myself into study mode…ugh!

     Well, yesterday I did a capoeira performance in uni with the Bond Uni capoeira society. Also present were a few people from the Zambiacongo team: Mestre Luizinho, Instructor Adam and Formado James. It was heaps of fun and from the compliments we received from the crowd after the show, and the number of sign-ups, the classes may get much bigger this semester *Happiness* I actually caught a video of the performance using my camera, but its 140MB…apparently Youtube can only hold up to 100MB. Sigh…Neway, here are a few pics, although the video shows us pulling off some pretty crazy moves…

That’s me, Ash, and Rungano…Ash and Rungano are med students that just started doing capoeira

Me vs Instructor Adam

Yasmin vs Anna (Yasmin is also a med student, and has been doing capoeira for about 2 years)

Formado James vs Anna (James teaches the capoeira classes at Bond Uni…his acrobatics is pretty good)

    Anyway, recently whilst I was back in Sydney, I had a chance to catch up with the Usyd capoeira club, and boy, have they improved!!

The class, with Instructora Gaivota trying to strangle me!

Tony and Dave (a.k.a Gung Fu -the angmoh that is more asian than most asians). If u can’t figure out what’s happening, well, they are hanging horizontally just using their arms! Insane rite?!?

Sarah doing a version of queda de rins (standing on kidneys)

Andrew Meyes (a.k.a. Envergado) doing mortal (back sommersault)

Gung Fu again!

And that’s moi (a.k.a. curumim)!

And whilst I was in GC, this happened!! 0_0 That’s winnie and Gung Fu…I’ve known them both for years!! but I’m so happy for them

Kogarah Bed Racing
        These are just some funny pics from the Kogarah street festival where the main event was a bed race to raise money for charity. I had a great time with my mom.

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Amazing Friends
        A giant "Thank You" to Aaron, Ashley, Darrel, Nydia, Melissa and Jeanne for hanging out with me last Saturday! Just wanna say u guys are amazing and I’m honoured to do life with u.
I appreciate u all for taking time out cause I know for most of u, it’s exam week. Really touched…=)

From left: Jeanne, Melissa, Nydia, and Ashley

For some reason, no one took pics of the boys…hmm…lol!
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Who am I? (inspired from the song "Who am I" by Casting Crowns)
        That’s a question that recently caught my attention. "Who am I?"
In the light of eternity, I am, but a ‘vapor in the wind’, ‘a flower quickly fading’, and ‘a wave tossed in the ocean’….

Yet…

For my empty promises, I’ve received His blessings…

For my wandering heart and adultery, I’ve received His faithfulness…

For my ungratefulness, I’ve received His forgiveness; a second chance…

For my pride, I’ve received His mercy…

For my foolishness, I’ve received His divine guidance…

For my inability, I’ve received His favour…

For my idolatry, I’ve received His holiness…

For my torn heart, I’ve received His un-failing love…

For my broken body, I’ve received His healing…

For my troubled spirit, I’ve received His hope…

For my insanity, I’ve received His peace…

For my weaknesses, I’ve received His strength…

For my sins, I’ve received His grace and eternal life…

and having nothing of true value to give in return, I’ve received His only Son…

   Truly I am nothing but a vapour in the wind…but I’m thankful that I have someone that places value on my life. Someone who catches me when I’m falling. Someone who protects me when I’m hurting. Someone who saves me when I’m drowning. Someone who watches over me when I’m sleeping. Someone who chooses to light the way, even when I go astray. Because of that someone, the sun shines for me, and life is worth living =)