waterlogged inside the bag

mi mobi'le is dead! until i get a new replacement, do contact me via emails or homephone if necessary.

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dots for dummys

in dots, below is a quick one:

• a bit of time on sunday for reading is enjoyable, finishing john dickson's 'if i were god, i'd end all the pains'. i reckond he's good at presenting complex stuffs in a simple way. the reason for picking his book is a combination of an easy reading and interesting topic. it does give a motive to pursue further on the topic.
• bought some seeds today, baby carrot and mixed greens for salad. not that am trying to expand the interest in gardening, but it just striked me this morning while at bunning's (andreas bought himself a father's day tool, pstt.. ;) that the spring needs a celebration. wrapped in good spirit, thought i'd give life to these potential seeds. huh, talk about 14 weeks of growing and looking after these little babies, it sure needs a bit of an ego booster like the previous sentences, wait till they are being devoured by snails, or chomped down by those bloody rats or the neighbourhood cats. hope this does nurture a feminine nature to care and hard-work's paid-off by the organic produces, hahha.
• watched spanglish on friday nite. thought this movie is perfecto senorita! those kind that made me yell out damnit, it's good to be alive! i mean, how often would you watch one that promotes those values as meaningful in this movie, a single mom going an extra mile to set an example for her daughter. struggling as anybody would, still she restrains from being selfish the way she relates to others. and what about those little psychological game and emotions in play throughout, a jealous mom with principles being possessive of her adorable daughter admired by another insecure mom, a family man greatly appreciated by others but not his compulsive 21st-century wife, an unrepentant alcoholic nanna with real common sense in her advices nevertheless, a little girl with real soul forced to struggle with her appearance from the external party, and you'd better watch yourself to enjoy the humorous acts adapted inside. i thought tea leoni plays it well as she always has. adam sandler finally gets out of his comfort zone in playing comical roles, and paz vega is truly feminine and perhaps too good to be true to be a by-product of hollywood!

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the black cat by allan edgar poe

interestingly enough, this story depicts the very reality of a wretchedness of evil human doings, which nature is unsurprising of the perpetrator himself.

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romans 7

by far, it's more difficult to understand this passage than the previous chapters studies. it lingers my mind and creates a deadlock as a matter of fact having been bombarded by various opinions that others have put forward in interpreting this passage. the biggest obstacle so far is in trying to find out the flow of chp. 6-8 as a whole that would minimise the possibility of paradoxical conclusions.

taken lightly, the message of chp 6 and 8 seems to flow well, but chp 7 seems to propose a differing standing that entangles the unity of the message in chp 6-8. the idea of chp 6 is a clear one that a Cn had been freed from sin through the union with Christ, dead to sin and alive in Christ. no longer is a Cn living under the old way of the written code, rather they are now under grace, living under the control of the Spirit. in chp 8, this new way of live is again and even much more being emphasized by the message here. chp 7 seems to be the thrust, yet a Cn still struggles with sin?

at one point, i suppose that the distinctive conclusions both carry some weights and therefore both are correct as far as the experiences of many Cns. the problem is heighten when i blame sin in my flesh everytime i disobey God. this is rather bleak, isn't the Spirit within me, once converted? how could both definitions be true of a Cn?

i suppose it's even more complex to bring out the idea of interpretations that others have put forward with regard to chp 7:14-25. so, no joy!

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