WHY by Nicole Norderman

WHY by Nicole Norderman (video in previous entry)

We rode into town the other day
Just me and my daddy
He said I'd finally reached that age
And I could ride next to him on a horse
That of course was not quite as right

We heard a crowd of people shouting
And so we stopped to find out why
And there was that man that my dad said he loved
But today there was fear in his eyes
So I said, "Daddy why are they screaming
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why is He dressed in that bright purple robe
I'll bet that crown hurts Him more than it shows
Daddy please can't you do something?
He looks as though He's gonna cry
You said He was stronger than all of those guys
Daddy, please tell me why?
Why does everyone wants Him to die?"

Later that day the sky grew cloudy
And daddy said I should go inside
Somehow he knew things would get stormy
Boy was he right
But I could not keep from wondering
If there was something he had to hide
So after he left I had to find out
I was not afraid of getting lost
So I followed the crowds
To a hill where I knew men had been killed
And I heard a voice come from the cross

And it said, "Father, why are they screaming?
Why are the faces of some of them beaming?
Why are they casting their lots for my clothes?
This crown of thorns hurts me more than it shows
Father please can't you do something?
I know that you must hear my cry
I thought I could handle a cross of this size
Father remind me why?
Why does everyone want me to die?
When will I understand why?"

"My precious son I hear them screaming
I'm watching the face of the enemy beaming
But soon I will clothe you in robes of my own
Jesus, this hurts me much more than you know
But this dark hour I must do nothing
Though I've heard your unbearable cry
The power in Your blood destroys all of the lies
Soon you'll see past their unmerciful eyes
Look there below, see the child
Trembling by her father's side
Now I can tell you why
She is why you must die."

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Traumatising Experience :S

It's been a LONG while since I last blogged :P

Since I've experienced something rather traumatising today, I thought I shall share about it :) See these photos:


It was so dramatic this morning :S :S I thought we were experiencing an earthquake...

My family had a gathering last night at Justin's place. We were all just hanging around after dinner, watching tv and singing karaoke. We decided to spend the night over since it ended quite late. Auntie Peggy & Zelia left first (Uncle Ong came to pick them). According to Auntie Joan, she heard creaking sounds during the night. Mama heard it too. But they just ignored, thinking it's probably coming from neighbours.

This morning, around 10+, we were all awake, getting ready to go out for breakfast. Mummy was helping to clear the dining table (as u can see in the picture) when the tiles under her feet started to crack. She told me in quite a panicky tone, but I didn't really bother at first. After a while, the cracking sound lasted longer and became louder. At that time, Justin was taking a shower while all of us were panicking outside. Richmond was trying to calm us down and right after he said, "just calm down, nothing one...calm down..", the tiles "exploded" with a really loud sound. I don't really know how to describe that sound though...At that time I was really worried that the house might collaspe (sounds quite exagerated, but I was really scared!). I was screaming unknowingly, hurrying Justin to come out of the bathroom. HAHA. Some bits and pieces of the cement popped out and flew around too. I think most of us were in a state of shock when that happened. Everyone just didn't know what to do. After the major popping out of tiles - the one with the "explosive" sound, a whole row of tiles followed an inverted V pattern. The whole living room had very unleveled flooring, and we didn't know when the cracking and popping would stop.

Auntie Joan was the first to evacuate the house..haha... When Justin finally came out, he called his brother-in-law to come down. We were quite relieved when we heard from him that this is caused by thermal expansion and the contraction of the tiles. Moreover, this isn't the first case in Singapore. They called HDB and after some time, they sent someone over to take a look. Most probably HDB/Town Council will bear the cost of the repairs. At about 4pm, a contractor came to remove all the damaged tiles. As he was removing them, more tiles popped up. :S

Actually thinking about it now still gives me a phobia :S Justin just called and said he could still hear some of these cracking sounds. :( Thankfully he could spend the night at his sister's place tonight (just upstairs!)

I hope everything is fine and that HDB will conpensate the full cost :)

Candid shot!

A picture sent by pixie! :D haha....a candid shot of all the Disney princesses.
Thanks Pix! It made me laugh...:D

fairies :D

Look....fairies! haha....Justin created one while he was researching on the disney website for his assignment. (haha...so girly..but i'm quite impressed with how he dressed up the fairy n decorated her home.)
I created one too...try guessing who created which :D

Nissa Dazzlemist :)

Kyra Maplemoon :)

hahaha...

KANDAZE is laughing to herself while reading the post about the weird things beats n i do. hahaha.....

i feel like typing more! =D i really really miss those days!

four of us :)

haha...i suddenly remembered....when we were around this age (as shown above), beats and i weren't on good terms at all. we fight a lot. according to some bits and pieces of my memory and from my mum. haha...they went America for a few years...surprisingly, when they came back, beats and i got along really well. and we started having stayovers during every holiday. :)

(continued...)
some other incidents i could remember...

- i learnt cycling with Beat's bicycle (with spoilt brakes), and uncle henry was there, helping me to balance. i remember beats helping me too as well, she was really trying hard with all her strength...to keep the bicycle upright. haha...in the end, i fell, but i learned from then...to cycle with a bicycle without brakes. cool...

- beats and mandymee have hamsters. i remember we used to stare and play with them the moment we reached their house. i always laugh at how beats used the sunflower seed to "lift" her hamster up...

- oh ya...we always play duets on the piano. even if the songs are not meant for duets..we'll split the melody and bass and take a part each...haha...

- we sing alot...especially in the car during any journeys. amanda, kan, beats and i....

- i remember how all four of us could sit comfortably at the back seats of the car without squeezing. :D

- oh yes...hide and seek; favourite place: the cupboards and storeroom

- supper is always milo with biscuits :D our favourite

- beats and amanda would "sign contracts" and paste them on the fridge if there's any promises made to each other..haha

- those were the times we drank fortune delight, vitafruit, callitea, and eat vitadophilus...oh..i remember nu-plus too (i like the banana flavour one) :D haha...

- five stones, congkat!

- we make our own fries and burgers with play-dough...and we made auntie irene "eat" them.

- everytime we stay over, beats would lend me her pyjamas and she'd borrow a similar one from amanda and wear.

ok that's all for now again...amazing how i could remember all these....
i'm sure there's more....

father n daughters :)

met my dad for dinner last night :D here's a photo taken in the car with kandaze's handphone. we took lots of other weird and funny pictures. but the quality and colour isnt good. was too dark in the car. so...shall not show them here (unless i have the time to edit) :)