Courage

Well, I was watching Transformers the movie for the second time a couple of days ago. And I find what Optimus Prime said in the ending was meaningful.

"With the Allspark gone, we cannot return life to our planet, and fate has yielded its reward. A new world to call, "Home". We live among this people now, hiding in plain sight but watching over them in secret, waiting, protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for COURAGE, and though we are worlds apart. LIKE US, THERE'S MORE TO THEM THAN MEETS THE EYE. I am Optimus Prime and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here, we are waiting."

$1850 and the dying pedals.

Man, I saw a Mapex drumset with a full Istanbul cymbal set at Drums Resources that cost a FREAKING $1850! Well, Nigel who is the shop owner said that thats the cheapest amongst all the Mapex drumset, and its also for beginner drummers. Although it sounds and feels good when I tested it, I doubt that my parents will buy that for me. =( I have nothing against the price of that drumset which I saw, its just that when I told my parents about it, they just give me a STRAIGHT NO! Sad man.

Yeah, but I will still go down to Drums Resources to check out more on that Mapex drumset, and also to Swee Lee to look at other drumsets as well.

Well, I jammed with Ryan for an hour on Tuesday and the studio that we went to was quite horrible. Not the guitars but the drums, the pedals will just die on me while I was playing halfway, making me so fustrated. When we went into to the studio, the owner was like so stunned when he saw the 2 of us only. Maybe he thought a band was coming. Haha. But overall, it was fun, he came out with some chord progression thingy and really c0ol strumming patterns. While I played some funny and impromptu grooves. =)

Okay I'm gonna buck up on my practices for my next jamming session with Ryan and Ben. We need a BASSIST!

First Things First.

A young ensign had nearly completed his first overseas tour of duty when he was given the opportunity to prepare his ship to "set sail". With a stream of crisp commands, he had the decks buzzing with sailors and soon the ship was churning slowly out of the channel.

The ensign's efficiency was remarkable. In fact, the talk was that he set a new record for getting the ship underway. However, his bubble was burst when he was handed a radio message from his captain.

"My personal congratulations upon completing your underway preparation exercise according to the book and with amazing speed," it read. "But next time wait until your captain is on board before getting underway!"

What good is a ship without a captain? The ensign did all the right things, but he never did the most important thing!

It is a matter of priorities. You may accomplish a great deal every day, but are you accomplishing the truly important things? In other words, have you put things first?

In marriage and relationships, in work and career, in the areas of mental, physical and spiritual health, are you truly doing the most important things?

It is never a matter of doing more. To determine to squeeze more time in every day for execise, reading or spiritual devotion usually does not last long. More people find success in deciding what is truly important and doing it first. And if some of the other "stuff" never gets done, will you miss it?

Today, will you put the first things first? And how about tommorrow? And the next day? If so, one day you will discover that you are building a life that counts.