this made me smile

Made me smile. Kept replaying the clip.
Music : Forever by Chris Brown

Wink Martindale - Deck Of Cards

I heard this over the radio, some golden oldies countdown program. I guess i have to see the humble deck of poke cards differently down.


During the North African campaign, a bunch of soldier boys had
been on a long hike and they arrived in a little town called Cascina.
The next morning being Sunday, several of the boys went to Church.
A sergeant commanded the boys in Church and after the Chaplain had
read the prayer, the text was taken up next. Those of the boys who
had a prayer book took them out, but this one boy had only a
deck of cards, and so he spread them out.

The Sergeant saw the cards and said,
"Soldier, put away those cards."

After the services was over, the soldier was taken prisoner
and brought before the Provost Marshall. The Marshall said,
"Sergeant, why have you brought this man here?"

"For playing cards in church, Sir."
"And what have you to say for yourself, son?"

"Much, Sir," replied the soldier.

The Marshall said, "I hope so, for if not I shall punish you more
than any man was ever punished."

The soldier said, "Sir, I have been on the march for about six days.

I have neither a Bible nor a prayer book, but I hope to satisfy you,

Sir, with the purity of my intentions." And with that, the boy
started his story: "You see Sir, when I look at the Ace, it reminds me
that there is but one God. And the Deuce reminds me that the Bible

is divided into two parts, the Old and the New Testaments. When I see
the Trey, I think of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
And when I see the Four, I think of the four Evangelists who

preached the Gospel; there was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

And when I see the Five, it reminds me of the five wise virgins who

trimmed their lamps; there were ten of them: five were wise and were

saved, five were foolish and were shut out. When I see the Six,

it reminds me that in six days, God made this great heaven

and earth. When I see the Seven, it reminds me that on

the seventh day, God rested from His great work. And when I see

the Eight, I think of the eight righteous persons God saved when

He destroyed this earth; there was Noah, his wife, their sons and

their wives. And when I see the Nine, I think of the lepers

our Savior cleansed, and nine out of the ten didn't even thank Him.

When I see the Ten, I think of the Ten Commandments God

handed down to Moses on a table of stone. When I see the King,

it reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven, God Almighty.

And when I see the Queen, I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

who is Queen of Heaven. And the Jack or Knave is the Devil.

When I count the number of spots on a deck of cards,

I find 365, the number of days in a year. There are 52 cards,

the number of weeks in a year. There are 4 suits, the number of

weeks in a month. There are 12 picture cards, the number of months in

a year. There are 13 tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.

So you see, Sir, my pack of cards serves me as a Bible,

an Almanac and a Prayer Book."

"And friends, the story is true. I know, I was that soldier."

Death is Not Dying By Rachel Barkey

This is honest and thought provoking talk by Rachel Barkey. She was a 37 year old wife and mother of two, who had vigilantly fought breast cancer for four and a half years. She had since passed on on 02 July 2009.

On March 4, 2009, what started out as a small talk to a women's group at her church grew into an event attended by 600 women from around Vancouver, giving Rachel an opportunity to share about her hope in the midst of terminal cancer.

I had shivers to hear her story of diagnosis, treatment, surgeries, re-diagnosis, family, kids, and their struggle against the disease. I was pretty choked up hearing her speak, as I could definitely relate to what she went through.

The video is 55 minutes long. What she says is truly inspiring, and certainly made me stop and reconsider so much about my life.

http://vimeo.com/4541424

If you would like to find out more about Rachel, here's her website:

http://deathisnotdying.com/

Buzzzzzzzy

Ok...if you have been following my tweets, i have been busy lately "spring-cleaning" my blogs. In fact, if you haven't notice, i just change the background, added some buttons here and there.

Nothing much to blog about...just keeping busy doing random stuff.

Will blog when inspiration strikes...

Love the new wallpaper...what you do think?

:)

Evian Roller Babies US

This is just so cute!!

Argh! I caught a bug too!

Nic's temperature has been yo-yo-ing between 38.1 to 39.1 degree the whole nite. She is feverish, and complains of being cold. Poor girl, her lips were almost purplish, and she was shivering. Fever medication helps, but once it wears off, her temperature just goes up again :(

As for me, i am just feeling lethargic, and i have this nagging pain on my rib (the one with the lesion on my left lower rib) which makes turning painful. check my temperature, and it says 37.9.

Well, nothing but the good ol' panadol, which helps with the pain and fever...

Still having issues with the menu. Nic doesn't like porridge, so its gonna be a soupy week ahead with soup for most the meals.

sigh...

Argh! chicken pox

Nicole is down with chicken pox.

Yes, she will be away from school for the entire week. she is more likely to be quarantined at home while she recovers.

Nic is relatively active and almost her usual self, other than a temperature of 38.2 degree.
The doc gave her fever medication, medication for the chicken pox and itchiness, some calamine lotion for applying, and advice for plenty of rest, and to stay home. Well, thats what the doc said, but from what my mum and aunties advised, there's definitely a longer list of "dos" and "don'ts"!

No picking the pox - for obvious reason, we don't want to have pot marks
No Seafood - may cause even more itchiness
No snacks and Heaty Food - for obvious reason
No black sauce - may cause the pot marks to turn black (huh ??????)
No chicken - (HUH ?????)

Whatever, nursing a feverish child is bad enough. I can't imagine there's so many issues with the diet. Anyway, gonna be staying home a lot more this week