A Hispanic Preacher and Weekend Recap

This morning I was running late for a meeting at Herald Square (34th street). Usually I am good with these things but for some reason I caught the N train at Canal Street heading towards BROOKLYN! As I was a bit peeved and trying to figure why did I do such a stupid thing, this Hispanic guy walkes into the car and starts shouting Alleluia, Jesus and alot of Spanish. Now all other interesting characters I've seen but this must the first time I've heard a preach bellow out a Spanish sermon from Canal Street to Atlantic Ave. It is these times that I wished that Wai Ming was here to help translate what they guy was preaching about. Then this guy proceeds to go to one of the passengers and lays his hand on him and prays for healing. How did I know? It went "something, something, something, ALLELUIA, something, something, something, ASTHMA!...ergo he must be praying for the guy's asthma. I was quite amused and wasn't that upset anymore. It turned out that when I finally got up to 34th streeet, the meeting was kinda canceled.

BBQ and more BBQs
This weekend seemed to be the weekend of endless bbqs. First was the Cana outing at the Kong's upstate (well, not exactly...just White Plains) on Saturday. Got there around 1 pm and started cooking. Stephen and Alvin's dad was gracious enough to put a fan by the grill to help blow air (as you know it was pretty humid). Then there was this game that the kids played...something about giants, wizards, and elfs and running to a tree. Still don't quite get it but it looks like they had fun. (Click on pic for video. Not sure if it will work. It is video phone quality.)


Then yesterday we went to Mann's place for another bbq, though it looked liked it would pour. We got an interesting view of LGA...(the airport! not the high school) and watched and intense ending to the Yankees vs. Red Sox game.

Now for other RECAPS:

ZION ACTIVITY FRIDAY: Games and senior dinner. (Sorry I didn't make it).

CANA ACTIVITY SUNDAY: Austin Talk. Finally got to find out how and why Austin turned out the way he is. Just kidding. But seriously it was nice to learn the impact that OCM and in particular CANA had on his life.

SERMON SUNDAY: Remembering the Sabbath and keeping it holy.

Refl3ctions: To follow on the sermon, if someone ceases to do his/her secular work on Sabbath but still gets no rest because of "church" work, is it still considered a Sabbath?

The Bluetooth Bathtub

This is to compliment Christina's itoilet. It's Smarthydro, a tub that "recorded voice messages to tell you things like your bath is ready. Yes, it cleans itself. " Helloooo.....need more reasons to spend time in the bathroom???

Skype or Gizmo

OK. So for some of you younglings who are more tech savvy, you guys have been "Skypeing" all over the country and perhaps the world. Now there seems to be another competitor, Gizmo, which supposedly does everything Skype does more including call recording, call hold with music and cool call mapping feature.

For those of you who are completely clueless, I'm basically talking about free phone calls over the internet.

Another Update...Finally

Ok. So you heard me raving how greeaat it was that I could update my blog and pic via cell phone. That was until I found that Cingular charges me $0.25 per MMS (multimedia messaging services)!!! I thought these MMS services were covered under my unlimited plan...NOT! READ THE FINE PRINT. So kids, unless it's a real awesome moment or picture, you won't be seeing me update like crazy (see past couple of posts).

Now for some fun....

Some of you know that I work in an ad agency and ever so often I get requests for actors/models/people who think they can act or look good for film or TV shoots. Below is one such request. Note: Orlando is a real buff guy who works here and Christina is...well read on.

11:12:58 PM martianboizzz: i need a girl too
11:13:05 PM martianboizzz: if you can just send me photos
11:13:05 PM indsecret: what age
11:13:09 PM martianboizzz: they must not be shy
11:13:23 PM martianboizzz: girl will be from 16 to 19
11:13:37 PM martianboizzz: look sweet girl next door type
11:13:43 PM indsecret: haha
11:13:49 PM indsecret: what about christina
11:14:00 PM martianboizzz: she is very tom boyish
11:14:13 PM martianboizzz: she will beat up a guy anytime
11:14:17 PM martianboizzz: lol
11:14:25 PM martianboizzz: actually she is more butch than orlando

That is the most hilarious description I've come across of Christina. So anyways, if you're between 16-19 male or female, not shy and willing to be in some sort of film, contact me.

One more thing. Due to requests by some people, I've allowed anyone to post comments.

Last but not least, a very Happy Birthday to Tim Yan.