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Friday, July 13, 2007
+ The Parable Project +
prepare yourselves for the longest post of all time. So long, i had to split it into 5 posts. i've been late in writing and recollecting the events of the last month, primarily becos i wanted to ingest all the memories and look at things from hindsight, secondarily becos i knew it'll be killer tough to pen down absolutely everythin at one shot, so my lazy side usually had the final say. May 28-June 15... arguably the biggest thing to hit me all year. The Parable Project (TPP). Gen12ii mission trip of Campus Crusade for Christ. A crash-course in film-making. First time ever attempted by them. First time ever attempted by me. This post deserves to be long. I don't meet God that often, but He spoke to me during those 3 weeks. I had signed up for TPP some months before, not really knowing what to expect, thus i didn't expect much. I just thought that I could put my acting skills to use for God. I was fresh and still bleeding from a major major emotional setback.Timing was perfect. May 27. To all TPP peeps who might be reading this, if i looked ok on Monday May 28, then lets just say my acting had already started. I wanted to come into God's service with a professional heart, to do my absolute best, even if i had to bluff myself into being ok. At that stage i was using work to distract myself. I wondered if God really wanted me here. Lessons started, then one lecture really hit me. The gist goes that Jesus told stories to encourage people to question themselves. He didn't go around forcing the truth down people's throats. Today our modern means of story-telling is thru film and media. And our stories can reach millions. I knew then that i really wanted to be a part of this. due to some photo-crazy frens, the rest of the story can be told in pictures (better that than a thousand words right?)  Gabriel, Hui Hui, Rajan. Tryin hard to absorb a particularly technically-inclined lecture.  (from left to right) our pro (Harry), and semi-pros *heh heh*( josel, drew, john, carl) wow, someone managed to get a candid shot of all of em'!  apparently, some friendships forged were... er... chummier than others  amidst all the busy-ness, we had a welcome break with Joann's surprise birthday celebration! She didn't suspect a thing, already expecting to forsake a b'day in God's service. But we couldn't let her, could we?  aww... look at that happy face! priceless.  barney and her bro made a surprise entrance   and we finally had our first ever group photo before long, we were split into 4 groups, each tasked to come up with a killer script. From these, 2 will become the Chosen Ones.  i teamed up with Terri, Li Ling, and Daniel (left to right). seeking inspiration at the roof of Vivo City, we bumped into another team. Marcus, Marilyn and... Jocelyn (not in frame) . little did we know that we would meet once again and combine our forces as Chosen Ones. (ok, maybe Chosen Ones sounds cheesy... any better suggestions?)  ...perhaps it was a match made in heaven. (ah... Jocelyn's in frame now) but for now, we went our separate ways. The next day, my team proceeded to Starbuck's. Hoping to find inspiration in overdoses of coffee. While the other team fried brain cells at Jocelyn's house. We relentlessly bugged her on MSN. Whenever we were bored in fact, which occurred quite often. The creative process is a long and arduous road. The following photos are proof of the toll it takes on mental health.    7-11 man to the rescue! 24hours a day!  marcus developed a fetish for sticking his head in weird places.  only later he discovered that ppl warm their feet in that fluffy pink thing. he wasn't laughing then.
ian wong beats around the bush@
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