The inner mumbles of the Mumbly Panda

The Chronic(les)

I can put videos on i think...cool...
Enjoy the Chronic(les) ...
i love SNL

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 16:19 3 comments

Fat Lips...

So...i went to play basketball today...ive got an addition to my achiing heels, killing me every so slowly knees, out of breath/groggy persona and ultimate promise to myself not to over Charles Barkley-sise myself...I've got a fat lip.
Yes...I started a fight on this big dude who goes by the name Igor...he's 7"2 and he was wise crackin me all day gettin up in ma business so i cracked out the "yo momma" jokes bag...didnt go too well as you can see. No im kidding, no fight..just a minor accident with Joe Tang...he was goin up for the shot under the rim and did so by turning in mid air and jumpiing backwards...i happened to be walkin extra slowly to regain a sense of conciousness...BAM! i get knocked to the floor...
i can taste blood...there is a balloon being blown in lip...i can feel the cells gettin out the air pump..

"More!!"
"More...?!"
"He doesnt look silly enough yet...i want it to look like he's hidin a gobstopper in there!"
"You're the boss...!!"

But aside from that knock...i think all my teeth are still in place (phew!) and it was a good session of basketball...very high paced...According to bert, i look like a character from the Simpsons..wicked style.

Comedian of the day: William

Reason: Awesome defensive marking skills

Explanation to his key of success: sticks a homing device on the player he is marking and not the BALL...ends up lookin like hes goin for a hug all the time...like hugging the opponents butt.

Downfall to the method: Was kneed in the groin twice by the same guy on 2 different occasions...Debra couldnt help but laugh.

Angelina Jolie, my lips are comin to get you...well, for a couple days anyway...

Song of the Day: "Canon" by George Winston (different version...still pretty awesome)

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 15:18 3 comments

Praise God for David Crowder Band

Was on YouTube jus now and i stumbled across one of David Crowder Band's new tracks which is called "Here is Our King"...i love it. got me tingling when i heard it...So, praise God for David Crowder Band

"Here is Our King"

From wherever spring arrives to heal the ground
from wherever searching comes
the look itself
a trace of what we're looking for
So be quiet now and wait.

The ocean
Is growing.
The tide is coming in.
Here it is...

Here is our King.
Here is our love.
Here is our God who's come to bring us back to Him
He is the One
He is Jesus

And what was said to the rose to make it unfold
was said to me here in my chest
to be quiet now and rest.
to be quiet now and rest

The ocean
Is growing
The tide is coming here it is...

He is our King.
He is our love.
Here is our God who's come to bring us back to Him.
He is the One.
He is Jesus.
Majesty.

Finally

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 13:43 2 comments

Pro Evo Soccer to Pokemon to Mutant Turkeys

So...we had a xmas dinner party tonight at our place. and it was such a blast...
Firstly, all credit for the evening goes to my mother for waking up at 6:00am jus to start cookin the turkey...from what i heard, it took at least 7 hours jus for the mutant turkey..and when i say mutant, i mean it in the MOST GIGANTIC TURKEY IVE EVER SEEN! not only that...A huge mini-mutant leg of lamb, salmon wrappy things with prawn mayo, brussels sprouts (which i had a hand in :P !), carrots, roast potato and trifle...she has a serious game plan when it comes to cookin...and everyone else brought the drinks, cakes and chicken wings and cocktail sausages and stuff...by then, i couldnt breathe...what did it for me was Kenneth's over generous slice of turkey at the end...Val and I were like motionless for 5 minutes...then we played Pro Evo, good teamwork between Val and I..remained undefeated for the rest of the night...This was then followed by a turkey eating competition between Bert and Terence...serious pressure there...

I think what dominated the night after the food, and over Pro Evo (*gasp*) was Television and Movie Charades.

I heard from matt and my mom that the night before at Bok and Ros' place...that game went down well, apparently mom and val claimed to be in tears during the game...So, my mom ... who said she wanted to have a good laugh suggested to matt and i to set the game up...so, we came up with some movies (Sam came up with some but frankly, hers were pretty lame :P)...

I can't remember all of it but a few stuck out:

1) Terence steps up to act it out...
*Terences roll over the floor pretending to get beaten up...starts running..gets up...pretends to stamp on someone...rolls down again..pretends to get abused...rolls around somemore...gets up...pretends to have a whip...starts whippin...rolls down...pretends to feel the whip...*

Crowd answer: "The Masochist"
Actual answer: "The Punisher"

2) Junny receives her movie, but hasnt a clue how to do it...Terence is egged on to do it instead...
*Terence lies face down on the floor and girates on the floor...starts slidin around everywhere...springs to his feet...bends his knees and starts flappin his tongue up and down..gets down and starts slidin around the floor..."

Crowd answer: "Anaconda"
Actual answer: "Anaconda"

Junny's reason for not doing the movie: "I dont even know what an anaconda is...!"

3) Mom's turn..*recieves her movie...signals to everyone it is ONE word with i think 4 syllables..1sy syllable...and without lying to you guys...mom walks over to bert and jean and pretends to beat them...or harass them...proceeds to walk around in circles with her hands movin in circular motions around the side of her head...then proceeds to continue to pretend beatin again...*

Crowd answer: "Crazy....i dunno!"
Actual answer: "Madagascar"

4) Lei's turn...*receives her movie...suddenly walks behind ross' chair and starts to strangle ross...then grabs phan and drags her to the centre of the room and gives her a sleeper hold...crowd still doesnt know...walks back to ross and strangles him..."Get off me u crazy woman...!"

Crowd answer: "Hostage"
Actual answer: "Hostage"

5) Bernard's turn
"starts to walk...then halts suddenly...reaches into pocket...pretends to roll a ball...then, he jumps forward into a monster attack position...does this for 1 minutes repeatedly...bert is in stitches...everyone is in stitches...mom cannot keep her face not red at this point in time...*

Crowd answer: "Pokemon"
Actual answer: "Pokemon"

SPECIAL MENTION !! :

1)IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM DID SOMEONE TRY AND RECREATE THIS MOVIE BUT WILLIAM JUS YELLED "HOT CHICKS" FOR NO REASON...TERENCE AND CO. WERE IN STITCHES FOR 5 MINS...GAME HAD TO BE PAUSED.

2)PROPS GO TO GAVIN FOR HIS TAKE ON A EDITED TAKE ON "DEUCE BIGALOW:MALE GIGOLO"...NO ONE GOT IT BUT I CRACKED UP...

all in all, a xmas i will not forget since usually its in malaysia and the feel of xmas is not there...it was a nice and new experience sharin it with friends this year...very very good.

Merry Xmas everybody and Happy Boxing day too..

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 00:59 7 comments

From Santa's Littlest Helper...

Merry Xmas! just a really short one to say Happy Birthday Jesus...
This evening should be fun...ill post bout it when its over and whatnot..
Have a great day

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 01:19 0 comments

Now what will it be sir...?

So...its been a really funny night. A very unexpected night but ill take it anyway cos i dont usually have that many unexpected UNPLANNED funny nights.
It starts off in my bedroom at 9:45pm...im watching this flash story between Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat that bert sent me a link of when i hear this giggle comin from matt's room...i then hear my mom's footsteps get closer and closer to his door...then she burts out giggling. not wanting to be left out in the dark, i try to investigate what the funnys was all about.

It turned out Will was shaving the side of his head with one of his friend's clippers when zing! he created a small and not so delicate hole on the side of his head! cos his friends went home for the holiday period...he had no one to turn to but matt. matt, who has never cut hair in his life agreed to help him...this being calling my mother to step in and shave and clip will's hair. but thats the problem...CLIP and SHAVE. my mom has probably got almost no experience in this except for the time she tried a couple of times with my hair...failed but thanked God that i have wavy hair and therefore cover any mistakes she make. therefore, it was passed onto me as the only experience ive had in cutting hair was clipping matt's hair once which i thought i did moderately well for a first timer as you can see... So i agreed to do it whilst strugglin to breathe due to my state of laughter and almost utter breakdown...

10:30pm - bell is rung. crunch time. zing time. up comes Debra and Mandy...i could hear them at the bottom of the stairs with Deb's giggles being the most prominent...altho no giggles heard by Will. i could sense a feeling of deep concern and nervousness...We sit him down...i take a look at the side of the head...it wasnt too bad...it didnt look like it was a hole the size of a space continuum ring which will suck anythin in its sight...it was still laughable though. Will takes it on the chin has a little laugh...my mom walks out...
"william..what have you done?"
Debs and Mandy start to giggle again...i mean, CONTINOUSLY giggle. matt tries to hold it in by biting his fist...its too difficult. classic william. thats why he's the best. i introduce him to my rules:
1)"this is a clipper and we'll be using it"
2)"dont move..dont scratch..."
3)"dont make me laugh..."

william..."okeyy...i will do dat...bah fess (but first)...less pray! Father God...give Ross the patience and calmness whilst cutting my hair! Amen!"
---20 seconds later---
* BUZZ...BUZZ *
"MAHHH!!!!"
"Noo.....?!!! what have u done Ross?!"
"jus kiddin..."
"you ah..."
my mom thinned out the hair around the sides to maintain its shape...and now it was upto God to help me with the clipping...thank goodness for Debra and Mandy's comments...otherwise, william would have a beak for the back of his head...slowly got into the hang of things by the end...mandy's word of advice:
"If you can't get the sides flat..maybe u should shave a line on his head?" :D
The look on will's face was of deep focuseness to keep his head straight and prevent me from cracking up...although matt, debs and mand were doin a good job counteracting him though...i remember in between, i jus broke down into laughter...
"I CANT BELIEVE IM STANDIN HEAR CLIPPIN WILL'S HAIR AT 10:40PM WITH EVERYONE WATCHING ME."


But i think we got a happy bunny in the end.
Mandy...you're next!

Song of the day: "Canon in D" by Pachebell

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 00:30 5 comments

Having herself a Merry Lil Xmas

So my mom has decided to give the best gift of all she has given...to herself. which is well and truly deserved cos shes one awesome mom..always ready to kick ass, dispense advice and take the mickey out of matthew at any occasion.
Well, apart from Alan and Mimi who directly know what she is gettin...I'll tell you..

a 2 GB iPod Nano!

She's cooler than me and matt put together now...there was talk and discussion at church with fellow iPoders Alan and Meems who resorted to tryin to tell me i was completely wrong bout suggestin to my mom the iPod shuffle...accordin to meems...
"Hang your head in shame..."

So, my mom, matt, alan and myself went to the Apple store to buy the nano...we got there, she was then nearly convinced to buy the iPod video! WHAT....?!!!!!

but in the end, she settled for the iPod nano...shes never leaving my room now...
Merry Xmas mom from mom

Song of my weekend: "Invisible Life" by Ashley Parker Angel

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 22:51 5 comments

Praise Habit

So...I've been reading the book "Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi" by David Crowder...a book bought for me by BOTH bert and terence...as in they both bought the same book for me..! Thanks guys...
So, ive been readin a copy of the book and its pretty good...occasionally, Crowder i feel sometimes beefens up certain areas with metaphors and similies which i dont fully understand why but i was readin a chapter last night and he was talkin bout people's approach to famous people, in this case...Richard Simmons...the very odd camp fitness style guru in america...works out to old retro hits...Here are a couple of extracts which stood out in this chapter:

"...At first, I froze. Then with no resolute thought i began to run towards him (richard simmons) in a slow, undecided gait...not sure what to do next, and then he hugged me...at some point i noticed that i was hugging him, too..."

"i just can't play it cool. no, if im in the same room and you are famous i will stare and ask for pictures and shake your hand and ask you dumb questions like, 'so is it cold when you're sprayed with a fire extinguisher?ive always wondered cause fire is so hot...?' ... we are hooked on fame. there are magazines and websites and tv shows that allow us to peer into the lives of the famous..."

"...but the colours in these pictures are stunnin. truly. you would agree, im certain. blues and greens and reds and yellows that are more vivid and present that you'd believe possible...to think that those perceived colours are jus light with varying wavelengths making all the difference between sunshine yellows and icy blues make me feel small. who thought of that? its brilliant-literally. i mean, whoever thought of stars shining is ridiculous. im all excited bout whoever took these pictures, but whoever blew that thing up to begin with, now Him i've got to meet. if im ever in the same room wit that Guy, i will not be cool. how could i? and what if our eyes met and i was found out? what if i looked up and saw Him runnin right at me with His arms spread wide and a torrential smile that would turn dry deserts green? ... why on earth would He bother comin to me? im tiny. im a dot. yet here He is with His heart in my chest and we're locked in embrace and im not sure exactly when it happened but something fired inside of me, and now my arms are around Him, and ppl are watching, and i will tell u about it..."

"One attribute of habitual praise is that it is inherent in creation. we tell the glory of God by our very existence. it is unavoidable. we can choose whether to amplify this or not. we can choose to be moved by this or not. maybe we jus need a simple book beside our beds that remind us of who the household name is. either way we resound with the heavens, the greatness of the Creator-but when you have met Him, when He has called u His own, then u must open ur mouth in response to report this mystery; that the majestic One would come nearwould lean in close in all of His glory and embrace us, to mend the division between Him and us..."

would you run to Him when you see Him? like if he was the equivalent to John Mayer but more? if i met John Mayer, id have to be so brave of myself to approach him and ask him how he plays so well...with Him, wow...can i run upto Him and asks Him questions about anything and everything and THEN proceed to give Him a hug? would i even get off my seat and still hide behind that newspaper? i know He will be staring at me but will i keep hiding...?
what do u think?

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 08:53 0 comments

Emmanuel

"Holy Holy
I will bow before
My Lord and King
Hallelujah
You have come to us
You make all things new

Emmanuel
Jesus Christ
You'll never let me go
My Shepherd King
You'll never let me go
My Sheperd King
You're watching over me
Emmanuel

So amazing
You have named the stars
Of the deepest night
Still You love me
You have called my name
I will follow You

Holy Holy
God Almighty
There is none like You
Holy Holy
God Almighty
There is none like You "

My song for the week and of the day

I'm calling for some calm on my thunderstorm thoughts...its buzzin with completely unrelated thoughts from family to future to friends then back to family then to work then to my foot then to my friends then to people then to whatever...its buzzin...Father God, please help me to rearrange my thinking...im gettin a headache.

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 23:18 0 comments

What a weekend

So...I've had a very eventful weekend...

SATURDAY
We had our BCEC Xmas Celebrations and it went very very smoothly even though there was a sudden influx of people who we weren't expecting as we expected a moderately low turnout...There were more people than we expected, we had to whip at least another 2 more tables...! Amazing. Evening ran really great:
- Carolling which was great cos everyone managed to clap..throughout an entire 3 songs! we cant even manage 2 usually! awesome..
- Jellyman and his "Winter wonderland" on the sax...was really cool cos he hasn't played the sax in ages...i dont think he missed a note...
- "The Gift of the Magi" ... man, that went really smoothly...especially since it was at least 80% improvisation of nearly all the characters doin it...My heart was definetly pounding...but i think it was for the song cos i was havin problems with the lyrics...what really made me nervous was an hour before the play, i couldnt reach/ forget to hit a note in the song...twas really strange as that has never happened before when i was rehearsin this song...it really freaked me out. But i think the rest of it, it went great...thank you Mr. Ferrell for being an inspiration. Sam did great...and she says she cant sing...puhlease miss! Chrissy was great altho she got a great laugh from me and nick backstage when she went:
"Hi Carol...! What am i talkin about...? Sam!"
Nick, was great as the friend and as the 'Ghost of Xmas past'...Bokai must have mentally smacked himself in the forehead when he saw nick prance around on stage with a white duvet over his head in order to put the chair on stage...! hysterical.
and Gavin...with his dead-pan humour...critical timing from the big man...
- Bert's testimony which i think hit some people in there i thought...
- THE DANCE: man oh man oh man...did someone record this? cos i couldnt laugh or look at anybody cos i was tryin to remember the moves...but from what i hear...Bert in the wig, Gavin apparently missed the 'pulp fiction-esque' dance sequence and instead carried on with the finger click and leg jumpinig...if anyone has that on video..please show it to me..! Wicked Night.
(If you click on the image, it will show it in its actual size)

SUNDAY
Baptism...After so many years...i took the plunge...knowing full well what ive done and what God wants me to do for Him while im here on earth...it was really nerve wrackin man...I know my mom shouldnt use the words to associate God with but it was:
-'Awesome'
-'Cool'
-'Wicked Style'
I just can't explain to you how much love God has given me...i really cant...the thing that could come close was the presents i got from ppl in church...and still doesnt compare...God has given me a new life...a new life! what an amazing present to give to a sinner just willing to follow Him. Just believin in Him im granted new life...I am part of His army now...OFFICALLY. Man..im goin to have battles...but with God, i know we will always triumph over evil. Evil can throw his rubbish at us, tellin us how we are idiots...how we will never amount to anything...But its all bulllcrap people...BULLCRAP. God has given us the sword of Jesus and the Holy Spirit and we will slain anything in our way.
So, we gave our testimonies.Again, i had the backbone of what i wanted to say and i jus made it up on the spot...hopefully Jesus spoke through me...in a weird way...i think i burned Matt slightly by saying i was the 'nicer' one tho. that didnt go down too well on the way home! :P but he was fine with it...he knows my improvisational skills only go so far...
But man...i wish i could write more but im still takin in how good this feels...It's so big and overwhelmin that i dont what to think about to say...im sure Sam will write a better post than this but im speechless...
Thank you to those who came and see me publicly declare that Jesus lives in me (wo-oh) and i want to thank again the BCEC...i know God lives in our church...sure, we may not have the advantages compared to other churches but man, does God live in the BCEC! Amazing...

About to have the Worship Team Social soon...So, alot of food and i hope alot of people will turn up cos my mom has been slavin over Nasi Lemak and Roast Pork...So...lets wait and see...

Thank You God...You are so amazing...I love You Father.
Song of the Day: "You are everything"

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 16:37 1 comments

You raise me up

So...more recently, ive been gettin a lift into school by one of the art teachers in our school ... Mrs D.
It's really cool cos she has a new Mini Cooper and i get a free ride...ive known mrs D since the beginnin of my school days and we get on pretty well...well, i get on well with all the art teachers and Design technician in the art and design center...i have alot of power(!)

So, Mrs D and I jus talk bout like life and school and holidays and stuff but today, we talked bout christianity... more specifically MY relationship with God...so, i told her abit of my background bout how i used to be a bhuddist but i converted...just talkin about God really made me feel proud of who i am ... how God has changed my life. She told me that she was God-less...i jus thank God that he has decided to save me now and not wait till im like 40 and im set in my ways of stubborness and extreme sin...its so indescribable that i wandered off without him for a few years and he is still taking me back in...the song "You raise me up" came into my head..the JOSH GROBAN version..not the cheap Westlife one...

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

Thank You God for giving me the chance to be saved...Thank You for being in it...Thank You for controlling it...Thank You for helping me through the days that i look to be over..Thank You for being awesome.

Song of the Day: "You raise me up" by Josh Groban

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 15:43 1 comments

Comments

So...ive only just realised that only registered users can comment...if it wasnt for one missy then i would have been completely oblivious to it! so, if ur not a registered member and would like to post a comment..

feel free now!
ive turned it off! so come on everybody, comment! and leave ur name so i dont have spend time decoding who it is...*cough SecretSecret cough*

*angrily* COMMMENNNTTT..

jus kidding.
have a nice day
ross

ps- Baptism on Sunday...not long left...wow.. :D

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 16:13 4 comments

RAAWR...

So...
The Xmas thingy majing is comin up on Saturday and im feelin calm for bout most of it till when i have to sing...now, if u know me...ill sing whatever cos singin doesnt bother me...im only afraid ill forget the words then ill have to use my phrase "It's my first day!" amidst the song...did that at the Combined Congregation at St. Luke's...felt really bad for the next couple of days...so, i must not screw up the song...
I think it will be a blast i gotta be honest...i do hope alot of ppl will come and jus relax and have fun with us cos i think we've worked really hard on it too..

I have been pretty quiet this week...gone back to my roots of being passive...its not that bad...i kinda like it...chilling.

Oh, this is the day the congregation saw me play Jurassic Park with Baby J...i think bert was pointin out the ppl who were gettin baptised and most probably Sue and Sam were sittin there like the nice and civilised ppl they are durin a sermon...and then they were lookin for me...i turned to look out of the creche and i see ppl lookin at me and bert saying the word "Dinosaur".

Ah, who cares...Baby J seemed to enjoy the T-rex and baby emily was chased by me and T-rex...was realy cute... :D

Song of the Day: "Mind Tricks" by Jamie Cullum

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 21:24 0 comments

10 Days

So, it's 10 days till I get baptised..
Im really lookin forward to it but i cant help but feel a lil overwhelmed by it...
It's such a big and public declaration...in Terence's words..."to stand up and be counted". I am joining God's army on Earth and i want to praise His name and show everyone His love. but Terence also said i am now a "target" for Satan...and that is so true. I am a target. And because I like to over think and hence overworry bout things...what happens to me when i sin? how can i be in His army when I disobey his 'command' or 'order' as it were? of course i will never be perfect, but how can God lead such a 'flawed' army? Why does He keep putting His faith and love in his soldiers when we do nothing but disappoint?
That's something I want to come to terms with before i get baptised i gotta be honest...I am defintely looking forward to being baptised but i cant help but feel embarassed in front of God cos He sure knows He is taking in a sinner who will keep on sinning daily...
Maybe Satan is shooting at me now... God... please protect me during these last 10 days before i start my new life with You. Satan wants to take me away...satan threw a free day of paintballing on the 11th too through one of my friends...And as nice as it sounds Lord...I know i must stay focused on You. Help me stay focused. I want to say focused on You Lord. I am focused on You Lord.

...20 minutes later...

Just had a chat with Bert...ive learnt:
a) everyday is a fight
b) just keep remembering how grand and totally awesome He is
c) Jus keep lifting everything to Him...even paintballing(!)
d) baptism isn't about the little things ... it's all about God.

It's all about God. ill leave you with that...

thank you for reading.

-ross-

Song of the Day: "Come around" by Rhett Miller

posted by Mumbly Panda @ 19:14 2 comments