Swiny open day

This year, we again need to help in Swinburne open day & again, am responsible for the robot arm demo...

Unfortunately, we didn't keep the program from last year so FS used a student project on that day, which was detecting objects at random position & move them to desired positions, which was quite cool, but it was not really accurate + it didn't run forever. When Man saw it, he wasn't happy that the robot stopped moving! So, we had to make it move non-stop... hmm put it in a loop, but tricky part of it is that it picks and drops... So how can we do this?

An idea just poped up in my head, do a triangle! & so I wrote the program just to do so, as recorded in the video; Now, at least it's moving non-stop ^^

BANG! the bullet

BANG! is a board game for 3-8 players. We play this game quite often & we ♥ it. FYI, it's not a simple game, but once u've learnt how to play, it's fun^^ BANG!'s its own blog too, check it out: "BANG! card game blog"

5 player roles: +1 Sheriff +1 renegade +1 deputy +2 outlaws Matt - Sid Ketchum as the Sheriff & the rest random roles are played by: Steven - Pedro Ramirez Aiji - Molly Stark Eddi - Pixie Pete Lynn - Jose Delgado

The longest one I played so far, even after 'a fistful of card' is in effect, Matt(sheriff), Lynn, & Aiji were still in play for few rounds! It lasted that long because the sheriff didn't know which of them was the vice (apparently the renegade disguised himself well). The 2 outlaws were quite obvious, & they were killed at about the middle of the game. Then it was war between deputy & renegade with sherriff trying to speed up the murder & build up good hand at the same time =p

It seemed endless coz Molly Stark kept getting a missed card & Jose Delgado kept trading 2 blue cards with 4 new cards and attacked me. Plus, whenever the sheriff shot Lynn, her barrel in front of her worked! (Matt was somewhat convinced that Aiji was deputy ~Teehee~~) Only after I played cat balou on the barrel it was easier to take her down, and yes she died, and the identities were revealed... Lynn was the Deputy ^o^

But even after losing the vice, The sherrif was still strong; his ability allowed him to trade 2 cards for a life point, so he was still strong even after he was hit by Russian Roulette, + he's got a volcanic! So, unlike Molly n Jose, he wasn't hurt from the 'fistful of card' + he got to draw 2cards at the beginning of his turn, which were both 'BANG!' and that's how he killed the renegade!

Finaly, game over!

Store up treasure in Heaven

where no thief  breaks in & no moth destroys

Half way through DEEPER, I am almost like a social outcast without facebook! Man, I would normally surf FB every now and then, but what do I do now? ~C'mon, gal, fill it up with something else~~ That's the whole point of fasting from FB anyway, to use my time to seek more of God =v= oh yeah, what can i read or hear that can give me more revelation of God?

There are plenty resources I can choose from, to regularly meditate on:

1. the gospel of John, a chapter a day; It's full of Jesus' teaching while He was still on Earth.

2. daily SOAP journal email from church in the season of DEEPER

3. heartlight.org today's devotional

Yet, today I meditated on "American Dream" by casting Crown, which led me to this literature.

The most wise and wealthy king of Israel, king Solomon, who wrote the book of Proverbs, also wrote a journal on the meaning of life, as recorded in the book of Ecclesiastes:

I, the teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.
What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
[Ecc 1:12-14]

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.”

But that also proved to be meaningless. [Ecc 2]

The king said, "A person can do nothing better than to find satisfaction in their own toil."

Yet he also said, "When I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind"

I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil. This is the gift of God, for without Him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

And I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him."

The wise king concluded: Now all has been heard, here is the conclusion of the matter: 
[Ecc 12]

"Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind."

"For God will bring every deed into judgment,

including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil."

[also in Ecc 3:17] “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.”

Most importantly, Jesus said,"What good is it if anyone gains the whole world yet loses his soul to eternal death?"

So, dear Lord, let Your Spirit keep reminding me on what really matters in this life, what lasts forever, & help me to focus more on them as it pleases You. Amen. 

God is watching over me

Words are not enough to describe His everlasting kindness and patience to me. I am truly grateful that His blessings are not just in the huge supernatural miracles, but they also include everyday matters. What will be of me if He doesn't look after me? Thank You for protecting me from unnecessary expense today, my God, my Jehovah Jireh! 

I shared this now because it happened that I just realized that I had left a library loan laptop in George building last Friday, I actually forgot about that laptop! I just didn't pay much attention because I didn't need it >.< How reckless I was... 

Let's see, if the man who found it didn't return it to library... I had to pay the penalty and it's gonna be about AUD1000 I think.. God, I really thank You for sparing me from the distress, and thank you for this gentle reminder to be MORE ALERT next time!!!! And yes, I believe that Your timing is perfect, so please help me to be more patient and pay more attention to Your gentle whisper. ]

Love You Jesus <3 Hallelujah