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Have a little faith

I bought a free book. yeah bought. but got it for free...a lil hard to explain but yes. Have a little faith by Mitch Albom.

so far I have only read four pages. not bad. will continue soon! till then!

Albom’s first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have A Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an 82-year-old rabbi from Albom’s old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy.  

Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he’d left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor – a reformed drug dealer and convict – who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. 

Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do, Mitch observes how these very different men employ faith similarly in fighting for survival: the older, suburban rabbi, embracing it as death approaches; the younger, inner-city pastor relying on it to keep himself and his church afloat.

As America struggles with hard times and people turn more to their beliefs, Mitch and the two men of God explore issues that perplex modern man: how to endure when difficult things happen; what heaven is; intermarriage; forgiveness; doubting God; and the importance of faith in trying times. Although the texts, prayers and histories are different, Albom begins to realize a striking unity between the two worlds - and indeed, between beliefs everywhere.

In the end, as the rabbi nears death and a harsh winter threatens the pastor’s wobbly church, Albom sadly fulfills the last request and writes the eulogy. And he finally understands what both men had been teaching all along: the profound comfort of believing in something bigger than yourself.

Have a Little Faith is a book about a life’s purpose; about losing belief and finding it again; about the divine spark inside us all. It is one man’s journey, but it is everyone’s story.

pineapple tarts are simple awesome. especially when it melts in your mouth. yums! (: i had a serious case of phailed cookies. phailed max. i don't know who would eat them so i threw them away. ): booo.

i hate that feeling. (the kind where you wanna tell someone something but somehow you just don't want to/can't and you end up keeping it all to yourself and get depressed.) yeah. 

some things to do in 2011.
read more books. and actually finish them (:
find piano exam pieces and practise ( hopefully the Board didn't change syllabus )

excited!

pineapple jam is in the making for....pineapple tarts! wheeeeeeeeeeee!!! (:

makin these pretty things was the best thing ever last week (:

glimmer of hope!

The closing of 2010 was a painful experience being which 2011 was very uncertain. Plans were just failing tremendously. Honestly, I wasn't looking forward to twenty eleven except the Wedding of the Year on new year's day.

Somehow as days went by, I guess things got in place, somehow. Missing pieces started to fit. New plans came in place. New things to learn. New challenges.

oh well, as CNY is nearing, baking sessions starts real soon! been stocking up on all types of baking ingredients. Even baking shops are facing shortage on some stuffs. omg, all these 'siew lai lai' must have bought everything!!!!!!!!!!!

some things to do in 2011.
read more books. and actually finish them (:

freeeeeeeeeeedom!!!

awesome time to start the year twenty eleven with a touching emotional wedding. Groom and Bride were in tears while vows were exchanged. Tissues weren't prepared cause no one expected any of them to tear. Many after that were in tears too cause Uncle Jack sang his treadmark song "Love's Grown Deep". Somehow after 6 years of him not singing this song and listening to him sing that song that day, it kinda brought it to another level. Maybe cause im older and understand the meaning of it. *shrugs*

Dinner was awesomeee. cracking jokes at every possible thing. Video of how John and ShanLyn met was just superb! This is a first of John singing on stage!!! and a first for both Ben and I to stay with both groom n bride till there were no one left at the restaurant! *dang, we should have went to McD's and see how's everyone's reaction seeing bride in wedding gown n groom in suit. * now i gotta find someone else to dare to do it. :D

two more days till christmas is overrrrr!