Monday, 18 November 2013
I forgot to write this down last Tuesday. Was too tired from our very last outfield (reached camp at like midnight).

Anyway I experienced yet another deja vu moment. In my head I was thinking along the lines of "What not again?!" and "How can this be?". Can't remember when I first had the dream about the place/scenario, (I think it could be right after Germany). The scene depicts a hilly village, something you can't quite see in Singapore and it resembles a particular country *cough*, so I thought meh I won't actually get to see this in real life. As the conducting brief for the UO started I looked out the window and lo and behold what I saw just once again triggered a sense of recognition. So weird.

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Thought about the reasons why the bridge of 'Oceans' had been running around in my head and I realized it could be a response and answer from the Holy Spirit. I'm having some concerns and worries after making my decision to go for the mission trip that DI is planning. (Also the future career that God has revealed to me). Other people could probably do a better job than me or have a better ability to er communicate.

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior

I suppose God is just telling me to have faith and just go. God can use anyone and indeed I will be surprised at what he has in store for me. Bynes gave me an interesting perspective that I didn't see before. Since there would be a language barrier, everyone would encounter the same problems in communication.

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I should write a summary of key points I took away from the guitar clinic that Andy hosted that were so very helpful (lest I forget)

• Setup the clean channel first before even thinking of setting up the distortion channel. If the clean is not nice don't expect the dirty channel to be nice.
• Dive into the song lyrics and have your own interpretation of how the song should go. Songs can get alot more interesting and you don't have to strictly follow how the original goes. (Andy's take on 'One Thing Remains' is really interesting.)
• Neck pickup with minimum or no tone is my friend when it's just electric and acoustic.
• Electric parts are easy to learn. What matters is practice and the 'success rate' in pulling them off.
• Don't follow the chords of the song so much. Parts can be even created with just 3 (or 4) notes!
• Playing key of G with open strings (like key of E) to spice up a song!