Drama: Gay Cinderella

Last Friday we had a Drama Presentation in our College HICT. It was one of our English assignments. So yea, my group was headed by Simon Kong and we came together and agreed on doing Gay Cinderella as in Happy Cinderella. It was a distorted version of the childhood story haha. However it was really nice and interesting. After about two months of practice, the day finally came for us to go and present on stage. We were among the 5 five groups to present in the auditorium last Friday.

Just a brief sypnosis about our Drama. Cinderella goes to the ball, bla bla bla. Fairy Godmother gets kidnapped by The Joker (?) and asks for a ransom. In the end, Cinderella reveals that he is a man and the Prince Charming is a woman (?) haha. Another twist was at the ball Romeo came and wanted to bring Cinderella away because he mistaken Cinderella as Juliet. The after much fighting and singing, Juliet came out and whacked Romeo and brought him home.

The fun part was the cross dressing. I wore this really nice purple dress and it fits nicely on me. I bet the girls were mad at me because I had such good body shape for a nice dress. And the funnest part of the whole drama was at the end when we got the whole auditorium to stand up and dance with us to the song Pretty Woman!

The guys were shouting and molesting me haha. The best dress and make up was The Joker played by Simon Kong. Look at the pics and you will see.

The cast:
Zlwin Chew as Cinderella
Simon Kong as The Joker
Jolene Tan as Prince Charming
Qayyum as Romeo
Syakirah as Juliet
Kevin Lee as Small Sister
Desmond as Big Sister
Wei Keat as Step Mother
Hong Guan as Royal Servant


Special Thanks to Joanne Tan and Kenneth Oh for the make up.

Simon Kong as The Joker. The pink tie and purple shirt belongs to me.

The cast.

Sexy Mama in the middle haha.

The Joker with Romeo.

Prince Charming with Syakirah.

The Joker with Cinderella haha.

Joanne and Kenneth the make up artists.

Of Ghost and Being a Magician...

I got my Ghost Decks quite some time ago. Ordered it from the supplier from the US. This is a really cool looking deck but you won’t be seeing me doing magic with this deck though haha because it is expensive and too good to be used =) However if I do have another Ghost deck, then I will use one and keep the other one haha. One cool thing about this deck is the color, all the pips on the hearts and diamonds are colored blood red, which contrasts the all white card and this gives a really good look to the cards. Awesome! There is another version out there called the Ghost Deck Second Edition which is black in color, something like the Shadow Masters but different. Plan to add that to my collection soon =)

I do not do much card magic because there are much greater effects out there involving many other items such as coins, balls, pens, watches, rings and so so so many more. I am more into stage magic and I love playing with silks a lot =)

One more note to everyone out there. Please do not think of magic as a cheap art. Do not view magicians as schemers or tricksters. There are a lot of people out there who tarnished the once respected art of magic because of their lack of knowledge. People think that they are magicians if they hold a deck of cards and know some cool “tricks”. However I want to tell you that being a magician is more than that. We dedicate ourselves to this art and we practice a lot before even doing one trick. There is a Korean magician who isolated himself for two years on a hilltop in Korea just to practice and perfect his coin magic. And for two whole years his only friends were his coins. Now he is a renown magician in Korea.

As for me, I do practice a lot before I even attempt to show the trick to my magician friends who already know how it is done. Just to let you know, I did a 50 minute show in my college’s Christian Fellowship camp the other day. I practiced for three weeks for that 50 minutes show.

So please do take us magicians seriously and do not think of us as people who just want to fool others. We spend a lot of time and money in our hobby. Magic is like playing music in a band, or kicking the ball in the field, or taking photographs and constantly upgrading your camera. Magic is just like all those hobbies but it is much more… Magic is an art.

See you soon for a magical experience. Tata! =)

The Ghost Deck. What I love about it (among many other things) is that all the pips on the Hearts and Diamonds card are colored BLOOD RED. So nice. Look at the King of Hearts.

Saw the Red color pips? So nice. It gives a feel to the all white cards.

It fans well also (because it is new). And I am not good in fanning haha.

The Aces. Oh so cool! Plus the Joker. Wow.

Next on my list is Ghost Deck Second Edition!!! Woo hoo. It is in black and more new features.

Where Have They Gone To?

It is really a sad thing to see Christians leaving the church to go join another church. I have been growing up in Grace Assembly and have remained faithful to my church ever since. Throughout the years I have seen many people leave the church only to attend another church which was obviously much more “happening” and “hyped up” and “cool”. It is even sad to see leaders who once were once so committed leave the church.

What were their reasons?

There are many reasons that contribute to this “migration”. Some of the common ones are the politics in church. They do not like the leadership system in the church therefore they saw it fit to leave. Another common reason is those who leave feels that they are not able to grow in the church. One more reason is they do not see any growth in the church.

And the list goes on… Yada yada yada…

I could not help but to agree with the fact that there is no one perfect church. However I will say that we all know that there are churches which are much more “happening”. This is a fact. Some of the youths in other churches are enjoying their youth activities more than some churches. Youth groups in different churches have different “attractions” and the grass is always greener on the other side.

I am going to pour out my heartaches now. I cannot help it anymore but to tell everyone how sad am I to see many of the youths in my church leaving just to attend other churches which are more “happening”. This is not a case of control over the youths but this is a serious matter to deal with. They may have good reasons to leave but there is never a right reason to leave the church without trying to do anything to change the situation first.

To those who have left for another church and to those who are thinking of leaving I ask you these questions:

1. Have you prayed for your church? If yes, how much? How desperate are you to see a change in your church?
2. Have you tried being the change instead of changing the people around you?
3. Have you approached your pastors and talk to them? If yes, have you tried working alongside them to see a change?

So far all the ones that left the church move on to churches which are much bigger and churches who have more cool activities for the youths. Note this, I have NEVER EVER seen youths who left their church only to go to churches which are LESS happening or I could say smaller churches – NEVER.

However I do not want to blame the youths only. The church leaders should also get their act together and start doing the right thing in order to see growth. If they realize and know that there are a lot of youths leaving the church, they should really start praying and asking God what have they done and not done.

My few last words:

If it is really God's call for you to leave then by all means do leave. And it is not hard for one who walks with God to discern whether another person's leaving is by divine appointment or not.

You got to be the change you want to see in your church. And you got to get on your knees and really cry. If not, there is NO reason for you to leave the church.

HOW SELFISH COULD YOU BE TO ABANDON YOUR CHURCH, LET THE CHURCH DIE AND TO GO TO SERVE THE SAME GOD IN ANOTHER CHURCH...

Mamma Mia! and an Award! (Oh, Mamma Mia!)

I have watched Mamma Mia!!! Woo hoo!!! The movie is so cool! I went with my whole family. My mother was practically singing the tunes to ABBA's songs throughout the movie. And there was this Indian lady beside me who loves ABBA so much she kept rocking the chair with her body and sang. The funny thing was she only knew the choruses to many of the songs. So during the verse she just hums haha. So cute.

This movie is a musical using ABBA's song. For those of you who adores ABBA, oh do please go and see. And for those who do not know who ABBA is, go and watch this movie and you will fall in love with this band! The movie musical revolves around a young girl who invites all three of her fathers to her wedding so just to find out which one is her real father.

Lots of comedy, romance, DANCE, SINGING!!! Love it to the max!

Anyone wants to follow me go watch again? I might go this Wednesday for the second round.

Planning to go for the actual musical in KL, but that is quite expensive though. See how first lo.

And guess what? My sweet friend Syen gave me an award for having the coolest blog hehe.

Sob sob...I want to thank my mum... My dad... They have always been there to support me throughout my blogging spree. Sob sob... I... I also want to thank my brother for allowing me to use the internet when I had no Streamyx last year and two years ago. The bill was big... I also want to thank my friends who have been visiting my blog ever since this pink site came up. Sorry if it blinded too many people. Above all else I want to thank my God, my Lord Jesus Christ. This blog was birthed for the sole purpose of glorifying Him and making Him known. I love all of you guys. Do continue to support me and hope I get more awards in time to come. Thank you Syen for making me cry... Sob sob... My parents are so happy.... Sob sob...

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What Kingdom?

Luke 17:20-21
Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.”

The Pharisees probably observed the moons and the stars to find out when would the kingdom of God arrive, or they could have been watching the times and politics to see whether would the kingdom of God arise from any political power. Whatever their question meant, Jesus told them that the kingdom of God was unlike any other kingdom they were familiar with. It is spiritual and internal rather than physical and external therefore its coming could not be observed.

What then is a kingdom?

A kingdom simply means a place where a king rules. Therefore the kingdom of God simply means wherever God reigns over the lives of His subjects. The kingdom of God is not visible because God is not visible. It is a spiritual kingdom and not a physical one.
The kingdom of God is where people declare their Kingship to the King of Kings and their Lordship to the Lord of Lords. They serve only one King which is God.

Jesus gave us, in the Lord’s Prayer, a petition to God: “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” That shows the priority that Jesus gave to the kingdom of God. In the kingdom of God, everyone and everything is subject to God’s power, instantly, without any question. But in the physical world, there is resistance to God.

Wherever there are those who honor Jesus Christ, the King, there is the Kingdom of God.

If you are a Christian, and if you follow Jesus Christ wholeheartedly, you then have the Kingdom of God within you. Having been belonging to the Kingdom of God, I now realize that I should not be inferior to the physical kingdom that my physical body is living in. I know that the physical kingdom will perish but the spiritual one will not. From today onwards, I want to maintain the Kingdom of God within me. If there be any misconduct, I know that God will forgive if I repent and the kingdom of God will still be within me.

Having known this truth, we should not be afraid of the physical kingdom that is always shutting its doors to the Gospel. Know that you are the vessel God uses to share the Gospel to this physical kingdom and also to bring the Kingdom of God into the people who now lives in the physical kingdom.

Although I have to be subject to the rules set by the physical kingdom, I will gladly break them if it hinders me from sharing my faith. The government tells us that we are not to share our faith with the Muslims but what is wrong with that? Is their faith so small that they cannot bear to hear even a little about Jesus? Are they afraid that they might start doubting their faith? That I do not know but what I know is that I belong to the spiritual Kingdom of God and I am not afraid to do what my King says.

Wherever there are those who honor Jesus Christ, the King, there is the Kingdom of God.

Matthew 6:33
Seek first His Kingdom…

Belonging to His Kingdom,
Zlwin Chew