strange. i was having such a good dream sleeping since 545pm and here i am now unable to sleep and typing this post just for the sake of trying to get my back into my much anticipated slumber. haha.

i'm getting the hang of being a ward choir pianist after my absence from any form of choir in church. especially after e stake choir has not met back again in an agonizingly long time. all those awesome songs that we sang! pieta and silent was the night were the best along with the joseph smith bicentennial ones. i hope stake choir resumes. please. haha.

ying er is back from italy! and she brought back chocolate from italy for those who were regular attendees at her SNYO concerts! haha. see how it pays casey? you should have made more allowances to go for them and make sure u weren't sick! haha.

just last week i was assigned to give a talk on the 17th of august on the subject of profanity. God is probably trying to tell me that i'm using certain words/phrases that are not pleasing cos i'm kinda confused over all the meaning of terms these days. there are so many day-to-day words that really seem harmless but if u do a little digging here and there, it seems that its more than meets the eyes and ears. however, i maintain that i do not use swear words but it seems there are certain incidences that i need to bridle my tongue. President Kimball spoke on this issue years back now (1981 actually) and he defines that its taking the Lord's name in vain that assumes the status of profanity out of our mouths or showing forth how viciously we swear by any other deity or by using whatever expletives common to society. of course i think that there are many more levels that are left unexplored with the chronological change that has taken place. recently there was one instance in the newspaper that did show one such act of swearing and it was taken from the conflict between Lebanon and Israel. hello newspapers. please censor accordingly to religious beliefs too. anyway for anyone who might be interested to view,

The Message:
President Kimball Speaks Out on Profanity
by President Spencer W. Kimball