Went to watch The Other Boleyn Girl with FK last Tuesday. Was rather surprised that it's based on some history facts, so I went digging about what is fact, and what is not. Read about King Henry VIII who was the king featured in the movie. I remember there was one cruel King Henry, he was the one.

Anyway, it landed with an interesting discussion with FK about kings. How we commoners - or rather myself - tend to have a higher expectation for the royalty, and forget that they too are humans, prone to make mistakes. Yet cliche as it is from the Spiderman movie, with great power comes great responsibility. I just feel it is wrong for royalty to go about doing immoral mistakes that involve stealing someone's wife, killing and being unjust.

Sigh... Human history can be so sad sometimes. Think about all the wars, all the injustice. Human is just so imperfect, that it is beyond human nature to be able to rule.

But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. And the LORD told him: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will do." 1 Sam 8:6-9

To those interested, you may read more in 1 Sam 8 to find out how the first king was installed over Israel - God's Chosen Nation, Whom He rules over. Yet the people chose another mortal being, like themselves, to be their mortal king. Of course, God knew the terrible things that awaited them...

I'm in a blogging high mood these days. Thanks to the other blogsite owned by my church group (i'll put up the link to there soon). Then as I look at my own bloggie - oh what a debilated state! Hahas...

I'm really not one for keeping up with the latest trends - Friendster, Multiply, Tagged, Facebook... I have accounts in all of them, I think, but keeping up with them is another business altogether. So far, blogspot works the best for me, and also at times, keeping up with my friends' blogs too. But don't be alarmed that there are times when I go on blog vacations. Hahas...

Catching me 'live' is quite tough too. I need to squeeze out time, as my colleagues teased me, for my 1 million over friends. Hahas.. O well, I'm worth the catch, if you know what I mean. *chuckles*

Mom's back from KK, after a visit to my sister. She's much much better than what she sounded on the phone. The trip there, the weather were not kind to her, but God is. She recovered much faster than she normally does when she's here. Praise God. =)

Other updates... Hmm... Nothing much yet. Boss is away for a week, AACR conference. I wonder when I will be able to go. O well, US is never on my mind. Japan, Japan is where I want to go. Hahas... God, possible? =)