4th May August

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

Just four more days to end of all the projects! Then one more slack week to one and a half months of holidays!

Hang in there!

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Anyway, Festival of Praise was awesome! And to think that I thought Saturday was awesome, Sunday was totally beyond description! Me and Jonathan were very startled when we heard a tune that sounded like the intro of Swithcfoot's On Fire being played by Parachute Band as their first song. Then we went warm and fuzzy all over when they the song indeed is On Fire! And soon enough, we went totally "OMG!" when people all over the stadium joined in the song instantaneously after the first three words "I'm on fire" were sung. Like, so many people know this song!?

And then the sermon was earthshaking, as usual, and there was a finale that the previous days did not have; both the Parachute Band and Hillsong team joined in a super combo! Then there were like this crazy section at the beginning of the end, where both drummers caused the whole stadium to tremble for like 32 bars of fanfare; they passed the limelight between each other, with perfect synchronization! They even doubled the kick drum by having one play on the upbeat, with the other on the offbeat (which is actually quite difficult), and the combined kicks were so fast it sounded like a canon with a machine gun firing mechanism!

The finale started off with the phrase "Shine your light and let the whole world see; we're singing for the glory of the risen king!" and then the heart warming "Saviour, He can move the mountains; My God is mighty to save, Jesus; mighty to save". It was utterly indescribable how powerful it was. The gates were opened and people started running to the floor, and everywhere around the stadium, people jumped, and the platform we were in started to creak, but we did not mind that. The famous riff of "Salvation is Here" sparked the next movement, and there were instances where a guy from Hillsong held the chords of the guitar while another person from Parachute Band strummed the same guitar. It was hilarious, inspiring and heartwarming all in one! And lo and behold, "One Way" started, and it was really long, this one. I won't even bother to describe it. I'd say, if heaven was praising God like this for eternity, I can't wait to tell the world that Jesus lives!