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Merry Christmas 2009 Everyone!

Here's my little video of us setting up our Christmas tree in our humble little home. For those a bit technical, it was shot on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a 24mm f/2.8 lens. The little bit of video at the end was with my makeshift glidetrack, EOS-5D Mark II and 50mm f/1.8 lens. The assembled video was Graded with MagicBullet Looks and Colorista.

Christmas is that special time of the year that we can reflect on the most precious gift of all. The gift of salvation, Jesus the Christ, given freely unto us without reservation so that humanity may reconcile with God.

Just got a new Christmas pressie today and it's no other than Sony-Ericsson's HBH-DS970 Blue tooth stereo headset. How does it work? Well, it's a bit fiddly to connect but once you get the connection part setup, it works well. I've to try if the standard SE charger will charge this headset cos it's going to be a pain if you need two separate chargers. Currently, I have it setup to my Nokia N80 and my notebook so I can be wirelessly listening to tunes and answering phone calls. So much for being productive today!

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?

Mary did you know.. Ooo Ooo Ooo

The blind will see.
The deaf will hear.
The dead will live again.
The lame will leap.
The dumb will speak
The praises of The Lamb.

Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
that your Baby Boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know
that your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you're holding is the Great, I Am.
~ © Originally written by Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene

Merry Christmas Everyone!

A packed weekend that was a big big wedding day and night followed by a Christmas Eve dinner and Dinner (yes, two dinners in ONE night!)... Utterly zonked.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
~ Isaiah 7:14

Well, December rolls along nicely and with only about 8 days of work left, it's hard to shake off the slow morning starts. Last minute work pours in and you just get busier always. Nevertheless, this is my favorite time of the year. Not only do you get to celebrate with family and friends and have holidays and all that, it is even more significant to realize that it is when we have been given the ultimate Christmas gift. The gift of life. While we all can argue again that the real birth of Jesus was in April and not December, still, it is and will be the ultimate Christmas gift - life and final reconcilation. Two years ago, around this date, the most wonderful and beautiful person in this world gave me the best gift any person has given me and it's not even material.