The Sixth Band: Synopsis
Wolfram, a traveler, walks into the Castle Centenary one day. He is quickly acquainted with its inhabitants: The Rulers of the Castle, its many servants, footmen and officials. A great many adventures (or misadventures) befall him as the Castle is visited or stumbled across by characters mysterious, glorious or just plain stuck up. Walk with him through the towers and dungeons of Castle Centenary as he attempts to find the answer to his Aeonian questions: the meaning of life, the existence of God, the immortality of the soul and why on this blasted Earth is he still in this Castle .
The Sixth Band: Dedication
The Sixth Band
Dedicated to God
Dedicated to those striving towards The Sixth Band
Dedicated to my old friends:
Vigkaraja the Magi
Brandon the Friend
Ian the Braveheart
Dedicated to my new friends:
Her Serene Highness Princess Alexandra
Deidre of the Sorrows
Yee Wen the Friend’s Probate
Lynn, called the Beautiful
Dedicated to my brother
Dedicated to my dog
Dedicated to the earthworm that spoke to me this morning
Dedicated to my countless other personalities
Dedicated to those who inspired me
Prayer For The Nation
Thought you might enjoy this interesting Prayer given in Kansas at The opening session of their Senate.
It seems Prayer still upsets some People…
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open
the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but
This is what they heard:
“Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and to seek your direction and Guidance.
We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those Who call evil good,’ but that is exactly what we Have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed Our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it The lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it Welfare..
We have killed our unborn and called it Choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it Justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our Children and called it building self esteem….
We have abused power and called it Politics.
We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions And called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and Pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values Of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts Today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!”
The Truth About Marmara
This is the truth about the boarding of the Marmara from the Dugit Messiaic Outreach Centre and Adonai Roi (The Lord is My Shepherd) Congregation, Tel Aviv.
Dear friend,
Following the incredible amount of negative press Israel has received in the world media, we felt compelled to write something to you from our hearts as we see events unfold from this side of the world. If you love and support Israel, we understand that you may be feeling confused by the accusations against Israel and wondering if there is some truth to the horrific stories. Did Israel really initiate unprovoked violence against a peaceful attempt to take humanitarian aid to Gaza? The world media were quick to send this headline around the globe but it was far from the truth!
There is a legal, legitimate maritime blockade in effect off the coast of Gaza. It was imposed with the agreement of Egypt when the Hamas terrorist regime took over Gaza. The Hamas regime has repeatedly bombed civilian targets in Israel with weapons that have been smuggled into Gaza via the sea.
“If ships were allowed to sail to Gaza without inspection, as flotilla organizers have demanded, nothing could stop Iran from sending high-level weapons to Hamas in Gaza” said Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.
From the beginning of this situation the ‘peace’ activists have stated their intention was to storm the blockade. Thousands of tones of humanitarian aid is transported from Israel to Gaza by road every week through legitimate relief organizations like the UN and the Red Cross. Israel offered to transport the aid brought by these boats via the usual over-land routes once it had been inspected for weapons. The organizers refused to follow the legal path and intended to force Israel’s hand by ignoring all warnings from Israel not to breach the maritime blockage.
After repeated warnings were verbally rejected over the radio by the ships captains, the Israeli Navy boarded the ships in order to re-direct them to an Israeli port in order to inspect the cargo and then transport it on to Gaza.
The Navy was unprepared for the level of violence they experienced on the lead Turkish ship, the ‘Mavi Marmara’. “We prepared for an operation involving light resistance,” said one navy officer, “We did not expect that the soldiers would be met by a mob armed with bats, knives and metal pipes.” The soldiers were armed with paintball guns to minimize harm. Another officer said “We thought there would be verbal and passive violence, but not to the level we encountered. Everyone who came towards us wanted to kill us. We encountered terrorists who wanted us dead, and we used all the means at our disposal so that those who shouldn’t get hurt would not.”
The truth is that this was a politically motivated attack disguised as a humanitarian initiative by those who want to bring harm on Israel: Either through violence or through media propaganda.
A Personal response from Chaya
A letter from my heart;
When the Navy commandos repelled onto the ship from the helicopters, the terrorists on the Marmara were divided into groups and were organized and ready to attack. The Israeli authorities were taken by surprise at the violence of this attack. The soldiers were not prepared for a vicious mob.
Our Israeli soldiers were very restrained and careful, equipped with paintball guns to minimize harm. They were only given permission to fire their personal side-arms once the situation was out of hand and their very lives were in danger. Their aim was to disperse the rioters not to take lives.
One young Navy seal now has brain damage from being beaten so badly when he boarded the ship; another was thrown 3 stories to the deck below and then stabbed in the stomach. Another was hurled from the deck into the sea; others had serious injuries from being attacked. These were well trained navy seals – the attackers where not innocent civilians, they knew how to attack soldiers.
This was not a humanitarian mission – the motive was always political with violent intentions; they even refused to deliver a package to Gilad Shalit, from his parents. (Shalit is a 24 year old Israeli soldier who was kidnapped on the Gaza border 4 years ago by Hamas. Until today Hamas has refused to allow the Red Cross to visit him.)
The terrorists that were killed were carrying thousands of dollars in cash and had no Passports or I.D. It is suspected that they are connected to Global jihad affiliated organizations. Known Islamic extremists were identified as passengers on the ship. The intent of this ship was not to bring humanitarian supplies to the people in Gaza. (The organizers had been told by the Israeli authorities that the supplies would be delivered to Gaza once they had been checked for any illegal weapons.)
The intent was to stir up political pressure disguised as a humanitarian aid project to the people of Gaza. Thousands of tons of food and supplies are already being transported into Gaza through Israel every week.
The U.N. condemned Israel. The world showed their disapproval. People may say: we don’t hate the Jews but we do not like Israel or her policies. I say to you that is deep rooted anti-Semitism.
Israel is a nation in shock after hearing all the lies that are being spoken against her all over the world. It is interesting that no one condemns the terrorists, who knew that Israel could not allow them to sail to Gaza because of the blockade and therefore came prepared to attack any Israeli who would stop them from doing so.
Today I am wearing a Navy Seals T-Shirt in honor of our brave soldiers, who were doing their jobs, boarding a ship that was challenging Israel’s sovereign right to protect her borders.
Where does our help come from? Israel’s help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth and our Messiah Yeshua!
Please pray for us – the nation of Israel needs your prayers. Pray for protection against all who would come against her and for her people scattered all around the world.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)
Chaya Mizrachi
Thank you.
So Far I
I haven’t written for some time. I’m into the second week of orientation for librarian probation. It’s not really looking good as I have only about 17.9% of the signatures. I also have to start on my Geography and History coursework.
I recently (actually, just today) read literary works of a friend I met in a camp last year. Its very good but she is on a “hiatus”. I seriously hope that she continues to write because she has what it takes.
Pi Day
Well, it’s Pi Day today. Pi is approximately equivalent to 3.142 or 22/7. The 14th of March happens to be 3.14. However, if one follows that logic, than another Pi Day should be on the 22nd of November.
It’s sort of depressing. Seeing mathematical figures before my eyes while in a holiday mood. Which reminds me: On Friday, my maths teacher, Ms Ros, gave us holiday homework, and told us jocosely to entitle it as ‘Holiday’s Nightmare’. I think at least 90% of my class did as we were told.
I finished 14 out of 15 questions. The 9th question, I think, was left unanswered. I have a nagging feeling at the back of my brain that it has something to do with “Lines & Angles” from Form 2, but I just can’t remember. If I am not wrong, it has something to do with opposite and corresponding angles.
Well, that’s all for today: Bye.
P.S. Please do read the World Shame post and add your signature to it. Thanks.
Saturdays
Sigh…Saturdays and holidays are so boring, they make me want to eat my head. I’d rather be at school with my friends than at home on the Internet. Of course, if I was on the Internet, I could network. But if I was with my friends what would be the point in networking? The people whom I want to network with are already next to me. Do you get what I trying to say here?
My CNY 2010
My Chinese New Year was quite boring. There was nothing much to do except to play some games and read ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’. My brother only had a 2-day break before he had to return to UM. Therefore, it was indeed very dull. Most of the fun involved in my CNY 2010 was contained within the book. After reading dull, lame, short, abridged versions, the full version was actually satisfying.
My Facebook Routine
I have two Facebook profiles. The first is public and the second, private. Any and everyone is welcomed to add my private account to their ever-growing list of friends and acquaintances on Facebook. This is my email address: loojeremy@gmail.com.
I play several games on my Facebook. Kingdoms of Camelot is so far my favorite. I greatly recommend it to anyone who’s bored.
Until the next post: Bye and God Bless.
MBSSKL
This is my first post. I am posting this from MBSSKL, my school. This is just to pacify the teachers so please bear with me. Thanks. I shall try to update my blog as soon as I can.
Until then, bye.
The Wolf's Lair 