Christmas!

Went to Boulevard the other day and saw these nice decorations.

 Plastics bottles only.

 Seriously nice and simple.

Interior view of the bell.



So I guess this is that time of the year again. Can you feel the Christmas mood already? I don't really feel it yet though.

Coming To An End

Time really pass fast. November's coming to an end already. Then I'll be back home in December.

Surprisingly, I don't really feel that homesick anymore. It's like not even a little of it.

As I'm having the last service at COP Tronoh yesterday, I suddenly feel sad.

I really got blended into COP already with the people and the activities. Of course, not to forget this place is another platform for me to continue to grow in the Lord.

COP Family

Gonna create more memories in this place for more sems to go. Believing in greater things to happen through COP!

2 more weeks of exam weeks then going back home!

Trials

This two weeks would be the peak of busy-ness for this semester. One week done. If I can go through next week, my workload, most of it would be done, leaving only a few tests before heading to finals.

Through this period, really need to be strong and really believe for God's strength.

Despite being busy or not, God still deserves the first place in life.

God bless!

Move on.

Stand Firmly

The longer you are exposed to society, the more problems you see in society. Sometimes, you are too conscious of being relevent to the fact that you compromise your own principles and stands with the world's.

It may seem ridiculous to some, but do you know that sometimes small things like when you are not helping your friends to sign attendance when they skip lectures or cheat with them in exam together, they may somehow dislike you. As for more serious cases, you may even get ignored by them. It is not easy to stay righteous for God, I admit. But it happens in many university, if you're observant and is lucky to encounter these cases.

When you come to that time of always enduring and coming to God, you will always know that you are doing the right thing. Sooner or later, people around you can see the difference in you and not getting mad at you. It really feels good when you know you're doing the right thing and God the Father is please with you.

Let's obey God and stay righteous for him. God bless!

Worshipper

I remembered once during ISCF, the Scripture Union representative came for a sharing. The thing I am most attracted is when he shared about worship. Of course, it's not about songs but when you're singing it, mean it, express it to God.

For example, the song Hosanna's bridge part. Don't just sing it because it sounds nice. I mean how could you take it lightly, just singing "Break my heart for what break Yours.." like that? Are you ready and really mean it?



A great video that deserve the time to watch. Don't look for answers. Look for Him.

Care Trip

So, two days ago, I went to visit an orphanage home with my group mates. It was a project for Moral studies. We admit, we went there not preparing enough on what we should do there. Everything happened so fast, like getting permission for the visit.

Right after class, in the afternoon we went down to Ipoh to where it is. It was fun. We have the address of the place but we do not know where it is. Even someone from our group who is from Ipoh also don't know where it is. Haha, well, it reminded me that I do not know some places too when batchmates come to Kuching for travelling. The solution was - GPS.

We counted on the GPS from the mobile phone of a friend. But it rained so heavily when we departed from uni. Thank God the rain stopped just so soon and so the GPS can be used. Found the place and almost fainted to the fact that it WAS situated in Taman bla bla bla, but that Taman is like just a lorong, no wonder the GPS can't track it! HAHAHA

We went there and was really greeted by the kids. They were happy and excited to see us. Basically, we played simple games with them and have some chats with them. I can really say that these kids like anyone of us, really happy having people to care and listen to them. I think we really enjoy ourselves being there too. Seeing the kids eager to show us what they can do,it's amazing. There's quite a lot of them that can do breakdance. No kidding. One of them shared to me about his dream of being a scientist and gonna invent something. I know, reality but how many of us can really be dare to dream like that? Maybe you used to but I think that's cool. They are cool.

Great experience seriously. I question myself, if it weren't for Moral projects, would most people show care and visit them, who like us needs caring as well?

Photos.

Being Slow

I always have this habit of slow, as in getting interested in things only when people have already being bored in things they were interested. Yea, watching the show Glee.

It's so funny how I think it's lame especially the acting and storyline when I watched the first episode many months ago. Then I accidentally watched a few episodes few months ago on the tv. Got quite attracted to the mashups and version of songs. Perception changed. I think it's interesting how the lives of ordinary teachers and students are when they are magnified. It somehow portrays the the cultures we are living in.

Though I only watched up to episode 12, I see many things. Like Kurt which may be one of the most interesting characters to many people due to him admitting and knowing he is a gay. I think it is sad when even his father say he knows and accept him as a gay. I mean, there's no such thing as gay and a father's not doing anything about it.

Then there's Quinn, whose father kicked her out of the house straight knowing she's pregnant. The problem of acceptance, but, from a father!? And having a mother who's not supporting at all!? What parents are they, not supporting and accepting their child. Really opposes with the Prodigal's Son.

And all these kind of things look so normal to be not shocking to the world anymore.

See to it that how cultures are changing and being different today. Our God is a great Father.

Walking

Lately, I've been getting into sleep only after 1a.m. and after that. Too busy with too many stuffs. Which also explains how funny that I have no time for blogging like seriously.

Not mentioning just about academic life in 1st sem of 1st year, but things do change a lot.

Recently, I'm seeing the need to get out of my comfort zone and to grow in the Lord. I believe that like all earthly parents we have, God also delights in seeing us to grow and to be mature in Christ. So that is why Uncle Mervyn has always been telling that it is important how getting to know and be close to your earthly parents help you to understand about God, our heavenly Father as well.

I can only say that I'm learning to leave things to Him and trust Him more and more instead of my own strength. I know by my own might I have limitations. His grace is always enough even though your faith may not be enough.

Thank God that He provides good churches for us. I'm feeling so much more belonging to the family of COP this sem.

Which reminds me. I'm back in 2 weeks' time. Yeah.

40-Day Fast & Prayer 2010

Hello people, today is the first day of the 40-Day Fast & Prayer 2010.

Let us all be encouraged to join this event.

The sole purpose of fasting is to get closer to God and it is not limited to just food or activites that hinder you from God like Facebook or computer games. It may also be unforgiveness and hatred you have been keeping toward someone. "Unforgiveness is like stabbing yourself with a knife over and over again as you meditate on how the person has treated you." There is a need to be set free.

Let us all pray as a united nation and to see life being transformed and revival to take place.

The prayer booklet may be download here.

God bless you all!

It Was Amazing

I guess I'm settled, used to uni life again. No more thinking back of enjoying back home so often during lectures already.

I mean, why not?

2 months break is quite long.

I've gone travelling to Genting with family.

I've been to Damai for photoshoot with friends.

I've been to Permai for Jungle Trekking, seeing the nice waterfall at the peak, swimming, football on beach, kayak-ing and nice seafood dinner. (Thank you for the college group)

Catched up with some friends.

Drove enough already.

Truly enjoyed and relaxed.

Back Again

Side note: I'm back to uni for a week already, starting my 1st semester in degree. Very interesting it is.

Two weeks ago, I went to ISCF of my secondary school, mainly to visit and encourage the juniors through a short sharing. Faith comes by hearing of testimony.

I must say, it was very exciting.

Was anointed in sharing and encouraged the juniors. Thank you God. At the same time, I was also encouraged by them as well. Seeing the very young ones playing the guitar and worship God is amazing, though they may not be very skillful. Seeing also leaders rising up, and boldly sharing about the Word. It is indeed the heart what God seeks.

Memories about there kept flashing back. Amazing. Without realising, it ended already! =)

By the way, the Junior Science Labs which were burnt down 2 years ago were just about to be reconstructed again. Good good.

How i miss this place.

See the building far behind? It's surrounding is covered.

New Wife

Side note: Yea, I finished my Foundation for a long time already and I didn't blog at all. Enjoying at home so much. By the way, Blogger recently added some new cool basic templates. Was thinking of moving to Tumblr for nice templates but now, no.

Don't normally want to post this kind of posts, but I'm really grateful to John for being a great matchmaker. Ever since 2 weeks ago, I've been spending quite a great deal of time with my new wife.

Take a look how beautiful she is...

 

Also feeling very happy finally having a guitar. Been borrowing guitar from friends for the second half of the last semester. Haha.

Going to enjoy the rest of my break before entering undergraduate. World Cup's very interesting this time.

The Profession

Anyone: What do you do as a profession?
Me: I'm a university student.
Anyone: That's awesomely challenging. I respect you!
Me: Duh.

To be frank, a university student is really an awesome occupation. I mean, how many people can really endure the stress you get with a whole pile of assignments and projects being thrown to you? Not forgetting the tests and the finals of course.

It's my last two weeks of being a Foundation student by the way. Just realised it not long ago. Another week of academic week and another week of finals. No study week. Then back home to Kuching I will be for 2 months. I should sound very excited because every time i went back for a break, it's only one week long due to my study system.

Me in 1st sem! Look so naive hor?

Looking back at the photos when I just came here, I was way different from the me now. I learnt things. I experienced things. I've changed. For instance, I like sports now. But some things don't change. I still have my natural dark eye bags with me. Is proud of it by the way.

This 2 weeks is going to be stressful indeed. And Farewell Night is coming up. Can already foresee what I will be doing in Kuching.

Let's wait for my next post, hopefully saying I feel very relieved with all the projects and finals ending already, enjoying the feeling of stepping on Kuching International Airport once again.

Going to be a super nerd now.

EDX 25

Side note: I saw the calendar today and just remembered that I will be going back home in another 3 more weeks. Too fast.

I actually slept for 10 hours straight today. Awesome. Then, I had a nap for about 3 hours in the afternoon. So awesome la. So proud of myself. =D

Yesterday, EDX, an event I joined in my uni has finally ended. It was quite grand because the invitation department successfully invited Tun Mahathir to come and give a talk and officiate our event!

But so sad, I have to duty and I can't hear the talk. Can't even capture a picture of him when he's standing only about less than one metre from me. Too many photographers sneaked in and surrounded him. Plus, as a committee, I can't capture his photo.

Can only see the projector screen projecting him giving the talk inside the hall, outside the hall.

We all as the committees were all standing and preparing to welcome Tun Mahathir to come out and sign our guest book at a table prepared for him after his talk ended outside the entrance to the hall.

The plan was like this, after signing the guest book, he was supposed to come over to the stage we prepared just for him to officiate the event. But what actually happened is this, after signing the guest book, he was right away guided to the VIP place. I'm not sure if he's tired because surrounded by too much people. He's like a celebrity yesterday. I heard that his secretary forgot to tell him about the flow of officiating our event at the stage after signing the guest book.

But whatever, it's not like I'm a great fan of him. But I really respected him as a great man though. Anyway, we captured a group photo with him, with all the EDX committees together. That's awesome at least.

The stage we prepared just for him.

Very nice hor?

That's about it. EDX 25. Been busy for this event for a while. Now with no more events and the semester is ending, it's time to start focusing on exams. Enjoyed to be as a committee. Learnt a lot of stuffs.

Passion

Side note: I'm actually picking guitar up again after so long. =) (John, I know you're going to say finally..)

If you have clicked on some of my friends' blogs under the awesome reads section at the side, you might have noticed that some of them have lose the passion to blog, or to be exact, have quitted blogging.

Some, but not all, have lose the passion due to the busy-ness in life, finding no time to sit down, relax and blog about even once a week. Priotized in something more than blogging, having no time to blog and feel that blogging has no longer become a part of them. And so there goes their blogging passion.

This thought actually came to me through a notebook.

 

This is the notebook that I used to jot down notes on for church, youth meetings and college group meetings back in Kuching. Feeling bored at one time, I flipped open the book and glanced through a few sharings.

The one I'm highlighting here, is about passion for God. I realised that if you stop serving in church or sharing to people about how great is our God in everyday life, your passion for God can just die, real fast. You feel separated from God and there goes the passion. It gets worse when you focus on studies or club activities even more till u have no time for God. Yes, in the past, sin separated us from God, but Jesus had took the initiative to suffer for us so that we reconnect to God.

Ya, when I first entered college, I was quite conscious in my studies and thinking that going to church once a week is enough. I know that I can pray and ask Him for help when I have problems. And it gets worse from then.

I thank God he is faithful for us to come back whenever we are lost, like the parable of Prodigal's son.

Good friday today. Remember that it is because of love, Jesus was willing to be on the cross. He was able to endure when he was hit each time because His love is more than enough to cover the pain.

Crazier

...Not the song by Taylor Swift la.

Some of our days I think we should act and do some crazy things to spice up life, especially the very busy life. Can also by unintentionally.

Two days ago, I celebrated SK's birthday with other friends with a simple dinner outside uni. Rented a car, and squeezed in seven people in a Saga. Being the one driving back, I manually unlocked the car and there goes the car alarm. I'm so used to using manual lock at home. All nearby eyes were on me. =D

On the way back, I purposely made some unnecessary circles in a roundabout before returning to hostel for some exercises to the back passengers.

Haha. I'm happy while I do that. Lol.

Being crazy is a principle to achieve success. Mark that.

Sit Down And Relax

Side note: When life gets quite busy, you sometime forget what actually made you being busy.

Time flies very fast these days because I'm enjoying every bit of it. I'm having a totally different way of thinking when I first entered college where I always counted how many days left to breaks; how many days left to go back home. It's not like that anymore.

Foundation studies is going to end so soon but I'm more to enjoying being in Foundation. Somehow I cannot understand how I have so much positive thoughts on life here. What I'm sure is God brought me through everything here on a process of learning and enduring. It's not always sweet. Same thing, you need time to develop your relationship with God. Have the assurance you matter to Him.

See how nice is the scenery in my uni's park?

Long Awaited Moments

Side note: A sign of too much of How I Met Your Mother, I have many 'awesome' words in my sentences.

After a crazy week with 4 tests in 3 consecutive days, the one-week-long mid sem break is finally here!

It's the first time I'm not going back to Kuching for a break by the way. It's not like it's cheap and easy to go back like West M'sians anyway. I have to go through 4 hours of land transportation to reach the airport in KL and then about 2 hours of air transportation back to Kuching not forgetting 10 minutes of travelling from Kuching airport to home sweet home. Adding the intervals for like waiting between exchanging buses or train, it's almost 8 hours of travelling to just get back home. (It's tiring just by reading this, right?)

It's just so awesome with the campus being so empty no matter by seeing, hearing and feeling. I spent the first few days of my break with my eyes staring at my laptop screen for tons of hours - playing games and going online hard core. Love breaks.

And then it's countdown to another 2 more months before I can get another bowl of Kolo Mee.

I thank God for this becase it makes going back home much more enjoyable than I would ever expected.

Checkpoint Day

Today was, after-summing-up , an awesome day.

Went to main church in Ipoh with COP-ians for special CNY celebration service.

Enjoyed the nice worship, presentations and sermon.

It really brings so much joy seeing many who accept Christ and found salvation. Frankly, was being quite backslided recently. Felt quite refreshed today. I only need to see how great my Father is, and without any terms, just go to Him. That's it, not complicated.

Ps Clement's pretty funny when sharing his childhood cny celebration stories...the thrills. Sermon was so nicely presented. Maybe applies to other cultures, but for chineses, when reaching an old age, the thought of living longer or forever comes to mind of most people. But it's obvious there's no living forever as a reality. Eternal life is only found in Christ, who once came to save and seek the lost.

And also, be like the good Samaritan. Don't be religious. Care for your neighbours and people around you. It is not the Law or Religion that saves you, but the Grace. Jesus loves you.

Have a great year ahead.

Legendary Week

Side note: Ever since I started college, there's many first times for me. Like for example, this year is the first time being at home for one week of the chinese new year only. There's more too, like celebrating birthday away from home and etc. The point here is, I NEED all these experiences to grow despite how I dislike them.

Well, I'm back to college again after being at home for a week. Personally, enjoyed lots despite a considerably short holiday.

Why did I enjoyed by the way...?

Being with family.
Eating CNY goodies.
Got a one-week break I seriously needed.
Visitings and meet-ups.

Of course, these made up as one of the reasons every year.

Meeting up with this two funny dudes again.

Crazy CNY visitings with EmbaCY-ians with the "Ris Low" mood. First time btw.(Photo credits to Unc. Kester)

Nice kuching food as usual like LAKSA SARAWAK!!!(Abel Road's some more!!)

Definitely the best CNY ever.

Now, I'm going to continue study for about another 2 and a half months and finish my last semester of my Foundation year. Time flies fast.

Taken during the flight back to KL.

The Mood Is Here

Side note: My two slippers out of two slippers I have over here are not wearable anymore so recently at the same time. Then my water boiler can't boil up water anymore. Don't have much luck, huh?

Well, although I have fewer subjects and credit hours this semester, my schedule is most packed this semester. Don't know how's undergraduate like too, knowing it's busier and tougher.

At this week, I tried my best to do all the works available and revised what's learnt BECAUSE I'm going back for next whole week. With a self-declared break somemore hahaha because I don't know how's the leaves applied status yet. I know I'll get it when I back here again with quizzes and assignments coming up.

I'm going to play, visit and enjoy lots like it's a long break I have. Especially when I can see my sis again since she's now working away from home.

Been around three months ago since I got home and seriously need a short break after 3 months already.

C'mon, I want to go back already. CNY CNY.

Happy chinese year to you all! Hope the tiger year will be a prosperous and fruitful year for each and every one of you! (I'm not so a believer in these kind of things though =p)

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Gong Hei Fatt Choy!

As It Turned Out To Be

Just started first week of new sem. Pretty packed. Moved to new hostel with better connection. Yeah. Started a little work on events.

Just want to share a little on last week. Few months before last week, I was notified that I was compulsory to be kidnapped to join a camp - STE together with a big number of around 100++.

So on the 17th of Jan, we travelled from uni, to Puduraya then to KLCC, knowing and prepared at heart that - "It's going to be just one boring week." feeling.

There we were at KLCC, on board to the assigned buses and off to Port Dickson we know we're being kidnapped to.

The sceneries were actually quite nice. Got involved with many activites and games. What I can say is, the camp really brought me many insights, as to which part of me I have to be aware of and change.

For example, the couldn't-care-less personality I used to have. Learnt a lot about leadership mainly because I was randomly selected as one. Through many intereactions as a team, I learn better about leadership. Like the X and Y game really striked me.(Guess only Samba 6 people knows why, haha.) Got motivated a lot and also have my attitude toward other cultures better than before.

Enjoyable camp. Very.

P.s. Notice the kidnapped words mentioned? Just to indicate the being forced to feeling haha.

Basketball Lesson

Failed. Tried to give a new template like HTML and XML to my blog but failed after two hours last night. Googled the problem and it says new blogger memang like that. Why I register for new blogger in the first place?Troublesome, which forgones some stuffs if I want a template put on. Should I switch to Wordpress, which offers up to 73 cool basic templates? or tumblr? Blogger never creates a new template anymore after so long. Whatever liao la.

Today was pretty awesome. Played Left 4 Dead for the first time. So does basketball. It's not easy though. Maybe I went for extreme sports today. An hour of badminton then another hour of basketball. Need more stamina. The cool thing is, played two games of basketball and two people taught me many principles.

"Cannot go and bounce anymore after you hold the basketball with two hands."- Double tap I think.

"After getting rebound from opponent's failed shot, need to bounce to outer circle first, then shoot."

"Push and force your way to shoot it."

"Get in the open."

The only sports I really engage in is badminton only all the while. Yeah, the third one is quite something striky. Mainly it's my personality lor. I'm not really...agressive.

Ya, somehow I learnt from basketball that I really need to be more with authority in life. Otherwise, you'll only lose out.

Like the lesson I learnt from driving a car. You don't be daring enough you can't even get on the road. (and in life.)

Leaving for STE on sunday morning. Won't be online for a week I think. I'm leaving laptop behind.

2010 Resolution

Whoa, just finished my last final paper for my second semester of my Foundation this morning. It feels weird though. Played some games on the laptop to so called relieve stress, but don't feel so thrill at all after a few levels. More weird. Wanna go for sports but it's raining right now, so heavily in UTP.

+Well, at least the connection's better now since Propana people moved to V1 so that the new batch can move in I think on coming saturday or sunday.

Seeing some news on the web and found out that more churches are targeted already. Even in Miri. I always thought East Malaysia is more safer as we over there are always being claimed more "rural". And it gets more serious with more states, Taiping, Johor...and lawyer's office being broke into. Enough about it, we really need to pray hard for God's will to be done.

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On a side note, I decided to make the first resolution I ever had although it's quite late.( Like who cares, do I even need to conform to what's the crowd doing?) Mainly because I think last year I didn't accomplish much things worthy enough to be mentioned. Ok, so maybe in 2009 I:
- Got myself a driving license
- Didn't get a part-time job
- Applied many scholarships, prepared many, built up interview skills
- Studied away from home, independent
- Nothing more worth to be said...=(

Resolution #2010
1. Get closer to our Father. (Being quite cold on and off for the past half year.)
2. Be more caring to my family, friends, those around me.

3. Have better time management skills to balance activities in life.
4. Be even more outspoken.
5. Be even more independent.
6. Even more sports.
7. Get 3.5 for whole Foundation year. (yeah, at least. a bit kiasu hor?)

8. Have some sense of humor.

9. Get my blog a cool theme. (Been thinking since 2008. omg.)
10. Blog more?(Yeah provided good internet all the time I hope lor.)

Hmmm...

In these few days, I'm peacefully preparing and studying for my finals, which will start in two more days. Right at this period of time, it isn't so peaceful elsewhere. It shocked me when ONLY last night then I know that yesterday 3 churches are burnt down in K.L. due to the recent hot issue.

I only knew about this hot issue somewhere last week but I didn't follow-up on the news. It's getting so serious.

When you look at the news today, you see that our King has announced to us to respect all houses of worship. Our Prime Minister also said that he condemned the arson attacks. It seems that things are going to be peaceful again as we are told to wait for the results of the council on the hot issue.

But the thing I'm quite concerned is, things get more violent than we expect these days. I can't even imagine how things are gonna be in future if there are more issues that are similar to the current one being raised up.

Pray for the churches, brothers and sisters. Do not waste time pointing fingers.

Biscuits Are Fun!

Funny title?

Why don't you find out if I really mean it.

It started like this. While busying last night compiling Sport Science Project, I felt hungry. I took a small pack of biscuits. Then not long after, I go laughing to myself.

It look so normal hor? Just a pack of Munchy-branded cookie-styled milk biscuit. (Wait, have you figured it out?)

There you have it. The two words that kinda caught my attention. (It's so obvious now, haha.)

Anyway, just to keep track of things I'll be doing in the coming times:

I'll have finals next week.

Then, I'll have STE programme(Petronas Scholar Camp) during my one-week semester break.

Next, I'll start my third trisemester of my Foundation straightaway. Then studying for about 3 weeks, then back to Kuching I will for CNY!! XD

That's all for now. Just feel kinda bad that I have quite a high chance of still sticking at my hostel now until my Foundation ends, which is around the mid of May this year. Hope the Internet speed can be as fast as today most of the time.