The Dropped Chalk

This is a true story of something that happened just a few years ago at USC.

There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed atheist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire semester attempting to prove that God couldn't exist.

His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. For twenty years, he had taught this class and no one had ever had the courage to go against him.

Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever really gone against him because of his reputation. At the end of every semester on the last day, he would say to his class of 300 students, "If there is anyone here who still believes in Jesus, stand up!"

In twenty years, no one had ever stood up. They knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "Because anyone who believes in God is a fool.

If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that He is God, and yet He can't do it."

And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the students would do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students thought that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they had been too afraid to stand up.

Well, a few years ago there was a freshman who happened to enroll. He was a Christian, and had heard the stories about his professor. He was required to take the class for his major, and he was afraid. But for three months that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor said, or what the class thought.

Nothing they said could ever shatter his faith...he hoped. Finally, the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand up!" The professor and the class of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the room.

The professor shouted, "You FOOL!!! If God existed, he would keep this piece of chalk from breaking when it hit the ground!"

He proceeded to drop the chalk, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleat of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. As it hit the ground, it simply rolled away unbroken. The professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man, and then ran out of the lecture hall.

The young man who had stood, proceeded to walk to the front of the room and shared his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 300 students stayed and listened as he told of God's love for them and of His power through Jesus.

You have 2 choices

1. Delete this and never look at it again.

2. Pass this along to your Christian and non-Christian friends, giving them encouragement we all need every day.

When you choose option 2, you have chosen to STAND UP.

The Moments I Disappeared

If I say I just remembered I have a blog, would you believe in me? Lol.

Well, besides the busyness of college life, another reason which adds up into which I don't blog that frequently is because the hostel's internet connection had gone worse than before. All the mood of blogging just fade away with this kind of lousy connection. Be grateful already if you have an average internet connection that allows you to facebook-ing smoothly.

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One day I was quite boring so I made a brief survey on isotonic drinks with my samples,namely Excel, 7up Revive and 100 Plus.

I discovered that Excel contained the least energy and sugar level but it contains Vit C.

On the other hand, 100 Plus and 7up Revive contained the same energy but the sugar level of 7up Revive is the highest. 7up Revive contained Vit B3, B6 and B12 though.

On my opinion, 7up Revive is the best choice for isotonic drink.

Crazy me, I'm leaving now to study Programming.

Time Really Flies

It's currently my favourite song. Awesome music with lyrics that are powerful.

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Busy weeks had just passed like this. But for now, my assignments and projects are almost all done. And in less than 2 weeks' time, I'm having my finals for my first sem.

Nothing much had actually happened. For the first week of August, UTP was close down due to some positive H1N1 cases. Me, Melvin and Jack stayed at the ministry house of Hope Ipoh and went to a sight-seeing in Perak, Kellies' Castle.

Yesterday, me and my friends went to Gua Tempurung, another sight-seeing in Perak due to a sudden reason.

Kindly go to my Facebook photo albums if you want to look at the awesome pictures captured by me at the two sight-seeings. =) haha.

And below is a picture of fresh strawberries from Cameron Highlands, taken on the day it was pick. It wasn't me who went there though, it's my friends. I wanted to go, but I had Business Test and English Test today.

Captions of July

This is where I'm staying. Nah, just kidding.

The carpark.
Ok, this is way I stay, Village 6 of UTP.
Upon coming here, i realized how cool Tesco is. Tesco has its brand in most products, in cheaper rates.
Basically, i ate stuffs like these for breakfast, you can't get these in kuching haha.
Lecture rooms. But only for degree students.
The library.

Never know it's such a wonder place.

It's nice and air-conditioned.

Saying goodbye to this fella who's been useful to me since form 2. Using a 570ms now.

The comfy seats.

A lecturer can even play a music-cartoon video during lecture.

And mp3s. Seriously.
That's Sunway Lagoon but I didn't enter.

That's the ice-skating place in Sunway Pyramid.

It looks cool inside Sunway Lagoon from outside though.

Went to 175 cafe during mid-sem break.

The furnitures' nice.

Jonathan, Nazrin, Melvin.

Tried the fish spa. Itchy but nice.

University Life In UTP

I'm settled down with my life now.

Right now, I can give you my definition of university life:
-the life where someone will never get a break due to having never-ending assignments, projects and tests at the same time.

Know what? University life is not a wonderful time where you can play most of the time because you'll suffer the consequences of doing everything in the last minutes, especially when you're under a sponsorship and you need to maintain a certain level of result.

That's why, I really learnt how to be productive, to multi-task, to learn some time management skills and lastly, to discipline myself to revise my lessons. And of course, to make sure my stomach is never empty. haha.

I really thank God that He's always there for me when I needed Him. His grace is sufficient for me. By God's wisdom and strength, I managed to get good results for my Business Management Test 1 last week. This really encourages me even more that God is always with me and so are to you all. I also felt better over choosing this rather than JPA, since the course offered, Computer Science requires me to study Physics and Chemistry, the subjects I dislike the most and weak in.

I'll be back next week. Yesh! but I have tons of work I need to bring back to finish in Kuching. UTP is crazy...

I'm gonna drink lots of this.

And eat lots of this.

PS: Photos will be posted up during my mid-sem break. I have no time for that now, my apologies!

Pulled Through

I'm getting used to the patterns of my life now. Thank God.

I'm able to fit in the university's style of teaching. Thank God.

I have learnt how to manage my daily routine. Thank God.

All in all, thank God I had pull through the first few weeks over here.

And surely, He will help me in doing my assignments.

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Today there is this event called something like Going-Back-To-School event in Kuching High, from 8am to 4pm. Too bad I can't go.

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And after seeing the break schedule for my foundation, it seems that I won't be able to celebrate my birthday in my hometown nor joining the youth camp in december. Sigh. But I don't complain. As long God's with me everyday, nothing matters.

Seriously, I'm tired of walking at least 15 minutes to reach my lecture room from my hostel under the hot sun everyday on weekdays. (that is, if I'm walking in a fast pace.) It's as if I'm trained from very aspect here, be it physically, mentally or spritually.

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After going to the cell group of Hope Ipoh, I feel better over the pressure I had due to assignments.

Thank God for everything.

my pre-calculus book

The gang: me, nazrin, melvin, jonathan, ka wai