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.)