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2008-08-07T00:21:00.002+08:00

Leavers

2008-07-20T13:23:00.006+08:00

June 26, 2008

Feelings: Restless, edgy and disoriented

Why?

In just a few more days, my dear friends are leaving to faraway land.

Jonathan Lee Yan Kit
is leaving for New Zealand. Words fail me as I’m overwhelmed with feelings right now. Reminds me of the time when he leaves for Nilai. I don’t exactly know how far NZ is from Malaysia but I’m pretty sure it’s darn far. 4 hours of driving won’t get you there, not even 4 days. That means seeing him back here once a couple of months is not possible anymore like how we are used to it while he’s studying in Nilai.

I didn’t tell him how I feel after he left for Nilai. Though I did write it on a card for him a couple of Christmas back which didn’t reach his hand. He is so gonna kill me when he reads this but he can’t because he should be in KL or NZ by now. Hehe! I plan to scan the card and email it to him…but first I got to find that card first. (gasp!)

I’m pretty sure God have plans for him over there. He’ll use him to bless the people there, do something extraordinary or maybe teach/train him something new. All in all, God is good and all-knowing.

Me and Jon

Jon, Mr. Wilf Ashton and me @ GLO Taiping 2004

Me and Jon (goodness, I can hardly recognize that's me!)

What Jon enjoys doing to me...

Steal my food >.<

Stacks-on me >.<>

I'm thankful that I'm still alive after that.

Melissa Keong Wei Yin
is leaving for her new university, UNIMAS, Sarawak in 3 days (29th June). Another departure that gives me mixed emotions when she told me she got into UNIMAS. Was happy for her that she got a place in public uni but on the other hand, kind of sad that it’s overseas (though it’s still the same country but geographically speaking, it’s over a BIG sea, unlike Penang island to the mainland =P). But it’s all good since I manage to give her a surprise on her birthday by popping up on the ‘supposedly surprise celebration’ organized by her close friends and bid farewell to her on the airport.

We shared many stories together ranging from relationships to problems to rants to secrets (though I just found out not too long ago that she shared my stuff with one of her close friend >.<)

*text missing due to unknown reason >.<*

Melissa and me (on her birthday)

The birthday crew

*ignore the guy who's showing his back*

Me, Melissa, Shuang and Titus @ Penang International Airport
for Melissa and Melanie's departure to Sarawak.

(hmm, I didn't manage to get the pics from Melanie, hence her pic's not here)

Melanie Ann Perera
is leaving for the same reason as Melissa. Yes, both of them got into UNIMAS but different course. She nearly almost didn’t get into any university…at first. Poor girl broke down into tears that can probably be considered as a mini “Great Flood” (during Noah’s time) in her house. By God’s grace, the neighbours doesn’t have to call for plumbing service as she refresh the webpage (many, many times), she notices that there’s a slight changes. She read that she was given a place in UNIMAS. I guess her head was flooded with tears at that time and it didn’t register into her brain when she read what’s written on the monitor. It took her quite awhile to regain control of her motorneuron cells or whatever cells that controls your body movement (yes, she was staring stoned in front of her PC for awhile). Well she didn’t break her windows or glasses with her shrieking scream after that but instead she prints out what’s on the webpage so that she can actually feel and touch (maybe smell?) it because it’s unbelievable just by sight alone. Then there’s the second flood again but this time it’s the tears of joy.

However this girl here is the one whom I have the most concern for. I mean, not because of her petite stature but because she have a caring and loving heart for her family despite the many shortcoming and trials she have to face. Having to be separated from her family and live independently, it is my prayer that God will provide her with everything she needs to make it through.

Melanie and Shuang

Tan Qu Wern
is leaving for Nottingham University in Semenyih, Kajang. This brother here, I believe, have gone through a roller coaster ride (usually parents are dragged into the ride as well) after his SPM results came out and before he makes the decision to enter Nottingham University. Not being sure what you want to do after SPM is certainly a scary experience especially when closing date for the first or second intake in various colleges and private universities are nearing. Even harder if you’ve a wide range of interest, be it from yourself or influenced by others.

I know he’ll be able to take care (and enjoy) of himself there as the church are linking him up with some good assemblies there. Plus he have wonderful parents to support him and he can come back to Penang whenever he wants to since it’s only a few hours ride by four wheel vehicle. Hope to see you soon brother!

Qu Wern and me with our gift exchange @ SAGH Christmas 2007

Qu Wern and Kenneth, so into their favourite pass time.

July 20, 2008

Loh Sou Shuang

has just left for Sabah this morning. Same like Melanie, she flooded her house with tears and her parents contributed to it as well after knowing that none of the universities she chose accepted her. She’s afflicted with sorrow and depression, even worst when after all her friends are preparing to go to their universities. In the midst of trying to comfort/encourage her, I found out that only by teasing her helps to lift her spirit up. Yeah, that’s right; tease her physical attributes (she’s short. very. at least to me.) in order to encourage her spiritually and emotionally. I warn you readers first, I doubt it works for everyone. Use it at your own risk. I will not be responsible for any form of physical or emotional damage you might encounter while attempting to use my method of encouraging on your friends or someone you know.

However, she did not give up and send in her appeal to a couple of universities. I guess she struggled (don’t we all do when we’re put in a situation like hers?) in putting her trust in God to prepare a place for her. On the day the appeal results came out, she checked on the education webpage as she did last time. Same thing happened. Result was negative. She text me saying she’s ok and wonders why they rejected her. Few days later, I asked her hows the plan on Curtin University is coming about as that’s her backup plan. I remember her saying stuff about some cute guy there and suddenly she screams from her text message saying that she got into UMS. At first I thought she was bluffing as she did it once to Melissa but she can’t be that lame to simply bluff just like that. She says it’s real as she’s looking at the webpage at that moment (a day after the results came out). Asked her how come she didn’t notice it before. I think she refreshes the page on the day after the results came out. Lesson of the story, clearing your browser’s cache and temporary internet files and refresh/reload the page on college/university or government sites. Well I’m really glad for her as God did prepare a place for her. On top of that, UMS was her first choice and she got into the course she wanted. Blessing in disguise eh? Supposedly she got accepted into university the first time; chances are it’ll not be her first choice. Guess she did put her trust in God as she’s been praising God in her blog that night.

Sou Shuang and Hooi Siang

Sou Shuang and me, with Hooi Siang's hand behind.

Previous Leaver (almost forgot about this people)

Yam Kah Wei aka Kah Wai aka Yam Kor aka Chan Hoe

Koo Sin Yee aka Ah Yee aka Siti aka Malai Por
has graduated from USM. Both are in Malacca working as Statistical Process Control (SPC, i think..hehe!) and school teacher respectively. They have been a tremendous blessing to the people in Sungai Ara Gospel Hall (SAGH) and Sungai Nibong Gospel Hall (SNGH). Initially they say they have plans to stay in Penang after they graduated either for Masters or work here. However, suddenly they tell us shocking news that they started working in Malacca already. Everyone was stunned and shocked especially Sungai Ara Youth Hour (SAYH) peeps. They were part of the youth committee and before that, give us hope that they have plans to stay on to help with the youth work. Mana tau...it turns out to be false hope. Cheh! Haha! Anyway, that doesn’t matter anymore. We all had fun ‘persecuting’ them and had a good laugh together when they came back to visit us the first time after they complete their final year papers. Those 3 years they spend with us are certainly a sweet and memorable chapter of our life. May God continue to be with them to guide them in their life here on earth and their spiritual growth as well. =)

Kah Wai with his gaya

He can always be a part time model

Sin Yee with her most innocent or decent pose

In truth...
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Her true self revealed

Do not be deceived by her looks

Ong Hooi Siang

Vincent Mah Weng Hoong

is in KTAR. Vincent is part of the SAYH committee as well and a very nice brother and I would say, makes a good leader. Sigh…the leftover have to carry all the burden from the 3 leavers. Well it’s not that bad lah, since he and Hooi Siang can come back as often as they wanted as long as there’s holiday or sometimes on weekend. Hooi Siang is a crazy guy. Anyone who knows him will certainly tell you that. Despite his craziness, he is intelligent and thinks a lot when it comes to bible study. However, you’ll see him in his crazy mode 90% of the time. Also, he has the gift of ripping his pants. Both of them make a good partner. I mean, good partner as in team-up together in helping each other in their studies and their spiritual walk.

One of the pants Hooi Siang ripped

Vincent with his favourite pose!
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Fortunately, he only pose like that when he's alone in the pic.

See how normal he is when he's taking with Melanie ;-)

2008-07-07T23:55:00.002+08:00

Feelings : Comfortable, fuzzy, happy

Went out with an old friend of mine back in secondary school. All these while been trying to find time to meet up with her but guess our schedules doesn’t allow us to do so. Today is exceptional though, finally manage to slot in our meeting up before her dad’s birthday.

It was a great catching up session with her. I mean, she’s having her training and studies in Alor Setar, only comes back sometimes and most of the time she’s busy with her never ending exams, test and assignments. Oh, she’s studying medical/doctor. She asked me to discourage those who are thinking of studying medical/doctor in future. Well I know she’s a bright student, one of the top scorers in school and plays bowling for Penang in SUKMA, bagging a gold medal or 2. This warning is not from any average student. Perhaps you readers who read this might try to consider this warning before going forth into this long tunnel of suffering.

Well I don’t blame her for feeling that way. She has this special gift where she’s involved in many embarrassing or silly situation. So I’m guessing here that her experience throughout the years must’ve been a non pleasant one due to that. Just now she told me some of her silly moments. I’m not the type who laughed at other people’s misfortune, but this really, I can’t control myself from bursting into laughter.

Imagine a young lady in her early 20s, wearing a doctor’s overcoat, with a spectacle (somehow it makes them looks wiser and professional), trying to get out from the hospital through a door…

with 4 attempts.

The thing is, that door has some security features in it. I’m not very clear about this, but what I can remember is, there’s a button that opens the door some distance away. As soon as you release the button, the door slowly closes back and locks. Usually people go out in pairs or something. One person press the button, the other went ahead and holds the door open till they both went out together. Don’t really remember but roughly it’s something like this. So my unfortunate friend here, have to go out alone as her friend that usually goes out with her wasn’t around.

First attempt, there’s another group of people that went out, she was some distance behind them and as soon as she reaches the door, the door closes. She heads back to the button.

Second attempt, she presses the button and walks towards the door. Somehow when she’s like 3 steps before the door, the door closes. She heads back to the button again.

Third attempt, she presses the button and walks towards the door, pick up her pace with a few skips in between (hahaha! I started laughing when I imagine this) but 2 steps before the door, same thing happens. Again she heads back.

Fourth attempt, she presses and holds the button. Takes a deep breathe and have one leg out in a ready position to run for it. Stares and zoom in her focus to the door, telling herself that she’s got to run through before the door closes. She lets go of the button and sprint with all her might, leaving a mark on the floor with her shoe. She activates her bullet time ala Matrix’s slow motion effect. Every step is crucial as the door shows no mercy by closing an inch with each step she takes. Her cheeks crashing through the air molecules, her hair splitting atoms at tremendous speed and her overcoat flapping up and down like Superman’s cloak. The door’s closing even further, there’s no way for her to get through the door anymore..but wait! She’s still running, ahh! She’s aiming for the door itself! As long as she reaches the handle before the locking mechanism kicks in, she can still get out! She stretches out her right arm, while leaving her footprints of fury on every tile she steps on. All light sources outside the door vanished from her sight; she channels her energy towards her fingers, hoping it’ll stretch a little bit longer for a split second to grab the handle. Alas, she heard a click from the door, followed by a bang as she crashes onto the door. The door’s not broken…I mean she didn’t break her bone or hurt herself despite the crash. She stares at the door, bewildered, before she realizes that there’s a small crowd of audiences consisting of patients and janitor. She gathers all her remaining strength and honour, walks up to the janitor saying,

“Mak cik, boleh tolong buka pintu sat?”

Stunned face with mouth opened mak cik coming back to reality and says,

“Oh oh, boleh boleh.”

Mak cik presses the button while my dear friend walks out of the door.

Haha! I over exaggerate on the fourth attempt. I don’t know why, but whoever thought of that kind of security is…well should revise it.

Another incident was that my friend wants to go swimming. As she’s going out from her house, she was thinking that she forgot something, ding! Shower cap. She got back in, grab her shower cap and proceed to the swimming pool in her college. Paid RM3 to the pak cik at the counter, spinning her shower cap happily as she trots to the ladies. All of a sudden, she felt something amiss. Like something’s not right. She looks around the locker area and somewhat felt strange. Walks out of the room and checks the sign.

Ladies.

Walks back in feeling relief a little. As she opens her bag, to her utmost horror, she sees……..that her swimsuit isn’t there. She left it at home. That’s Christine for you.

Hmm, I better say something nice about her. Otherwise if I’ve to visit her clinic or hospital in future, I’ll be in grave danger (gasp!). Although she can be blur and silly at times, she’s a lovely person and treats people really nice (well except for those who scare her off). She’s one of the few people whom I will label “Friends FOREVER” with a permanent ink. Not erasable marker pen like the many people who uses in Facebook and Friendster.

Oh ya, we watched Get Smart. It was hilarious I telling you! I laughed hardest at the part where Agent 86 is inside a Russian restaurant’s toilet. Although it’s quite an old show already, I assume many have watched it already but I’m not putting up a spoiler here for those who haven’t. For those who do, I’m pretty sure you know which part I’m referring to. Anyways, this show is good, maybe a bit like Johnny English but it’s definitely better (and smarter). Try not to miss it =)

My personal ratings for Get Smart :

▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫ (8 out of 10)

My new toy

2008-07-07T15:32:00.002+08:00

Stanley Screwdriver Tada~! My new toy! Before you start giving me the weird look...this screwdriver is really good I telling you! Gives you a firm grip and strength to tighten/loosen stubborn screws! This guy is awesome...best screwdriver I've ever used =D

However, I don't recommend you to use it on living things. Though for self-defense purposes maybe...

*sorry if the picture's a little bit blur. I got this from some site as I don't have cameras to snap my own pic*

blog entry delayed

2008-06-30T23:37:00.002+08:00

been preparing an entry on the 26th of June but couldn't quite finish it yet >.<

Updating patch once more...

2008-01-06T18:49:00.000+08:00

Version 1.12.31 (built 2007-2)

new item : book, The Discovery of Genesis
new item : lots of nougats (from Australia i presume)
new item : candy cane x 2
new item : hershey's chocolate x 2
new item : cadbury chocolate x 2 (made in Australia)

Thank you Natalie and Tabitha for all of the above mentioned gifts!
Really appreciate it and the book's really interesting to read! ^_^

Updating patch...

2007-12-31T19:23:00.000+08:00

Version 1.12.31 (built 2007)

new item : t-shirt (thanks to Felicia)
new item : cap (thanks to Felicia)
new item : devotional book (thanks to Felicia)
new item : Disney pen (thanks to Felicia)
new item : WWJD Pewter keychain (thanks to Felicia)
new item : KJV Bible (thanks to Jon, Bing, Samuel, Vincent, KahWai, SinYee & Suleen)
new item : towel (thanks to Kah Heng)
new item : long-sleeve t-shirt (thanks to Jon)
new item : short-sleeve shirt (thanks to Bing)
new item : bookmark (thanks to Melanie)
new item : cross-stitch bookmark (thanks to Sarah)
new item : little handmade card & 2 chocolates (thanks to Suleen)
new item : metal clip bookmark (thanks to Aunty Fern)

gain exp and well fed @ Tao, e-gate (thanks to Jon*, Bing & Samuel)
well fed @ Manhattan Fish Market, Queensbay (thanks to Felicia*, Aunty Lilian* & Catriena)
well fed by a smiley donut & vitagen (thanks to Rachael)
well fed @ BBQ in Nicholas's house (thanks to Nicholas and family)
well fed @ BBQ in the Mah's house (thanks to the Mah family)

friends/buddy list updated
weight +/- 0.5KG
age : 24 years old
guitar skill (56/300)
error : phone contacts missing after updating firmware on handphone

* The person that treats me

I thank all of the people with their names mentioned above for blessing me with things that have been considered and chosen properly or with their labor of love & contributions just to make my birthday and Christmas special.

Blessed birthday to the December baby @ 2007!

Leanne - 2
Hsiao Hui - 9
Christine - 11
Alan - 12
Natalie - 15
Lily - 16
Yours truly - 16
William - 22
Mei Lin - 23
Lydia - 25
Samuel - 26
My Mum - 27
Joan - 28

Whew...that's a long list. I just like to thank Mei Lin for dedicating a post on her blog (here) just to wish me happy birthday, that's very sweet of you. I remember Jon did the same thing for me back in 2006 (here). Thanks to the both of you! :)
Hope to do the same for the both of you this year >.<

impromptu outing...

2007-10-09T23:05:00.000+08:00

So my day start off at 1pm, half an hour after I woke up *smiles innocently*.
At around 1:20pm, I received a surprise phone call from Sin Yee. A couple of thing came into my mind.

She needs me to help her with something or...
She wants me to be her taxi driver for the day.

However I was wrong! Haha! That's why I say it's a surprise for me.

She sounded as if she's like a kettle that is waaaaaay over the boiling point. In short, she sounds stressed up. So I try to listen to her properly while playing WoW (hehe!). Apparently, she had a bad morning and wants to devour food to release her stress. Ahh...ok, sounds like a lunch invitation...but then she added that if I've already taken my lunch (breakfast pun tak makan lagi..=P), I can go and drink water while she makan. Hmm...I wasn't given any option but to go as a scapegoat for her to pour the boiling water. Nah I'm just joking about the scapegoat part. Anyway I'm really really glad that this invitation is given to me as we haven't had any real talk with each other for sometime already. As in we didn't update on each other's life with one another.

Well, I picked her up at around 2pm...been trying to think of a place to go to but the time isn't on our side cause most makan stalls are closing around that time. I asked her where she wants to go and she says somewhere that she haven't been to before. Instinctively I drove towards town since there's a higher chance to find a makan place (also to buy more time for me to rack my brain to find a place to fill her criteria & our stomach). In the meantime she was telling me about her rough day she had while at her final year project discussion. Unfortunately, she & her lab partner aren't working together at the same frequency. Their calculations couldn't tally and Sin Yee was trying to explain what could be the cause but partner & the lecturer couldn't quite understand what she's saying.

That's about the time I've figured out where to go makan (after she say she wants to makan laksa). One place that I've been wanting to bring her, Kah Wai & others there. I've forgotten what's the name of the road but it's somewhere near Jetty. There's just 2 stalls there, a laksa & a drinks stall. It's quite famous for it's "ai gaik" or "or gio" (no translation for English). There's shaved ice (think ice kacang or chendol), a slice of lemon (probably like 1/10 of lemon) and some jelly-like thingie. It's really unique if you've only tried chendol and ice kacang. Excellent to consume when you're thirsty during hot weather. You'll feel the burst of lemon in your mouth. The texture of the jelly is firm but soft that blends really well with the lemon flavour and ice. How I wish I've a digi cam with me, my 0.3MP on my phone just wouldn't do. As for the laksa, there's nothing much to shout about but one thing I like about this stall's laksa is that you can see chunks of fish meat amidst the soup! Overall the 2 dish are able to satisfy your stomach for a total of RM3.30, RM2 for the laksa and RM1.30 for the "or gio". Oh and Sin Yee just couldn't resist when she saw a "roti bak gua" stall nearby.

Later on we proceed to Gurney Plaza, hoping to catch a movie. We sort of decided to watch....

Resident Evil : Extinction! We look at the show time, only 2 are suitable for us, 4pm or 4:45pm. We look at the time, 4pm.

Sin Yee, "The starting trailer takes up 15 minutes right?"
Me, "Right...then we watch 4pm wan lah."

Sin Yee, "Eh! I didn't take out my student card!"

*stares at each other for awhile*

Then we both dash down the escalator towards my car, grabs her student card an run back towards the counter. Whew! I haven't run around shopping complex since when I was like...15? @.@
One of the best part was, I don't have my student card. Sin Yee's student card is attached to her matrics card or something so it looks as if there's 2 pieces of student card there. When I told the lady, "2 tickets for Resident Evil...4pm", and at that same time Sin Yee shows her card. The lady took 1 look at it and then she click there 2 student tickets! Whee! I got to watch the movie at student price without my student card! Alright, you all might think it's lame or cheap but things like these are a bonus that makes your movie experience special. The surprise doesn't end there, inside the same auditorium, I bumped into my old course mates back in TARC (Ah Ping and Ah Zhuang). What's more, they are just sitting right next to me in the cinema! Now this is like 2 rare chance in a day.

About the movie, the show gives you very little room to rest your heart. However the scary scenes are pretty much predictable, you can almost know when exactly the zombies would jump out to make you jump out from your skin. One of my favourite scene was...

*WARNING SPOILER AHEAD*

when the black guy was sitting down on the bed after popping off a zombie in a room, he look up and saw another zombie in front of him. He stand up and shoot at it, however, what he just shot was just a mirror...so I leave the rest for your imagination. =D

*END OF SPOILER*

Mainly the show is catered for those who played the game or those who loves wicked cool slicing technique ala Combo-Hits-With-A-Cool-Finishing-Moves. It ends with an open ended ending. My guess is there's gonna be another episode somewhere next year.

Overall IMO:-
▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▫▫▫ (7 out of 10)

Updating Patch...

2007-09-24T20:03:00.000+08:00

Version 1.09.24 (built 2007)

new item : webcam
new item : scientific calculator
error : pencil case missing
new item (GIFT) : 2 wallet (missing from previous patch)

removes profession "cyber cafe caretaker"
add new battlegrounds : PSDC
add new profession : computer engineering student

friend/buddy list updated
weight remain unchanged
age : 22+ years old
guitar skill : apprentice to (56/300) from (53/300)
removes maplestory
no longer have to pay car loan due to changes in profession

new anime list : Seto no Hanayome, DGray Man, Sky Girls, Nagasarete Airantou, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi, Zero no Tsukaima and Kaze no Stigma.

one year later...

2007-09-18T01:20:00.000+08:00

Upon seeing the date couple of entries back, September 18 2006. That's exactly 1 year ago. Last year's was on Monday and this year's on Tuesday. Seems like just yesterday? For my blog...maybe...but for me...nay.

I remember how fired up I was together with the youths after the retreat. We heard the calling, we were blown away by it, we take it in, we talked about it, we planned about it, we prayed about it, we caught fire! We tried to light up the torch around the assembly but...we...just...sort of burnt out before succeeding in doing so. Where have we gone wrong?

We didn't stand together. The wind of hesitation toyed around with us. We wanted to move forward but each of us held back a little, fearing that the rest wouldn't follow up. Fearing we'll be a laughing stock to the people. Fearing of losing our comfort-zone. It wasn't too hard for the opposing force to blow off our fire. Soon everyone just stared at the phone, occasionally someone picks it up but that's just it, no one talks about it anymore but some did still have the ember to continue to pray for a re-revival.

The second Sungai Ara Retreat is upon us...just how are we going to respond to it?

Life patch updating...

2007-04-02T00:44:00.000+08:00

Version 1.4.2 (built 2007)

new item : handphone (cheap!)
new item : 1GB pendrive
new item : 1 x 512MB DDR RAM
new item : World of Warcraft (original)
new storage space : to keep gifts/presents/valuables!
new item (GIFT) : guitar pick album (hand-made)
new item (GIFT) : books, e.g. : The Shadow of The Almighty
new item (GIFT) : Renoma sling bag
new item (GIFT) : photo album w/ a photo of me n a friend
new item (GIFT) : sweets n chocolates
new item (GIFT) : candle (and a blue, heart shape deco)
new item (GIFT) : cross-stitch with my name on it (hand-made)
new item (GIFT) : clips
new item (GIFT) : scented cotton rabbit (hand-made)
new item (GIFT) : t-shirts
new item (GIFT) : 2 water bottle
new item (GIFT) : cup w/ meaningful words (hand-written)
new item (GIFT) : pen w/ bright blue LED light
new profession : cyber cafe caretaker
new favourite game : o2jam

friend/buddy list updated
weight gain to ~57KG from ~54KG
age : 22+ years old
guitar skill : apprentice (53/300)
mount repaint : 660 kancil (green)
maplestory character level : 49
made several greeting cards
now have to pay car loan
attends 2 different CF in a week
attends classes 2 days a week

removes MP3 from harddisk (total of ~20-30GB)
removes many softwares from harddisk
removes damaged Bible cover

bug (fixed) : unintentionally hurt someone, communication fails
known bug : caught in a crossfire
known bug : occasionally misses quiet time
known bug : sharing testimony/Gospel with family members/close unsaved friends ability not working as it should be
known bug : sleeping time shortens over time

and many more...

Back from a retreat...

2006-09-18T09:47:00.000+08:00

...and it's time to march forward in our work for the Lord!

Truly, everything is made possible with God in the picture.
The whole retreat started with a mess...traffic jams around Sg. Ara.

That means the whole thing starts an hour later.

The worst part of it is that I'm suppose to fetch Rachel and Vivian from USM hostel around 6:45pm. I picked them up at 8:10pm due to traffic jams and other complications.
Man, they have waited for at least 1 hour n 25 minutes !

To Rachel & Vivian : Verily, verily I say unto thee a thousand apology! >.<

On the funny side, I fetch Sin Yee first from Sg. Dua McD before picking up Rachel & Vivian. She too, waited there for quite sometime but then she makan her dinner in McD, so no need to kesian her so much...LOL! She so stress n desperate cuz she is the one who asked Rachel n Vivian to wait for me at 6:45pm. She calls me a few times as I'm on my way to fetch her, everytime oso ask where am I lah...remind me that both of them is waiting for me lah. Out of that many times, there's one when she calls me and..

Sin Yee : Wei! Where are you now? Faster come lah...I waiting outside McD with all my blankets and pillows like I wan to lari from house like that! People all walk pass me also look at me one kind! Faster lah!!

Wah...after hearing that I cannot tahan from laughing already cuz I imagine her, looking like malay, so people probably assume she's a maid from Indonesia who's running away from the master or she runs away from the mental hospital or something as her hair is so messy.

Anyways, I'll try to post more of the retreat as soon as I receive the photos from the retreat. Until then....cya!

Tick tock tick tock....

2006-07-22T09:29:00.000+08:00

It’s been over a month since I started working as a temporary assistant in my college’s computer lab. It’s too boring here, so I’ve decided to blog a little about it :P

The time couldn’t be "better" when I punch in for my first day, new computers arrive from KL to replace the old computers in some of the lecturer’s room and the computer labs over here. That means we’ve to carry all those computers around in college, replacing the old computers in the lecture room, which is situated on the 3rd floor and there’s NO elevator! So which to speak that we’ve to carry those computers up the staircase all the way up to the 3rd floor. This is the not so boring stuff as we get to move around.

As soon as we’re done replacing all of the lecturer’s computer (took us like over a week I guess), we’re assigned to jaga the computer labs. Before you say “Wah! So nice, can go online…”, let me tell you that the computer labs doesn’t have internet access, only one specific lab called the Internet Lab have internet access but the speed is on par with the speed of a crawling siput babi (snail). So most of the time, I’m just sitting there waiting for lunch time and to punch out (time to go home...whee!). Basically our job is to keep a record of the student’s attendance for their classes in the lab and also to keep a record of the students who uses the computer to do their assignment. Occasionally we’ll help the students who is pretty much clueless about how to install the pendrive driver (it’s running on Windows 98!) or to print (cuz the printer is really capalang and you can only feed it with 1 paper at a time, and also print one page at a time cuz if your file contains more then 1 page, after printing the 1st page, the 2nd page’s alignment would be out!). Well, I’d prefer to help them rather then just sit down, but the problem is most of them speaks Mandarin to me and I’ve to struggle through the conversation! Even the Indian students here speaks fluent Mandarin (*malu-fied*) and some can even speak Hokkien! Ok lah, enough about this.

This year’s CF is kinda fun for me. Mainly because there’s people I’m familiar with is in the CF (namely, Vincent, Hooi Siang, Sher Anne and occasionally Swee Kit =)) or probably it’s due to the fact that I’m a committee? =P Hehe! I really thank God for putting Hooi Siang (and the rest) in our CF as he’s like the “noisemaker” in the CF! Without him, probably it won’t be that lively already. Anyway, I think I didn’t really played my responsibility that well yet. As I’m the Prayer Coordinator, but yet to start the weekly prayer meeting or “prayer box” thingie where people can pop in what they want us to pray for into the box. Numbers are dropping from the member list, a common sight in our CF =P but still we need to pray about it (note to self). Recently, our CF's topic is regarding "Character and Gifting". The speaker, (whose name I terlupa >.<”), gave us a bunch of questions to answer (a total of 140 questions @.@) in order to find out what primary and secondary temperaments do we possess, such as Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy and Phlegmatic.

I’ll try to get the questions posted here, or maybe somewhere else so that you guys may try it out too =D but then somehow I think my primary temperament is wrong lah cuz through that test I got Sanguine as my primary and Melancholy as my secondary. I think it should be the other way round or another combination, but then, doing 140 questions at 5pm, it raises a lot of doubts in my ability to process and understand what I read from the questions =P I might do it again when my brain’s tuned to the right frequency hehe!

Watchfulness...

2006-04-20T02:00:00.000+08:00

Luke 12 : 35 - 47

³⁵"Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, ³⁶like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. ³⁷It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. ³⁸It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. ³⁹But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁰You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

⁴¹Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"

⁴²The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? ⁴³It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. ⁴⁴I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁵But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. ⁴⁶The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

⁴⁷"That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows.

*Bible verses taken from http://bibleresources.bible.com

Actually, my devotion verses for this is from 35-40 but somehow, I read further until verse 47. I believe this is lead by the Holy Spirit as the verses that pry open my eyes because when I read verse 45-47, it certainly rings the alarm inside of me. I've been too careless that our Lord's second coming is near and He'll come when you least expect Him to.

Upon reading that few verses, I'm able to relate myself to the servant who knows (or doesn't know) his master's will but didn't prepare himself. I'm saying this in the sense that I'm taking my life on this earth too casually and am not really grateful that I've been given yet another day to further prepare myself for the Lord's second coming.

With this, some questions pops into my mind.

How do we prepare ourself?
To what extent is prepare count as prepared?

This devotion have greatly challenged me as I always behave as in verse 45a. Never let our guard down.

monday blues

2006-03-28T00:55:00.000+08:00

had a hard time waking up this morning. probably my mind's thinking too much the night before.

sigh....i want more sleep!!

a few things that bothers me...

maple is still lagging like snails, hence i can't level up my ol' level 43 wizard. bummer.
haven't break out from my dota losing streak. it's been 6 loses so far, i played a round earlier and we're gaining advantage but somehow, the host disconnected. blehhhh!!
christine's lappie is still waiting to be cured
i haven't watch underworld 2 yet!! argh!!

To the beginning again...

2006-03-23T01:56:00.000+08:00

new loop, new looks, new blog, new host, more post...erm...no hope lah!

it's still the same ol' guy who loves to procrastinate. (still trying to make my lazy bum to climb out from that dreaded man-trap)

he's like a football who needs a good kick off to get the game going.