35 Truths about Prayer - 6

Truth 6

Bring your anger to prayer. Hot metal can be molded

35 Truths about Prayer - 5

Truth 5

If you begin to feel advanced in the way of prayer, think again

35 Truths about Prayer - 4

Truth 4

Let your prayer be short. Love needs a few words

35 Truths about Prayer - 3

Truth 3

Prayer is like a garden. Tend to it and it will be fruitful.

35 Truths about Prayer - 2

Truth 2


Prayer begins in a restless heart. Listen to its stirring.

35 Truths about Prayer

During this whole month i will put up 1-2 Truths about Prayer. Hopefully it'll give you readers meaning to why prayer is important, necessary and not such a bad thing to do


Truth 1

Prayer has many methods. Do it your own way.

Road to Recovery

My blog posts has been a bit "dry" lately these few months. If you read from the beginnings on my genre, you could see a twist and turn from what i used to write, to what i wrote, to what i now write. It probably shows my character in season as well, how i grow and prioritise and change from time to time, but always along the same lines, just repititive every season.


Now the present, im getting better from my unfortunate downturn of health for the past 3 days, but thankfully, i've on the road to recovery. Thank you Lord. For now, i pray for the best in my exams this coming Monday as well as the fury of assignments after that. People are wishing for a quick exam period and return to their homeland....however i not..... sorry to say.

Summer by the way should be interesting this time. Moving/working/studying. That should pose a new challenge to my coming year. Looking forward =)

All in a day's work

I've completed my first exam several days ago. (Drum Roll)

Yay! Glad that was over. Now my attention is set on next Monday's paper, which by far is the most interesting and difficult-tess paper i've sat thus far. The materials involved are really deep and requires revision every week to refresh my memory. I admitted in revision up until mid-term break where i stopped to complete my full-swing rush of assignments that were lining up to be handed in.

Thus far, i've failed in not completing 2 assignments on the designated date i picked, but nontheless, i need to work on it asap right after Monday's paper.

2 assignments, 7000 words, 9 days, 100%. How bad of facts could i ask for? It could have been, 1 assignment, 1000 words, 1 week, 10%...... but nooooo...

Thank my lecturer as well for being hyper super duper lenient in his paper. Praise God for that!

Back to reality now, i've actually completed my study for Monday's exam, just revising them thoroughly now. On the rainy side, im down with fever, mild fever i would say, as i've been through worst fevers than this. Preparing myself an environment to get well as fast as possible. I cannot afford to be handicapped at this moment. Not when alot is at stake.

Lord, heed my cries and prayers. Amen.

It's hard to say i'm sorry

Saying sorry perhaps tops the list of the hardest things to do in everyone's life. Only God does it best while we avoid it if its possible because of our ego and selfishness.

I pray to have such a heart, to be able to say sorry, and also to forgive.

I'm sorry, for the past actions to people i've annoyed/hurt.

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That's right.

dot dot dot ...

i dono what to post...

my exam is a week's away...

i've got all summer to look for furnitures...

half the summer to work...

the other half to finish one subject...

i'm feeling...

feelingless...

like floating in the air with no sense of direction but gliding with the wind

Mind Bubble

This period of time has been really challenging to me. I had recently made a decision to commit myself to another club yet again. This time, more intensive as before. I wonder if i'm making the right decision for myself. Then again, the "right" decision is also selfish. My years in Uni has given me tough challenges both academically and socially. I'm honestly afraid of what next year is installed for me by God.

It seems i live, breathe and eat my study with me as well as cook, prepare and sleep with my commitments and loyalties. A friend told me, that its ok to say NO and that I should feel peace after it. My friend said that in any decision you make, you must be able to feel and have peace about it. That talked helped me a lot in discovering decisions i make. I need to be at peace with it. I don't want to do things for the sake of self-interest or for the sake of others.

Sometimes sacrifice is needed to "betray" your loyalties elsewhere by saying no, but again, saying yes can also strike a trade-off. Either way, you cant have one and the other. To strike balance between anything that's clashing is the toughest challenge in life. I have made that decision, and I wil try my best to strike that balance, even if it means letting down both my loyalties, responsibilites and commitments, it's the best i can give and offer. I would only let God and myself down if i don't try anything at all.

The life squeezed out of me

My life is full of planning this month. All of it has gotta do with preparation for exams. As myself, i tend to overplan and in most cases, to very detail. When i overplan, i don just give a grace period by a day or two, i plan to plan for something. If i need 4 days to study for a test, i double that by 4 again, making it 8 days to study for a test. If i need study during study break, i study before study break. If i have to take the bus at 8, i am ready by 7.

All this is just me. I plan far ahead.

But when things come right down to the last minute, it screws me up and my life together with it. My responsibilities and my life are always full of unexpected suprises hence the double planning comes in handy. Then again, too many tasks this month demands so much from what a capable human can do. I have to divide so many things to make up a bit for everything, for the best interest of everybody.

It is exhausting. It gets worst knowing emotions and stress creeps into you and takes over sometimes. It's made hard when I know i'm have my commitments elsewhere. Part of life is being able to find my way out of this struggle.

When my plans are disrupted, i get annoyed, as everyone else does. What's more compulsive, is that i get annoyed as well when my grace-period planning is disrupted. The tendency to over-plan fills up my schedules pretty much of everything, which makes my month full of plannings.

Is there something wrong with my scheduling? Or do i just have the compulsive-behaviour to double plan for something.

Partially, i associate it with the lack of confidence. But then again, confidence is a choice. Therefore i chose to overplan, because by that, only am i confident in achieving something.

So answering myself, no, i don't think i have a planning problem.

Gonna do this silent scream again. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Let's get back to work then shall we.

A hole so deep

Date today reads 2nd October 2008. It another 3 weeks before finals start but leading to it is time period of anxiety to do revision. A solid 3 weeks for 2 papers is rather relaxing but not with 4 assignments hung in front of your head. With the readings and work needed to complete these a week before study break, it is just too much. Absolutely too much. 4 reports to write with equally huge amount of reading.

I've refrained and toned down the impact of my complains to people as well as myself but the pressure and stress is just too much. I probably brought this upon myself as a failure to foresee this chain of events that leads to pressures and stresses such as this.

I sigh loudly as i write, knowing only i have the authority and power to make things change. The challenge to manage time is always a struggle among students and I admit i'm no master in dividing them equally.

However it turns out to be, I'll just have to trust God's timing in everything although nothing seems achievable at the moment with the time in hand. A journey to the top of the mountain starts with the first step. Unless I take it, I'll never be that step closer.

It's what we all students go through I'm sure and it'll be unwise to say that my stress outweighs those of my friends.

I just want to offer comfort to those who are in this similar situation, that we're rocking the same boat.

Inside a guy's head

Guys, we're amazing aren't we. We are like...........the opposite of girls. We have the physique, the macho-ness and the gift to charm.

I write this not to glorify the characteristics of how good my gender offers in society but to give a glimpse of what girls should know when encountering these situations, based on my experience and thoughts. To you guys, i'm sorry for revealing the true nature which you cannot deny, my intentions are only to protect the purity of the opposite sex and to not see them being used as a tool.


1. Guys think girls are always interested in them

This is true to classical-guy-thinking. Every guy thinks that the girl next to him is interested in him when she greets or talks to him. Any sort of recurring communication reinforces the "idea" that guys think girls are interested in them.

Advise: Tone yourself down ladies, don't give in more than you already have. Avoid being flirtatious. You're only giving false hope to a desperate guy.



2. Guys will try to get to know the girls' friends

To get close to a girl, guys will try to "fit in". They will introduce themselves to her friends and get to know them. That way, they can get precious info on her likes/dislikes without actually bothering what her friend's last name even is. To her friends, he is only using you. So any sort of nice things he say is therefore temporary unless his intentions are clear (To make friends). Otherwise, see him a month later and he won't even recall your name!

Advise: Watch his moves, if he tries to get to know your friends by himself without you introducing, Point No. 1 confirms Point No. 2!!!



3. Guys will sacrifice everything they can afford

They will sacrifice their time, study, work and sleep for it. If a girl hints at something, guys sense it as an opportunity to score. Eg. "My assignment is screwed! I can't find any articles on (fill in yourself)". Guys swoop in immediately, "What are you looking for?". Seems like a nice thing a nice guy would do. How about this, "I ran out of pepper, no wonder my cooking wasn't nice". Guys will drive straight to the supermarket and buy pepper straight away, eventhough girls have finished cooking , eaten and put the dishes back in the cupboard already. Time, sleep, study and work is not a barrier to guys. In their head, giving those up is worth it cause the girl is interested in him, *hint hint* No pepper.

Advise: Cut down on the complaining. This will put less emphasis on Point No. 1. Complain to a girl instead.



4. Guys change their lifestyle to suit hers

Guys will give up anything, as mentioned, even their lifestyle. They will change their face, habits, language, diet by putting on a temporary mask just to look good in front of her. What's worst, they may add extra something to their daily activity to fit in. A guy will temporarily like cooking if the girl is a good cook. He will try to learn how to cook, even change his diet from fastfood to homecook just for that.

Advise: Don't give too much of yourself away. Even if you do, note that his agreeing and amazement towards everything is a form of giving-the-stage to you.



5. Guys listen carefully, then debates back, then "surrenders"

In this situation, the guy sees himself as "never right". Eg:

Girl: Studying at home is so distracting. There's the kitchen around, lounge and my bed.
Guy: But its homey, you can rest when you like, and everything is available.
Girl: But the atmosphere isn't there. In the lib, everyone is studying, which motivates me
Guy: Well, if you have discipline you can study anyway
Girl: But still, distraction is more likely to happen right or not?
Guy: Ya i guess so, perhaps i should try studying in library then.

See where this is going? His priciples is overshadowed and humbled because of the differences the girl has. Sooner, studying will no longer involve book + guy but (Book + guy) + (Book + girl).

Advise: Respect other's thinking. If he doesn't have one set-mind on a situation, then don have one either.



6. Guys making moves are only interested in girls temporarily.

Guys making moves like buying drinks, asking out for a movie etc are only interested in a girl temporarily. They have no intention of getting to know you as a long-term friend. Once he finds out everything he needs to know about a girl, cross-check with his own needs, filters them out, produces a score lower than his expected average, he moves onto another "target". From constant contact for a good month to rare contact the next proves Point No. 6.

Advise: Don't start a relationship because he's "nice". Don't just accept everything he offers as well. Think about how opportunists he might get



7. Guys who are nice expect something back

Guys are selfish morons, they expect something in return from all their sacrifice in being nice.

1 Corinthians 13:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

A guy who gives up is not looking for true love. He is only seeking returns from the girl. They deliberately lost interest to get out of a relationship they started.

Advise: Be aware of his responses to you. If girls you just want to play around, you're not better than the guy who hurt/will hurt you anyway.



8. Guys show off their lifestyle

Two scenarios tend to happen. They either show-off their lifestyle and expect the girl to be amazed, or, they change it (Point No. 4). In this case, they exaggerate everything they do, keeps account of what he does and then brags it off to the girl in which her reaction is usually, amazement.

Advise: Bragging tends to be normal among human beings, even girls themselves, but you can almost spot a bragger who has no limits when he is forcing something upon you.



9. Guys who are looking for a relationship are desperate

Guys like these are not sincere. They are desperate people who needs someone to fill in that gap. These guys cannot seek joy and gratefulness in what they have in their life. Girls tend to think if that it so, i therefore am his cure. Try rephrasing your position and think what cure does. A healthy person will not continue taking panadols.

Advise: Being single and being in a relationship are the same hierarchal level. Single is not below being-in-a-relationship. They are of the same level of life which God gives us to fulfil His plans. If you can't seek joy being single, there's no difference in seeking joy when you're a couple because the intention itself is self-seeking returns that fills the gap of loneliness.



10. Guys sin with their eyes

A guy's weaknesses is their eyes. They see something, magnify it 10 times and enjoy the pleasure of it. Not all guys are like this if they know what their eyes can do. But classical guys are different. Their eyes are what gives them pleasure and when the pleasure is absent, therefore the interest is lost. It's not suprising if a girl who has a lot of attention is constantly having to keep up with fashion and trends because of the attention she gets. Guys tend to move from girl to girl on the other hand to continue seeking pleasure.

Advise: Once you're no longer keeping up with trends, he is no longer interested in you. Dress modestly and properly. Remove the option for guys to sin with their eyes. It helps both sides





Disclaimer: Events above does not refer to anyone in particular. Any reference to an individual may be solely coincidental and accidental. (But if it does, then shame on you!)

Copyright: This article is self-authored based on intuition and should not be use for intentions of generalisation.

To errr is human

There was this talk on Love at Grace City Church yesterday (27th September) from 3-9pm. It was divided into 3 part. Love, Purity and Truth.

Overall i have to admit that it enlighten me a whole lot about the truth of love and its purity. The meaning of love that was discussed was totally different from the meaning of love that i had and always assumed in my life. Now that i've realised so much on what i've missed and mistaken, i wanna strive to be the person in Christ Himself. I am willing to surrender my mistakes and sin to Him, so that i can follow Him, and His way.

It's not always easy to go through struggles in life. It never is. Struggles we face everyday, if taken into our own hands, always yields opposite results or no results at all. This too has made me realised that all sufferings, pain and struggles cannot be achieved and overcome by the will of men. By myself, i can succeed in a short-term, but i will keep failing as always. Only by offering my life to Him, can i be able to accomplish anything. Through Him, with Him and in Him, nothing is impossible by the unity of the Trinity.

To change, is what i want. To live the life like Jesus, is what i strive for.

But to fall and sin, is human. God's grace and forgiveness is greater than all of our sins combined. We tend to stray away from God as we commit small sins. Remember that Jesus has took all of our sins away, and will take them away, if we are only willing to accept the fact we are sinners and offer our sins to Him. With a flick of His finger, by the grace from the Father, our sins can be forgiven.

I miss you

Dear Dad,

I miss you buying kuehs for us every morning and driving us around everyday.
I miss your time with us playing badminton and bringing our family out for dinner occasionally.
I miss talking facts of life and debating about them with you.

Dear Mum,

I miss your cooking and company.
I miss your funny answers when you are naive towards somethings.
I miss your nagging and shouting, but not too much.

Dear Yvonne,

I miss your loud laughs.
I miss your calling "Hey Ko!!"
I miss your passion towards badminton and music.

Dear Eric,

I miss your silly and stupid talks.
I miss your smile that always shows up wrongly even when the time is not right.
I miss the way you always challenge me towards something and then lose.

Dear Dear,

I miss smssing you every minute.
I miss your smile and hugs that brightens my day.
I miss having you around to talk of random stuff.

I miss you all. Hope to see one of you sooner rather that later.

Got a mountain to climb...

I need to finish my assignment by Friday!!!!

Will need all the help i can get! Please don't stop praying!

In life, we face tough challenges as we walk our daily lives. Sometimes, the amount of problems we have clouds our judgements even to the point it affects our emotions and social movements. What's most important is that we know God is bigger than our problem and that we should not tell God how big our problem is but tell our problem how big God is.

Different priorities in life

What's glad to know is that God did not create this world with us in it to be left alone to struggle as we walk the face of the Earth. God made us in this world, assigning names to us, knowing our fates even before we were born.....we were made for a purpose. I know i was created for a purpose. God created mankind so that He could have a relationship with them. He created mankind so that man could glorify Him.

God loves us.
God loves you.
He loved us so much that He sent His only Son in Jesus to be sacrificed to take our sins away.
Heaven is pure and clean and no man of sin can enter.
When Jesus died, the gates of Heaven was opened as He bore the burden of our sin.
Jesus set us free from our sins, making it possible to enter Heaven.
He has forgiven us, for past, present and future sins, IF we are willing to submit them to Him, now and forever.

To have a personal relationship with God, one-on-one, is our purpose in life.
To please God, is what gives our lives meaning.
To glorify God in whatever we do, is to fulfil the purpose which gives it meaning.

No one comes to God but through Jesus, as He has made God the Father known through Himself, that whoever believes in Him shall have eternal life.

I love You Lord
I long to have a relationship with You
I seek You as my Saviour

I pray for those who have never heard of You, that You may search for them and fill them with the Holy Spirit

I pray for those that are persecuted in Your name, that you may give them strength to carry on their mission for Your people, and forgive those that offend You as they have not known your mercy and love.

I pray for those who long to seek You, but restricted in their freedom to do so.

I pray for those who rejected You, that you may open up their hearts of stone, and give them hearts of love alone.

I submit these prayers in Your son's name, Christ Jesus. Amen

Different sides of life

A380 Cockpit

Sophisticated technology indeed. Look at the amount of leg room they have and the controls they got. Really makes flying feel like an arcade game.

Morning at Fonterra

Sakura Festival was happening today at International Pacific College but before the morning started, Hui said she needed to go down to Fonterra to finish up some of her lab work first. She got Xiu and i to go and help her.

We entered Fonterra labs for the first time, and perhaps the only time, to help her. She was gonna make some cereal or protein bar, i can't remember. Fact is, i got to wear a lab coat for the first time in my life! I felt like a scientist. Hahahahaha! To hold the pipet, measuring water and gylcerine mixture in 8 different sets of threes. It took a long time though. I also understood why i wasn't meant to be a lab-person.

I couln't be patient in measuring! Wasted about 4 cups because of "mismeasurement". Hahahahaha. Made a mess too. Can't even pour properly! All i wanted to do was measure everything efficiently and fast. All my brain could produce was management theories about the one best way of doing things was effective!

Anyway, here's how i camwhore my way in the lab. Did not dare to walk around and take pictures.

*Ahem* measuring something

Hui doing her real work while we're opposite her just preparing her tools.

Xiu and i at work. Fu-yoh..so sakai la me

Plastic balls to keep things afloat for incubation

One day i will get the chance to do that....

Nonetheless, lab work is so fun la....................

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Random

Look at my baby

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Gulfstream X

Size Does Matter

Many people are still in awe and perhaps some, not so much bothered by the sheer size of the new Airbus A380. It is the largest passenger aircraft to be built in the world. The capacity itself doubles the old Boeing 747 which can carry about 400 passengers maximum. It's hugeeeee!!!!!

Some facts about the A380 from http://www.doyoutravel.com/blogs/a380/


The Airbus A380 began commercial life flying from Singapore and Sydney. It sold it’s tickets on eBay with the highest bidder paying £49,000 for a ‘Suite’.

The 12 Suites are described as ‘beyond first class’ and have seats nearly a metre wide, a 23” LCD and a separate bed with duvet and cushions designed by Givenchy.

Even the economy seats have their own 10” screens, USB ports and in seat power for your electrical.

The double-decker plane took seven years to complete, cost more than £6bn to develop and was finished two years late.

Its large enough to squeeze in about 800 economy class seats, but Singapore Airlines configuration has room for just 471 – a lot less than its rival, the 747, which can carry up to 568 people.

It has a range of 8,200 nautical mile which means that it can fly non-stop from New York to Hong Kong.

It’s the 3^rd largest plane ever built behind the Ukranian Cossack and the all-wooden ‘Spruce Bruce’

It can take an extra 163,000kg over the 747, which is the equivalent of 5 Second world War Sherman tanks

The Wright Brothers’ first flight was shorter than the A380’s wingspan.

Airbus couldn’t find a plant big enough to build the plane, so it built it in bits in Wales, Germany, Spain and France and shipped it to an assembly in Toulouse.

Birds eye view of an SIA B747 next to an SIA A380

Taxiing in Changi International Airport, Singapore during the promotional flight to Asia

Sketch/outlines of the current 3 largest aircrafts still in usage

More pictures to follow soon

The fuel that drives us

Not literally, but physically.

Blood.

I had my second ever blood donation today at Uni courtesy of NZBlood who organised the session. They come to campus 2 times a year for a 2-day session to collect blood from would-be donors. I was encouraged by a friend to go and donate, in order to save lives as they say. I had no intention really to donate but as a challenge in life, why not right?

So i decided to gave my blood and it was a rather interesting experience ebing in a room full of donors and nurses. The horror of needles does not stop me but drove me on. What excites me the most was getting the opportunity to see the cool gadgets they have to hold and store blood.

I had no idea they that here in NZ, they needed a machine to shake the blood constantly once it's in the plastic tube. It's just amusing to watch. Haha. The needle was huge! Plus, watching my blood flow out of my body other than the reasons of injury was cool too.

Silly thought i had, i even wished my blood goodbye and take care once they met a new owner. Hahahahahahaha. It was just fun the first time! I couldn't sit still on my chair, instead i kept turning to my right to watch the machine tilt back and forth mixing the blood. Every now and then, some other machine would beep to signal that blood flow was under 40 m/min.

The nurse needed 3 tries to locate a proper vein with good blood flow for me which was a rather painful experience watching the needle in and out 3 times. Ouch.

That was the first time, this time around, one was all it needed to locate a good vein. I was done in less than 7 min.

I got pretty exhausted after this donation from not preparing my body in the proper way. I probably did not have sufficient sleep and fluid the day before as well. The effects of it lasted for about 4 hours. I could feel the weight on my head as well as on my chest.

Here's what they gave for my 1st and 2nd visit.

A blood red bottle.

I'm a B+. Nearly half the world's population are.

2nd visit freebie.

I do encourage you all to donate blood as well. Many patients depend on your blood to survive. Normally a transfusion takes more than just one donor's contribution to complete the process. So help out. You'll never know your blood might save yourself in the future.

The thing that makes us closer, sets us apart

Sometimes i wonder why this so-called "gap" exists between us. Since the beginning of us together, this "gap" has been there all the time, pre-existing and dominating our relationship, being a part of us wherever we go. It always comes in many faces that dictates our actitivities that we could do together.

In school, this "gap" would prevent us from conversing during breaks, at the same time, we're in totally different classes and years. After high school, this "gap" exists as we have different priorities in life because you were still in high school and i was not. When i am overseas, this "gap" would be the time difference, costs in communication and the physical absence. Now that you're overseas, this "gap" still stands in between us screwing up our timezones to the extreme.

Overall, this "gap" created a silent barrier that we've always had to endure everyday day since Day 1. Even after eventually completing my studies, you would still be sitting through lectures for another 3 years. What happens within that 3 year "gap" is so difficult to predict. Practically, my career would start then, and when you graduate eventually, whats to happen to you? And i? Our relationship journey is so vague and blur, its almost so clearly blur. This "gap" that stands between us seems to follow us around.

Sometimes i wonder, if this "gap" was like God's own challenge, put into place to make us appreciate more of what we have, or the Devil's tricks, to tear apart the human relationship. Nonetheless, this "gap" has always won. "Gap" 100 - 0 Us. But it has never stopped us from being happy right? In the end, what makes us the winner are ourselves.

Yet, this "gap" doesn't hamper spirit to have a good relationship with you that will succeed. Wherever this "gap" goes, i will follow to make end meet. No "gap" is too wide to cover. May our Lord Christ Jesus soon take this "gap" so that we won't have to go through hardships as we have been doing ever since. One day, this "gap" will be gone forever, and that'll be the day that we've won.




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Praise Her With A Flower

Who wipes my tears away?
Who melts my frown?
Who always saves my day?
The one who wears the crown.


Thank you for granting things
For our answered prayers
And for the hope you bring
To many who are in their dark despair.

Praise her with a flower
Thank heaven for our Mother
For her gift of love
Sent from up above
Brightens every hour.

From the highest tower
Shower her with flowers
Mother and a friend
From my grateful hands
Accept my humble flower.

On paper written lines
Express our needs
You always have the time
For every colour, race and creed.

Our faith has brought us here
From far and near
In one united voice
We thank you for your blessings
Through the years.



I dedicate this beautiful song to my grandmother

Make it a sin

It's almost shocking to see the whole country stuck onto one silly event when there're more important matters at hand. All this i thanked Datuk Ismail Ahmad. What Datuk, just strip him of his title i say. Has he been living in the jungles all these years? Has he not realised that Malaysia is a multiracial society? Has he not realised that Malaysia isn't Malaysia without all the other 12 million non-malays? WTF is wrong with him.

To him, the chinese are squatters and immigrants. What have the chinese race done to him before is beyond my business which probably brought up all this tension. He refused to apologize suggesting that he was angered before someone in the past who happened to be chinese. I sincerely believe that no human is a racist by nature. They are merely made into one. As much as i would like to pity him for getting the wrong attention, society has developed the sole issue of race as taboo ever since May 16. As a person of caliber, matured and educated as he is, he has shown a no-brainer by critisizing 8 million people by generalising them. What he should have done was settle his matters and own thoughts personally, not brandishing it aloud. Call him stupid, he's beyond that.

The chinese race was brought into Malaya for economic reasons. Ever since we came, we became a part of the economy by building the country as much as the bumis did. Small medium enterprises or small businesses were famous among the chinese and this sector contributes over 60% of the country's GDP. We the chinese also helped opened up Malaysia by introducing several mainland languages and connections to enable foregin chinese tourists and investors feel a part of them in Malaysia. We too live, breathe, eat and sleep like other Malaysians. What makes us so different then? How we are what we are is define by how we were brought up, not by blood line.

Making a mockery out of himself was the worst thing he could do. With a thick face he says no and even asked for an apology from his chinese counterpart. In an instant, he lost over 8 million people's respect. Indirectly, what chinese are makes indians, eurasians and expatriats squatters and immigrants themselves is what he's saying.

Suspension from political activity is insulting. Insulting to those he disrespected. He should be punished positively and be put in a chinese society to work labour and see what he's sweat can bring him.

Sweet September

September is always special to me. It is the month i was born in. Thus, nice things always happen during this superb and awesome month. Here's what i endure from thus far for the past 4 weeks.

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Parveen drew my hands with henna. Nice design from the net, on the back of my palm it's a SIA, Air NZ and MAS logos (unclear). The other side of the arm is a logo of MUMSA (hibiscus + fern hybrid)
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I was bored at home.
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My flatmates took me out to Cobb & Co. for dinner. It's a western find dining style of food. waited for 45 min for the dish to be served. I had 300g of pork. Finished it in style. That's Ken
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Michael my flatmate baked this for me. First time i had a banana cake which is so yummy. Can equal a chocolate cake.
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Bought plants to decorate my window sill. I'm the tall one, Yvonne you're the short one and Eric you take whatever's left. Yup, the fat one. Aren't my pots nice mummy?
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One of my birthday presents. Soap and towel. Indicating i don shower enough. Some other i did not have time to take its picture because its digested already.
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My mini collection of planes. B747-400 Air NZ, A320 AirAsia & B737-700 Southwest Airlines.
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Latest haircut. Been leaving the tail at the end since May i think. The thick ratio of hair down the back is call a mullet. In NZ, its just call the classical "Kiwi style"
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13 September 2008: Buka Puasa & Mooncake festisval. First time ever full house. Was so overcrowded. Annual General Meeting results were announced as well on the night. I'm staying for my 3rd term as Secretary of State. Appreciate voters who voted me. Thanks aye bro.
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Damp as the soil maybe, dark as the corner i'm in, dirty as the surroundings surround, i still flower beautifully, standing tall no matter what the environment does to me because its my responsibility....to beautify.

End of a break

Time passed almost too quickly in the 2nd semester. It is already the 7th week of lecture, with an additional 2 weeks of break. That's 8 weeks gone! oh my goshy.....too quick...too fast....too furious! I have to admit i did not utilise my holidays properly. Would give it 30% of work intended to do...done. Haiz....big big sigh.... Nonetheless, i'm still catching up with work and studies at a proper pace, not lagging behind........yet....

Just wanna thank Hui and Xiu for making the weekend trip happened. It was a good stress-reliever. I was given the opportunity to search, seek and find my old self. I'm definitely much more joyful now compared to pre-school break. Really appreciate the trip. Thanks. The black water rafting? Nice experience, though i suggested the girls should have gone too. It would have been much more fun as a group.....

Back to school...now it's the final leg of this year, pushing through all the way towards final exam.... Hope i have enough fuel to make it...otherwise i gotta ditch my plane in the sea!

Exhausted is my name, tired is my game

The weekend of ultimate body sacrifice has just passed with Unity & Diversity plus Malaysian Night over. It was a lovely Monday and an average Tuesday. But what seems not ok to me is the fact i'm tired and exhausted. 2 nights of sleepless nights have kept me zombieing the day. Monday was well enough for me to go through but today seemed like eternity. The day just wouldn't end. By 5 my eyes were already red and i felt ready for bed.

fact is, i'm not getting good sleeps. It's a chain-effect that causes smaller symptoms to develop that eventually tires and slows down my body's ability to work. I need rest rest rest. In my prayer to you Lord Jesus, please help me sleep. Amen.

Good morning dear.

Chit Chat Boom

I have been having a long 'holiday' recently. 5 days away from my books is one heck of a long time this semester. It even feels weird and ackward because i owe my studies a lot now. With all the materials supposedly piling, i should feel bad but then the fun and challenge of practising for the upcoming Unity & Diversity concert has made up for all it. It's almost like stress is building up on one side and dancing takes it all away again giving meaning to the term guilty-pleasure.

Heard if right? No kidding, Eugene is dancing. Unheard off right? Well believe it. I'll upload the videos for ya'll to see soon. Especially you baboon. You know who you are. Hehe=)

This week marks the last week of 1st term 2nd semester. It'll be a good 2 week break for me to catch up with everything and hopefully stay ahead again. There are a lot of things i would love to accomplish before running into exam months in November. I would also like to, in all the name of vanity, congratulate myself upon holding office for Secretary of MUMSA for 2-full terms already. come next weekend i'll be officially stepping down, and hopefully, for real this time. I have done my best in serving the club as good as i could have. At times, i let my teammates down, this i apologise. To well-done tasks, i congratulate. MUMSA is indeed a growing club with talented people and opportunities and hopefully in years to come, we'll see the best of it. This is only the beginning of an awesome cub's entrance. Just like Liverpool.

And as all Malaysians are tuning in right now to watch the showdown, i've just got a cheer for Chong Wei,

Lin Dan ciak sai, (Lin Dan eat dung)
Ciak ka chu kee pai, (Eat until teeth spoil)
Kim meh ho Chong Wei thai, (Tonight get creamed by Chong Wei)
Thai ka mee mee lu cha eh jai. (Creamed until so creamy then you know)

Breathing the free air

Alas after a week and a half of planning and carefully scheduling every single day of my life, i'm finally free from schedules and plans.........for now. Nonetheless, i can breathe again! I'm so glad and happy, the feeling, it's like....being free to roam and not worry again. I dislike worrying, it's not such a nice feeling and emotion to go through worrying just about every single hour.

Breathe people breathe............. the air is cool and fresh,
Sing the happy songs of joy.

Ah, relief...Goodnight New Zealand & Good morning Samoa.

Bunching blog

Blogs have become like punching bags these days if not daily diaries where people just let out their anger, grief, stress and sorrow. It's where people can express anything so openly. So therefore, i would just like to do this.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Feel half better now. At least my screams won't disturb anyone.

Gift at the wrong end...

I woke up in the early this morning at 6 a.m. because i needed to attend my Airline Strategic Managenet lecture at 8. My bus to uni arrived at 7.30 so that gives me one and a half hour to procastinate and get ready at my own sweet time.

The morning was a bit chilly, but i was prepared with warm clothing. The sun was barely up, still quarterly way up the horizon. The birds were chirping. As i stepped down the bus, i walked for 2 minutes around the oval to my lecture in the Refectory Building. Just before i open the door my mind went,

"Crap.................... no class today"

Just as i touch the handle to push the door open, my 'horror' was confirmed. Indeed i have been too focus with my schedules, timing, routines and habits that i forgot to remember the little details that may change my life.

Not a big deal having lectures cancelled but it goes to show, that life is full of excitement and changes, that i should be aware off all the time. Tiny details we omit in our daily activities makes a huge difference to our schedules.

Nonetheless, i've got 2 hours free=) Good morning everybody.

Out of the ordinary

This is something you don't quite get to see.....ever!

Shops paying you to shop??

The Joker probably did this.




How do you count water???

Taken from here. Thanks Eric.

Feeling the moment

As i write, the crowd of people are quiet, i could hear constant typings and fading mumblings. My notebook and pen is in front of me while an Apple stares at me. The sun is shining brightly outside for the 1st time after it kept hiding behind the clouds last week. The day is beautiful.

As i write, my lecture has passed, i am more knowledgeable than i was 2 hours ago, my stomach grows ever hungrier, people constantly walking in and out the computer lab. The day is a blessing.

As i write, i know i have datelines to fulfill, i know my responsibilities at home and my study, i know my commitment to God and people i love. The day is amazing.

As i write, i appreciate more of my life as i can have a good relationship with God, i appreciate my gifts and blessings that i received, i am content with what i have. The day is like any other day.

As i write, my life moves onto much tougher challenges, it'll be ever crueler and painful, yet by God's grace and mercy, I will persevere in my study. The day is great.

As i write, time keeps ticking, the sun moves ever lower to the horizon, and i am no where closer to finishing my study. Full stop, day dreaming is over. The day is not going to wait!!!

Time

Why a day does consist of 24 hours? Some say men set it that way that 60 seconds made up 1 minute, where 60 minutes made up 1 hour. Why did they not calculated in such a way that 1000 minutes made up a day? Or 100 minutes made up an hour? It would have made calculations so much easier.

Whatever the agreement was, a day was a day, no matter what unit we used today, a day’s time cannot be increased, neither can it decrease assuming the amount of sunlight = sundown (equator area, it’s fair that way).

How great is it that God’s creation of light and dark added up with the speed of the earth rolling on its axis and size of mother Earth, produces the right amount of time in a day for mankind. How amazing is it for mankind to be able to eat, sleep, work and rest all within the same 24 hour period. Some say, our body’s circadian rhythm of 24 hours adjusts itself to fit the 24 hour cycle.

What if a day was 30 hours? Would we have a 30 hour cycle then? How long would we need to sleep, eat, rest and work now?

I believe that God intended to give 24 hours a day period for us all. He fine-tuned His creations especially us, to fit and use 24 hours to our comfort to perform all the necessary activities in life. He perfected 24 hours in a day for us so we would not have to work for more than 10 hours, eat 5 meals a day and sleep for 15 hours. Neither would we have less time in a day to do anything. Combined with the amazing Earth’s self rotation on its axis and the size of the Earth, God gave us the one precious free thing we have unconditionally.

Time. Time that we could use it to carry out human activities.


We are so used to complain that time is insufficient in a day to do what we want when in fact we should be grateful that a day is never too long neither too short. Let’s be grateful. It is perfect.

Unusual

I've been off-beat for the 1st 2 weeks of study,

I lack the motivation to do anything, just being giddy,


I become tired of people often too fast,

And stay away from activities I think I couldn't last,


Even as I type my words are mispelt too often,

Dear Lord I need you so much so my life can be brighten,


Tell me, show me, hint to me my wrongs,

To be rid of it and be back self-singing songs,


I need Your strength to return me to myself,

I ask for Your blessing to get back my "health".

Have you had any idea how much i love you?

Have you any idea how much I love you?

I doubt you do…

But I seriously think what we have has added a whole new dimension to this “Love” thing.

I mean, ever time I see you even if I’m expecting you,

My heart starts doing this little “happy dance” inside me.

You’d think that would have worn off by now,

But I don’t think it ever will!

I used to think that poets got a bit carried away when they wrote of things like “hearing angels sing” or “the earth moving” when talking about love,

But I’m a believer now

Loving you has brought so much magic and wonder and joy to my life that it makes everyday feel like a dream.

I still can’t believe my luck in finding the one person in the entire universe who is exactly perfect for me.

Thank you for showing me that there’s so much more to life than I ever thought…

You are more important to me than the very air I breathe,

And I will love you forever.

Linda Lee Elrod