GOD's creation is simply beautiful

My lovely purse..

2009-11-17T23:49:00.003+08:00

I lost my purse last Saturday and I indeed have no idea what happened... Why? Where? How? and many other questions come to my mind.. why.. why..why.. why!!!! It so weird...
Oh no, stop thinkin about it Emma coz you don't have the answers to all your questions but God.
He does!! of coz :)
This is one of the most 'soggy' moment I have had this year of 2009 but I take it as a positive experience - somebody needs the money more than I do... There is a reason for everything I believe..
To my lovely leather purse - 'rest in peace and goodbye' :D

"Apologizing does not mean that you are wrong and the other one is right...

2009-11-05T15:51:00.003+08:00

Our needs..

2009-09-20T23:07:00.003+08:00

Wow.. It’s been so long since my last post. I'm still alive but been busy in my farm and taking care of my live stock :) No.. That is not the point... Thinking about the next church events especially the event for Rhea and her team from Jakarta - it sometimes make us fear and loses our faith.. Yeah, where we can get such amount of money to pay their air tickets, foods, accommodation, transportation and etc... We have so many things to worry about but during our meeting in the church today, God admonished me. He said - He will meet all our needs. He will provide everything and we just have to believe as the verse from Philippians 4: 19 says – And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Amen!!

Miss Universe 2009 - belongs to Miss Venezuela again

2009-08-24T14:58:00.003+08:00

Miss Venezuela - Stefania Fernandez has been crowned as the Miss Universe 2009.

1st Runner-ups: Miss Dominican Republic, Ada Aimee de la Cruz

2nd Runner ups: Miss Kosovo, Gona Dragusha

3rd Runner ups: Miss Australia, Rachael Finch

4th Runner ups: Miss Puerto Rico, Mayra Matos Perez

Miss Photogenic: Miss Thailand, Chutima Durongdej

Miss Congeniality: Miss China, Wang Jingyao

It is like a tradition since this beauty pageant started 58 years ago, Latina America such as Argentina, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Panama, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Dominican Republic and etc were among the top 15 finalists normally chosen to vie for the Miss Universe crown. Why?

My question is - what are the criteria that the judges look for in the contestants? Beauty, smart, generosity or confidence?

Transform Concert

2009-08-23T11:32:00.000+08:00

Segala kemuliaan hormat dan syukur saya kembalikan kepada Tuhan. Melalui “Konsert Transform” semalam, saya mengalami mukjizat dan hal yang luar biasa dan benar-benar di luar jangkaan. God is good all the times.

Apa yang terjadi minggu lepas, selepas “soaking in The Rain Concert” Ps. Alip mengatakan kepada saya bahawa we have to do an opening dance for Transform Concert. Sepanjang minggu lepas, apa yang saya fikirkan ialah tarian “Diversity Transformers” iaitu tarian pemenang Britain’s Got Talent 2009. Saya berbincang dengan team penari pada hari Isnin last week, tapi kami tidak ada kata putus...no song, no steps, no costumes, no nothing. Then, we tried to do some practice on Thursday again but ended up with the same situation. Kami betul-betul blur dan masih tidak prepare apa-apa.. Tiada step, tiada lagu tiada pakaian. I almost gave up but as always, Alip encouraged me and told me that we can do it! Dia kata, “kamu boleh tu Agang, mana tau kamu dapat mukjizat masa last praktis nanti..”

Minggu lepas adalah hari yang paling sibuk bagi saya sebab saya ada observation dan saya perlu buat preparation.. Saya langsung tidak ada masa untuk mencari step atau lagu tarian opening Konsert Transform sehinggalah pagi semalam. Kerisauan saya memuncak hingga tahap dewa hehe.. Pagi semalam Pam dan Ivy K tanya pasal baju tarian. Semua plan asal kami tidak menjadi dan kami mengambil keputusan untuk memakai pakaian yang sama di ROCC. Sebelum bertolak ke gereja, Ah Seng called me and asked me if we really want to dance because he has to do some arrangement and setting. Saya cakap belum pasti sebab kami belum ada preparation.

Dengan iman kami datang ke gereja. Saya membawa laptop dan P1 broadband dengan harapan supaya kami boleh surf internet and look for youtube. Very disappointed, P1 does not working in Alam Megah, Shah Alam. I tried to ask Andy for help and luckily he brought his brand new laptop and the Vodafone broadband. We were very happy but after few minutes, I don’t know what went wrong - the connection failed again. I was sooooo stressed!

Ivy then suggested a song. We tried to make a choreographer but we couldn’t because Alip asked us to join them and gather in prayer. We finished the prayer around 5pm and by the time we only had one hour left before the programme starts. Apa yang terjadi, apabila kami sungguh-sungguh menyerahkan beban kami kepada Tuhan, di situ Tuhan campur tangan. After the prayer, we managed to create the opening choreographer and we believe that the idea comes from God. Remember that if we can stay in an attitude of faith, God will cause every situation to work out.

Mengingat kembali, bukan kebetulan broadband saya dan Andy tidak berfungsi, sebab melalui itu Tuhan tunjukkan lagu yang sesuai. Bukan kebetulan Kim dan kawan-kawannya memakai black jacket sebab rupa-rupanya mereka harus meminjamkan jacket itu kepada kami :)

God's Cake

2009-08-21T21:56:00.002+08:00

Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God have to do this to me?" Here is a wonderful explanation!
A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away. Meanwhile, he mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, "Absolutely mom, I love your cake." " Here,have some cooking oil," her mother offers. "Yuck" says her daughter. "How about a couple of raw eggs?" "Gross, mom!" "Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?" "Mom, those are all yucky!" To which the mother replies: " Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!" God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always works for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful! God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.

Story from unknown author.

Soaking in The Rain

2009-08-15T18:49:00.002+08:00

Just got back from ‘Soaking in The Rain Concert’ It was awesome!! We indeed enjoyed His presences in 6 hours of powerful worship. Looking forward to the ‘Transform Concert’ next week..

Prayer in The Desert

2009-08-11T17:46:00.002+08:00

Dear Father, into the most difficult situations You bring hope and healing. You reveal to us the heart of God as one of compassion and love. And yet, we are so quick to question, so quick to worry, and so slow to believe. Give us the faith to trust your love even in the darkness, even through the pain. And give us the grace to understand that in all things, You continue to shape and form us to be a people for the praise of your glory. We thank You and we praise You..

Amen

Awards for Friends

2009-08-10T22:48:00.004+08:00

I would like to give these awards to all of you;

1. Alip @ The Heart of Worship

2. Tracy @ Amazingtres

3. Cip @ The Living Earendur

4. Jim @ NothingIsImpossible

5. Cath @ Musings of A DayDreamer

6. Eric @ And The Story Goes Like This

7. Henry J

8. Ah Seng @ Soundcheck

9. Pam @ The Zero Point Champion

10. Cleo @ dsoulkeeper

Surabaya, Java Indonesia

2009-08-08T18:38:00.017+08:00

These pictures taken by my friend during his visit in Surabaya. He told me that he had a lot of fun there. Even though it is not a big and well-developed city like KL but the place is great. There are a few places to visit such as the zoo, China Town, volcanoes and etc..

Indonesian's Heroes Statue

Surabaya City

The China Town

Homeless man

Old trucks

Train Station

I don't know if this is legal... :)

tourist looking at the volcanoes - early in the morning

active volcanoes

1 Tim 4: 12

2009-07-21T15:17:00.001+08:00

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness and purity.

Thanks everybody

2009-07-08T19:15:00.003+08:00

Dear all,

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes yesterday and today...
Alip, Jerry, Bibie my younger sister, Tracy Alvin, Pia, Wongduan, Muni Julian, Sue, Wawa, Joachim Byrch, Howard Stanton, Ah Seng, Wel, Bibie Peter, Peter, Jennita, Kholyn, Joy Azaria, John Azaria, Malene Schmidt, Thomas Nielsen, Mikkel Nielsen and family, Ogou my elder sister, Ugou Florenda Scot, Jimifree, Lisa, Sist Ritha, Alfred de Suza, Maymeng, Deborah, Grace Cassandra, Cathy Nelson, Hazel, Azian Baharom, Cikgu Anand, Emy Augusta, Masrinah Rijin, Maswati, Andy cip, Salamat, Esther, Aoi Kanokwan, Eyong, Henry, Sonny, Ila, Ivy, Pamela and Nattakarn... Sorry if you did wish but I never mentioned your name :)

This is my favorite sms of the year from Cath...

"10 years ago u were still in school. U didn't know where you would be, what u would become. U never tought u would be here, never tought u would study in UiTM, never tought u would meet us, never tought u would be engaged and then later end up like what happened, never thought u would have a license and own a great car, never tought you could afford what u couldn't buy, never tought u would be with someone like TJ, never tought u would become a teacher, never tought u would survive a lot of sufferings. Now, 10 years later, u had gone thru all that. Unbelieveable. It's all becoz God has given u a chance 2 live, 2 embrace, experience n enjoy life. Not only thru good times but hard time as well. Smile Agang :-), coz you have been blessed with another year 2 live life 2 the fullest :-)............"

Thanks Cath :)

Surprised

2009-07-07T19:48:00.006+08:00

I got a birthday surprised from my pupils today. They are very cute and adorable...
Thank you all :)

Birthday cake from one of them..

One of my student.. only 9 years old but she is almost as tall as me...

They are waiting for me to cut the cake

Thank you

2009-07-07T01:25:00.002+08:00

I love this song.. Beautiful and I cry everytime I hear this song..

God's Message To Women

2009-07-07T00:29:00.005+08:00

"Dearest Women...

When I created the heavens and the earth, I spoke them into being. When I created man, I formed him and breathed life into his nostrils.

But you, woman, I fashioned after I breathed the breath of life into man because your nostrils are too delicate. I allowed a deep sleep to come over him so I could patiently and perfectly fashion you. Man was put to sleep so that he could not interfere with the creativity.

From one bone I fashioned you. I chose the bone that protects man's life. I chose the rib, which protects his heart and lungs and supports him, as you are meant to do. Around this one bone I shaped you. I modeled you. I created you perfectly and beautifully.

Your characteristics are as the rib, strong yet delicate and fragile. You provide protection for the most delicate organ in man, his heart.

His heart is the center of his being; his lungs hold the breath of life. The rib cage will allow itself to be broken before it will allow damage to the heart. Support man as the rib cage supports the body. You were not taken from his feet, to be under him, nor were you taken from his head, to be above him. You were taken from his side, to stand beside him and be held close to his side.

You are my perfect angel. You are my beautiful little girl. You have grown to be a splendid woman of excellence, and my eyes fill when I see the virtues in your heart. Your eyes - don't change them. Your lips, how lovely when they part in prayer. Your nose, so perfect in form. Your hands so gentle to touch.

I've caressed your face in your deepest sleep... I've held your heart close to mine. Of all that lives and breathes, you are the most like me.Adam walked with me in the cool of the day and yet he was lonely. So I fashioned you so that Adam had a soul mate to share his experiences with. In both of you I fashioned my holiness, my strength, my purity, my love, my protection and support. You are special because you are the extension of me.

Man represents my image - woman, my emotions. Together, you represent the totality of God. So man - treat woman well. Love her, respect her, for she is fragile. In hurting her, you hurt me. What you do to her, you do to me. In crushing her, you only damage your own heart, the heart of your Father, and the heart of her Father.

Woman, support man. In humility, show him the power of emotion I have given you. In gentle quietness show your strength. In love, show him that you are the rib that protects his inner self.

Author unknown, contributed by Hope

My nephew Onel

2009-07-05T01:10:00.009+08:00

Cant believe now that Onel is 7 months already. Time goes by very quickly but its a pleasure watching him to grow everyday. He brings joy and laughter in the house.. He is very funny and likes to imitate what peoples doing. Now he know how to shake hand, clapping hands and wink his eyes.. Here are some pics of him. I will upload more soon..

Onel wearing my sister's sunglasses

Onel and OB after cellgroup - they look tired

Watching football on TV - Man United fan :)

Time to go home the match is over and Onel very sleepy :)

they look bored

Aunty give me the camera please!!!!

After Sunday service

Onel is laughing when I sang for him... hhmm why?? maybe my tune is off?? Out??

Wink his eyes to me..

On the way to Ranau. He was not in a good mood :)

Tears

2009-07-03T18:57:00.003+08:00

The tears come steaming down your face. There's too many now to wipe away. You begin to die inside, but somehow you remain alive. What you gonna do with yourself, just wait to heal from the time you fell? Close your eyes and melt away, and soon you'll learn to pray. He will always there for you...

Babies of the year

2009-06-22T18:48:00.009+08:00

Ketua Kampung Onel

Pemancha aka - Lawyer Hillel Beryl

Modelling Luna

Pemancha Beryl again...

Luna again...

Pemancha Hillel Beryl

Journalist Janelle Lahung :)

Doctor Pepen :)

Pastor Sarah :)

The Businessman - Tuta

Pemancha Beryl the lawyer :)

Ketua Kampung Yoel dan Pemancha Yosua

Sang Tute...

Singer - Baby

The Millionare Isiah

Taukeh Allen..

Farewell Dinner with the Thai Staff

2009-06-13T19:56:00.007+08:00

Today is my Hari Makan Sedunia..On my 2nd last day in dz, my Thai friends took me for Jalan-jalan cari makan at Thai Restaurant in Pandan Indah.. the place was ok dan memang selesa kecuali the smell and the idols..menakutkan hehe..Food superb and the price was reasonable. Very nice and worth it!! I enjoyed the dinner a lot but I was too full that I couldn't fall asleep at night:)
Pleaseeeeeee I need ENO hahaha..

Thai Steam Fish

Pornchai the dz Programmer and Lee

Adul reading the Thai magazine..

Thai Tomyam

Special Crab

Pandan Coconut.. very nice and must try!

Yum and Thai Chicken Curry

Fried Fish with Vegie

The sisters Meaw and Muay

Lee, my bestfriend Duan, and Beer

Thanks friends..

My last day with dz card

2009-06-12T18:53:00.005+08:00

Today is my last day after a wonderful 4, ½ years journey with dz card. I would like to sincerely thank each of dz card staff for every experience shared, friendship made, opportunity offered and good times had during this time. It was worthwhile to have known some of them personally and to be honest, I will definitely miss them equally with different reason. I have thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of being part of the dz family but its time for me to leave and take up this new challenge (now as a teacher)
Friends, I will keep and cherish your friendship close in my heart and I wish you all the very best in your future endeavour. Thanks Prajin for the lunch farewell.. and of course the lunch was in the goodbye place - Black Canyon.. again:) wondering who is the next one to leave dz :) Thanks friends for the presents.. Joy, Ivy, Wawa, Sue, Jothie, Muni, Nyssa, Kak Lina, Emy, and Kak Fiza..

Aoi and Ivy

Sue, Emma the bagang, Emy and Muni

My friends Joy and Sue.. sorry for leaving you two friends :(

Kak Fiza and Wawa

My Coffee glacier..

My mint spaghetti

My ex-colleagues

eh malunya.. am put on weight already!!!!

who is the next one?.. well you know what I mean :)

Sue and Kak Fiza..

New Thing

2009-06-10T12:01:00.002+08:00

You may have had more than your share of unfair, negative experiences. But know this: God wants to do a new thing. He wants to give you a new beggining. Don't give up. When one door closes, God will always open another. If the doors close, He'll open a window!

God always wants to give you a fresh beginning. He still has a great plan for your life. Do you know when that's going to happen? It will commence the moment you quit looking back. Whenever you quit grieving over what you've lost. Nothing will keep you from the good things of God as much as living in the past.

You may feel that life has knocked you down through dissapointments or unfair situations. But whenever you do, don't stay down. Get back up again, dust yourself off. If you can't find anybody to encourage you, learn to encourage yourself. Get up in the morning, put your shoulders back, look in the mirror, and say "I've come too far to stop now.I may be knocked down, but I'm not knocked out. I'm going to get back up again. I know I'm a victor, not a victim."

Adapted from: Become a Better You by Joel Osteen.

Unconditional Love

2009-06-09T01:43:00.003+08:00

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam.

He called his parents from San Francisco .

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with

me." "Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting.

He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to

come live with us."

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."

"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us." "Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're

asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to

live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home

and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days

later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police.

Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide.

The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the

body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they

didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or

fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable.

We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are.

Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an

unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.

Tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will give you the strength

you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are

different from us!!!

There's a miracle called Friendship that dwells in the heart You don't know how it happens Or when

it gets started But you know the special lift It always brings and you realize that Friendship Is God's

most precious gift!

Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.

They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us.

Jon & Kate Plus 8

2009-06-07T10:35:00.008+08:00

I've been following the Jon & Kate Plus 8 shows from the very first episode until now. I love the shows. The kids are beautiful and awesome. They are the cutest kids I have ever seen. I love watching them every day! They make me LOL:) Jon and Kate are great parents. Kate is what I will one day strive to be liked as mom:) Even though things aren't great now due to the divorce speculations but I am sure they will work it out.. Jon and Kate - I really hope that everything works out for the best for you two! you are awesome and have an awesome family. I know that It's hard enough raising your children, it's even harder when you have the world watching every move you make.

This couple, like every married couple, is going through trials and tribulations. Some may say they've made poor choices. Some may say the Gosselins are coordinating an orchestrated business plan. Actually, we don't really know and what does it matter? These are two people...who are married...and who have children.
Please know that there are people out here who only wish you good things. I'll pray the best for your family..

A lovely story

2009-06-07T01:59:00.003+08:00

Think this is the 3rd or 4th time I've read this article...I think the story is so touching, and the lesson it holds out for us to follow. We, should read this again...

A Lovely Story..

Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living.
When I arrived at 2:30 a.m., the building was dark except for a single lightin a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a minute, then drive away. But, I had seen too many impoverished people who depended on taxis as their only means of transportation. Unless a situation smelled of danger, I always went to the door. This passenger might be someone who needs my assistance, I reasoned to myself. So I walked to the door and knocked. "Just a minute", answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 80's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940s movie. By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets. There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters. In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware. "Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the curb. She kept thanking me for my kindness.

"It's nothing", I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated". "Oh, you're such a good boy", she said.When we got in the cab, she gave me an address, then asked,"Could you drive through downtown?""It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly."Oh, I don't mind," she said. "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice".I looked in the rear-view mirror. Her eyes were glistening."I don't have any family left," she continued. "The doctor says I don't have very long."I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. "What route would you like me to take?" I asked.For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.As the first hint of sun was creasing the horizon, she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now."We drove in silence to the address she had given me.It was a low building, like a small convalescent home, with a driveway that passed under a portico.Two orderlies came out to the cab as soon as we pulled up.They were solicitous and intent, watching her every move. They must have been expecting her. I opened the trunk and took the small suitcase to the door.The woman was already seated in a wheelchair."How much do I owe you?" she asked, reaching into her purse."Nothing," I said."You have to make a living," she answered."There are other passengers," I responded.Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly."You gave an old woman a little moment of joy," she said."Thank you."I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light.

Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound of the closing of a life.I didn't pick up any more passengers that shift. I drove aimlessly lost in thought. For the rest of that day, I could hardly talk.What if that woman had gotten an angry driver, or one who was impatient to end his shift?What if I had refused to take the run, or had honked once, then driven away?On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life. We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

PEOPLE MAY NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT 'YOU DID, OR WHAT YOU SAID, BUT THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. Every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that it is special. Every day, every minute, every breath truly is a gift from God.

A small touching story mainly for professionals. ..

2009-06-03T22:43:00.002+08:00

Nice article again...

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.
SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make Rs.100 an hour."
SON: "Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow Rs.50?"

The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior." The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs.50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

"Are you asleep, son?" He asked. "No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy. "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier" said the man. "It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you.. Here's the Rs.50 you asked for." The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled.Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father."Why do you want more money if you already have some?" the father grumbled."Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied. "Daddy, I have Rs.100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that Rs.100 worth of your time with someone you love.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days.But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.

One of the best article I have ever read...................

2009-06-01T22:43:00.003+08:00

The train has started moving. It is packed with people of all ages, Mostly with the working men and women and young college guys and gals.
Near the window, was seated an old man with his 30-year old son. As the train moves by, the son is overwhelmed with joy as he was thrilled with the scenery outside. "See dad, the scenery of green trees moving away is very beautiful"
This behaviour from a 30-year old son made the other people feel strange about him. Every one started murmuring something or other about this son. "This guy seems to be a crack." newly married Anoop whispered to his wife.
Suddenly it started raining... Rain drops fell on the travellers through the opened window. The 30- year old son, filled with joy "see dad, how beautiful the rain is."

Anoop's wife got irritated with the rain drops spoiling her new suit. Anoop said, "Can't you see it's raining, you old man, if your son is not feeling well, get him soon to a mental asylum and don't disturb public henceforth"
The old man hesitated first and then in a low tone replied " we are on the way back from the hospital, my son got discharged today morning , he was a blind by birth and last week only he got his vision, this rain and nature are all new to his eyes. Please forgive us for the inconvenience caused..."

"The things we see may be right from our perspective until we know the truth. But when we know the truth our reaction to that will hurt even us. So try to understand the problem better before taking a harsh action".

Happy Harvest Festival - Kotobian Tadau Kaamatan dan Selamat Hari Gawai

2009-05-30T18:54:00.004+08:00

I would like to wish all of Kadazan Dusun society - Kotobian Tadau Kaamatan and for Iban Dayak - Selamat Hari Gawai.. God bless you all..

This years I do not go back to celebrate Kaamatan... Everybody in the house - my brother, sister in-law, and my nephew Onel go back kampung for one month.. I am home alone but I am doing fine :)

dz annual dinner 2009

2009-03-16T13:28:00.003+08:00

Just want to share a few pictures of mine during my company's annual dinner last Friday..
I can say that we had a lot of fun during the dinner but am a bit busy and not much time to enjoy myself as I was one of the committee members:)

Ralph reply - Suicide Help 44

2009-03-04T13:55:00.002+08:00

I wrote a mail to Ralph yesterday and i got this reply...
Thanks a lot Ralph..

I can tell you what I tell people who tell me they are thinking of committing suicide and you can share that with her.

I have never seen a suicide that was worthwhile. Never have I seen someone who was better off dead. I have been in that situation so I understand a lot of what goes through people's minds. They want rest and peace, they want the pain and suffering to stop. They don't feel that life has anything to offer and death seems to be peaceful and at the very least painless after the initial dying.

The problem is those are lies. What happens after a person dies? Very simple, they wake up and are the very same person they were while they were alive. They have the same personality, the same likes and the same dislikes. They have the same memories and the same cares. If the pain they were trying to escape from was emotional, then they will still have it.

On top of that are the things that death itself brings. For example; they would wonder who found their body, what did the person think about it? What did their family and friends think? Did anyone feel guilty because they killed themselves, did anyone get mad at them for acting selfishly? Is that what people thought, that they were selfish? What if they had not killed them self, would their life have changed in the future? Would they have found someone to love them just the way they were? Thousands of questions and not one answer.

This begs the question what is life all about? Is life about living a happy existence for 70 or 80 years and then just ceasing to exist? No. Life is about one thing and one thing only. That is having a relationship with our Creator. He created us for His pleasure and for ours. He wants to show us love and compassion, but He did and does not want robots or slaves. He wants us to love Him for who He is not because we have to. We don't have to, we have the choice to reject Him and even to take our own lives. People will say that He does not really give us a choice because if we choose not to follow Him we will end up in hell, but they are only half right. It is a true choice. Hell is being totally separated from God's love, which is what the person who rejects God is doing. It is still being the same person but without the hope of anything better.

Many people question how a loving God could allow people to choose to reject Him and then spend eternity in hell. What is the option? Make us slaves? The human spirit does not take being a slave well. People would rather die than be a slave, so why would God force us all to be slaves? That is not what people really want. What they want is to not have to answer to anyone for anything, or in other words have no consequences for their actions. That brings us back to why God allows evil to continue. He hates it. So why does He allow evil things to happen?

The answer to that is the answer to life. See God loves us, but He is holy and can't stand sin. His holy and just nature demands punishment for all sin. Murder, rape, abuse, but not just them, also for lying, cheating, hatred, etc... The only punishment for those sins is to be separated from God, or in other words spiritual death, which is what being separated from Him is. We have all sinned and we all deserve to die spiritually. (Ezekiel 18:4 NIV) For every living soul belongs to me, the father as well as the son--both alike belong to me. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

We are not born pure and clean and then are ruined by our environment, we are all born with the tendency to do evil. It is in our hearts, passed down by our parents and their parents. You don't have to teach a child to be selfish, or to lie, or to cheat, it comes natural, what you have to teach them is not to do those things.

So that bring us to the point where we all deserve death (separation from God). He loves us but His holy and just nature can't over look our sins, payment has to be made for our sins. This again is why He allows evil to continue in this world, because if He were to stop it totally today, that means He would have to punish all those who have done evil and that includes all of us.

God can't just forgive and forget our sins, they must be paid for, but yet He loves us. That is the reason that Jesus Christ came to this earth as a human being. You might not understand the Trinity, but what it is will explain a lot. God is one being but has three persons, the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit. When the Bible says we are made in the image of God, that is what it means. We are triune beings too. Take yourself for example. There is you, the physical body, there is you, the mind or personality and there is you the spirit or soul. You are one person but yet you are still three. The body is not all of you. People might think they know you because they know what you look like, but until they get to know your personality they don't really know you. I hope you see my point.

Anyway, so God is a triune being. One of those persons (Jesus Christ) came to earth and was born as a human being. He took on human status, so that He could pay for our sins. See I can't pay for your sins and you can't pay for mine, because we both have our own to worry about. It took someone who was sinless to pay for our sins. There was no one sinless so God came to earth as a human, living a sinless life so that He could pay for our sins.

(Romans 5:8 NIV) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

He died for us and He rose for us. See we were created as physical being. It is part of our triune nature. We will spend eternity in a physical body, which we will get after the resurrection on judgment day. Now if Jesus had just died and then gone to heaven as a spirit what would that mean to us? Northing, but since He was raised in a physical body it shows that God will also give us physical bodies. Then we will be able to spend eternity with Him enjoying all of creation the way it was suppose to be.

Jesus died for the sins you have committed. He also died for the sins all of us have committed. But those sins are only forgiven if we repent (admit we have sinned) and believe that Jesus did really die for us and then ask Him to forgive us.

Then life will be what it should be. No all the problems won't completely go away instantly. There is still evil in this world, but we will know that this life even if it last 80 or 90 years is nothing compared to what pleasure we will have for eternity. This changes a person's perspective on life. It changed my life. I never want to go back to the way things were.

I hope you will think about this and talk to God about it. Just talk to Him, He will hear you and He will help you if you want help. He loves you.

Ralph

My sister

2009-03-03T13:40:00.003+08:00

My sister have been really depressed over the past couple years. Her husband has another woman and lives together with that woman until now. He is working in Tawau and will only return home once a while. My sister knew what the problem was but she doesn’t want anybody from my family members to involve. She refuse to talk about her problem to anyone of us. Last year, she started to change and turn into alcoholism and smoking... I tried to talk and advice her yesterday but she cried and asks me to take care of her children if anything happened to her. She said no one seems to listen or understand or care of her..
She used to tell my mum that she is not afraid to commit suicide. She tells my mum that she would kill her three children first and she will be the last one to die. This is the greatest fear in my family.

I tried to talked and advice her again last night and tell her that she would be condemned to eternity in hell and will be punished for her sins..

Thanks Pst. Joe and cip for your support and prayer.
Thank God for saving her life.

A handbook for each and every year indeed !

2009-02-26T13:17:00.001+08:00

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray...
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2008.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Excellent words

2009-02-17T13:20:00.002+08:00

Good News Today :)

2009-02-03T13:22:00.002+08:00

My bos just got back from vacation today. He asked me if everything is ok and i told him that everything is fine. Actually last few days i felt down as i think that i have so many things to do but Pastor reminds me about Moses and that God uses what we have. I was surprised this morning when my bos handed me an envelope amounting RM300.. What a big blessing from God:)

Bad News Today

2009-01-29T17:49:00.002+08:00

I got a bad news today... the new lady who supposed to help me has resigned today :(
I have to wait for my bos to come back from vacation so that he can find another person...
For the time being i need to do an extra work again.... :(

Please pray for me..

Now that i am smiling again :)

2009-01-21T07:16:00.009+08:00

I have been extremely busy and tired these few weeks as one of my colleagues has already resigned and returned to her country... (I guess so).. As a good employee hehehe:) ( I got The Best Employee of the Month award though) I have to do her job until they found somebody to do her job...... Thank God because they have found a lady as her replacement.. Now I just need to train the new lady and hand over everything to her:) That's means I do not need to spend my weekends by working anymore and do not need to stay in the office until late night :)

Look at the table...messy :)

This week our MD is not around - he went to Thailand for meeting :).... We decided to celebrate my friend's birthday (Joy) in the office today

Joy eating the cake and Sue is watching maybe wondering sedap ke tak sedap? :)

Bad girls :)

Black Canyon a Goodbye Place

2009-01-03T13:24:00.006+08:00

Happy New Year 2009 to all..

Yesterday, 2 January 2009 was my best friend’s (Alip) last day in our company. She got a better job that she wanted for looooong long time. My colleague and I decided to do a farewell party for her at Black Canyon. Talking about Black Canyon, I still remember last time when two of colleagues leaving us; we did their farewell party at this very place as well, so this is a Goodbye place :(

My friend, Joy, and I had to share the safety belt yesterday. Thumbs up government! One step to the safety :) - Got to know from my friend that in Europe, they have implemented this rules around 15 - 20 years ago. This is for our own safety so don't ever blame the government OK :)

Angel behind us so don't misunderstand :)

Muni and Alip

Alip got a present from wawa, Muni and Jothi,
actually she got a BONIA watch from Rata as well

We have to wait for our food for more than 30 minutes..

We had a very late lunch and made some of our colleagues get mad

but its OK because the food was very nice. At the end they gave us free dessert :)

End up with big smile :)

Emma Mushroom soup.. soooooo nice :)

My food and drink..

Me and Joy

My ex-colleagues, Thomas Nielsen, Alip, and Rachel -

All of them leaving me :(

TN's and Joachim's farewell party

Me and Rata

Same place.. Black Canyon

Christmas Carnival 2008

2008-12-31T13:03:00.003+08:00

My church organized a Christmas Carnival recently. I was one of the committee members. The church's aim was to bless the communities around the church. Right after the carnival i had to send my friend to the airport, KLIA. It was a heartbreaking day as our friends (Tracy and Alvin) will be leaving us for good to Miri but I'm sure that we will be able to meet again one day...

Kangaroo entertaining the children

Santa Claus distributing the gift

Me and one of the colouring contest participant :-)

Face painting section..

Me and Joeanna

Joy, John and and Eunice

Artist x4jc

Artist :-)

Hi Artist :-)

Jangan salah paham... paham paham saja lah :-)

Friendship is God's Gift to us at Christmas

2008-12-23T13:54:00.003+08:00

Dear Friends,

God Has given us many different people in our lives to help make the journey easier.
God gave us parents to love and nurture us.
He gave us siblings to help us learn how to get along in this world.
He gave us friends, to walk with us at different times and to help deal with all the other people in our lives.
Very rarely does He create a "Special Edition" in friendship, a rare and wonderful gift, in which He combines the best of all the other relationship in our lives.
He even adds a bit of heavenly love to keep the friendship shiny and new.
This is what we share; a treasure only a very few even know exists.
So this Christmas, please know that I will celebrate along with you the joy of the holidays and the special gift you are to me.

"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009".

Jesus is better than Santa

2008-12-21T20:03:00.003+08:00

REMEMBER:

Jesus is Better than Santa

Santa lives at the North Pole .

JESUS is everywhere.

Santa rides in a sleigh

JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.

Santa comes but once a year

JESUS is an ever present help.

Santa fills your stockings with goodies

JESUS supplies all your needs.

Santa comes down your chimney uninvited

JESUS stands at your door and knocks.. and then enters your heart.

You have to stand in line to see Santa

JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.

Santa lets you sit on his lap

JESUS lets you rest in His arms.

Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is "Hi little boy or girl, What's your name?"

JESUS knew our name before we did. Not only does He know our name, He knows our address too. He knows our history and future and He even knows how many hairs are on our heads .

Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly

JESUS has a heart full of love .

All Santa can offer is HO HO HO

JESUS offers health, help and hope.

Santa says "You better not cry"

JESUS says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you.

Santa's little helpers make toys

JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts, repairs broken homes and builds mansions .

Santa may make you chuckle but

JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.

While Santa puts gifts under your tree

JESUS became our gift and died on the tree.

It's obvious there is really no comparison.

We need to remember WHO Christmas is all about.
We need to put Christ back in Christmas.

Jesus is still the reason for the season .

May the Lord Bless and Watch over you and your loved ones this Christmas 2008
And may He prosper and bless the work of your hands in the New Year.

BBQ Fiesta at Tanjung Malim

2008-12-07T21:42:00.003+08:00

Hi all,

I went to Tanjung Malim with my church members yesterday. We reached there from Shah Alam about 11.15am.. The place was ok lah, 555 but we had a lot of fun. We had bbq and makan-makan. Lepas makan kami mandi tapi ada juga yang tidak mandi... Some of us can't swim. Ada yang terminum air sungai dan hampir lemas...kesian:-) ok lah layan gambar-gambar ni..

Ugou and me

Sang lelaki tengah berhempas pulas mencari kayu api basah..

I said..Ugou look at the grafiti, so nice!!

We used to be house mate...

We leave Tanjung Malim at 16.45 and got home about 18.30...

Mengampuni bos

2008-12-03T22:06:00.003+08:00

Semalam lepas balik dari satu interview kerja saya ditegur oleh bos saya. Agaknya dia perasan dan dapat menghidu sesuatu iaitu saya sedang mencari pekerjaan baru. Mulanya saya cuma tersenyum tapi apabila dia katakan sesuatu benar-benar menyentuh perasaan saya, sedar tak sedar saya menangis... selepas itu saya menyalahkan diri sebab membuang airmata untuk sesuatu yang remeh seperti itu. Heh! memang dasar kilang airmata..

Sememangnya saya sudah terlalu bosan dengan suasana di tempat kerja. Kerja yang berulang-ulang selama empat tahun memang sangat membosankan. Saya tidak nafikan yang syarikat di mana saya bekerja sangat baik dan agak kukuh dari segi ekonomi tapi bos saya kadang-kadang sepertinya kurang memahami. Dia seringkali mempersoalkan kenapa saya tidak bekerja pada hujung minggu.Adakalanya dia bertanya kenapa saya perlu datang ke gereja pada hari ahad dan jika saya tidak ke gereja adakah saya akan mati pada keesokan harinya.

Saya faham yang dia hanya bergurau tapi seringkali dalam nada gurauan itu jauh di sudut hatinya dia sebenarnya serius. Saya sangat kenal dengan sikapnya. Bos saya memang terkenal dengan mulut 'lancang' dan lepas cakap di tempat kerja. Orang bijakpandai berkata, perempuan akan mengeluarkan 6,000 patah perkataan setiap hari manakala lelaki akan mengeluarkan 4,000 patah perkataan setiap hari. Rasanya ini kes lain sebab bos saya akan mengeluarkan lebih daripada 100,000 patah perkataan setiap hari. Dia akan mula bercakap dari pukul 8.00 pagi sampai 8.00 malam tanpa henti. Teruk tahap dewa!

Tapi syukur saya sudah mengampuni. Tuhan ampunilah bosku sebab dia tidak tahu apa yang dia perbuat. Berikan dia hikhmat untuk menilai mana yang baik dan buruk dan terlebih Bapa, biar Roh Kudusmu yang berbicara dengan dia. Amen.

My niece prayer

2008-12-01T14:05:00.004+08:00

I got an sms from my sister this morning. She told me the story about my niece (my sister’s youngest daughter). Her name is Aditta and she is 8 years old now. She is pretty close to my mum as she spent most of her time with my mum.

For some reason, my mum has to come to KL for a month. My niece called me last Friday, she told me that she misses my mum a lot. She also talked to my sister “every day I will pray that grandma will not get sick…"

Last night, before they go to bed and my sister wanted to turn off the light, she asked my sister "mum, please do not off the light first, I would like to pray”. She took quite long time to pray. My sister asked her “what did you prayed for?” she said “I pray for grandma, Chris (her cousin that now not feeling well) and brother that they will not get sick”. I was stunned by the faith of this little kid. She did a very simple prayer but I believe that Jesus heard everything and He knows more than what she have ever imagine...

Jesus said in Matthew, "Let the little children to come to Me, and don't prevent them. For of such is the kingdom of Heaven."
Jesus loved to take the children in His arms, sit with them on His lap and bless them. He loved to share stories with them and teach them of His love. That same Jesus longs to do that still. He longs for them to feel His loving embrace as they learn of Him through the timeless stories from the Bible...

Letters from my nieces and nephew

2008-11-20T14:08:00.007+08:00

Here a couple of letters from my nieces and nephew. They sent to me few months back.
I just think about them again when my niece called and asked me about the letters…
I keep smiling every time I read and look at the letters..

Envelope

She keep mentioned my name over and over again hahaha..

my nephew's drawing. He is 8 yrs old now..

Another drawing from my nephew..

my second niece..

2008-11-15T15:48:00.008+08:00

We have a Fire and Safety Management Training Last week. I myself, is one of the Fire and Safety Committees. My roles during the fire evacuation is to provide medical help to the victim while waiting for ambulance arrival, to provide and prepare the basic medical treatments purposes and determine the gathering place for the victim.
It’s actually good to participate to a training like this as ‘IF’ something turn out then we know how to overcome the situation. Here are the pictures from the training.

Mr. Mahendar from BOMBA

dz Fire and Safety Committees

My friend Muni trying to be a Firewoman

The Bomba Jacket is just too long for me :-(

The guys behinde were laughing at me and they said 'Emma ko macam tak pakai skirt lar'

Don't play play with fire ok!

This is my Fire extinguisher or ABC.. bukan Air Batu Campur

Sopexa French Fair KL, 2008

2008-11-15T15:24:00.008+08:00

I have been helping my company in the French Fair for 3 days at the Ikano Power Centre, recently. The first day was very calm and pretty quiet. According to the organizer, it was because that day is Friday and most of the people are working. I can say that the first day was very disappointed. The second day went very very well and it was the best selling so far in the exhibition. The Third day was 555, not great though but a lot better compared to the first day. I saw many well-known people and one of them is Lee Wan Wah, the Malaysian’s Badminton Player. He been to our booth and had a try to our wine. He was accompany by his parents and a lady, his wife I believe so. I asked him if I can take a picture with him and he said yes, sure..
He is very tall so i have to stand on my toes :-)

Lee Wan Wah and me :-)

Wine tasting

look tired?

Malene Schmidt, the DZWINE(Thailand) Managing Director.

She is the owner of the vineyard in Brodeux, and spent half of her life there..

Sopexa organizers. Standing next to me is Ting Ting the Sopexa Country Manager.

Next to Ting Ting is Lin. They are all friendly and generous. Here, I would like to thank Sopexa, especially to Nazir and Ting Ting for giving us FOC of the 3 additional tables which cost about RM300 per table. We are so lucky!!!

Sopexa lady of the day..

Our helper, Beer. Bukan yang minuman tu tau. She help us a lot..

I'm trying my best to talk to the customers but sometimes it is very hard to sell and convince them if you doesn't drink...

Yanti, Malene's best friend came to help us for three days. She know a lot of things about wine. She used to sell wine about 60K RM per bottle. Believe it or not??

My Photo Collection

2008-11-14T14:16:00.006+08:00

Boring betul hari ni, dah lah hari Jumaat..Saja nak tunjuk gambar-gambar lama.
Masa ni mereka-mereka ni belum kahwin lagi.. tapi sampai sekarang ni gue pun belum kahwin maaaaaa. Rindu betul bila ingat balik masa ni.. ya lah semuanya muda-muda dan kurus-kurus belaka hehehe..

Alip, and me wearing the Sabah(Borneo) Traditional Costume or we called it as

'baju kadazandusun'.

Eyong and me presenting the most Sabah's costume :-)

Bapak alfin..

Sumandak Sabah bah..

Ok.. let me teach you how to put on the lipstick

Eyong to show you the way to make-up and alip doing the hair-do part :-)

Sang Yaya yang comel

Alip.. kurusnya ko..tapi Jim lagi kurus hehehe

Mimie and me after sunday service..

Ibu Dwi and Maggie-Q

Baby Allen and me..

Yaya

Yaya lagi...

Christmas

2008-11-12T14:31:00.021+08:00

Christmas is concerning to draw closer yet again. Many peoples said Christmas is only on every 25th of December but for me everyday is Christmas:-) You know why? Because I strongly believe that Christmas is the time to learn by heart of His ultimate purpose and why He came into this world, lives as one of us, and grants us a gift of freedom..

He loves you and me.

I have a few pictures here to share.. They were taken during the Christmas in 2006 at Subang Parade. This is the second time my church invited to perform a Christmas Carols here..

Grace team performing Christmas Carols

Alip, Esther and Janelle

Janelle, Esther and me

After the caroling we went to Sunway Pyramid

I am the gift for christmas ;-)

Ada macam kembar siam ka?

Alip and Pemancha Jerry

Wow they are so beautiful... i mean the deers behind lah :-)

Sekarang kekiutan yaya sudah dirampas oleh sang tuta..

This is not Jared hah... Jared is on the way from Heaven.. masa ni lah..

Yaya's parents..

My church members

Piling World Championship 2005

2008-11-12T08:56:00.006+08:00

“Piling” is one of the toughest match of the day because it is the most excessive games in the world. The First Piling World Championship 2005, was held in Port Dickson Seremban Malaysia tanah airku :-)

The very first contender is Quincy. He and the team tried to get a littler better still to fight with the very best and hope to be able to win the game… but the kind of form he was in, it was certainly very tough to even hope for a positive outcome…

Andy was eventful, as it often happens when two compatriots meet each other. The first round went by quickly and he wonder let go with few points while Ato was in the lead with 21 points or 3 pole. The public and his teammate lifted his spirit at some key moments for the second round.. He seemed to struggle to find a solution to cope with the speed of his opponents..

Ato resembled the first two contenders but the amazing part was to see the speed even gear up and firing up and scoring one point after the other… Finally, he got 42 points with 7 pole. Tired???.. Ato Ato kesian ko jadi mangsa piling ling ling ling...
Anyway, Congratulation sebab menang :-)

Good Job guys!!

Friend's Trip Sabaidee Luangprabang : Vang Vieng Part 2

2008-11-05T13:42:00.008+08:00

Part II.."Vang Vieng : Kui Lin in Laos"

We left from Viantiane to Vang Vieng at 11 AM. We stop for lunch time at a small town.

Sorry that I could not remember the name.We had Som tum, Larb and sticky rice for sure..

then we continued to Vang Vieng. The road condition was not so good, But it could be compensated with the beautiful scenery outside the window.

We arrived at Vang Vieng at 14.30 then we went for check into the hotel which took a bit of time. The weather was not cold as I expected..what to do, i only bring the jacket, sweater and scarf!!...haha..kidding la yeah it's not cold at all.

We got a very lovely bungalow with air-con, hot shower (never work) and riverside view...hmmm......Vang Vieng is alongside the Nam Song River which winds its way through a dramatic limestone mountain range...

it's located 160 km north of Viantiane and 180 km south of Luang Prabang.
You can find many guesthouse here, it's cost from 4 USD up to 50 USD. We stay on the middle range at USD 20.

I and Moo tried to practice our bicycle skill, however, it went well...no complained (but after...hahahaa).

Then we start exploring to the small villages near by our guesthouse.Many people said that Vang Vieng is similar to Pai in Maehongsorn, but I have no idea cos never been in Pai before....well, I like it here...mountain view with the river and fresh air....

A lot of farang people and Thais visited at this time. There're a lot of activities that you can do here.You can go for kayaking, tubing, swimming, cycling and chil out with yr friends in the cozy bars. We were cycling round and round...til found the restuaruant for dinner.We didn't do much, only cyclilng cos no time and we were exhausted.

Before dinner time, I and Moo crossed the bridge to visit the small village. They have charged us 6,000 Kiep per person for using their bridge...why not! i can't swim with a bicycle even without, so no choice...hey, how much for 6,000 kiep in THB..think! think!

We saw the children were swiming in the river and throwing a sandball to each other. It's look quite fun actually.

Sandball

On our way to the guesthouse, we stop at the silk shop. Moo got a red scarf for herself and I got a colorful one also

It's peaceful and natural and very relaxing. Unfortunately, I stayed in Vang Vieng only one night. There're many places that I didn't visit this time such as cave and Laos organic farm. In Vang Vieng, they have a lot of pizza shop and European food. I felt like I was standing in Khao Sarn Rd!! We had a pancake with banana. IT's cost 10,000 kiep...think think! how much?

For dinner time, we picked the restaurant which run by Laos owner because the restaurant in our guesthouse was full booking...great!!Anyway, there're lot of places to eat in vang vieng. You can find easily. The environment was great and the food was delicious. We ordered 2 phor noodle,2 Larb, 2 somtum, 2 spaketti....

Friend's trip to Bangkok-Nongkhai-Vientian Part 1

2008-11-03T13:55:00.011+08:00

I have received this mail from a friend of mine. She is a Thailander and used to be alip's and my colleague.. She is now working and living in Thailand. If you guys remember the word 'salamapaki'...dia lah ni.. She told me that she spent only RM600 for this trip.. Jom lah cuti-cuti Malaysia..

I have been to Vang Vieng & Luangprabang in Laos last week with one of my best freind 'Moo'.

The place is wonderful, the food is fantastic and the people is so generous and freindly. We enjoyed and liked it so much except sitting on the bus for more than 20 hrs driving on the mountain road!! can you imagine how hard it is! We took the air-conditioner bus from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Nong-khai.

You can travel by bus from Suvarnabhumi airport to many provinces in Thailand...most of them going to the East.You can check out from this site http://www.transport.co.th/bussuwanapoom_3.asp

After got off from the bus, there're a lot of people at Nongkhai bus terminal that they were waiting for buying the ticket from Nongkhai to Vientian at 7.30. However, there's a line of 50 more people waiting to get on the bus. I was so sure that we never ever get on the bus even sitting on the roof. Can you imagine that!...So what should we do. Suddenly, my beautiful gf use her charm when i was running to find the ticket for going back to Bangkok it's working this time ...thanks Moo I owe you one ;) we met another 7 people who are going to Vang Vieng and stay on the same guesthouse!!! 'This is the destiny'...Moo told me.But I told Moo that 'No, it's a pity of them when they met us, but too late'...555 So we joined them from NongKhai-Vientiane-Vang Vieng trip. They are all Thais, nice people, funny to talk to.

We hired the skylab to send us at the immigation border with our luggages...40 Baht per person they charged. We don't know much about the charging priceBut I think is fair enough cos it took about 15 minute to get there...not so much choices at that time so we jumped on it. About 15 minute for immigration process, we submitted our passport with immigration form. Everything went well, no problem at all...good! We paid another 20 baht for bus ticket to cross the Thai-Laos Friendship bridge and 10 Baht for stepping on Laos land...Yeah, we have to...after passed all the process at the immigration area, we were looking for something to bring us to our destination...Just 7.5 steps from the immigration area. A lot of guys attacking me with this question 'ja pai nai' ...I was looking at them and said that I am thinking...I don't know where to go!!! hahaano it's not...I would like to check the price first. So we end up at 300 Baht for each person (we got 9 persons on the van excluding the driver).

In Laos they drive on the right side, so I had to adjust my feeling a little bit...not get used to it you know. Then they took us to exchange the money. The currency on 23rd of Oct was 1 THB = 245 kiep. We changed 2,000 baht , so how much in kiep...think! think! think! yeah math and me never get along well together, but i tried...hehee ...we had 490,000 kiep with us. The kiep currency is stronger than Thai Baht, so this trip is a bit expensive. Anyway,I became a millionaire in 5 mins..hahaha.. never had this much cash before in my life. After exchanged the money then we went to Talad Sao Mall (morning market) for breakfast. We thought that it's fresh market with more local food, but it's shopping mall that having food center on the 5th floor..feel a bit disappointed. We finished the breakfast around 10 AM then we went to Phra Thad Luang and head on to Vang Vieng....There're 130 km to go, but 4 hrs...

To be continued...

Zero Point

2008-10-28T13:45:00.008+08:00

Before leaving the Methodist Centre PD, we played this one last game beside the

Poco-Poco and Orang Ulu's dancing.. Normally Sabahan and Sarawakian call this game as "Zero Point..." Maybe some of us still remember how to play zero point but some of us maybe have never play this game before.

I think we played too much zero point in PD and as a result my legs got hurt and i couldn't walk properly until today.. Poor me, but I enjoyed playing this game because this is one of my favorite games when i was in primary school...

let me show you how fun the zero point was...

Join the rubber bend together

alip and bibie checking the rubber bend

in and out

side by side

ivy joget satu and alip watching

my turn again lilit satu..

magel jaga nanti kena tendang hahaha

jump!!

i am trying so hard to jump and ivy is watching.. satu group bah bagi sokongan :)

Magel said.. agang macam ni kah tu?.. Debbie smiling je..

nah.. debbie beraksi and alip was thinking if she can jump :)

alip's turn. she said testing dulu kalau boleh lompat..

beryl and jerry must be proud of her.. alip boleh lompat buarghhh :)

THE MESSAGES OF OUR WOUNDS – AND HOW THEY SHAPED US

2008-10-27T17:54:00.004+08:00

From the book of Captivating - written by John & Stasi Eldredge

The wounds that we received as young girls did not come alone. They brought messages with them, messages that struck at the core of our hearts, right in the place of our Question. Our wounds strike at the core of our feminity. The damage done to our feminine hearts through the wounds we received is made much worse by the horrible things we believe about ourselves as a result. As children, we didn’t have the faculties to process and sort through what was happening to us. Our parents were godlike. We believed them to be right. If we were overwhelmed or belittled or hurt or abused, we believed that somehow it was because of us – the problem was with us.

Lori’s father didn’t come to her recital. He went out of his way not to come. That was the wound. The message was that she wasn’t worth his time. She wasn’t worth loving. She felt that there must be something terribly wrong with her. Tracey’s father broke his foot. She invited him into her heart’s desire, and the result was disaster. The message? “ Your desire for relationship causes pain. You are just too much.” And she has spent the last twenty years trying not to be too much, trying to minimize her desires, trying to find some way to be loved without being too much. She has lopped off huge parts of her wonderful personality as a result.

Debbie’s father has an affair. What made it confusing was that in many ways, he was a good man. The message that settled in her heart as a teenage girl was, You’d better do more than she did or you won’t keep your man. After this came a young man who pursued Debbie, and then left for no apparent reason. We’ve known this beautiful young woman for several years now, and one thing has puzzled us – why is she always working on her life? Debbie is always looking for something to work on. Prayer, exercise, financial responsibility, a new hair color, more discipline. Why is she trying so hard? Doesn’t she know how amazing she is? What makes her search so frustrating is that she doesn’t know what is wrong with her. She simply fears that somehow she is not enough.

Many women feel that, by the way. We can’t put words to it, but down deep we fear there is something terribly wrong with us. If we were the princess, then our prince would have come. If we were the daughter of a king, he would have fought for us. We can’t help but believe that if we were different, if we were better, then we would have been loved as we longed to be. It must be us.

Sandy’s father abused her, and her mother turned away. It wrought great evil upon her soul. In all that she learned, Sandy came away with two basic things about femininity: To be a woman is to be powerless; there’s nothing good about vulnerability; it’s just “weakness.” And to be feminine is to draw unwanted intimacy to yourself. Does it surprise you that she doesn’t want feminine? Like so many sexually abused women, Sandy finds herself in the awful bind of longing for intimacy (she was created for that) but fearing to look the least bit alluring to a man. She settled for the persona of the “competent and efficient professional woman,” kind but guarded, never too attractive and never, ever, in need and never “weak.”

Some women who were sexually abused choose another path. Or, perhaps more honestly, they find themselves compulsively heading in another direction. They never received love, but they did experience some sort of intimacy through the sexual abuse, and now they give themselves over to one man after another, hoping to somehow heal the wrongful sexual encounters with sex that has love to it.

Melissa’s mother was wicked woman who beat her children with a wooden rod. “I was absolutely terrified of my mother,” she confessed. “She seemed psychotic and would play evil mind games. Most of the time we never really knew why we were getting beat. My father did nothing. One thing I did know was that with every blow my hatred for her deepened. She turned my sister into a fragile mush of person, and I vowed she would never do that to me. I vowed that i would be though, hard, like a rock.” This she became, well into her adult life.

The vows we make as children are very understandable – and very, very damaging. They shut our hearts down. They are essentially a deep-seated agreement with the messages of our wounds. They act as an agreement with the verdict on us.

WOUNDED FEMININITY

As a result of the wounds we receive growing up, we come to believe that some part of us, maybe every part of us, is marred. Shame enters in and makes its crippling home deep within our hearts. Shame is what makes us look away, so we avoid eye contact with strangers and friends. Shame is feeling that haunts us, the sense that if someone really knew us, they would shake their heads in disgust and run away. Shame makes us feel, no, believe, that we do not measure up – not to the world’s standards, the church’s standards, or our own.

Others seem to master their lives, but shame grips our hearts and pins them down, every ready to points our failures and judge our worth. We are lacking. We know we are not all that we long to be, God longs for us to be, but instead of coming up for grace-filled air and asking God what he thinks of us, shame keeps us pinned down and gasping, believing that we deserve to suffocate. If we were not deemed worthy of love as children, it is incredibly difficult to believe we are worth loving as adults. Shame says we are unworthy, broken, and beyond repair.

Shame causes us to hide. We are afraid of being truly seen, and so we hide our truest selves and offer an only what we believe is wanted. If we are a dominating kind of woman, we offer our “expertise.” If we are a desolate kind of woman, we offer our “service.” We are silent and do not say what we see or know when it is different from what others are saying, because we think we must be wrong. We refuse to bring the weight of our lives, who God has made us to be, to bear on others out of a fear of being rejected.

Shame makes us feel very uncomfortable with our beauty. Women are beautiful, every single one of us. It is one of the glorious ways that we bear the image of God. But few of us believe we are beautiful, and fewer still are comfortable with it. We either think we don’t have any beauty or if we do, that it’s dangerous and bad. So we hide our beauty behind extra weight and layers of unnecessary makeup. Or we neutralize our beauty by putting up protective, defensive walls that warn others to keep their distance.

AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE

Over the years we’ve come to see that the only thing more tragic than the things that have happened to us is what we have done with them.

Words were said, painful words. Things were done, awful things. And they shaped us. Something inside of us shifted. We embraced the messages of our wounds. We accepted a twisted view ourselves. And far from that we chose a way relating to our world. We made a vow never to be in that place again. We adopted strategies to protect ourselves from being hurt again. A woman who is living out of broken, wounded heart is a woman who is living a self-protective life. She may not be aware of it, but it is true. It’s our way of trying to “save ourselves.”

We also developed ways of trying to get something of the love our hearts cried out for. The ache is there. Our desperate need for love and affirmation, our thirst for some taste of romance and adventure and beauty is there. So we turned to boys or to food or to romance novels; we lost ourselves in our work or at church or in some sort of service. All this adds up to the women we are today. Much of what we call our “personalities” is actually the mosaic of our choices for self-protection plus our plan to get something of the love we were created for.

The problem is our plan has nothing to do with God.

The wounds we received and the messages they brought formed a sort of unholy alliance with our fallen nature as women. From Eve we received a deep mistrust in the heart of God toward us. Clearly, he’s holding out on us. We’ll just have to arrange for the life we want. We will control our world. But there is also an ache deep within, an ache for intimacy for life. We’ll have to find a way to fill it. A way that does not require us to trust anyone, especially God. A way that will not require vulnerability.

In some ways, this is every little girl’s story, here in this world east of Eden.
But the wounds don’t stop once we are grown up. Some of the most crippling and destructive wounds we receive come much later in our lives. The wounds that we have received over our lifetimes have not come to us in a vacuum. There is, in fact, a theme to them, a pattern. The wounds you have received have come to you for a purpose from one who knows all you are meant to be and fears you.

HEALING THE WOUNDS
RENOUNCE THE AGREEMENTS YOU’VE MADE

Your wounds brought messages with them. Lots of messages. Somehow they are usually land in the same place. They had a similar theme. “you’re worthless.” “You’re not a woman.” “You’re too much...and not enough.” “You’re a disappointment.” “You are repulsive.” On and on they go. Because they were delivered with such pain, they felt true. They pierced our hearts, and they seemed so true. So we accepted the message as fact. We embraced it as the verdict on us.

As we said earlier, the vows we made as children act like a deep-seated agreement with the message of our wounds. “Fine. If that’s how it is. I’ll live my life in the following way...” The vows we made acted like a kind of covenant with the messages that came with our deep wounds. Those childhood vows are very dangerous things. We must renounce them. Before we are entirely convinced that they aren’t true, we must reject the messages of our wounds. It’s a way of unlocking the door to Jesus. Agreements lock the door from inside. Renouncing the agreements unlocks the door to him.

Jesus, forgive me for embracing these lies. This is not what you have said of me. You said I am your daughter, your beloved, your cherished one. I renounce the agreements I made with (name the specific messages you’ve been living with. “I’m stupid. I’m ugly.” You know what they are.) I renounce the agreements I’ve been making with these years. Bring the truth here, oh Spirit of Truth. I reject these lies.

WE FIND OUR TEARS

Part of the reason women are so tired is because we are spending so much energy trying to “keep it together .” So much energy devoted to suppressing the pain and keeping a good appearance. “I’m gonna harden my heart,” sang Rindy Ross. “I’m gonna swallow my tears.” A terrible, costly way to live your life. Part of this is driven by fear that the pain will overwhelm us. That we will be consumed by our sorrow. It’s an understandable fear – but it is no more true than the fear we had of the dark as a children. Grief, dear sisters, is good. Grief helps to heal our hearts. Why, Jesus, himself was a “Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isa 53:3)

Let the tears come. Get alone, get to your car or your bedroom or the shower and let the tears come. Let the tears come. It is the only kind thing to do for your woundedness. Allow yourself to feel again. And feel you will – many things. Anger. That’s okay. Anger’s not a sin (Eph 4:26) Remorse. Of course you feel remorse and regret for so many lost years. Fear. Yes, that makes sense. Jesus can handle the fears as well. In fact, there is no emotion you can bring up that Jesus can’t handle. (Look at the Psalms – they are a raging sea of emotions.)
Let it out.

FORGIVE

Okay – now for a hard step ( as if others have been easy). A real step of courage and will. We must forgive those who hurts us. The reason is simple: Bitterness and unforgiveness set their hooks deep in our hearts; they are chains that hold us captive to the wounds and the message of those wounds. Until you forgive, you remain their prisoner. Paul warns us that unforgiveness and bitterness can wreck our lives and live to the others (Eph, 4:31; Heb.12:15). We have to let it go.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Col.3:13)
Now – listen carefully. Forgiveness is a choice. It is not feeling – don’t try and feel forgiving.It is an act of the will. “Dont wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving, “wrote Neil Anderson. “You will never get there. Feelings take time to heal after the choice to forgive is made.” We allow God to bring the hurt up from our past, for ”if your forgiveness doesn’t visit the emotional core of your life, it will be incomplete, “ Said Anderson. We acknowledge that it hurt, that it mattered, and we choose to extend forgiveness to our fathers, our mothers, those who hurt us. This is not saying, “ It didn’t really matter”; it is not saying, “I probably deserved part of it anyway.” Forgiveness says, “It was wrong. Very wrong. It mattered, hurt me deeply. And I release you. I give you to God.”

It might help to remember that those who hurt you were also deeply wounded themselves. They were broken hearts, broken when they were young and they fell captive to the Enemy. They were in fact pawns in his hands. This doesn’t absolve them to let them go – to realize that they were shuttered souls themselves, used by our true Enemy in his war against femininity.

ASK JESUS TO HEAL YOU

We turn from our self-redemptive strategies. We open the door of our hurting heart to Jesus. We renounce the agreements we made with messages of our wounds, renounce any vows we made. We forgive those who harmed us. And then, with an open heart, we simply ask Jesus to heal us and follow this prayer.

‘Jesus, come to me and heal my heart. Come to the shattered places within me. Come for the little girl that was wounded. Come and hold me in your arms, and heal me. Do for me what you promised to do – heal my broken heart and set me free. Amen.’

Grace Family Camp

2008-10-27T16:18:00.008+08:00

I have just got back from Port Dickson for 3 days 2 nights family camp... Fheww.. I am so tired but we had a lot of fun there. It was very nice to be together with my church members' once a while, so that we can get to know each other...

Beryl pun pegi camp...

Hey guys.. what are you guys looking at?

me and my bestfriend alip..

Me and the cutie Beryl in my room... perasan my room ka hehehe

Riding a horse is my dream ever but am still waiting for the right guy to give me a ride ;-)

Birthday girl got a powder shower :-)

Nice girl with a nice view hah............ ;-)

wow you girls posing sakan..

Methodist Centre beach

Beryl pun pegi beach..

ada macam Hawaiian ka? :-)

Grace baru belajar peace...

aikkk.. apa colbie caicip buat di PD hahahaha... sempat!!

Ni baru ciplak colbie caillat hehehe

Telok Kemang.. nice place but sooooooo hot lah..

CHRISTMAS BATTLE OF THE BANDS

2008-10-21T16:10:00.001+08:00

Dear Friends in conjunction with the 2008 Christmas Celebration, a Christmas Band Competition will be held on Dec 6,7 and Dec 13 &14

The following are some information from the organisers.

* The Band shall consist a maximum of 5-7 members inclusive of the vocalist and a minimum of 2
* A maximum time of 10 minutes and 2 songs to be rendered during the competition
* A maximum of 30 bands to compete - So far 13 bands have confirmed participation. It's open to all churches, Youth Groups and
anyone would like to sing and be part of this great event.
* All judges decision are final
* The organisers will provide the sound system, a full set of drums and the backline will be provided
( Bass Amp, Lead Amp - 2 Units, Keyboard Amp, 1 layer keyboard stand).
* Open catergory and no age limit.
* Prize Money : 1st Prize : RM 10,000 : 2nd Prize , RM 8,000 3rd Prize RM 6,000. 4th Prize , RM 4000
* Only Christmas songs can be sung - Creativity is allowed.
*Venue - The Gardens and Pavillion KL

Those who are interested kindly fill up the following particulars

1. Name of the Band

2. Band Leader

3. Contact Number

4. 4 songs to be selected and to be mailed as soon as possible.

5. Address

6. Organisation :

Kindly pass this message to your friensds, and it will be greatly appreciated if you can get back to Christopher raj [christopherraj@hotmail.com] before November 28
Contact Christoper Raj or Shaun Paiva at 0162244559

The latest one...

2008-10-20T08:36:00.005+08:00

I went to Singgahsana Hotel with my friend Ivy yesterday...

Pinjam tanduk rusa sekejap hehehe..

My friend Ivy, she is expecting her 3rd child but salute her because she is such an amazing and very hardworking mom..

Being a mother

2008-10-17T16:15:00.006+08:00

Please read..

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, 'I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my Mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.

That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. 'What's wrong, are you well,' she asked?

My Mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.

'I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you, 'I responded 'just the two of us.

She thought about it for a moment, and then said, 'I would like that very much.'

That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous.

When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary.

She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's. 'I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed,' she said, as she got into the car. 'They can't wait to hear about our meeting.

'We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy.

My Mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady.

After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entrees, I lifted my eyes and saw Mother sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. 'It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small, 'she said.

'Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor,' I responded.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.

As we arrived at her house later, she said, 'I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.'

I agreed.

'How was your dinner date?' asked my wife when I got home. 'Very nice, Much more so than I could have imagined,' I answered.

A few days later, my Mother died of a massive heart attack.It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place Mother and I had dined. An attached note said: 'I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.'

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: 'I love YOU' and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till 'some other time.

'Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby.... somebody doesn't know that once you're a Mother,'normal' is history.

Somebody said you can't love the second child as much as you love the first....somebody doesn't have two or more children.

Somebody said the hardest part of being a Mother is labor and delivery ....somebody never watched her 'baby' get on the bus for the first day of kindergarten ....or on a plane headed for military 'boot camp.'Somebody said a Mother can stop worrying after her child gets married ....somebody doesn't know that marriage adds a new son or daughter-in-law to a Mother's heartstrings.

Somebody said a Mother's job is done when her last child leaves home ....somebody never had grandchildren.

Somebody said your Mother knows you love her, so you don't need to tell her ....somebody isn't a Mother.

Sawah Padi

2008-10-17T13:19:00.007+08:00

The word "paddy" is derived from the Malay word padi, rice
A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semi aquatic crops. Rice can also be grown in dry-fields, but from the twentieth century, paddy field agriculture became the dominant form of growing rice.
Paddy fields can be built adjacent to otherwise natural areas such as rivers or marshes. They can be constructed, often on steep hillsides with much labor and materials. The fields require large quantities of water for irrigation. Flooding provides water essential to the growth of the crop. Water also provides a favorable environment for the rice strains being grown as well as discouraging the growth of many species of weeds.

Kapuakan River and very close to my home.

believe it or not, ni lah sawah padi kampung saya ;-)

My niece addita.. helping my mom planting the rice

Dream

2008-10-16T14:43:00.007+08:00

I had a scary dream recently. I thought of sharing this dream only to my best friend (Alip) but she advised me to share it to others especially to the people out there, as she believes that this dream was from God and there is a message He wants us to know. So I made up my mind and I am glad I can share this to you.

On the night of October 6th, I dreamt I was watching the TV3 news around 8pm. It was about an incident that happened in China. A great disaster had happened and everyone was panic. Fear was everywhere as there were continuous explosion at the cemetery area. The graves were open and death body were taken up to the skies. It was clearly shown in the news.

A few seconds later I heard a screaming and yelling sound. Seems like people were looking and searching for their family members and relatives. Then I realized the incident that was reported happened in China actually happened at where I was. I thought that was the day, the ‘resurrection’ day. The Christians were missing, I believed has been resurrected but still some of them were left behind. The scariest part was I am one among those who were left. I felt sad and fear overfilled me. I started regretting my past and for not being fully dedicated to God.

After the resurrection day, I saw a lot of peoples were left on earth. They come from all community. The saddest part was some of them are my friends and church mates. They cried, lift up their praises and worshiping Him hoping for another chance but everything was too late.

This was the scariest dream I ever had. I hope this dream can be a testimony that will encourage each one of us to be more prepared for God. I strongly believed it is a message from GOD and He purposely gave me this dream to remind me personally but I felt that GOD wants me to share this to as many peoples as possible. I am truly blessed to have a friend who urges me to share this to you so that we can learn something from it. Do not let our life, our loves one and family members left behind when Jesus come for the second time.

God bless.

Saya ingin berkongsi tentang mimpi saya baru-baru ini. Mimpi ini sangat menakutkan saya dan pada mulanya, saya cuma ingin kongsikan mimpi ini kepada teman baik saya (Alip) tapi dia menasihatkan saya bahawa mimpi ini adalah mesej dari Tuhan khusus untuk saya dan perlu dikongsikan kepada orang lain. Justeru itu saya berharap agar melalui kesaksian mimpi ini kita sebagai anak-anak Tuhan yang mengenal serta belum mengenal Tuhan supaya bersiap sedia menyambut kedatangan Anak-Nya yang kedua kalinya.

Pada malam 6 Oct, saya bermimpi bahawa saya sedang menonton berita perdana di TV3 sekitar jam 8 malam. Pemberita itu sedang membacakan berita tentang orang-orang di China yang gempar dan huru-hara serta berada dalam ketakutan apabila mendapati bahawa kawasan-kawasan perkuburan terjadi letupan yang berterusan. Ada banyak kuburan meletup dan mayat yang di dalamnya dibangkitkan dan terangkat ke langit. Ketika pemberita itu sedang membacakan berita ini, mereka menunjukkan visual keadaan huru-hara yang sedang berlaku di sana.

Beberapa saat kemudian saya terdengar suara orang-orang menangis sebab ada di kalangan mereka kehilangan ahli keluarga. Kemudian saya menyedari bahawa berita yang dilaporkan di China rupanya terjadi di tempat saya berada. Saya berfikir bahawa hari itu adalah hari pengangkatan. Ada ramai anak-anak Tuhan yang diangkat dan ada juga yang tidak. Apa yang paling menakutkan saya ialah, saya telah tergolong di kalangan orang-orang yang tidak diangkat. Saya berasa sedih, ketakutan dan sangat menyesal apabila mengingatkan kembali kehidupan dan masa lalu saya di hadapan Tuhan.

Apabila hari pengangkatan itu selesai, saya melihat ada ramai yang tidak diangkat dan tertinggal di bumi. Mereka semua datang dari pelbagai lapisan masyarakat, seperti artis-artis, golongan professional, orang biasa dan apa yang paling menyedihkan saya juga ialah ada segelintir daripada mereka yang beribadah di gereja saya sendiri. Ramai yang menangis, menyesal dan mengharapkan peluang yang kedua. Mereka mau menyanyi, memuji dan menyembah Tuhan tapi semuanya sudah terlambat.

Saya harap kesaksian mimpi ini boleh mendorong kita supaya kita mempersiapkan diri kita di hadapan Tuhan. Mungkin Tuhan sengaja memberikan mimpi ini kepada saya dan untuk mengingatkan saya secara peribadi tetapi saya juga merasakan desakan supaya mengongsikan mimpi ini kepada seberapa ramai jiwa yang boleh. Jangan biarkan kita dan keluarga kita ketinggalan ketika Tuhan datang.

Tuhan memberkati.

Thanks once again to my best friends Alip and Joy who have been doing a great job on helping to do the translation part..

Learning Thai - Part One

2008-10-10T13:13:00.006+08:00

If you wish to go to Thailand for leisure or business trip, you may need to learn to speak Thai. You don't have to learn a lot but you have to know the basic conversations in order to communicate with the local people or when go for shopping or ordering food. Jangan jadi macam kawan-kawan saya.. mereka nak order nasi goreng ayam pun buat action macam ayam ;-)

Here a few words you have to know;

Thank you = Khob khoon Use for person older than us
Thank you = Khob jai Use for friends
I = Chan For Lady use
Pom = Pom For gentleman use
You = Tharn, Koon For adult use
You = Thur For pupil use

To order for food:

Chicken curry
Gang gai

Fish curry
Gang plar

Fried noodle
Kuai Tiaw pud

Noodle soup
Guai tiaw num

Fried mee
Ba-mee pud

I eat rice
Chan gin kharw

I drink coffee
Chan deum gar fae

I drink tea
Chan deum num char

Shopping

How much is it?
Rar kar thao rai?

It is very expensive.
Mun pang gern pai

Can you reduce the price please?
Lod rar kar noi dai mai?

Can or not?
Dai reu mai?

Can
Dai

Cannot
Mai dai

Ok lah have to work now.. let me know if you guys want to know more :)

Clone - serupa tapi tak sama

2008-10-09T12:41:00.010+08:00

People said there are 7 similar faces in the world.. I don't know whether is it true or not but macam betul lah ;)

Zahnita Wilson and Catherine Zeta Jones

Ziana Zain and JLo

Zizie Ezette and Renee Zellweger

Amy Mastura and Coco Lee

Jacklyn Victor and Janet Jackson

Jeslina Hashim and Britney Spears

Sari Yanti (Kisah Kaisara) and Kristin Kreuk

Datuk Siti Nurhaliza and Katie Holmes

Chaka Khan and Sharifah Aini

Dayang and Beyonce

Erra Fazira and JLO

Faizal Tahir and Tom Welling

Farawahida and Kajol

and last but not least...

Emma and Shu Qi

Jangan marah :)

A Loving Hands - Amar & Howard Stanton

2008-10-07T15:46:00.023+08:00

I have received this mail some time ago from a friend of mine, Howard Stanton. He is an Operations Manager for the Kudat Riviera Resort and now living up in Kudat and enjoying his life up there.
He wrote this mail in regards to lend a hands to his friend Amar, a devoted heart to look after the orphanage somewhere in Kudat, Sabah or well-known as Borneo Island. I also would like to expand this mail with hope that the people out there will open their hearts to help and bless these kids.

Here is the mail..

".......In some more of my spare time I am helping to look after an orphanage with 50 kids, they all call me uncle, makes me feel 105 but I love it and they are great great kid's. They are some fantastic kid's, polite, courteous, well behaved, ambitious and highly motivated to achieve. I do find it hard sometimes watching these kid's who have nothing, struggling to get to where they want to without moaning or groaning and then I think back to some of the kid's in the UK who seemingly have everything and yet they seem to just loaf about , moan groan and complain about what they have....."

Below are the article that he wrote for an American Travel Company that specializes in holidays for the rich that want to give back to the community they are travelling to...

"Tucked away in the Most Northerly corner of Borneo, is a small historic trading town, Kudat, that is the indigenous home of the Rungus people. The Rungus people are a very quiet, friendly and simple group with their main source of industry being farming. The area of Kudat is the second poorest area in Malaysia and as such times are hard for the people trying to survive on a subsistence lifestyle and a small market economy. Throw into the mix alcohol and a high rate of Unemployment and then the ones who suffer are the ones that are truly the vulnerable, the kids. There is hope though, a local Teacher who has Indian origins, but hails from West Malaysia, has seen the need for these kids to succeed and thrive so that they can break out from the cycle of misery and poverty that faces their Mother's and Father's generations.

This teacher, who prefers to remain at a low key position, anonymous, due to possible recriminations, has recognised that these kid's (12 -18) should not be written off but rather embraced and nurtured. As a consequence of this recognition and forethought, forethought in that they will be the ones who can achieve and give back to their community once they have achieved their varied goals of ambition, the teacher has set up three houses to act as secure and safe sanctuary for those fortunate enough to be able to attend. The "scheme" has been running for three years, starting with 8 students, now heading into it's 4th year with 48. A lot of these students come from very broken and unhappy backgrounds quite a few are orphans, this you would never know from looking at their smiling and happy faces.To see these kid's, as happy as can be, in their new found sanctuary of learning and portal of hope is actually very humbling and at times very emotional.

Every child is taught the rights and wrongs, given good discipline, motivated to achieve, guided and nurtured as if they are the teachers own children (of which he has three of his own). When stepping into one of the three houses it is like stepping completely into another world far removed from the ones that they have all come from, there is order, cleanliness and a great feeling of pride as each one of the kid's embraces every visitor that arrives to view their house. The kid's are really motivated, they realise that with the opportunity that they have been given comes the key for them to escape to a better place and achieve, all over the walls are motivational sayings and charts showing the achievements of each individual and their ambitions ; doctor, graphic artist, astronomer, teacher, policeman ....... The houses that this teacher has set up offers a magnificent ray of hope to these children, this is all funded off the back of private donations, your money in this impoverished area would go further than you would ever imagine, you have the power to empower a whole generation of people that matter and are prepared and want to give back to their community so that better things may come for their people.

Howard and the Rungus during Harvest Festival.

Graduation Day

2008-10-07T13:35:00.006+08:00

Don't be confused because this is not my Graduation Day:) - Just want to share a few pictures during my younger sister's graduation day.. Here you also can see my mum and my elder sister..

Bibie, Mum and me...

My elder sister ogou, me and bibie.. look same?? No no... :) I am a bit taller haha..

Never ever say that she looks older than me.. she will get mad about that :)

Actually she is one of x4jc's fan hehehe...

Bowling Time

2008-10-05T14:20:00.010+08:00

One of my favourite games is bowling..Normally my company (which currently I am working) will have a Bowling Tournament at least once or twice a year. Basically, I have never win any of these tournaments but I had a lot of fun..

DZ Bowling Tournament 2006 with my newlywed best friend - Alip... She is not feeling well, just look at her face.. :)

Registration ladies - DZ Bowling Tournament May 2008

Welcome to Mid Valley Cosmic Bowling

My PunjabMurut friend - Muni

Alip.. ko pun ada??

Bah perasan menang hahahaha!!

My Teammates, three men and one woman..

Say peace to the world!!

I am small but believe me??? I beat the white guy standing on my left side;-)

My teammates - The yellow shirt is my boss.. He is a Thai-Vietnamese

Gecko - Recording Session

2008-10-02T12:36:00.002+08:00

First time in my life to have this called recording session.. Self-recording adalah.. hahaha.. Thank God for His Grace.. I had a chance to enter the real studio for recording session..

It was scary also because am so shy and have no confidence at first.. However..with my X4JC team's spirit and encouragement.. I did it.. I almost give-up once and this statement I made.. "Tak payahlah saya..ishh..malulah"

Thanks for all x4jcian and Mr Daniel Foo... You guys make me confidence and yess!! I did it..

Few pics to share.. We having lots of fun during the recording session..so no tension at all..

Sexy Look kah?

Dreaming to be a manager of Gecko..kahkahkah

Cute Pose.. Blushing

Me in the studio.. Recording session in progress.. nervous wooo

Tengoklah kwn-kwn ku yang sama giler2 dgn aku ni.. Cute sgt lah tu Reek, Cip and Illa..
We were enjoy..
Here.. I want to be an ambassador of Gecko.. Bolehkah? Berilah laluan.. hahaha

A-Famosa Resort

2008-10-02T12:11:00.002+08:00

Cuti-cuti Malaysia..

Me and my colleagues went to A-Famosa Resort for cuti-cuti Malaysia. Actually its during the weekend but it was fun enough. Here some pics to share.. Nice place to go juga tau.. Tak rugi datang sini.. ceh..promote lah pula.. hahaha

Me and my colleague (Rata, Jothie, Wawa, Muni and Me)

I like this costume..

Just For Fun.. hehehe

Ada macam CowGirl kah?

New Year's Event

2008-10-02T11:42:00.004+08:00

Year 2008, this new year party was a very fun to start the new year. This is the annual event of Dz Card (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. Everybody was happy and having fun.. Miss this moment..

Fashion Show..one of my favourite proggrame of the nite..

Our Dance Performance - Umbrella (Rhiana)

Free Stage - Everybody is having fun huh... :-)

The Boss and the organiser committee members.. One of us was not around coz she on maternity leave.. poor her..