Precious Child

CNY 2012

2012-01-23T17:26:00.005+08:00

Chinese new year seemed to come early this year. As usual, plenty of last minute house chores to be done but it's much better this year compared to the previous years.

Almost everyone who celebrates chinese new year had their reunion lunch/dinner yesterday. Facebook news feed was so full of reunion food pictures. My sister and I used to cook a few dishes for reunion dinner for a few years, then one year we had steamboat then it got even simpler to just domino's pizza last year. Since there are only 3 of us at home, we had the same again this year.

2 regular pizzas and garlic cheese onion rings.

Quick, simple and delicious. Haven't had pizza in a while so it tasted really good =)

Brother caught Elsa sleeping in the "useless-dog-post"

Which cny cookie/snack is the most addictive to you? I found mine and it is :

Deep fried crab stick !!! i love it in its form and i love it this way too. It's way too addictive than I thought it would be.

As usual, had lunch at my grandaunt and granduncle's place.

Rendang, chinese sausage, stewed pork with mushroom, cauliflower and fried turnip.

My first mandarin orange this year, I think. I'm not very fond of eating mandarin oranges actually but I was served.

This is like a must have in my grandaunt's place.

Pineapple jam tart.

Angpows collected so far. Not many, I know but satisfied =) We seem to be going to less and less houses every year but it's ok. I'm too lazy to go anywhere anyway.

Looking forward to my actual family reunion on wednesday.

That's all for now. Till then!

San Francisco Steakhouse

2012-01-13T20:21:00.004+08:00

My friends and I decided to have lunch in San Francisco Steakhouse on Wednesday after a game of badminton. Yeah, so our effort of trying to lose some fats was kinda burnt off after the meal. The last time which was my first time eating in San Francisco was in Midvalley about a decade ago when dad's friend spent us. It wasn't a good experience though. I remember eating the big portion of steak meal till my siblings and I felt like throwing out!! How blessed we are to have food overload in a classy restaurant like that. We've never eaten there since then.

This time, Yan Lin wanted to try the set lunch there so we went for it.

The business there ain't that good when we went..

RM16.90 for a drink, starter and main course. 4 types of starter to choose from and 4 types of main course as well.

Complementary bread and butter

Salad with thousand island sauce.

Fried onion rings.

Joyce's beef stew with mashed potato.

Grilled white fish. I had this..

The food was just okay overall. Fish was kinda salty and the sauce didn't go so well with it but the texture of the fish was satisfying. Portion was quite worth the money, I think. I was expecting smaller portions. Anyway, I don't think I would go back for the same food again. Oh yeah, it was super filling too!!! I couldn't finish the fries myself. We got our parking fee waived off for eating there too.

Had a good time eating and catching up with friends.

Guess that's all about my second time eating in San Francisco Steakhouse.
Till then!

the source of true joy...

2012-01-03T15:28:00.006+08:00

First class of the year has started today.

During the class today, someone mentioned about living in moderation, having just enough money to enjoy life - not rich, not poor. No doubt, we all need money. I disagreed when he said poor people can never have true happiness.

No matter how poor a person is, he can be happy and joyful if he has Jesus in his life. Likewise, one can have all the riches in the world yet never find joy if he does not know Jesus.

Our source of joy is found in Christ alone, not wealth.
Happiness depends on happenings thus it will not last but true joy comes from knowing Jesus and accepting Him as our personal Lord and Saviour, for in Him, we have eternal hope. The world will always let us down but Jesus will never disappoint us.

Wealth has no role in bringing joy that lasts.

If you wanna read more about Joy vs Happiness, here are 2 worth reading sites:

http://www.studyjesus.com/more/devos/joyvshappy.htm

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Happiness_vs_Joy

"These things I have spoken to you so that My Joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full." - John 15:11

"Do not be grieved, for the Joy of the Lord is your strength." - Nehemiah 8:10

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. - Romans 5:11

First Post of 2012

2012-01-01T22:01:00.004+08:00

It's the first of January 2012. The most talked about year when it comes to the "end of the world" topic. That doesn't concern me much cause I think we shouldn't hold on to something which we aren't even sure is true.

As mentioned in my previous post, so much has happened in the year 2011.

- lost my dear doggie during chinese new year.
- failed my exams for the first time.
- adopted 2 puppies.
- more home-alone-experiences.
- had a massive surprised birthday celebration.
- passed 3 papers and I was so happy that I couldn't sleep the night I checked my results.
- had a short awesome trip to KL for Caryn's birthday celebration. It was a good getaway and get together.

- took an hour to get home from college because of the flood on the way home. Then, met a minor accident when a car banged into my car's side mirror while driving in the rain. (not sure if that's considered an accident but I hope it's not an annual thing)
- towels got saved from getting wet cause God sent the rain only after i got home. Very trivial I know but it totally made my day.

- went for youth camp the week before exams. I've never been to any camps during my examination period. Conducted games for youth camp for the first time and it's really not easy but I've no regrets because through this, God showed me again that He's in sovereign control of everything. The weather was great and He sent me 2 helpers to help out with the games just when I was short of 2 more helpers.
- travelled to Penang alone for the first time. I've never travelled to anywhere alone.
- slept during my precious break more than I have ever before during any other semester breaks. I don't know why I've been sleeping so much recently. I think I need to exercise more regularly.

That's all I can recall of among the many incidents happened in 2011. Didn't seem so bad after all. It's been a tough year but God has faithfully brought me through it though I've not been an obedient child. I've said it once and I'll say it again that in all circumstances, I could see God's hands working in my life and it's really amazing. I'll just wait to see the whole big picture.

I'm too lazy to upload pictures captured throughout the year so I'll just post some recent pictures captured during the week.

Yummy clay pot porridge with my favourite yau char guai in Sunway Pyramid.

Busybody Elly and Elsa looking over to my neighbour's house. Yes, they're that big now...

Dim sum for breakfast.

Mom spent us McFlurry after dinner in Jusco. It's my second time having the whole cup to myself.

- BBQ dory fish.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I went to Ipoh Parade twice in the week after exams. 3 times on 3 consecutive days to Jusco last week. Did a lot of Christmas shopping this time.

Snacks from Japan from Sue Jane =)

Mom found this while spring cleaning the house. It was my artwork in art class about a decade ago. Guided of course and i didn't draw that. Just coloured.

Saw this rainbow on the way home yesterday evening. It's beautiful cause it's the sign of the covenant God made with Noah.

New banner with new theme in church for this year.

Bought this at a 31% discounted price since it was the 31st. My first time too =)

Omelette served during new year lunch sponsored by my church today in a restaurant nearby. Everyone was too hungry so I didn't capture the rest of the dishes.

Looks like the pictures are mostly on food. Shows how much I've been eating recently. I think I spent most of my time eating, sleeping and relaxing. Anything but studying is holiday =)

I'm sad that holiday is over but life goes on. New year resolutions? I have a few but not gonna post it here and some are renewed resolutions cause i failed to achieve them. Incase you didn't realise, I've changed my blog title since it's new year and I don't like the old title anymore.

2011 has been a happening year with many ups and downs and I believe there are more to come this year.

Guess that's all for now for my new year post with random pictures.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Expect great things from God, attempt great things for Him!!

Got this from one of my previous new year posts:

God’s faithful care will extend to every day of the new year. We can count on that promise. - David C.McCasland

God holds the future in His hands
With grace sufficient day by day;
Through good or ill He gently leads,
If we but let Him have His way. —Rohrs

the last 2 hours of 2011

2011-12-31T22:08:00.003+08:00

2011 is coming to an end. Hard to believe, but true. Often, it makes me wonder, where did the 365 days go? The year 2011 has been a happening one for me. So much has happened throughout the year. It tough but in every incident, I saw God's hands working in my life. I know He allows things to happen, good and bad, for a good cause. I just need to sit back and look at things from a different perspective. Indeed, there's something good in everything.

to be continued....

Tong Yuen Feast

2011-12-22T15:45:00.003+08:00

It's winter solstice today! Not much significance towards me actually but what's interesting today is that, we've received so much tong yuen (glutinous rice ball) !!! It has never happened before.

They were all given by 3 different neighbours. The soup containing the tong yuen were all of different recipes. The one on the left is just plain sugar water, on the right boiled with ginger and the other one with longan and red dates. Amazing! The plain one came first. The second neighbour still gave knowing I already had some. The third came without knowing I've already got two bowls!

Got some pao's from one of them too. You can imagine, my lunch was taken care of. My dad and I had a tong yuen feast for lunch. I guess my dinner's pretty much taken care of as well.

Ahh...I feel so blessed. Makes me wanna sing the song "So blessed, I can't contain it. So much I gotta give it away." Oops.. not in context of the song though. Hehe.

That's all for now. Till then !

p/s. bloated with glutinous rice flour..

solo travelling experience

2011-12-14T23:36:00.005+08:00

Day One:

Here I am blogging on the island in the middle of the night in a room which isn't mine using a laptop which isn't mine either. It's my first time travelling to Penang, alone. In fact I've never travelled anywhere on my own. The furthest was Kampar when I was on the way to KL then my friend got up quarterway. I was really excited about this trip and was planning it with my sister even before exams and I've been wanting to do it since the beginning of the year.

Anyway, I took a bus to Butterworth at 10.45am this morning and the estimated time to get to Ferringhi was at 2.45pm. 4 hours should be more than enough. My dad and sister taught me how to get onto the ferry and which bus to take so off I went. It felt kind of weird when i got off the bus at Butterworth because I think I was actually waiting for someone and then realised there's no one with me and I could just head towards the ferry!

In the ferry. There were cars on left and right of which sister found it strange when I told her about it.

Taken from the ferry too.

All went well till i got to the bus terminal to take the bus 101 to Ferringhi. There was no sight of it. Oh yeah, i met 2 ladies from Medan, helped them snap a picture and chat a little.

After waiting for about 1 hour (or more), I took my sister's advice and got onto any bus heading towards Komtar to catch the 101 bus there. While the bus was stopping, I saw the 101 bus and by the time I got off, the bus had already left. Argh. Missed it. So I waited for another fifteen minutes.

The bus terminal at Komtar.

Met a Japanese couple who asked me a couple of questions. They were heading to Ferringhi too. I regret not asking them to prepare small change for the bus ticket cause i wasn't sure how much it was. The couple missed the bus that came after 15 minutes because they went to get a change of RM10 but there was a stack of RM1 in the man's hand. I could have suggested him to use those notes but i wasn't sure if he was reserving that for something else. Well i could have just asked but i felt there was language barrier as well so i failed to do so. I hope they didn't have to wait for very long for the next bus.

So I got into the jam packed bus to Ferringhi at about 3.15pm and took me about an hour to get there. Stood all the way practising my balancing skills with some arm muscle training. Met 2 girls from Tazmania, Australia on the bus and talked a little too. That's what happens when you spend so much time waiting and getting on the road. You meet people.

Finally met up with my sister after about 5.5 hours altogether !! The highlight of my trip here was to watch Happy Feet 3D at 5.25pm. I'm not a huge fan of animations but this is a must watch because I love baby penguins !!! My hope was almost crushed as we were running really late. The bus to Gurney took a while to come and we only got off the bus at 5.25pm. Ran and speed walked towards Gurney Plaza and what more, we had to queue to buy the tickets when we were already running super late. I went to get a bottle of water and mashed potato while my sister got the tickets. And guess what? we got in just in time for the movie !!! It started right after we went in. The movie was actually 15 minutes. God is beyond awesome. Just when i thought, "Oh what a hard luck with the bus waiting and all today and now I'm gonna miss the movie that I was dying to watch!" and taraaa!! God showed me His awesomeness once again. I don't mean He's not awesome if I missed the movie. He's just so awesome in so many different ways. We didn't miss a second.

The animation was really beautiful! It's definitely a good movie to watch in 3D and the baby penguins were super duper extremely indescribably cute !!!! My heart melts at the sight of Baby Erik and the sound of his cute little voice and his mother Gloria has an amazing voice! 5 years ago, Happy Feet became my favourite animation and it still is. Even more now.

Didn't seem complete if we didn't snap a picture with the poster so I got a stranger to help us do it.

Next we went for dinner at Sushi Bar.

Sister spent me unagi bento set and it was tasty !!! I think my liking towards Japanase food is increasing more and more but definitely not towards the raw stuff.

Unagi set.

Chicken garlic set.

After a long day on the road, I haven't had a proper meal since breakfast so it was a very satisfying meal. Skipping meals is so not me but I only managed to grab a chocolate bun for lunch. Walked around for a while and took a bus back here.

Spotted this well furnished fitting room in Parkson. I wonder who would actually need the couch and coffee table in a fitting room.

Cheap sushi from Sushibar at only RM1.50 each. We had it for supper.

Amount of tickets used at the end of today. I lost one with "RM2.70" which took me to Ferrighi from Komtar.

I guess that's the end of my day one journey.

Felt like a waste getting here so late but it was a good experience. A lot of waiting, met people from 3 different countries within 4 hours. You know, there's something good in everything. You just need to recognise it. Tomorrow's gonna be better day.

p/s. at the end of the day, 101 has become my most detested number.

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Day Two:

Woke up at about 8.00am, got ready and headed to the nearby mamak for maggi goreng at about 9.15am. Sister said it was really really good so gave it a try. Indeed, it's among the best. Then we went to the bus stop to catch a bus to Komtar to catch a bus to Ayer Hitam.

It was day. Our shoes looked like they were glowing in the light !

Met a Johorian at the Komtar bus terminal. He was going to Penang Hill with his family and i think our going to Aiyer Hitam made him want to go there too after Penang Hill. Took us about 2 hours to get to Ayer Hitam from Ferringhi. Wow..that was long ! Next we went to Prangin Mall.

Christmas decoration in Prangin Mall.

Sister ordered Mongolian chicken chop rice.

My Penang trip wouldn't be complete without eating Penang fried kuey teow.

Spotted this at the food court. Looks interesting but I hate durians so, nah.. not interested.

Sister got really thirsty so we went to hunt for something thirst quenching. Wanted to get ice blended fruit juice and apparently, some waitress disagrees that blended ice goes well with fruit juice. We went to Little Oasis and got these:

Mocktail Mango Tango and Italian Soda Red Volcano.

Thirst quenching and refreshing. Stomachs full of gas after that.

I went out in the morning with a backpack with only an umbrella and a bottle of water. By the time we left Prangin, it was almost full already. Yes, we shopped!

Next destination was Gurney Plaza. Yeah, again since we couldn't really walk around the day before due to time constraint.

Christmas decoration at the new wing entrance.

Fascinated by the well arranged table setting so I captured this picture. It was Dragon-i

Christmas performance by some westerners.

After filling up my bag with more stuffs, we settled for dinner in BarBQ Plaza. It's a Thai Restaurant. Its style of Barbecue is very much similar to the Korean one.

We ordered the economy set which costs RM20.90.

The waitress said it was a one person's share. Glad we didn't take her advice and stuck to our order cause it was more than enough! So much meat and so much cabbage with some udon noodles.

A piece of lard is placed in the middle of the grilling thing whereby the oil would flow down to be used to grill the meat. See the moat around it? It's for us to boil our own cabbage soup.

We grilled the tomato as well and the udon noodles. Oh yeah, their specialty is actually their special sauce which goes with the grilled meat really well. No picture of it though.

Indeed it was a very enjoyable meal.

What's left after about an hour or more.

Cute little pack of wet wipe.

Window shopped a little bit more after dinner, bought egg sandwich for breakfast and left Gurney Plaza.

On the way out. Poor nightmode function of my phone.

Headed to the bus stop to catch a bus back to Ferringhi.

And it was night....

This is how the inside of the Rapid bus looks like.

Spent the night calculating how much we spent throughout the day (calculating damages according to sister) spread out the things we bought. Least they were tangible stuffs compared to the things I spent on when I went to Genting 3 years back.. Spent quite a lot but oh well, only once in a while =) and it's almost impossible to not spend much in December - the month of Christmas.

We slept at about 1.30am. Set alarm to wake up at 5.45am.
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Day Three:

Overslept and only got up at 7am when mom called !!! The bus which I was taking back to Ipoh was at 9am so we had to rush. Got ready and out to the bus stop at about 7.20am. Glad we bought our breakfast the night before so we ate it while waiting for the bus to come.

Chocolate milk and big red apple given by sister =) Looks very much like a healthy diet.

As we were reaching the jetty, I showed my sister where I waited for the unseen 101 bus on day one and guess what? I waited at the wrong side of the bus terminal !! No wonder the bus never came !!! I kept checking with my sister over the phone if I was waiting at the right place not knowing that there were actually 2 bus terminals on the left and right of the jetty. I could have enquired the information counter but I didn't see the need to but in fact I should. Kind of regretted but come to think of it, I wouldn't have met the Indonesians, Japanese and the Australians. I'm glad I met them afterall. There is something good in everything =)

Boarded the ferry at about 8.35am.

A different layout one this time with no cars on the same deck.

Final picture before leaving.

Managed to got onto the bus just in time, 5 minutes before the bus left. The seat which I got was bad. It was a single seat at the second last row and someone was staring at me in a very obvious manner for I don't know what reason. I'm glad there was an empty seat 2 rows in front of where I was so I swapped seats. Reached Ipoh in less than 2 hours.

Almost all the tickets I collected from the trip. Must have dropped one or two somewhere though.

I had a really good time in Penang. Wish it was longer though cause I only had less than 48 hours in Penang and a significant amount of time was spent on the road. Anyway, it was still a complete trip cause we did what we planned to. I'll definitely be more street smart the next time =)

Another lesson I learnt was to bring my charger with me next time cause I'll never know what would happen. I'd usually charge it full before going somewhere and 2 nights wouldn't be a problem for my phone to stay alive. Of all the days, when I wasn't able to charge my phone, that's when unexpected people would unexpectedly call me and I didn't realise a lot of it drained out while I was trying to upload the pictures into my sister's laptop on the first night but failed. That's why I didn't post it though i finished typing the post. In case you didn't realise, "day one" was typed on the first night in Penang while the rest is done here at home.

I came back feeling really tired too cause I haven't been getting enough sleep. Time to pay my sleep debt soon.

I guess that's all for now. Can't wait for my next solo trip to Penang again.

Thank God for the wonderful trip and for the fine weather and for keeping us safe =)

Till then!

p/s. Thank you chea chea for spending me for all the food and bus fares !!!

Soul Surfer

2011-10-15T23:13:00.003+08:00

Soul Surfer is a truly inspiring movie. I can't imagine how life would be if I were to live with only one arm. I'm so glad that I'm not handicapped, I have a family, I have education, more than enough food to eat, a car to go from one place to another and the list goes on. There are just so many things that I can thank God for than to question Him and get troubled over trivial things.

Who am I to complain when I'm actually living a much more fortunate life than many other people out there? I need to learn to be contented and constantly remind myself about that.

One thing I've learnt from the movie - If you can't change the way things are, change your perspective. I know that is nothing new but I have a new perspective towards that phrase itself.

good day

2011-09-14T23:07:00.002+08:00

When I was feeling really really really sleepy during the first 45 minutes of my 3 hour lecture yesterday, Jesus kept me awake. How, you would ask? I would never have thought of how He would keep me awake when I felt that sleepy. After one hour of lecture, the lecturer gave us a short break and I thought, "Great ! I can catch a short nap." As usual, I'm usually wide awake during the short breaks and especially dismissal time. I'm quite sure most of us can relate to that.

Anyway, during that short break, one of my classmates suddenly asked if I'm a christian. She found out through some CF (Christian Fellowship) stuff which I left in the file of notes lent to her. I intentionally left it there with a little hope and low expectations that she would look at it and she really did. I never knew she was so interested in christianity stuffs and I was really really happy to have the opportunity to share with her. It just showed me how God works in such amazing ways, ways that I couldn't have imagined. I've learnt that leaving bible verses or christian flyers in your notes when you lend it to others is a good way to share the gospel =)

I felt quite wide awake after having the conversation with her and the awake-ness lasted till the end of the class.

Opportunities to share is not just created by us. Often, it is created by others and we are to grab it.

At night, we ( my dad, sis and I ) went to Sushi King for dinner. I think it's the first time we went there together. I think my dad had a sudden craving for japanese food. Sushi King's not a very good choice but enough to satisfy our cravings and it was the most convenient place to go to since we wanted to go to Ipoh Parade for the warehouse clearance sale. The way my sis and I ate and shared the sushi was quite amusing. I really had a great time.

As usual, I'm too lazy to upload a picture now so maybe next time. Till then!

the silver lining...

2011-08-23T12:43:00.002+08:00

Over and over again, God showed me mercy. Though I don't deserve it, He let me pass. I was so happy and relieved last night that I couldn't sleep. It just made me realise that God's grace and mercy is never ending. I know I kept saying I'll study harder every semester and so far it has never happened. I need to keep reminding myself to study harder to appreciate God's grace.

That's all for now. Till then !

Hungry or glutton?

2011-07-24T23:27:00.003+08:00

It's been a month since i've last updated. Felt like it was just last week when I updated this blog of mine. The gluttony that struck me today created the urge to post a post here.

List of food intake today :

- Few slices of butter cake for breakfast
- Fish fillet set for lunch (came with soup, french fries, coleslaw, ice cream and earl grey tea)
- 2 Jacob's cream crackers, 1 apple, 2 munchy's biscuits with chocolate cream in between from 4.30pm to 5.30pm
- 2 Seremban's siew pow between 5.30pm - 6.30pm
- Laksa with meatball, brinjal and fried wanton @ 7.30pm

After all those food, i was still hungry for dinner. It's the amount of food intake after 4.30pm which amazed myself. Was I just glutton or was I really hungry? Oh and I've learnt from watching masterchef today that gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins. Perhaps it's my second puberty stage (just kidding).

That's all for now. I think i'm feeling hungry again....

21 year old blessed child of God...

2011-06-25T21:07:00.004+08:00

It's the 25th of June today. Another year has passed. I'm not sure how obvious it is but yeah, I've officially turned 21 yesterday.

I had a mini birthday celebration with 3 friends yesterday (Sheera, Irene and Yoke Ching). It's usually a bigger group but i thought perhaps everyone's busy during the semester break this year and I'm happy enough with just a few close buddies celebrating it with me.

Then, I had dinner with my family. I really looked forward to my birthday because it was the first time this year that all 5 of us got together. My siblings have been taking turns to come back this year so they've never met. I've learnt to appreciate reunions more now.

Today, my college friends gave me a surprise birthday celebration. I'm not gonna write in detail here but it was awesome. Almost everyone that i knew turned up. I really appreciate how they set aside some time just to come today. I feel so loved and so blessed to have such awesome friends. You know, friends are one of God's greatest gifts in life.

Just when I thought I've lost many friends, God showed me that i was wrong. God is amazing !!!

It felt great that each time my phone rang, it was a birthday wish or each time i received a facebook notification, it was a birthday wish.

It was my 21st and it is by far the best I've ever had =)

p/s. i might post some pictures next time =)

OVER !!

2011-06-14T11:41:00.002+08:00

Exams are finally OVER and my long awaited precious break is here but can't believe 6 months have passed though. So much has happened throughout these 6 months. I have about less than 3 weeks to enjoy all I want before the new semester starts. Exams didn't go well, i did badly but I'll just choose to enjoy my precious break now =)

Dog calls 911

2011-06-09T21:22:00.003+08:00

Maybe I should leave a phone outside for my dogs and train them to call the police when break-ins happen in my neighbourhood =)

p/s. exams are not over yet.. 1 more....

Spirit vs Flesh

2011-06-05T14:25:00.004+08:00

My spirit is willing but my flesh is weak.

Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak. -Matthew 26:41-

There's no more room for laziness but laziness is still squeezing its way through. Exams are near and so is my long awaited semester break.

Awesome Sunday

2011-05-08T23:37:00.003+08:00

I had an awesome Sunday today (i mean yesterday). I had lunch with my sister who came back for the weekend, Sue Jane and Uncle Chee Foo in a Japanese Restaurant after church service. What made the lunch more awesome was of course being treated by Uncle Chee Foo. So, here goes :

Mokuren's the name of the place. I think I've been eating Japanese food more frequently than before the tsunami happened but it's never my idea, always someone else's =p

The beautiful teapot and cup.

Here comes the FOOD ! Don't ask me the names of the dishes cause I have no idea. Uncle did all the ordering. We just ate. I can try to describe it a little though.

Unagi wrapped with egg.

Some soba salad.

Something which was cooked on the outside, raw on the inside.

It's like sushi roll but wrapped with cucumber.

And, yeah.. some roll with juicy prawns on top.

Uncle Chee Foo then tempted me with brownies and haagen dazs ice cream from De Garden just by telling me about it so my sister decided to treat me that after lunch and we went for it.

It's just next to the korean BBQ Restaurant - Daore... or Daorae? Doesn't matter.. hehe

Brownie with 2 scoops of Haagen Dazs ice cream - Belgian Chocolate and Rum & Raisin flavour. It costs only RM7.90 cause it's on promotion. Definitely worth the price! It was really good... It's the first time i actually had haagen dazs ice cream.

We couldn't take away for our dad so my sister decided to buy a slice of chocolate moist cake for my dad.

I just like the box and i didn't snap a picture of the cake. Just a dark coloured piece of cake.

Been a while since we last had a picture so we snapped one while waiting.

We went home after that and sent my sister off to the bus station.

It's been a while since I've last posted the naughties' pictures so here they are:

Elsa chewing on the new dental chew. It's supposed to be given to them only when they're 6 months old but i think nothing's really too hard for them to chew on.

Elly...

I was planning to go online for a while, catch a nap and study at night until a friend from America mentioned about wanting to watch a movie so we went to watch Thor just now, the 6 of us. We sat in the front row. The last movie I watched was Rio and I sat in front too. I guess it doesn't matter to me anymore cause i'm used to it already.

Ta-daa !!! Free ticket ! Hehe.. There's a buy one get one free promotion for citibank card holders only for the weekends. The offer's valid till 26th June 2011. Watching movies in Ipoh's TGV is so expensive now that's so it's really a great deal to watch a movie at only RM6.50 !

I went to watch the movie without really knowing what's it all about and it's much nicer than I thought it would be. Indeed a good movie.

I guess that's all for my post about my awesome Sunday. My guilt level ought to be on top now cause I've not studied for 2 days and exams are really really near. Oh yes, my blog's new look is copied from my sister's blog actually so we have look-alike blogs now and I'm trying to change the way I write in terms of usage of upper and lower case and proper punctuations. Compare it with my old posts and you'll see the difference. Will work on it.

Till then !

HAPPY MUMMY'S DAY

2011-05-08T00:34:00.004+08:00

Dedicating my first post after my blog revamp last night to one of God's greatest gifts to me in my life :

HAPPY MUMMY'S DAY !!!! =) Of course I haven't forgotten to wish you. I was just busy doing this.. hehe. Just a simple picture of all your darlings. Hope you'll like it ! Thanks for everything !! =)

Elly and Elsa again...

2011-03-13T22:38:00.010+08:00

it's been a week since we adopted elly and elsa.. quite a rough start with their bladder control problem, but they're progressing well now =) and i'm amazed by the speed of their progress... getting more attached to me as well.. but too aggressive when it comes to meal time.. need more training...

they're always squeezing their way through the grill so my dad fixed a fence there to prevent them from coming in and injuring themselves when they get stuck halfway...

unfortunately...

the fearless puppies tried even harder....

and harder.... and eventually, elsa succeeded to come in... the metal fence is now bended...

caught them sunbathing this morning.. elly is always sleeping on elsa...

oh yeah, i forgot to snap a picture of what happened to my old pair of sandals while i was out today... badly bitten.. not hearthache cause i no longer wear it.. and we went to hunt for toys for them while we wait for my mom to bring back the toys she already bought...

and we managed to find the ideal toy at an ideal price.. hehe.. only RM9.80 for 2..

i was really curious about how they would treat the toy... elly wasn't really interested in it at first until elsa took the yellow one..elly then fought over it with elsa...

and finally, they both took one each... not fighting...

but they chose to fight over one in the end..

guess that makes it more fun and exciting?

they just love to share..i mean fight..

finally, elly got tired...

and elsa too.. observe her sleeping position.. truly amazed me !! what an off position she was sleeping in...

brought them to the vet for deworm and vaccination the other day.. elly has got an imperfect spinal cord which caused her tail to be still.. somewhere, something, at the end of her spinal cord is broken resulting in inability to control her bladder as well..all the more we're glad we didn't just bring elsa back.. but i can see her progressing well so far..

we went collar hunting for them.. not that many choices for the size we wanted to buy so we bought two black ones...

and dog licence as well...

guess that's all for their updates...

went to college today after church for the heel-a-thon event in in conjunction with 100th anniversary of international women's day organised by my college with the perak women's association... it was quite a big event.. not bad though... joined the final flag off...not on heels though, just shoes =p

guess that's all for now.. till then !

day 2 with elly and elsa...

2011-03-07T00:34:00.007+08:00

breakfast menu - dutch lady low fat milk with pedigree biscuits.

as usual, they were sharing again..

they've started to behave mischievously already by biting and chewing on stuffs...

caught elly biting the shoe rack..the blur 'thing' at the corner of this picture is elsa...

then came dinner time..
tonight's menu - rice with minced chicken meat and baked beans

finally, they were at their respective plates.. but ended up sharing..

elly and elsa turned hyperactive after dinner and they chased and bit each other non-stop..must be carbo rush...

elly biting elsa's ear...

elsa closed her face in embarrassment cause she was losing the fight... i think elly's the stronger one tonight..

shoe rack turned bed for elly...

elsa's innocent look..

tilt your head to view this picture.. i don't know why i just can't get this picture right.. after playing for about 30 minutes or more, they finally got tired and slept...

about half an hour ago, elsa was whining to come in... she was desperate but only her head could go through...

and elly followed suit..

here's a short video of part of their 30 minutes play time after dinner...

that's all for now..till then !

Elly and Elsa

2011-03-06T00:40:00.008+08:00

i was supposed to go to kampar with my dad this morning (saturday) to see our potential new puppy till my friend, preyah said there are some stray puppies behind her house.. she asked me before when i just lost my dog but i wasn't ready to get another dog yet.. so we went over to preyah's place in the morning to see the puppies before going to kampar...

and there....

meet elsa... she was really shy ...

and timid...

according to preyah, there were about 6 puppies and elsa was one of the final two left so we asked to see the other sibling as well..

on the way to the place where the puppies were kept, we saw elsa's brother in one of the neighbours' house..

then came the mother..i guess the mother has really strong genes..look at the brown spots..

avoiding the puppies from getting her milk...

elsa...

and here comes......

elly =)

not as beautiful as elsa at first sight.. but she seemed really pitiful too..we couldn't bear to separate the two sisters cause preyah said they were really close so after considering, we decided to take both...

they love sleeping on each other...

elly urinated in the car on the way back home.. she's even shyer than elsa... and when they reached home, the first place they went to was...

under the car !! well, least they have each other... but because of that, they didn't want me at all =(

so the most normal thing to do to bait the dog out would definitely be...

food !! hehe.. they must have been hungry... i was surprised that elly ate more than elsa cause elsa is fatter than elly...

they love to share... the phrase 'sharing is caring' definitely applies to them...

elly finishing up the biscuits..

elsa..

elly...

my dad and i bathed them both...

and they stayed in the cage for a few hours...

guess they felt much safer and more secure in there...

dinner time !

they just love to share... i had a hard time separating them to their respective plates... they got so frightened and hid under the car when i tried to separate them... but in the end, they finished their food...

elly and elsa have already started chewing on my slippers..time to keep all our shoes and slippers out of their reach.. elly suddenly got friendly with me after several hours and i was really happy.. she even played chase with me.. but at the same time, elsa kept chasing after her and biting her ears.. elly bit her back and all of a sudden showed anger towards me when i wasn't even touching her.. guess she got irritated by elsa biting her non-stop? and the ticks (i think, cause i couldn't see it) which gave her constant itch... she looked so scary !!! think i've not seen a puppy as fierce as her...

elsa biting elly

still biting... her ears...

it's 1.24am now and i just heard some whining, growling and barking outside.. wonder what was happening.. oh, i forgot to say, they were both whining and crying this afternoon.. sounded kinda funny though... and of course, cute...

never have i thought that i would have two dogs.. biological sisters...i believe they'll grow to quite big in size (hopefully not too big) and my house porch is going to be more crowded... and i hope i'll be able to manage my time better and filling it by doing something more worthwhile than sleeping... cause life at home without a dog is basically just studying, watching tv, online and sleeping...

about 5.5 years ago, we had our first dog, saffy and we lost her in less than 2 years due to an accident... 3 months later, we found crystle... and when crystle went missing, 3 weeks later, we got 2 puppies... it'll never stop once you start... and it's all over again now, back to start... with lots of lessons learnt..

getting these 2 new puppies doesn't mean i've lost hope in waiting for my dog, crystle to come back.. the gate would be wide open for her if she ever finds her way home... and i don't mind having 3.. all the more reason i have to stay back in ipoh..

i really wish the incident of crystle going missing didn't happen.. but wishing that wouldn't change a thing... i think i'm still struggling to accept how it happened.. i know many people out there would think that i'm giving myself false hope and that i should just let go and that she'll never come back.. i believe she's somewhere near and when she's let loose one day, she'll definitely find her way home, unless she has forgotten us... if that's so, i'll have nothing to say....

and i hope, when crystle comes back one day seeing the two dogs, she wouldn't think she's being replaced... i know she's a jealous dog.. she can never be replaced and i hope she knows that...

here's a picture of crystle, to show that she's not forgotten....

one of the last pictures i have of her...it's really hard to get her to look at the lens..
i still miss her like crazy..... let me know if you see her anywhere..i'm still looking for her...

God has really been teaching me many life lessons this year - tough ones... i know everything happens for a reason and i can't wait to put the pieces of jigsaw puzzles together to see the whole big picture of God's perfect plans for me...

guess that's all for now.. till then!

great fish vs whale

2011-02-27T00:10:00.003+08:00

it took me 12 years to realise that the bible didn't mention that Jonah was swallowed by a whale....

But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.
- Jonah 1:17 (NIV) -

see how interesting the bible can be??

another life lesson..

2011-02-22T19:20:00.004+08:00

after receiving several undeserved favours, i have now received what i deserve... i failed my exams.. 100% failure - cause i sat for 2 papers, and failed both... it's my first failure since my first driving exam (excluding all the mock exams which i failed most of it).. i'm ok though..checked my results during the midnight as usual.. the moment i saw my results, it just 'hit' me, telling me it's time to get serious and study harder and smarter.. cause i've been slacking and taking it lightly last semester.. i just feel bad and guilty that i've wasted my dad's money...

i'm determined to do it much better this june.. thinking on the brighter side, it's good that i failed cause even if i've passed it, i don't seem to have any knowledge of those 2 papers..i seriously didn't study well enough... hope the knowledge i need would be well enhanced this time and i thank God for giving me the determination to study better and yet, another life lesson...

truly, He gives me countless reasons to be thankful for - good times, bad times...in every single situation... GIVE THANKS.

it's been a happening month for me.. first i lost my dog, then i failed my exams.. i wonder what's next.. i believe God wants to mould me and train me to be a stronger and better person.. this new year seemed really new this time.. my life seems so different compared to last year.. yet i know, He has the greatest plans for me for only He knows what's best for me..

watched "sanctum" last night and the ticketing guy thought i was underage.. haha.. it's been a while since i passed the age to watch movies with the "18 something" label.. it was quite a hilarious scene and indeed a compliment for me =p sanctum was a good movie, if you like adventure movies..

guess that's all for now..till then!

p/s. been almost 2 weeks since my dog went missing and i'm still waiting for her... someone saw a dog like mine in first garden, someone else saw another one like her in bercham but nobody saw her near my area.. i wonder where she is now...

96 hours

2011-02-14T20:36:00.002+08:00

it's been about 96 hours now....

i wonder
where she is...
how she is...
is she hungry?
is she sick?
is she injured?

or is someone taking good care of her? i'm still waiting with hope.. must have been 96 rough hours for her... i'm sure she misses us as much as we miss her... and i really hope she's safe...

p/s. God is mysterious and sometimes it's hard to accept what He has willed and planned... i'm still learning....

still missing...

2011-02-11T16:08:00.006+08:00

it's been about 19 hours since we found crystle missing.. i wonder where she is.. hiding somewhere, wandering about outside, kept by someone in the house ?? i just hope she's safe cause she definitely doesn't know how to cross the road well.. i pray that she'll come back soon safely... i dreamed she came back and i really hope it's not just a dream.... she must be hungry =(

God, please bring her home safely.....

Crystle is MISSING ='(

2011-02-11T00:20:00.003+08:00

Crystle's been missing for a few hours... i've no idea where she is now ='(

went to penang this morning, came back at about 9.30pm and she was nowhere to be seen.. the gate was properly closed so there's no way she could squeeze out at all.. the only possibility is that she could have jumped up the cage by the wall and over to my neighbour's house and ran out somewhere... it's all because of the fireworks - her biggest fear.. it's especially loud and horrifying for her tonight...

we've searched everywhere we could but still no sight of her.. all we can do now is just pray and hope that she's safe and that she'll find her way back home soon.. and i strongly believe that she'll come back soon.. i'm not ready to lose her...

please pray for her safety and that she'll be able to find her way back home.. thanks...

p/s. i hate fireworks..

all about Crystle on CNY eve....

2011-02-03T01:12:00.006+08:00

almost everyone has a new hairdo for this chinese new year and my doggy, crystle is no exception, only difference is, it's fur-do instead...

i gave her a fur-cut this morning with the help of my dad who caught hold of her while i did the cutting... here's the result :

what do you think?? hehe.. the 'before' picture was actually taken in october when she had a serious fur-fall due to the ticks problem so she was kinda bald then.. it's not really a comparable picture but the most comparable i could find..

oh how i enjoy grooming her.. the best part about cutting your dog's fur is - no complaints about bad haircut no matter how bad it may seem.. i can cut however i want to as long as i think it looks good so yeah, i'm proud of it =)

captured some pictures after bathing her... you have no idea how difficult it is to get good pictures of her looking at the camera or at least facing it...

wet look..

on 2 legs...

her eyes were fixed only on one thing actually - treat !

see the trimmed tail.. hehe

and when night came, the noise of the firecrackers came as well and that's one of her biggest fears...

she entered the house and refused to go out...

we usually forbid her from entering the house but this time, we pitied her...

then she got comfortable on the rug..

camera shy...

and she went inner and inner..

and dosed off...

this is still her current position...

when CNY begins, nightmare begins for crystle....

p/s. chea, her ears are still the same size... it's the trimmed fur which made it look smaller! haha...

1st February 2011

2011-02-01T19:16:00.004+08:00

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You're 2 years to a quarter of a century old! =p

i thank God for a sister like you though we often get on each other's nerves...

keep shining the light for Jesus wherever you go !! be the garam and the cahaya =)

can't wait to see you back home SOON !!

p/s. hope you like the simply edited picture =)

that was close....

2011-01-20T23:58:00.006+08:00

after haven't really been driving for about 20 days since youth camp, i finally got my car back last tuesday..i mean my dad's car which i'm allowed to drive.. i don't own one.. feels good to be able to drive around on my own again.. it's so much more convenient to drive to college rather than depending on my dad or friends..

and guess what? i met with a really close accident yesterday.. i was on the way home and a kancil came out from the left.. it's like a junction, but not a junction.. the cars are supposed to come out only when it's clear.. that car came out in front of me when it shouldn't have so i slowed down to give way without expecting it to stop all of a sudden... i couldn't brake in time but managed to avoid the bang by steering to the right..

immediately i realised it was God's protection that nothing happened.. thank God the right lane was quite clear for me to avoid that car.. and i realised i forgot to pray, again.. i kept thanking God on the way home after that incident.. thank God for bringing me home safely !! i would be really traumatised to experience another accident again..
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watched 'Gulliver's Travel' with my dad just now.. it was not bad..good for a good laugh.. simple storyline.. it wouldn't be good if jack black's not gulliver..

oh yes, i've finished reading the novel i've mentioned before 'A Friend Like Henry' within a month and a week.. that's an achievement for me.. i think it's the fastest i've ever finished a novel in the past few years.. and it's the first book i've ever teared reading...as far as i can remember.. and i've added the author, Nuala Gardner and her son, whom she wrote about, Dale on facebook.. feels pretty weird to be able to add the characters i read from the book for real! it's a non-fiction book by the way.. weird but cool...

guess that's all for now.. class at 10am tomorrow.. i better get enough sleep to avoid day dreaming in class.. till then ! =)

p/s. mom, i've updated =p hehe...

7 days in malacca...

2011-01-03T19:32:00.026+08:00

there goes year 2010 and here comes 2011, and there goes my precious break.. i enjoyed every moment of my break ever since exams ended.. there wasn't a single moment of boredom, seriously..as far as i remembered.. and at the end of december, i've had enough of traveling.. being a person who loves traveling and would never get tired of it, i've finally had enough of it.

so the highlight of my semester break was the seven days i spent in malacca.. my blog has been pretty much picture deficit so this will act as a compensation... enjoy! =)

19th to 21st december 2010 - Ignyte Youth Camp: The Amazing Race in El Sanctuary, Alor Gajah Malacca..the smallest camp ever in 3 years yet just as awesome or even more awesome.. awesome is too small a word to describe this year, oops..last year's camp.. i was touched and impressed to see the younger youths (kids actually) who grew so much over the years.. God truly works wonders in His people.. with Him, all things are possible...! never ever underestimate what God can do in our lives and never ever limit ourselves to do what we can for Him !

Group picture =)

went home on 21st and off to malacca again on the 22nd of december, with terrible muscle aches and a bad throat but i still enjoyed every moment of it..

had taiwan noodles for lunch when we reached malacca..oops, no picture of it.. must have forgotten... checked in and headed to jusco which was much bigger than the one here in ipoh..

malaysia's biggest snowman made of recyclable bottles..

white christmas~

the snowman is recorded in malaysia book of records!

no dinner picture.. we had porridge with yau char guai...my favourite.. hehe..

then we bought taiwan's famous bubble tea back to the hotel..

went to jonker street the next day and had the famous chicken rice ball..

steamed chicken, not my favourite but it was not bad..

fish assam curry..

chicken rice balls !! looked like fishballs..hehe

the crowd came when we were leaving.. phew...

the traditional candy called gula ketuk ( i think ).. that reminded me that there are still some in the refrigerator...tastes ok..

cendol... sorry, i don't know how it got rotated like this and i'm too lazy to re-upload =p

pai tee - one of my favourites too..

but it didn't taste good.. and it's expensive...

wanted to visit mini malaysia but decided not to as it didn't seem worth it..

souvenirs...

the bullock cart..

had my first experience getting onto a bullock cart... it was really bumpy !! and i felt a lil guilty that the 2 bulls had to drag so much weight...

hehe..just for fun =p

next stop - crocodile farm... not a fan of crocodiles, but someone recommended us to go there..

there's like a mini malaysia in the middle too.. mini klcc..

mini A Famosa..

mini i don't know what..

mini penang bridge..

smiling crocodile...

crocodiles..

baby crocodile..

the crocodile didn't seem to be able to close its mouth.. haha.. i think the guy said crocodiles sleep with their mouth open when they're tired...

a disgusting one...

inside the aviary in the crocodile farm...

mandarin ducks..

don't know what the name of this bird is, i call them love birds cause they're so lovey dovey..

the vain peacock... but not vain enough cause it didn't fan its tail..

love birds...

trying to get the palm oil seed..

i like the colour of this bird..

raccoon which eats practically everything !

errmm.... don't know what this is..

even snake and chicken can be friends...

this is a preserved stuffed crocodile borned in 1963.. died at the age of 30plus i think...

i actually enjoyed watching the birds much more than the crocodiles.. i don't fancy reptiles...i in fact loathe most of them...

next stop for dinner - famous beef bak kut teh in malacca.. my brother was like our tour guide throughout the whole trip arranging where to eat.. some places were googled while some were the places his friends brought him to..

it's a house stall..

beef bak kut teh..

pork rib bak kut teh...

and they serve unpolished rice instead of the normal white rice...

taste really different as compared to ipoh's bak kut teh... it was really peppery.. not bad but i still prefer ipoh's =)

went for the buffet breakfast provided by the hotel the next morning..

a little bit of everything..

then we went to tan kim hock to buy some expensive food stuffs..

kinda tempted to try this dried vegetable thing but too expensive...

cute rilakkuma.. brother put it into the trolley just to see how my dad would react and indeed hilarious.. it happened too fast that i missed the chance to record it.. he grabbed it by the ear and placed it on the floor.. poor bear..

the pink one..

next was lunch in nancy's kitchen in jonker street..famous place for nyonya food..

popiah..

omelette with cincalok..or cincaluk.. haha..

brain-brain.. i mean otak-otak =p

kangkung with belacan..

erm... assam something pork? forgot the name.. it was good..

the food in nancy's kitchen was just good, nothing fantastic though.. i guess tourists attractions are just attractive, may not be the best..

somehow these attracted me..

reminds me of "siu fu yong"..

next stop - pahlawan square...

the archery spot...

the mille crepe original flavour..first time too.. it was good but not something i would want to eat often..

banana chocolate flavour..

christmas deco..

caroling... the snowman looked like the joker in batman..

the view from the see-through lift..

next, we went for sate celup.. another famous tourist attraction.. i was expecting to see only satay there and then realised it's actually the "luk luk" we eat here but dipped into the satay sauce instead of the normal boiling water here..or soup?

no doubt, it was good ! i ate it despite having sore throat...

well, that was like our appetizer.. we headed for chicken rice ball again for a proper meal in a different place..

i prefer roasted chicken but the texture of the meat wasn't as good as the jonker street's..

hehe..just for fun.. see the smiley?

oh yes, nyonya kuih from nancy's kitchen..

next day, christmas morning..also our final day in malacca.. we checked out early and went for the christmas service in city community church recommended by my pastor..

oops.. blurred..

caroling..

she sang two songs really well though she was having a sore throat..

the preacher of the day.. enjoyed his short and simple sermon but i didn't get to know his name..

upstairs of the church.. i really liked it..

it was like the shortest christmas service i've ever attended cause it only lasted for about 45 minutes.. lunch was provided after the service but we didn't join them cause my dad's friend brought us to somewhere else...

it was another house stall..

lime juice with plum...

sotong..

erm..what do you call this? ikan cencaru? haha.. nevermind..

liked this omelette very much..

assam fish curry again..

kangkung..

i think the food there was better than nancy's kitchen's but less people know of that place...

the owner has a dog named blackie...

attracted to the dog's licence which looked so different from ours...

the toilet trained dog..

nah, just kidding.. don't know why the dog went in and out..

then my dad's friend brought us to the beach at a hotel which i've forgotten its name too..

this castle had all the kids' wishlist for christmas..

and my brother said santa brought his wife along for the first time.. don't get me wrong, i dislike santa.. often mislead people about the true meaning of christmas..

seremban siew pao given by dad's friend as well.. captured in the car thus poor quality..

and finally, back in ipoh....

guess there were more pictures than words this time.. there were more events which i didn't blog about.. all in all, i had an awesome break !!! though my health wasn't at its best.. still not..

classes are commencing tomorrow.. the next time i'll be getting my stress-free break would be in june.. guess that's all for now.. till then !!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!! God has the best things in store for you.. just wait upon Him.. don't lose faith and you'll see the whole big picture one day..

no more studying for the rest of 2010!!

2010-12-10T01:31:00.002+08:00

it's here... it's finally here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my long awaited precious break is finally here.. it's been 6 months since i had my last stress free break.. exams are over.. didn't do well but i'm glad it's over, for now at least... no more gluing myself to notes or books, no more falling asleep at the study table, dreading to wake up to study every day, no more guilt for coming online or watching television.. it's as though i've been studying so hard all these while but that's not true... i really need mercy and i hope the examiner would be lenient and merciful to me.. though i know i don't deserve it..

and i've recently learned to be grateful for the opportunity to face exams because many kids out there don't even have the chance to go to school.. so aren't we privileged??

anyway, it's time for pure fun and enjoyment now and i've got to cherish every moment of this precious break of mine.. so what's next ??

To-do list:
- read "A Friend Like Henry" - a non-fiction book i fell in love with at the sight of it's cover, title and storyline..and i've got a good record of books which i've read only 3 quarter through and left unfinished till now..
- christmas shopping
- camp name tags
- dramas, movies etc..
- laundry

Event list:
- christmas event in my former school's orphanage
- cell group christmas celebration
- college convocation day
- youth camp in malacca
- family trip in malacca
- housewarming party in mun teng's house

that's all i could think of for now.. gosh i think i've lost my words again.. been a while since i last blogged.. and it's been a while since i've last stayed up so late..

till then !!

the story of a stone cutter...

2010-11-14T20:34:00.003+08:00

Once there was a stone cutter whose job was to cut stones daily. As time went on, he got tired and bored of his job. He looked at the sun which shone so brightly and wished he could be the sun. Puff! He turned into the sun and he was so happy when the people ran away from him under the shades and umbrellas. He thought he was so powerful that everyone was afraid of him but suddenly, a cloud came in front of him and blocked his light and heat so he wished he was a cloud. Puff! He became a cloud. He caused rain and thunderstorms and blew away almost everything so he was really happy.

However, there was one thing which he could never move no matter how hard he tried. The huge boulder stood still and strong despite the strong wind so he wished to be that boulder. Puff! He turned into that boulder. Then came a stone cutter who started cutting stones from the boulder and that's the end of his life..

The lesson behind this story : We should be contented with who we are and not try to change it for God made us who we are, not to be something or someone else. His plans are just and perfect for each and everyone of us. If we would just wait upon Him, we will enjoy the fullness of the destiny He has for us.

p/s. so there goes an update, after two months.. hope it didn't bore you =) till then !

without Christ, i am nothing..

2010-09-11T00:20:00.003+08:00

it's been awhile, again, since i've last updated.. so much have been happening.. went for mission trip in a sabahan church in permatang pauh.. then young adults cell outing in bandar utama etc.

i just got back from the wildfire party organised by campus revolution.. i was contemplating about going for it before this cause i was too lazy and had no idea what the party was about.. i'm not sure if that's what God wants me to do in cf.. my mind's a mess now.. one thing for sure, i can't do it alone.. i need Him..

then i questioned myself, it's been 2 years, 2 months and 10 days.. what have i done so far? have i made a difference? i've only got another less than 2 years and there are still too many fish.. oh God, i can't do it alone....and i know, i can never do enough..

spend some time to watch this video about a muslim who encountered Jesus.. it is definitely worth your 8 minutes to hear this life changing testimony..

He is the Alpha and Omega - the beginning and the end. He loved us even before we were formed in our mother's womb. He died for us so that we may live. How can one be not moved by this amazing fact??

undeserved favour

2010-08-24T00:14:00.003+08:00

today, i mean yesterday (23rd) was another most anticipated time of the year and most people call it doom's day.. why? because results for the june examinations were released.. i wasn't worried at all until this afternoon when i saw all the status updates posted by other people on facebook..

anyway, i didn't check my results until just now at about 12am.. and by God's grace, i passed !!! yup, it is not by my own effort but an undeserved favour that He has granted me.. i know i've been slacking a lot in my studies throughout the whole of last semester and that's why i really didn't know what to expect this time.. i'm just so glad that i don't have to retake those 2 papers.. phew..! what a relief...

i don't deserve any praises for my results but all glory goes to Him alone..

congrats to all who passed !! and if you didn't make it, don't give up !! everything happens for a reason and only God knows what's best for us =)

that's all for now..till then !!

p/s. it's time i really start studying.. and i kept saying this...

the brain consuming game...

2010-08-18T18:39:00.002+08:00

it's been about 3 years since i've last touched the chess pieces and i joined the chess competition in college today.. as ever, it was brain consuming.. only 3 games and my brain's too tired for anything now.. i've never really liked chess though but somehow i've joined a few chess competitions during high school.. must be the great influence by my desk mate - inder...

anyway, i lost and it doesn't matter at all.. i gained a lil bit of my high school memories.. so nostalgic..

that's all for now.. till then !

there goes..

2010-08-15T00:37:00.004+08:00

well, there goes another saturday.. last two saturdays, i was in lost world camping.. last saturday, i was in lost world again.. just now was another good saturday which i had.. woke up in the morning, a lady stood at the gate wanting to share her good news with me.. yes, her good news.. somehow i didn't want to reject her so i entertained her.. i found out that she's from the Jehovah witness and all the more i was curious to listen more and shared what i think and believe as well.. if only she was preaching the truth.. and how good it is if we christians have the same enthusiasm and courage to preach the real good news instead from door to door.. i wish my neighbours didn't entertain her though..

went to church as usual in the afternoon then sue jane's farewell dinner at night.. gosh, i'm so gonna miss you, sue jane.. can't believe you're leaving already =( attended a wake service after that.. a church member passed away so i went to help to serve.. i love serving God more and more.. it simply adds meaning to life.. and i was reminded that, no matter what happens, the hope that we cling on to is not the hope of the present but the eternal hope we have in Jesus.. the world may fail you but Jesus never will..

then i had a quite adventurous journey back home after the wake service too finding my way out of the not-so-familiar housing area at night.. it's been a long and tiring day, but i'd consider it another fruitful saturday which i enjoyed =)

i've been updating quite regularly these days but i think my blog's seriously lack of pictures.. so here's something random =)

till then !!

double portion !!

2010-08-13T00:53:00.004+08:00

guess what?? i'm back from hillsong's concert.. not just tonight but last night as well.. i thought i wouldn't be able to go on wednesday since i didn't register for it and suddenly the night before, joyce told me she had an extra registration code which i could use.. felt guilty for taking it at first but accepted the offer in the end.. God's plans are just so amazing.. nobody knows what would happen.. never have i thought that i would be able to go for the first night.. He truly answers my unsaid prayers.. deep down, i regretted not signing up, wanting to go for it but never prayed about it.. and once again, He showed me that nothing is impossible..

it was really good though i couldn't get a good view.. mostly staring at heads and the screen in between heads... the message was good - about us being significant enough being His child and there's no need to try to fit into anywhere.. pretty much similar to what we're learning in youth now.. and what i anticipate most at evangelism concerts is to see hands raised up saying - yes, Jesus, i wanna accept You into my life! i was really inspired by the hands lifted up for Him..

the first night's concert was great.. second even greater !! got a much better view, different songs sang, different message shared.. this time about us getting on track and be on His plan and win more souls to Christ.. there were more prayer sessions too - it's funny that i coincidentally prayed for 2 persons of the same name, one a friend, another a stranger.. i felt really touched and inspired by His people.. well, no words is enough to describe what i felt and experienced..

hmm..think i've suddenly lost my words.. so i guess that's all for now..
ALL GLORY TO GOD FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE EVENT!!

p/s. i'm destined for something great and yeah, He knows...

p/s/s. and i just realised that it's friday the 13th...

they made me go ' wow !! '

2010-08-10T00:34:00.002+08:00

i bet everyone knows about the upcoming hillsong concert by now, at least the majority.. people have been talking about it for the past one month.. the anticipation by hillsong fans as well as criticisms by people who don't really like hillsong and can't believe the fact that they're coming..i think i was neutral all these while..not really anticipating or going crazy to meet them nor bothered much about the rumours..

few weeks ago, a lady from the organising team gave me a call to meet up with them for some reasons which i was clueless about until i finally had the chance to meet them yesterday, both husband and wife who are the head of this hillsong concert organising team.. not gonna post the details of the main agenda of the meeting here yet but you know what?? i was really inspired listening to them.. they are just so passionate for God.. so passionate with what they're doing.. they have a strong desire to make a change in ipoh, to call people to rise up for Christ here in ipoh and to make things happen for Him..

i was really touched by their passion.. people out there who are talking bad about them and this whole event ought to feel ashamed of themselves.. they should really meet them face to face and get to know them before coming up with unwholesome talks.. talking to them just made me go 'wow!' all in all, they are just God's passionate people..

oh yeah, incase you're planning to go for the concert in syuen hotel this wednesday but have not registered, you are advised to go for it on thursday instead because it is already fully packed on wednesday and you'll need to produce a registration code upon entrance.. argh..if only i knew..

guess that's all for now.. till then !

p/s. class is cancelled tomorrow.. wheeee !!!! =)

just so H-A-P-P-Y !!!

2010-08-08T00:14:00.004+08:00

here i am, back after another long day out.. i've been out from 8.15am till 9.30pm.. and guess where i was the whole day? i was in lost world of tambun..yes, again.. the place where i camped for a night last weekend.. i volunteered myself again for the charity event organised by sunway club, if you've been following my updates consistently, i blogged about it last year - click here for more details..

it's my second time joining and i feel as good and happy as i felt last year after the event.. the girl i took care of this time was an eleven year old girl, only half a head shorter than i am.. *embarrassed* she's different from the one last year.. she's more talkative, friendlier and more active too cause she refused to leave the water in the end.. and she definitely understood that my role was to take care of her while she was to cling onto me all the time though i lost sight of her a few times..

and sunway really provided us with lots of food.. within such a short period of time, we were given breakfast, lunch, tea break and ice cream.. it was my first time visiting the quite new petting zoo and i find it really good.. for the first time in my life, i touched goats !!! haha.. one was so super friendly and it was chewing my shirt.. and i had fun feeding the swans too..

the girl i looked after bought me a cup of coke at the end of the event.. wow.. an eleven year old girl knows how to buy me a drink !! i feel really happy that she enjoyed herself and that i had the opportunity to serve her.. and i enjoy the sunburn that i've got too.. i burned my sculpt as well.. was expecting something as red as last year but it's not as red this time..just a little bit cause it wasn't as sunny..

went to church after that and i just felt so happy.. felt as though it's been a long time since i last went for youth service cause i missed last weeks' service.. words simply can't describe how good and happy i felt..

okay, i guess i better end this post by saying i'm just sooooooooooooooooo H-A-P-P-Y !!!

p/s. sorry, no pictures again.. hehe..

Sunway Ipoh Boot Camp

2010-08-02T11:27:00.003+08:00

camp is finally over !!! the thing which has been taking up so much of my free time.. it has finally come to an end.. that's simply because i was in the organising team and i never liked being in the organising team since high school.. it's not easy to keep participants occupied and entertained, afraid they won't enjoy, afraid they would feel bored.. but all in all, i think the camp was good overall though there were faults here and there..

we walked so much throughout the 2 days and 1 night camp.. it takes 10 minutes to walk from our campsite to the entrance and i lost count of how many times we walked in and out.. and i didn't bathe at all throughout the camp.. hehe.. was simply too lazy and didn't see the need to bathe.. i'll get dirty again after bathing anyway.. when it comes to camping, i don't care much about hygiene.. it's only 1 night afterall..

throughout the camp, i really learned a lot and i realised that i'm no longer the same me as i was back in high school.. i wasn't so worried about the camp before it started and that was what made me worry - worried for not feeling worried.. i prayed so hard that it won't rain during the camp but it rained heavily.. that didn't mean God didn't answer my prayer, He just said no.. it was good in a way that the rain took up most of our free time during camp.. and there were people who tried so hard pushing me to my limits trying to earn their significance or for whatever reason i don't know.. what made me realise that i'm longer like before was the ability to keep reminding myself that it really didn't matter at all for i am already significant enough being called child of God.. it really doesn't matter what people think of me.. i wish everyone would just realise that nothing matters more than being His child..

and then there were people who weren't really participative.. i guess i was supposed to get angry at them cause everyone else was, but you know what? i wasn't angry at all... i didn't have high expectation towards them in the first place and i'm glad enough they came for the camp despite how much problems they gave.. back in high school, i would have scolded and punished them.. i just didn't wanna get angry during the camp.. i managed to held back all the anger that i had..

i'm not trying to make myself sound like an angel here but i believe, God has really changed me over the years and i give all the glory back to Him for being able to held back anger and reject satan's lies that i'm not important.. people often talk about how God change them, i always wonder - how has He changed me then? and i now realised.. He gave me so many reasons to overcome the bad feelings i had.. gosh..God is simply amazing !!

oh yes, i only slept for 2 hours during the camp.. i fell asleep watching tv when i came back for another 2 hours.. woke up and slept again for 9 hours.. i wonder if it's enough.. this camp was really a great experience.. it's like a once in a lifetime experience.. i love outdoor camps but i'm not sure if i'll be joining another one like that again anytime soon.. and i'm glad it's over.. it's really time to start catching up with my studies..

sorry, i tried to keep this short but my fingers wouldn't listen =p no pictures yet.. i know my blog is picture deficit.. will try to work on that.. till then...!

p/s. thank you fellow campers for all your support and participation!!! (if anyone of you would read this)

p/s/s. the after effect of camp - i can't walk properly now.. i always believe that fun comes with aches and tiredness =)

can't wait.. can't wait...

2010-07-31T01:16:00.003+08:00

july is finally coming to an end.. yes, FINALLY !!!!! this is one super rare phenomena which i'm actually so glad that another month has passed cause i usually sigh over the passing of every month..

if i've ever mention about a camp in my previous posts, it's finally here.. and i can't wait till it's over!!

so yeah, i'm welcoming the new month with open arms this time ! oops, it's still july.. hehe..

till then !!

i need a break....

2010-07-03T00:14:00.004+08:00

i've been wanting to update a post with all the nice pictures of events i've captured recently but i just couldn't find the right time and the right mood to upload the pictures into my computer.. been so caught up with things lately, mainly college activities.. and i asked myself, where have my precious break gone to?? i hardly felt like i had a break besides not studying..yeah, not needing to study for the past 2 weeks or more is actually more than good but an ideal semester break would be no studying + no college.. of course i don't mind going back for cf but i felt dragged into many other stuffs..

my head was at the verge of exploding once again this evening.. yes, i need God's strength to juggle with all these things.. i really can't take it alone.. i don't mean i have responsibilities to be handled alone, but taking even apart of it without His strength and guidance is impossible.. when all these things are over, i guess it'll be time to draw myself back and focus on what's important.. it's time i really take my studies seriously and manage my time well cause i failed to do so last semester..

and you know what being BUSY mean?? it means Being Under Satan's Yoke..well, i saw that somewhere and i agree with that if one is too busy for God.. and at one point, i felt so tired of excuses.. excuses people give when they are simply not interested.. you know, it's fine with me if you just say "No, because i'm not interested" rather than wasting brain juice creating excuses..

anyway, i'd still consider my break a fruitful one - selling fruit juice on open day, birthday celebrations, spring cleaned my room, watched A-Team and Toys Story 3, dined in sushi king and ate a lot of rice, parents day in church, watch korean drama - you're beautiful and so forth..

and what's next?? worship seminar and youth concert is on tomorrow !!! hearing about the preparations makes me excited but i'm not physically nor mentally prepared for it yet so i need a sufficient good night sleep tonight.. if you're reading this and you can make it for the youth concert at 7pm tomorrow (saturday) don't hesitate to come !! u can check out the event on facebook for more details.

guess that's all for now.. sorry for another post full of ranting.. yes, that's what my blog is for..
till then!

the last two minutes...

2010-06-23T23:58:00.001+08:00

it's the last two minutes of my last teen-age..
gosh...unbelievable...

another first time...

2010-06-20T00:39:00.003+08:00

it's been 4 days since my semester break started.. and d last 2 days - friday and saturday were the super happening ones.. cf, bulk purchase of fruits, bbq, night bible study, open day..and to top it all, i got myself into an accident.. yup, it was me who got myself into it.. a terribly stupid, careless and reckless mistake.. not gonna post much details here.. a car knocked into mine but it was my fault.. i was in a hurry, rushing for time that i made the wrong judgement... wrong estimation..

thank God i wasn't injured..nobody was.. and the impact that i felt wasn't too strong.. my friend who was nearby came to help.. it's my first time after driving for more than 2 years.. in my first year of driving, i've only knocked into the gate, pole, roof tiles, never a car.. i obviously wish it didn't happen but i believe God wants to give me this solid tangible lesson to lower my boosting confidence level in driving.. when accidents happen, a lot of what ifs usually pop up in people's minds and fingers will be pointed everywhere.. i hate "what ifs" because it wouldn't change a thing..

i believe, even if it didn't happen today at that very spot, it may still happen some other time, somewhere else, probably worse.. i thank God that the driver who knocked into my car wasn't fierce though he wasn't pleasant looking (yeah, probably cause he's not the one paying) but i'm really grateful for that..i know how scary and fierce most drivers are on the road.. yeah, deep down, i know what God is trying to teach me.. and i thank Him that it only cost my bank account.. and my dad's which i'm guilty of.. my mum and sis definitely know how poor i am even before this happened so they generously contributed to the cost of it.. thank God for family! and not forgetting, friends..

it really could have been worse.. thank God for the super valuable solid tangible lesson..

therefore, no more expensive outings for me.. don't tempt me if you're planning to have one.. have it in discrete.. with exceptions though.. that's all for now..till then !

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:18

freeeeeeeeEEeeeeeeeeeeEE...!!

2010-06-15T23:30:00.003+08:00

yes !! it's the time of the year again.. my precious semester break is finally here..!! exams are over.. i know i didn't do well but i'm glad it's over for now.. and all i hope for is to pass.. i don't know if i deserve to pass, it's all in God's hands.. and i believe He has truly helped me through.. i wasn't really scared this time though i felt most unprepared this time and that was what made me scared - for not feeling scared.. the peace that God gives us truly surpasses all understanding..

i feel really encouraged by the messages i received from my friends before exams.. how blessed i am to have them in my life.. made me want to do even better..

anyway, enough about exams.. it's time to enjoy myself to the fullest.. it's a study-free break !! wheeee..!! i read through the freedom post i posted in december and the things-to-do list was, wow! packed.... nothing much on my list yet this time.. wanna watch glee and you're beautiful.. the two popular shows people are talking about.. one thing for sure - make full use of this 2 weeks plus of break...

new semester's starting on july 5th but i'll still be going to college probably twice a week for some stuffs.. guess that's all for now.. till then !!

Crazy Love by Francis Chan

2010-06-05T13:30:00.005+08:00

i've often heard people talking about books they read which are hard to be put down.. that when they read it, they'll just read on and on and on... eg. harry potter, twilight saga, shopaholic etc...

my response towards people who tell me that would always be, "oh, i'm not so into reading and i can easily put down any book cause my eyes will eventually get so tired of reading..so there is no book which i can't put down."

but i recently found this book online - Crazy Love by Francis Chan.. can't remember who posted the video link on facebook.. i watched a few chapters and i was really attracted to read the book so i bought it.. i thought i was only gonna read it after exams but when i started reading a few pages for a sneak preview, i read on and on and indeed, it's one book which is hard for me to put down..

not gonna review much about this book yet so if you wanna know more about it, check out this video and the website Crazylovebook.com (check out the chapter videos on the web too)

it's getting heavier....

2010-06-01T18:33:00.002+08:00

it's the first of june.. it's the best of time, also the worst of time..

what have i got myself into?? what do i do now?? i don't know if this is what God wants me to do.. it was just too sudden.. in the midst of the exam tense which i'm going through.. if it is God's will for me, i'll definitely go for it.. i need the assurance..

my head feels so heavy right now..almost at the verge of explosion.. so tensed up.. not just because exams are near.. for the first time throughout my college life, i don't feel sick of studying yet.. you know why? coz i really haven't studied much and nobody would believe me for that.. been so lazy as well as busy with a lot of other stuffs..

and it's also one of the rare times which i actually logged in to blogspot before facebook.. there's just too many things going in my head that i need to pour it all out.. this is what my blog is for..

guess that's all for now. till then !

God, i need You...

drowsiness..

2010-05-30T23:22:00.002+08:00

i've been feeling sleepy the whole day... the moment i woke up in the morning till now.. no matter how i much i've slept this afternoon and evening, i'm still feeling sleepy.. it's never enough..

oh gosh, what's wrong with me.. i made a vow to study hard this weekend but i failed.. i've got about 14 days left from now.. i've been too kind to myself, slacking and giving myself excuses not to study.. everyone thinks i can, everyone thinks i'm hardworking, everyone thinks i'm studious.. deep down, i know how much i've been slacking.. i guess my looks is really deceiving..

may is coming to an end and i can't believe june is soon here.. the month which consists of both the best (semester break) and the worst (exams) of the 1st half of the year..

enough of ranting and grumbling here.. that's why i seldom update nowadays..

oh drowsiness, i surrender !

p/s. youth concert, anyone???

a priceless gift...

2010-05-10T00:42:00.003+08:00

i know mother's day is now over since it's past midnight.. but every day is mother's day so i guess i'm not too late to post this up..

i wanna thank God for blessing me with:

a kind mother
a loving mother
a generous mother
a caring mother
a great chef mother
a cool mother
a tech-savvy mother
a modern mother
a friendly mother
a fun mother

and it all sums up to one person - my mom..

and you know what? no word is enough to describe how special and extraordinary my mom is..

mother, is God's priceless gift to us and the salt of our lives who adds flavours into us..

i know you will be reading this.. so,

THANK YOU, MUMMY FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE =)

more of You and less of me...

2010-04-24T14:04:00.004+08:00

it's been a while since i last updated this blog.. blame the blogging spirit of mine..hehe..

heard this song in the car on the way to kl last week and words really struck me.. more of Him and less of me is what i desire yet difficult to do.. it's a very beautiful and meaningful song by don moen.

More of You
And less of me
Lord i pray that there might be
More of You
And less of me

Like a grain of wheat
That falls to the earth
And dies to live anew
All my plans and earthly desires
i lay them down to follow You

Nothing but the blood of Jesus...

2010-04-03T23:59:00.005+08:00

Good friday is over, and easter is here.. I've seen so many people wishing each other happy eggy day, eggciting easter, and so forth.. so much about eggs and bunnies. I guess many really don't know nor understand what good friday and easter really mean.

The truth is, God sent His son, Jesus to die for us on the cross for our sins. That is good friday.. and on the third day, Jesus resurrected and won the victory over death. That is why we celebrate easter on sunday. We, sinners deserve nothing yet God sacrificed His son all because of His unfailing love for us. What more can we ask?

Here's a very touching video which reflects the sacrifice of God's only son for the salvation of all. I wonder who wouldn't be moved or touched watching this..

BLESSED EASTER, EVERYONE !!

nothing about eggs nor bunnies but everything about Jesus...

Real love isn't our love for God, but his love for us. God sent his Son to be the sacrifice by which our sins are forgiven.
-1 John 4:10-

awesome God He is..

2010-03-14T00:36:00.004+08:00

do you know how awesome God is??
went to church today as usual, parked the usual spot.. and all of a sudden, a church member told us that all the cars parked in the same row got summoned... i got a shock and he said, all except the cars parked within the church compound.. phew....

God sent His guardian angels to surround our cars..how amazing.. we don't usually scratch parking coupons cause we'll park there for hours and nobody checks that area on saturdays.. again, that reminded me of how awesome my heavenly Father is.. words can't describe how i felt when that happened.. just felt like sharing it with the whole wide world..

guess that's all for now... till then =)

yet another post..

2010-03-05T23:43:00.003+08:00

there goes february and here comes march.. too soon, too soon.. and guess what? i've got my competent driving licence!! hehe.. no more probational.. kinda sad though thinking about how i've aged.. unbelievable that i've been driving for 2 years already.. but at the same time, it feels like an achievement..

business skills workshop is now officially over.. i thought it was over as mentioned in my previous post.. till another notice popped up on the notice board..

cf is yet to be resumed...

hmm.. guess my brain's too tired to think now.. so that's all for now..till then !!

relieved....

2010-02-25T00:54:00.003+08:00

currently not in the blogging mood, but i just wanna post a post.. funny how i didn't blog about my examination results this time like how i used to for the past exams.. checked my results for the first time in college..incase you don't know, it's for the 2 papers i sat for last december.. i usually check it at home, late at night and i decided to check it with my friends in college this time and the outcome was good..

it's truly by God's grace that i've passed.. not smart, not hardworking.. just blessed.. He showered me with His blessings continuously, despite how often i've failed Him.. what more can i ask?? and i still need to learn to be more grateful in life..

the business workshop thing is officially over.. no more brain cracking report to do.. we spent 1 hour presenting our post business results, basically we were being questioned more than presenting what we were supposed to and it's funny how i kinda enjoyed it.. made me ponder and learn from the mistakes i've made...

i'll be off to kl for youth encounter tomorrow evening.. not really prepared for it but i guess i will be eventually..

i feel so tired right now.. so that's all for now.. till then !!

p/s. people make new year resolutions, i've made my march resolution - start studying hard and smart...

p/s/s. don't get disappointed when God doesn't give you what you want for He knows when's the best time for you to have it.

a little bit of faith...

2010-02-22T01:04:00.005+08:00

Jesus said: "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." - Matthew 17:20 -

p/s. found this verse on an angpow packet and i fell in love with it immediately.. so encouraging indeed.. a little bit of faith is all we need...

Tiger-ific 2010

2010-02-15T00:24:00.006+08:00

it's the hottest and warmest time of the year again.. the heat is really killing me.. and when the weather gets extremely hot, it acts as a reminder for me that chinese new year is here.. i realised that i actually have at least one chinese new year post each year since i started blogging especially reunion dinner pictures except year 2006.. type "reunion" in the search box above and you'll know.. too lazy to link those posts =p

therefore, this year shall be no exception and there goes...

PRE CNY 2010

my sis and i usually prepare a few dishes for reunion dinner each year.. a lot of hassle - marketing list, chicken and fish washing and packing etc.. someone suggested we have steamboat this year.. being lazy and to save all the hassle, we agreed to it.. hehe..

not zero preparation but just less hours spent in the kitchen compared to previous years... and so the pictures mainly consist of raw food unlike previous years...

black pepper sausages, chicken meatballs, salmon meatballs and my favourite crab sticks =)

homemade chicken+fish+prawn balls..

my first attempt of fried wanton on my own and i'd consider it a success =) hehe.. that shall be my new specialty.. mom's recipe though..

tomyam soup...

salad leaves...

i never knew bihun could be that filling.. oh yeah, we had eggs too..

our reunion dinner...

first angpow of the year from my mom.. super duper cute red packets !!

when it comes to any festive seasons, the one which suffers the most emotionally and mentally is my dog.. the distant sound of the firecrackers terrifies her each year..

her desperate attempt to come into my house...

grandma came over late at night and will be staying over for the next few days.. eventually slept at 3am and i think it's been a while since i last slept at 3am..

CNY 2010

went to church in the morning as service is on regardless of what festival it is.. over the week, i've been wondering how many would actually turn up on sunday since most of them would be busy visiting or going back to their hometowns..

i was amazed and deeply moved to see the congregation.. the sanctuary was almost filled with people.. coming to seek God on the very first day of chinese new year.. indeed, seek ye first the kingdom of God.. even my grandma followed us to church though she couldn't really understand the language spoken..

this was just part of it... headed to my grandaunt and granduncle's house after church and had lunch there..

spritzer pop's new packing.. kinda cute though.. hehe.. and somehow, it's the drink we have only once a year..

went nowhere else after that as my uncle came to visit.. spent the warm afternoon at home.. had dinner in the nearby old town kopitiam since we had no idea which chinese hawker stall would be opened... then we went to a church friend's house and this was what he served us...

red wine..!

bad shot of my glass of red wine.. i'm absolutely not a fan of red wine though.. never liked it.. just can't stand the smell and the taste... but oh well, it's not something i get to drink always.. hehe.. spritzer pop in the afternoon, red wine at night =)

visitations are getting less and less each year unlike when we were really young, we used to go out early in the morning and come home late in the evening.. those were the days...

guess that's all for now.. sorry to bore you if i did cause it's past 2am now and my brain ain't functioning well to blog more creatively..

i hereby wish everyone A VERY HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR AND MAY YOU HAVE A FRUITFUL YEAR AHEAD FILLED WITH LOTS OF LOVE, HOPE AND JOY.

and not forgetting, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE !!! valentine's day is not just for couples but for everyone - both family and friends.. and you know what? the next time cny falls on valentine's day will be 37 years later and it occurs only once in 40 years..

till then !

the unending list...

2010-02-08T23:39:00.002+08:00

i've said it once, i've said it twice..maybe thrice and i just can't stop saying it.. busy busy busy... so much to do.. it's like never ending.. my to-do list just goes on and on.. the carrying out of the business is now over but the whole thing is not over yet and i've got more to do besides that..

- post business results
- moral presentation - benefits/advantages of abortion.. i don't even agree with abortion, how am i supposed to present that?? it's supposed to be a debate though.. my group unfortunately had to be the proposition team..
- house cleaning
- CF meeting
- study, study and study.....

all within this week and i guess studying will definitely be struck off.. i shall continue searching for points for moral presentation now.. till then !

missing mind and soul...

2010-01-26T19:18:00.003+08:00

been so caught up with stuffs lately... mainly the business which i've mentioned in the previous post... i don't know what has gone wrong with me.. i think my mind not only went hay wire, cuckoo, and now i think it's missing..i think i lost my soul too..

just within these 2 days, i can actually list down what funny, silly and clumsy things i've done..

- cooked my dog's rice at 7pm but forgot to press the "cook" switch and caused her dog to starve till 9pm.. yeah, that's not the first time but this time's worse cause i actually on the switch but forgot to press "cook"

- in the midst of messaging a friend, i suddenly thought i was messaging someone else thus typed unrelated stuffs and only realised when my friend asked what was i talking about..

- and to top it all, i lost 25 bucks today.. may seem small but it's a huge amount to be lost for a person as broke as me right now.. went to buy some stuffs, paid rm50, got rm25 change, put into my pocket and later realised it was gone.. i really have no idea how careless and clumsy i could be to lose the money just like that.. what was i thinking??? maybe there is a hidden message for what has happened, i really don't know..

anyway, i'll be off to kl for 2 days and i hope, when i'm back, i'll be able to find myself back again..i've never felt so lost before.. and i feel extremely guilty for leaving everything behind and just go.. oh gosh..

that's all for now..till then !

think...think...think....

2010-01-20T00:18:00.005+08:00

it's been..about 2 weeks since i last updated my blog.. nothing really inspired me to blog recently so i guess nothing interesting or extraordinary happened for the past 2 weeks, as far as i can remember.... besides the heartbreaking religious issue...

been kinda busy with various stuffs.. mainly group discussions - business plan for the business skill workshop which i'm participating.. moral group work.. some things may seem so small yet cause unnecessary stress, enough for my brain to go haywire.. my idea deficit brain often fails to come up with anything.. so much to do, yet so little time and brain juice available..

and i so don't wish for friday to come so soon... guess that's all for now.. enough to bore you here.. lol.. till then !

p/s. funny how my classes ain't really packed but i feel so busy and tired..

p/s/s. the world is turning upside down and often i ask myself, who on earth can we actually trust??

first class of the year...

2010-01-04T23:45:00.002+08:00

the new semester has just begun...

had classes from 12.30 to 4pm.. supposed to be 12pm though so i had my lunch at 11am.. will be having lunch at odd hours on mondays from now on..

the aftermath of the 3.5 hours of classes felt like it was the whole day.. so tired and sleepy...

that's what happens after having a long break from classes...

hmm..guess that's all for now..till then !

a new year, a new decade, a new post...

2010-01-01T22:32:00.005+08:00

there goes 2009 and here comes 2010.. yes, too soon to be true.. unlike the previous years, i'm not gonna recap on the events which took place throughout 2009 cause it was too brief and i'll have a really hard time trying to recall.. therefore, this post will probably be not so lengthy...

no new year resolutions as usual.. i don't really make any cause i won't usually follow as i've always said.. and i believe i need not be determined in doing something only when new year comes.. but i do have certain things which i wanna achieve this year..

God has really blessed me abundantly throughout 2009 be it in my studies, family, health, safety, friends and everything else and i believe He has more great things in store for me as i move on each day..

at the end of the watch night service in church last night, we wrote a letter to God.. with our weaker hand and only then i realised how weak my left hand is..that was the most i've ever written with my left hand.. i hope i'll be able to read what i wrote when i open the letter at the end of the year.. the reason why we wrote with our weaker hand was to humble ourselves before God and let Him take control of us rather than letting our selfish nature control our minds..

unlike many who were looking forward to this new year to leave behind certain memories and start over, i'd choose to carry as much as i can with me and move on with it.. and i'm turning 2 decades old soon =( been in college for 1 and a half years and i'm unbelievably getting my competence driving licence in about 2 to 3 months time..

classes are commencing next monday which marks the end of my temporary stress-free freedom.. holidays are never enough for me and it has so far been eventful for me..

before this post gets too lengthy, boring and crappy, i shall stop ranting and my brain's malfunctioning already..

it's a new year, a new decade and a new beginning.. live 2010 with enthusiasm, ernestness, expectance, endurance and enjoyment.. life is not a problem to be solved but a gift to be enjoyed..

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!

God’s faithful care will extend to every day of the new year. We can count on that promise. - David C.McCasland

God holds the future in His hands
With grace sufficient day by day;
Through good or ill He gently leads,
If we but let Him have His way. —Rohrs

adventurous day in the 'coconut shell' cave..

2009-12-28T09:22:00.008+08:00

26th december 2009 - another day filled with lots of fun, excitement and adventure.. 5 of us decided to go to gua tempurung.. none of us knew the way there so irene studied the google map really well and directed sue jane, who drove all of us there.. thank God we managed to reach our destination..

there were 4 kinds of tours to choose from.. we chose the third one which required a minimum of 8 people.. since there were only 5 of us, we had to wait for another 3 strangers to join the same tour.. after waiting for nearly 2 hours, still no one came for the same tour.. we asked God to bring us 3 more person..just 3 more, but no one came.. all went for either the 2nd or the 4th tour.. so we had 3 options - keep waiting, pay extra for 3 person or switch to 4th tour which required extra money too.. we finally decided to switch tour and at that very moment, more people came to buy tickets so we tried persuading them to go for the same tour but they refused to do so.. and the very next moment, a group of 4 came to buy the tickets for the 3rd tour.. needed no persuasion at all..

see how God works wonders?? just at the point when we wanted to pay extra to change tour, He brought us the right amount of people we needed.. it is definitely not a coincidence.. the group of people who refused to join us did join us in the end..not sure why though.. but that really really reminded me of how amazing God is and nothing is impossible with Him.. even when we gave up waiting, He didn't and will never give up on us..

this is...gua tempurung.. hehe.. nice mini cave..

the journey in the cave was great.. about 2 hours long but felt it was too short.. the river route was the best of all.. crawled under the stalactites..slid down a slope, went down through a hole.. and you know what? it's good to be short in height in this kinda activities..

the people in the background were pure candid..they just happened to walk pass and beautified our picture =)

ramli's burger for lunch..

clockwise from top - see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil, smell no evil, touch no evil

can't wait to go again next time!! gonna go for the more extreme one next time!!

went to caryn's house for barbecue at night with church friends and it was definitely awesome.. it always feels great to be with them.. so at home and so belonged and it's been two years since we last had a barbecue like that..

guess that's all for now.. till then !!

p/s. this is one morning after so long which i am at home and finally, no plans for the day =) feels kinda weird and empty but it feels really good to just sit around at home..

p/s/s. oh yes, christmas was awesome too!! there goes december... too soon, too quick.. i still can't catch up with time and i've lost track of the days and dates now.. and i've got debts to be paid up.. HUGE hole in my pocket...

Where's The Line To See Jesus??

2009-12-21T14:59:00.005+08:00

over and over and over and over again... i've been listening to this song.. the words are just so beautiful, and true..

santa brought us presents but Jesus Christ gave His life for you and me..He was borned for us..

Jesus is Christmas..

of tiredness and fun....

2009-12-20T00:06:00.003+08:00

there goes another day of tiredness but fun at the same time.. went for my college's open day for the first time today and participated in the carwash project..6 of us washed more than 10 cars.. not bad but very few outsiders' cars though.. and when i was about to leave college, i got a shock of my life looking at my car filled with tiny leaves, branches, bird poop and anything else filthy.. and at that very point of time, i wished rain would just pour down heavily immediately to help me wash away those filthy stuffs.. yeah, it was silly of me to park under the tree.. i knew that would happen but i thought it wouldn't be that bad.. now i know and i'll never park there ever again.. i guess..

my right hand feels really numb, tired and strengthless now.. my holidays have been so far eventful.. so packed that i've no time to feel bored at all thus, i hope all those who are complaining "BORING..." all the time would actually learn to cherish your bored moments because some people don't even have the chance to feel bored..

and it's funny how, when you're so so so extremely tired, that's when many msn windows will start popping up..

anyway, enough of ranting here i guess.. in the midst of all the busyness, i really wanna be reminded that it's all to glorify Him and not myself.. and i don't want christmas to pass just like that.i also wanna be reminded about the true meaning of christmas..that's all for now.. till then !

SANTA IS A HOLIDAY.. JESUS IS CHRISTMAS. IT'S MERRY CHRISTMAS NOT HAPPY HOLIDAYS OR MERRY X'MAS.. JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON !

p/s. malaysian studies final exam's on monday..argh.. how am i able to switch on the studying mood again?

"breathe, eunice..breathe...."

YOUTH CAMP 2009 - CARPE MANANA

2009-12-16T14:04:00.004+08:00

the most anticipated time of the year is unbelievably over... yes, camp was indeed way tooooooo short.. wish it was longer.. wish i'm still there right now.. everything in camp was great this year.. the rooms, the beds, the bathrooms, the environment, the games, the food and most importantly, the encounter and time spent with God.. the feeling of being able to just pour out your heart for Him is simply indescribable.. that's when you are not ashamed to let your tears keep flowing.. He is indeed my comforter, provider and my strength..

i really enjoyed listening to the speaker.. how the words she said deeply pierced through my heart and made me ponder and i really wanna hear from her again soon..the moment i heard her speak, i wished i've invited some friends but i didn't, cause most of my friends were still facing exams.. and our camp theme is supposed to be pronounced as "car-pei me-nya-na" which means 'seize tomorrow'..the digi coverage at the campsite was really bad but it was good in a way..only then i could focus on what's important even more so i kinda lost contact with the outside world for the past 2 days.. the only sad thing in camp was, i had a seemed-to-be non-existent guardian angel.. sad that he didn't even bother to find out who eunice lee was =( nevermind then, guess he's way too shy since he's new..

overall, youth camp 2009 is A-W-E-S-O-M-E !!!!!! i feel so recharged...

p/s. felt so tired after camp that i only woke up at 11.45am today when my dad called to ask if i wanna have lunch and i was like, 'what?? lunch?? what time is it now?' haha.. guess everything fun comes with tiredness =)

yawns

2009-12-12T03:04:00.003+08:00

it's 3am and i'm still awake... just got the name tags done not long ago.. not complete until it's being laminated.. it's been a while since i last stayed up so late..

i experienced the snap of a guitar string for the first time today.. after three years.. it finally broke.. which means, i shall hesitate no more and get new strings!! thank God it didn't cut my face or anywhere else when it broke..so my guitar has got only 5 strings now..missing the E-string..

my sis and i finally went to watch 2012 on wednesday evening and guess what? the tickets were still selling like hot cakes! we reached there at 6.35pm and bought tickets for the 6.30pm show.. the cinema was filled up to the second row from the front and the miraculous thing was, there were 2 empty seats right in the middle, in the 6th row from the front just nice for the both of us.. that wasn't luck but truly God's grace...the movie was nice but kinda fake though especially the ending.. and i really wonder why there are still so many people watching it when the show's been out for more than a month..

okay, i think my bed's calling me now.. lol.. i'm off to bukit merah tomorrow.. wheee..! time to have some fun.. youth camp's really close too.. and my mind's turning haywire soon.. i have approximately 3 hours or less left to sleep now..

guess that's all for now.. till then !

declaration of freedom 2009...

2009-12-09T00:24:00.005+08:00

exams are finally over, once again.. hard to believe but it's true and i'm so glad it's over.. i'm not sure how well i did.. how sufficient it was for me to pass but at least there's a hope for me to cling on to.. one thing for sure, GOD IS AWESOME ! i felt so helpless this morning.. my head felt empty, couldn't seem to recall anything and i kept praying for His help.. His strength and peace.. it didn't turn out so bad afterall.. not really good but better than i thought it would be.. at least i wasn't clueless..

anyway, forget about exams and it's the time of the year again! the short stress-free break which i get only twice a year.. which means, completely no-studying break cause there's nothing to study.. my mind feels so occupied right now.. anything but studies.. so much to do yet so little time.. i shall list out the upcoming tasks and events for the month of december here :

- preparation of name tags for youth camp
- search for presentation ideas for youth camp
- tidy up my messy room
- 9th - watch 2012
- 10th - out with friends
- 12th - bukit merah
- 13th to 15th - YOUTH CAMP
- 17th - college's scholastic day
- 18th - christmas pot bless
- 19th - college open day - carwash
- christmas choir rehearsal/practice
- 20th - bbq night ( maybe..still pending.. )
- 21st - malaysian studies final exam
- 22nd - going down to seremban to visit grandma
- 23rd - KL
- 24th - choir presentation in heritage hotel..
- 25th - CHRISTMAS
- 26th - coconut shell cave
- bbq with church friends
- 29th - night market
- 30th - badminton
- steamboat
- 31st - watch avatar
- watchnight service in church

guess that's about it for the time being...looks pretty packed and i'm sure there are more to come.. and my precious break will soon be gone..

i can finally have fun with no guilt at all!!

ALL THE BEST to all who are still facing or facing their giants soon !!! with GOD, ALL things are POSSIBLE =)

i came across this beautiful verse today :

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for i will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. - Psalm 42:11 -

that's all for now..till then!

He promises to help you by His Spirit...

2009-12-03T23:18:00.003+08:00

Then i will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you.
-John 14:16-

Have you ever needed help? Of course you have. You may need help right now. All of us need help at some time or another. None of us are immune to the storms of life, but the good news is God sent the Holy Spirit to go with us through these storms. Not only did He come to fill us with power, but He was also sent to help us with each and every trial, each and every temptation, and each and every circumstance.

You may be going through something at this very moment, but you know what? The Holy Spirit is there right now ready and willing to help, even as you read this. In fact, if we will become aware of God's presence in us, there isn't anything that the devil can throw at us that we can't handle. Jesus, the greater one, lives on the inside! Nothing can stop us now! We have victory! He'll help you!

We depend on you, Lord, to help and protect us.
-Psalms 33:20-

The Lord helps them and saves them from the wicked because they run to him.
- Psalms 37:40-

In certain ways we are weak, but the Spirit is here to help us. For example, when we don't know what to pray for, the spirit pray for us in ways that cannot be put into words.
- Romans 8:26-

Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit is in you and is more powerful than the one that is in the world.
- 1 John 4:4-

Taken from : The Promise Bible for Students - Contemporary English Version

came across this whole thing recently and it really struck me in the midst of all the tiredness preparing for the upcoming exams.. i feel so tired of studying right now.. just the thought of it makes me feel sleepy.. kinda been studying for exams since october or november, yet i'm so unprepared.. i know i should just surrender everything to Him.. but i still have doubts.. doubting if i've helped myself enough for Him to help me, for God helps those who help themselves..

FAITH is all i need right now..

my all time favourite verses in times of need :

Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.
- 1 Peter 5:7 -

I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.
- Philippians 4:13 -

that's all for now..till then!

celebrations..movies..memories...

2009-11-28T23:33:00.004+08:00

i'm currently blogging in an almost super sleepy condition but i just want to, before i forget what i wanna blog about.. the past 3 days (including today) had been quite eventful as well as tiring thus equal to no-studying days..

thursday - celebrated a friend's birthday and watched new moon in the evening and guess what happened?? as we entered the cinema, we saw our seats occupied so we approached them and claimed the seats were ours.. we compared our tickets and were surprised to see the seat numbers exactly the same and only realised later that ours was dated on monday (30/11).. the tickets were already torn at the entrance and we didn't wanna watch on monday so we randomly sat somewhere but at the same time worried that we would be shoo-ed from seat to seat in the midst of the movie so somehow we managed to find out which seats were not occupied and ended up sitting right in front, in the second row..it's the first time i've experienced such a thing but oh well, everything has its first time, rite?? so there goes another first time. good thing it wasn't fast moving or anything so it was okay afterall.. and the movie was good.. despite it being slow moving a bit..

friday - met a friend whom i've not seen for exactly two years.. my 4years classmate in secondary school who was my deskmate for 2 years.. and that's none other than inder.. the joy that i felt was indescribable.. i really miss her though.. and she said, 'omg...u're still the same! ' lol.. how we used to talk and talk and talk in class about everything.. teachers and the same "best friends" we shared.. how we, the not so tall ones in class ended up queueing in front or behind each other... how she made me laugh with her evil witch laughter and i doubt i can ever resist laughing seeing that face of hers.. how i often got the last say in whatever senseless debates i had with her.. we only had a short conversation though but i was really overjoyed to see her..

then we celebrated a friend's farewell.. if you have been following my posts, she was the new friend i've mentioned before in a post.. i'm glad my impression of her stayed the same.. she's indeed such a great friend.. the one and only thing which i've gained from malaysian studies class was our friendship and for that i have no regrets taking that subject this semester.. we spent some quality time together in kbox and kenny rogers.. it really doesn't matter where we go and what we do when all you want is a fellowship with a friend.. i know i'm sure gonna miss her too..

saturday - had an early birthday celebration for irene today.. the decided place to eat wasn't opened yet.. no idea where else to go, we waited for about 30minutes to enter.. it was fun too and i'm sure you had a memorable one, right irene??

went to church after that for practice and watched the movie titled "Facing The Giants" during youth service.. we only got to watch the movie halfway through cause the dvd couldn't be played all of a sudden, at the very best scene.. must be evil lucifer at work.. he may be able to stop us from watching today, but it won't be for long.. the other half will be played next week but i guess i'll watch it first.. it's a really good movie, especially for those facing exams or other hardships and fears in life..

guess that's about it regarding the highlights of the week.. i can't believe november is soon coming to an end... 2009 is soon coming to an end too.. i seriously need to study really hard and smart this coming week.. i've got so little time left to study for the upcoming exams.. i need God's strength.. His wisdom and guidance and of course, memory power..

that's all for now.. till then !!

p/s. i've got a big hole in my pocket which can't be sewn till the end of december...

p/s/s. it's another wordy and lengthy post.. will maybe add some pictures when i'm more awake next time..

just another post...

2009-11-23T22:10:00.006+08:00

since i've not been updating my blog with pictures for a long time, here are some pictures captured at Hard Rock Hotel when i went to penang recently.. yes, this is a delayed post..

the HUGE guitar outside the hotel.. not as huge as i thought though.. i expected to see a bigger and nicer one after seeing the newspaper article about it few months ago..

notice the unique design of the windows? looks kinda like the piano keys to me..

and my sole purpose there was to have a picture with the gigantic guitar..still, it was below my expectations..lol..

the beautiful chandelier hung above at the entrance of the hotel..

statues.. ignore the mineral water bottle.. perhaps, statues drink too??

swimming pool right outside the ground floor rooms where ground floor guests get to enjoy the swimming pool facility right at their door step without the need of walking pass the lobby wrapped in towels, dripping wet etc.. super convenient but of course, everything has a price to be paid.. the rates for ground floor rooms are about double the normal room rates..

a statue made in memory of Michael Jackson outside Hard Rock Cafe..

inside Hard Rock Cafe.. yet to dine in =)

as mentioned in the previous post, i've watched the Time Traveller's Wife in queensbay mall and indeed it was really good and the movie made me buy the book after watching it.. i'm not the kind who loves reading but i just wanted to get the book and i wonder when i'll ever read and finish reading it..

i watched Orphan too on the same day in the hotel room ( oh yes, i didn't stay in Hard Rock Hotel incase u thought i did ) and that's another good movie..exciting thriller with interesting and not so predictable storyline

and i've recently watched Disney's A Christmas Carol.. it was good too.. made me feel as if it's christmas already.. it'd be really nice to watch it on christmas day itself..

exams are getting nearer and nearer... so much to study, yet so little time.. or i should say i have about 2 weeks MORE to study, not 2 weeks LEFT to study.. that's what i learned from a tvb drama.. well, it's good to stay positive.. and i really can't believe november's coming to an end..there goes another year...

guess that's all for now..till then!

p/s. my english is seriously deteriorating..oh dear...

inspiration-less

2009-11-07T00:33:00.004+08:00

i think i've seriously lost the blogging spirit for the time being.. seems like there's nothing much to inspire me to blog about recently..yes, so inspiration-less..

if you wanna know how i am, i would say just so so.. preparing for my exams in december but at a snail's pace.. not much feelings towards exams YET.. not too stressed up, not nervous, not worried.. just not YET.. i've been spending extra hours in college for the past few days, broke my own record for leaving college only after 6pm for 4 consecutive days and couldn't stand it anymore on the 5th day.. and the new guard's getting more annoying each day too..

okay, enough of all those moodless stuffs.. i'm gonna spend my weekend in penang..wheeeee....!!! penang, here i come! how i love travelling.. anywhere away from home for a vacation is what i truly enjoy..which means, it'll be a study-free weekend.. but oh well, i'll try to study a little to reduce the guilt level.. hehe..

guess that's all for now..till then!!

p/s. i'm so gonna watch "The Time Traveller's Wife"... hope it's really good..

passion...

2009-10-28T18:03:00.003+08:00

last two days, as i was walking my dog home.. i heard a noise.. barks and sometimes it sounded like the cry of a baby.. then i saw 2 dogs bullying a dog... i only saw from afar.. then a malay man came on his bike and shoo-ed the 2 dogs away.. busybody dad and i, went over to see what happened later (concern actually..haha..) the man told us what happened and i was so touched and moved by his passion for dogs.. not being racist but generally, i think very few malays would rescue a dog.. no offense..

anyway, someone knew the dog's owner and went to look for her and the owner led the poor, badly injured dog home.. i hope she brought the dog to the vet..

nothing much to update lately.. malaysian studies presentation's finally over.. all the effort and trouble for the miserable 5marks.. i was so tensed up until i was actually at the verge of breaking down..yeah yeah, i know.. why bother about the 5marks.. i don't know either.. more troubles are on its way..

guess that's all for now.. till then..!

for the sake of updating...

2009-10-19T23:18:00.002+08:00

here's a little bit of everything again, for the sake of updating..

- celebrated deepavali with school friends as well as college friends for the first time.. when i say celebrated, it means eat, eat and eat..

- got our car back with a new second hand door.. long story and i've got nothing to do with it.. i'm just the victim who's affected by not being able to go around freely.. haha.. anyway, power steerings are bad for driving health.. it makes me suffer when i go back to the normal one.. but it's quite fun though when i get used to it..i mean the power one..

- missed class for the very first time in my college life.. as far as i can remember.. i didn't know there was a change in the timetable.. ahh, who cares..it's just malaysian studies and i heard the lecturer has changed for the worse..oh darn..

- exam fever is yet to come.. i really have no idea how i'm gonna study and pass law.. gotta have more faith and just do my best.. this week's supposed to be a study break week but it feels just almost the same..

- oh yes, came back from my dad's friend's house for deepavali.. yummy curry and super adorable dogs! baby and spotty are so so so cute but i'm too lazy to post their pictures..

this is getting boring and i'm getting sleepier so that's all for now..till then!

it's your day!!

2009-10-12T23:29:00.004+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

to whom it may concern..LOL.. i mean, you.. you know who i mean if you're reading this.. you may not have enjoyed your day today, but i hope you will be able to tomorrow because it's still your day =)

so before the clock strikes 12.. once again, i wanna wish you a very blessed birthday and may God bless you with good health always =)

rest well and get well soon...

one of the worst nights ever...

2009-10-11T23:46:00.002+08:00

had a great time playing badminton with my friends yesterday morning.. went to the salvation army food fair.. church for practice and youth and jusco to do some shopping with my parents.. i was really really tired by night thus went to sleep before 12 thinking i'd be able to have a good night sleep and wake up early the next morning.. it turned out to be the opposite, i got up every one or two hours feeling really sick and lost count of the number of times i threw up..

it feels really bad that when your favourite food is served right in front of you, all your stomach and appetite does is reject it..
i didn't wanna give in to the devil who's trying to stop me from going to church but somehow felt kinda defeated the moment i had to put down the guitar and rushed to the washroom.. slept through the whole afternoon till just now and i'll be off to bed again soon...

facts of life in the college's library..

2009-10-05T19:59:00.007+08:00

in the library..

the day you switch the chairs to get a comfortable seat at a comfortable spot is the day the guard steps in and scolds you for doing so..

the day you forget to bring your student card into the library is the day the guard comes in to check for it..

the moment you rock the chair on two legs is the moment someone steps in and yells at you for doing it..whereas you've been sitting properly for the past one hour..

the moment you attempt to sleep for a while but fails to do so is the moment the guard steps in, sees you and thinks you were sleeping when you've actually been studying for the past one hour..

those were what i've experienced sitting in the college's library, as far as i can remember.. seriously, it happened at the very moment i did it.. the so called perfect timing that the very moment i did it, that's when someone came and saw me.. well i guess that's life.. that's reality.. one bad thing that you've done usually covers the many good things that you've done.. generally, people tend to remember the one bad thing more than the many good things..

guess that's all for now.. till then !

p/s. no malaysian studies for 2 weeks.. wHEeeeEeee!

star of the day...

2009-10-04T00:59:00.003+08:00

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CARMEN WONG!!!

happy birthday carmen !!!!

11 years of friendship.. and of course, still counting.. cameras were not really in trend in school before 2004 so i guess that's why we had no pictures before that.. it's truly a blessing to have you in my life and thanks for always being there, for all the great help through all the years especially in college.. may you be successful in everything you do, be it big or tiny...

HAVE A BLESSED SWEET 19TH BIRTHDAY =)

p/s. i was so blessed with the i-consider-perfect parking lot today at the perfect timing.. when all i did was worried that i wouldn't be able to find a good space and prepared myself to walk a distance, God provided me with the ideal one instantly and that reminded me of how great He is.. and for not getting a summon when i didn't know i had to scratch parking coupons on a saturday afternoon..

p/s/s. this is one of my few birthday dedication posts.. don't get jealous =p for love does not envy..

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

2009-09-27T22:01:00.004+08:00

i've finally watched the play as mentioned in my previous post and it was.....................

superbly AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(if only i can make that word even bigger)

*thumbs up* *thumbs up* *thumbs up* *thumbs up*

i really really really loved it.. it's been a while since i last had a really good laugh watching something but of course, it's not just funny.. the footstool players are really professional.. they act professionally with no professional props nor special costumes yet the message is so clear.. it's my third time watching their different plays and i think this is the best so far..

their next and final stop will be in kuantan on october 3rd so if you have the chance to watch it in kuantan, don't miss it !!

wanna know more about them? check out their official website : Footstool Players

i've been out from morning till night for about 10 hours and i'm so very tired right now.. so i guess that's all for now..

" We love God best when we love each other well." - Steven Curtis Chapman

And now these three remain: FAITH, HOPE and LOVE. But the greatest of these is LOVE.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13 -

p/s. my sane dog is finally back tonight..probably because she was too hungry.. i hope she will remain sane even after tonight.. but that truly made my day as well - she, eating independently..

DO NOT use ur car wiper when attacked by eggs..!

2009-09-26T23:30:00.003+08:00

i received an sms which says :

Don't use your car wiper if you were attacked by eggs.

If you are driving at night and were attacked by eggs, do not operate your wiper and do not spray any water. Eggs mix water becomes milky and block your vision up to 92.5% and you'll be forced to stop by the road side and become the victim of robbers. This is a new technique used by robbers in johor bahru.

so be extra extra careful... the society's really corrupted..

quote from my sis : robbers nowadays are turning scientific...

p/s. haven't been in the blogging mood lately.. nothing seemed to strike me to blog though i had such a great time catching up with high school buddies.. sleepover, dinner, badminton which caused bad muscle aches for the past 3 days, lunch, movie, korean bbq which burned my pocket, yum cha.. they were all AWESOME !!

i always liked the saying which says : true friendship is reached when two friends are comfortable with the silence between them..

p/s/s. looking forward towards the footstool play titled, "crazy little thing called love" tomorrow ! check my facebook status if u got the ticket from me..

no one knows...

2009-09-20T01:02:00.003+08:00

i received a shocking news today in church, over the phone when my dad told me that our opposite neighbour passed away.. the one who lived directly opposite my house.. the one whose age isn't consider an old age.. the one who invites us to his house on the first morning of deepavali every year.. he's not really close to me cause we don't talk much except when i go across during deepavali.. but i do give a smile when i see him outside sometimes..

he died of heart attack at 3pm and when we reached home, there were quite many people outside.. i saw his two sons.. one who is still in primary school if i'm not mistaken.. and one just a few years elder than me.. i wonder if they could take it but they looked really tough and seemed all ok from afar.. i wonder how would his wife be able to accept it.. and his mother too..

makes me wonder each time i hear of a friend's death.. what if it's someone close to me? i often fail to appreciate the people around me though i know one day, i'll surely regret it.. i kept reminding myself.. but i still fail to cherish the people i love.. i know, one day, i too will have to learn to face deaths of people close to me but i just hope it won't be too soon..

no one knows what's gonna happen next.. only God knows, for He has a plan designated for each and everyone of us and He knows best..

check this out :

i guess this video should be a reminder to all of us.. to be grateful with what we have.. the ability to see, hear, and speak..

guess that's all for now..till then!

p/s. had only watermelon for dinner for some reasons.. and felt hungry after 2 hours thus drank milo.. haven't drank the 3 in 1 milo at home since a very long time ago... i wonder what bad can excessive intake of watermelon do to someone??

too many first times in a day...

2009-09-12T23:32:00.007+08:00

it's finally over.. the day i dreaded.. the day which had been bothering me for almost the whole week.. the day which had been so burdening till i couldn't take it anymore but i held on.. and surely, God brought me through..

it wasn't so bad afterall.. led worship in youth for the FIRST time.. shared the message for the FIRST time which was really terrifying just thinking about it.. took over the guitar class for the FIRST time just for today..

wow... it's nothing great that i did all 3 in a day and i'm not trying to boast about what i did for it was all for God's glory.. worship leading is not easy.. it's my first time actually trying to synchronise with the band cause i usually just follow what the worship leader sings.. it's a totally different experience.. gotta really focus and know when to enter and u can't just stop singing whenever u feel like it.. sharing? haven't really spoken in front of a 'crowd' for 2 years already.. and i now know, don't type everything you planned to say onto the powerpoint.. guitar class? i'm not good enough to teach so it was just some basic stuffs the teacher taught me last year and indeed, not as easy as i thought it would be too.. takes more than just a desire to learn..

all in all... i'm still struggling to surrender everything to Him.. still trying to do things with my own strength most of the time.. i know it but i just can't.. i'm still trying.. i know it wasn't good enough because i still tend to hold back a lot...again, i gotta have more faith!

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6

p/s. oh yes, i learned another new thing - kilae maele kilae kilae, kilae kilae.. haha

09/09/09

2009-09-09T00:20:00.002+08:00

it's the so called most auspicious day of the year ! i think.. haha.. i'm not conscious or superstitious about all these but i just wanna blog a post and get a nice time stamp, like everyone.. 09/09/09 which occurs only once in a lifetime.. every single date occurs once in a lifetime in fact just that certain dates looked more special...

the only extraordinary thing happened today which crossed my head is... getting fined for the first time.. for parking my car out of college's boundaries.. there's a "reserved" sign there.. i've never parked there before until last week or 2 weeks back when nothing happened even when i parked the whole day so i thought it would be fine since there were no other nearby parking lots available.. yeah, i admit, lazy-to-walk genes took place.. haha..

i'm really thankful that a friend of mine saw someone putting the notice on my car, nicely handwritten in caps ( which i was tempted to get a picture of it to post it here but was too panicked ) which says no parking and bla bla bla - fine rm50.. what?! 50 bucks? that would be so not worth paying.. i don't really know what happened after that, i moved the car, my friend showed the guard the notice, the guard talked to someone on a bike then nothing happened.. phew..thank God the car wasn't clamped.. i've really learned my lesson.. i won't ever park there again.. i'd rather walk further then to pay 50bucks, obviously..never knew it could be that serious..

and so, this is the reason to my latest facebook and msn status which says : ONCE bitten, TWICE shy, THREE TIMES a fool.. i won't do it again...

till then !!

p/s. i have a confession : i cheated to get this time stamp.. it's actually Sept 10th, 1.39am now.. i forgot the significance of blogging on the 9th till just now so the time stamp is adjusted.. hehe.. i sacrificed, i mean delayed some sleep time which means i'll wake up even later tomorrow.. indeed, everything has a price to be paid..

p/s/s. so much to do.. so much in mind.. mind feels so tensed up.. so lazy and tired as well.. i don't want saturday to come but at the same time wanna get it over quick..

p/s/s/s. oh yes, there goes a few more first times of mine - first time being fined (related to driving i mean), first time cheating on the time stamp and first time having a "p/s/s/s" on my post..

clueless and frustrated....

2009-09-08T23:09:00.005+08:00

my dog has got an issue recently.. for about 2 weeks or more.. i don't know what's wrong with her.. she wants me or my sis or both of us to accompany her during her meal times.. she expects us to sit right next to her every time she eats, or at least stand there like pillars and watch her finish her food.. she leaves her food unfinished as soon as she realises we left her.. i should probably call that mental issue or psychology problem.. sometimes, it's because of lightnings and thunders or fireworks outside (which is normal for her to get terrified) but other times, there really isn't anything outside..

oh dear..if and only if i understand dog language.. i can't be accompanying her during all her meal times for the rest of her life and i really don't wanna get her pampered.. i'm really clueless of what to do.. i've given her a cold shoulder throughout the whole of today and i'll try to do the same tomorrow hoping she would understand why i did it.. i sometimes feel like breaking down seeing her like that.. it's so frustrating.. tonight, she didn't touch a single bit of her rice because she was so terrified by the faraway thunder sound, not even when i softly asked her to her bowl.. all she did was watch me from under the car.. it's like i have to beg her to eat the food i prepared for her..

save me from this misery... is she sick or what?? but it's not as though she has no appetite to eat.. i'm really clueless.. all i can do now is just pray that she would be fine again.. i guess prayer is the only remedy now.. that's all for now.. till then..

OH MY DEAR, DEAR, "PRINCESS"... WHEN WILL YOU EVER EAT JUST LIKE BEFORE AGAIN??

misery..observed by a police...new place and a new friend found..

2009-09-02T22:57:00.008+08:00

do you know what's the most miserable thing in my life right now? it's the fact that i'm studying history again and it really stinks.. the lecturer gave us an open-book quiz today.. he only gave us really brief notes and good thing my sis has the text book so i borrowed it from her.. there were 2 essay questions which required not less than 500 words EACH which means 1000 words within 1 hour 30 minutes. i did think it was possible but of course it wasn't.. i read the question, opened the book and i wasn't even sure what to copy.. thank God i met a new friend and she helped me.. the quiz started at 2pm, due at 3.30pm but i only managed to submit it at 4pm.. the question paper did say that if we fail to fulfill the requirements or hand in more than 10 minutes late, 2.5marks will be deducted.. this quiz carries 10% for the finals.. 50 marks per question, which means, i am left with 7.5% = 75 marks.. and i just realised that i forgot to write my student id number on my answer script.. darn.. how many more marks gone, i don't know but it's disappointing and somehow bothered me when i was driving though it is so not important.. i've tried to put in so much effort yet i got penalised at the point i handed it in..

it's been a long time since i last wrote so many malay words in 2 hours.. a malay essay.. since spm about 2 years ago..wow.. i couldn't write 500 words for the second question though due to time constraint and clueless of the answer..my answer script was only 1 piece of narrow lined test pad, front and back..enough to fit 500 words in one page..the second page was only half or three quarters filled up.. history has been my enemy since standard 5 when kajian tempatan had some history elements in it.. i already knew history is not for me.. i battled with it, struggled through till spm, bid farewell and i so hate to meet it again now.. i just can't bear to study history anymore but i have to try my best to put away this hatred for the next few months..

as i was on my way to fetch my sis from college, i stopped at a traffic light which just turned red..first in line..it's a cross junction and i knew it would take some time for the light to turn green so i quickly sms-ed my friend to tell her that i've left college and when i put my phone aside, guess who was outside staring at me?? a traffic police !!! on his motorbike..OOPS..! i quickly looked away, act all focused on the road, worried he would fine me..thank God he just sped off when the light went green.. phew.. huge relief.. i wonder if sms-ing when the car is stationary at the traffic light is a road offence? my dad said it's not when the car is stationary.. then the police must have hoped i continued sms-ing when the car moves and that for sure will never happen..for now at least? i really don't unless i need to and that's when the car's stationary..

back home, my sis and i decided to go for a jog in polo ground cause i realise i really need to exercise.. wanted to play badminton, but no shuttlecocks..then my bro suggested we should go to a field nearby which we weren't really sure where.. so off we went.. me,sis and crystle-my dog..took quite a number of wrong turnings..made big rounds and we finally found the place..a really nice place with a jogging/cycling track, playground and gym-like equipments.. wow..!! it's my first time seeing colourful gym-like equipments just like the swings and slides in the playground but they're really exercising equipments..

crystle released some poop while she was chained somewhere on the grass.. a lady was there looking so my sis quickly grabbed a small plastic bag from the ground to pick it up while i went to get some tissues from the car and remembered there were no more tissues in the car so i took the maxis broadband brochure which had been lying on the dashboard since pc fair..tapao-ed the poop and threw it into the dustbin.. it's my first time tapao-ing my dog's poop..haha..anyway, i now know where to lose some fats.. a lot i mean.. haha.. a much more convenient place to go to..

back to the new friend i've mentioned.. some people, they're just so easy to be good friends with while some will always be the hi-bye friend.. i met this new friend, she's so nice,helpful and friendly and i'm excited to be closer friends with her.. and i'm really happy to know that she's a christian too cause i don't really get to meet christian friends in college except those in cf..she has a totally different background compared to mine and i feel blessed as i listened to her story..and i hope i won't regret being friends with her one day because i've met a few whom, after knowing them for a period of time, i stepped back because i felt i should and i think i tend to mix with the wrong people..i hope and i believe it won't happen this time though.. well, at least i gained something through pengajian malaysia class - a new friendship which made it more worthwhile for me to attend the classes..

i tried to keep this short but there's just too much in mind..different colours indicate different events..it's ok if you didn't read it cause i will read it again someday.. that's all for now.. till then !!

p/s. everyone knows i LOVE tweety and everyone knows i HATE history..

Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father...

2009-08-31T22:45:00.005+08:00

nothing much to update about lately so i'll just post this really old song which caught my attention recently after watching x factor (i think it's my first time hearing it).. the guy sang it really well.. it's a pretty meaningful song..

Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross

and i really love the video below :

i'm not allowed to embed the x factor video so here's the link to it : Click Here

p/s. getting lazier by the day.. trying my best to kick of my laziness.. there goes another week.. another couple of hours of misery in pengajian malaysia for the next two days..oh, and i love the cold weather =)

p/s/s. oh yes ! and i'm into watching x factor all of a sudden.. hehe.. but i still prefer britain's got talent which of all ages and a wider variety of talents..

another first time, another achievement..

2009-08-24T23:25:00.002+08:00

i finally drove an automatic car.. ALONE.. today.. hehe..feels like an achievement though cause i actually had to learn the functions of P,R,D and N harder than learning what's 1 to 5 and R on the manual gear.. sounds dumb, i know.. who needs to learn how to drive an automatic car right? i do, and i'm not ashamed of it cause i feel proud to be a manual driver.. not boasting.. just proud..

the auto car i drove has a power steering too and i so don't wish to be pampered by the gear and the steering..it's much wider, more spacious, narrower view of the back which means, more blind spots!! thus, more concentration needed which leads to increase in loss of energy..LOL.. anyway, it's fun but i still prefer driving the old junk which i've always driven..

guess that's all for now.. there goes another "first time" which i consider an achievement.. hehe..till then !!