Bad Hair Day Alert

Warning: Read from marked indicator if you wanna skip readin all my complaints.

Beijing is my home for the last time this trip round. Went to Xi Dan yesterday and got conned! Some dude pulled me over to some hair dresser shop and started saying all sortsa stuff bout how they were having a promo activity and he wud tell me how style and take care of my hair. Since alone and bored with much time to kill, I thought why not.

He blabbled a while and asked me to head to the other side so he sud give my hair a wash. Asked him personally whether he was gonna cut my hair like three times n he sed no since I wanted to keep it long. He started snipping my hair afterwards n i thought watever lah, my mop-like hair needed a trim anyways. He was nice and started askin wher I was from n stuff. Friendly I was till he wanted to perm my hair. The poof type on top and straight beneath - the Ah Lian type I wud assume.

I demanded for the price which he kept persuading me to do so then look at the price. Suspicion crept in then. Insisting till he did, when he showed me the price did I realize ok this is getting too far.

555 Yuan! Expect me to pay 555 Yuan for a perm and turn my hair Ah Lian, Id rather die. So much of a how to keep my hair talk. It turned into a talkback show. I insisted my way and he insisted his. I've got enuf when he started critisicing me. This girls onli 18 and she's still immature, shudn go around telling ur a Msian cos of this, you look more like you come from the Sixth Ring area (Beijing counts their areas by rings, the outer the rings the further away it is fromt the city) This is what you get when ur friendly in China..

WTH?

Demanded him to take off watever was on my head and that was it. So much of being friendly to start with. Askin me to show off my new hairdo from Beijing (this was before the whole debate), I sure will. When someone asks, what happened to ur hair?! Will kindly let them know a Beijing shop in Xi Dan did it. Pfffttt

Complains stop here.

My mood was gone to shop for the night but somethin kept me feeling guilty. Before I stepped foot in dat crazzee shop which was crazee bout conning ppl and their money plus spoil ppls mood, I lined up for bubble tea where an aunty came up to me and begged for money. All I had was notes in hundreds and I just acted dumb and kept quiet hoping she wud leave me alone. She didnt so I did. Went to a store two doors down instead.

So many stories of beggars who steal ur wallet after you give them some money, using money for cigarettes and beer and so forth. It was probably -5 degrees or more then and I don't even know whether the aunty had enuf clothes on to keep her warm. What if, just what if she really needed the money? The thing is, you'd never know whether she does.

I felt bad but didn't know how to. 100 notes din help.

Decided to get myself a hotdog to munch on on my way back. Wud be nice since it was freezing cold anyway. As I was about to pay, another aunty beggar came up to me. I asked her whether she wanted one and she nodded. Buying someone a hotdog has never been this rewarding man. She kept thanking me and sat down on a railing nearby, smilling while she munched away.

Satisfied, I passed through the same row of shops I got my bubble tea from as I head for the train station. The same aunty I saw the first time was still ther begging. Went up and asked whether she wanted anything to eat. Got her what she wanted, some pita bread like thingy and left. She happy, I happy :)

Money spent buyin them food is way better than paying it for da crazee barber. Summore have to waste my breath to get out.

Still ain't know where money for beggars go to, but at least I know two had something for their stomachs that night.

Signin off: Pictures of the Aus trip shall come SOON :)

Packing...*yucks*

Untill now, I still don't understand how Kenneth can fit EVERYTHING he has in one big suitecase whereas after filling up three boxes, not even half of my things are packed!

*packing blues*

Signin off: Can I just not move?

Physics 101

Stress = Force / Area

Since the area of the brain is not that big, therefore the force per unit area will be larger aka more stress over a certain force compared to something with a bigger area. Stress is perpendicular (Correction: I meant proportional..Really (: ) to strain.

Strain = Change in length / Original length

Strain is the measure of deformation per unit length caused by an applied force (stress). More stress, more force, more change in length, more strain.

When stress is over strain, this is what we call Young's modulus.

Stress / Strain = Young??


I think not.

Thoughts in my head : Tendency to ignore's back. Effective yet not good. Na, help!

Relationships

To know what it's like to be in a relationship with another person, it takes you to

1. Say Yes to the relationship
2. Step into the "relationship circle"

Understanding it as an outsider outside the circle is possible, but never will you really have a taste of its joy, kodak moments, tears, hurt and even heartbreak that comes along with.

A relationship with God is not much different. We can stand by as spectators, watch and admire what is inside the "relationship circle" and yet not know what experiencing a relationship with God really is like. Stories of miracles happening, lives touched all seem pretty amazing but all these stays as that.

The steps are the same. A relationship with God requires you to

1. Say Yes to the relationship
2. Step into the "relationship circle"

Saying yes is the easier bit, but sadly enough, many of us after saying Yes still stand at the edge of the circle, occasionally reaching a left foot or right hand into the "relationship circle". What's worse is that you may be comfortably standing at the edge of the circle for years and don't even realize so.

Being at the edge is not bad, but it just means that you're missing out - missing out on experiencing what a relationship with God has to offer first hand. Big big difference from a second hand experience~

Maybe you're at that stage where you've said Yes to God and yet after so many years of saying Yes, you still have never experienced God in one way or another. I'm not talking about the experiences of God of other people, I'm talking about YOU experiencing Him for yourself. If that's you, time to look down and check whether you're standing at the edge of the "relationship circle".

I urge you, friends, to commit your whole self into the "relationship circle" when it comes to God and let Him be in control. Why?? and What for??? you may ask.

Here's what I think. Boy-girl relationships can promise you the whole wide world and yet most of the time leave you in shattered pieces, sometimes even more broken than you think you could ever be. A Godly relationship may seem unimportant at this stage of life yet it is one that picks up the shattered pieces of your life and in turn promises you new life -an eternal one in heaven.

God did not promised that along with having a relationship with God is a smooth and problem free life ahead. What He has promised is that everything that is happening is in His plans and when tough times come, we can rely on Him.

Footprints in the Sand

One night I dreamed I was walking
Along the beach with the Lord

Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand

Sometimes there were two sets of footprints
Other times there were one set of footprints

This bothered me because I noticed that
During the low periods of my life when I was

Suffering from anguish, sorrow and defeat
I could only see one set of footprints

So I said to the Lord, " You promised me,
Lord that if I followed You,
You would walk with me always."

But I noticed that during the most trying periods
Of my life there had only been
One set of prints in the sand

Why, when I needed you most
You have not been there for me

The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.

During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints
It was then that I carried you."

Experience God's goodness yourself and be sure to want to come back and have more of it. The joy along with it is simply indescribable (agree with William) and maybe thats why missionaries can work way past their retirement age and yet want to continue with more (agrees with Nana).

Why not give it a go?

"Taste and see that the LORD is good.
Blessed is the person who takes refuge in him."
Psalm 34:8

Signin off: Love love

What keeps me going..

Sayin goodbye and farewell to

CHEMISTRY o3November2008

ELACS o5November2008

CALCULUS o6November2008

SPECIAL ABILITY TEST o7November2008

and probably not seeing them ever in my life again!!!

It's true , been updating lots on my spiritual life lately and not so much on my "physical" life :) Eheks.. Here's where I'm at for now. Two more papers and I'm done with college once and for all! Wheee~

Below are some pics of what I did when I was super worried bout my STAT (special ability test) yesterday. I believe I enjoy my ability to do this so much more than havin to sit for that test...sitting out in the sun and snapping away.

Spot the difference!!

It's da same flower lah :)

Btw, 2008 seems to be the year of countless graduations! Or maybe it just means I mix around with older friends :) Haha Super duper many of my friends here are graduating from Uni!! Even my dearest amu is as well! Can't wait to fly over and see you in the robe and hat and take lots of pictures! Something to look forward to!!!! *Excited*

For those who are graduating or already graduated this year,
Congratulations and smile cos ur journey in Uni has finished and a new chapter is awaiting whereas mine hasn't even started!

~ All the best of what's ahead graduates! :)

Signin off: Praying hard I'll be able to get into uni.

Coffee?? *ZzzZzzz*

Decaf coffee?? *snores even louder*

I think I'm showing symptoms
of a coffee addict.

More of You

Everyone has a testimony to tell but God never said that they cannot be similar! Hearing what he had to say was like listening to my own story repeated in his words. Encounter after encounter I have been hearing and reading testimonies that just leave me in complete awe.

[Indescribable - Chris Tomlin]

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

[Till I see You - Hillsong United]

I will live to love You
I will live to bring You praise
I will live a child in awe of You

While studying for tomorrow...

I came across this! It's what John Aspinall had to say while travelling to Coolgardie (a gold mining town in WA)

Dust and sands keep blowing into all the 'tucker' (food)
and you are continually grinding it between your teeth.
Another feature of the country is the presence of flies...
they fly into your mouth, promenade all over your face,
buzz into your ears, and keep rushing into your eyes
until you nearly go mad.

Eww? Hehee this fly kept me entertained for a while when I was in Yu Lin at daddee's desert work place.. So need to give it some appreciation :)

I can smell summer already and its gonna be dat time of the year where the flies are buzzing! So much of a white Christmas *grins*

Signing off: Stop being a fly!

I also wanna go!

Was gonna post up another post before this but find it quite meaningless so that shall just sit in my saved posts for now :)

The moment I read this from Keane's blog, it reminded me of the reflection card I wrote yesterday. Throughout this year, God has been really showing me the need of His love among people, even those that are right beside us.

Then I came across and read this post from Nana's blog and am startin to wonder whether God is trying to get something through to us. The fact that the same thing keeps repeating itself is kinda wierd yet interesting :)

I remembered someone asking me whether I will go into missions in the future. I don't know but if God calls, I want to. Praying that when the call is there, I will follow.

One thing's for sure. The need is there and even right where we are at whether we realize it or not. It does not have to be someone whose halfway across the world, famished and has no money at all. Missions can be right at your door! What about the neighbour whose experiencing the brokenness of family? Or even a friend who just needs a listening ear and yearn for something more than the emptiness of life?

Many a times, we just get so caught up with the rat race of life that we treat the rat race as life. Is there more to life than just this?

Matthew 9:37-38
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field."

Signin off : To certain someone, stop trying for it will not work. Esther is determined not to do the same mistake ovr again

*sulks* Gonna be facing my results in like 15 minutes! Nooooooooooo..my nightmares are coming true

Signin off: Stress shall be my fren for a while

Sore Arms

Hurting arms and sore muscles after lugging 2 bottles of 3 litre juice home. Self sacrifice for my tempted tummy :)

Summore that was when Nana was driving around my house back in Miri! Sometimes, just sometimes, I wish that:

1. I could be driving
2. Be a guy with strong muscles or
3. Have a guy who cud help me do all the carrying!

Lols, either or will be good.

Signin off: Stressssed

Randomness

All my life, I've never gotten a first when it comes to academics! The closest I've gotten was a second? Haha and that's like way back on my first test I've sat for in Primary 1, one that I vividly remember, probably cos it's the only better result I have.

For quite some time, my laptop here has been bugged by I have no idea what - a bug? a worm? a spy? I'm clueless when it comes to computers. Too many terms to come about knowing. Anyways, cut the story short, my lappy woudn't allow me to click on a link that I google search for peacefully. It redirects me to other site, anything but the one I want to look at.

Thankfully I had Dr Lemon Chang around to cure its sickness. After soo long was that finally fixed, I came home and did a random google search of my name to make sure everythings up and running ok. This was when I came across here, a Canning College(the skul Im at) newsletter for representatives and agents. Curiousity brought me to click on the link.

My name was under one of the two Yr 11 Scholarship. Now was I puzzled, for almost a whole year of doing Yr 12, I never knew this was there! All I recalled was being quite dissappointed when my result slip came end of last year and all it said was congratulations for being one of the top tens. I hoped for more, but that was the only letter that ever came through.

Mustering up my courage, I went and asked about it. Awkward man!! Told the International Office about it and truly enough the scholarship exists!! The lady searched through my files and confirmed that because I payed full fees for my tuition fees, they were going to refund whatever the amount the scholarship states! Soo cool!!!

I could have never done it and gone through last year without God and having Him place people around me to help keep me disciplined when it comes to studying. People like Li!! :) I thank God for you gurl!

May this lil story be an encouragement to both you, yes YOU and me that it is in God we find strength!

In this period of exams, may we hold on to His promises.

When the tasks in life seems impossible and life is giving you lemons, make some lemonade!

(as quoted from Fredda's blog)

Make sure you look in the right direction for strength!

"For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need"

(Philipians 4:13)

N whatever the result may be, this is not the end people. It is merely the beiginning! More faith? More time? More studying? Whatever the thought might be, to God be the glory forever and ever! Amen :)

Signin off: All the best!

Examss are hours away!

Somehow, I don't know how, I seem to be blogging most during exam time!!! Procrastination, please dissappear from my dictionary for now!! I beg you to poof!

God, grant me the strength I need to stay awake. Pray for Your wisdom to help me understand what I'm studying. Pray for dilegence to know what to focus on. Lord, help me see what I'm studying is for Your glory. I pray that in the end it will give You glory!

Stress where are you?? I'm supposed to be stressed!!!

Signin off: Sleepless nights and pimples, again I say hello to you

Drummer girl!

"Suppose to be studying" became much of my usual procrastination. But today was an enjoyable day I would say :) Chatting, eating lunch and meeting up people around Curtin Uni and acting like I'm part of the Curtin students. I think one thing that distinguish me from them is my super fluorescent pink backpack which is further exagerated with my pink wolly sweater! Hahaa No one can be worse than that man. I look like a pink panther whose lost its way from the filming studio. :P

My name was on the list as a back-up singer for OCF this week and I was pretty excited as it was something I havent done in ages. Literally AGES!! Kinda miss it actually. I'm usually on drums and I thought that wud be nice for a change.

Came to realize there wasnt much a change. Turned out there were two backups and no drummer :) Lols So I played. Loved it loved it loved it! Nothing feels better than grabbing a pair of drumsticks (not the edible type) and bang on drums! Love it more with Patrick with his cool ideas around.

The whole practice session felt like a gym session for me. It did not take very long for me to be stinky again. Yours is the Kingdom - is a song thats the ultimate calorie burning song man! Nontheless, I enjoyed every bit of it (Ok..maybe not the bit when the pedals weren't working). Guess the best wud be still being able to Praise God with these noises I make from banging. After all, who wud I be without You.

Thank you daddee papa God!

Signin off : Siong needs sleeep!

LC Retreat

I'm so suppose to be studying but who can stop posting about His greatness :) Lols Had LC Retreat last week, basically a retreat where the LC (local committee of OCF) come together for a retreat to discuss and plan for the year ahead.

Ours was at Willy's place this year round and being able to enjoy God's creation and at the same time sit still to listen to His voice was just amazing!!!

Lots of brainstorming were done within those few days and I believe coming up with the theme was one of the toughest. The funny thing was, each of us had ideas that were running along similar lines - on faith, confidence in Christ and equipping ourselves with the amour of God and reaching out. We had a few doubts on how faith can be a difficult topic to tackle and basically we had all these ideas but it was all a blur - this was Saturday night.

We were all pretty tired that night but prayer before that was just so enjoyable. One of our prayer was that God will refresh us by Sunday service the next day and lead us wherever He wants to lead us as we were pretty tired already then. Guess what? God did so alright, more than we could ever ask for.

My Sunday service experience started quite wierd for me in a way. We have never been to Every Nation Church before (except Willy) and we were already sweeping and cleaning up the hall in a primary school preparing it for service beforehand. I would say it really gave a feeling that we're part of the family in Christ even if it means we never met before.

They were a small congregation made up of probably 5 families mainly from Philipines and South Africa. I instantaneously fell in love with this kid whose around 4 or 5 from the Philipines, he was just simply adorable!!!!! Half the congregation were about the knee height and the other half were adults. One family even drive a nearly 3 hour drive from Bunbury just to come to church, leaving at 7am when the service starts at 10.This routine happens week after week :)

The service started with someone volunteering to start the service with an opening prayer and the pastor going up and reading the 3 titles of songs they were going to sing for that day. I was kinda confused at first to admit. They never had a worship leader in front nor did they have any musicians on stage. How and where would the worship songs come from???

The answer? A CD playing on the Cd player and an OHP projector to project the words for us to sing from. However sequence the Cd played, thats how many times they sang the verse and chorus and bridge. The funny thing was, worshipping God never felt so real.

It was now sermon time and Pastor Francco went up. Even with the title of his sermon, all of our jaws drop wide open.

Living the Life of Faith

Exactly what we have discussed! Even the key verses that we were looking at was exactly the same ones pastor used! Coincidence? I would believe it was God working. Pastor Francco actually only decided what he wanted to speak on that very Thursday before. Pastor spoke to us after the service and with the expressions we had during his sermon, he actually thought we were disagreeing with him or something. All 4 of us LC just had the shocked look as each of us were in awe. I believe boths side were super touched when we shared about it as pastor Francco himself had no clue what we were planning on and we on the other side had no clue what message he was going to speak on. It left most of our side with tears in our eyes as God really felt so real. It was as if He was standing right in front of us and leading our steps, assuring each step we take.

One word for what happened:

AMAZING!

However small that the congregation was, I find it was a meaningful one. It was one where you can see the genuinity of the Pastor and his burning passion to live for God according to God's rules and not his.

Btw, I fell in love with this fellow too. Her name's Salty, a fat cuddly cat who kinda sounds lik she has a sore throat when she tries to meow but that doesnt make her any less adorable!! :) She was sleeping with me on the bed one night :P


These are the four of us and hope that you can continue praying for us that we will continue reflecting the fact that its not about us but about God!! :)

I loved the way Max Lucado put it.

When God looks us and heaven's stagehands direct the spotlight towards the star of the show, I need no sunglasses as no light will fall on me.

Signin off: It's not about me

Changes

So long since it was last ever the same
Changes are everywhere
Looking at it is shocking
As the past still seem ever so real

I'm glad that many things are over
And yet I wish some could last forever
From breaking my heart into a million pieces
To letting me see the power of Your glory

Reminiscing the past
It was 18 years since my first breathe
and You've been leading my steps
through my joy and tears

Placing all my hurt in Your hands
Placing all the people I hurt in Your hands
Placing all that I am in Your hands
As in Your loving arms I belong

I want to glorify You
help me do so my Lord

Signin off: Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord..

OCF News

Love da video :) One used for today's OCF (Overseas Christian Fellowship) meeting!! Loved Mr Ow's acting! Haha, we basically laughed through his announcement hiaks..Happee watching!!! :P

I should really tell ya more on Missions Day where we go out and help families or individuals in crisis in need. It was such an amazing experience lo. You know how when we as christians think of missions, we'll most probably think of places that are a few thousand kilometers all the way in Thailand or some other country. It really stuck me that missions could be right next door.

We went as a team under YWAM (Youth With a Mission). After splitting into smaller groups,each group were assigned a house to help at. We went to this single mother's house where she fractured her ankle and she has 5 kids ranging from 1 years old to 18 years old.

It was really a tough time for her as she couldn't really do much chores in the house as she wasn't able to move about properly. All we did was come in with some tools, help clean what we can and fix up a bit of her garden. I think what made the trip significant was the prayers we had for her on our way there in our cars. Cleaning had never been so fun before!! Like what Cheryl mentioned, its like whatever's thrown at you or however dirty it can be, we weren't worried bout it and in turn go OK, lets get this cleaned!! :)

The lady's kids lovely and doing things around the house that I never did at that age. One of the girls who are probably around 9 or 10 was carrying her 1 year old sister and making sure she didn't cry whereas when the mother said she wanted coffee, 1/2 sugar and... the 12-year old boy just left what he was doing and went and boiled water and made the perfect coffee for his mum. He was helping me clean his brother's room by the way. He has really big eyes which he said won him a few awards for having the biggest eyes for an Aussie. :P

The family was just such a happee family to work with and you can see how thankful they were for us to come by. We did not manage to make everything sparkling clean but results from helping out for that few hours were instant as rooms and the kitchen are cleaner, gardens have less weeds and so forth. I believe it was an eye opening yet rewarding experience that if you put anyone in our shoes to be able to help out these people and see results happen in front of your eyes would feel the same way as well.

Okies, this is all from me this time :) Back to studies....and dim sum later with WC com :P Heheee

Signin off: Yummmmmyy

Faith

I need faith
God, help me have faith
I do believe
Help me overcome my unbelief
I surrender whats ahead
Into Your mighty hands
God, take charge of my life

I'm lovin it! Yeah~

Today's been great! Loved it!!! Wait..wat's even shocking is that I'm actually blgging after all these while!! Haaha :) Sowee readers! Dun expect much from this log for the next couple of months. The reason's simple: I need to figure out my future and I need good enough grades to do so. Gonna be counting upon God here! :)

Anyways, lets go back to today. Was able to meet Li and Lemon today after a whole month of not seeing them. Wanna guess where we went for lunch?????

IKEA

Yes, we actually went all the wy to Ikea to have lunch and believe it or not it was the first time in my life that I've actualy stepped foot into an Ikea. Being from a small "kampung", it was no wonder that I acted like a sakai. I was literally like a child who was going to the Toy store - all happee and all :) Heheeee Maybe that's why I'm looking into studying a course in Uni related to kids, ya think? :P Hiaks

All these while, Ive always seen like catalogues on Ikea and loved da stuff but never had a chance to go to one. Well, now that I do, totally loved da place man! Haha I must sound like a maniac now. :) Food there was lovely and fresh, din have my camera with me so too bad .. Can't show da food off. Summore coffee was $1.95 and free flow! Wher can ya get that here in the expensive land of Perth! Muahaaha

I bought like finger puppets cos I thought they will be great props for teaching Sunday school. Was playing with them at the train station :) Agree that Im childish yet? Lols

Anyways, these few days made me realize how small Perth actually is. Practically knew like half the people in bus when heading home just now, summore mostly they're ppl I know from Miri. It's amazing!! It made me miss home quite a bit.

Yesterday made me miss home even more! We had OCF Freshies Welcome and the place was packed with students!! It was a pot bless and everyone brought a dish along and guess what? The dishes were so Malaysian/Singaporean style that it really felt like I was back home. It felt like one of the freshies welcome that Uncle David organizes for Curtin Miri.

Well, I enjoyed myself heaps and when I went along with papa Ben to drive Wen Hui home(quite a long ride which was just what I felt like), it made me miss my family when we drive aroud in the rain lo. You see, its very rare to see super heavy rain, or maybe storm as u will call it, like that of the ones you see in Malaysia, here in Perth and yesterday night was one of the rare nights. It poured down like cats and dogs and we were warmly sitting in the car, chatting all the way. Man, I miss home!!

Ok ok, I'd better stop writin before ur sick of my mssing home stories!! Heheee heading of to Mummy Ho's place tonight to sleep over. More fun ahead!! Wohooo~ Love it

Signin off: Yes Im happee :)

Notice

The blogger of this blog is currently unavailabe. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Complaints shall be attended by my pile of textbooks for now. The current blogger is expected to be back by next week.

Thank you for your patience.
It's a great virtue ya know~ :)

Signin off : Muahaahaa Buzzee buzz buzzz buzz..Holday..please come faster!

Dundeedumm dumm

Popped by at the State library to study with Li today. I reached there first and purposely chose the floor that was labelled "science and MUSIC" This was my first time going into the library library itself. The last time we went there was to borrow the toilet :)

The atmosphere there's pretty nice. Anyways, man was i blown away by the books they had for music. Lots of scores and choral music and so on. *drools* Orchestra scores.. choir scores!! I think it would be heaven for Marcus, considering how hard he goes around just looking and trying to buy them for St. Co's band in Miri. Lols I'm definitely popping back ther and have a nice super close look at them after exam. Maybe check out some other hobby books as well :)

Studying today was satisfying as during intervals I had buble-o-tea and a drum magazine in my hands to run through!!

I miss this baby of mine!

Signin off : Sunday school helper tomolo :) Highlihts e week~

*Scratches head*

How I wish I could be flying to somewher and have a good rest..Be it Beijing, Malaysia.. anywhere!

Pening kepala looking at my probability questions. Exam stress is killin me.

Ps. Cow editted da 2nd pic..Simply lovely

Signin off : I want a vacation!!! Not pimples growing here and there. Can't wait to fly off.. Meeting mummy + daddy + cow will make me happee

I guess Im not perfect~ *complaint shatters my thoughts*

Autumn or winter?

Beautiful autumn leaves caught my eyes as I stepped in school and reminded me of a wonderful creator we have. Creation has always left me in awe. You can just look a smallest flower, and wonder in amazement how delicately it was all put together - every shade of colour on each petal to the finest lines that our eyes can see.

It's been a while since I last blogged and Ive got heaps to blog about but there's simply no time. Busy doing things here and there (not exactly shool work) but my week had been an interesting one. Helping out in sunday school...sausage sizzles...birthday party.. :P

Friday night at OCF (Overseas Christian Fellowship), a pastor came in and talk about apologetics, nothing to do with apologising, but more of how to defend ones faith. He came up with a lot of practical ideas of how we, as students, can answer some of the questions thrown at us. Different religions was something we discussed about as well.

Some conclusions we came up with...

1. Religions are NOT all the same. Some has one god, some has many gods. Ask a muslim whether what he believes in is the same as a christian, he'll clearly tell you no. They believe in Allah and Christians believe that Jesus is the only way. Religions are different from one another.
2. Sincerity in faith does not equal truth. One can be very sincere in believing in what they believe in but it does not mean thats the truth. One can be sincerely wrong.
3. Don't focus on winning the argument, win the person over for God.

To me, the things that he said seemed pretty useful but I also believed that in reality, there would'nt be much times where I can really apply it. I believe any other peron would agree that sharing to another person about Christianity is not necessary the easiest thing to do. Starting the conversation about God is not an easy task either.

Again, something that I sincerely believed in proved that I was sincerely wrong :) God works in the most amazing ways.

It was a Saturday morning and I was running late! I was suppose to meet Su Lin in the city at 8:45am and I only opened my eyes at 7:45. Everything was blurry then.

My journey takes around 40mins of walk and train and reluctantly, I dashed around my house, grabbed something to munch and headed off groggily only at 8am. I was on my way to a meeting.

Most of my Saturday mornings these days were spent with this group of people, the OCF Winter Camp committee. After meeting for months and working together planning for Winter Camp, they are now quite dear to me. Here's our family portrait, front view and back :P

Anyways, let me go back to where I was. Surprisingly, I caught the train without much wait and reached the city around 8:30.

Taking the longest route possibe to kill time, I strolled my way to the Red and Yellow Cat stop beside Myers, where Su was gonna pick me up. (In Perth, we have free buses called city cats that bring you around the city) It started pouring then but I couldn be bothered and didnt want a wet umbrella in my bag. Got a lil soaked as I walked over to the cat stop.

Cold, wet and alone I sat at the bus stop and waited. Was bored and started playing games on my phone. It was then that a man came over and hailed a bus. The bus din stop as it was a cat stop and not a bus stop.

"I've catched a thousand buses and I missed this one." the man said.

"They don't stop here, this is a red and yellow cat stop." I replied and explained that he would have to walk down the street to the old bus port to catch one.

I thought this was the part where he walks on and I continue with my game playing but obviously not. He sat himself down comfortably beside meon the bench. Knowing me, this will be the time when fear creeps in.

I WAS scared and the plan of going off somewher for a while was all over my mind. After all, Su was coming late and that seemed like a brilliant idea. My thoughts drifted away as a conversation started.

"Where are ya heading to?" He asked.

Trying to keep things discrete, I answered the simplestest ans I could give.

"I'm going for a meeting, and you?"

The funny thing was, I felt comfortable talking to this guy. Mid 20s, caucasian, scruffy hair, dressed casually. It din felt like he was some dodgy fellow.

"I'm heading to (some place). I just got a new job." He said with a beaming face.

"That's great!"

"Yeah, what sort of meeting are ya going to?"

"OCF Winter Camp"

"Cool, a camp. What's OCF?"

"Overseas Christian Fellowship."

"Oh so your chrstian are you?"

"Yeah, and yourself?"

"My family's christian and all...but me.. Im not into these stuff."

Riiing..Riiing... Will called.

"Can I tell you a story?"

I was a bit nervous when he said that. I had no idea what sort of story he was going to come up with but how bad can a story get.

"Sure," I replied.

"There was this time last week when these few people came up to me with a bag that looked something like one you get from Mackers (Mc Donald). They asked me whether I wanted a burger and I said why not? But.. they told me there was one catch."

A story line that Ive never come across in my life but it sure kept me listening. He continued with his story.

"They said they wanted to pray for me." he said. "I wanted the burger so I let them pray for me. The cool thing was what they prayed for came true. I just thought you're a christian and I'd told you that"

Riiing riiing.. This time Pam called. She was late too and she was going to join me at the bus stop to follow Su.

I wasn't satisfied, I wanted to know more.

"What was it that they prayed for?"

"They prayed that I would not loose my job, my new job. I have problems with alchoholism and I've been..you know..not turning up at work. But what they prayed for came true!! I did not loose my job! Do you think it was a coincidence?"

"Nope!" I replied. I told him a story in return, of how prayer had worked when everything seemed so impossible with a musical drama we had in my church before. We had a day of fasting and prayer, and it was amazing to see things falling into place as we handed everything to God.

Prayer was never the same for me after that musical. Prayer was no longer a time where people blab on and on and make me sleepy. Rather, it was a time where we are talking to a God that answers, a God that makes the impossible possible.

By then, Pam reached where I was and before long Su came. I managed to pass him a winter camp form to let him know what exactly we were meeting for.

I wanted to tell him more. I wished I could but I hope that whatever said will make a difference in his life. I know it did in mine!

Apologetics did come in handy and it left me in amazement how God puts opportunities for us to share in times you least expect - in my case, a stranger waiting for a bus and I just happen to be there at the right place at the right time. Coincidence?

I believe not. :)

The rest of my week includes...

Playing with Eugene, our house pet

Sausage sizzle at Curtin - Winter Camp fundraising

My job~

Advertising crew~ :P

We sorta ran out of a lot of things like onions, sausages and even gas! But everything went well :P It was great fun!!!

My English class :P

Celebrating Maggie's birthday. Love this picture of her!

And there was Chemistry class where me n my table buddies, Ben and Adam were bored. Adam, the one behind ,was actually concentrating super hard on his calculator. Wonder why? He was playing games on it. :P

Also been watching my dear cactus die. All I did was gave it a table spoon of water and it is rotting liaw :( Cow, this pic good enuf dy?

Being sot with my housemate was on the list too :) Realized how similar we were yet?

Thats about it for my week. Hope you enjoyed da pics. :P

Signin off: Thank you God for all that You've done!

Sienz..

Guy meets girl at the computers in library...

Girl : My boyfriend.............bla bla bla
Guy : I liked you
Girl : Really? You like me but you never tell me?
Guy : I did like you
Girl : My boyfriend.. (continues on with story)

Librarian walks over to hush them.

*whispers whispers*
Girl : Why do you think Im a jealous person...

I feel like Im watching some sort of highschool drama but Im actually listening to one instead. All these happens while Esther is super sien about the whole National Service issue. There are like 9 numbers there to call. I can predict seeing myself sitting there and ringin every other number to hear this:

"Operator kami sedang sibuk, sila tunggu sebentar. Anda akan dilayan sebentar lagi." over and over and over again.

Oh wells, at least there is some form of entertainment around. :P Maybe I should stop being kepo and start studyin for my EPW. Lols

Signin off : Bleh...

What??

The newest fashion trend

The fact that I'm chosen for Khidmat Negara (national service) keeps slipping my mind. First of all, I'm not even on any piece of Msia's land and secondly, I din have the required information to send in the postponment letter all these while. This has been on my undone list for quite some time now. Blehs..I dun even know whether the letter is going to reach wherver its suppose to go.

Anyways, went to da website and checked and it is a bit the shocking. *Esther fakes a shock and faints* Not very keen on the whole thing, but guess I maybe wud enjoy it if I made a whole bunch of new friends and stuff. Anyhows, since thats not the case for now......

This is. The first thing that caught my eye, the address of the camp.

LOT 4576, KAMPONG ULU TERISSG PELEK

Great!!! If I was back home, I wud have spent 3 months of my life in some Kampung that Ive never heard of. Kampung still not enuf..some more kampung ulu.

Wait till u hear the name of the camp. Its even cooler.

KEM PLKN PRINCESS HALIZA

Translation: Princess Haliza's PLKN (National Service) Camp

No offense, sounds kinda dodgy to me. I wouldn mind if it was some Kampung in Lawas (love Lawas), but this is in Sepang, Selangor, all the way in West Malaysia. Guess only one point I can think of thats good for now, I would be able to drop by and find cow. Oh yeah, and I think its pretty cool that they actually pay and fly the campers all the way to Selangor from Miri. Im amazed they do so. Plus plus, maybe I can even watch F1 racing while Im there.. *thinks thinks*

But too bad, bad news for them, good news for me, Im too far away to be joining National Service. :) Lets just hope that my letter wud reach them. The last thing I want to happen is me happily flying home and being put to jail at the airport imigration or something.

Signin off : Bleh~ Mafan mafan mafan

Food for thought

When God is taken out of the picture, three things will be evident:

1. Our life becomes eternity
2. Earth becomes heaven
3. Your body becomes your soul

It's pretty true. Have you ever thought of what happens after this life we have on earth? If there's nothing more to it, no eternity life after that and all, then our life now.. will BE the eternity. If there was no God, the earth now will be heaven and our soul will be the mere body we have now. Is that really all we are today? Or is there really a God out there? Challengin ya to give it a think. :)

Signin off : Happy thinking :)

Opens wallet *flies flying around*

I've got an actual living thing living in my room now. Presenting to you my lil powder puff :)


See it? :) Heheee That's its real name by the way. Got it from Bunnings and hopefully under my care, it'll live till it flowers. Wud love to see that man! :)

I've been shopping soo much and spending tooo much lately. Spent a lot on today alone. Sometimes, I think I sorta over indulge a wee bit too much on buyin stuff :P Summore, stuff I bought are more of a want rather than a need. Let's see what you think?

I went out with Wen Hui today and here are the things that ended up on my shopping list when there was never a shopping list to begin with...

$8.00 craft book

+

Craft punches 50% off - $1.50 each

+

Shirt from Valley girl - $10.00

I love the shirt even if its not very me.

+

My very first hot water bottle - $10.00

Was too much in love with it to resist it :) Bought an exact same one for Momo during her birthday the other day but hers was more expensive.

Cheaper + Irrisistable = MINE!! :P

+

Yummy Korean food at Dae Jung Geum restaurant - $6.00

+

EasyWay Bubble Tea - $4.00

Total spent :$41.00 = RM123 = 246 Yuan *faints*

How I wish everything was counted in Yuan. 41 Yuan sounds perfect to me!!! :P

Signin off: *broke*

Happy Birthday Amu~

My dear elder sister turned 23 today!!! :)

Thanks for being a my one and only, super-duper, admirable and one of a kind sister!!!!

Love you to bits and miss you heaps amu! Hope you enjoyed your 1st day of your 23rd year! :)

*hugs* hugs* hugs* hugs* hugs* hugs* hugs* hugs* hugs* *hugs*

Sunday morning~

It kinda hit me in the head today during communion that my life has been a lot of I CAN rather than GOD CAN lately.

The day had a pretty interesting start for me. Was suppose to go for 2nd service (10.30am) but a phone call came in at 8.30 and said things changed, we're going for the first service (9.00am) and they're coming to pick me up now.

I was awake then, so it was just a lil running around and grabbing what I need before we rushed off for Subi :) We were a bit late but all was good, right in time for communion. :)

I had to admit I felt a bit far from God. Relying too much of myself, I was tired physically from school work and stuff. I want God to be closer than He is now. All these 5 months of 2008, results prooved it over and over that my own strength is not sufficient. I want to rely on His strengh with all I have and all that I have to decide. It's not easy to put God first in everything, but I really want to see that in my life. I want to be a light for God, a tool he can use and mould. - This was my cry.

I really needed a boost in my walk and I got it in the strangest ways.

The pastor went up for his sermon and I opened my journal in which I write my notes in. Every page of my journal is decorated by a verse or two and the page I was going to write on had this:

I felt like it was God speaking to me. I dun find it easy to seek God sometimes but the promise of God still stands strong.

You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

The sermon went into the return of God, a day in which the Lord will sort all of us out. It's just like a garage packed with things from roof to floor. If the owner wants to move to a new place, he would have to clear things out and throw out whatever is considered junk and keep whats worth keeping.

Similarly, it will be so when the Lord returns, the "junks" are to go. Only what's worth keeping will be kept.

Question is "Are we part of the pile of junk? Or do we belong in the pile worth keeping?"

I went for lunch with Bie, mummy and evil twin after our usual market shopping :) Reaching home, I found myself staring at my thermos only to realize the words on it. I knew they were there all along, but they never stood out to me like they did today. Again, it was something that comforted me and reminded me of a powerful God that we have.

And you know what? If I were to list all the great things about God, it will never end and here are four that I've been reminded of today~

1. Nothing can go wrong with God. So , really, I should be putting a 150% trust on Him.
2. God's strength is always sufficient.
3. God is a God who is seekable, not one that will just leave that empty part of you as it is.
4. Nothing can beat God's love for you.

Thank you God. Love You heaps!

Signin off: I can because God can!

*evil grins*

Sometimes I wish...

I could do this for my maths questions :)

Signin off: Hoemwork time heh

Guess who?

This time back, a new shop catches our eyes in China World Hotel, Beijing.

The first Jimmy Choo shop in Beijing!! :P

Jimmy Choo is one of the most well-known shoe designer in the world. And what's cooler? He's Malaysian, a Penangian :)

They just had their grand opening on the 24th of April and we wet there and had a peek after dinner that night. Lots of people there but too bad none of us knew how he looked like or else we could play spot Mr Choo!!

Intended to search his pic online beforehand but kinda forgot to do so. Anyways, had this grand plan of snapping pics away and see whether I can match it with his actual pic online but...the place and setiing was just too posh that I'd just look like a complete sakai if i did. Too bads :P

Here's a pic we snapped when the sales girl wasnt looking :) Tsk tsk

Signin off: can't wait to fly Beijing again~

I'm loving it.. Yeah~

It feels great to be home!! I can make as much noise as I want, lie on the couch as I want, eat whatever is in sight, jump up and down like a monkey.. It just feels GOOD man!!! Although I'm like 5 hours flight away from my actual hometown, I dun have to sit in my room alone and make sure I'm not making too much noise + not come back too late. Staying in Olympic city and having mummy and daddy around just tops it :)

Shopping + food + tv is all I've been up to lately. How piggyful of me ")

Anyways, did you know there's now 8 wonders of the world instead of 7? It's okie, I never knew as well, untill the 8th one just left me in awe at the sight of it! A wonder indeed!! :)

Many graves were built there but no one had actually seen it. It was a group of local farmers digging for a well when they came across the national treasure of China, the 8th wonder of the world. Here it is :

-Terra Cotta-

兵马俑

Life size warriors and horses filled the whole dorm, a whole army to rule the afterlife of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China.

It was such a wow to see. Thousands of soldiers, stood in rows, not one alike from the other.

When they're first escavated, they look like these.

But after much mending, they look as good as new :)

Some are erm still kinda headless :)

That's all for the 8th wonder of the world. More to come for my China trip! Suppose to be snoozing dy. Waking up early for more shopping! Lols

Signin off: Nighties~