Reason for the Season

Funny how Christmas revolves all around Santa, presents, going clubbing, throwing parties all night long, having fun with people, etc nowadays. Of course, it's a time to rejoice and be merry, but they're being merry for different kinds of reasons, some treat it like a day off from work to relax, some treat it as an excuse to go clubbing(for those that need an excuse to), etc.

Wonder why it's called Christmas and not Santamas, pubclubbingboozemas, funmas or whatevermas(I'll stop here, I know it's getting lame)?

'Cos Christmas is to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. The guy who saved us by dying for us.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16

Sounds cheesy?

Well, can you find anyone right now that will give up his/her life to die slowly and painfully just for your sake so that you will not perish? And oh yeah, add in the fact that before that person died for you, you hated him/her and were actually doing things that were hurting his/her heart very much.

The greatest present anyone for Christmas isn't that car they've been wanting for years. Neither is that shirt or dress that they had their eyes on for a long time.
The greatest present anyone can have for Christmas has already been given to all of us, 2000 years ago. And that's Jesus Christ. The guy who, out of love, died for you and me, so that we may live.

And talking about love, the world has a funny way of twisting it.
Real love is NOT
- lust
- ONLY romance(relationships need romance, but romance isn't love)
- infatuation
- sex
- conditional(there's no 'if')
- expectant

Out of love, we were given a gift. A gift of salvation.
And since everybody likes gifts..

Will you accept His gift today?

Random.

Got this from a book.

"When you lose something precious, it is not lost. You're just merely passing it on to others."

I guess I've passed on many things to others, huh?

Sigh.

Lappie and TV.

MW2 and L4D2 on TV :D

Nostalgia.

Walked home alone after Pengajian Malaysia yesterday. Took the more scenic route, the Westlake route, although it's a slightly longer compared to taking the KTAR route.

Didn't regret it though. What I saw as I walked beside the lake made it worthwhile.

"Family."

Dad is fishing, mom is chatting with another mom, while their son kept himself amused by just looking into the bucket which contained the fishes his dad just fished up.

"I used to do that too, when my dad fished at the fishing ponds."

Parents taking pictures with their children with the lake as the background.

"I used to do that too, with my family when we went on holidays."

An old man pushing his wife, who was sitting on a wheel chair, along the pavement. Taking in the scenery and just simply enjoying each other's presence.

"Pak tau tou lou? I hope I could be like that too, in the future."

Brings back many childhood memories. When things weren't so complicated.

I missed the days..

.. when even small things could put a smile on my face.
"Ain't so easy now."

.. when I would play badminton with my brother on the road in front of my house, despite of the strong winds, having loads of simple fun in the process.
"Non-existent now."

.. when the whole family would just sit down to watch television at night.
"No more TV time now."

.. when I would actually get excited when my birthday was around the corner.
"Now it's just another day of the 365 days of the year."

.. when all I worry about was the homework that was due tomorrow.
"A lot more than that now."

.. there's a lot more. But that would take ages to list out.
Ahh.. Nostalgia =/

Written with an unclear mind.

"Boredom in class."

Ey to Tze of the past week:
Allergy.
Boredom.
COD.
Dreams.
Eagerness.
Fakers.
Ghany.
Hot.
iPhone.
Jokes.
Karaoke.
Late.
Maxis.
Noobs.
Owned.
Pictures.
Quality.
Reading.
Smiles.
Tiredness.
UTAR.
Video.
Walking.
Xi Jie.
Yawning.
ZzZzZz.

Experiencing many feelings at the same time.
Feeling worn out. Sigh.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
- Matthew 11:28

First Day of Short Sem.

Basic Professional Writing Class #1

"Please do not use plastic covers, comb binding, tape binding, etc on your assignment. Just staple them on the top left corner."

But why? Wouldn't it be neater if we did the binding and covers, etc?

"We're going green. No plastic please."

-_______________-

"If you all don't like this course and me, please drop it."

Of course I don't like you, you're too old for me.

-_______________-

"Oh yeah, I already posted your assignment today. You can start doing it early. See, I'm so good, giving you guys plenty amount of time to do it. The assignment requires you all to write a memo about... *bla bla*... And I'm going to teach you all how to write a memo NEXT week. But you guys can start doing your assignment THIS week, since I've posted it in the web."

-______________-

"Please be professional, this is basic PROFESSIONAL writing."

Oh jeez -_____________-

'Nother Night Out.

I haven't been blogging about these kind of stuff for a long time now. Haha.

Makan kat Food and Tea. Two guys only. Feel damn gay. Ugh -__- The other people only coming for the movie.

Stuff you can find on the dinner table :



Drinks



Shinchan Comic Books(Don't ask me why)

No pictures of the food. 'Cos when we saw it we finished it before we can even remember taking pictures.

Movie was at 9pm. Marx called Yee Kheng at 8.45pm. Saying that his car keys were in Yee Kheng's other car. Which was in Yee Kheng's house. Which is somewhere near Ipoh Swimming Club. Yee Kheng had to rush back from Jusco to his house, pass the keys to Marx in Greentown and rush back to Jusco to catch the movie in time. Haha.



See his face and you'll know that he's in a real hurry. Haha. He turned from Maxis Supervisor to a Pengganas Jalan Raya. LOL

Here's the video of Yee Kheng during (a part of)the journey:




He was all fidgety along the way. Haha. Laughing, chewing chewing gum, switching the lights from low beam to high beam at a frequency of 5~10 times per second, cutting cars, moving through the city with alot of cars at 100~120km/h, screwing every car driver(there were many alright) that slowed him down. And, we just finished our dinner like 1 minute before the ride. Didn't even finish the drinks. Only finished the food. LOL. With background music :D

Was late for the movie for about 5~10 minutes? Watched Sorority Row, with Yee Kheng, Jocelyn and Aaron. Vil Sern said it was awesome bla bla but I think the movie's storyline was pretty much, well, meaningless. First, one girl gets killed accidentally, then some guy who's not really related to that incident go on a killing spree 8 months later on the people who killed the girl and the people they told about it. Don't get the point. Oh well.

Went Kopitiam with Yee Kheng and Jia Yee after that. Budak-budak yang mou liu. Walked half a round Padang Ipoh. Went to McD after that but it was closed. Closed. Yeah. 24 hours McD drive-thru was closed. Weird >.>

Went on a song singing spree in the car. Don't know why. Still a bit whacked up in the head(and the stomache) after that crazy ride on Yee Kheng's car.

HorlickDays.

Holidays. Sounds exciting, but once you get there it ain't so exciting anymore.

Was so looking forward to the holidays during my exams but now I found out I got nothing to do in the holidays.

UTAR's 'interesting' dates for exams and holidays. My holidays = All my other friends' exam time.

Kawan tarak,
Kaki tarak,
Nak buat apa?

Not looking forward to going back to UTAR though. I prefer the boringness of holidays rather than the busyness of rushing assignments every day and night.

Sigh -__________-
..
..

Sape mau lepak? :DD

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On a side note, someone *sapelagiONGVILSERNlaandnoimNOToffendedHAHAHA* says that I look like I'm half dead/emo/down or something all the time. Hmm. I guess I gotta keep that smile on my face the whole day. Till my face cramps up.
Which really happened today. Was bored and sleepy. I yawned so many times I had a chin cramp. Wth -_____-

Leaving something behind.

Funny how it takes me a non-Christian "love" Chinese song to make me think about God.

This song : 如果我變成回憶 - Ru Guo Bian Cheng Hui Yi
(If I Became a Memory)

累了 照慣例努力清醒著 也照慣例想妳了
好怕一放心睡了 心跳在夢中不聽話的 就停止了
聽著 呼吸像浪潮拍動著 越美麗越讓我忐忑
我還能珍惜什麼 如果我連自己的脈搏 都難掌握
如果我變成回憶 退出了這場生命
留下妳錯愕哭泣 我冰冷身體 擁抱不了妳
想到我讓深愛的妳 人海孤獨旅行
我會恨自己 如此狠心
如果我變成回憶 終於沒那麼幸運
沒機會白著頭髮 蹣跚牽著妳 看晚霞落盡
漫長時光 總有一天 妳會傷心痊癒
若有人可以 讓他陪妳 我不怪妳
快樂 什麼時候會結束呢 哪一刻是最後一刻
想把妳緊緊抱著 可知妳是我生命中的 最捨不得
如果我變成回憶 退出了這場生命
留下妳錯愕哭泣 我冰冷身體 擁抱不了妳
想到我讓深愛的妳 人海孤獨旅行
我會恨自己 如此狠心
如果我變成回憶 終於沒那麼幸運
沒機會白著頭髮 蹣跚牽著妳 看晚霞落盡
漫長時光 總有一天 妳會傷心痊癒
若有人可以 讓他陪妳 我不怪妳
如果我變成回憶 最怕我太不爭氣
頑固地賴在空氣 霸佔妳心裡 每一吋縫隙
連累依然愛我的妳 痛苦承受失去
這樣不公平 請妳盡力 把我忘記

The meaning of the lyrics got nothing to do with God, though.
But, the title, made me think.
"If I became a memory."
Well, the meaning of it, to me, doesn't only mean that when you become a memory, you're dead.
You're also a memory of the people whom you've met in your life, but you may or may not have the chance to see them again.

Well, if I became someone else's memory, I would want to be remembered for something I did or was, right? Not to remembered as someone who's a nobody.
What better thing to be remembered for other than being a Christian?
I want to leave an impact, at least something, in the hearts of the people I meet.
Even if I never manage to bring any of people I meet to Christ, at least, I want to leave something behind.
Maybe one day, when our paths are separated, when they see a church, or Christians, they'll remember me, 'that guy who stood out for Christ'. (this came from someone who's close (: )

..
Which..
..
I don't think I've been doing whole-heartedly. Sure, people around me know that I'm a Christian, but, that's all?
This song, somehow, in a way, encouraged me to really put my heart into it when I'm serving God.
To go the extra mile. To show the difference of having tasted God's love.

If I became a memory, I want to leave something behind.
A good memory, 'that guy who stood out for Christ'.

Please put appropriate title here.

Oreo cookies for dinner..

This is just getting more pathetic -__-

Speechless

- On MSN -
Kin Meng: What's that?
Me: What's what?
Kin Meng: That black thing you displaying.
Me: What? You mean my display picture?
Kin Meng: Yeah.
Me: That's my hair -__-
Kin Meng: Oh.. Hahahaha.


-_______________-??

McPwnt.

-On the road, dad driving-

Me: Eh come let's go to McD drive thru to get ice cream!
Brother: Noooooo don't wanna goooo..
Dad: Huh? Really one ar?
Mom: Let's go!
Brother: Nooo..

-In McD drive thru-

Me: I want a Chocotop sundae.
Mom: Me too.
Me: Dad help us order 2 Chocotop sundaes please.
Dad: I ain't ordering! You order.
Me: -__- Fine.

-In front of the place where you order-

McD Staff: HellowelcometoMcDonaldsmayItakeyourorder?
Brother:(at the speed of 2-3 Chocotops per second)CHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCO-
Me: 2 Chocotop *CHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOP* sundaes please.
McD Staff: Huh?
*brother shuts up*
Me: 2 Chocotop sundaes.
McD Staff: Ohh 2 Chocotop sundaes.. Tadi aku dengar CHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOPCHOCOTOP..
*everybody in the car laughs*

-At the counter where you pay-

McD Staff: RM 2.10 please.
Me: Huh?
Dad: RM 2.10? Kita order 2 Chocotop mana boleh RM 2.10.
McD Staff: Ohh. Sorry dengar silap. RM 3.60.
Dad: *pays the guy*
Mom: REMEMBER AH WE WANT 2 CHOKLOTOPS! CHOKLOTOPS!
Me & Brother: Mom, I think he already got the message -__-

-At the counter where you get your food-

McD Staff #2: *hands the sundaes to my dad*
Dad: Ehhh why one sundae big one sundae small one?! Woi.. What is this??
McD Staff #2: *shakes with uncontrollable laughter*
Me & Brother: Dad just take the ice cream and let's gooooooooooooooo.............. -___-
Dad: Cannot!! Why one big one small?!
McD Staff #2: Uh.. *still laughing*
Me & Brother & Mom: Just DRIVE!
Dad: Okok....... *drives off*
Me: *phew*
Dad: Idon'tknowwhyMcDsocheapskateonethesundaesonebigonesmall whatisthissomemoretheychargeextra70centsforthechocotopsoexpensiveIdon't knowwhyyouallliketoeattheicecreamnexttimedon'tcomeMcDanymore

Lesson learned: Don't bring my family to McD drive-thru anymore -____-

THE Proposal

Yup, this blog post's about T-H-E proposal. Haha. All the pictures here are taken before the thing began. The other pictures are not with me as I did not take any during the proposal. Phone no battery. I might(or might not) upload the pictures of the proposal if I get(or don't get) the pictures.. So, yeah :D

They went to set up the place at around 4 pm. The thing started at 6.30 pm. Vil Sern, Joel and Marx went to pick Mindy up at 4 pm. It was meant to be a surprise, the proposal I mean. So Mindy was told that there was a dinner she had to attend that night. Not a lie, really, because really got eat after the proposal right. Dinner la. Haha.

Yeah, back to the story. So, in between 4 pm and 6.30 pm, Mindy was taken on a 'joy ride' by the three dudes. Involved a trip to the mamak stall, lots of crap, lots of threatening, blindfolding, Joel getting whacked and pinched over and over again and loads of other stuff that we don't want to know. And on the other side, Matthew was nervous and he was proposing to everybody(except Mindy) the whole day to practice. Haha. Poor guy.

So, at 6.30pm, Mindy walked in blindfolded into the 17th floor of the Tower Regency Hotel, with Matthew leading her. When the blindfold was taken off, there, were the relatives and families and infusers all around her. With Matthew there to say the magic words, she fell into his arms and I don't know what's her expression 'cos she buried her face on his shoulders :) Put the ring on and yeah, the usual stuff :D

But anyhow, the whole thing went on smoothly(except for the card part and the wrong finger part, though :P ), thank God :)
Okay enough talking(typing? whatever). Pictures!























To my favourite couple,



I pray that you guys will continue to love one another as you all continue this journey with God, together as one. May God be in the center of your relationship and may He continue to shower His peace, mercy and grace upon you guys.



God bless the both of you :)

Whatevers.

To see you feeling like that makes me feel the same too.


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Lecturer : Your final test consists of five questions. Out of five questions, you're needed to answer four. So how many tips you all want?(as in 1 tip = tips for one of the questions)
Us : Uhm(pretends to think).. Sir, three can?
Lecturer : Hmm.. three ah.. hmm.. okay.. three tips. I give you all three tips okay.
Us : Noooo.. No sir, erm, four tips can? Four tips nice la sir..
Lecturer : Four tips? Okay. Four tips then. Four tips enough ah?
Us : Sure enough sir! Don't need anymore tips already. Four enough already.
Lecturer : Okay. Make sure you all come ah on Tuesday. I give you all the tips on Tuesday.
Us : NO PROBLEM SIR! We sure gonna come! No problem!

Lol. Free tips. And it's for the final exam :)

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

My chains are gone, I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace

The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

My chains are gone, I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace

My chains are gone, I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God who called me here below
Will be forever mine, will be forever mine
You are forever mine

Been listening to this song lately. Reminds me of many things..

"How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed"

Reminds me of God's grace. It's been almost two years since I accepted Christ. It was through God's grace that I came to know Him. And that grace never stopped, even for a second. When I reflect upon all that has happened throughout these two years, all that I've been through, without His grace, I would've never went through all of that emerging victorious. It was His grace that kept me going on. And in the years to come, it's going to be God's grace that will give me strength to keep on persevering, waiting upon Him.

"The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures"

Reminds me that God is always the same, forever and ever. People always change. People always break promises. People always disappoint. After experiencing all of this, the only one that I can truly trust and hope in is God, for his love, his grace, remains the same forever.

"My chains are gone, I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace"

Reminds me of God's love. It's through God's love that Jesus died for us on the cross. God's one and only beloved Son, to lay aside His royalty, to wear the sinner's crown. I don't think I can ever truly grasp how much God really loves us. It would be beyond my imagination. One thing I know for sure is that His unending love covers me and has set me free of all the chains that have been holding me all my life. I am a new creation in Him.

"But God who called me here below
Will be forever mine, will be forever mine
You are forever mine"

I live for God, and I'll forever belong to Him.

To God, we're but mere specks of dust in His sight. But, he loves all of us so much that it cannot even be described in words. But yet, we sin and say things against Him at times. And yet when we ask for forgiveness and repent, he forgives us and continues to love us. How can there be greater love than this?

Thank you Lord, for your love, for your grace in my life.
Thank you Lord, that you are my God.

Lost in thoughts.

All the sorrows.
Crying out to God.
Crying to sleep.
All the waiting.
All the thinking.
All the uncertainty.
All the emotional stress.
All the tiredness and exhaustion.

..

.. It's over.

..

.. I hope.

I wish..

Wished there were painkillers for the soul.
Wished there were drugs to make myself numb to feelings and emotions, so that I wouldn't have to feel a thing.
Wished there were things that can make me go on everyday without getting worn out.
Wished there is something I can hold on to for comfort.
Wished that the rain will just wash everything.. everything, away.

"Under Your wings I will abide.."
I wish it would be easier to do so.

Blog Dead.

I declare this blog officially closed/dead. I just don't find inspiration to write anything here anymore. Will not be updating anymore. Or until I find a fresh new source of inspiration that will urge me to write something here, which I think I won't be finding for a long time. Ciao.

Tugged.

Whoever who gets tagged has to write 10 things about the person who tagged him/her [Fern] :

- Likes to eat.
- Doesn't like to wear pink but loves pink.
- Avid reader.
- Won't buy a single pair of footwear for the rest of the year.
- Camwhore.
- Swimmer.
- Likes to sit in front in the car.
- Lives on the next street.
- Has a sister who's hair has the same style as the fur on Samson's ears =P
- Jogging??

The person who got tagged has to write 10 things about himself/herself :

- Has parents who can crap with him.
- Has an annoying brother who acts like a monkey when there's no people around =P
- Has a tummy named Monica/Mary Ann,
- WhoWhich is also related to Esther, Lalita and Olivia.
- Likes to eat but forced to reduce food intake due to Monica's size.
- Beginning to hate wearing jeans and is gonna switch over to short pants.
- Has a blog that was almost dead and is now revived by this tag.
- Has hair that would not last in the position that it was styled into for 20 minutes even though wax/gel/paste(?) + hair spray was used.
- Likes to read.
- Loves God.

Here's the twist, if I tagged you, and when you write something about me, you can only take 5 or less from the above, the other 5 or more will have to be from you. At the end you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names. Okay, I tag :

1. C
2. H
3. E
4. R
5.
6. H
7. O
8. N
9. G
10. !

Just to show that I'm not dead.

Okay, I know it's been ages since I updated. It's mainly because I have nothing to update about. And now..

I still have nothing to update about. HAHA

Just wanna announce this :



Infuse Valentine's on this Friday, 13th of February.
8p.m.
Everybody's invited. Join us for an awesome time with God!

Tagged.

Tarrgged. I don't have much pictures of myself, 'cos I DON'T CAMWHORE LIKE MADDD I formatted my computer, so everything was wiped out, including the pictures. So, I'll have to make do with what I have now.

A picture of you in The Most Unique Environment.



Not exactly unique, but I don't have anything else.

A picture of you at A Place You Dislike.

School toilet. You can smell it from a mile away.

Pictures of People Who Mean A Lot To You.

A picture of you with Your Best Smile (Mouth Opened).

Don't have one. This one was instantly produced. Mouth wide opennn =D

A picture of you with Your Best Smile (Mouth Closed).

Once again, not the best one, but that's all I have.

A picture of you with The Lamest Pose.

A picture of you with Some Cute Toy Stuff.



The only one I have.

A picture of you in A White Shirt.

And I tagggg.. CHER HONG!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Gembira
Cina
Baru
Tahun!

Haha =P

Aku kena tag.

Tagged, by Mr Phang Cher Hong. Gonna mess up this tag. Haha.

1. Do you think you're hot ?
If you are hot, then I am, since we have the same body temperature(unless you're sick).

2. Upload your favourite picture.


3. Why do you like that picture?
Because you can stare at it the whole day and still cannot guess why I like that picture.

4. When was the last time you ate pizza?
What is pizza? Can play with it one ar?

5. The last song you listened to
The Barbie Girl song.

6. What are you thinking besides this?
What does 'this' mean here? If 'this' means this, then the thing I'm thinking besides this is that thing.

7. What name you prefer besides yours?
Ah Beng, Ah Tan, Ah Kau, Ah ..... (the list goes on)

People to tag :-
(a) Aaron Yap
(b) Yee Kheng(Double tagged. HAHA)
(c) Daniel Tan
(d) Mindy Oon

8. Who is (a)
Some random guy I met on the street.

9. (c) is having a relationship with ?
God.

10. Say something about (b)
Babi!

11. What about (d)?
Two phrases. 'Hahahaha' and 'ZzZzZ'.

Rotting these few days. Same old stuff. Sleep, wake up, breakfast, practise keyboard, lepak in church office, looking at people spamming other people's blog's chatboxes(including my own), Heroes, etc. Waiting for Friday, Saturday and Sunday to come!

Cameron Highlands Trip!

Me, Matthew, Mindy, Vil Sern, Fern, Joel, Daniel and Aaron went to Camerons to check out some possible campsites for Infuse Camp 2009. Matt and Daniel was driving.
I was in Daniel's car, which consisted of..









We went to Chefoo, Highland Christian Centre, Infant Jesus Barre Centre and Father Guest House. Unfortunately, all of them was either unavailable or not suitable.

We went to the strawberry farm and tea farm. I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. Too lazy to explain.

























The other pictures :























Picture of the trip :



It was past Matt's bedtime.. AGAIN. HAHA.