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Opus 43 Who are you living for ?

2011-11-28T17:10:00.001+08:00

Audience of One.

Opus 42 Keeper of Our Heart

2011-11-28T09:57:00.001+08:00

He's the Keeper of our hearts

Can we trust Him with our heart then ?

Opus 41 Love Is Here

2011-09-21T22:32:00.003+08:00

God....

I need You.

Hear me, O God.

Opus 40 Desires

2011-09-18T01:39:00.002+08:00

Everyone has wishes.

Wishes that would be dreams and wishes that would be realities.

I have always wished that I have a best friend to share everything with.

Or someone who is constantly there.

Time and time again, I've failed to find that one person.

It hurts, of course.

People come and go.

But one thing for sure is that my God is constant.

Where human fail, He does not.

Sometimes, i still wish the same.

But other times, i'm thankful for those who are around. Even if they didn't stay.

That's when i know my God is enough.

I count my blessings..

:) :) :)

Opus 39 Times Like These

2011-07-10T23:22:00.004+08:00

Then He said to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things that are due to Caesar, and pay to God the things that are due to God.

Matt 22:21

(BERSIH rally on 9th July 2011)

Opus 38 Expectations

2011-07-03T10:53:00.004+08:00

If God doesn't show up the way you expected or the way he has showed up before, that does not rule out the fact that he is still your God.

If your friend postpones lunch appointment with you last minute, that does not rule out the fact that he is still your friend.

Opus 37 Its Time

2011-06-25T14:09:00.007+08:00

And the time has come.

To stand for all we believe in.

Opus 36 New Horizon

2011-06-18T23:30:00.002+08:00

9.5 months.

Since i graduated and started working.

Man... Time really flies.

Only a handful know the many turns i took to come to where i am at today.

Its been excitingly challenging, painful but necessarily good.

Heck i don't care what you think if i tell you the details cos i've gotten comments that tell me life shouldn't be like that and that this should be this and that should be that and i am not this because of that and not That. If you get the drill.

So yes, i appreciate the concerns really. But don't try to reason out my life for me. I can darn well do that on my own. My mind is enough to mess me up. I don't need another mind, thank you.

No, i am not mad. I'm just saying.

9.5 months. 5.5 of which was crazy crazy. Not that 4 of it wasn't crazy. But i'm talking about a whole new level of craziness which no one can ever imagine or comprehend.

But i like the new crazy. Its crazy to even think that i am asking for more or that i like the new crazy. But i really do. No one would ever understand. Because its beyond your crazy. But fact is, i want more of the new crazy.

I think the Person behind all these has a certain level of craziness to even have all these sorted out. Its like a Crazy Mess. But funny how it all turned out to be a beautiful mess. And you can't help but smile at all of it.

And it was worth it.

But yea, there are days i feel like i want more of this new crazy but i can't because someone else is telling me to hold my horses. Its crazy. But i feel good. It keeps me alive. Its helped shaped who i am today and who i am going to be.

But it comes with a price. To come to a point where you've felt like you've lost it all, only to gain it. Its tricky sometimes. Because we humans have a tendency to stay in the valley and not climb out of it. We're only fooling ourselves.

Self-pity, some may call it. I think alot of us took a huge dose of that on our own. To look at how dark it is around you and enjoy it. I'm not judging. It takes one to know one.

But all that said, there is still hope. Because of love.

I still want more of the new crazy.

Mordecai, anyone ?

Opus 35 Give and Take

2010-10-06T21:00:00.003+08:00

Life is all about give and take.

We gotta learn how to give more than we take.

Even if you're giving against your will.

But of course we don't give into evil la.

Common sense

- . -

Opus 33 N9 Mission Trip Video

2010-09-21T18:42:00.002+08:00

Here's a video you can watch on the mission trip that I blogged about in my last entry.

It is a Facebook link so please log into your Facebook first before you watch it.

And if you notice the last picture used in the video before the credits came in,

it is a picture of the girl, Natasha and her friend whom i shared about in my previous blog entry.

It was a coincidence :)

To enjoy the video, click here.

Cheers!

Opus 32 Mission Trip in Negeri Sembilan

2010-09-09T20:54:00.005+08:00

Those who are close to me would have known that I am not good with kids and I dare say that I don’t like them. Why, you might wonder. Well that stems from the part of myself where I tend to be a perfectionist in some of the things I do. And kids don’t fit in that category. They run around and be who they are, KIDS ! They make messes, unnecessary noises and sometimes calamity.

About 2 weeks ago, I’ve been asked to chaperone a youth mission team to our neighboring state. I’ve decided to take up the challenge to try something new and hence the title of this blog entry. We had trainings and meetings cramped up within 1 week before the 3 day mission trip(6 Sept – 8 Sept). It was a lil frustrating(personally) at first because not everyone turns up at meeting. But we managed to get past all of that.

Sarah Ng and Terry Yeow came early to pray for us and send us off. Sarah prayed for me again so that I’ll learn to have patience with kids and strength to face my fears while Terry encouraged us not to appear to be suffering more than the Orang Asli’s already are.

The journey there was short and fun but when we arrived at the church, all of us went straight to work without even unloading our luggage. Some were clearing the land in front of the church, loosening the soil, removing unwanted plants and planting it elsewhere, arranging bricks to mark the territory of different parts of the land, making cement, arranging bricks to form the foundation of a small stairs leading towards the baptism pool and plastering the baptism pool.

In the process of doing all that, we found some creatures that were really amusing to most except yours truly and another guy. Well, you can’t exactly be friends with freakishly large crawling furry spiders, LONG wriggling EARTHWORMS and red ants that inhabit the area. So, you might as well just KILL THEM WITH INSECT REPELLANT or SMACK THEM WITH THE SPADE IN YOUR HAND or BURY THEM IN CEMENT!

Amen =)

Most of the 2-day-job was done in the first day itself. Our following 2 mornings are spent plastering the stairs, leveling the land around the baptism pool and plastering it. Well the plaster is actually made of cement and we had to make it from scratch. Sand + Cement + Lime liquid. After this mission trip, I definitely have the highest respect for construction workers and gardeners. It is NOT easy to build stairs and to plaster it after that. Laying the bricks down and arranging it so that there isn’t too little or too much space for the cement to be filled in between.

Our afternoons are spent visiting another village, Kampung Sungai Lalang and Kampung Kecau. In the first village (Kg Sg Lalang), my team facilitated the children’s ministry. Ben was telling bible stories ( The Creation ) while the rest helped the kids in their coloring. After that we played a game where the kids have to pass rubber bands with straws in their mouth. There were LOTS of kids, mind you. You have to speak in BM all the time and chances are they’re not going respond to you because they’re either shy or they are not able to speak yet. But on a brighter note, their smiles are priceless.

How do the kids spend their free time ? Well, they will entertain themselves like some of us do but only in a different way. They like climbing flagpole and embrace the moment when they reach the top and other kids who do not possess such bravery will cheer. Some put themselves in an empty box and pretend they’re in a car. Some attempt to make their dogs chase them by offering some food to the canines while running further little by little. I guess they enjoy the thrill of being chased or feeling superior when they succeed in their attempt to make the dog chase them? Many of them LOVE the whistle. But all in all, their lives are really simple.

And kids being kids, they do all sort of nonsense during their free time. Remember the straw used in the game earlier ? There was once they filled up the straw with their saliva, aimed and shoot someone. But thank God, I wasn’t covered in their saliva but poor Bryan did. Some kids enjoy smacking people’s butt and punching another person’s hips. And yes, I got that from an 8 year old kid. Jeremy who was hanging around with us while we were working at the church. I was stern to him after that and he was pretty much scared of me. He didn’t dare to pull off any prank at me after that.

In our 2nd village visit, my team were at the main service instead of the children’s ministry. Some of us mingled among the mothers while others were hanging out with the fathers, teaching them how to tune their guitar and some new BM songs. Darren Lee preached while Beatrice and I shared our testimony in BM.

Wherever we went, we handed out party packs to the kids after the ministry is over. The local pastor did the same and the kids were of course very happy. Even while playing among themselves, they DON’T let go of their gifts and they definitely didn’t share out. There’s this little girl, Natasha who didn’t get her gift pack from the local pastor probably because she wasn’t around when the pastor was distributing them. She was unhappy and feeling a little left out. Then came along this other girl who already gotten her gift. She saw her friend being sad and decided to GIVE UP her gift. Little Natasha walked home with a huge smile plastered on her face and her hands full of gifts (including the one she got from the other girl and some donated clothes). I saw the other girl squatting down on the road watching Natasha bringing home her new gifts and a moment later, she ran towards Natasha to hold her hand and walk her home. I was pretty impressed with her kindness because its easy to hold on to your gift, to be stingy and not share it with others but she did otherwise.

Remember the 8 year old kid, Jeremy who smacked my butt ? Yes, we eventually warmed up on the last day and I was caught in surprise in one of our conversations.

Me : Jeremy, bila kita pergi kampong nanti, Jeremy kena tolong adik-adik kecil tau? Kena tolong adik mewarna dan melukis ok? Jeremy kan lebih tua and pandai.. jadi kena tolong ya ?
Jeremy: *nods* YA !
(pauses)
Jeremy: Jangan bagi tau orang lain ya !
Me: Ya ya..

Even an 8 year old kid has learnt the art of doing good without letting others know!

I definitely learnt a whole lot of stuff for the past 3 days. I learnt how to make cement, plaster, measure the smoothness of the plaster, to arrange bricks so as to mark territories etc. Aside from that, I learnt that kids are not to be hated but they are not to be spoilt as well. Kids are bound to make mistakes but it is up to the adult to teach them from their mistakes. You don’t have to go all ‘manja’ with a kid ( which is definitely not my thing ), you can just be firm with what should and should not be done. I have come to realize that even the simplest act of kindness by a 3 or 4 year old kid can inspire an older person to do just about the same. Well you might wonder whether I still hate kids after this trip. I can’t say I don’t hate kids anymore but I also can’t say I love every bit of them. To simply put it, kids are not my type and I am definitely not the ‘Favourite Kakak’ every kid would ever dream of.

To see the lives that the Orang Asli has, it has inspired me to lead a simple life and not to be so mindful of little details which does not matter at all. Things like whether you’re driving a big or small car or whether your friends are online or whether anyone remembered me or to even win a small debate among friends. Yup, call me evil or sue me but there are much more things in life than these and I choose not to indulge myself in those matters.

Well I guess that’s all for this post. There are still many more stories that I have about this trip but I’ll save it for more personal conversations. Come look for me if you are interested to find out ! Till then take care !

Opus 31 IMPACT College Camp 2010

2010-07-02T11:14:00.013+08:00

A Famosa Fort

I've been very privileged to be able to join FGA USJ's IMPACT college camp just last weekend. To be honest, I signed up for the camp without realizing that I know no one at all - except my classmate, Nick Wong. And if you know me very well, going for a 3days 2nights camp with a bunch of strangers isn't exactly the kindof stuff I would normally do. But all in all, I thank God for turning these bunch of strangers into wonderful people :) The campers were friendly and nice people. They can make you laugh so much by just observing them for 5 to 10 minutes. Take for example the boys who traveled with me in the Estima - Nick, Ji Ern and Kevin. The bromance and teasings ( mostly aimed at Ji Ern~ poor fella ! ) were hilarious !

Unlike the previous camps that I have been to, this camp has a small number of campers. I'm not saying that small numbers isn't good, don't get me wrong ! It is good actually ! I've personally found it easier to mingle around. Hey ! We even watched World Cup on one of the nights there ! Here's a brief account of the camp :

The journey itself took almost an hour ( or slightly more I'm not sure ). Believe it or not, we had to pass by TEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS to reach El Sanctuary, Alor Gajah. And at the junction where we turn into the place, there was a 'Bukit Hantu' sign. Pastor Sue joked that it is the Holy Ghost Hill. Haha !

El Sanctuary ( to me ) is the PERFECT place to get away from the city and to just enjoy not having to wake up to classes, assignments, deadlines, phone calls, emails etc. There were so many dogs there ! 6 of them ! I can't remember their names but there's this one dog, Sam who kept following us when we were playing games in the afternoon. Oh their cat, Jerry is the cutest of them all ! So manja I tell you !

Things that Jerry does to make you love him more :

1.Jerry watched World Cup with us

2. Climbed onto a chair when we're having dinner

3. Tried to eat out dinner

4. Kept rubbing itself at our legs.

Owh how I wish I could take Jerry home ! ><

Bungalow and Van

We stayed in a 35 bedded bungalow which has a rather big field in front of it. Although there were only 15 of us, we occupied pretty much the entire building. Most of our lepak place or sermons were held in the hall that joins the girls and boys dorm. Oh did I tell you how awesome the food is ?

If I were to vote for the best meal in El Sanctuary during my stay there, it would be the first meal they served which was our dinner - garlic bread which didn't taste garlicy but was better than normal garlic breads, banana fritters which wasn't very oily like the ones you normally buy in KL, some salad and fish fillets. It was so good that some of the boys went for a second round ! It was a buffet style dinner anyway.

Most of the sessions were focussed on the Holy Spirit in fact, the camp theme ' Go The Distance ' was all about that too ( 1 Timothy 6 : 12 ). Personally, I've brought home a couple of lessons and reminders from this camp which definitely helped clear some thoughts I had before the camp. Ask me personally if you're interested in knowing more about it =)

The morning was one of the best times for me in the camp because I got up earlier than anyone else to have my morning walk and do a lil bit of reading. This is how I love to spend my mornings if I were to wake up on a part of the world other than a city and prison bars and no, I'm not being anti-social :)

Okay ! Time to tell you all about our Food Hunting Adventure. According to Nick, Saturday was 'Get Fat Day' Lol ! Our first stop in Melaka town was a tiny little shop where we had Curry Mee, Rojak and Cendol. I only had Cendol because I can't take spicy food. (Yes, I'm a lousy Malaysian) Well, I attempted the Rojak but it only made me choke at the spicyness which wasn't a very good experience. After that, the 15 of us had a good walk around Christ Church, A Famosa Fort and nearby places. The sun was HOT ! Sweated like a donkey but well, for the sake of those who were overseas or having exam pressure, we went on enjoying ourselves on their behalfs *wink*

Our next stop was Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls which was near Dataran Pahlawan if I'm not mistaken. My table alone had 2 1/2 plates of Chicken Rice Balls with Roast Chicken, Steamed Chicken, some vege and a bowl of RM3 Black Bean Soup each. Yours truly had 8 rice balls on her own but it was nothing compared to what Kevin had. He was the only one left eating when everyone else retired with a full stomach. After the heavy lunch, we had a brief walk in Dataran Pahlawan to digest our lunch ( and also to secretly buy Thank-you-gifts for Pastor Sue, Uncle Stephen and Aunty Irin ;) )

Nick, Kevin, Ji Ern

Pork Satay

Satay Babi or Pork Satay was next on our menu but considering that all of us were tired and sweaty and full from the heavy lunch, we only had 5 sticks of pork satay each before departing back to El Sanctuary for dinner. Yes, you read correctly, we're going back for DINNER ! Like Nick said, ' Get Fat Day '. Haha ! Oh did I tell you that they use pork liver and pork intestines to make the satay too ? I didn't eat any of those though :) By the time we reach El Sanctuary, many of us were punctured out but amazingly my tummy started grumbling. Haha !

Saturday did not end just there. We played two games - one of which was planned by Nick and the other was The Name Game. As usual being the blur me, I was the first one out of the Name Game which require high concentration and clarity, both of which I was lack that night. The night went on with card making, World Cup-ing and story telling (which I didn't participate because I retired early to bed to have an early morning walk the next day ).

Durian Cendol

After PnW and a video sermon by Sy Rogers on Sunday morning, we headed for lunch, packed our bags and left for 'Get Fat Day 2' in Melaka Town. We had Tan Kim Hock's Durian Cendol and on our way to Seremban for dinner, we made a pit stop on a stall by the roadside to have a Durian FEAST ! You won't believe the amount of durians I had when Ps.Sue labelled me as one of the DBKLs. Haha ! Dinner in Seremban was fantastic as well but I couldn't eat much, unlike Kevin who continued eating like he's gonna set a Guiness World Record. Hats off to him, really.

Our journey back to Subang was a journey back to reality. I definitely enjoyed myself in those few days and I thank God for the finances and opportunity for it. Not sure when i'm gonna be able to meet or hang out with those bunch of people again but I must say that I was very blessed through them. Cheers, peeps !

IMPACT college peeps

Important people

Nick, Uncle Stephen, Aunty Irin, Ren Yau, Ps. Sue, Rachel

Click here and here and here and here for a different write-up on the camp.

Click here for more pictures.

[Editted on 2/7/2010 3.22pm]

A big shoutout to Nicholas Wong Chun Kin for allowing me to post some of his pictures here in this blog. All pictures are taken solely by him so please don't sue me for copyright infringement. He's the best photograher in the camp so if you want any pictures or professional photography service, please do not hesitate to contact him directly. Contact me if you don't have his contact details. Thank you, Nick !! :)

Opus 30 Slowing Down

2010-06-16T11:07:00.005+08:00

Today marks the 2nd day of my 2 months holiday before I need place myself in front of the myAcca website to check my results. Its been good so far. Just being able to take time off from studies and not having the need to print timetables, choose which group to enter, tidy my room to make space for more textbooks, yada yada.. No more of all that.

Mind you this post will not be centred around a certain topic as I will just allow my thoughts to flow freely.

As i was saying, i was really looking forward to this time of my life because there are so many things to do and try. Believe it or not, I actually wrote down a list of things to do after Finals and I was proud of my list. Hahaha..

Well 3 years has just passed since I first enrolled in the CAT/ACCA programme in Sunway Uni College. The journey have been a mind-blowing one. Things began to unfold itself as I walk through this chapter of my life. Things that was on my plans as well as unexpected ones which left me dumb-founded at times. But well, there are also things that gave me good surprises. All of which I am grateful for. No qualms about it. If I ever have the chance to change these 3 years, I would change none of it.

Maybe you wouldn't have guessed that I have trouble adapting to change, in general. But I've began to realise that change is inevitable. Either we embrace it or we become dinosaurs. I had my share of rough moments adapting to change in the past but I've also learn much from it.

There were some seasons in my past 3 years of varsity life that I personally felt was going way too fast. Studies, family, friends, church etc. But yes, if some of you realise I've already taken steps to slow things down. It felt different, definitely. So for the past 1 year or so, life is... slower. Haha. Sorry, I'm out of words to desbribe it. Maybe not as slow as it should be but definitely slower than before. And with holidays here, I'm guessing life will be even slower. No exams. No deadlines (except for maybe one or two but thats no biggie). No classes. (YESSSS !!!)

So how am i enjoying my holidays so far you might ask.

Reading. Yes, I've gone back to one of my old habit of reading. Getting back to groove now. So what am I reading ? NON-ACADEMIC BOOKS OF COURSE ! No textbooks. AND NO MORE WAKING UP TO ALARM-CLOCKS (except maybe on Sundays). I've managed to read some books by Nicholas Sparks, Max Lucado and Peter Scazzero. I've yet to get my hands on Eckhart Tolle, Philip Yancey and Jodi Picoult though. One of these days you will see a garden in Sunway Uni's library because I'm gonna plant myself there.

I guess thats all for now. The book has been staring at me for the past 2 hours. I'll update more another time.

Ps : Get ready a tissue box if you're attempting a book by Nicholas Sparks. Its not the love story that you will cry at. Its the tragedies.

Opus 29 Self-Encouragement

2010-06-01T10:15:00.006+08:00

Dear Self,

you've come a long way to reach this stage.

don't give up just yet.

there's is still hope eventhough everything looks and feels really impossible.

time to let go. and let Him hold the steering wheel.

time to give Him the Weight.

From,

Self

Opus 28 I Know What I Want

2010-05-17T16:43:00.003+08:00

I wanna impact lives.

Opus 27 Dear Blog

2010-04-26T19:56:00.006+08:00

Its been a long time since I last talked to you. Sorry for the super long delay.

Meant to share with you the things that has been happening around me but I guess I have been caught up with.. life !

If you're wondering, I am currently in my final semester of the ACCA course, doing my final 3 papers (P1 Professional Accountant, P6 Advanced Taxation and P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance). Although I am really eager to graduate and get over every ACCA examination that I have to sit, i don't have the "Oomph" to persevere. I guess the one word that sums how I feel is "discouraged".

I have been asked almost a million times when i would be graduating and my standard answer was, " My finals are in June. Hopefully i will pass those exams and graduate by Aug or Sept ". Most of the reaction that i got was, " WOW! So fast ! So after that you can go work already lor ? ".

"Yes, yes *smiles* "

I thought that i would be even more encouraged to study harder this semester especially after being asked the above question a million times but little did i know that fear creep ed in and got hold of me. Every moment i take a look at the stack of notes and books that i have to cover, I'll go "Oh no" and step away. I've reached the saturation point of studying. Seriously. Many a times i said to myself, " I loathe studying! ", " WHY did I ever chose this course! ", "Ohmy, did I make a mistake ? ", *small scream with my beloved pillow in my face* and go T.T

But fear not, I will not give up studying. I still wanna graduate. Probably part of the reason that I am where I am right now is that He wants me to rely on Him, rather than on my own brains and efforts. To really rely on His strength, His wisdom and His directions.

Yes blog, i shall do that ! =)

But I can't say that I will be in high spirits all the time. I know I WILL fall and I really need people to encourage and fight alongside me. So instead of looking for people, I pray that He will send the right people to me at the right time for the right purposes.

I guess thats all for now. More updates next time.

-Mel-

Opus 26 Logically,

2009-10-20T22:33:00.004+08:00

Logically, if we can cheer for our favourite football teams, why can't we cheer the same or more for Him ?

If we can say we love Him, why can't we show it through the words that come our from our mouth or the things that we do everyday?

If we can say that we wanna glorify Him, why can't we serve in the area where we are placed at ?

If we can say that we care, why are there still people living in the streets ?

Aren't we suppose to be like Jesus ?

To be honest,its been a long time since i've felt this way. To hate what is going on around the world. The poverty, the loss, the cries, the pain, the misery. This world is cruel. I hate that other people are suffering when they shouldn't. I especially hate the fact that people are expoilting people.

Ok. Probably i'm being too emotional. But if this feeling goes on for a very long time, surely there's gotta be a reason behind it.

Yes, there is. It took me long enough to realise that the world needs Him. The world is really in need of Him. So many things are happening out there. Suicidal rates rising. Depression among the younger generation. Families breaking up. Political issues.

We are here for a reason. Not to hate but to love. Through Him. To love like Him. And not to give up on that. Because He did not give up on us. And thats... Grace.

-mel-

Opus 25 THE Wonder of the world

2009-10-13T12:06:00.008+08:00

Current status : I feel like i can end up with a sorethroat at any time. Throat feels weird. And i have a tiny mouth ulcer on my upper lip. BUT i have a sudden craving to eat the last packet Roller Coaster Potato Rings (CHEESE flavoured)... Should i sin by eating it or should i not ?

Okay la..i don't think this is a proper punya Proper post but yea.. ENJOY ! Hah !

I haven't been watching Naruto for a very very long time. And i don't think i should watch it until Finals are over. But anyhow, Kakashi still rocks la.. rite Jasmyn ? *high five*

Long ago, i hated pork. With the exception of Bah Kut Teh. I'l try to avoid pork no matter what. Even when mom cooks it. I just hated it. But i love pork now. I don't even mind a single bit to be a Pork Ambassador. How did that happened ? I'll show you how..

THIS is what happened. Pic courtesy of Nicholas W. And the genius behind this is non other than my friend, Lydia. This is Jumbo PORK Sausages with PRUNES stuffed in the middle, wrapped around with BACON ! I hope there's pork in heaven. Lol ! In Nicholas' dictionary :

100% PORK AFFAIR.

Aiya ! I'll just go straight to the point la.. There's only one thing thats better than pork in the world of cuisine.. and that is *drum rolls*

MORE PORK !

(Ying Wei n Nicholas shouting YEAH! )

And the best place to find more pork is Nambawan at Old Klang Road.

For a better review of THE place, you can find it at Nick's blog over here or Darren.H's blog over here and here and here

Lemme describe to you what you're missing out if you don't click on those links:

Crump Pork Chop

Roasted Pork Belly

Stone Charboiled Pork Belly

BBQ Pork Ribs (the best!)

Oh ! The blessings in life.. :)))

p.s. : can we go eat pork again ???

Opus 24 Gratitude

2009-10-05T19:30:00.005+08:00

Okay. I haven't been updating for more than a month now. SORRY ! But yeah.. Blog pms la.. Sorry.. XD Sometimes i've things to blog about.. but i don't know how to blog about it. Sometimes i just have nothing to blog about ! Heh.

I've been reflecting a lot for the past few weeks and began to be more grateful for the things i have: -For the classmates that He has blessed me with especially the past few weeks.

-For the black car that my parents let me drive up and down between home and college and church.

-For the youth that i'm serving in.

-For quite an awesome brother whom i can irritate (and vice versa)

-For a mom and dad

-For my singlehood (Someone shout 'Amen ! ' ) :D

-For the youths in FGA Cheras who never fail to be an encouragement with their faith and BLOG !

-For having a great God who, up till today, has never fail to surprise me in things in life. And in full honesty, i still CANNOT fully understand Him. But i guess i would NEVER be able to understand Him because if i did, I would be a god (which is obviously impossible).. Isn't He interesting ? ;)

-For the opportunity to actually be able to further my studies after high school in a college. This is one part of my life i call a miracle. Ask me in MSN if you'd like to know more details.

-For my wonderful bed which has been faithful to me all these year.. and my pillow. Never fail to give me comfort or for me to hug. Bless you, dear pillow and bed.

-For the air i breathe ! I'm basically thankful that i'm alive although i do question my existence from time to time. But i guess i'm wanted by Him for a reason which i'm suppose to find out throughout the course of my existence.

-For the patience that He's been giving me lately.. if not, i would have blown up like a balloon ! Hahaha..

- etc

Yea.. Hmmm..

Yea lor..

Thank you all for the calls and the smses and the songs and the Facebook msges and the pork affair and the pancake/cake surprise and the lunch :) You people rock !

Nah ! I've turned into a more mature 19 year old, not 20 XD

Opus 23 My Personality Type : IT

2009-08-25T20:57:00.002+08:00

This is quite interesting. Came across this link from my bro's blog. Its a personality test. And this is my result :

Independent Thinkers are analytical and witty persons. They are normally self-confident and do not let themselves get worked up by conflicts and criticism. They are very much aware of their own strengths and have no doubts about their abilities. People of this personality type are often very successful in their career as they have both competence and purposefulness. Independent Thinkers are excellent strategists; logic, systematics and theoretical considerations are their world. They are eager for knowledge and always endeavour to expand and perfect their knowledge in any area which is interesting for them. Abstract thinking comes naturally to them; scientists and computer specialists are often of this type.

Independent Thinkers are specialists in their area. The development of their ideas and visions is important to them; they love being as flexible as possible and, ideally, of being able to work alone because they often find it a strain having to make their complex trains of thought understandable to other people. Independent Thinkers cannot stand routine. Once they consider an idea to be good it is difficult to make them give it up; they pursue the implementation of that idea obstinately and persistently, also in the face of external opposition.

Independent Thinkers are not the type who easily comes out of his shell. Speaking about their emotional life is also not one of their strong points. Anyway, social relationships are not particularly important to them; they are happy with just a few, close friends who find it easy to share their intellectual world. They find it difficult to establish new ties. In love, they need a lot of space and independence but this does not mean that their partner is not important to them. Independent Thinkers often make a cool and reserved impression on others; but this impression is deceptive: they can hardly bear it if people close to them should reject them. They prefer a harmonious, balanced relationship with a partner who shares their interests and with whom they can realise their visions.

Adjectives which describe your type: introverted, theoretical, logical, planning, rational, independent, intellectual, self-confident, analytical, structured, dogged, witty, resolute, self-critical, visionary, inventive, independent, unsociable, reserved, nonconformist, quiet, visionary, honest, demanding, hardworking.

Well, this is partly true and untrue. Oh well !

Opus 22 Joseph The Overcomer

2009-08-24T17:09:00.007+08:00

A presentation by the Performing Arts Ministry

JOSEPH THE OVERCOMER.

Despised by his brothers, Joseph is sold off to slavery after almost being killed by them, saved only by his brothers' greed for money. Thinking that he was dead, Joseph's father, Jacob once again mourned the loss of his favourite son, just as he had done when Rachel, his most beloved wife, died prematurely.

Far away in Egypt, Joseph's life of misery began. Caaptured, beaten, torn... Will he survive? Can he overcome his situation? Come and find out how one man's struggle to survive saved a nation. How one man's fight of faith carried him through the adversities that he faced. Come and watch Joseph, The Overcomer.

Venue: Main Sanctuary
Performance times:
Thursday, 3rd September: 8.00pm
Friday, 4th September : 8.00pm
Saturday, 5th September: 8.00pm
Sunday, 6th September: 8.00pm.

Address: Lot 689, Taman Goodwood, Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-79814755 Fax: 03-79817426
Email: fga@fga.com.my Website http://www.fga.com.my

To Non-Christians AND Christians, this musical play is for YOU !

I'm personally encouraged by Joseph's life.

So, i hope you'll come ! Bring your church friends, college friends, family, Cell Groups, school friends, colleagues etc and be inspired as well with this performance.

Call, sms, msn, facebook or email me if you're coming ! I'll go get the tickets for you..

Seats are running out fast, so, hurry hurry HURRY ! :D Even if its a last minute decision to come, JUST COME ! Don't worry about the tickets at all ! Its FREE !

Yes, yours truly is involve in this play but not dancing or singing. Hah ! I'm part of a wonderful bunch of Lighting Team. Wheeeee !!! COLOURS!!! ^^

And yes, i'll be there for all nights. SO COME !!

Opus 21 Random Pictures

2009-08-21T12:55:00.010+08:00

Sorry for the blurred pic. The dog is moving all the time. But yes, as you can see, this dog is having its bath in the sink. My uncle is bathing it. So cute rite.. ;) After that, my uncle used a hair dryer on it.. And yes, i'm amused the whole time.. Cos i dun have a dog that i can bath it in the sink.

OH! This cat hor.. it was so nice at first. Big eyes, rubbing ur legs, meowing and purring all the way.. It sleeps on my mom's car !! Almost every day its there. ( Mom is abit unhappy cos cat scratches all over the car). Then it started following my mom up to our condo unit. Entering the lift with my mom n all that. After that it followed my dad. Then my dad started feeding the cat. So, every now and then this cat will take the lift up to 8th floor where i live. No, it doesn't have the height to press the lift buttons but it gets out at whichever floor the lift stops at and find its way up to my place.. It jumped and climbed to my room window a few times too ! Some times, it will also curl itself up on the floor mat outside my hse and sleep. So clever rite.. ? I was quite friendly with it up till the time it tried to bite and scratch me.. Yea.. my love for cats decreased significantly after that.. My dream to have a pet cat in the future is gone too. *poof* I want my Siberian Husky :D

Owh owh owh ! Made this for Mei Kim's birthday quite awhile ago.. i didn't know wad to make.. all i know i have a lot colour papers and that flower paper puncher.. Then it ended up like that lor.. I hope she like it..

These two pics rite.. its the SAME bird. Jas folded it using Halls sweet wrapper. Pro rite ?? :D Then Darren made its beak stuck to the side of the table we were sitting at.. Terrible lo.. But then again, so cool rite ! It can get stuck wan.. Hahahahaha.. This happened in class recently btw.. *im gonna miss these two ppl in class*

This is a tissue made boat.. special rite ? ;) Darren n Jas said im in the wrong course.. Soon after that, they poured water to sink my boat.. :( *i miss them already*

Spot the diff between these two coins !!

One is older than me and i'm older than the other one :D

I'll be back with a some pictures of coconut tree drawings.. Wait for it ! :D

Opus 20 THAT Time

2009-07-19T12:12:00.003+08:00

It is that time of the month.... again. And its late.

Girls will probably know what i'm talking about more than guys. Cos they have more experience..

When that time of the month comes, it is not heaven. It is nature.

And for a person called melody.. she'll go cranky and crankier and crankier-er..

And she'll start questioning why is nature like that..

And she'll want to sleep all day. And forget about the world. Even if homework is due tomorrow, she'll just ignore it because all she wants and needs is her beautiful pillow and bed. It is the only time the unbearable pain is forgetten. ( Exception clauses attached )

And she will wanna grab hold of a pillow and hug it and occasionally squeeze it when the pain becomes more than unbearable..

Oh ! Did i mention that those chemical stuff in her called the Hormones are 'fluctuating'.. ( can someone gimme a better word ? Fluctuating is all i can think of at this hour. )

And trust me when i say that hormonal imbalance will cause a catastrophy at any point of those first three days...

But its okay.. she's still trying to figure out how to control that catastrophy and to reduce the effect onto the people around her to a minimal level.. This is work in progress. So, its okay to not ignore her. She won't bomb you. She's done it before. But she won't now. Trust me :)

Hormonal imbalance causes a whole lot of other stuff which i wouldn't wanna mention here. So if u wanna find that out, go google it.. My friend taught me "if dunno.. Google". Thus, Dunno = Google.

And why am i talking like im not melody ?

Because i'm her proxy.

Who am i ?

I am Su Ann without a dash or ANY 'e'. ( People tend to spell it as Sue Anne or Su Anne or Su-Ann )

-.-

la la la

Opus 19 Dear Brother

2009-07-03T14:09:00.005+08:00

Accidents memang happen when you just only got your license, you're driving a manual car and have way shorter 'extra probationary driving period' implemented by our family (compared to what i've got last time)..

But please do remember that accidents are not not a big deal..

It is..

Drive CAREFULLY and PROPERLY ! Aiyoh !

Dont so selamba, can anot ?

From,

Your sis

Opus 18 Accomplishments

2009-06-29T21:24:00.011+08:00

Like i mentioned before, i'm having my semester breaks now. AND its about to end this weekend.

Hmm... lemme list out what i've accomplished for the past 2 weeks..

1. watched a couple of episodes of Heroes.

2. watched many episodes of Naruto Shippuuden ( and still watching )

3. read one and a half novel (though i borrowed 7 from library)

4. slept alot

5. hang out and catch up with some friends ( but not all.. -work in progress- )

6. fell sick (for 5 days)

7. worked for a couple of hours and quitted (sigh)

8. watched a couple of DVDs (Made of Honor, Martian Child, Night in the Museum 2, Star Trek)

9. waxed/polished some cars with my bro.. (tiring, u know..)

10. went over to aunt's place :) :)

11. did some writing

12. blogged

13. went to LYPG last last sat..

(Editted)

14. watched Transformers

15. did a craft. I don't know what to call it.. pic will up soon :)

yea, thats pretty much about it..

Wow, what an accomplishment.. don't u think so ?

;)

Opus 17 Heroes and Yum Chas

2009-06-15T00:35:00.004+08:00

[Post-exams period]

Is there a kind soul out there who would be willing to lend me Heroes Season 2 and 3.. ?

Pretty please ?

Online-ing for 4 hours to be able to download only 7 minutes out of 42mins (per episode) is plain ridicule..

Owh.. i'm on a 3 weeks break..

Soooo... mamak or yum cha, anyone ?

*winks*

I can't wait to go back to class !

Opus 16 Haagen Dazs, EDCs and Dreams

2009-05-14T18:56:00.006+08:00

Tada !

Finger-licking
Haagen Dazs Chocolate Fondue

This is another kind of ice cream. Below the two scoops of ice creams are chocolate brownies which were mind-blowingly good...

Ready...

Set...

... GO !

i miss those !
These were taken during one of my lunch with Uncle and cousins and my brother in Penang's CNY holidays..

EDCs classes just ended.
Yes ! For all three papers ! Its all over !! Weehoooo !!
But it isn't that great of a new after all because.. every single day after TONIGHT the books,notes and calculator will see more of me than any of you will.
Its time to countdown again till the ACTUAL day of exam. June 3, 4, 9.
Time to face the fear.
Play time is over by today.

Thus said, i joined Sue, Lisa and the rest of them for lunch today. Yahhooo ! Very filling lunch. And its NOT pricey at all. Economy rice. "Chak fan". However you spell it. Hahaha. Took quite alot of dishes and it only came up to RM2.80. YES ! LESS THAN RM3! For that same amount of food, it will easily cost me RM4.00 or RM4.50 in Medan (beside Sunway College). Oh! forgot to mention that the place i went was the market / Pasar in SS15, near Asia Cafe and Taylors College. My first time there.

After that, followed them to this nearby shop called Snowflake something. Had a bowl of iced erm thing. I dunno the name of the iced thing i ate. LOL! My first time there also. But its FREEZING ! For my teeth i mean.. Hahaha.. Enjoyed though. Again, i grabbed the title of the Slowest Person to Finish Her Food. This time, i grabbed it TWICE! *pats own shoulder*
Normally when i'm with Wing, Jasmyn, Josh, Mei Kim and gang.. Either Wing or Josh will be the slowest...

After the Snowflake shop thingy, we went to RT Pastry Shop. In SS15 also. They said the egg tarts there are the best ever. They bought alot. But i didn't get any. Too full. Hahaa..
Sue and I were like.. "Nooo.. lets go somewhere else after this. Don't wanna go home so early" [ It was nearly 5pm that time ]. The only reason we were feeling this way was because once we get home, its back to REALITY !

R E A L I T Y, people !! [ Reality to us means study ].

This will probably explain why i am bloggin here now. Must enjoy tonight kao kao. Max punya max.
So yea looorrr... Lemme tell you about the Revision Classes for the past three weeks.

Three weeks ago, it Mock Exam Week. It ended on a Friday. Saturday was rest day. But i helped out in Paroimia instead. Then came Sunday. Sunday wasn't a day for me to go church. Especially not that Sunday. Why ? No, not backsliding. But i had F9 Finance Revision Class. From 8am till 6pm. I told my parents the night before that i have classes on Sunday and they were like, " Sunday worr...?". Yea lo. Sunday also got class lor. Same goes for following two days : Monday n Tues.

Then came the following week [ three weeks ago ], Audit Revision classes for 3 full days. My friends cabut because they rather self study. Being a good girl *smiles*, i attended all three days.

This is how Audit classes can bore some people. Look how it affected Lil Joshua. Hahaha..

Then came this week. F7 Classes. Four days this time. My lecturer, Ms Shanta made a provision from 8am till 8pm for EVERY SINGLE of those FOUR DAYS. Yea, i made the same provision as well. But Thank God it was only till 4.40pm on Monday, 6.30pm on Tues and Wed and 2.15pm today ! Phew ! I remember on the first day, we went on for 6 hours straight WITHOUT a single break. Yup. Crazy. I know. Not even a toilet break. Second day was even worst because of the topic that we were focusing on that day, though we had like 5-10 mins toilet break in between. OVERALL, i am glad all the classes are over ! But on another view, its back to R E A L I T Y !

Oh yes ! I had really REALLY strange bad dreams lately. Two nights ago, i dreamt that i was being chased by this kind of alien-like-machine (a lil resemblance of Transformers-like machines) which can only attack ppl from their behinds. It won't attack from the front. So, my friends and i were runnign from these aliens, climbed a whole lot of stairs, arrived to the top of the building which kinda looked like a platform of a boat (the kind in Pirate's of the Carribean) and we stood back to back. Yup ! It prevented us from being attacked by those aliens. But, don't ask me how the top of the building can be like a platform of a Pirate ship. Weird things happen in dreams !

Another dream that i had last week, i was in this old house whose walls were yellow in colour with my brother. Somehow this house had a lot of windows. When i say a lot, it REALLY meant A LOT ! So, it was raining heavily and i told my brother to help close all the windows. So, as i was closing the windows, suddenly these wild yellow parrots with brown beaks came and bite my hands. Yeah. Because of this dream, i woke up late. 7am. And on my way to Wei Ping's house, i nearly banged a car because i was driving too fast. But managed to break in time. So yea. These dreams. SIGH !

As you can see... i've written quite a long post and i think its about time i shoo myself off the computer.. Sooooo.. BYE ! *smiles*

p/s : WHY IS DANNY GOKEY VOTED OUT OF AMERICAN IDOL !

Opus 15 When faith and fear collides..

2009-05-14T18:46:00.005+08:00

Israel, out looking for a place to rest,
met God out looking for them!"
God told them, "I've never quit loving you and never will.
Expect love, love, and more love!
And so now I'll start over with you and build you up again,
dear virgin Israel.
You'll resume your singing,
grabbing tambourines and joining the dance.

~ Jeremiah 31 : 3 - 4 ~

Opus 14 Paroimia pictures

2009-05-12T20:28:00.008+08:00

I know i haven't been updating on myself since the beginning of this blog. My sincere apologies.
But allow me to yap some stuff out since its been so long i haven't been yapping..

As most of you would have known, Paroimia was abt 3 weekends ago. I LOVED it ! Every single part of it ! My top favourite scene was when Crimson Knight and the Red Army was battling the Dark Legion..but before the battle began, Crimson Knight did a duet dance with Amia. Yup yup..then they formed a shape of the cross at the end of the dance..
The Grey Doldrums dance was EXCITING ! A lot of the comment i've got also referred to it as the best dance among the rest. The clowns were funny.. hahaha.. Town Crier aka Terry Y. did a good job announcing a few items before the start of the play.. Then during one of the nights when Terry was making the announcements to the audience, the clowns sneaked up behind him and gave him a scare.. Bwahahahaha ! Funny clowns ! Terry's reaction was like " Soo.. Parents, please keep your children beside you because you won't want them to be naughty like those clowns.." ( he said something like that la.. lol.. can't recall the exact words)

Some pics from Paroimia (all taken from dear Wei Jan's facebook photo albums.. THANK YOU !)

Citizen's Dance

Town Crier(middle) informing King Elohim on the rebellion attack of The Golden Army

King Elohim n his Army

Amia and the Clowns/Tricksters ( the Golden Army who rebelled n became the Dark Legion disguising as clowns/tricksters )

Trick, Amia,Shaqar

The Dark Legion dance ?

Amia in the hands of the Dark Legion

Grey Doldrums

King Elohim n his son, Prince Elyon

Grey Doldrums 'beating up' Prince Elyon

Crimson Knight n Amia
My fav scene !

Battle of the Red Army and Dark Legion

Red Army n Crimson Knight protecting Amia

The White Dance

(Before)
Below:Main Sanctuary. Above: Balcony

(After)

Brought a couple of my classmates to watch it.. :) Sue, Eliza, Rachel, Liak Shern, Victor, Leng Zhong.. bumped into Darren's church friends. Some of whom i remember.. Jamie n err err.. i forgot their names.. but i remember faces ! Hah ! :)

For those of you who didn't get to watch Paroimia, DVD + Soundtracks are available on sale ! Just have to book them. Weehoo ! I can't wait to watch it again !

A BIG *applause* to Darren Ong and his team.. Brilliant job! Watched three times also won't sien wan.. Really. i miss Paroimia.. Thank God for all responses to the altar calls. I believed many are touched one way or another.

Toodles !

p/s to all my classmates : Come on ! Two more days of F7 Class to go ! TWO MORE ! Hang in there.. Break sessions are not generously nor graciously long.. but better than none ! See you all tmr ! *that includes*cough*DarrenH*cough* Heh heh..

Opus 13 When Love Story meets Viva La Vida

2009-05-08T20:25:00.002+08:00

Check out the B E A U Tiful arrangement of piano n cello for two amazing songs that you wouldn't have expected to be combined !
I personally love the cello at the beginning especially..
AND from minute 3.16 onwards.. the piano !!!! The way the song changes from one to another.. i LOVED IT ! The cello doubles the effect !
You make sure you watch the video, i tell you...

Opus 12 Paroimia (editted)

2009-04-18T20:08:00.005+08:00

Storytelling

Red Army

Levanwood

King Elohim

Citizens

Pictures are taken from www.paroimia.com.my

Do come and watch this exciting performance !
There are still two more nights ( 24th and 25th April ) of performance..
Starts at 8pm. Dinner is provided and its from 6.30pm onwards.
Seats can be pre-booked. Lemme know if you need seats.
I strongly encourage you and you and YOU to make time to watch this play..

I googled "paroimia" and came across a number of good comments and feedbacks on people's blogs.. [And yea, i dont know those people..haha..saje read their blog for the comments. ]

So yea..
GO AND WATCH !

Editted on April 22, 8.30pm : Due to overwhelming response, the production will be held for TWO extra sessions this weekend instead of one session on Friday and Sat each. Thus the following dates and time :

Date : Friday (24/4/2009)
Time : 8.00pm - 10.00pm

Date : Saturday (25/4/2009)
Time : 4.30pm - 6.30pm ( 1st show )
Time : 8.00pm - 10.00pm ( 2nd show )

Date : Sunday (26/4/2009)
Time : 6.00pm - 8.00pm

COME !!!

Opus 11 The Easter Story : He is Alive

2009-04-09T11:04:00.004+08:00

by Calvary Church
10, 11, 12 April 2009
8pm nightly
Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil

p/s : Liverpool kena trashed by Chelsea at Anfield 1-3. I guess this makes most football fans (except Liverpool fans) happy ? :D

Opus 10 Paroimia (Par-oy-mee'-ah)

2009-03-26T12:03:00.007+08:00

Once upon a time, a prince was born in the Golden City.
His name was Prince Elyon.
That same day, the commander of the Golden Army, Kieron, led a rebellion against the King and stole away the citizens.

It had been foretold that a day like that would come, when a savior would be needed. He would have to die in exchange for the citizens' freedom. His blood for theirs.

Prince Elyon was to be that savior.

Will he be able to wipe the darkness of Kieron out ?
Will the people ever be free from the clutches of Kieron?

Come and watch Paroimia.
Let the colors whisk you away to the land where the Golden Command upholds justice...
the Dark Legion threatens peace & harmony.
Is there hope for the imprisoned Grey Doldrums?
Can the courageous Blood Army bring restoration?

17th April (Friday)
18th April (Saturday)
24th April (Friday)
25th April (Saturday)

The story will unfold from
8pm to 10pm
at the Main Sanctuary of FGA KL.

*Dinner and pre-booked seating can be arranged for you and your non-Christian guests. Please call 03-79814755 during office hours or email paroimia2009@gmail.com

**For non-Muslims only

*** It will be a LIVE performance. And NO entrance fee is charged.

Here's a trailer. Enjoy !

Opus 9 Not Giving Up

2009-03-21T23:07:00.002+08:00

Nope.
I'm not giving up.
It hasn't got the best of me yet.
Hah.

Nope.
I'm not giving up

Opus 8 The person who called me a sow

2009-03-05T12:37:00.007+08:00

I've known this fella since form 5. Not long la. But.

I remember another friend introduced the both of us because of our involvement in CFs.
I remember organising an event with him even though we were from different schools.
I remember the name callings. Pig. Sow.
I remember the teasings we had to one another.
I remember the way he stand up and fight for his own rights and what he wants. And he gets it.
I remember the chats and discussion we had over MSN.
I remember the way he holds on to his faith. He makes people amazed sometimes.
I remember the times he "tahan" my rantings over the phone. Hahaha.. I feel bad for him at the end of the day.
I remember when we got our SPM results.
I remember when he said he's got an interview for JPA Scholarship.
Also the time he got through the scholarship and he's going to Taylor's to study SAM.
I remember when he broke the news about his achievement in SAM recently.
I remember the times we hang out with other friends like Shaun, Jovan, Roxanne, Li Yan..
I remember also the times i was speechless because of his lame-ness.
Oh ! Not forgetting the Sabo plans we have for him. Hahaha.. Sorry.
Then, he said he's due to go Melbourne less than a month time.
I remember going to Sunway Lagoon (last month) with that pig and other doinks.
I remember the Sabowell. [ This is a must read item ! ]
Then the day came.
The first pig i've sent off at the airport. Who would have imagined time flies so fast.
Its almost a month since that pig left. ( No, he's still very much alive in Melbourne )

Yes, i miss my friend.

The pig i'm talking about is on the left.

This time he's on the right, and the pig is feeding parrots.

Owh. He was selected to do a Malaysian version of Titanic.

Joshua, Joynn, Shaun, Pig

With his team members in a youth camp, FGA USJ Camp i think.

Last year's Birthday Bash. He right underneath us.

Aaron, Pig, Shaun. This was in Form 4.

Their cg last time.
Yew Wai, Pig, Shaun, Another Pig, Makarios, Aaron

Blessed Belated 19th Birthday, Matt !

Opus 7 applause

2009-02-26T20:36:00.004+08:00

There are two things i wanna shout out here...
Go to page28 and page 37 of the Main Section of Star Newspaper.

Page 28.
MY DREAM CAR IS IN TOWN ! WOOHOOOO !!!
I won't even mind getting a display toy car of this model ! Its such a beauty..

To find out on what page 37 is all about.. you can either click on this link or search for that page itself. The title of that article is "Dear Malaysian Politicians" by Anas Zubedy, the Managing Director of Zubedy (M) Sdn Bhd.

All i could say or do after reading that is *applause* and *applause* and "I couldn't agree more".

*applause*

Opus 6 Cute Boi

2009-02-25T08:49:00.004+08:00

Cute boi XD

Opus 5 Pendrive

2009-02-21T00:02:00.002+08:00

I cannot find my pendrive..
Help ? ? ?

T.T

editted : i found it seconds later after i publish this post earlier. It was somewhere on the computer table. Hahaha.. No, i am not a noob.

Opus 4 CNY Reunion @ Penang

2009-02-14T20:15:00.010+08:00

I know. I know. I know.
Late entry.
Sorry.

Here are some pics taken during CNY recently. Went back to Penang on Fri Night till Tues morning.

Friday evening @ Kesas Highway outside my condo.. This jam is normal. For me. Hahaha. I see this nearly everyday.

And it continues till night time.

TA DA ! My youngest Aunt. And my new cousin !! Ryan ! Hahahaha... He's a very good poser..

He likes the camera ALOT. Every time he sees me, he'll be looking for the camera. I'll give it to him. He holds it. Then he looks at me with cute eyes. Then he hands the cameras back (hoping that i'l teach him how to use). Which i did. And he snaps pic himself. He's only 2 yrs + .
Smart kid ;)

This is the pic that my baby cousin snapped. His dad. Hahaha..

The following three pics are what i call GOOD food. Cousin, Anne took my bro, Josh and myself out for these and shopping.. Its our Cousin's Day.

Mee Rebus of Penang. (wipe that saliva off your mouth la.. )
Sorry lighting not so nice.

Mee Goreng. Pedas. But Sedap.

Western Food.

We went to Gurney Plaza after that for our Secret Plan. I had my favourite Green Tea ice cream just before we left. Josh and Anne had McFlurry.

Yee Sang on Sat Night. Reunion Dinner Episode One.

Anne, Ai Ling, Ruben, me, Josh
5 out of 6 of the older cousins.. I had some food in my mouth. Couldn't smile properly.

Cousins. Yea, the pic is rather dark.. Sorry

Remember the Secret Plan i mentioned earlier? Yeap. The three of us planned to bake Sheppard's Pie for the family as a surprise. But secret got leaked out.. No more surprise lor.. but the food was good.. it tasted very good. :)

Woohoo ! More good food ! But all home cooked. By grandma. This is Reunion Dinner Episode 2. Owh ! This is the Adults' Table. The cousins sit at a separate table with the same food laid down. Hehehe..

Cousins looking good on Day 1 CNY Morning. Took this pic before departing to Grandma's hse in Air Itam.

Me and my cousin, Eugin. We're exactly 2 months apart. He's younger. Hahaha.. Our moms are 1 yr apart.

Zhi Chi, Anne, me. We had two cameras staring at us. That would explain the eyes.. hahaha..

Clockwise: me, Anne, Zhi Chi, Ai Ling. Yup, we still had 2 cameras staring at us. That would also explain the eyes.. hahaha..

This is one of my younger cousin. 11 or 12 yrs old. I can't rmbr. Heh. We were out to Starbucks on Cousin's Night. He's acting cool i think. Lol.

We took a lot of pics during Cousin's Night. This was in a carpark. Hahaha..

I like this pic best lorr... *big smile*

Overall, i enjoyed my CNY this year.. The food was AWESOME. The pics were great. I somehow wished i could stay longer.. But oh well..

Owh ! If you were wondering what's Cousins Day and Cousins Night, its just a time when my cousins and i get to meet up and hang out together WITHOUT our parents. It happens every year during Red Occasions or Christmas..or at any time when we get to meet up lor.. We seldom see each other. Thats why we have these. Don't jealous *wink* If we go out during the day, its Cousins Day lor. If at night, then Cousins Night lor..

Opus 3 YPF Retreat @ Pangkor

2009-01-09T21:11:00.022+08:00

Its been quite some time since i last updated my blog. SORRY for the delay. But couldn't help it.

LAZY :D

I'll tell you how i spent my recent 3 weeks holidays which was "oh so long" after my Finals on 8 Dec 08. You see, after sitting for my F5 paper which ended by 6.15pm, most of my classmates headed straight to Pyramid for a celebration over dinner. I joined them as well. Merdeka ma ? Heh.. Ate at Kim Gary. A whole bunch of us. After dinner, the hostelites and some others went to The Curve for a movie. Some went home. That includes me. Wanted to sleep early to "compensate" for the lack-of-sleep-nights before. Went to bed at 11.30pm. MANA TAU ! Cannot sleep. Zzzz.. Went online. Played Bejeweled online till 4am. Too excited cos exams ended ? Oh well..

The next day was so DREADFUL ! I know nothing else better to do than to waste my time away on the computer. It felt like life was AIMLESS.. ! Cos during the semester, our life seem to revolved around exams and classes and all that.. So, when it came to the holidays, life was really aimless and boring for me. BUT i am thankful that day is only ONE day.. I tutored a girl, Rachel the next day for one of her high school subject. [ Yes ! Tutoring is another beneficial thing i could do to "waste" my time away.. ]

Then it came to *tada* YPF RETREAT !!! Woohoooooo !! This is one thing i was looking forward to for months ! And i must thank THOSE who contributed so much so that i could join these wonderful Cheras-ians in Pangkor.

To PCK and Shaun, i must say this again.. " U missed it la... We had so much fun.. :D"

To Philip, thank you for organising this retreat even when you're belted down with stress for your exams. All the best in it ! Owh.. your lame-ness sure had made my first time retreat with u guys different.. Hahaha..

To Joynn.. Thank you for being my angel.. You rock in so many ways.. No, i shall refrain from calling you "monkey" :)

To Chin Wei, you're so adorable.. If anything, gimme a call or nudge over msn k ?

To AlvinB, NO SABO ! -.-

Here are some pics
( all taken from Poh Ling and Ruxyn's blog cos i didn't snap much pics myself )

This is the lobby where we waited to be checked in. This is also where the "murdered" people waited for the War Game to be ended.

This is the so-called entrance to the beach lor. Along the way is a road lined up with Ramly Burger stalls.. yum yum :)

Hamster Wheel. Two teams had to race from one end to another in this newspaper-made-hamster-wheel. My team had alot of tall ppl. Had trouble moving also. In the end, KOYAK.

You see.. ? the newspaper where Luke (first guy)is holding, koyak-ed.

The other team was more organized la. Lol. The wheel koyak also still so gung-ho wanna continue..

This is another game we played. A couple of ppl racing from one end to another on plastic bags. And the person in the middle must hold two cups filled with water with dripping any of it.

I present you, Beatrice !!

Philip got thrown into the water by the guys after Day 1 games. LOL.

Oh oh ! We played something like Captain Ball too ! But it was a three-legged Captain Ball. And instead of a ball, we used a sponge filled with water. The goal is to pass it to the person standing on each end of the field and filling up the bottle with the water in the sponge.

Lester was one of the person with the empty bottle

We had a list of things to complete to win another match:
A group photo of my team. Middle is Poh Ling.
From left: Luke, David, Jon, Matt, me and Beatrice

Another shot with the games co-ordinator,Joynn(far left)

They wanted a human pyramid. Matt looked like he was suffering from a very heavy burden.
Matt, nvm la... give all your burdens to Him. :D Look at David.. so happy.. smiling some more..A human-lettered G. Doesn't it look like a "G" ? ?

A picture of a star, sun and moon.

Spot the Un-Spottable. Item No. 1 : Sand Castle.

I think this game is very clever. Whoever thought of it. Captain Ball style i think. Yea. But using towels to catch and toss the ball around. Smart..

This is Rachel. With her Turtle. Another cute girl, i tell u.

Someone'e starfish. Spongebob-style starfish. But definitely not Patrick lor.. ?

Prayer meeting at the beach. lol.
They just gathered and sit around while someone tried to tie me up.

Yeap, i was man-handled by a bunch of girls..
I don't know who i kicked but whoever it is, I'M SO SO SORRY !
SeE.. So many hands trying to tie me up.. apa ni.
I'm in white shirt in the middle by the way.
The sand all over me was Jovan and AlvinB's fault.

And i give you the brain : AlvinB.
See his hand on the sand ..

This is Jovan with his red face. Like baboon, don't you think? ;)

And this is Jovan sleeping in the ferry.
[ Jovan, don't kill me for this. WinShaun snapped this pic. Not me ]

Tirzah and Kui Ling with their waterguns. We played War Game on the last night and the morning before we departed. It was like a Attack and Conquer kinda war game.
Fun. Loved it.

This was when we were waiting at the lobby for the War Game to start.

Alvin trying to be cute. Which definitely isnt working.

Owh ! Did i tell you we went snorkelling as well ? Yeap yeap! I find it ok la. Not too good and not too bad. Its just that the rocks were sharp that majority got cuts and wounds on their feet and legs. And the boat left us there. -.- We had to take a boat to the snorkelling area, u see. Two boats. Dropped us there and left to pick another bunch of passengers. The sea was SO SALTY ! My lips were salty even after the whole activity was over.

Can't really go deep into the water because the place was quite shallow, there were sharp rocks everywhere, there were alot of people around and its that irritating lifejacket which all of us had to wear to keep us afloat. Yes, it did kept us afloat. But i found it quite irritating cos it was quite troublesome to push yourself beneath the surface (to snorkel) when the lifejacket is keeping u on top. So yea. Saw fishes here n there, in the salty green water.

We went for a boat ride first before the boat dropped us off the snorkel area. We saw Monkey Beach. Hahaha. Waved "hi" and "bye"s to the many kayak-ers around. LOL.

When the boat dropped us off, our belongings were in the boat. So was my sunglasses. Couldn't find my sunglasses after the snorkel. Oh well. Enjoy the scenery and the swimming pool.

After they tied me up, we went back the our resort. While we were walking back, i thanked Alvin for not pushing me into the sea water because i was wearing my contact lens. We then,cleaned up the sand off our feet at the swimming pool's shower place. Thats when Alvin "innocently" signalled Kui Ling to push me into the swimming pool. Thank goodness all my important stuff, ic, student card, money,phone.. were with Roxanne. But still,

-.-

Anyway, it wasn't a sabo. Not counted lor. HAH !

Let me intro some of the wonderful Cheras-ians i've met..

Rachel and Poh Ling.

Poh Ling and Tirzah. Jovan peeking at the back.

Beatrice, Tirzah and Rox from YC ( Oh no, i've met her long time ago. lol..)

Joynn, my angel.

Anyone have anymore pics ? Send to me pls ? Thanks.

Kai Lee, in pink. With her Nintendo, i think. or was is a PSP. I'm not sure.
But she's so quiet and petite. Would really want to get to know her more.
David, Matt and Philip surrounding her.

We had a GOOD makan time at KFC for our lunch before we departed for KL.

The guys played Mafia. At KFC.

I must tell you that i had quite an awkward but funny discussion over lunch at KFC that time. On my table was Jon, Jovan and David. Jon started talking about chicken breasts or something. And somehow or in someway David started telling us stories about KFC chicken skin which wasn't good, and if you eat more KFC, you'll probably grow breast later. Thats cos there's a hormonal injections for the chickens, but i can't remember what was the injection for. Something like that la. And David doesn't eat chicken skin. O.O Yea, we told each other who we like n all that also la.. Good fellowship. *smiles widely*

Even the bus ride back home was enjoyable. Had a good GOOD talk with some people.
The guys gathered at the back of the bus and continued playing mafia. Then they started singing "Fall For You" so harmoniously. And a couple of patriotic songs.
O.o

Then Mark chanted:
What is 'Boo' pendek ?
Boo.
What is 'Boo' panjang ?
BOOoooooooooo ...
What is 'Boo' dalam air ?
Blup Blup blup blup (imagine saying 'boo' underwater)
What is 'Boo' putus-putus ?
Bu bu bu bu bu bu (say it fast and short, like a staccato)

So yea.. This is my version of YPF Retreat. I enjoyed it, really. Some asked why am i so emo ?
The thing is that i am NOT emo. I COULD talk alot but if i don't talk, i am really quiet. Lol. Not emo. Besides, being an observer was good as well. Just to observe and enjoy every part of the retreat. No obligation, no duty, no stress. Nothing. Aahhh.... :D

YPF Retreat rocks :)

ps: Can i join u all for your next retreat a ? *wink*

Opus 2 Christmas Events

2008-12-26T23:54:00.004+08:00

Blessed Christmas to all !

Christmas is one of the day i look forward to the most.. And it was yesterday.
I had my share of fun with friends and family.

Christmas Eve, mom invited some friends over for dinner. But i only helped eat the food she prepared. Bah Kut Teh for Christmas Eve Dinner.. *two thumbs up*

Even after the guests left, i still COULD NOT close my eyes. Was excited for Christmas.

Anyway on Christmas Day itself, went for Christmas service at 8am. But my family arrived by 7.20am. Whispered to my bro, " eh, how come Christmas day so many ppl wan.. "

The service was good. The presentation were by the Children's Ministry. THEY WERE ALL SO CUTEEEE I TELL U !! =) Aaaaaa...

Owh ! Did i mention my friends n i wore formal.. ? Yeap yeap. For the first time ever, i have not much choice but to wear a dress-skirt kinda thing. I dunno what to call it. Casual knee length dress. BUT i must say that ALL of us looked amazingly superb..

[More pics to be posted later]

Pastor Daniel Singh spoke. There was an altar call and yeap, i saw quite a number of people accepting Him. *two thumbs up*

Service was over around 9.40am. By the time we left church, it was already 10am because of the traffic jam. Three cars driven by Jovan, Shaun and Aaron headed to Li Yan's house to pick her up right after which we headed straight to FGA Cheras. [ imagine 3 cars coming to pick u up.. ceh wah ! ]

The troop consisted of Jovan, Li Yan, me, Aaron Lee, Mui Lin, Carmen, Shaun and Roxanne.

The journey itself was funny. Shaun was always the slowest but he and Roxanne insisted they were very ganas on the road adi.. There were a couple of times he tried to cut in front of Aaron's car. Hahaha.. funny la..
Jovan was of course the fastest because he was driving an auto City and i was in his car leading the way. Hahaha.. But yea..

We arrived at FGA Cheras around 10.40am. Just in time for the presentation. PnW was over by the time we arrived.
Go visit Eunice's blog for some videos on the presentation. It was also by the Children's Church n some youth. Mark, playing the role of a father, did his part well..and elaborated. Kui Ling was good too.

THE KIDS WERE SO CUTEEE ALSO !!! Aaaaaa !! Esp the boy Timon. And the girl Jennifer...

*applause* to Matt n Joynn. They wrote the whole play. Bravo !

Ps. Lau Tak Siong came n spoke. He was yes, lame.. but straight to the point. Message was good. But more evangelical.

After service, we contemplated between having lunch in BBQ Restaurant (because their Mongolian Chicken is a bomb ! ) and joining the Cheras-ians' lunch. It was prepared by the church for everyone.

In the end, we ended up at BBQ Restaurant. MONGOLIAN CHICKEN !! =D Hahahaha..

Ordered one whole chicken. Jovan reserved half of the chicken specially for Aaron.. There were other dishes as well that was GOOD. But we couldn't finish them all. Ta pow lor..

AlvinB, Joseph and Philip( the king of lameness ) joined us for awhile. Philip was so quiet. He is definitely back to himself just as he had promised at the end of the YPF Retreat in Pangkor recently. The table was filled with laughter.

WHY? ? Two words.. Lame Jokes.
AlvinB said his brain cells were fried.. lol.. But yea, glad the three of them came by.

We had an Interrogation Session. This is the time when judges will ask questions and the witness must answer them accordingly. The first witness aka victim was Aaron. In Matt's words, the rules are as follows :
1. You cannot talk when we are talking. You must listen to our questions carefully. You must answer every question asked.
2. You must stay here. Cannot run away.
3. Your answer must either be yes or no. It must be a direct answer. No maybe, no i dunno. No in betweens.
4. No passing.

Aiyoorrr.. i tell you.. the way Matt said all of that.. can laugh adi. Lol. Lemme introduce the judges :
Jovan the Lawyer, Shaun the Engineer, Matt the Accountant.
But the victim is not only Aaron la. Lol. ALL of us at the table had to answer a couple of questions. " Who do you find most appealling in this table? ", "Who do you find most appealling outside this table? " etc..

Actually, the First Interrogation Session was targeted at PCK, over dinner on the last Sat before he flew off to Canada for his studies.

PS: PCK, you are deeply missed by all of us especially during this season.. =)

By the time we left, it was already past 2.30pm.

Before i go, this is the only pic i have. I apologise for the bad quality. Am still trying to get more pics from Matt n Aaron.

By the end of this blog entry, i must say i have lost the "skill" to blog. So tiring to type out everything !! But more of lazy la. I mean, look at my old xanga site.. so long din update adi.
Owh, i got my hair cut again. This time even shorter. I have a bob mushroom hair. Some said i look ok. Mom said i dun look so old now.. -_-//

Good Night!

Opus 1 Trial test

2008-12-26T21:01:00.006+08:00

Testing..
Wuan two thwee..

Blessed Christmas everyone ? =)