IF I SHOULD LOSE MY WAY

A song I heard in APLYC

As we turn our lives
Down this complicated road
If you need a hand to hold
I promise you
I will be your friend
Through whatever life may send
And I know that you will be there too

If I should lose my way
Along this road we share
Please bring me home, come-what-may
If I should lose my way

When the wild wind blows
And the rain begins to fall
I will find you through it all
And comfort you
But as we move on
Should you turn and find me gone
Then just rest awhile, I'll be along

If I should lose my way
Along this road we share
Please wait for me, come-what-may
If I should lose my way

Day after day,
Never let the sun go down
'Till love is found once more

If I should lose my way
Along this road we share
Please look for me, come-what-may
If I should lose my way

Please look for me...If I should lose my way

APLYC 8

Hey peeps,


So sorry was away for about 1 week. In Singapore now for the Asia Pacific LaSallian Youth Congress (APLYC). Will blog more about it once I get back. Still tired (actually very tired). You want to know more..........click here.......

CARING

Hmm I've just learnt something about caring people.

If you care for someone don't expect the person to care as much as you do. So look at the motives of your caring. Do you care because you really care for his/her life or because you also want that person to care for you back. I always had this issue. I realise that in the bible it asks us to care because Jesus cares. But I guess the human side of me would want the other person to care back.

I remembered Su Anne told me, we all care differently....... and all of us have a certain limit to our caring. Someone once told me that I cared too much that it gave so much pressure for him. To that person let me say to you that it was not my intention to do so. I love caring for those whom I really care. I am able to give as much because I have the ability and resources too.

Caring for someone means you need to first love that person. Love meaning not the gf bf only but it also includes love from all aspects. I care for my own family because I love them. I care for Sui YIng so much because I love her. I care for Derrick so much because I love him. So without love we cannot care. Jesus loves us so much that's why he can care so much.

But be warned.........it can become frustrating. Why? because sometimes you love them too much you become emotional attached to them. So you figured out that you are not doing more or not doing a good job when they don't respond to you. I've learn that sometime the other party just can't care like you do. Give him/her the chance to care in his/her own way. HAha easier said than done but it's something that we got to learn if not it hurts bad.

Another thing I've learn is be honest with each other. If you feel that you have been neglected tell the person.....maybe he/she has cared for you but you didn't notice like maybe staying a few days more or even just spend time with you. Just tell each other how you guys feel, then hopefully both of you will come to an understanding.

Caring for people is not an easy task. We need God to actually sustain us when you feel emotionally dry. As for the cared for person, I know also......I was cared for too, and I sometimes do not appreciate it. So to those who are cared for remember the carer. Sometimes the things you do and say can hurt the person who is caring for you. Maybe you don't know it but sometimes the carer also needs some little attention from you the cared for.

To everyone........don't stop caring for one another. It is through caring that we can show love to each other and I guess it will make this world a better place

GOOD NEWS & BAD NEWS

Heard this joke in Dear's church the other day. Goes like this:

A preacher on a Sunday morning was giving the annoucement. "Today I have some good news and some bad news to share with you"

"We want to hear the good news first", said one of his congregation

"Well I want to say that we have enough funds to sustain our church. We have enough money to renovate our church. We always wanted the new tiles for our floors, well now we can do it. Not only that, we have extras to be able to employ more workers while still able to support our current staff and pastors. We can even support 1 or 2 mission workers overseas", exclaimed the preacher.

The whole church then suddenly erupted in cheers and shout of Amen and Hallelujah. When the noise died down, another member of his congregation asked, "What is the bad news then?"

The preacher looked up and sigh, "The funds are all in your pocket!"

...........................................

Something to think about right?

FREE RICE

Doreen just sent me this link to a very cool website. It's a website that supports free rice to people in poverty-stricken places and it is also a good place to learn new words. The game has 50 levels and so far I have reached level 39..woohoo...


Here's the banner that goes to that link.

Enjoy peeps..........

THES

Hmm it's that time of year again where the whole debate about our local universities dropping in the ranks of the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). This year USM dropped again to 307. So does that means that USM's standard is bad....hmm personally I do not think so. I was reading up on the method THES comes out with the ranking.

The ranking weights are:
Peer Review Score (40%)
Recruiter Review (10%)
International Faculty Score (5%)
International Students Score (5%)
Faculty/Student Score (20%)
Citations/Faculty score (20%)

Found this contreversy about the scoring from wikipedia. Sounds interesting. The Rankings have previously been criticized for placing too much emphasis on peer review, which receives 40% of the overall score. Some have expressed concern on the manner in which the peer review has been carried out. In a certain report, Peter Wills from the University of Auckland, New Zealand wrote of the QS-THES Ranking:

'But we note also that this survey establishes its rankings by appealing to university staff, even offering financial enticements to participate (see Appendix II). Staff are likely to feel it is in their greatest interest to rank their own institution more highly than others. This means the results of the survey and any apparent change in ranking are highly questionable, and that a high ranking has no real intrinsic value in any case. We are vehemently opposed to the evaluation of the University according to the outcome of such PR competitions.'

Furthermore, the THES ranking does not verify the names of the Universities properly. For example, the University of Illinois which actually comprises of 3 separate campuses(universities) was lumped together in the ranking.

I also found out that this deals with academic wise. Meaning book knowledge. Now I believe for USM's case, we may not be the best in academics, but we sure are much much better in the field of research. I can actually quote people from overseas universities who are ranked high said the facilities in their university for research are scarce.

So to those who think that USM is bad....think again. I still love it here.

KAMI MEMIMPIN!!!

NOTHING BETTER TO DO

Haha I just went to this site to just have fun on quizzes. Took on transformer

I AM
71%
BUMBLEBEE

Take the Transformers Quiz

And this is what it means for me

Bumblebee
As an Autobot spy, Bumblebee is the ultimate robot in disguise. What he lacks in size and strength, he makes up for with courage. He enjoys the company of humans and would do anything for his Earthly friends. Like Bumblebee, you are compassionate and your heart is pure. Your leadership skills are weak at best. You will never be the commander of the Autobots. In addition, you use technology when you need to, but you do not embrace the latest trends.

SEASAONS OF LOVE

I just bought a new musical two days ago. It's called RENT and so far I'm liking the songs and also the story line. RENT is about a group of struggling artists (drag queen, director, exotic dancer, singer) and how they are having problem to pay their rent (haha..didn't see it coming did you). Along the way it tells them of their problems of AIDS, drug pushing and safe sex. It deals a lot too of homosexuality, bisexuality and a lot of urban poor. All in all a great musical. The opening song for this musical is called Seasons of Love and I would like to share it with you.

Seasons Of Love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In Daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love
Seasons of love.
Seasons of love.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned,
Or in times that he cried,
In bridges he burned,
Or the way that she died.

It's time now to sing out,
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Remember the love
Measure in love
Seasons of love!
Seasons of love.

Oh you got to remember the love,
You know that love is a gift from up above
Share love, give love, spread love
Measure, measure your life in love.

ANNIVERSARIES

Hello people,

Last week was a week of anniversaries. Actually the month of October is a month of anniversaries. Let me begin with my first anniversary that I celebrated

22nd October - My anniversary with my dear Sui Ying. Yes, it has already been a year since we started out together. As I reflect on my walk with her, I can say that it has been BitterSweet. Yes there were good times but there were difficult times also. But I thank God that she was brought into my life. She is to me the love of my life and I pray that our relationship will go far. How did it all begin? Hmm..that's a long story. About a year ago (actually more), a friend of mine suggested me to go out with her on a date. I mean just to get to know her better. I still remember it was a dinner outing at Nibong Tebal and we had chicken chop for dinner. During dinner, I noticed that I could click with her. So it was from there, that our relationship started to bloom. Cut the story short, September last year, I decided to tell her how I felt for her and was shocked to hear that she has the same feelings for me too. So after much prayer, 22nd October 2006 on a Sunday evening, we prayed and decided to become a couple. :)

Dear and me on our anniversary...

26th October - Another individual that has touched my heart. None other than my God Brother Derrick. Haha actually the both of us still marvel at how God works. Both of us are definitely very different people. Seriously people think that both of us do not match up at all to become brothers. But after 1 year, we believe that God has indeed did marvelous things in our lives. How did it happen? 2 years ago, my own big bro, Jonathan left USM and one of his advice to me is to find a younger bro to take care and to be his mentor. So I prayed and during 3rd year, I couldn't click with any of the guys in CF. When I was in 4th year (meaning Derrick is 2nd year), it was in CPR that I got to know him more and got closer to him. So I tried to just test waters with him and I felt that he was giving positive responses. It was in camp (PBBC) that I decided to ask him formallly and formalize the relationship. Here's where my relationship differ from Jon. Jon and me are at professional basis meaning it doesn't go on to personal matters. Mostly about serving and also studies. But for me and Derrick it has become more than that. I now treat him like my own blood brother and really he is someone I truly care a lot now.

Derrick at the bridge competition

31st October - The last anniversary which technically I don't celebrate but I am happy and always remember about it. It is my parent's wedding anniversary. This year would be their 26th Anniversary. My parents got married in 1981 and two years later they had me. 5 years later they had my brother and then now both of us are all grown up. My parents are the sweetest couple you can find...(okay I'm just being bias). Here's to you mum and dad. I love you guys.

My parents this year...ain't them sweet

SUFFERINGS

I did a sharing for the last CF meeting for the semester. Actually it was a last minute sharing. I really didn't know what to share. Was reading a list of verses gave by Joshua and then this verse hit me.

Romans 5:3-4 (NKJV)

And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance, and perseverance, character and character, hope


Another version puts it as "Rejoice in your sufferings"......wow God actually wants us to Rejoice in our sufferings. Do you know that many students in USM fail to see this. Even myself, I've fail to look beyond all the exams and assignments. I believe all of this is for us to know that the outside world is worst. Exams and assignments are designed to shape us. As long as we don't give up, our character will be molded. What character? I believe it is the Fruit of the Spirit. Only through perseverance that the qualities of the fruit can rise in us. And of course at the end of day, God tells us that there is hope. I always believe that is God is consistent. And true enough, the message of hope runs through the whole bible.

I hope that we can rejoice in our trials and also our stresses.

DECISIONS

I just attended a funeral today. It was a boy from my church here in Parit Buntar. It was a kinda a sad thing because he was only 19 and he died of cancer. But it was during his wake service that I was surprise to find out about his life. A lot of people shared during the services about how he is so positive about life and how he has chose to live his life happier even at times of struggle.

It so happened that I received an e-mail from a colleague at work about living a positive outlook of life.

John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply,"If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side ofthe situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a badmood. I choose to be in a good mood. "Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim.....or......I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining...... or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."

I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw him about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied,"If I were any better, I'd be twins Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live..... or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. He continued, "..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the Expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John." She asked if I was allergic to anything."Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude........I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Think Positive & Live.

BLESSING

Last Thursday I had dinner with my Cell Group (Self Control). The whole idea of the gathering was to go for dinner at the pasar Ramadhan which without fail always there during puasa month. But lo and behold when we arrived there, the pasar was missing. Nothing could be seen. And after much discussion with the group, we went to Pizza Hut instead for dinner. Now most people know me will surely know how I become guilty very fast, so without must thought I decided to spend my CG dinner that night.

A lot of people asked me why am I so generous. Hmm I guess it's because my life was blessed by other people around me that I feel blessing should continue to flow.

1) The first person I must address is my mum. She thought me that we cannot always think about our finances and hold on them too tight because at the end of the day, it will control you. So let God be the financial officer.

2) Pst Jacs...she took me in after form six to lower my parent's burden. It's where I learn independence and how to trust God for his help.

3) Jonathan...my big bro in campus. He taught me that if you bless someone, God will bless you back. But the motive of blessing must be sincere and not that you want the blessing from God.

4) Uncle Frank...this person only recently showed me what is to bless. He blessed me with financial aid to continue my studies this year. He told me that I need not to repay him but to make sure when I'm sucessful, I should bless others back.

The whole idea of blessing intrigues me. It's actually a simple task. That's the reason why I don't like chase people if they owe me money, I usually don't really care about who owes me what.

Hmm here's a test I did about selfishness. Haha I scored 14% meaning I'm not selfish. I think I added marks about the part on presents. I love presents!! So sometimes I always feel that when I give something to you, I hope to get back something from you. Alas, I'm not perfect

You Are 14% Selfish

In other words, you're a warm, caring considerate person. Just make sure to get your way sometimes. There's a fine line between unselfish and pushover.

How Selfish Are You?

LEAD

Hey gang

I'm so sorry for not blogging. Thank you for your messages and sms about your concerns. I'm okay just that don't have time to sit down and type.

Just came back from a programme called LEAD. Lasallian Expedition and Development Camp. This is not my first time going for this camp but it is my first time travelling down south to Melaka. I have been with the Northern team for the past .....forever and I thought a change of atmosphere and environment will do me some good. Overall I had fun minus the fact that I actually travelled for about more than 16 hours from Penang to Melaka and back again.

Oh ya before I forget, LEAD is a camp for kids for under privilege kids who do not have the luxury to go for camps. These includes those who are poor, those who don't do very well in class and also those with discipline problems. So it's actually those boys who never got to go for leadership camps like the prefects or motivational camps for the first class boys.

For this year LEAD there was a total of 24 boys with 10 OTs that were cooped up in these place called Pantai Kundur Brother's Bungalow. A creepy mansion on the hill. It's super creepy you know.

Hmm this camp was an eye opener for me this year. I got to meet boys from the Portugese settlement. As you know, the Portugese have been around Malaysia for almost 400 years and they are a very close knit committee. But one of the thing that shocked me was about their lifestyle. The kids of these communitites are not cared about. Their parents just leave them as they are. So these kids pick up many bad habits like smoking, drugs and even sex (heard that by 12 they are doing it). These kids are not afraid of you even when you scold them because they are so use to be doing bad habits that it is part of their system. Another shocking thing was these kids do not really work hard to pursue their dreams. Out of 20 boys only 1 will make it to university (shocking). Bro Mike (the teacher in charge) told me that the Portugese people do not think about the future. They just think about living life now.

During our nightly sharing, Isaac mentioned and asked are these the boys that we wanted them to come? I said, well the whole idea of LEAD is them. So I guess no matter how naughty and cheeky they were, these are the boys that we are targetting. These boys have the will power and the ability to do great thigns. They might not be engineers or doctors or super brains but I know that thses kids have so much potential in them if only they were given a chance. During the last nite of the camp, the kids put up a show. And most of their sketches depicts the many situations they face in school in realy life from being scolded and branded stupid by their peers and also by their friends. It's actually a sad thing.....that I almost weep for them. Is society so cruel?

PHOTOS

As promised my convo pics...taken courtesy of my brother, Ben.......

Before entering the hall....smart ain't I

My parents........love u mum and dad

After the ceremony, the whole family, dad, me, Ben and mum

My sweet dear......love u so much

My God bro, Derrick...

My nephews....Nick and Bi Peen

Partner in ministry...Max...miss u bro!

My best friend for life.....HO HO HO

Two of my best friends in campus....tai lo and Jinson

My CF CG - Self Control......Jason, Kean Hwa, Me, Nick, Pui Fern and Yan Wai

GRADUATION DAY

It came. It finally came. After 4 months of waiting, the day where I actually close my life as an undergraduate came. It all began last Tuesday. Tai Lo, me and my housemates went to USM main campus to take our robes. It was funny. We didn't realise that the convocation exhibition (CONVEX) started. So there was a massive jam. It took us 1 hour to find a parking spot. After that we went to register, that took another hour. The actually collection of the robes was less than 15 minutes. And then as usual the waiting for people syndrome made it another hour. So in total our robe taking time was 3 hours and 15 minutes. Haha.

Friday came and the anticipation was building. I still didn't know how to tie my kalung (sash) so Tai Lo came over to help me. After that we had a mini full dress rehersal. We didn't want to make a fool out of ourselves.

Saturday the big day. Mum, dad and Ben arrived about 9 something to Parit Buntar and we had breakfast. After that we went straight to Penang. Had lunch and some weird roti bakar. We arrived at USM at about 1 pm. I went to register whereas my parents and brother planted themselves in a DK to cool off. After registering, I bumped into my coursemates and we updated ourselves. Most of them are already working and earning more than RM 2000 whereas me, I'm still studying and earning less than that. I met Jinson and Vinod and we helped one another with the robes and kalung (which I still failed). After that we waited for the time to enter the hall.

At about 2.30 pm, we left for the hall. Mum and Dad already left for main hall. It was exciting to see all my friends in robes and all. It really looked like the Malaysian version of Harry Potter. We entered the hall and a short briefing was done. The ceremony started on time and after the formalities, the scroll event began. It took 45 minutes to reach my name and 1 1/2 hours to finish the whole ceremony. It was a 3 hours ceremony!!!

The after ceremony is always the best. Because it is the time where we meet our juniors and snap photos. Here I must thank my bro, Ben, for being the photographer. Haha he is a pro in it. I really thank God for him. Took photos for about 1 hour and then at dad's request, we left. We were going to Batu Ferringhi. Staying at my cousin's place for the night. Before that we were stuck in a 1 1/2 hours jam. So bad, until my dad was super angry. But what to do, we had to follow tat one road out of USM.

We reached my cousin's place at 9 something. Had a feast. and went to bed straight

Morning came and off we went to have brunch at a mamak stall. Nice food man. Then we went to the beach to just walk walk and take photos. Before going to a real photo shoot at 2pm. After tat we went to eat Char Koay Teow...damn expensive Rm 4 one plate......!!!sweat -_-

We met my dear at Queensbay and went windown shopping for about 2 hours before leaving for dinner. Had my favourite clay pot rice at teluk Bayan. We left Penang about 7 something and I reached Parit Buntar almost 9pm. My parents said goodbye and off then went back to IPoh.

The whole weekend was fun but tiring. Most of all the people that I loved were there with me. Dad, Mum, Ben, Sui YIng, Derrick and even my friends. To all my coursemates...have a safe journey to ur dreams and to all my CF friends...thanks for ur support. God bless

I will upload photos tomorrow. Something wrong with my connection.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

A few days ago, I've learnt something very important. It has been long since I understood the whole cause and effect theory. How many of you know this theory? It is based on the Newton's 3rd Law. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In other words, cause and effect. If you bounce a ball, the ball will bounce down and up again. If you move a spider web at the centre, the whole web will be affected.

Newton the man.....

An illustration of the 3rd Law

How is it relevant to real life? I believe that any action that we do will cause something. Sometimes we only think about the reaction that will happen to us but we do not think about the reaction that will happen to other people. Hmm the whole web of life thingy. Any decisions or actions we take will indeed affect others.

I was reminded by the book "Five People You will Meet in Heaven", there is a line that goes. All are affected as our stories are one (paraphased haha). I believe that we need to sometimes think of our actions.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Yes It's my birthday in 23 hours. Maybe it's time to just think a while. Another year has passed, another year of trials and joys. Have I grown?

Physically, yes...hahaha I think my waist have grown an inch. Mentally, yes.....I'm learning about myself and my struggles and how to deal with them. Emotionally, hmm a bit hard to see whether I have grown. The struggles I have emotionally has taken a toll on my view of life. Hmm...I think my spiritual life have also dwindled abit. The fact that I don't read the bible daily anymore.............

24 is such a weird number to me. It's double. 4 is the double of 2. 24 is twice the 12 year chinese cycle. Everything is doubled. I think the sense that I'm actualy getting older is getting to me. hm....need to really reflect about my life thus far...........


Happy Birthday to me!

INSIDE OUT

Tough week this week


From The Inside Out
by Hillsong United
album: United We Stand (2006)

A thousand times I've failed
Still Your mercy remains And should I stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart and my soul
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out

SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME ON YOU

Would like to share a song with you. It is a song by N Sync.

Can this be true?
Tell me, can this be real?
How can I put into words what I feel?
My life was completeI thought I was whole
Why do I feel like I'm losing control?
I never thought that love could feel like this
and you've changed my world with just one kiss.
How can it be that right here with methere's an angel?
It's a miracle...

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must have spent...
A little more time
On you...

In all of creation
All things great and small
You are the one that surpasses them all
More precious than
Any diamond or pearl
They broke the mold
When you came in this world
And I'm trying hard to figure out
Just how I ever did without
The warmth of your smile
The heart of a child
That's deep inside
Leaves me purified

Your love is like a river
Peaceful and deep
Your soul is like a secret
That I never could keep
When I look into your eyes
I know that it's true
God must have spent...
A little more time
On you...


A song dedicated to my bro (read Derrick).....Haha I know it sounds gay if the song was sung to a guy but just ignore the kiss and the baby haha. Bro thanks for being there for me.

JEALOUSY

Hmm ever wonder how what happens when someone gets jealous?

I was asked this question before and before yesterday I have never felt jealous in my whole life (okay maybe a little). But yesterday I had a full blown jealous fit. The whole feeling is horrible and people think that you are insane or something like that. I won't tell you why I was jealous because it involves a lot of secret keeping. But the feeling I would like to say. It makes you think differently about things. It makes you think that you are not loved. It makes you think that life is over. And of course you can't sleep. Jeaslousy.....no wonder it's one of the deadly sins.

God please help me to control this...........

ALL SETTLED DOWN

Hmm....after much cleaning up and also arranging, I'm done. For those who didn't know, I was asked to shift out of hostel because of the lack of rooms for us masters students. I'm now staying with 3 other coursemates of mine in a small house just outside of USM. I'm actually quite happy with the place and it was a bit exciting moving out. We had so much opening ceremony from the opening door to the arrival of streamyx to the house.

So far everything is fine but the cleaning up of the house was a terrible thing for us housemates. Let me tell you why, the house was in a total mess and so damn dirty. I had to clean the toilet which was growing with moss.

It almost look like this....Not my toilet

I'm sorry to say but the people who lived here before us were bad house tenants. The whole house was filled with cob webs and dun get me started with the fans. The fans were filled with a thick layer of dust. 1 inch. Thank God my nose was not triggered by it.

I'm going to have to get use to living here now..sigh

CHANGES

Hmm....I just realised that I have never been comfortable with changes. I guess I'm always happy with things are they were. You know the phrase "Step out of your comfort zone", in some ways I have always done that but when i'm comfortable with that move, I'm challenged again to move out again. Which leaves me with the question, how far do I have to step out from my own comfort zone and how big is this zone?

I just got kicked out from my hostel yesterday, and I was a bit frustrated with them. At least I got back my refund with ease, if not I would have cursed them to the ground. Thank God for course mates who are supportive and the whole lot of us (actually 4) found a nice little house outside campus. For me it was hard, I've been staying inside campus for 4 years and this is my first time venturing out. Of course with that comes the many worrying questions from Can I afford it? Can I see dear more often? Can I bond with Derrick again? So many questions and yet I cannot see the answer. Lo and behold answer came from my MUM. Settle in and move with the flow. Actually that's what dear and Derrick told me. I guess I was stubborn and didn't want to hear that, move with the flow.

Changes.....

CALL TO GOD

I was at dear's church for the weekend and the sermon tat day was very touching. Call to God....Here are a few verses for you to check it out. All verses are from the message if not otherwise quoted:

Psalm 10:12-13

Time to get up, God - get moving.
The luckless think they're Godforsaken.
They wonder why the wicked scorn God
and get away with it,
Why the wicked are so cocksure
they'll never come up for audit

Psalm 50:15

And call for help when you're in trouble -
I'll help you, and you'll honour me

Psalm 55:16-17,22

I call to God;
God will help me.
At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh
deep sighs - he hears, he rescues.
Pile your troubles on God's shoulders -
he'll carry your load, he'll help us out

Psalm 80:18-19

We will never turn our back on you;
breathe life into our lungs so we can shout your name!
God, God of the Angel Armies, come back!
Smile your blessing smile:
That will be our salvation

Psalm 91:14-16

"If you'll hold on to me for dear life," says God,
"I'll get you out of any trouble.
I'll give you the best of care
if you'll only get to know and trust me.
Call me and I'll answer, be at your side in bad times;
I'll rescue you, then throw you a party.
I'll give you a long life,
give you a long drink of salvation

Psalm 145:18-19

God's there, listening for all who pray,
for all who pray and mean it.
He does what's best for those who fear him -
hears them call out, and saves them.

Jeremiah 29:11-13

I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out - plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. "When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen. When you come looking for me, you'll find me"

Jeremiah 33:2-3

"This is God's message, the God who made earth, made it livable and lasting, known everywhere as God: Call to me and I will answer you. I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own."

Hope you will find encouragement in this

NEVER GIVE UP

I feel so overwhelmingly stressful and lonely. I just feel like giving up and packing my things home...sigh......here's a song I feel that had cheered me up

NEVER GIVE UP

The rain may be falling and lightning fills the sky

But the sun is rising

God is on my side

The wind may blow around me and thunder may go boom

The clouds are disappearing

Your light is shining through

Never give up 'cause He's always there

Never give up anytime, anywhere

Never give up 'cause He's always there

Remember God is always by your side

FINALLY

Hmm somebody commented that I was a minimalist blogger...hahah sorry Suit Lin but your uncle has been very busy. Now after running around I have finanlly the minimal time to write something. What's been happening you might ask. Here's a few updates about me.

As you know, I was away for Camp Cameron for about 3 weeks. It was indeed a fruitful camp for me and of course tiring. Actually I was so bushed out, the 3rd week of camp I was down with fever and stomach flu. Well the stomach flu followed me back to Ipoh. The camp was indeed a refresher course for me but it was different too (I was a participant in 2005) . Let me introduce to you my family in 2007

There you have it the family members of chalet 9, from left :

Grandma Swee Kit : I call her my guru, my rabbi..all these years she has been a great friend and mentor to me. Glad she is in the FES northern office and she always answers my sos calls.

Andrew : A junior I knew in SMI. Haha he is so different from the Andrew I knew back in school. So much confidence and haha and the look wow......

Shireen : Haha this niece I tell you is the cutest. Haha she will suddenly run across the room when her phone starts ringing...obviously you know who was at the end of the line.

Grandma Annette : My mama.... haha I officially became her son. Well I'm glad to have worked with her in this camp. She's also the queen of lame jokes and mischief. Thanks to her, I've joined forces. She's also my 'home', she really made me feel fit in. She is now in my list of people who I admire.

Grandma Wan Ling : This is my first time meeting her after my camp cameron. HAha...that time, I was so taken aback because she is so gila gila person. Crazy always laughing. But this time around I also got to see the serious side of her. She was also my output. During the camp you get frustated also la...she was the one who became my shoulder to cry on.

Bi Peen : Hmm...when I first found out that he was in my family, I was like hmm how to talk to him. I don't even talk to him in CF (not much la). But in this camp, I believe God opened a window for me to see another side of him, the not so serious side. In campus, he always look so serious, I also scared.

Weng Hong : Haha.....this boy I knew since band time in SMI. I didn't know he accepted Christ, so the first time I contacted him, I didn't know it was my junior. After much talking to him, I realised he sounds like the Weng Hong I know. I asked, and he liked what's your surname, I said Chan..and he liked Aaron Chan!!!! haha...well he is so much different now. Thank God for his salvation.

Luke : Reminded of my own Camp Cameron Papa Gerry. Both also short (sorry Luke) and also so soft-spoken. Only during the 2nd half of camp, did we see the other side of Luke. Oh my goodness, he can tell a good lame joke and never laughs. And he had a hidden talent, acting. Most of all, I loved his passion for God. He really wants to see his family change.

Papa Michael : Haha this papa, is girl-crazy. Always talking about girls and how much MMS we have (Missing Michael Syndrome) . He is such a character but also a very good leader. He led the family really well and I'm glad to have met him again (we met at convention before) . Right now, he is trying to get the family to meet up again.

Day Wei : A quiet girl who sleeps a lot. If there is any rest time, she will be on the bed snoozing. She is the same age as me so it was kinda funny for her to call me uncle for the whole camp.

Jin Ann : Another junior from SMI. I've never talked to her in SMI before. I always viewed her as quiet (diam-diam ubi berisi) and of course hard working. Here I really admire her passion in seeing her campus starting a CF. I pray that the day will come when she is able to say that her campus has a CF.

Suit Lin : Haha this girl I really tabik. She loves doing the house work in the chalet. Always serving us and washing up the plates. She washed so much that we had to stop her from doing it. She striked me as a girl who viewed things differently. Anything can become poetic. I mean anything and everything.

Jen-Hann : Hmm...this boy reminds me of me. And I was drawn to him the whole camp. We talked most of the time and the more I talked, the more I see me in him. He also reminds me of Derrick. Maybe I'm drawn to people who has problems with their dads or mums.

Mama Ann Gie : The sweetest thing you ever meet. She is so responsible and very serious about her role as mama in the chalet. Very prompt with things and also very quiet. But she is also a good player in Mafia. Her face so sweet how to say she is the mafia.

Rachel : The girl who never left home. hhaha serious. She lives in camerons. So she technically left home. But she said she had a good time. She actually told me that I'm a very funny a hilarious guy. She says she never saw a guy who expresses himself so much.

Sarah : The VP was in the house. haha....She is a cool girl with a mind of her own. She has a big heart for the ministry and boy can she move. She can makes her own dance moves and she learns dance moves pretty fast.

June : And finally the girl with the teeth problem. Not much of a problem, she says she has a syndrome, she has fewer teeth than normal people. haha. This girl ah very naughty but yet nice to talk with. We have the same wavy length and sometimes she understands wat I say when I'm talking in another sense.

Tat's it the whole chalet 9 family. I miss you guys.

SINGAPORE

Hey gang,

I just decided to post my Singapore trip. Needed to reflect about it before I start writing it. After almost a week there, I has a great time of retreat. Well for those who don't know I usually go to Singapore to have my annual retreat. Why the retreat? Hmm I guess sometimes I need to there to unwind, to just be with me and myself. Singapore is the only place where I can walk at shopping complexes without people calling out my name. Seriously I thought KL was but after walking at Mid Valley one day, it was enough to tell me I know a lot of people in KL.

This year around, I spent a lot of time eating (sorry dear). Well here's somethings I need to be thankful for, for this trip

Mummy: She actually sponsored me the whole trip. Because at the moment I'm in between studies and my scholarhsip is almost drying up. So my mum decided to give me S$260 to spend in S'pore. That is about RM 500 and plus the transportation, I think she has sponsored about RM 600 for me. Thanks mum, u're the best....

Kenny: My friend in Singapore who actually paid for everything until I had to say I'll pay for the snacks and the card he needed to renew. And of course how can I forget the manificent Phantom of the Opera tickets he got me. I got to seat at about RM 360 and it was almost to the front. So nice. He also brought me to a lot of nice dining place. The best was the buffet and the tea we had. Actually 2 teas we had. One was a cake shop and the other one was a crepe shop. Both damn nice. The buffet was the place I really overate. Seriously, I couldn't walk after the meal. Had to ask him to hit my back so I could burp. But it was fantastic! Thanks Kenny, you're indeed a papa bear.

XY: He was my second companion during the trip. He is also like me, just graduated and waiting for a job. He was making sure I felt welcomed as he kept calling me to check on me. Thanks dude, hope you have fun in Europe (I wan something)

Phantom of the Opera: My LIFE LONG DREAM. Seriously I thank God for the best time of my life. Now I can check off this muscial off my LIST OF MUSICALS I WAN TO WATCH. And it also rekindered that fire within me that somehow died with the engineering world.

Lastly, God. Without Him, I wouldn't have gone there and experienced so many things.

Will blog more soon

Cheers

TRAVELS

Hey gang, a lot of peopl have been asking me what I'll be doing until my masters...well here's a list of things and places I will be doing.

April 27th - May 1st/2nd : In Singapore to watch Phantom of the Opera (thanks to Kenny who is sponsoring my ticket). Will be watching the last show of the trip in S'pore. Can't wait. Will be seeing my cousins too. Reconnected with them since last year so should be a good boy and visit them. And of course to see my friends in S'pore. They already have plans for me when I get down. Oh yes, you might not be able to get me while I'm there. Only on the internet.

May 3rd - May 11th : Will be in Ipoh most of the time. Have to have the time to read up on literature on my project. Also have to run around JKR to get my materials for my experiment before Dr. Mashitah murders me. May 10th is my dad's birthday. Still thinking of what to buy for him since I always have been buying the same things every year. Maybe it's time to change.

May 12th - June 2nd : Will be in Camp Cameron. A 3 weeks camp that has changed my life 2 years ago and now I'm going back as a helper (Please people are going to call me uncle!). A lot of people were not suppose to know I'm going but somehow or rather people knew. But for those who don't know, I'm going already, so watch out!

June 3rd - June 13th : Going to be in Ipoh or maybe KL see how. Will be doing last minute things of packing again since I'll be going back to campus to start a new life.

June 14th - June 15th : Should be in campus starting my research.

Well there you go all planned out. Actually my dad thinks I'm doing too much. hahah...he says I need a secretary to make appointment with me. I have always been a busy boy. I like being able to do things and not just sit around doing nothing (watching TV doesn't count)

I will be posting about my S'pore trip daily (hopefully) and I hope to post some pictures in it. Till then. Cheers

GOODBYES

It's never easy to goodbye especially me. I always have a terrible time when it comes to say goodbye. I usually end up being very very emotional about stuffs and also end crying most of the time.

This week itself I'm saying goodbye to 86 wonderful people. My coursemates. I really can't believe that 4 years has already passed and that now we are all going our own separate ways. I know that deep within my heart that we will meet each other but I guess the closeness that we once have might not be there anymore. That day Derrick told me that changes is evitable. I guess that's the thing that I'm not ready to do. Maybe I just need to learn how to except it. The feeling of moving on is not as good as it is. I'm going to lose so many wonderful friends which I made during the last 4 years. I know I will still see them and thank God for technology that we are able to keep in touch.

To all my dear coursemates, you guys rock. I will always cherish all the times we had and also all the times we shared. I pray that we will meet again and God willing we will see each other soon. All the best in your future undertakings and forget me not ya. Here's a song for you guys. It's a song by Spice Girls - Good bye

GOODBYE (SPICE GIRLS)

Listen little child
There will come a day
When you will be able, able to say
Never mind the pain, all the aggravation
You know there's a better way
For you and me to be

Look for the rainbow in every storm
Fly like an angel heaven sent to me
Goodbye my friend
(I know you're gone, you said you're gone but I can still feel you here)
It's not the end
(You gotta keep it strong before the pain turns into fear)
So glad we made it, time will never change it, no no
No no no

Just a little girl, big imagination
Never letting no one take it away
Went into the world, what a revelation
She found there's a better way for you and me to be
Look for the rainbow in every storm
Find out for certain love's gonna be there for you
You'll always be someone's baby

Goodbye my friend
(I know you're gone, you said you're gone but I can still feel you here)
It's not the end
(You gotta keep it strong before the pain turns into fear)
So glad we made it, time will never change it, no no
No no no no (You know it's time to say goodbye)
No no no no
The times when we would play about
The way we used to scream and shout
We never dreamed you'd go your own sweet way
Look for the rainbow in every storm
Find out for certain love's gonna be there for you
You'll always be someone's baby

Goodbye my friend
(I know you're gone, you said you're gone but I can still feel you here)
It's not the end
(You gotta keep it strong before the pain turns into fear)
So glad we made it, time will never never ever change it
No no no no
(You know it's time to say goodbye)
No no no no
(And don't forget you can rely)
No no no no
(You know it's time to say goodbye and don't forget on me you can rely)
No no no no
(I will help, help you on your way)
No no no no
(I will be with you every day)
No no no no...

Here's a hug for each of u :'(

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Hmm recently, I was caught by the musical bug again (maybe because I’m going to S’pore to watch Phantom of the Opera). And I was thinking of telling you one of my favourite musicals of all time. THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The Sound of Music was directed by Robert Wise and starred Julie Andrews (my favourite musical actress next to Lea Salonga) and Christopher Plummer.

Robert Wise, director

This musical was actually my first musical I’ve ever watched. My grandmother (God bless her) was the one who introduced me to this wonderful musical. The story line and the music are the many reasons why I’ve watched this musical more than 100 times (I’ve counted) and I still watch it today. I’ve lost count also the many times I would just listen to the dialogue while I’m doing my work even without watching the picture, I can visualize what is happening.

Why do I like this musical? Well I guess it was the first musical I’ve ever watched, and it is the musical that made me liked performing arts. As a young child, I would put on the music and make my own steps/choreograph the dance sequence (although I can’t dance). I would also sing along and that’s where the hobby of singing anywhere and anytime came about. The songs are easy to follow and catchy.

Although I have watched this musical so many times, it stills give me the goosebumps when Julie Andrews burst into the first song and it still brings tears in my eyes when the captain sings The Sound of Music with his kids and when the reverend mother sings Climb every Mountain.

The Sound of Music has also been tested against time. My niece (about 9) is in Britney Spears era. I have always thought this generation may not appreciate movies like this. But I was wrong. I put on the show for them to watch (told them it was Uncle Aaron’s favourite) and my goodness they were glued. And they liked it. I guess The Sound of Music is here to stay.

The movie version of the Sound of Music is not the same as the stage version. Both have the same songs but the interpretation of the script is a little different. I prefer the movie version cause it makes Maria and Captain a little more realistic than the stage play.

Below are some trivia about the movie that I found interesting out of wikipedia:

1) Many people believe "Edelweiss" to be a traditional Austrian song, or even the national anthem. In fact the song was written for the musical and is little known in Austria. The song was the last that Oscar Hammerstein II wrote.

2) The Ländler dance that Maria and the Captain shared was not performed the traditional way it is done in Austria.

3) "I Have Confidence" is a song that Rodgers wrote as a musical bridge, needed in the movie to get Maria from the convent to the von Trapp manor (as he explained). During that segment, at one point Julie Andrews passes under an archway. As pointed out in one of the DVD's extras, the real Maria von Trapp, one of her daughters, and one of her daughters (Maria's granddaughter) can be seen starting to cross the road at that point. The von Trapps arrived on set that day and director Wise offered them this walk-on role. It has also been reported that Andrews tripped at one point during the filming, a moment the editors left in because it seemed to fit the character.

4) The order of several of the songs is markedly different between the stage play and the film, thanks to the screenwriting of Ernest Lehman. One example is that in the play, "My Favorite Things" is sung at the convent, whereas in the movie it is sung to the children. A couple of the songs were altered. "How Can Love Survive?" (which did not fit the flow of the movie very well) was reduced to an instrumental, one of several waltz numbers played at the party occurring just before intermission. The title song's four-line prelude ("My day in the hills has come to an end, I know..."), sung by Mary Martin in the stage play, is reduced to an instrumental hint during the overture and dramatic zoom-in shot to Julie Andrews on the mountaintop at the start of the movie.

5) Ironically, the movie featured a rare onscreen performance by Marni Nixon, who plays Sister Sophia and is well known to have dubbed the singing voices for many famous movie stars such as Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. In fact, the producers weren't sure how Julie Andrews would react to her after Marni dubbed Hepburn in a role made famous by Andrews; however, when Andrews first met Nixon, she exclaimed, "Marni, I'm a fan of you!" and the producers were relieved.

A Scene from Sound of Music

Cheers

CHANGE OF THINGS

Dear me, sometimes I marvel at how things turn out to be. If you would remember about my last post that I had some problems with the civil school admin about my master studies and did you remember that there was suppose to be a meeting in my school about graduate studies. Now I didn't want to go for the meeting in the first place. 1st of all if I really didn't think of staying in my own faculty because most of the masters there take about 2 years to complete and I dun think GAMUDA would be too happy to have me take too long to finish. 2nd I am very interested in staying back with my school and to hear the wonderful things about the things happening might make me feel guilty. But in the end I went.

The speaker was our assistant dean of graduate studies in our school, Dr. Mashitah. She explained about the wonderful things happening in the graduate studies department. Man, was my ears and heart broken. Then came the important question. Is anyone of you planning to take mixed mode in civil? I raised my hand. She then said why? She then told me about the mixed mode course in the faculty. And told me to wait for it. I was excited. After the talk I ran up to her and asked about the mixed mode course. She just said, she can't gurantee that it will work this year. But I said I'm desperate. She just said, hmm......why? So I told her everything about my predicament etc. And then she said, see me. I have a project for you. If you want, see me.
So I went back to think and asked her about the details. She said that I would be able to get RM 1300 a month if I work on her project. Hmm.....really tempting. After much discussion with my parents and prayer, I just thought why not hear her out about the project. Yesterday, I went to see her. She first said, you better make your decision cause I'm holding the project for you. She then told me the details and that I need to finish my thesis and research by a year. She said that I need to be very hardworking and I have to finish it. I just sat there and I just said okay. Haha. I didn't even think. I just said yes.

After the meeting, I ran up and down to fill in some forms and behold I'm doing my masters back in chemical school. I'll be starting in June. Called mum to tell her, she said are you sure this is what you wan to do? I still can't answer that. I like the research but not sure did I make the right choice. In a way it will be lesser burden on my parents. They do not have to fork out any money for me since I have enough to support myself now. With the money donated by a kind soul I'll be able to survive a month. Dad was equallly happy cause with the money situation at home, it would be easier on them. So I guess I did make the right choice.
The project I'm undertaking has a lot to do with construction. How to use old construction material and recycle them to make new materials. Well it is a good thing as GAMUDA is a construction company so mayb my research could help them. Anyway I'm glad that everything turn out fine. Just wait for God to do the work.

Here's my new lecturer...Dr Mashitah

MASTER APPLICATION

Sigh after 2 months of applying, there is still no word on my application. In the website it is still IN REVIEW status. I just came back from Civil School to ask about my application. The lady who was in charge was not around but the other lady who was nice to us (dunno why today she wasn't tat nice) told us that (oh ya me and another course mate) that our application is being 'bentang'. Meaning they need to share our case to the whole school in which case we still have to wait for the answer via IPS. Oh ya for those who does not know the predicament I'm facing, let me show you the history of it.

It began in January, when my lecturer suggested me to take up masters. I thought and thought and actually decided why not? Then I applied and prayed. In February me and my course mate (from which here on will be ET...seriously tat's his initials) went to IPS to hand in our forms. We actually went there 1 week before the closing date of the application. 1 week!!!! We sat down with the admin people to see whether everything was in order. We asked whether we need to add anything into our application or did we miss out anything. They all said OKAY, all checks out.

1 month later, still no word about our application. ET decided to call up and lo and behold, they said our application did not get processed because our application is not complete. We were like, but you said it was. Then they said tat we needed to post in our results (which we did, but it states clearly that they wanted only our most recent results but they wanted the whole results from sem 1). Okay so ET and myself posted our results. 2 days later, ET decided to call up again. (by this time at least the website did say our application was in review), they said that Civil school has closed the application and deemed ours as late. WT*, it's not our fault that we were late, you guys screwed things up for us. So off we went to Civil school to see what can be done. At least there are ppl there who told us the same things about not to worry..bla bla bla....now after another month both of us are left in the dark. Sigh.......

God has been gracious though. He actually blessed me some amount of money to study my masters. My company graciously let me take a yr off from work to study. So I'm getting mixed responses. Later in the evening there is a talk from my own school about master studies. If can I don't mind switching again. See how it goes.....sigh..........

NEW BLOG

Heya,





Glad you are able to make it to my new blog. If you guys dunno, it has been a loooonnnggggg time since I've blog. Now trying my very best to blog as much. Thanks to Josh E. and Pui Fern for inspiring me again.

Me and Max

Yeah trying things.......

SHIFTING AND HOPEFULLY CAN STICK TO IT

Hello everyone,
Okay it has been a long time and ya feel ashamed when some of you still tell me why i haven't updated the blog. Well first of all, am super lazy because of the connection here. It breaks and everytime when I finish writing it cannot be published. Second i was super busy with a lot of things.
After talking to a few bloggers, they have encouraged me to shift my blog to a newer site. Actually I have tat site before, blogspot. But tat time it was very new and very few features compared to this. Pui Fern and Josh have encouraged me to shift my blog to blogspot. So telling u guys, there is a new blog in town. MINE
Here's the add: chickyaaron.blogspot.com
I'll try my very best to update and also put in some pictures and cool things lah.....stil learning.
Cheers

THE UPDATED BLOG

Hmm I know some of you have been wondering wat's up with Aaron. So long never see him blog. Well guys, it has been a crazy month of October and I'm glad that it's finally closing. Lot's of things have happened. Some good and some well not so good.
My plant design finally passed up to my supervisor. Finally after 3 months of slavery and sleepless nites, already done with it. The whole design process for me was a terror and nitemare. Broke down on one of the nites and couldn't sleep. Thank God for my brothers in arms who helped me pick up. Derrick, Yan Wai, Josh E and Max, thank you for sticking with me. You don't know how it feels to be loved and cared for unless you yourself are stuck in that situation.
16th - 22nd October was a killer week. Here's my schedule
16th - Task 3 Design deadline
17th - Lab VIVA
18th - Waste water Engineering Test and Lab Test
19th - Design Test
20th - ASPEN Plus Design deadline, Advanced Control Assignment 2 & 3 deadline
So by the 20th, I was knock out cold. Then 21st had Worship Practice and den 22nd the most interesting thing that happened in my life....tell you later about tat :P
13th-15th October was in Ipoh for my Convention Organising Team Meeting. Mind you this year's convention is a lot of newbies in the group. So a lot of new ideas and not so sure tangible ideas have been put forward. A lot of the seniors are coming in late for convention so the newbies have to put thier best foot forward. It's kinda weird to see that as a chairperson, you dun have much work to do. Just a lot of overseeing and giving advices. As Eric once said, it's time for me to let go. Haha!!!
24th-25th October: Went for church camp. Camp was held in Bukit Merah and it was cool. For the first time in my life, I've got to know all the members in PBBC. And it really taught me a few good lessons. First of all, God showed me to shut up and observe ppl more. And second of all, got to spend time with so much aunties and uncles that it taught me tat I will become like them one day. And it was a humbling experience. The food was not so great in Bukit Merah but the fellowship was super great. On the last day, the USMers went to the water park. Actually it was a guy's fellowship (sausage party as deemed by Jason). Me, Derrick, Yan Wai, Josh E, Jason, and Chee Khoon had a blast in the water park. Worth the RM 21 we paid (I think). And the trip back was also memorable. Got stuck in a traffic jam on the highway. I was driving the van and my legs were wobbling after that.
26th October - Another turning point. You guys still remember Jon? haha...For those who don't know, he was an ex prez of the CF. A very close fren of mine. Actually can say we are like brothers. He really took care of me when I was a junior. And until now, he is always looking out for me (Thanks Jon). Well after he left, he reminded me tat it is now my turn to look out for another junior. To guide that person until I leave. So after much prayer and testing waters and eureeka I've found him. Derrick is my new found bro. And I hope I can be a blessing to him. Not just in campus here but when we are out there in the world too. Sui Ying was commenting that we look like those HK movies. haha. Need to cut ourselves and drip blood. So Derrick, here's to a new road together cheers.
Wow
As you can see October is a crazy month and still got two more days. Tomorrow is mum and dad's anniversary and wishin them a great 25th Anniversary.
Cheers peeps