Sungai Gabai

Today my church YF had an outing to Sg. Gabai. It's been a long time since I've followed them for an outing. The last time I went to this place was 7 years ago. So much has changed since then and the saddest thing is, it got dirtier. People just don't seem to care about the cleanliness of this place. But anyway, I enjoyed myself today. It'so different from the usual routine that I face everyday.

This is what I had to endure before reaching the place.

Meng Yee with the small farts :-) The boy with Meng Yee on the lower right picture is so cute! Doesn't he look like a guinea pig? (in a cute way...hehe)
Clockwise from upper left:1. Worship session 2.Those gila boys sliding down 3.On your mark,get set, slide! 4. I call them Tyshu and Chee Sian.

1. Chee Sian+ajw 2.ajw+Mona 3&4. My sibling's sister

Sungai Gabai-Not people pictures

Tyshu and I were taking pictures of the butterflies. There were the big,orange ones, but couldn't take them because(as usual) my camera's battery must always finish at

the time I want to use it the most.

My big feet. Nothing else better to do.

Oh!I was trying to remember the rocks and minerals I learnt last semester. The mineral pyrite is golden in colour. I think the golden colour on this rock is pyrite.Hah!See I'm making full use of my 'karat-ed' geology knowledge.

Reflection on the water

On the way home, we stopped to take pictures of the Semenyih dam. The scenary was so nice and the atmosphere was so quiet and peaceful. So different from the usual busyness I face everyday.Wished we could stay longer though..but couldn't. Ended up using Meng Yee's brother's camera again and I hope to get the pictures from you :-)

Easter celebration@UM-14th March 2007

In the beginning, there were 2 people in front of the miniature houses.And then there were 7 of us....
5 people decided to join us...
Finally...all those buffalos decided to join us!
And we even had a small RBS reunion. Samuel Leong The Lelaki Panjang, Simon, Roger,Puay En, Miss Adele Yeap The PKV treasurer and ajw

People pictures during Easter Celebration

Oh no! We are tearing down the house! :-( The whole gang
We are soldiers/disciples/dancers

Vain gals ;-)

Upper left-With Kat, Upper right-With Mun Siong

Easter Celebration at University of Malaya:14th of March 2007

Last Wednesday was truly amazing. Now, I just pray that the Easter message will continue to speak and inspire those who attended the Easter musical and even to me. I remember not only Christ's death on the cross, but how He has risen and conquered death for a sinner like you and me...and now I have HOPE

"And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty....If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead..."

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us...And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation"

*Pictures courtesy of ah-loke

-Worship team and tambourine dance--Finale:Resurrection-Cloth dance- -Closing-

-Closing-

Still no pictures on the drama...hope to get them soon!

It is so painful!

Ouch! Is all I can say for the past 2 and a half days. On Wednesday night, just as our Easter night was about to start, I had a terrible sore throat and headache. Yesterday, whole day I was feeling so sick...so Bleh...and today, because of my terrible posture while I was sleeping last night, I woke up with a terrible pain on my right hand. You see, I was too tired that I slept on my right hand most of the night. Probably I was feeling cold and didn't bother to use the blanket to cover myself. Even as I type this, I feel the pain. More pain if I write or even hold a spoon. Playing the piano just now during CG was...err...so painful :-( So, to all of you. Please appreciate the hands God has given you even when you are writing or eating. Never take them for-granted.

Just now I was reading a friend's blog and it reminded me of my previous posts. Some of you (if there is any), and especially my sister noticed that previously my writings were quite cryptic. Well, for obvious reasons I didn't want to make it sound so obvious. If not, you know lar...Mike will then ask me 1 million questions :-) Well, I think I have gotten over it. The situation hasn't gotten better or worst but I thank God that the hard part has gone away-me getting over it,once and for all. Maybe. See, my words are crpytic again. I just can't help it :-)

Ouch! Right hand still hurts...

Within 15 minutes...

I managed to capture this small insects with my camera. I wouldn't have noticed them if I didn't look properly. Come to think of it, this is how we are most of the time. We are so busy with ourselves that we are so often ignorant of what is happening around us.

4 Collages

Flowers in the garden. Leaves

Indians having a Chinese New Year reunion dinner. Can you spot the Chinese? :-) Debbie and I had a posing session.

Random

*Yawn* I'm so bored sitting down here at the computer lab. It's one of the very few days when I can get bored sitting down here, waiting for my next class.

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So many 'happenings' these past few weeks and I'm just plain lazy to tell them here. Many good things happened. Got many blessings from God which I truly am so grateful and thankful for. I've learnt that prayer is not only essential in my life, but it is the only thing that keeps me going. Faced many different situations with people I know and have learnt how to deal with them. So much of learning and reassurance from God. Well, I can say that there was a mixture of so many things that I don't know how to explain them.

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I miss my family. Chinese New Year was a great time because apart from Christmas it is the time when the whole family gets together again. No one knows this, but I don't quite like the feeling once everyone leaves home. It's like a sudden change. From a house filled with people and suddenly it's just me and my parents, and my Panda, and Sumiati. Oh well...

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Yesterday night was so bizarre. I had 2 nightmares.*Shocking!*After the 2nd nightmare (about a death in the family,*gasp!), I suddenly woke up and a few seconds later Mike messaged me saying that WP had just given birth to a baby boy! What a sudden change! Well, I'm so glad for both Mike and WP. Now in total, I have 3 nephews and 2 nieces. :-) Can't wait to see all of them again.

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Easter Night @UM...everyone is so busy with practises and preparations. I've been running here and there meeting people and getting approvals done. One year ago, I didn't/couldn't imagine myself actually meeting people. All this while I have been afraid to speak up or even meet people whom I don't really know but I now I'm so thankful for this opportunity. The feeling of getting things approved is so satisfying..hehe..But truly, it's by God's grace and I've leart and am still learning to really depend on Him in all areas which seem to be out of my control.

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*Yawn*again. Time's up. Got to attend class.

".....whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think about such things...."

Philippians 4:8

Flies=Lalat

Holidays are so nice. I don't need to worry or think about anything although there are certain important things I need to keep in mind for example Cognitive assignment and my CF's Committee Planning Retreat(which is not a real retreat) next week. Well, there is so much write in this blog of mine.

Last week, we finished most of our Biology labs and I can tell you how delightful I am. No more doing bacterial streaking and culturing them. We had to culture E.coli bacteria. Gasp! No more mating Drosophila flies (fruit flies). Imagine for 5 weeks we had to mate mutant flies to produce more mutant progenies. And then we had to allow incest(my Genetics lecturer likes to use this word) among the progenies to create even more mutants. This is what I had to endure.It was fun but counting those tiny creatures can be so daunting. Poor flies. Especially the mutant ones. Some of them have scarlet eyes. Some have very tiny and cacat-ed wings(vestigial). Some would be wondering why their bodies are so black from normal.

This is how we breed the flies

A mutant fly with scarlet(bright red) eyes

A normal fly

2 flies with small wings.Imagine how hard it is for them to fly.

Poor things. And I'm so symphatetic with these fellas :-)

Poor flies again. They were etherized until they all died.Wicked. May their spirits rest in peace

Once all the flies were counted and examined we had to discard them (yes, there is a proper way to throw them away) into a bottle filled with spirit. Now we wouldn't want to throw the flies away into a waste paper basket because if we did that, the fainted flies (those that didn't really die) would wake up and territorize the lab. That would certainly be disastrous. *In a serious tone*....hehe...

Now, we must be careful not to provoke the flies. Terrible things might happen to us. It happened to my lab-mate, Miss Wong. She accidentally knocked the not-closed spirit+flies bottle and the spirit+flies spilled onto her lab coat. *Shocked!* As I said, may the spirits of the disturbed flies rest in peace. :-)

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To Miss Wong, it was fun having you as a lab-mate!

Night

People take their dogs out in the evenings, I like to take my dog out at night. People take photos during the day, I take photos at night.

During our free time, we residents of this housing area like to go around and erase letters on the road signs. From Jalan Cempaka to Jalan Cempak.Fantastic.

Panda and my shadow

Look! She is a tail-less dog! Someone threw her in front of my house when she was just a puppy. That cruel fellow also cut her tail off. Sick person I tell you.

1985-1997

The week that was. So different. But was still calm despite of everything.

I was reminiscing on my childhood and my younger days. There were so many things that happened and changed over the years. Good things. Bad things. There were some people who were in my life at one point but after a while everything changed...gradually.

1. When I was young (about 7 to 8 years), I liked to play with those small black beetles. These creatures visit my house quite often. So how did I play with them? First, I'd arrange them in a row and have a small race on my own, see who's the fastest to reach the final point. Secondly, I liked to throw the small beetle into the air. You know when you throw them then they will fly and not fall down. It's like as if I had some sort of magic powers, I could make the beetle fly when I threw it up into the air.hehe..But of course this doesn't include the sick beetles. You'd throw them and they still ended up falling down to the ground.ouch..
2. I used to go to my Indian neighbour's house to play masak-masak. The irony is, she was my enemy. I didn't like her, and most probably she didn't like me too. She used to bully a Chinese girl in front of her house. But, I guess the word 'enemy' didn't really mean much to me. As long as I could enjoy myself then it's enough.
3. The furthest I can remember doing (when I was about 2-3 years old) was playing ball catching with my brother, Mike(15-16years old). This is the only thing I can remember when I was that age. I can't remember anything else before 3 years old.
4. When I was 11-12 years old I used to go to my another neighbour's house to play badminton(yes,you shutzeyuh, if you still remember..hehe) with another boy by the name of Johan Arif. I can't remember who else played. But I remember that Johan's smashes were super strong.
5. I used to play a lot with a girl who lived(and still is living) a few houses away from mine. We used to be so close at that time. We played masak-masak and other silly games. But things started to change when we went to secondary school. She had her new group of friends(and I had mine).
6. Last time I had a Malay girl friend. Her name is Diana. I used to go to her house just a few blocks away from my house. One day, Diana, another girl Baiduri and I were playing something, some English game thingy. Baiduri was supposed to pronounce 'Banana' but she said 'Babana' instead. All of us couldn't stop laughing. I don't know why I remember this till today. And I remember how I, Diana and some other friends used to go to the town library once in a while to borrow books to read or even played chess in the library itself.
7. During standard 5/6, I was quite close to a girl named Farhana. She was quite weak in Maths and I remember helping her quite a number of times. But she was a very friendly and humble person. Wonder where she is now.
8. Me and my primary school friends(standard5/6) had our first knowledge on what 'puppy love' is when a boy by the name of Koh Tian Ford had a crush on our friend named Soon. I remember all the giggles and gossips from all of my girl friends.hehe..
9. When I was in kindergarten(6 years old), we used to play 'The Hungry Bad Wolf' during our recess time. One person will lean onto the wall with his back facing us. We will then ask him' What time is it Mr. Wolf?' and he will answer back, 'it's 6 o' clock'. We keep on asking the same question. If he answers 'it's dinner time', he will start to chase everyone and try to catch someone.
10. I remember in standard 2, me and all of my classmates(Rumah Merah) had to dance using coconut shells. It's more of a syncronized movement rather than a dance. I remember the teacher used Kitaro's instumental piece as the background music.So funny.The whole class performed during sports day and I think we really enjoyed it lot. It was my first time perfoming in front of a big audience.

Coming back to the year 2007. I think I have forgotten what is it like to have a Malay girl or a guy as a close friend or having Malay friends for that matter. My primary and secondary school (not including Form 6) have taught me how to mix with Malays, Indians and Chinese. But since going to Form 6 I have lost touch with the Malays, and at university, I have lost touch with both the Malays and the Indians. I really miss mixing with them and doing things together and this is truly a sad thing....

I don't like

Something is dead at home. I don't know what happen. But it was foreseen long ago that it is going to die anytime soon. But why now? WHY?? It so happens that this semester many of my dear lecturers are tech savvy and chunks of my lecture notes are saved in my thumbdrive and also in that once living thing. Frustrating. Irritating. Now, a secretary's job is also much HARDER! I don't know how already. I don't like to keep on asking and asking and receiving and receiving. I know the difficulties. But how now? It's not that I'm demanding......
This is Terrible....

Suddenly this tune keeps playing in my mind and it cannot stop~hehe

Everybody ought to know (3x)
Who Jesus is

Oi!! I want to tell you something!

"God said....I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I'm doing. I have planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hoped for.."

Jeremiah 29:11

gila-gila today.....

Feeling so happy today. Molecular Genetics practical is cancelled this afternoon. That means I'm FREE! Plus, today is Thursday and that means I only have ONE more NIGHT to shower at my college and sleep on my not-so-comfortable bed before I head home tomorrow for the weekend! Terrible me. I wonder whether I will be able to cope when I'm posted to a school far,far away from home-for example Sabah.*Gasp*. Oh well, I think I will be OK by then. Now, I'm just pampering myself and making use of this opportunity to enjoy the comforts of home. There is a time for everything. In two years time, I guess I would be ready to face whatever changes that would come into my life. Hopefully. But in the mean time, I'm just looking forward to go home this weekend and meet my darling............Panda The Dog! Yup, Panda is a dog. You can only find this in MY House.

A time of reflection....A time of questioning....

Ephesians 4 : 12-16

In this new year of 2007, how will my life be. Will it be the same as last year? Am I still a babe craving for milk instead of solid food? It's so easy to remain the same person every year and not growing. It's so easy to remain complacent and not be aware of what is happening to my relationship with God. It's so easy to pretend and live a Christian life without examining the depths of the heart-what is actually happening beneath the person that I am in front of people. Is this what God wants me to be? To remain like this forever? How can I go into greater heights with God if I myself am not willing to allow Him to work in me and through me? How can I know God if I don't have the desire to edify and equip myself with His word?

This morning I was pondering on the word 'fullness' or 'full'. Realised that the word 'fullness' appears quite a number of times in the Bible.

John 1:16- And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

John 15:11- “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that

your joy may be full..."

Ephesians 3:19- to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled

with all the fullness of God...

And then in Ephesians 4:13-....to have the stature of fullness of Christ

Fullness in my life. To have the stature of fullness of Christ. Is my life like this? Or is it just half-full?

After reading Ephesians 4:17, I pondered on the church, my church. It cannot grow if there is no equipping and edifying of the word; and there isn't unity of the faith and knowledge of Christ. I wonder whether all of us really realise this. Are we going to church just for the sake of going? Or being like robots-serving in church without actually realising that we are serving God? Or are we serving but at the same time our relationship with God and people is not made right? Or we are serving but our service is not effective because we are not fully eqipped? Is God happy with me? Is God happy with the church, my church?

My Favourite Pictures

Hidden Beauty


















White
Butterfly














Two very busy bees




















Philip the praying-mantis




























The Ladybird. I Like the contrast
between the colour of the ladybird and the leaf.