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Colourful!

I can tell you, ever since this year started, every week there will be at least one person(sometimes more) who will ask me that question.

And my answer will be a 'no'.

When will it be a 'yes'?

I wonder when.

Still wishing.

Thank You

Okay I've been so moody lately. Because of certain circumstances.

Yeah it's wrong.

I realise I'm lacking in 'thankfulness'. I seldom thank God for so many things.

For the weeks that have passed by, I thank God for...

• friends who make me smile and laugh, keep me sane, make my life more colourful.
• being able to join the college choir. I enjoyed it to a certain degree minus the hours of practices and to lose in the end. But the most important thing is being able to interact with some people. I know I've been so quiet during practices but I thank God that I was able to have short conversations with a few people.
• having a good 2nd committee meeting (I think...) last Thursday. I felt it was good. Don't know about the rest. And this reminds me of a certain incident involving 3 people...one whose face looked like a tomato during...hehe
• a good Leaders Training Retreat. I enjoyed it so much despite of the planning and work. It was different compared to the previous 2 LTRs I've attended.
• funny and weird situations. Example, a monkey walking into my room. Friends making lame and silly jokes. Lecturers making funny and weird statements.
• my family. My daddy and mummy and the rest of them. I miss my mother although she doesn't know it. 2 more weeks before comes back from Sabah.
• small surprises from different people.
• reminders from God. Reminders that were forgotton or neglected by me.
• being able to take pictures of so many things. Today I took pictures of monkeys and a water tank. Ok. Let me rephrase it. MONKEYS IN WATER TANK. (will post it up one day)
• food to eat everyday.
• a good Orang Asli Saturday School last week. They were so well behaved.
• having joy in me although circumstances around me can be so duh and bleh

Thank You, Lord!

"The JOY of the Lord is my STRENGTH!"

Hi!

Smile!!!

Oh dear. UM is like a desert. Everyday we have to scramble to look for water in college. And it's like 'Praise the Lord!' when there's water in the shower. And we have developed muscles on our arms because we have to carry pails of water up the stairs.

The irony is:

-When it rains, the taps are still dry. Not a single drop of water.

-As soon as you walk out the gates/fences of UM, there is water in the surrounding buildings.

Me and my room-mates were talking. It's just like in the kampung. You come back from class(school in the kampungs), and then you have to walk quite a distance to the ONLY pipe (perigi in the kampungs) that has water to get water. Oh, and sometimes, this pipe doesn't even have water.

And it's been like this since the semester started.

Oh good!

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Besides that, everything is OK I guess. 4th college choir didn't even get a placing. From 2nd to 5th to nothing. Good. Very good.

And tiredness is already creeping in.

I'm de-stressing.

In a split second, this was how it looked like.

Location: C 104, Kolej Kediaman Keempat, Universiti Malaya

Date: 4th January 2008

Time: Approximately 11:03am

Human beings :

Me-Doing work

Lin-Doing work

Alli-Looking at the mirror and combing hair

Animal: 'It'(A primate)-Contempleting what to do

Distance between human being Alli and 'It': Approx 30cm

Estimated loss: One packet of Maggi mee

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'It':

-sneaked in quietly. No noise.

-saw 3 girls. Couldn't bother.

-saw shelf. saw soap powder, Nescafe and a bag with 6 Maggi mee packets.

-contemplated.

-chose bag of Maggi mee.

-6 packets too many. One is enough.

Human being Alli:

-Was looking at the mirror.

-('It' came in.)

-Was still looking at mirror.

-('It' contemplating what to do.)

-Was still looking at mirror.

-('It' chose Maggi Mee)

-Was still looking at mirror

-Thought it was a cat.

-Turned. Screamed. ('It' almost had a heart attack.)

Human beings ajw and Lin:

-Oblivious at what was happening.

-Turned after human being Alli screamed.

-Laughed like mad after that.

It only happens in UM.

Two Thousand And Eight.

BLESSED NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

I on the other hand, am really not looking forward to a new year after being so disappointed with my own unversity. I foresee next year to be a tough year for me. Really. I shudder at the thought of it.

But.

It's going to be different. Unless I think of it as a challenge and not a problem and allow myself to go through it boldly. But 20 credit hours?! And a major resposibility. And the university suddenly decides to scrape off sem khas.

I need to be calm.

I really need to trust in Him and know that He holds the future.

Editted at 6.30pm-I was sulking and sighing so my dad before leaving for the watchnight service at his church told me that God has good plans for me. Maybe I shouldn't be so anxious for the new year but to look forward with hope and anticipation.

Like father like son. No?

Mike wanted me to take a picture of Enoch with a similar pose of him when he was a baby. We wanted Enoch to look something like this:

Instead of posing like this, Enoch decided to have things HIS way:

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Knocky Knocks and Debs

Ooh, my gums are itchy!

I like the sun shining on his face

Knocky Knocks

Enoch

Drooling

Dreaming

Red cheek. Red car. Almost a clown :-)

Pretty Deborah Anne William

A happy girl she is

Knochy Knocks

More to come.

Blessed Christmas everyone!

Tagged by Jiahui who was tagged by Kokhow

Each player of this game writes about his/her Christmas wishes. People who get tagged need to visit your blog to find out more, and then write about the same topic in their blogs. Player must state the rules clearly, and pass this on by tagging the same number of people. To tag someone, leave a comment in his/her blog and tell them that they have been tagged. Number of blogger to tag: Up to you. Happy tagging.

Now, my personal wish list for Christmas.
1. To be able to put on a smile and be joyful on Christmas day.
2. A surprise from that person whose name is on my mind right now.
3. Earrings :-)
4. Michael W. Smith's and Clay Aiken's Christmas albums.
5. More money....hahahaha...
6. A very good storybook, probably The Exile by Allan Folham which I read halfway before it decided to be exiled to an unknown place. I lost this book. Mike's book by the way.
7. A very,very nice dress....hehehehe...

Yeah, yeah...my wish list is so girlish. :-)

I tag...nil people.

You, my friend.

But by the grace of God I am what I am,

and by His grace towards me was not in vain;

but I (Paul) laboured more abundantly than they all,

yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Timothy 15:10

For God is not the author of confusion but of peace...

1 Timothy 14:33

So often (I dare say everytime) the Devil deceivingly tells us 'Look at all the problems around you-hurt, pain, broken family, sufferings, unfairness, cruelty, ugliness...how can you believe in a God of love when these things are happening in the world and especially in our own lives?' Most of the time, the Devil insists on arguing these with yourself with much intense power that you have no clear answer to these questions. It then leaves you frustrated. Broken. Despair. Hopeless. Sick

Selwyn Hughes wrote in 'Everyday with Jesus':

"There is only one clear answer to such assaults. Put on the 'breastplate of righteouness'. You cannot understand particular happenings, you cannot give any explanation, but you do know that God clothed you with His righteouness and saved you from a lost eternity must have your highest interests and those of His universe at heart. When you hold on to that, your heart is protected from despair, even though your mind struggles to comprehend what is happening."

"You can live in peace even though you do not know all the answers."

...NOTHING will ever be able to seperate us from the love

of God demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ

Romans 8:39

Stop. Stop doing what ever you're doing that is causing you so much hurt and it's getting you nowhere. Stop struggling and realise that you, by YOUR own wisdom, intellect and understanding, cannot bring you out of this miry pit of despair. Only God can.

You need to hasten. Time is running up!

Rain drops

Just now when the rain stopped, I decided to go outside and find rain drops on a spider's web and I found it! After bending so low for so long and having so many red ants on my head (yes, yes, because of my ostrich like body, my head touched the ants' nest and was bitten by them), I managed to get these shots. Ooh, I'm so happy now! It makes me want to thank God for the beautiful things he creates..hehe..

Argh, so many things to do!

There are not many words from me lately. Maybe because I don't know how to express them here and also maybe because there's so many things to do and I feel that I should not blog unless I have done those things.Hmmmph!

Oh well..I think my camera has mood swings. Or maybe it's just me. Sometimes it's so easy to get a clear shot, sometimes it's a bit difficult. I don't know. And I just found out why my images don't enlarge when I click them and it's all Blogger's fault. Solving this problem is so complicated.

oh dear, it's so heartbreaking...

This is worth it.

They give me joy.These are some of the Pulau Banting Orang Asli kids from our Sunday(or Saturday) School that a few of us conduct every Saturday. Such simple lives they live yet they are contented with what they have. I'm so glad that some of them have actually grown spiritually(and physicially too), since this Sunday School began at this place. However, there is still a long way more to go and I pray that the seed that has been planted in them will grow and be rooted firmly in God's word.

Bingo!

Today, ajw got up at noon and is feeling very guilty and she did not go back to college and she skipped choir and is feeling even more guilty.Oops...

Will blog on THE camp after I have come back from uni on Friday. Hopefully..

Job

Ande he prayed this..
"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord"

And Job did not sin or do wrong against God

"I know that You can do everything and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You"

What a timely reminder in hard and weird times like these.

When God gently reminds me to keep on waiting. Be patient.

Ah, this picture makes me smile! Polar bears do fascinate me a lot. Look at its *bum,bum* sticking out! How cute is that! :-) Got this from drudgereport.com