Cockroach

i was using the computer in the living room, surfing the net. my sis and bro were watching tv, in the living room as well. then my mom, well, she was mopping the floor i think, walking around.

it was just another peaceful and erm, normal night at home. then suddenly, "ma(mother in mandarin or fuchow)!!! ma!!! there! there! behind go go(brother in fuchow)!!!" my sis yelled.

so i turned around(although it wasn't me who was called, but i was mentioned alright), then i saw this little fella.
WO!!! on the wall summore. i was not scared alright, just surprised.

then, the heroine came. who? my mum la, who else. "phiak!!!" she slapped, with her bare hand!!!

"oh man...." i uttered. now i'm scared, of my mum.hahhaha.....lol. then my mum said, "haiya, cockroach only ma...". so sweat. then she proudly said, "last time your dad also surprised by flying cockroach.hehe, then i settled the cockroach for him also."

so sweat. the superwoman in my house really not scared of anything.

Another day trip

yesterday, i went to Marudi, my old hometown, after 5 long years. haha. i was originally from there, then after form 3 my family and i moved down to Miri.

Marudi is a small town, very peaceful and quiet. not much happenings there. well, one thing special about this town is, u get famous very fast if u did something out of ordinary.either you score good results, or you score very badly. both also will get the same fame. every single little thing happen in the town everyone will know. so, in a way people know each other well in the town. like this time i went back(my mom was with me), we walked on the street and every few steps someone will greet my my mom and asked "eh, when u came back?aiya, so long nvr see ad. this is your son ah? wah, grow up so much liao"...so i have to smile all the way through cause almost everyone on the street we know one(at least my mom know, some i nvr see b4 also....)

about knowing each other, another special thing(from my opinions..) about Marudi is, people here, especially the elders know the youngsters by asking "whose son are you?" or for youngsters, "are you the so and so's brother?"...they dun really remember your names though, normally they will remember your father or mother's name. sweat...haha...

well, anyway, again, i took some pics. after so many years, the town is still the same. haha, not much changes.

the park

some random pics, the street that i used to go to my church last time.

the library, mini one beside the hill. the hill is called the royal hill, there's a fortress up there, now is a museum. this time din get to go up and take pic. maybe next time.

hmm...the road in marudi, quite ok though. the building on the right is the Foo Chow Association, still remember last time i always had my english tuition up there...

another random pic...

the famous Marudi Kue Teow. very different from west malaysia or miri one.taste different too, nicer i think.haha...

the express we used to come back from miri. we went up using car. actually can use plane also, but expensive.

inside the express.

the miri jetty. just under the Asean Bridge.

another view. that's not my car...

the Asean Bridge that we used to cross the Baram river to Brunei. haha...the river water very yellowish hoh? a lot of mud inside. on the way back can see crocodiles(or alligators, they ran away too fast, cannot see properly) somemore...

it was a nice trip though. Thank God. haha, but then now realize i miss the town a lot. haha...i guess humans are like that, we only treasure something when we are no longer having it. lol...

Brunei Trip

one night,
"hey, wanna go brunei tomorrow?day trip." asked Mr J.
"sure, what time?" i answered.
"around 11 am, wait for my call, we come and fetch you."answered Mr J.

so then, i went for a day trip with my secondary school friends,total 8 of us, to Brunei. haha, my house is just located on the way to Brunei, from my house is around half an hour drive to reach there.

yea, it was great, wonderful fellowship, of course all the craps and jokes, but i just enjoyed it. it has been a while since i last met them, in fact some of them i din really talk to during school time, but yea, now we have plenty to joke and talk about. it was great to catch up with people, to watch them teasing each other, to treasure the bonds and relationships that we have. Thank God for friends.

oh well, back to the trip, we went up just for some sushi, haha... try to think about this, "we go to another country to have sushi, then come back."haha, ridiculous huh? but then, it's fun.haha...

here are some pictures. :)

in the car, let's take a pic first...

so, how to fill in the form ah? need to submit to the custom one ler?

ok, come, let's have a group photo, alright i'm not inside...haha

here we are, the shushi restaurant. at the Kuala Belait there...

some container for the gingers slices.

haha, this is wonderful.

so the food arrives. the one on the left is the snail meat...i din know when i ate, then after that only my fren told me...man...

our professional cameraman of the trip.haha...

yum yum...more to come

the main character of the day, the basket...all the meat inside are raw one....-.-"first time for me...

haha, we had too much ad...thus the bloated look.haha...

this is the first raw salmon slice i'm going to have...it turned out to be quite tasty in the end. yum...

so after the lunch and chatting session, we went for some light shopping. hehe...the first ones we went...

the body shop in Brunei, notice any difference?

they said the sky in Brunei is lower, is it so?

quite few cars on the road, quite peaceful...

and yea, the Brunei egg tart, it melts in the mouth.

so yea, that's the wonderful trip i had with friends, day trip. we went around 11 am, came back around 5 pm i think. not that long, but yea, it was great. thank God for the blessings in my life. :)

being tagged

haha, first time being tagged. so just give it a try.thanks to tikah.haha...

>>7 facts about me

1. believe in God
   
2. a christian
   
3. university student
   
4. still single for now, interested in courting.haha...lol
   
5. eldest son
6. passion for photography and Chinese drawings(but can't draw yet)
   
7. into details and particulars(can be annoying to others sometimes)
   

>>7 things that scares/disgusts me

1. nightmares?haha...
2. panic during exams
   
3. waiting, for bus, plane or people.
   
4. smokers
   
5. dishonesty
   
6. distrust/suspect
   
7. erm...nothing else gua, all fears can be overcomed by faith in the Lord
   

>>7 songs for now

1. La Sete Di Vivere-Alessandro Safina
   
2. Nessun Dorma-Paul Potts/Luciano Pavaroti
   
3. Time to say goodbye-Paul Potts/Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman
   
4. Caruso-Paul Potts
   
5. You raise me up-Paul Potts
   
6. Lift up your eyes-Planet Shakers
   
7. August's Rhapsody-August Rush
   

>>7 words/sentences that i frequently mention

1. halo
   
2. oo
   
3. erm
   
4. dai lou (big bro)
   
5. you mou (got o not)
   
6. cham lo ( finish)
   
7. win liao lo ( just recently only, haha....)
   

>>7 valuable things

1. my memory of everything around me? :)
   
2. my camera
   
3. my photos taken
   
4. my family
   
5. my friends
6. my computer in UTP(desktop)

>>7 first times

1. first time using photoshop
   
2. first time traveling to west malaysia alone
   
3. first time traveling to singapore alone
   
4. first time driving car and van
   
5. first time owning a camera
   
6. first time writing a blog
   
7. first time...erm, surviving on the sea for a week?
   

>>7 friends that i wish to tag

1. Jim
2. Claire
3. Janice
4. Henry
5. Joshua
6. Wen Sher
7. Edrea
   

SPEMSCC 08

88 committee members, 3 advisors, and 205 participants. Around 7 months of preparation, for the 4 days 3 nights event. the outcome was satisfactory, in fact praised as the first timer. Thank God for everything, thank God especially for giving me the chance to witness the whole thing from the beginning till the end. Praise Him for letting this conference become a reality.

Throughout the preparation, i really learned a lot. thank God for the chance, i see and witness a lot of things. Ignorance, passion, responsibility, shrewdness, human darkness, anger management, despair, faith, prayers, grace, observation, details oriented, and a lot more.

Personally, i think the most important thing from the event is not about how many participants we have involved, or how big the scale of the event can be, or how many renowned speakers we are able to invite, or even how much sponsorship we have obtained for the event, i think it's all about the cooperation between the committee members and the bonding we have formed among each other.

during one of the paper presentations.

I believe it's the bonding that we have because of this event that we should really treasure. through this event, we know each other more, and we know how much a person can give for the event. we are there to experience it all, and we as humans, we feel it. although it's subjective, i believe even how a person dislikes the event, he or she will feel a little if not massive passion for the event. in the future, if we were to work together again, we will know better how to handle certain things together and the outcome will definitely be better.

I really thank God for giving me the chance to be involved, as one of the High Committees, to see and observe the whole process, from top to bottom. i would say it's prelim for me before entering the real society. God let me have the taste of how it's gonna be like next time when i'm working out there. through events like this, i learn to grow, i learn to let go a lot of things, i learn to leave behind some childish thoughts and opinions, i learn how to conform while holding to my own principles, i learn to speak necessary things at the right situations and i learn that, God is in control of everything, i said EVERYTHING, doesn't matter if it's trivial or humongous. Every prayers that we made(oh yea, i prayed a lot for the event, either personally or during the prayer meetings with the brothers and sisters), God listened and answered according to His plan and timing.

the committee plus the participants

yea, all glory to Him. for the good things, praise Him for His faithfulness! for the bad things, praise Him for His sovereignty. indeed, all praises to God. for more sharing, haha, you can always find me over a tea or coffee. lol... there are plenty to testify. well, for the complains, i will try to reduce ler...hahah....joking.before the paper presentation.

Time to say goodbye

Time to say goodbye
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When Im alone
I dream on the horizon
And words fail;
Yes, I know there is no light
In a room
Where the sun is not there
If you are not with me.
At the windows
Show everyone my heart
Which you set alight;
Enclose within me
The light you
Encountered on the street.

Time to say goodbye,
To countries I never
Saw and shared with you,
Now, yes, I shall experience them,
Ill go with you
On ships across seas
Which, I know,
No, no, exist no longer;
With you I shall experience them.

When you are far away
I dream on the horizon
And words fail,
And yes, I know
That you are with me;
You, my moon, are here with me,
My sun, you are here with me.
With me, with me, with me,

Time to say goodbye,
To countries I never
Saw and shared with you,
Now, yes, I shall experience them,
Ill go with you
On ships across seas
Which, I know,
No, no, exist no longer;
With you I shall re-experience them.
Ill go with you
On ships across seas
Which, I know,
No, no, exist no longer;
With you I shall re-experience them.
Ill go with you,
I with you.

Quando sono solo
Sogno allorizzonte
E mancan le parole
Si lo so che non c? luce
In una stanza
Quando manca il sole
Se non ci sei tu con me, con me.
Su le finestre
Mostra a tutti il mio cuore
Che hai acceso
Chiudi dentro me
La luce che
Hai incontrato per strada

Time to say goodbye
Paesi che non ho mai
Veduto e vissuto con te
Adesso si li vivro.
Con te partiro
Su navi per mari
Che io lo so
No no non esistono piu
Its time to say goodbye.

Quando sei lontana
Sogno allorizzonte
E mancan le parole
E io si lo so
Che sei con me con me
Tu mia luna tu sei qui con me
Mio sole tu sei qui con me
Con me con me con me

Time to say goodbye
Paesi che non ho mai
Veduto e vissuto con te
Adesso si li vivro.
Con te partiro
Su navi per mari
Che io lo so
No no non esistono piu
Con te io li rivivro.
Con te partiro
Su navi per mari
Che io lo so
No no non esistono piu
Con te io li rivivro.
Con te partiro
Io con te.

Home

It is so great to be at home. i thank God for the blessings that He has given me, thank God for the wonderful home and house that He has blessed me with.

it was yesterday evening, my mom was doing some vegetables planting in front of the house. since i was too free so i decided to go out and "help out" a bit. nothing to do actually, cause my mum just wanted to "burn" the land(to make it more fertile) then the next day only plant the seeds. so, i followed along, then nothing to do so took some pictures.

front view of my house, mine is the left hand side one with the open gate, the on the right is my aunty's one. just side by side only, in between no fence.hehe...single storey, not so big, not so small also, and it's cozy. :P

the neighborhood...

another side...

my mom burning the land, small fire only. haha, so dun think will cause much pollution gua. the sky is awesome.

after disturbing my mum, naughty me went and took some pics of the dogs. never took b4 so just take as record la.haha...

the "senior" of the house. he has been with us for around 5 years(human years) already. still healthy and strong, very scared of him cause always wan to lick my hand and legs. i dun really like the wet wet feeling(because of the saliva)...

junior of the house, two months old i think. posing there...-.-"

pose again....-.-"

this is cute. my sis holding her...

she is cute right? haha, i mean the dog. thank God for placing her in our house, so much laughter and fun because of her. haha... these are some funny things she did.

dunno what she trying to do with my mum, my mum was controlling the fire so that won become too widespread. then the dog came and disturbed...in the end got scolded, but i think she won understand anyway.

i think she is thirsty.

the dog:"what? never see cute dog before?" i feel like punching her, i mean the dog, not my sis.

well then, enough with the dogs. haha, after the dogs session i went around the house and took some pics. here are some(i think)nice pics to share. God's creations are so beautiful.

when sun set. above my house.haha...

in front of the house, over the wide empty land.

Finally, Miri.

The SPE conference ended on 12 of june ( will blog about it later), then went down to KL with frens and spent overnight in fren's place. it was great, had a lot of fun and sharings throughout the journey. haha...guys talk(dun worry, it's decent.)

then the next day went for visa application, guess what, good news! i got it and i'm flying. thank God. the fella looked at my transcript and straightaway passed me the visa slip, the whole process like not even one minute. so sweat but praise God for everything. at first i was worried that he might ask plenty of questions and request for a lot of documents. but, yea, God has a perfect plan for me. even before the appointment, i was a bit late cause missed the train, but thank God, it was just 15 minutes and i thank God that the security guard let me in. praise Him! hehe, pray that i won get rejected at the us airport. lol...met a utpian at the embassy, what a great coincidence, he is going for a christian conference in us for three weeks. so fun, i wish i can go to that one too...lol, a bit greedy...

so then, spent two nights over in senior's place, felt bad cause all of them quite busy then i was like in the way like that. haha, hopefully they dun mind. but luckily i was not the only one staying overnight there, hehe...so, still ok la. lol...

early morning, checking in...

then, a night at the LCCT. alone(not lonely k....) and cold, so walked around the airport the whole night to stay awake. i think people also think what is this guy doing wandering around non stop. although alone, i felt peaceful though, no idea why, but yea, it was great. thank God for accompanying. hehe...

so then, i'm back! in miri, my home. so nice to be back. can't wait for the holidays ahead. my house still like that, not much changes, but got one new drawing presented by my mum's fren, so superbly nice. wish can draw like that too...

so geng...must learn from him.

ohya, one little stranger appeared in my house.haha...cute little fella added to the family.i heard she bites.-.-"

looks innocent right?my sis said she doesn't bark, but does bite. lol...

the old member on the left too shy to face the camera

Things that i want and things that God wants

there are times when i don't get things that i wanted most, in fact most of the times. be it academics, materials, money, events, friends, attention, appreciation and etc, i just don't get things according to the ways i wanted it to be.


sometimes i ask God, why?why i have worked so hard and yet my results are just the same? why i cared for a person so much, and yet he/she just don't seem to need it? why i can't get to spend some moments together with a friend or friends that are leaving? why they so "macho" that they just don't mind leaving for a long time? why people just don't show any commitments when they are assigned responsibilities? why the people just don't show much efforts in the things they are doing? why they are not taking any initiatives? why can't they be more detailed and serious? why can't they put in more efforts in planning the whole thing? why they just don't seem to care? and why they like last minute so much? the list continues...(i think if i write on then can compile a book already,haha....)

so many questions, and so many "why". i think God should ask us back, why do you want to know? or why do you want to interfere with my ways?

I think most of us know the answer already, and when things go wrong, we will always say this, that " His ways are higher than my ways" or "God has a purpose behind everything that happens". in fact it's true, but i just want to ask, when things go right, do we still say "God has a purpose behind everything that happens."?

haha...we always say "Oh God, have your way." or "God has a purpose for everything that happens, i have faith in You, Lord" at times of trials and tribulations or when things just don't go our ways. it seems like these two lines are just a chant to comfort our hearts and to console ourselves. or if from another perspective, we surrender to God(so it seems) when there's no other way, or after we have tried what we can do. this is what we always do, and "God's will and purpose" are always our last resort.

so here, the focus is ourselves. our hearts, i think in a way is not right in expressing these statements, or in fact covenants before God. is it really our will to let God have His ways? and let God's will be done on earth as it is done in heaven? or is it we are forced to surrender to God and ask God to have His ways when our ways are just not applicable anymore?

so, it has been my determination to let God decide in my life things that happen, i wish everything that happens is because of God's will. if my will just so happen to coincide with God's, praise God! if not, praise God even more cause i no need to worry so much. lol...

when things go wrong, yea, i feel bad, i feel sad, or angry, and lonely when just so many to contain inside. but thank God that He always reminds me through His little voice that, "Hey, I thought you said wanna let Me have my ways in your life? so have faith? I will never mistreat you!". When that rebuke comes in, the peace "sneak in", and yea, life is full of hope again. haha...

well, i'm also learning and struggling through. i stumble at times(my problem is, always know so much but always forget to practise it...lol), but my promise to God is, i will always stand up and be strong. By God's grace and power, i will rise. :)

God bless you all.