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Comparison

2008-07-17T08:31:00.002+08:00

PM compares Malaysia's Oil/Petrol price and says that it is the "lowest" in the region

Info Minister compares Malaysia's inflation rate and says it is "among the lowest" in the world

Mini

I would like to compare also...

If Japanese, Korean, Singaporean...etc... ministers/lawmakers were to resign each time their integrity were questioned, why Malaysian minister cannot resign????? Is this a matter of "mabuk kuasa?" (power crazy) or our minister cannot accept the fact????? Malaysian minister are just so arrogant, and will not step down unless they lost in the General Election. They will defend their position at all cost, with words like "I am not weak or scared!!" , "Siapa cakap? tangkap masuk ISA"("Who dares to slander me? Let's use ISA against him/her") , "It's a lie, i didn't do that" , "It's complete fabrication" , "We've the power to go on, we've ruled for 50 years, we are the best!!" , "I will not step down untill year 2010" , "I still have lots of things to do, the rakyat had given me the mandate....." (yea right. now the rakyat wants you to go)

All it takes it's just a simple "OK, since I've been questioned, I will give up my post, and wait till police clear my name, then will I stand for snap election again"

SIGH... COMPARE THE STATE OF MALAYSIAN MINISTERS/LAWMAKER WITH OTHER COUNTRIES BEFORE COMPARING MALAYSIAN OIL PRICE AND INFLATION AND EVERY OTHER THINGS!!!!!!!!

Lies, and more lies......

2008-07-04T08:48:00.006+08:00

It Seems that:

Our Deputy Prime Minister link to the murdered Mongolian model is a complete fabrication, a pack of lies, or so he claims.

Our ex-Deputy Prime Minister alleged that the sodomy charge against him is also a lie, or so he claims...

Prime Minister said ex-Deputy Prime Minister plans to topple the government by September is also a lie, or so he claims...

Prime Minister said his party's member defecting to Opposition is also a lie, or so he claims...

Prime Minister said ex-Prime Minister's statement against the government, against him, against his deputy, are lies, or so he claims...

The judiciary of Malaysia is not spared, with all allegations from the ex-prime minister, current prime minister, and others saying it is not transparent, full of holes, etc...

Statutory declaration by the editor of a very popular website/portal, and a private investigator also can be considered as a lie by the deputy prime minister.

Who are we to believe in then, since person A says person B is a liar, and person B says person A is also a liar?

All because of what happens on the 8th of March 2008. Sigh..... The rakyat is suffering as a result of high petrol prices, high rice price, etc, and certain top politicians are so busy with lies, and lies, and more lies....... Come on man, We didn't vote you in because we want to hear lies, nor do we vote you out because there's too much lies that we've lost confidence in you. We just want peace and stability and UNITY among MALAYSIANS, starting from the very top(the rulers, king and the like) to us, ordinary rakyat. Now everybody are discussing about court cases, about sodomy, about defections, about lies........Why sideline the needs of the rakyat now? Even the prime minister scrapped the bi-weekly salary payment for civil servants, and it got no publicity for the past two days, no outcry, everybody seems more interested in lies, lies, more lies...

To all politicians/rulers/leaders of the country/cabinet ministers, whether or not you are from BN or PR or Independent

Please, for the sake of national peace, stability, unity, Please stop all these allegations of lies, and Please be very transparent (apparently, this is what the Prime Minister said when he took over the helm from Dr M) in all your workings, and Please be more sensitive to the needs of the rakyat. Please understand that there are people who earns less then RM500/month and cannot afford 41% rise in petrol price and food stuffs, and they have a family to feed, unlike some people who has RM18K in entertainment allowances.Please listen and respond to the needs and cries of the people of this country, and not to threaten them with ISA.You have had 5 years governing this country, and Malaysia fell in its transparency ranking and corruption index.Please manage this country well like any other 2nd world/1st world country.

-The humble plea of a rakyat-in-distress-

FireFox 3

2008-06-19T08:45:00.002+08:00

Yea... I've helped in creating a new Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 Hours. CHECK IT OUT!

I've even gotten a certificate for the effort. Thanks to Mozilla Firefox :)

The interface is really cool, very fast downloads, nice address bar, etc...etc... Compare wiith IE8, i prefer Firefox 3 :)

GO FIREFOX!

Petrol hike not justifiable

2008-06-16T15:43:00.008+08:00

A minister said, Malaysia, as an OIL producing country, which sells HIGH QUALITY oil to other countries, COULD NOT afford to pay petrol subsidies to it's own rakyat (people), because of rising global oil price, and the minister also compare Malaysia's petrol price with other NON-oil producing countries, such as Singapore, Hong Kong.

Comparisons are done as below, and the minister said Malaysia's petrol price is " Among the lowest in Asia"

Singapore Petrol Price (Non Oil Producing country) = RM2++/L
Hong Kong Petrol Price (Non Oil Producing country) = RM4++/L
India Petrol Price (Non Oil Producing country) = RM4++/L

But, the minister, in his ignorance and arrogance, fail to compare petrol prices among oil producing countries, and he doesn't know the meaning of oil producing country VS NON-oil producing countries (something like comparing apple with durian)

Qatar Petrol Price (Oil Producing country) = RM0.78/L
Venezuela's Petrol Price (Oil Producing country = RM0.6*/L
Malaysia Petrol Price (Oil Producing Country = RM2.70/L (lowest in Asia?!@#$%^&@#??$)
more...

Malaysia's Oil Company is selling oil, and they sell based on global oil price, and I am 101% sure there are profits made. but then the minister said global oil price is rising, and the government has no money to subsidise petrol anymore. It's simply ilogical and outrageous and a d**b statement.

Mr minister, don't think that we rakyat are s**p*d, and please, check your facts before you give any press statements regarding oil prices. If wan to compare, compare properly, and you've been fighting against corruption, wanting to make Malaysia into a transparent /fair/just country, but you are not willing to expose the details of our oil company, not willing to listen to the voices of the rakyat, not willing to step down when told, not willing to take any responsibility regarding this. What is the point of slashing 10% of all ministers and deputy ministers entertainment allowances, where there are millions of people in Malaysia who don't earn even 10% of the allowances earned by them??????? Does it mean that the minister will compensate those people who earn less then 10% of allowance from MP's? and it states that the said minister enjoy an entertainment allowance of RM18K++.... @#%@#%@

So, does it mean that the millions of Malaysian who are not that well off financially will get those allowances? Why just 10%? why not 90%? Does it mean those people still get to enjoy life even with 90% allocation, while the rest of us rakyat suffer??

We (the 6++ million Malaysian) know that your party lost 2/3 majority in parliament, and also lost control of 5 states during the recent GE. Is that how you repay the people who have voted you in(as well as those who voted you out). Do not be suprise if during the next GE, your party will lose even the minority in parliment, as well as lose control of ALL states in Malaysia.

The rakyat have spoken, and will speak again.

DISCLAIMER: Any reference made to any parties are co-incidental. The writer holds no responsibility to any injury, misinterpretation, riots, coups, death which arises as a result of reading this entry. This post can be reproduced.

The Revival

2008-05-21T17:11:00.002+08:00

Hi... The rivival of this blog is in progress. Please be patient as new contents, new layout, new..... are added in.

*I'm BacKKKKkkKkKKkKk*

Should Fast Food advert be banned?

2007-04-11T08:46:00.000+08:00

Will it solve the problem?

If the government were to ban fast food advertisement shown on TV, they have to ban alot of other things as well. For example

1) beer advertisement in the newspaper/cinema shows
2) Fast Food advert on the LRT
2) eventually they have to ban fast food restaurant as well. If the government's reason to ban advertisement is because Kid's will be drawn to it, So are they trying to say that Kids should NOT walk in the streets where there are fast food restaurant around, because they would be drawn to it as well?

I think the more logical way to do it is to still allows the advertisement to be on-air, but they should add on the advertisement with some nutritional facts, then i guess kid's wouldn't get too addicted to the fast food, for fear of being obese, and some other kinds of disorder.

*My Justification*

It will have alot of side effect when the government impose this ban ruling. Even on cigarette packs(I don't smoke), there IS a warning which says "AMARAN OLEH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA. MEROKOK MERBAHAYAKAN KESIHATAN" (Warning from the Malaysian Government, Smoking ~~kills~~ is dangerous to your health)

Now, If such a BIG BIG warning on cigarette packs CANNOT stop people from buying cigarettes, plus the fact that according to the health minister, the number of young people being addicted to smoking is INCREASING day by day, would banning fast food advertisement help in reducing children's health problem with regards to eating too much fast food? *think*

It's like wrapping the burger with a warning wrapper/nutritional fact which says "The burger you are going to eat now contains ***KG G of fats and calories", or " Please refrain from eating me because i can cause obesity", but still, kids(adults alike) will unwrap the wrapper, and continue eating the burger, as though the warning is not there.

if like that, we can ban cigarette sales, liquor sales, and all things that is bad .....etc etc, until all of us will be living on vegetables and soya everyday.

What i am trying to say is that banning advertisement itself WILL NOT cause the problem to cease. The best way is to cut off the root/source of it.

It's the same when people buy cigarettes. The warning is written ON the pack itself, and yet people still ignore the warning and smoke, even though the words "MERBAHAYAKAN KESIHATAN" (Dangerous to health) is written there.

It's all in the mind, and once you are determine to do something, you can and will do it.

And the effects/consequences of smoking is far worse then the effect of having too much fast food

*Disclaimer: The above is the humble opinion of me. No reference made to whatever parties mentioned*

Happy Chinese New Year...

2007-02-15T08:43:00.000+08:00

"Dong dong dong Chiang"

"Chai Shen Dao"

A pretty familiar sound to hear as one walks around the streets of KL, and through big speakers inside shopping malls, people are gearing up for the start of the Lunar New Year, which is in 2 days time. Employees are taking leave to go back hometown/holiday, businesses are seeing profits as Malaysian are well known for last minute shopping, roads leading out of the city will be jammed, sumptuous meals are being served in restaurants(not to mention the exorbitant price of some)… certainly, the joyous festive mood can be seen all around the place, with decorations being put in place in offices, malls, and even in one’s own house, with loud music blasting off from gigantic speakers located at strategic locations on the streets, with millions of greeting cards being sent to friends and relatives… It seemed to me that the New Year had already started =P

I want to wish all my friends, and of course You who are reading this a very prosperous and Happy Lunar New Year…

"Long Ma Jing Shen, Ma Dao Gong Cheng, Xin Xiang Shi Cheng…"

Xin Nian Kuai Le

I am baCkkkkkkkk!!!

2006-12-26T16:36:00.000+08:00

Weeeeeeee..... after so many days/seconds/minutes/months of non-blogging, finally I’ve made a comeback, not permanent though, I might disappear again for God-knows-how-long. Anyway, I have not gone into oblivion yet (touch wood), nor have I forgotten my blog, it’s just that as i grew older (and probably a little wiser), priority seemed to be of much importance then when I was still studying. Time seems to “fly” away much faster now, computer games are of no meaning to me now, not as much as when I was still in university, where 80% of my time goes into online gaming, LAN gaming, and all other modes of gaming. My social life seemed to be hey wired, where most of my friends are my colleagues. Time had changed, and life do goes on.

Throughout the period from my last post until now, there had been numerous updates and interesting events that took place which had affected me, directly and indirectly. In order to save space on the web, and to spare my dear readers of the long, winding, “cheong hei”, detailed story, here are the gist of it. Any question(s) can be directed to my email, or H/P, or any other medium deemed appropriate.

I’ve got a new phone
I’ve witness a project went live and in use by >50 people concurrently
I’ve shifted to a new house
I’ve gotten confirmation for my job
I’ve brought two close friends for Christmas Eve service in church
I’ve spent RM900 cash in a single receipt
I’ve came back to MMU for a few times to visit my friends and the CF
I’ve experienced taking the last train of the day to go back home
I took the last commuter train home, which is at 11.45PM, from Nilai
I forgot to bring along my handphone and wallet to work
I’ve had 3 bowls of rice in a dinner organized by my boss
… etc…etc…

There your have it bros and sis…. The long overdue updates of me. Thanks for visiting throughout this period of idleness, and may this blog be updated as frequent as possible (or as the owner wants it updated) :P

P/S : HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, YOU, AND YOU, AND A MERRY, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU, YOU AND YOU TOO….

Felice Navidad
Felice Navidad
Felice Navidad
You got to smile The Good Lord is born

I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
From the bottom of my heart

Dilemma

2006-09-21T17:50:00.000+08:00

I want to blog again
but you are too busy to blog

I can find time to blog, say afterwork
but then you will be so tired

Nevermind, I will still blog
but then you don't have net access at home

I can stay back office and blog
Go back and take a rest, 8 hours in office is enough

I will think of something to blog now
You don't have any ideas to begin with....

Excuses * dilemma = confused

A New Role In My Life

2006-07-26T14:14:00.000+08:00

After being in web silence for the past 2+ months, I’ve finally re-emerged as a young working adult, which means to say, I’ve graduated from university… *clap clap clap 100X* It had been 4 years I’ve been in university, and that 4 years had brought me numerous and uncountable feelings and experiences. I’ve known the real value of friendship, once lost, never to returned. I’ve learned the essence of life, I’ve learned to stay strong though under circumstances, I’ve learned not to give up no matter what, I’ve learned……

Now that the 4 years has come to passed, I am now an engineer, working in an IT firm. Things are really different here, compared to in university. In university, I can afford to slack, and my lecturer will understand that I’ve still got a lot to learn. In my workplace if I slack, I will get a red dot in my report card(performance evaluation), that’s the way how life and responsibility change as one gets older *grins*

Now that I’ve completed my education, I’ve several things on my mind. First, I want to get a nice paying, good prospect job, and work til I retire. Secondly, I wish to go holiday around the world(more like in my home state, cause no money) and takes loads and loads of pictures. Thirdly, I wish to settle down, have a wife, and have kids... LOL… may be it’s the PBS(post-blogging-syndrome) that I’m having that makes me feel awkward even when I am blogging now, that’s why all these funny plans came out. But anyway, I’m working now in an IT company, dealing with financial solutions. Things have change, and I too must change for the better.

Keep me in prayer as I go about working, and live on a new role in life.

Shepherd of my soul
I give You full control
Where ever You may lead
I will follow
I have made a choice
To listen for Your voice
Where ever You may lead
I will go

Be it in a quiet pasture
Or by a gentle stream
The Shepherd of my soul
Is by my side
Should I faced a mighty mountain
Or a valley dark and deep
The Shepherd of my soul
Will be my guide

Thank you and Goodbye

2006-05-22T23:35:00.000+08:00

They say, all good things have to come to an end, and this includes my CF days in university. For 3 years I’ve been attending, and the thought of me leaving one day didn’t struck me before, until today. I still remember the old time poem, that I used to write in my friends autograph book back during my primary school days, “Seasons come, and seasons go; friendship comes, but never will go”. This thought cheered me up a little, as I walked into the room for the last time. Chairs had been arranged, people started coming in, and there were people from outside MMJ joining us as well. We had 2 special groups of people in CF, one being the CDPC people, and the other being missionaries from Dulos, the world’s largest floating bookstore. Now only I know the history of Dulos, besides it being a floating bookstore.

There was a short sharing session by one of the pioneers of CF, in fact she was the first batch of graduates who started the CF. I know more about the CF after that, from a humble beginning to a community in a span of 9 years J The juniors gave us a wonderful time, and wonderful memories to keep. The poem recitation was awesome, given that it includes all of our names and descriptions. It was a nicely written, and heart warming poem. You can read about it here. Yuin Y’s performance was great, given that she performed a song that night, solo. Scores of Encore were heard after the performance. Thank you Yuin Y, it was a beautiful and wonderful song, your voice is lovely too J then there was the song performed called Thank You by Ray Boltz. It was a touching song, and most of us were seen rubbing our eyes. Thank you.

Then came the seniors chance to perform. There were some minor technical problem with the computer, but the experts got it fixed in no time. The opening act by Wee Liem and Joshua was nice. We started our presentation by leading the juniors down memory lane. It is an about short snippets of our lives here at university, what we had done, and what we would like to leave with them. There were the camps, the missions/visitation that we have done, about CyberChristmas/EE, fun events including BSAD, CG, and finally the important and substantial stuffs which is bible study, prayer, etc... There were acting, choral speaking, sharing, and it leaves a sense of nostalgia feeling within me, as I look back the past 3 years what have I done in CF. Then came the flash presentation. It speaks on the transition that we faced as we came into university, not knowing what lies before us, the courses, the financial, the support… and then came the flash presentation of the graduating students, with pictures and description of each graduates to be. The finale of the night was a song presentation by the graduating students, titled “Forever friends” by Sandi Patti. It was an emotional moment, as the lyric goes “Heart to heart, and hand in heart, we’ll stand until the end, loves forever when, your forever friends….”

Soon after the last performance, there was a prayer session for the graduating people as well as for the students who will be leaving for internship next semester. Photo session came after, with us having a group shot as one big happy family of Christ, By the time everything was done, it’s already 10.45 almost 11PM. The corridors lights were off, and the only light source is from the room, and the main concourse far far away :P All of us left with a mixed feeling, and we went supper after that.

Many things were left behind, and as people say, Endings are usually the start for a new beginning. Soon I’ll be graduating, and to step foot into the working world. Things may not be as predictable as when I was studying, and I don’t know what the future has installed for me. Throughout my 4 years of tertiary education. I asked myself this question, when I grow up, when I graduate, what will I be? (Similar to the nursery rhyme “Queh serra serra” eh?) And now graduation is like in another few days time, it’s like everything just happen in a twinkle of an eye. I still remember when I was talking to a friend about graduation a few years back, and he said, “very fast wan lah, few more years and then you’re out of school”, and I find that chat relevant till now, and now I say ”few more days only ma, then I’m out from school” I’ve learnt a lot during my days in uni, and it’s not something one can get from books. The feeling that I’m having now is a mix feeling. Feeling of happy-to-be-free, and feeling of sad-to-leave. Thank you to all of you CF-ers, for making my stay wonderful.

Things around are temporary, only Christ is eternal

Thank You people!!!

Unforgettable Night

2006-04-29T11:02:00.000+08:00

-A Long Overdued Post-

Hello people… I’m online again, No thanks to FYP and all other assignments that kept me busy since my last post. A big shout-out and thanks goes out to all of you that keeps on frequenting my blog, even though it’s not updated for almost 2 weeks. Thank you very much

Here’s the much anticipated topic sought after by many MMU students, especially since that Unforgettable Night was held in Putrajaya International Convention Center on the 14^th of April 2006. The ticket for the night may cost a bomb, but the services and the organization bombs most of the people’s heart. I’m not going to tell you how lousy the night was, but a short snippet of it won’t hurt, her it go.

The food that were being served are rotten food (to some tables), and instead of solid 8 course or even 5 course meal, we had for our 1^st dish, bun/bread, whatever. We were supposed to eat it with butter. Then came the 2^nd dish which is salad, where you can make for yourself at home at larger servings. 3^rd dish was soup, mushroom soup. OH man… then came the 4^th dish, which is supposed to be the dinner for the night, Chicken rice. Yes, u heard me right, it’s chicken rice!! One where you can get from Ayamas, or the Chicken Rice Shop, then came dessert, with fruits and cakes… and one more thing to be noted. The second dish came 30 minutes after the first dish, and subsequent dishes came within the time of 30-45 minutes. The performances were good, except some crappy magic show, which saw our honorable former Prime Minister being made like a puppet on stage (DISCLAIMER: I’m not condemning anybody, but the way it is being conducted me come up with this thought. No offences to the former PM). The theme of the night was supposed to be “The affairs of the red carpet” (No?) but people were not allowed to take pictures on the red carpet, what more step on it (The Emcee specifically made this announcement),, Hmmmm… The one and only performance that really was good was Joanne Yeoh's violin act, she was the star of the night, mesmerizing us with 2-3 songs from her album, but sad to say, she was not being acknowledged by the organizing people, and was made to set up booth where no one even knows (except for a few tables situated close to her booth) The emcee’s didn’t say anything about her, the usherers didn’t tell people about her existence at the back of the hall… sigh.. I feel for her…You can check out the rest of the complains HERE.

For me, the main highlight of the night was to be able to take pictures with friends in suits and gowns, and being able to have a reunion among friends, and sadly, it’s not about the grand venue, it’s not about the presence of VVIP’s and VIP’s, it’s not about the food, and the organizing committee has to buck up on this. For RM890 a table, one could have eaten in a 5-star hotel till one’s stomach explode, (you get the meaning?), but here, cars were seen lining up to go mamak/fast food restaurants after that. What a pathetic sight to behold, but this is a fact. I hope the next U-Nite committee will take this as lesson, and do better in the future, if there’s anymore U-Nites next year.

So here are some of the photos I’ve taken, and for me, it was really an Unforgettable Night to remember …

The Guys

The Gals

The thorn among the roses

B3-2-1 Housemates"Mr Fantasy Ken" and meMore guys

Alpha Group 36
The CFMMU gang
and they live happily ever after. The End...

Winner VS Loser

2006-04-07T13:50:00.000+08:00

What are you?

Winners have dreams;
Losers have schemes.

Winners see the grains;
Losers see the pain.

Winners see the potential;
Losers see the past.

Winners make it happen;
Losers let it happen.

Winners see possibilities;
Losers see problems.

Winners makes commitments;
Losers makes promises.

Winners are a part of the team;
Losers are apart from the team.

Winner always has a programme;
Loser always has an excuse.

Winner says "Let me do it for you";
Loser says "That is not my job".

Winners say "I must do something";
Losers say "Something must be done".

Winner is always a part of the answer;
Loser is always a part of the problem.

Winner sees an answer for every problem;
Loser sees a problem for every answer.

Winners believe in win/win;
Loser believe for them to win, someone has to lose.

Winner says "It may be difficult but it is possible";
Loser says "It may be possible but it is too difficult".

Winner makes a mistake. he says "I was wrong";
Loser makes a mistake, he says "It wasn't my fault".--------------------------------------------------

Very True Indeed... *Time Of Reflection*

Another night to remember - Easter Event 2006

2006-04-06T03:24:00.000+08:00

What is Easter to you?

A : Bunnies *hop hop*
B : Eggs *yum yum*
C : Parties *Yea Yea Happy*
D : Sleep and doesn’t care * Hmm*

Your answer may be any of the above, but on the 4^th of April 2006, a group of Young, Multitalented, Creative and Dynamic people came together to put up stunning and extravagant performance, known as Easter Event to convey the true meaning of Easter to the campus. Preparations began as early as the first semester, with publicity, performance, band gearing up for a few months ahead.. this is a Pilot event organized by the Christian Fellowship of MMU, though not officially recognized, but still by the grace of God we are able to hold several events in campus, including the much sought after performance night of Cyber Christmas. The same people who brought Cyber Christmas, now brings Easter Event, to spread the real and true meaning of Easter to the campus, where in the previous years, the message of Christmas was portrayed through various channels, including exhibition, cafes and the likes.

The day started early for all of the committee members and the crews of various departments. Sound and lights were tested, rehearsals went on till afternoon, chairs were arranged, and decorations were put up. When everything had been put in place, people start thronging in the hall at exactly 7.30PM. Usherers were seen putting up their broadest smiles and with their handshakes began ushering people in the hall. Dressed handsomely and prettily, they really gave a good first impression to those who attend; Technical crew, which includes the sound, lighting and camera were on standby and awaiting the show; Security personnel were deployed to safeguard the personal belongings of the team and also to maintain order should anything unforeseen arises; Performers were seen backstage, waiting patiently for the show to start. Some were nervous, some were praying, others were seen giving motivation to their counterparts; Backstage crew were on standby to move props in and out of the stage; EE sales team were prepared to handle transactions pertaining to t-shirts selling, and also tickets selling. To sum it up, everybody was ready to rock and roll.

The night started at 8PM, with a brief video clip that asked the question above “What does Easter means to you?” People from various places were interviewed and shown on screen, with some saying it’s a time of joy and hope, of bunnies, of eggs, while some said it was the day when the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, 3 days after he was crucified. It brings out a sense of reflection to us, as to what do we mean by Easter, what we expect out of Easter. After that video presentation, the crowd was being fed with the trailer for the Easter play, “The Coffee House”. It was a nicely done trailer, and portrays the life of 3 individuals, each with a story to tell. After the trailer, on came the first scene.

Read about the play here -> “The Coffee House”. Throughout the play, there were live band accompanying the show, backed by lovely singers. Their voices were so sweet; I guess everyone agrees with that.

After about an hour or so, there were dances and also a short intermission by “Dr Lance” a.k.a JetSon… Wooohoo… That’s a nice one, which got every one laughing. The emcee’s (Bea and Andre) took on stage with handfuls of freebies after the performance, and guess what? During the day, a wonderful and creative idea came upon a person, and he decided to paste EE posters all over a vehicle, and who ever got the number of posters right will be given a prize on the night itself. The prize? RM 50 and a t-shirt. Yay!! So when the emcee announced the winner, she was so ecstatic and excited. Imagine yourself standing beside a poster-ed car and counting the posters on it. Yea, that’s the spirit if you want to win yea J Many more T-shirts and BBQ tickets were being given away, with questions asked such as “What’s the theme for Easter Event?” There was a small girl, who ran up the stage upon hearing the question “Where is the BBQ held?” , and her cute answer was “The Coffee House”. She was so adorable, and cute: P After some words of thanks and also collecting the feedback forms, the night event is over.

“Great job well done!” , “Keep it up!” , “You look stunning!” … these were just some of the comments I heard from the people as they walked out of the hall, shaking hands with the ushers as well as to the performers and crews. Everything went on real well and smooth. The hall was packed upon reaching 9 o clock, and everyone were satisfied with the outcome, given that there was a shift in the academic year, and also the timing of the event, but still, God is faithful, and He’s Jehovah Jireh, our provider in times of need. From the sound crews to the camera crew; the lighting crew to the back stage crew, from the Usherers to the performers; the technical crew to the security team to the refreshments and sales team, everybody put in effort to make this a success, and surely, we’ve imparted the message of Easter to those who came and witness the night, and may the message of Easter continues to be in everyone’s heart, that it is not the bunny, nor the eggs, not is it to party, but ultimately, it is the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, and He rose victorious on the 3^rd day. This is the true meaning of Easter.

A big word of congratulations to the EE organizing team, especially the event directors, Chee Kah and Audrey, for putting in late nights into planning and making sure that everything run smooth and well; To the various department leaders, for leading the smaller divisions in planning and also making sure there’s synergy between departments. To the many volunteers who have signed up to help, you people are indeed a blessing and make a difference; To the performers, band members, singers, you did your very best, and I am sure many lives were touched by what you have presented. To the usherers, security, sales team, you are the forefronts of the event, being the first to great and wish people, being the first impression, being the promoter to sell t-shirts and tickets, being the one who supplied refreshments, being the team who look after our belongings when we were too busy, thank you; To the various technical crew, from sound to lights to camera to computer, you provide the atmosphere for the event, and you sure did a great job. Kudos. To everybody who helped out directly and indirectly, your contributions will not go unnoticed.

EE was great, but the God who made this possible is greater!!! All glory to Him above…

Log on to Easter Event 2006 for further information

The Easter Tree

The Coffee house's entrance

The director of Coffee House

What's up Doc?

The cast members of "The Coffee House"

The handsome and charming usherers

The Backstage crew

"Bulu" CG :)
Happy Easter to you >:D<

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Read about CyberChristmas below

CyberChristmas Charity Event -> One and Two and Three

CyberChristmas, The beginning, The way

CyberChristmas, The Journey, The Truth

CyberChristmas, The continuation, The Life

and the same people who brought to you CyberChristmas, now brings you THIS

A busy semester...

2006-03-29T03:51:00.000+08:00

Well, the title says it all. First there are 14 weeks of lecture in this particular semester. Secondly, I have a final year project to complete in this time frame. Thirdly, to add on to the burden of FYP, there are 5 subjects which I am taking, not to mention each subject has it’s own mid-term tests, assignments, and tutorials. Fourthly, Due to some reasons( which are not explained), MMU decided that there would be no breaks in between the 14 weeks, so that makes the schedule of poor students like me even hectic-er, and tight. Fifthly, there’s not much entertainment for me this semester, except for occasional swims, a visit or 2 to the sundry shops, had fun playing the guitar. Most of the time I would be either glued in front of my computer for more then 5-6 or more hours non stop, or I would be in the lecture rooms listening to lecture. There seemed to be literally no life in me.

The above are not just any complains, nor is it any grudges, I’m not telling the world that I am under tortured, but more to letting go of steam. So pardon me if I rejected you for supper sometimes, pardon me for not replying yahoo messages and/or emails, pardon me for not answering some of your calls, pardon me for not being able to spend more time with YOU, pardon me for not coming back home even though it’s just 25 minutes away, and the list goes on and on…

Sigh… people says enjoy your student’s life while you still can, so yea, MMU (and the rest of the universities who is giving students a hard time) final sem friends, enjoy your CURRENT status. I’m losing mine this June :P

Cheers…

Side note: Easter Event (EE) is SIX (6) days away … *excited*

Easter Event (EE)

2006-03-24T20:44:00.000+08:00

What is it ? : An event to spread the meaning of Easter Day to the students and staffs of Multimedia University

Where is it? : Night Event @ Multipurpose Hall
Bar-Be-Que Night @ Faculty of Creative Multimedia's (FCM's) Badminton Court

Who are invovled? : A group of Young, Multitalented, Creative and Adventurous students of Multimedia University

How Much to pay? : Night Event -> RM0.00
Bar-Be-Que Night -> RM5.00/night/person

And the most ImPoRtaNt question of all :
When is it? : Night event - FOURTH (4th) Of APRIL 2006 @ 1930
Bar-Be-Que Night - FIFTH (5th) And SIXTH(6TH) APRIL 2006 @ 2000

For further information, including TRAILERs and WALLPAPERS download, please point your mouse cursor and click HERE @ Easter Event

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Mixed Feelings

2006-03-12T05:55:00.000+08:00

Emotionally detached
By someone you least expect
I didn’t do anything
Or so I hope and pray
That will deserved such treatment

I don’t know
What has the humankind became
So much had happened
Since I came into the world

Things may be unseen
But it does hurt a lot
What’s done is done
There’s no turning back

Dear friend
Why the ill-treatment?
Why the ignorance?
What have I done?
I’m sure I was innocent

Detached, disregarded
Worried, disappointed
Why must I have these feelings now
All because of you
I hope it’s not

O God
Grant me strength to go on
Grant me peace to withstand
I trust in You

* Dear friend, if you are reading this, I just want to say sorry. I don’t even know what have I done, and u treated me coldly. Sorry if it’s my fault…

NOC IV - Chapters of Life

2006-02-17T12:20:00.001+08:00

“….There’s more to this life, then living and dying….”

“…..Death is just another chapter of life…….”

On the 16^th of February 2006, when everyone was either having their dinner, or doing homework, or busy with assignments and projects, a group of dynamic and enthusiastic youths from the Christian Fellowship(CF) of MMU Malacca, stage a one-night-only, one-year-once performance at the main hall at 7.30PM, which is called, Night of Celebration. This is the 4^th year they had been doing this, and every year without fail, it managed to attract people by the hundreds to come and witness the message and the performance. Backed by a live band, beautiful and cheerful ushers, young and charming actors and actresses, energetic and vibrant backstage crew and dancers, ever vigilant technical crews and security team, and not forgetting also the sweet and handsome event coordinators and directors, the night proves to be a smashing success and accomplishment, minus the enormous and tremendous efforts they had been putting up for the show. It was the night, that people began to see how God moves in that campus, it was the night where people come and gave their utmost best to The One above, praising and glorifying His name. it was the night where people rejoice and celebrate, that with God, nothing is impossible. It was the Night of Celebration

The night kicked off with a splendid display of the NOC IV trailers, followed by an “AI” controlled instructions on screen, telling the audience to clap and cheer, followed by a happy birthday tribute to Grace Goh, the event’s director, in conjunction of her birthday. After that, the audience was taken aback when they actually planned a sound and light test, similar to when you play “3D” games, or some “advance 3D digital movies”. The dazzling lighting and the thunderous sound resonates in the hall, leaving each other gasping for more. I was there sitting at the front of the front row (on the floor: P), and am enjoying every second of the show. In collaboration with the Red Crescent Society of MMU Malacca, they revealed the report by the National Cancer Registry of Malaysia, that >20 thousand people are diagnose with cancer in our country, with leukemia ranked top 5 and 10 in males and females respectively. As caring and loving Malaysians, we donated to the goodwill of the cause and feat by MAKNA (Malaysia Cancer Foundation) and by giving, we hope that those people will gain a new life.

The show started soon after, with Abigail (Abi), even though being diagnose with leukemia, continue to strives to live each day, with the help and strength by God. Her brother Chris however, looked down upon her faith, and criticized and condemned her belief, that God would heal her. When the news from the hospital came to say that Abi will have a 90% chance of survival after a donor found matching her bone marrow, and that she would go through a transplant and transfusion, joy and happiness can be seen in all her friend’s faces, including her lover, Sean, and Violet. But tragedy struck when Abi was killed in an accident involving a truck and her car, Family members and friend were devastated by the incident, Chris blames himself for killing his sister (he was the driver of the car), Violet lost her best friend; her dance instructor, Sean gone psycho after that, and began to find new partner(s), forgetting his former friends. The story continues to portray how Chris, Sean, Violet and their friend are keeping with the death of their best friend, sister, and partner. Along the show, there had been several musical, sung by the actor and actresses themselves, on how is their feelings and thoughts. The songs were beautifully sung, and to add icing to cake, they were accompanied with a live band and cheers from the crowd say it all, that they were simply great and wonderful. It speaks of how well they were coping in life, and despite the loss, there’s more to this life, then living or dying. The crowds were glued to their seats for the duration of the performance, and if there’s one word to describe the whole scene, it’s Awesome.

Soon after the end of the night, camera flashes were seen flashing around the hall, people were hugging each other, smiles and cheers from the people blankets the tiredness of everybody involved; loud cheers were heard erupting from the four corners of the hall. Everybody was happy that night, including Pastor Joanne, who oversees the entire NOC IV preparation and by giving her support and prayer. Indeed, this night was the happiest night, and judging by the looks of the organizers, from the ushers to the musicians to the crew to the directors to the actors, it was indeed the most memorable night for all of the crew.

I would like to extend my deepest and heartiest congratulations to Grace Goh and her team, for the great show given us; to Deric and Vijay and the rest of the CF committee, for arranging and organizing this event, and making this a reality; to Jessica(Abigail), Renee(Violet), Justin(Chris), Aaron(Sean) and all the casts of the drama, for portraying that there is a new chapter of life, even when death approaches; to the ushers, who with their broad smile and warm handshakes, made everyone (at least for me) happy and welcomed; to the musicians, for the good music and lively upbeat; to all the various crew, from cameraman to lighting to sound to security, without you, there won’t be order and it won’t be good. And most importantly, I want to praise God for extending His blessing upon everybody who is involved in arranging, organizing, setting up this night. It was truly a night to remember and I’ll be looking forward to NOC 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 ……. Hahahahah……

God bless you, and happy always….

p/s : For futher related stories and information, click HERE

Happy Chinese New Year

2006-01-27T21:05:00.000+08:00

Gong Hey Gong Hey, Gong Hey Fatt Choy!!!!

Wishing all my friends (as well as reader(s) of this blog, which means YOU) a very prosperous Lunar New Year!! May the Year of the Dog brings with it :

Year Year Got Fish

Dragon Horse Sperm God

Heart Think Work Done

Day Day Get Rich

New Year Happy

Million Work Ru Yi :P

Wo De Sheng Re

2006-01-25T21:59:00.000+08:00

The title above translate to "My Birthday"

" Happy Birthday to me...

Happy Birthday to me...

Happy Birthday to Jo Wen...
Happy Birthday to me... "

>:D<

9th of January

2006-01-09T00:00:00.000+08:00

Here I am waiting
Abide in me I pray
Here I am longing
For You
Hide me in Your love
Bring me to my knees
May I know Jesus
More and more

Come live in me
All my life
Take over
Come breathe in me
I will rise
On eagles wings

Onthe 9^th day of the New Year, I can’t stop singing this song. Written by an individual of the Hillsong’s Worship Ministry, this song speaks of waiting upon God, and to soar on Eagle’s Wing. As the New Year comes by, many times I sat back and thought of the things yet to be fulfilled. I thought of my life in 5 years time. I thought of my future career; I thought of the friends I have, whether they will continue to be my friend in the near future… but when ever I listen to this song, my heart will be assured with the things of God, how He will take care of my future, how He will help me. This song gave me a new hope, a renewed mind, and a wanting that only God can fulfill. Life is more then just grumbling and worrying about what will happen.

Final exams are approaching, with less then 72 hours from the time of posting, with >60% left to cover, Wish me luck :P

On the lighter note, today is someone’s 21^st birthday. WooHoo… Happy Birthday to you. May your life be filled with hope, joy and peace always…God bless you in all that you do.

A blessed New Year... Happy 2006

2006-01-07T00:25:00.000+08:00

The old year had passed, the New Year had come
There are many things, which we could sum
From love to life to friends to what I’ve become
Things certainly will change, I’ll not be numb

2006 brings with it joy and peace
I started this year with a feast
Going to church and to have my faith increased
2006 is certainly a year to be.

Goodbye 2005, welcome 2006
The year passes by, just like a flick
I still remember, how I used to mix
Right and wrong, it’s hard to predict

I’m not sure what I am writing
Whether this poem rhymes well and/or exciting
But one thing I can delight in
2006, here I come with fire igniting

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

The best season of the year - Christmas

2005-12-25T22:09:00.000+08:00

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born

Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth

Ahhh…what a soothing music to lead us in Christmas…This song tells us about the birth of Christ in this earth on this very day, on the 25th of December, 2005 years ago… This was my first carol I heard and sang on the very first Christmas service that I attended in church. This song moved me to tears every Christmas season. And coincidentally, as I switched on my radio at 12AM on Christmas day, this was the first song that was being played…..

Christmas this year had been a change in atmosphere for me. For once they aren’t any caroling in church and therefore no good and fattening food being served, and there are also academic matters to worry about, which brought me back to Cyberjaya so soon. Things changed as the year passes by, and I’ve experienced a lot this year, which is 2005. I’ve had many first times as well, and also I’ve been in hot soup several times. For me, I feel that Christmas is the best time to reflect upon my life, what I’ve gone through in the year. It is also the best time to forgive and forget, not forgetting also all the friends that wil come and say, “Blessed Christmas. God bless you….” I find solace upon these words, as there are hundred and thousands of people who longed to hear what I hear, to eat what I am and will be eating….

My Christmas this year was spent in church, and like always, I can’t wait to go to church. The church was decorated, and I could sense joy and happiness in everyone’s faces, and everybody, from the youngest to the oldest, were singing and clapping and dancing throughout the worship and carol singing session. This is the time of thanksgiving and praise, given what Christ did for us.

There are lots and lots of perception and viewpoints of what Christmas means to everyone. Some would say it is the present and gifts they got, some would say it’s the Christmas tree, some would say it’s Rudolf the red nose reindeer, some would say it’s Santa Claus, and many others… I read this news from a local daily, which said that in a foreign country, a parent asked his little child what is Christmas, and the little child replied instantly, Christmas means Santa Claus. The Christian leaders of that particular country were shocked at the answer given… It is true that some of us (even me last time) associate Christmas with Santa, who goes down chimneys after chimneys, to deliver present to the little children in that home. But then in spite of all this celebration and festivals around the world, let us not forget that on this very day we celebrate Christmas, we are also celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ on this earth.

“For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on His shoulders
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor
Mighty God
Everlasting Father
Prince of Peace”
(Isaiah 9:6)

This is the real meaning of Christmas. It’s not about snow, it’s not about presents; it’s not about reindeer, it’s not about Santa Claus, but it is about Jesus. Without Him, there would be no Christmas. Without Him, there won’t be peace on earth….He is Emmanuel, God with us.

I want to take this opportunity to wish all of my friends, A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...

Felice Navidad
Felice Navidad
Felice Navidad
Felice Navidad
Prospero Aneo Felicidad.

I wanna wish you a merry christmas
I wanna wish you a merry christmas
I wanna wish you a merry christmas
From the bottom of my heart….

Finally....

2005-12-08T03:47:00.000+08:00

YEA!!! After 21 years of living in this world, and after waiting for 4 years since SPM, I finally got what every young man will dream for. I have got the chance to gain that ‘thing’ during my SPM years, but then due to circumstances which couldn’t be avoided; the plan was delayed till now.

Finally I’ve gotten my Probationary Driving License ‘P’ , and finally I’ve been granted the permit to drive around town in a motor vehicle… Some of us might say that I’ve gotten my license quite late and stuffs like that. But I see it as my 21^st year achievement, and truly, I’ve had many ‘first times’ during my 21 years of living on this earth, and this is probably one of the first too.

I am happy to get my driving license, and I would like to thank a few people who made it happen. God, my family, Mr Phang; my instructor, my church friends, who had been so supportive, and also to ‘her’, who had been encouraging me throughout my ‘journey’

Thank You so Much…..>:D<

I didn't know...

2005-12-01T01:51:00.000+08:00

I didn’t know you that much
I admit
But what I do know about you
I concede

I didn’t know how weak you are
Until today
And I didn’t know how insensitive I was
Until the circumstances is at bay

I didn’t know you will cry so easily
Until I made it happen
I didn’t know the way to act and react
In this kind of situation

I didn’t know I was emotional
Till the day I started to cry for you
Then I know you were too
When you cried and saw me through

Sorry for I was ignorant
I shouldn’t have been
For a disaster is imminent
Which I do not want to be in...

By: Jo Wen
-dedicated to You dearly… Hugz-

Industrial Training thanksgiving list :P

2005-11-25T15:11:00.000+08:00

First and foremost, I would like to apologize that it took me so long to update this blog, the reason being now that I am having a super hectic schedule, due to final year project, academic assignments, and also partly because of being idea-less(don’t know what to write).

This is a long overdue industrial training thanksgiving post, and I haven’t forgotten the names and the activities that I’ve done together in the company(when I was still undergoing training). In no particular order:

A big thank you goes out to Mr. Phillip Tan, the managing director of Pilot Multimedia, for being so kind and friendly towards me, and also for the lunches and dinners together; Tan Yaw, for fetching me home sometimes, for the games played together, for the career advices, for guiding me through out the project, for being so friendly to me; Yee Ai, for fetching me back home sometimes; Yoong and Chin, for fetching me home sometimes also, and for all the laughter we shared and also meals we had, for the advices that you gave, for the games that we’ve played, really nice; Faiz, my beloved supervisor and mentor, who constantly helping me to discover new and effective ways of programming, for the games we had played, for the badminton game that we partnered and played, for the encouraging advices, for the complements, for the time spent during meetings. Thank you Jeff, for being like a big brother, though you are seldom in the office, for all the good and sound and encouraging advices also, for fetching me home sometimes, for teaching me programming till the next morning :P , for encouraging me when I was stress with projects; Kok Leong, for the games played together, for the badminton game played together, for the advices; Arman, for being a friend, for guiding me in projects, for the games played together; Ezreen, for being my super senior in Multimedia University, for being a friend, for your kind advice, for fetching me home sometimes. Helniza, for being a friend. Thank you Ong, for being my senior in Multimedia University, for being a great mentor to me, for all the rides home, for the trip to Petronas Twin Towers, for all the time spent together during meals, badminton, games… for all the advices and motivation that made me wiser and stronger(mentally), for the laughter that we shared, for the first project that I’ve done, for the tips and tricks on programming, for spending me karaoke, and last but not least, to my dear friends from Malacca who had been training together with me in the company, Lydia, Yoke Fen, Shuang Kiat. Sze Wei and Jin Khai, who had been supportive of each other, for all the jokes and laughter shared, for being my friend, for all the games played together remember that day we played till 10PM? :P

I also would like to thank other parties who were directly or indirectly connected to me during my training period. You know who you are. Thank you for chatting with me, advising me, supporting me in everyway, and your contributions will be remembered.

I would never never forget that night where we sang karaoke for 4-5 hours. Songs which we sang includes - Barbie Girl, Uptown Girl, Flying without Wings (I like this :P), Wu Ting (rooftop), Tong Hua (which Ong didn't have a chance to open his mouth and sing, because of me :P), Shake your Bon Bon by Ricky Martin (It was awesome dancing, man!!), Ole Ole Ole by Ricky Martin (This was when Ong had a sore throat :P)...etc...etc... I really appreciate those time spent with the 'Pilots', and i would cherish those moments for a long time.

Other activities that we have done together includes- Shifted office from Old Klang Road to Technology Park Malaysia, Bkt Jalil; lunch together with boss at Royal Selangor Lake Club; BBQ dinner @ boss's house; merdeka countdown @ Mont Kiara/Bangsar; pool/snooker/foosball @ 1-Utama/Bangsar; played badminton together after Saturday's work; 'HOI CHIONG' together :P...etc...etc... Those were the 'crazy' times together with the 'pilots', and i really appreciate it.

You people made my training period the most memorable, and I won’t forget what you all have done. A big thank you again from the bottom of my heart to all staffs of Pilot Multimedia. >:D<

* Company's staffs and trainees*

This blog ain't dead yet, so is the owner..:P

2005-11-13T21:35:00.000+08:00

'Hello World'

The above world may not be familliar to some, but then everybody who learn programming must know how to display 'Hello World' to the computer screen. In my case, i am re-emerging

I'm back, I'M BACK!!!

Hehehheh....what a dramatic re-entry back to the blogging world... To those who are still faithfully readiing my previous entries, THANK YOU very much, your effort shall not be in vain.

I shall blog about my final day during industrial training in my next entry... But i just want to say this... I'm BaCk!!!

Experience & EyeOpener...

2005-09-28T11:09:00.000+08:00

Yesterday night was a memorable night for me. I have the opportunity to attend an official award presentation ceremony which is the prestigious Golden Bull Awards(GBA) 2005, held in the Merdeka Hall of Putra Word Trade Center (PWTC). It had been held for the 3^rd consecutive year, and its purpose is to honor and acknowledge 111 Small-Medium Enterprises (SME) for their outstanding performances in various business fields. The event main sponsored is Nanyang Siang Pau. I went there with my dad based on invitation from a close friend of my dad, who was among the top 10 winners of the Golden Bull Award.

Upon reaching the place at 7PM, the hall was already packed with people in suits and ties. The atmosphere of the place was at the grand-est level (well, at least for me because it’s my 1^st time attending an official function). CEO’s, Directors, Managing directors, Managers were everywhere in the hall. My dad friend’s company, Hextar Chemicals Sdn Bhd clinched 6^th placing out of the 111 SMEs that were awarded the Golden Bull award. It was a proud moment for them as I can see the smiles on the faces of all award winners.

At 7.50PM, we were ushered in the hall, and the first highlight of the night was an welcoming act by the hitting of Malay kompang, Chinese drums and Indian Damroo (instruments played during Thaipusam, where it is hung on the shoulder while it is being hit). It was a splendid performance, with the synchronization of all 3 different instruments. The guest of honor for the night is the Minister of Housing and Local Government, Yang Berhormat (YB) Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, which is also MCA president. After acknowledging the arrival of YB Datuk Seri, the emcees for the night took on stage and introduce us to all the VIP’s who attended the ceremony, among others the chairman of Nanyang Siang Pau, Organizing chairman of GBA 2005, etc…etc…There was an introduction about the history and significance of the GDB projected on the big screen, just that it is not the wide screen type like those in the cinema.

After the arrival of the VIP’s, dinner was served. While we were enjoying our course, there were performances depicting the five elements of nature, Metal, Water, Fire, Wood, and Earth. Each element was portrayed through a dance and a rendition of two songs. It was a totally different concept altogether, from metal, to earth. I have strong thoughts that those performers came from Istana Budaya. Hmmmm…

After the performances and the dinner, there came the time for speeches…. First on stage was the OC for the event, then came the chairman of Nanyang Siang Pau, then some CEO made it on stage, and last but not least, YB Datuk Seri went up and gave his motivational and inspirational speech. He spoke in English, then went on relating his experiences in mandarin, where according to him, during his recent trip to China with the DPM, he went and visit a multinational company there, and what amazed him was that the officers there spoke to him in English,, though he was a Chinese and they were in China. He continued saying that globalization has taken effect, and he urges all SMEs to work hard and to compete in international market. A short content of his speach is found here, as reported by The Star. I was encouraged by his speech, and was motivated further when he challenged all SME award winners to be listed on the main board of KLSE.

Then after that, the main highlight of the night began. A total of one hundred and one(111) companies, represented by their respective directors and CEO’s received their Golden Bull Award for excellence from YB Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, who was guest of honor at the event. It was indeed a joyous moment for the award recipients, with the broad smiles across their face; with hundreds of camera lights flashing towards the stage; with dozens of lights shining everywhere; with music blasting away; with the sound of applauses reverberating in the hall; with the air conditioning so cold (hehehe) ….wow… I wish I was one of them on stage too (Perasan ya??)

After everything was over, it’s already 11.30PM. the moment the emcee said good night, everybody run to their respective company’s head for a photo session. The place, which was already packed when we were sitting, became even ‘pack-ier’ with people moving around, and some climbing on chairs to grab a shot. We headed to the exit, and after shooting a few shots with my dad’s friend, we head back home, and sleep happily ever after… J

The End

The Reason - Part 2

2005-09-21T18:50:00.000+08:00

The Reason - Part 1

Through all that had happen
it happened for a reason
still there are lots of it
that makes our life incomplete

Frustrations leads to anger
anger leads to agitation
still there are lots of reasons
as to why it happens

Jealousy, hatred, and lust
versus
Joy, hope, and just
you have a reason to live
make it interesting to your relief

There are things which can't be understood
still there ought to be reason why is it so
try or do, you would
to make life a better place to grow

Extreme Selfish Behavior (ESB)

2005-09-17T23:03:00.000+08:00

On Thursday morning while I was on my way to work, I came across what I describe as “Extreme Selfish Behavior” (ESB). I wondered whether these groups of people deserved to be hanged if their ESB causes death/immobility to others.

it happened on that day, when I took the LRT from Kelana Jaya station to the STAR LRT interchange station at 7.10AM. Usually I traveled to work with my colleague, but then today he was away for client side consulting, so I took the train alone.

*Ding... Next station, Kerinchi* after a minute or so… *Ding door open* and as usual, throngs of people start rushing in the train, so does the people going out from the train. I was sitting in the train, reading the papers. I noticed that among the group of people coming in, there was a pregnant lady coming in. She was carrying her handbag, and was walking slowly. She seemed to be around 4-5 months pregnant, judging by the looks (I didn’t ask her ok?) She came in, and was force to stand in front of another lady (race withheld). There were 7 people sitting (8 including me) and she was standing

*Ding door closed* the train started to moved, and the pregnant lady swayed to her left and right, for the train was accelerating. The lady sitting in front of her was still staring at the pregnant woman, occasionally shifting her focus to the left and right, and so do the rest of the people sitting. My heart was burning with anger, for these people don’t even know what is the meaning of “Reserved Seats” Right above the seats where the pregnant lady was facing is the sign (when translated to English) that says “ These seats are reserved for the people with special needs, the elderly, and PREGNANT woman" (notice that I bold the word PREGNANT). After about 20-30 seconds without anybody giving way for the pregnant woman, Being a caring soul I am (compare to the 7 sitting people WHO ARE NOT), I got up and kindly offered my seat to the lady. She thanked me and sat down. The sitting lady looked up at me, and then quickly turned her face away. Several other people looked at me too, and one of them gave me a nod. I felt happy and joyous at that moment, and I thank The Lord for the prompting in my heart that was so strong. i am not braggging about my caringness, but i was irked by those people with ESB. I was really P***ed off.

*Ding…Next station, KL Sentral..* I was standing now in the train, with 2 bags hanging on my shoulder, and by now the people in the train were pushing and adjusting their standing position. *Ding…Door Open* and people were pushing and shoving their way out, as if the train will leave at the next second it stopped. There was a blind lady walking slowly into the train, with just a walking stick guiding her . She bang into a man inside the train, and he looked at her, and ( I assume) seeing that she is blind, he looked away the next instant. She walked towards the opposite side where I was standing, right where the pregnant woman once stood a few minutes ago, but on the opposite side.

* Ding…Door closed * and the train started it’s journey along the tracks. Out of the 8-9 people sitting that saw her, NO ONE stood up and gave way for her to seat, Oh Heavens, what have we become? Why do people just think of themselves, and not willing to even give up their seats for the blind, and the pregnant? There may be excuses that they have to sit and wait, for the station where they disembark is still a long way off, but C’mon, Don’t tell me you will die if you were to stand and give the seat to the needy? Don’t tell me that you will loose 1 million dollars for helping the under-privilege people? MAN, this is outrageous… Media of all sorts have been reminding us that we should be courteous and helpful when it comes to these kinds of situations, what more with the BIG sign above the seats telling us to give up our seats when there are special group of people onboard. WHEN WILL THESE PEOPLE LEARN? WHY ARE THEY SO SELLFISH?

When I got down from Masjid Jamek, I was so sad for the blind lady who got on at KL Sentral. I was thinking to myself, where is she getting off…. As I got up the escalator, I saw another blind man walking with a cane down the escalator. OH…I hope that the passengers on the next incoming train will be kind and courteous. I am appalled at how Malaysian fares in term of kindness shown. I’ve heard some foreign tourist commenting on how kind Malaysian are, from the hotel bellboys to the cab drivers, but I feel sorry to let them down when it comes to giving up seats for the needy. Why talk of donating hundreds of dollars to help the poor, where they can’t even offer a portion of kindness? Why talk of “Caring Malaysian”, where a pregnant lady/blind woman has to stand in front of you who are sitting? Why bother dressing up nicely, where we can’t see other people walking with a stick?

Please comment here if you have experienced situation like the above. People with ESB should be severely punished. These are intolerable….

People Need The Lord

2005-09-14T09:31:00.000+08:00

To see the world so much in termoil now; To see the flood victims of New Orleans pleading their hearts out to caring souls; To see the rising of Crude oil prices around the world, To see news of bomb scare/suicide bombers featured all over the media, To see people all around the world suffering from hunger/thirst/homelessness/...etc...etc... My heart cries out to all these people, whose wish to the world are simple, which is CARE & LOVE. Why is it so hard for well-off people/nation to fulfill their wishes?

People Need The Lord - Steve Green

Everyday they pass me by,
I can see it in their eye.
Empty people filled with care,
Headed who knows where?

On they go through private pain,
Living fear to fear.
Laughter hides their silent cries,
Only Jesus hears.

People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
When will we realize --  people need the Lord?

We are called to take His light
To a world where wrong seems right.
What would be too great a cost
For sharing Life with one who's lost?

Through His love our hearts can feel
All the grief they bear.
They must hear the Words of Life
Only we can share.

People need the Lord, people need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
When will we realize that we must give our lives,
For people need the Lord.
People need the Lord.

Hari Merdeka Malaysia = Malaysia Independence Day

2005-08-31T00:00:00.000+08:00

MERDEKA!!! MERDEKA!!! MERDEKA!!! MERDEKA!!! MERDEKA!!! MERDEKA!!! MERDEKA!!!

*1 Second Later*

Tanggal Tiga Puluh Satu
Bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh
Merdeka Merdeka
Tetaplah Merdeka
Ia pasti menjadi sejarah

Tanggal Tiga Puluh Satu
Bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh
Hari yang mulia
Hari bahagia
Sambut dengan jiwa yang Merdeka

Mari kita seluruh warga negara
Ramai-ramai menyambut hari merdeka
Merdeka !
Tiga satu bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh
Hari mulia negaraku Merdeka

Malaysia ushered in it's 48 years of independence in style. At 12 AM sharp on 31st August 2005, tonnes of fireworks shot up unto the sky; patriotic songs were played in every cafes, pubs, restaurants and all open fields nationwide; Tens of thousands of people gathered in open fields to join in the celebration, but most importantly above all these, is the 7 shouts of “MERDEKA” shouted and led by the Prime Minister at Dataran Merdeka. The 7 shouts , together with the echoes of people together joining in unison were thunderous. The nation once again, irrespective of race and religion came together as one to celebrate Malaysia 48^th Independence Day.

I was at Sri Hartamas 17 minutes before the clock struck 12, an prior to that, I attended my company's (Merdeka) BBQ party cum birthday party for a staff in Damansara Heights. I had loads and loads of fun eating and mixing around with my fellow colleague, and i got to know more about my boss :P The BBQ session lasted from 6.55PM, when the eaters(Me) arrived , right up till 11.30PM. Then one of my colleague suggested to go to Sri Hartamas for the countdown. 9 of us adjourned from the house in 2 cars, headed towards Sri Hartamas. Little did we know, that Desa Sri Hartamas is different with the actual Sri Hartamas, and one car got lost driving along the streets of Sri Hartamas. I'll come back to them later

Meanwhile, the car that i was in reached the place 17 minutes before midnight, and we walked and walked trying to find the place to see fireworks. 5 minutes before midnight, i was standing in front of a pub which don't know what the name is, and the countdown was about to began. I looked around the place. It was exactly opposite Plaza Mont Kiara, with open fields which had been converted to car-parks. It cost my friend RM4 per entry, after some 1 minute u-turn-ing around in the field...Oh...Sakit Hati... (HeartAche)

10...9...3....2...1... And so the countdown began. I was anticipating for some kind of majestic fireworks shooting up from nowhere into the sky, and also the cheers from everybody around me (I was standing infront of the pub) . But all i could hear and see were the sights and sounds from the big plasma TV, showing the live telecast from Dataran Merdeka. MAN, thats the biggest letdown I've ever encountered during countdowns (not that I've been to any countdowns before, except for the millennium countdown in KLCC)...Bah...

After waiting for 45 minutes or so, we all gathered together to play pool. Unfortunately, one of our member didn't wear long pants as stated in the dress code rules, and therefore forbidden to enter the premise, Bummer... we all laughed our heads off. , and so our friend decided to drive back home and change to a more decent wear in order to enter the pool center.. WOW, driving back to PJ on a Merdeka night just to change???, it will take most probably more then 4 hours to and fro Sri Hartamas from PJ... After what seemed to be 10 minutes of contemplating for the best choice, 'Keep Walking' was the decision made, and after another 15-20 minutes of walking around looking for pool center (which doesn't require long pants/shoes), we finally reached a place called... (name forgotten), and off we went, all 9 of us up the stairs and into the place.

Upon reaching the place, it had 6 pool tables, and 4 foosball (Table football) table. We started with foosball, and i was addicted to it. In foosball, instead of using your leg to kick the ball, you use your hand to turn the rod-like bar on the table, which turns the minature 'people' connected to the rod. (Picture is available below) i played more then 10 rounds on the foosball table, with the remaining time spent on pool. We spent a total of 4.5 hours in Sri Hartamas, and by the time i went back, it's already dawn. Hehehe....this is how i spent my Merdeka morning.

By the time I woke up on Merdeka Day, it's 2PM :)

CHEERS

Happy 48^th Independence Day, Malaysia

*The colors of the Jalur Gemilang....... How nice, How Patriotic... :P

Happy Anniversary...

2005-08-30T09:35:00.000+08:00

This month marks the 1st Anniversary of my blog "Welcome to Jowen's Page"

Gong Zho Nei Shang Shan Yi Tin Chai
Zhu Ni Sheng Re Kuai Le
Happy Birthday to "My Blog"
Selamat Hari Jadi

*sing to the tune of Happy Birthday

*Stay tune for more FIRST year update

Eye Opener...WHOA...

2005-08-16T16:19:00.000+08:00

Me and 'The Red Baby'

Realization....

2005-08-15T11:36:00.000+08:00

Hey peeple...I'm back again, this time with another article to share.

Things had been going pretty smoothly for me this past week or so, with a prototype completed and submitted to LHDN(Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri). I am so happy upon project completion. This achievement came with a price to pay, that is on the night before presentation day on Friday, i stayed back in office from 9PM Thursday till 7AM Friday. YEA, my first experience working 'extended OverTime' in Pilot, and my 'SaCrIfIcE' paid off.

On Saturday, I had company lunch with my colleagues in the Royal Selangor Lake Club, Kuala Lumpur. Prior to lunch, I attended the company's staff meeting, where fellow staffs from Infineon (Semiconductor Company) attended the meeting. The agenda was to get to know the staffs as well as the company better. It was an eye opener for me, as I to know much more about the company and its operations.

It was a rare sight for me at the club, where i saw a red Ferrari parked at the basement area. Jakun (Coming from the jungle), I am, and so quickly snap a shot of myself posing with the red 'baby' . Picture(as proof) will be made available in my next post. It was indeed a rare chance to spot a Ferarri in Malaysia. Oh well, at least i saw the real car, and not from TV :P

I am glad that the haze had cleared off in areas around Klang Valley, places with API exceeding 500, dropped to <100 within a day, I've read several blogs which provides real time updates about the haze nationwide, and also I've been updating myself daily with the printed news. It's terrible for the past 10 days. I guess the right song to be play in all the radio stations will be “Smog gets in your eyes“

The events that happened the past week inspired me to think a lot. It draws out that 'thing' which is in me to realize that my life is governed by time. I did a posting on time previously, which is here, but then the realization didn't come till now. I believe that now is the time to get changes to happen, for my life as well as for the rest. I believe that now is the time to get serious with what i am currently pursuing, and to complete the race of eternity :P

Realization...

To realize The value of ten years: Ask a newly Divorced couple.

To realize The value of four years: Ask a graduate. To realize The value of one year: Ask a student who Has failed a final exam. To realize The value of nine months: Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born. To realize The value of one month: Ask a mother who has given birth to A premature baby. To realize The value of one week: Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper. To realize The value of one hour: Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet. To realize The value of one minute: Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane. To realize The value of one-second: Ask a person Who has survived an accident... To realize The value of one millisecond: Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics

Ultimate realization... To realize the value of a friend: Lose one.

Thanks for being my friend....

So Blessed...

2005-08-02T09:58:00.000+08:00

If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won't survive the week.

If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare,
especially in the United States.

If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer God's healing touch.

If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.

I got this off an email from one of my buddies, and it speaks on how blessed we are. So much had happened in this world recently, from the shocking London bombings to the increase in world oil prices. Things are changing at a pace far beyond what can be comprehended. I pray that those of you who read the above excerpts, will feel blessed, and may the grace of the Lord fall upon all of you, dear friends. I have alot more to say, but I'll keep it for later. :P Take care and I'll be BacK...

Internship day 2 - 35 -> AweSome

2005-07-04T10:48:00.000+08:00

I am still alive and back to the virtual world of blogging, thanks to a friend which reminded me to blog again. Hehehe…

The company in which i am currently having training with, Pilot Multimedia(M) Sdn Bhd had moved to it's new premise at Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil. According to sources, the government wants all the MSC-status company to be relocated to either Cyberjaya, Putrajaya, or Technology Park Malaysia, so Pilot Multimedia, being one of the MSC status company, was relocated indefinitely.

34 days had passed since my industrial training since begun since the first of June, and much had happened since. to think of it, some are good, some are bad; some are invaluable experience, while others are unforgettable memories. Much of these memorable moments can't be expressed with words and as much as i could, I'll pen them down to share with you.

Throughout the 30 days of my absence in the virtual world, I have :-

been up the 75^th floor of Malaysia's tallest building, the Petronas Twin Tower for client side consulting, together with a fellow colleague. I had my first taste of going through a metal detector and also going up 75^th floor in just minutes, I had a panaromic view of Kuala Lumpur, with all the buildings being dwarf by the height of the twin tower. It made me thought of the now-collapse World Trade Centre, and deep in my heart, i am grateful that my country, Malaysia is not under any terrorist threat, and i give all praise to the leaders off this country, for making Malaysia a safe place to live in.

been to the camera fair, held in Sunway Pyramid, and brought myself a new toy.

been Exploring TPM with my colleagues in Pilot, and we found out several interesting facts about TPM. Imagine several silver color building inside a jungle. That is the best way to describe TPM.

been doing a company project, entitled Inventory Management System. I learned a lot of things in the process, got to meet a lot of new people in the business world, and familiarized myself to become a programmer.

been back to Cyberjaya for a day to meet 'her' :)

been on 4 different highways in a day

been back to Ipoh for a get-away-from-busy-schedule session, in other words, REST....

been wanting to watch 2 movies which is 'Batman begins' and 'Mr ad Mrs Smith' , but couldn't find time to go.

been on 5 types of transportation in a single day

And the last thing that I've been doing for the past month is – I've not been blogging :D

Thank you all for visiting my site, though it went inactive for the past month. Your patience paid off, by seeing this post.

Special tribute to a fellow UNITEN trainee, Mr Mok Ru Kai which left the company after sucessfully completed his training in Pilot. We had a joint farewell lunch with him in The Mines, and reached office 2.5 hours after lunch time :P Mok, I wish you all the best in your future undertakings ya, and all the best in yout final year. *Don't forget me ok?*

Cheers to ALL!!!

Internship Day One...Nice :)

2005-06-01T23:08:00.000+08:00

0630

This is the first time I woke up so early since form 5. Normally I wake up around 6 hours from now, but since this is the first day of work, should sacrifice sleeping time :)

0715

Leave for work at Pilot Multimedia (M) SDN BHD

0800

Destination reached, had my first earliest breakfast of mee-soup + drinks. Almost puked after that, but thank God, I didn’t. Met a fellow trainee, which coincidentally was my ex-housemate back in Malacca, lost contact with him for almost 2 years, but ended up working in the same company for internship. Wow….:)

0900

Went into the company to report for duty, met all of my fellow trainees colleague, all of which are from MMU Malacca, so that means that out of 6 trainees, all are from Malacca campus except for me. What wonderful combinations that can be… :) work supposed to start now, but due to Malaysian timing, work starts later

0915

All trainees were gathered at he MD’s room for briefing, and then THE BOMB WAS DROPPED!!!!! The company will be moving its premise to Technology Park Malaysia (TPM) , Bukit Jalil effective next week, and thus training will also be moved form the current location, which is in Old Klang Road, to the new place, which is in TPM. WooHoo….what coincidence. On the first day of both training, THE BOMB WAS DROPPED!!!! Once was during the J2EE training, where the training was forcefully moved to MMU labs because of power failure in InfoTrek, and now because of company restructuring, we had to move again. I was wondering, whether is it a coincident, or is it bad timing, or perhaps, it could be a blessing in disguise (BID). For the first case, it was a BID because I get to use a more powerful P4 machine, compare to a P3 in the original training center. This time I am not so sure, but most probably it would be a BID as well. *fingers crossed*

0945

We were being introduced to our respective supervisors in charge, and were being given our first task as well. Right now the company is working on 2 major projects, and I was tasked to learn up Microsoft.Net (.NET) within this week, and to develop an application with it. I was being given the appropriate software and tools to do the project. And I spent my whole morning just to install the framework. The installation process of 4 CDs + a few documentations took 2.5-3 hours to complete. In the mean time, I seized the time to learn up .NET for I have NOT touch .NET before. (And I took up J2EE instead of Ms.NET for my USP program :-o….) at least I learnt something new :)

1230

Had lunch with 5 of my colleagues. We chat about the shifting of premise, and were coming up with solution on how to solve the problem. And we found out that TPM is not within walking distance from TPM. Hmmm..Bad timing to move out from the rented apartments, as they were bound for 1+1 month before their deposit can be refunded. I had mix-rice for lunch, and it’s much cheaper then the food in Cyberjaya, as expected….

1330

Work resumed for the day, this time with supervisor’s training and guidance. I had my first feel on MS.Net and soon I was left on my own to experiment with the software as well as to familiarize with the framework and platform. I had a meeting with the supervisor prior to this, and was told about the development and the progress done by Microsoft for developing the .NET framework, and was brief also a little about the company’s profile. A lot of self study continued until it’s time to go back.

1730

Time to say bye bye to my colleagues, and soon I headed back home. The journey at this time was not that bad.

1830 – 2300

Normal routine for the past 1.5 months

***

Aaaaahhhh……this is the first time a diary appeared on my blog, and certainly, today is my first day of internship @ Pilot Multimedia (M) SDN BHD. It had been a fun and nice ride all the way from morning till work ended, and I made new friends, and also experience new stuffs. According to my dad, 4 months of training is not enough to get the 100% feel of working life, but nevertheless, it had been an eye opener for me as I could see how working life is even on the first day. I do admit that I still have a long way to go, and have a lot more to learn, but as the Malay proverb puts it , “Sedikit sedikit lama lama jadi bukit” this tells of when things are done little by little, eventually it will come up with something big. This applies to my knowledge and my skills while working. Though 4 months is a little too short, but as time goes by, the knowledge and the wisdom that I get will be a lot compare to my first time.

Waiting....It will commence shortly.....

2005-05-31T21:00:00.000+08:00

Looks like there hadn’t been any updates here for the past 5 days or so. Well basically because I am at home now, and without a 24/7 internet connection, I wouldn’t be able to connect here regularly to make my regular updates. Nonetheless, here I am , wanting to share of my journey and my experiences for the past weekend.

With just exactly 12 hours to go (from the time of posting) before I actually start my long awaited Internship in Pilot Multimedia (M) SDN BHD, I am currently anxiously waiting for it to begin. Not that I’ve not worked before, but this time, it will be different. Instead of taking after the cashier counter, I would most probably be in front of a computer, keying in data. Instead of standing around waiting for customer to buy stuffs, I would most probably be sited in an air-conditioned building. Instead of meeting customers face to face, I most probably be handling office work. Above are just some of the usual office routines that most office workers will concur. I don’t know what I will be assigned to; neither do I know my job scope. But as every working people will tell me, “Be enthusiastic, put on a smile, and try your best”. I would agree 100% on that. Being in a family where both my parents are working, I learnt a lot from them. Like what Mr Leng, my J2EE course trainer said, “Knowledge is transferable, but skills are not”, really hold true. I’ve heard many advices from literally everywhere, from my parents’ right up to my friends. I can listen to everybody, but until I really try doing it myself, I would never get hold of it.

I rarely type something as deep as this, but I’m nervous and at the same time, excited for this will be my first step venturing into what may seem to be “the stepping stone” to gauge my competency and also my knowledge on what I’ve been learning thus far. This internship program also will be an eye opener for me to see first hand, the progress and the competency of fellow workers in their respective fields, in my case, the Information Technology (IT) era.

Hmmm, I can’t wait, I can’t wait.
I can’t wait, for it to begin
Though it may seem simple and easy
But then hey, I’m just a trainee J

MDC USP Training - Day 9(Final)

2005-05-27T20:11:00.000+08:00

At last, after 9 days of attending intensive J2EE course, it is finally over. I’m not sure to be happy or not, but definitely I sense relieve in my heart, and at the same time, satisfaction. Relieved that I can finally take this “burden” of going to campus during the holidays for this course, and satisfied because I now know something about J2EE and it’s functionality, how it works etc…etc…

The overall structure of the course was good, although they were some negative feedbacks about the course as well as the trainer. Personally I felt lucky for being among the first batch of MMU students to undergo this training. This pilot project was fully sponsored by MDC, which objective was to make us students competent enough to enter the work market. Dr Yew (I’m unsure of the surname, but that’s what he introduced himself), one of the MDC’s personnel came and deliver his message to us while we were in the lab, and he said that the aim of MDC and this project was to equipped us with the right tools and the in-depth knowledge of the required course to be able to stand out among foreign workers. According to Dr Yew, the industry out there were willing to hired more highly trained and skilled workers from India because of their competency in the field whereas we as Malaysian doesn’t seemed to portray this appearance while we were still studying. I am grateful to MDC for investing in us, the leaders of tomorrow (cheh wah) in terms of course training and also leadership training.

We had a post-J2EE test before we call it a day at 5.07PM, and the questions were similar, if not the same as the actual certification paper. It was challenging, and it covers the entire 9 days course syllabus. Besides that, we also did our very first project using the tools provided under J2EE. We incorporated servlets, JSP, HTML……to come up with a system, and the most challenging part was making it up to 3 tiers, which means that the server sits on one computer, the database server sits on another computer, and the client machine , as you all might have guessed, on another computer. It churned out the knowledge that we had acquired these 9 days, and surprisingly to Mr Leng, my instructor, all 5 groups presented up to 3 tiers, where as the previous 2 batches that he had trained, out of 10 groups only 2 groups managed it. It was an achievement for us trainees, as well as for the trainer, who did his part in mentoring and teaching us the skills needed to deploy a program. Kudos to you, Mr Leng

So this post wrapped up the entire 9 days J2EE certification training course. Before I end, I would like to convey a message of gratitude and thanks to MDC for sponsoring this course, under a pilot project for MMU students, and the skill trainer provided by Info Trek Sdn Bhd, as well as the trainer himself, Mr Leng Chee Kong. Thank You.

-> Day 1 <-
-> Day 6 <-

My Thoughts, my Ramblings...

2005-05-25T12:36:00.000+08:00

Ahhh, with the MDC USP training entering its 6th day, I couldn’t help wondering to myself, what have I learnt? J2EE is supposed to be a professional certification course, and here am I, knowing nuts about the course, and all we were told to do is a mini project demonstrating the use of servlet, JSP, and those in the same category. In 2 weeks, are we supposed to know everything about the course? I mean, true enough, some may say that they are quite comfortable with the course structure, but I think otherwise. The timeframe is too short, and to cram up everything about the knowledge of servers and application which is totally new in two weeks, man…..I am not a robot, nor am I a super genius.

Some of you may say after reading this “If you find it hard, why do you take this course? ” Well, this happened out of miscommunication between 2 parties, which I am not going into details, but all in all, this is a new course, and I am determine to get the best out of it. Though I didn’t pay a single cent to enter this course, nor do I have to pay for the books, but hey, free courses like this don’t come every time, and somehow, I just feel that I just have to learn whatever that is being taught, and to practice upon it.

On a lighter note, my industrial training is near, in 7 days time. I am anxious and nervous about it even now. What am I going to say? What am I to expect? What my job requires me to do?.....all this and many more questions are popping in and out of my mind now. This is the first time I am going out to the working world, (my work after Form 5 doesn’t count), and I just got to pray and hope for the best. I’ve heard many friends, and even relatives saying to me, that what I am going to experience in the working world is totally different that where I am now. Though it is just going to be 4 months, but I am saying it as if I am going to work forever. *snap* Oh, I still have my final year project, and 5-6 more subjects to accomplish before I graduate and begin my ACTUAL working life.

For all this years I’ve learnt
The ways of life from You
How I seek and yearn
To live life more with You

Thank you Lord for this life
And for my family and friends as well
Thank you Lord for making me wise
To know the ways of truth and joy

Star Wars 3 - Revenge of The Sith

2005-05-20T23:59:00.000+08:00

A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.......

Yesterday was the premier to the Star Wars series, which is Episode 3, Revenge of The Sith , and it marks the final episode of the 6 episodes series. With more then 30 years on screen, Star Wars is the Best movies series of all times. And it’s creator, Mr George Lucas is definitely the best producer I’ve ever heard of. Kudos to you.

I went for the episode 3 screening of the movie yesterday, and the place is, as usual packed to the core. Throngs of star wars fan crowds the entrance until there’s barely enough space to move about. The cinema in Summit is big (can’t compare with the ones in Midvalley though). I spotted a few aspiring jedi’s in their respective Jedi costumes and I have a chance to snap a photo with them. The show starts at 2130 hours, and I was literally glued to the seat for the next 2.5 hours, munching on pop-corns and sipping on coke. The cinematics wers super good, the sound system was superb( I was in the THX cinema), the story line was exceptional, the effects were awesome, the fellowship of the people were intense….I’ve had nothing to say but all praise for the movie, which speaks of Anakin Skywalker becoming evil and turned to the dark side, forsaking his master, his mentor, his wife, his everything…...

For more information, please visit the Jedi’s blog -> ‘Anakin’ and ‘ObiWan’ and ‘Darth Vader’

May the force be with you...*sound of Darth Vader's breath*

MDC USP Trainning - Day 1

2005-05-17T00:49:00.000+08:00

The Multimedia Development Centre Undergraduate Skill Programme (MDC USP) training is a certification course sponsored by MDC, and covers two major software in the market now, which is Microsoft .NET (MS.NET) and also Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE). The participants for this course must be having their industrial training next semester, as this was one of the requirements to qualify for this training. I went and register myself for the J2EE course, and the ironic thing is I don’t know anything about this topic. I’ve heard of J2ME, J2EE, J2SE....., but just that I am totally in lost about what each has to offer. The training will be held for 2 weeks prior to industrial training, with about 40-50 students for both courses. The training company that I was to be in is called Info Trek, and it is situated at Amcorp Tower near Taman Jaya..

When I first stepped into the company, I expect myself to be using high-end computers, as I was told that the company specializes in IT Training. I thought there would be electric door where the staff uses smart card access. But then what I experienced is the opposite of what I expected. Hahaha…. (Disclaimer : This is just purely my own thoughts. No offence). The training centre is a small room, with rows after rows of PC joined together, about half the size of any MMU’s lab. The specification of the computer is *Hold Your breath* Pentium 3 550 MHz with 128MB Ram running windows XP with service pack 1. I was dumbfounded when I found out, and I went like….*speechless*. One of my friend said in a joking manner. “If I knew the computer was like this, I should have brought my laptop…”.

Suddenly at one corner of the room, one person complained that the computer can’t be switched on, and soon after that, several others complained too. Even the instructor's pc cannot be turned on. That is when Mr Vincent, the coordinator for this programme for Info Trek stepped in and said “Due to power failure in this company, blah blah blah……, We have to move our training place from here to one of the labs in MMU. Is that ok with you people?” The ironic part is, there were 2 group of students in that company, taking different course, but only my training center having problems with the computers and the power supply. Bummer…

What??? Oh Man…. Training back in MMU? I never thought of that “splendid” idea before. “Great”, I heard some one said “I just brought back all my stuffs to PJ”. Some said “ but I don’t’ have accommodation, hostel closed, and no transport either”… There were several disappointment faces (I being one of them), and the instructor, Mr Leng Chee Kong, said that because the 2 weeks course isn’t enough to cover all the course materials, he suggested we don’t waste much time. Arrangements were being made to ensure everybody gets back to MMU by 3PM, and the current clock shows 10.30AM. great. That’s just great. My remaining two weeks will be spend in the University, and there goes my plan to Cameron, to shopping, to…..:P

*Fast forward* At 3PM, we gathered together at MMU’s computing lab and started our official first lesson on the overall structure of the J2EE platform, and the introduction of the course. It was and eye opener , and I got to learned many new things unheard of in my life. The lecture delivered was good, and the trainner explained to us the most recent development in the field, as Mr Leng had been in the IT industry for over 15 years. He is a well qualified trainer for various computer languages, plus he also start up his own company in the IT field.

Wow….that was my first day experience being in a certification course, but unfortunately, because this course is being held for just 2 weeks, and all of us lacked the pre-requisite paper to be actually qualified for this course, which is J2SE, we cannot get the J2EE certification. Still, all 25 of us will get 2 free books (RM200++) by the end of the training, and also to attend the course itself is wholly sponsored by MDC, which easily will costs thousands if we would take it outside.

I really want to thank MDC for sponsoring me this training, and also to InfoTrek, which provides qualified trainers. Not forgetting the lecturers in charged of this training scheme in MMU, who have been so sensitive to the students need, and to ensure that we remained competent with the rest of the graduates around.

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Countdown to Industrial Training -> 14 days

The Week that was...

2005-05-12T22:10:00.000+08:00

After 2 week of disappearance from cyberspace, finally we have an update from Jowen. This past week had been an eventful week for me, at least I managed to do some useful stuffs

Let’s do a quick re-cap on what I did for this week. After ‘RockTified’, I went to church on Sunday, and it was more like a church reunion for me. For those who didn’t know, I have been stuck in Cyberjaya since March because of assignments and also exams, and therefore I have not been back home since then till the holidays. I sort of missed my home church, and had been attending other church service. That’s why I said that Sunday was a church reunion for me after 3 months. Before going back to church, I had this deep sense of depression and sadness inside me ( don’t ask why, coz I don’t know it myself)… I went to church feeling defeat and oppress. But somehow as the worship began, I started to feel lighter, and lighter……you know, like when one is set free from prison, that type of feeling…. I couldn’t express my joy after that, so much so after the sermon, I was completely relieved and joyous, as though nothing ever happened. I’ve never felt such joy, and I really enjoyed the companionship of all my friends and also the time spent in church

Throughout the week it was boring, except for some invitation to go out for some yum-cha session, and ended up playing DOTA till 1.30 in the morning. What happened was a group of 5 people decide to go ‘drink tea’ at a mamak stall nearby, and happily chatted away till about midnight. Then after the session, around 12midnight, somebody suggested we go for a game of DOTA. And yea, we all succumbed to the temptation and all of us played till 1.10Am in a cyber cafe somewhere in PJ. I was dead tired when I reached home, and was zonked out after that till 12,30PM the next day. AWESOME!!!.

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Countdown to Industrial Training -> 20 days
Countdown to MDC USP Training -> 6 days

Rocktified

2005-05-11T02:38:00.000+08:00

What do you get when 2 bands played side by side for 1.5 hours?
aWeSoMe Music

What do you feel when Good Shepherd band and Unabashed Ardour take on stage?
Rocktified

‘Rocktified’ was the theme, and on the 6th of May 2005, in the Perousia hall of Glad Tidings Church, PJ, a crowd of about 80- 100 people gathered together at 8.30PM, for a solid performance by 2 very special bands, Unabashed Ardour and Good Shepherd Band. This is a project done by the students of the International College of Music (ICOM)

The night started at 2030 hours, with Brandon - the emcee for the night - welcoming all the people who attended. The hall is big, with a capacity for about 500 people (if seated to the max), equipped with fantastic lighting and sound. There were several booths outside the hall, selling things ranges from devotional bookmarks to glow-in-the-dark crosses to twisted wired frames, beautifully and skillfully done by the people of Beautiful Gate Foundation. People were seen entering the hall as early as 8PM, with me and my friend, who arrived much earlier, talking over some issues. A small reunion were seen with me and the Good Shepherd church’s youth, when all of us were sited outside the hall, waiting for the event to start

At sharp 8.30PM, we were ushered in the hall, and I took my place in the second row from the front. Brandon as the emcee, welcome us and the night began. Unabashed Ardour was the first team to perform, led by Jason Ding, together with Andrew Tan, who was one of the Malaysian Idol Season 1 top 5 finalists. They performed 4 songs, which is their own original composition that leads to claps and cheers from the floor. One brother said : “ That’s what I call original music.” Yea, all had fun listening to the music and song, with the last song being one of the band’s favorite and apparently, it is the crowd’s favorite too. It’s named “Whisper in the storm”. According to Jason, the song was composed and taken based on the psalms of David. The song had an implicit meaning to it.

After about 30-35 minutes, Brandon took on stage again, and this time it was freebies time. YEA!!! Nothing pleases Malaysian more then freebies. Up for grabs includes a Rocktified T-shirt and some key chains. The stuffs were snapped up almost instantly, and the emcee introduced the various stalls outside the hall and soon, Good Shepherd Band were called on stage.

Leading on vocals for Good Shepherd Band were Samuel, Samson and Shama (The S3). Great singers they are, and the songs they sung really portrayed their powerful vocals and sound. The band played several songs, in no particular orders ‘Jump to the jam’, ‘History maker’, ‘The great adventure’ and ‘Jesus Freak’ were some of the famous songs that were performed. The group, backed by Sanjay and Andrew on guitars, together with Ashwin on drums, delivered a powerful performance that rock the night. The music wave was great enough to start a tsunami, and as some of the comments I heard, ~Electrifying~

In between the songs, Samson tried to break the ice among the crowd by playing a game. Dubbed the “Two-Fifty” game, and as quoted by Samson “Just for tonight. The guys will cost Fifty cents, and the girls will cost Two dollars”. For example when he said three fifty, 1 girl and 3 guys will stand together to make up that amount (any other combinations are also accepted) but then he wants a group to be formed at least by one guy and one girl. So when the next round he said seventy cents, all of us were at a lost. Some of us were contemplating whether to chopped the girls hand or legs to make up the remaining 20 cents *evil laughter?* Just joking by the way =P It can’t be serious anyway J)

During the last song of the band performance, the audiences were invited to dance and to do head bang in front of the stage. It was done to the song ‘Jesus Freak’ by DC Talk. The S3 plus Brandon, together with the musician thought that the night wouldn’t end without some excitement and fun, and indeed, about half of the crowd went upfront to dance and to enjoy what seemed to be a ‘Rocktifying’ song. People were seen to be enjoying themselves to the upbeat of the drum, the electrifying sound of the guitars, and the explosive sound of the vocals.

At the end of the show, which lasted for an hour and a half, everyone was satisfied. From the little children who came with their parents, to the band members who performed; the volunteers for the night to the booth vendors, all of us were satisfied to be able to pull through without any major hiccups. Words of compliment and laughter were heard among the crowd, and truly this is a scenario of Christian music being brought to greater limits. People nowadays had been more open and expose towards Christian rock music, and the perception of Christian music being just hallelujah hymns were long gone. Music is a powerful tool for evangelism, and the organizers of the night learnt that. Rocktified 2005 certainly live up to its name, and that there will be more of this coming up, even though it is a class project.

A tribute to->

*Sheema for being the organizing crew. Thanks for the invitation, and it certainly had been an accomplishment. Great job well done.

*Unabashed Ardour and Good Shepherd Band, for the powerful and explosive performances on stage.

*Volunteers who helped out in every way. Without you people, the night would be in a mess

*All who attended the concert. The night was nothing without your support and participation. . .

The Pinacle of things...

2005-04-30T00:19:00.000+08:00

The most destructive habit.....................................Worry
The greatest Joy...................................................Giving
The greatest loss...............................Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work............................Helping others
The ugliest personality trait.............................Selfishness
The most endangered species...............Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource...........................Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"..................Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome............................Fear

The most effective sleeping pill...................Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease.......................Excuses
The most powerful force in life...................................Love

The most dangerous pariah.............................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer.................The brain
The worst thing to be without. ......................Hope

The deadliest weapon....................................The tongue
The two most power-filled words............................"I Can"
The greatest asset................................................Faith

The most worthless emotion..............................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire.....................................SMILE!
The most prized possession............................. Integrity

The most powerful channel of communication.......Prayer
The most contagious spirit..........................Enthusiasm

This isn't my original composition. I got this out from an email my friend sent me, and found this very true. I just want to share it out to you, dear friend who is reading this, and hope that we'll learned something from it.

I acknowledged the original author of these facts.

What a camp.....AWESOME+COOL

2005-04-26T01:47:00.000+08:00

Aaahhhhh *Sound of relaxation* , finally I am back at home, enjoying every moment with my family. The feeling of being home after 2 months made me misses home the more. Sounds of brothers fighting, of sister’s shouting, wow….those are some of the noises that I longed to hear, and now I get to hear it again not for a day, not for a week, but for 5 whole months…LOL…..:))

Just came back from camp 3 days ago, and I am still feeling the after effects of it. Tiredness, dehydration, and numbness of limbs…these are just the minor effects that were brought back. The major ones includes missing of campsite (emo feel), missing of the people (another emo feel), and a lot others.

The camp was held for duration of 4 days and 3 nights in Penang, and the campsite is called Christian Conversion Centre (CCC). It is situated in Batu Feringghi, and 1.5 stone throw away from “The Ship”..(Don’t know where that is? Ask the Penang-ites).

Total number of campers : 110

Theme of the camp : The Two Campuses (Sounds like The Two Towers?)

Activities held : Discussed below

Feelings after camp : AweSome, joyous, and all other suitable adjectives (can we have it once every semester? =P )

Number of groups(clans) : 10 (Elvish names for characters in Bible. Mine was named after Rahab *Amaurea* )

Accommodation : Dormitories (20 people each room =P, some got more)

Well, I am not about to write a journal or a diary jotting down all that I do in camp, but the activities held are (if I didn’t missed out anything):

Beach activities – Finding eggs buried in sand – painting friend’s face with some-blue-stuffs – passing flour on plate with mouth

Night session – Finding life partners – Pastor Michelle shared the word – was blessed in the end – several people couldn’t stay the entire session, either they were “fishing” or just static on someone’s shoulder :P – my first time hearing such a message

Morning devotion – All sleepy face – materials were good and inspiring – learned a lot for 3 days – shared my experiences, learned a lot from others too -

Food were nice – had 3 meals per day(not including teatime) – some tables had not enough food, that the “eaters” began “taxing” other tables for more – all in all, food were nice …LOL..

Team Building – Lord of the 2 Campuses – Tolkien aka JiaWern reborned – Had tonnes of fun and laughter – From clans to trading to slaves to auction to upgrades to quest – AWESOME TIME!!!!! – whacked up the game masters (Nazguls) properly, and slaughtered King Sauron (Ken) with newspapers - Frodo(Jonathan) and Her-Royal-Highness Queen Andrea Goodbody live happily ever after

Captain ball + football – male bonding session, though some females joined captain ball – wonderful time seeing the ball got kicked to and fro – Didn’t know there were the likes of David Beckham and Rooney in CF – a few injuries took place – had an awesome time for 3 days on the field – really enjoyable.

Night session – What if I stumble, what if I fall – Pastor Andrew enlightens us – Pastor shared some of his testimonies – a few of us were baptized in the holy spirit that night – had powerful prayer session – awesome power of God moving – went supper after that :P

Worship and prayer – awesome – had a fun time worshipping The Lord – not bounded by anybody

Free time – chatted like there’s no tomorrow – gathering of people in different corners – played dodge ball – played Mafia - fellowship of Malaccans and Cyberians – SleEp

Afternoon forum – group acting and discussion – regarding life partners and self control over some issues – Pastor Joanne led the session – had fun and laughter – learned alot

Treasure hunting – thanks Weeliem, CheeKah, and Lilian who organized – went along the streets of Penang – boundaries were Flintstone and Voyager – had fun trying out the clues – went and bought butter instead of Tongkat Ali =P – went in several hotels like a raiding party – took picture of the highest peak along the street (Eden) – looking out for mole aka traitor – brought back trash starting from A-Z – had fun

Camp fire – there’s no fire – clan leaders rode on “toilet bowls” (chairs) like horse -10 clans showcased their performance – had a good laugh and some had stomach cramps laughing their heads off – prize giving for treasure hunt

Autograph session, reflection, wrapping up and handing over – held during last day – people from Malacca who are going Cyberjaya were given proper handover – graduating students who are leaving were prayed for – mission trip people were being prayed for as well – it was the time of saying goodbye and farewell – bus supposed to leave at 3.30PM back KL and Ipoh, but leave instead at 6.40PM

The above mentioned activities are held for the span of 4 days in Penang, and I hope I didn’t miss anything else. Do let me know by dropping a comment if I have missed anything or anybody out, I think this camp had achieved its objective. There were intense fellowship, and even first year student were seen mixing with final year students as if they were long time buddies. Pictures will be made available soon.

So camp’s over. I will just sit back at home and enjoy, while waiting for my internship to begin on June. Stay tune for more updates

It's over, camp's coming....

2005-04-17T19:09:00.000+08:00

Hey ya peeps, whasssuppppp?? I’ve been missing from here for some time already. And I donno if any of you know the reason, hehe….if you do not know, read on and find out. Even if you know, read on and get entertained. Lol….

Final examination is finally over, and I get to breathe in freshness again. Through out the past few weeks, I have had my head buried under piles of books, and tonnes of papers. It had been a hectic and tiring month for me , as I’ve had projects to complete, assignments to pass up, meetings to attend, and a lot of other miscellaneous stuffs. Been undergoing intense pressure day by day, and surely I am so glad that it had ended. Months of preparation, days of not having enough sleep, finally pay off. Now my third semester is finally over, and I am entering into my third and final year in MMU. Days passed by so fast, and to think back the times I had during my foundation studies, is as if it had happened yesterday. Hmmm, will blog more into it soon.

Now that everything is over (for now),I am packing up to go for camp, YEA!!! I like camps, especially those that is organized by friends, and which is held far far away. I’ve been looking forward to this camp, since I came back from the same camp last year. It’s the Inter-fellowship (IF) camp jointly organized by CFMMU Cyberjaya (Christian fellowship of Multimedia University) and MMUCF Malacca. It is going to be at CCC Penang, and for 4 whole days, there’s going to be loads of fun and laughter and fellowship going on. As I am typing this out, the clock is ticking, and departure time to penang is 5 hours away, WOOHoo……Yea….See you people in four days time. Updates will be posted, ermmm, when I am free..=P Cya

MMU, Bye bye till second semester…………Penang, here I come……….=P

SEED

2005-03-21T14:28:00.000+08:00

Seeing Everyday Experiences Differently. That’s the name of my Cell Group for the past one year. Before I go further I would like to explain the formation of SEED CG since the beginning, when Cell Groups were formed in CF.

It started of as Protoplasma CG, as the name suggested, we are the main built-up of any living organism…Fuiyoh….. Janenete was the Cell Leader 3 years back. CG was fun, and had around 30++ members when the semester ends. The leaders felt that it would be nice to split the big group of Protoplasma-ians into 2 smaller groups, and so it happened. Protoplasma CG splitted into 2 smaller CG’s each given the name of DUH (Devoted, United, Happening) CG and OHANA (family) CG. I was with Ohana CG for a year, beginning of my Beta year till end of Beta, with Wee Liem as the leader. Things were moving, with Janenete remaining in Ohana till she graduated last year. The other CG, DUH, was led by Desmond Yong, and they were happening as well, as the middle initial of their CG name implied.

Throughout the days in Ohana, I learnt a lot. My CG leaders taught me a lot of stuffs, which I am applying it even now. Principles after principles of life were taught to us Ohana-ians, and also we had our fair share of outings and activities. The most significant activity which I still remembered doing with CG was our participation in the CG games. It is a treasure hunt based in campus, and also a game of choices. We as CG’s have to elect a leader, and split our team into 2 factions. It was the time where I experienced true family bonding between each member, while we were searching for answers, and while we were running together, everything we do was together, and that was when I start to appreciate the things, and the people around me. I was so blessed being in that CG, and I made a commitment to served in whatever way I can for CG in the days to come.

By the end of the semester, Ohana CG and DUH CG grew to about 16-18 members each, and it is too big for the current CG to accommodate. Yea, u guessed it right. We splitted again, now from DUH out came 2 babies, CHUP CG and BLUR CG, led by Carol and Ting Ting respectively, and from Ohana another 2 babies, SEED CG and THIRST CG, led by me and Kevin respectively. This is the chronology of the birth of one CG to another, all from the same parent.

Through out my year as a CG leader, I’ve experienced a lot of things. I’ve learnt how to work together with people. I’ve learnt how to manage people, as well as to manage a group. It had been a wonderful year for me, and there are numerous memories for me to cherish, as well as to share it out with people.

One of the most important thing I learned as a leader, is the virtue of humbleness. Many a times I have been stretched to the point where I have to show that I can, and without anybody helping, I can. I began to have pride in myself up to a certain point, where I had to be humbled by my CG members. I thought I could do it my way, but it didn’t work out the way I expect it to be. Throughout these years, I have been told to be humble and to keep myself low, and pride-less, and I truly learned it in CG. Seed-lings( as we used to called ourselves ) are the major driving force behind my days as a leader. They are the ones who come to CG without failed each week; they are the ones who had participated in all the partying session as well as the activities session; they are the ones who gave constructive ideas as well as opinions on how the CG will be throughout the years, and even as we graduate, the legacy of the CG will be brought up high…

As the semester comes to an end, it’s time for me to make way for a new and energetic leader to take over. Every “Goodbyes” are hard to accept, and it’s even harder to say it out. I , for one am fortunate and deep in my heart, I thank God for the coming leader, who is vibrant and full of passion for The Lord. He had been faithfully coming for CG since it’s formation 3 years back, and also had shown great leadership capabilities. He had been a wonderful inspiration to me too, from the start of my entry into OHANA, right up till the finishing of my term in SEED. Behold I present to you, Eric Poh as the new CG leader…*applause*applause*

I am here to say my last words to all Seed-lings before I leave for industrial training next semester, and my last words as CG leader. In no particular orders:

Kenneth Tan, The ‘power’ debater and my faithful assistant. Thank you for all the late nights together discussing about CG related activities, and also the constant pushing by me to look for people for CG. You had shown great commitment and it had been a great, wonderful, nice superb experience working with you, and hope that you will continue to shine for Him above, as well as to excel in whatever you do. Thank You

Daniel Wong aka DawgHause. It’s been great having in the same team as I am, serving the same Lord together. You have shown passion in serving for CG, and you being the game master for CG really rocks. Keep up the good work there, brother, and may The Lord be with you whatever you do, and where ever you go. Thank You

Eric Poh, Thank you for your aim and your enthusiasm in serving in CG. It had been great having you leading in worship, leading in games, and leading in bible study. A great man of God you will be, and never let the fire die down in you. I was blessed being in the same CG as you for 2 years already. Keeps the spirit burning for God ya!! Thank You.

Mian Chin. One word I can use to describe her. Awesome…it had been a wonderful journey being with you in CG together with your inputs and ideas regarding the CG. You have shown great commitment in helping out the CG in whatever way you can. You have never missed CG at all, except that you have test or quizzes on that day. Mian Chin, though you are leaving us and venturing into the working world, may my prayers go with you, and may you be successful in what ever you do, and don’t forget us ya =P Thank You.

Vincent aka Victor. The one and only who resembles the popular duo, Michael &Victor. You had shown effort in attending CG, and also helping out in the ice breaking session. Vince, thank you for your support throughout these years for me, and though we are not that close, but then I treat you as a brother to me, and also thanks for supporting me throughout my journey. Thank You

Wee Liem. You are the man. My former CG leader who had helped me throughout my journey in CG. Thanks man for everything, and also thanks for your advice which I am still holding on now. You had been an inspiration to me. Keep up the good work that you are doing for God ya, and All the Best in your future undertakings God Bless. Thank You

Charis. Though you are one of the CF committee, but when it comes to CG, you gave your best. Thank you for your advice and your words of encouragement to me. It really built me up as well as encouraged me. Through the times I was down because of pressure from CG and work outside, you were at hand to offer words of encouragement to me. Thank You very much, I appreciate every single bit of help offered. Thank You

Grace. It had been a while since we chatted, but you too had been a great blessing in CG. Though you may be busy with your work, sometimes you still make it a point to attend. All the best in our life and your future undertakings. Grace, God bless you. Take care. Thank You.

Rebecca. Though you may have left us to continue study in Malacca, memories of you being in SEED still remained in my heart. From the times we’ve been working together for CGvCG till the day we ate together at Talipon, you have been a great and wonderful blessing to me as well as to the entire CG. I’ve never met a person like you for a long time, and definitely you deserved to be acknowledged as one of the SEED members. All the best in life, and may the gracious Lord be with you where ever you go. Take care and Thank You.

Janet, Jay Shen, Chang Shern, and Nicholas Thank you for being a part of CG.

Thank You Seedlings….It’s been AWeSOme working with you guys and gals.

Stress Release

2005-03-20T14:45:00.000+08:00

Your Brain is 66.67% Female, 33.33% Male

Your brain leans female
You think with your heart, not your head
Sweet and considerate, you are a giver
But you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you!

Oh My God... My brain is a girl...:P

What gender is your Brain?

Busy...Busy...Busy

2005-03-19T17:24:00.000+08:00

Well well, let’s see what have we got here…... 18 more days to final exams, with 2 more assignments to go, plus an additional 2-3 meeting next week, Oh help!!!!! I’m going Nutz !!!

The past week had been somewhat interesting, with the exception of a mad hour rush to pay my school fees, on the final days. All I saw on that day was, the queue to the bank counter was unending, since 9.30AM. I was one of the casualties, where I started queuing up from 9AM to10AM, just to get a form, and also to transfer the funds from my account to MMU’s account. In other words, I am paying my funds, which stands a total of a 5 digit number where I can only settled 80% of the payment, because of withdrawing quota imposed by the bank. Students were frantically trying to beat the dateline which falls on Tuesday, and even after lunchtime around 2PM, students were still seen queuing to pay money. This shows the mindset of us Malaysian, who only do things at the very last minute. I calculated the time I had to settle the payments on normal days. From queuing up at the bank, till I submit my slip at he finance counter, it shouldn’t take more then 10 minutes. Here I was standing for 1 hour in the bank, and another 30 minutes in the finance counter. OH Boy……

Other interesting things which happened during the week were Buddy’s night in CF, which I couldn’t attend due to some crappy assignment meeting from what I heard, the night was a blast, with each buddies trying to outshine one another, with their prince n princess costumes, and the objectives of the event is to foster greater ties among CF-ers , and also to reward the best dressed buddies.

I will be super busy for the coming finals and also submissions, and as such I won’t be updating my blog as frequently as last time. Thanks for understanding, and as Arnold says, I’LL BE BACK…..

Happening Week...

2005-03-13T12:14:00.000+08:00

Hi guys…it’s been a week (or 2) since I last made my appearance in blog-world. What happened was that apparently real-life had gotten its toil on me this past weeks, and I have been constantly churning up some brain juice for test and exams, staying up late for assignments and also embracing myself for issues relating to friends and family. To summarized, this past 2 weeks had been AwEsOme, with so much happening, and so little time to put it up, for you to see, well, *drumrolls* here are the synopsis of what happened since the last post I made here…

On the 4^th of March, which is last Friday, I managed to pass up an assignment, which is actually a lab test given by my lecturer. The project is all about installing FreeBSD (an open source Operating System) into our machine, and executing whatever that is needed that are printed on the handout. It took me and my group 2 weeks to install and configure the whole thing, and yet not get full marks. Bummer…..i thought my group can get full marks for it, but looked like the OS doesn’t like us, and decided to give up its function and “died” somewhere during our presentation. Hmmmp, so much for installing and playing around with FreeBSD for 2 weeks.

The weekends had been fun, went around Cyberjaya on my bike again, after 3-4 months of “rest” hahahahaha…..my bicycle was screaming out to me” OI, you brought me here to rust is it???” I had to bring it out for a stroll, and off we went around the intelligent city, and this place had seen much rapid development compared to 3-4 months back. Newly build buildings are beginning to take progress, multinational companies are mushrooming around, the roads are being tarred, flowers are blooming, and so much more nice and beautiful scenery to be seen. Now who said Cyberjaya is a dessert? And I went to ACTS church on Sunday. The worship was good, and the message was awesome, with Pastor Kenneth spoke regarding the repentance of the heart, and the power of fasting, and he illustrated from the bible, how David was remorseful after falling into a great sin, that even when his son died, he showed no sadness nor sorrow, for he knows that God is with him. I had a wonderful time in church, meeting up with friends, enjoying their fellowship, and Sasi joined us for the first time in Acts, and I had lunch with him that day. I got to know more about him, and we shared….

An eventful Tuesday, which I had my exams that day, and coincidentally it is also the CF AGM (read: installation of committee and CG leaders). I made my way to the CF room after my test, which is in CR3045, and had a wonderful time worshipping as well as mixing with the rest of the CF-ers. The names of the committee were being projected on the screen, and applauses after screaming and shouting were heard resonating throughout the room. It was the day where the outgoing committee members hand over their respective posts to the newly elected committees. We had a new CF advisor as well, and I present you, Mr. Kevin Koay, hehehe…. I was surprised, and deep in my heart, I thank the Lord above for choosing such a capable leader and also a good mentor to lead us into the new era. The message earlier was delivered by Kevin, which spoke on the “Qualities and also responsibilities of a leader” it was a heart warming and also thought-provoking message, with the scripture taken from John 21. I applaud you, the committee of CFMMU 2005, and also the CF advisor, that God be with you in your journey of faith and endurance, to make CFMMU grow in quality as well as in quantity.

Wednesday was like any other day, except that during the night, around 9PM, a bunch of closely knitted people, who called themselves SEED-lings, embarked on a journey to mid-valley for 2 special reasons, which is about to be disclose in a moment. We left Cyberjaya around 9.10, and reached our destination an hour later. Our first stop was in Manhattan fish market, where we ate our fill. The fish served was awesome, and delicious, there were 10 of us here, Kenneth, Eric, Mian Chin, Leo Koo, Vincent, Daniel, Wee Liem, Charis, Grace Chai and me. The first highlight of today was when Wee Liem presented me and Kenneth a Thank You card as an appreciation for being CG leader and Assistant CG leader respectively. It was not expected by me, nor Kenneth, and the feeling of being appreciated this way is blissful and joyous and…(whatever adjectives that are appropriate.) It’s a card made by Wee Liem, and signed by all SEED-lings. The impact that card gave on me was stupendous….we chatted till 11 something, and decided to head on to Bangsar for some mamak…(Right after dinner??)

We reached Bangsar, with loads of people and cars, and while I was chatting with a brother, he pointed out that there were 3-4 BMW 7 series on the road, mien, he said. This is a place for Rich people…J we went over to a mamak located somewhere in Bangsar (DUH!!), and began chatting away. We ordered out drinks, and some satays, and lin chee kang (malay style). It was not long when we brought out the birthday cake meant for Mian Chin, for her Birthday falls on 12^th od March, but as a CG, we decided to celebrate it earlier. We set up the cake, and the candles, and sang her the most sweetest birthday song ever, mainly because she’s graduating in less then a months time, and it is her final birthday we are celebrating together. We presented her a birthday card, made by Wee Liem, and continue chatting till about 2 O’clock in the morning. We leaved Bangsar with a happy heart, and SEED legacy will live on….

It was indeed the most memorable week I have ever had, together with my CG, with my friends, with my computer, and with everything else around me. God had been faithful and gracious, and forever I will Served Him and Him alone.

* Final exams count down in ETA 21 days, prepare for RED-ALERT *

Way of Life

2005-03-03T12:42:00.000+08:00

I tried, I fail;
I failed, I know;
I knew, I understand;
I understood, I practice;
The way of life.

Quote:

Life's like a playground
you'll spent you time in it having fun
and when you fall and gets hurt
it may not be fun again the next time u play

Life's like a training ground
who ever wants to be strong and prepared
have to go though the vigorous training and challenges.

Life's like a video game
you play, you died
you restart and you play again

Life's like roller coaster rides
one moment you are up
the next moment you are down

As i stepped foot into CF room last Tuesday, i expected something more then just ordinary bible study, and the normal routine that we normally have. I expected something mind blowing, something fun, something nice.

And as Pastor Sivian spoke on “Enjoying life”, he made us to sit in groups of 5 each, and each group is supposed to draft out What is success t us, and to paint out the picture of How success will be to us. Each group had fun drafting out success, and some said playing football in Man Utd is a success, some said that being a dictator for world peace is his success, some said stealing Microsoft Windows source codes and set up a new company is a success, and the usual one, that is a lot of us said having nice cars, nice house, nice girlfriends are a success. Each one of us had different perception on success, and also we all have different methods of achieving our success goals…

Pastor then spoke regarding the Word, which is taken from Luke 18:18-30. It said that the rich person will see success as having all he ever wanted, ut got rebuked by the Lord, which overturns everything around. Many of is perceived success as having material things, and most of the time, we failed to noticed and realized, that by having God in us is our greatest success in life, and we don’t need material stuffs to be considered as successful. Pastor then continue speaking on being successful in life also meant to enjoy life, just as the disciples of Jesus, they enjoyed each moment being with Him, be it having meals, helping people, or just spend time up in the mountains with Him.

Speaking about enjoying life? How could I when I am currently taking 7 subjects, with at least 2 tests for 4 subjects, and at least 2 projects per subject, and each week have at least a test or an submission or a deadline to meet…..how to enjoy?

But looking at the bright side of life, I had successfully live till 21 years old, and I’ve learned a lot through books, from parents and through my friends. I have experienced lot in this life, and am willing to take on more bizarre challenges, with God, the impossible will be possible.

Gratitude and Thanksgiving

2005-02-27T11:53:00.000+08:00

It had been a week I last updated my blog, thanks to assignments and tests. I just want to thank all those who had given their comments on my previous post, Time, and I hope it will make a difference in you life. As much as I like typing it out, I do hope you will enjoy reading it as well. These post that I have made, some are funny, some are serious; some are happy, some are sad I just want to share my feelings and thinking, my views and my goals to all of you all, and hope that you will grasp the meaning behind all this posts.

I really appreciate you who are reading this, and you who stumbled upon this blog by accident, and you who are my friend. I really do want to say a big Thank You to you.

I’ve been going through a lot lately. Stuffs that I have never experienced before, nor have I done before, is beginning to make its way into my life. Studies which are waiting to choke me with its assignments load, examination stress and also deadlines pressure, are set in place now. Feelings of guilt and sadness overwhelm me. Problems with peers and also relationship with people are beginning to take a nose dive. I wondered and thought whether when will all these things be over, everything is gone, everything is done for, everything is wiped out, I wondered….

" Cast your cares upon the lord, and He will sustains you "

"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not be in want"
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Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil
For you are with me "

BAMMMM……. I was hit hard spiritually and mentally. I am being humbled, I am being crushed and re-molded, I am being ignorant to Him….How can I? How come?.

I was being too immersed in my own problems and my own world of thoughts that I have forgotten Him, The One who died for me, The One who gave me life again, The One who promises great joy and comfort, and The One whom I can call Lord and Savior….How could I ever forget Him?

"Where can I go from you Spirit
Where can I flee from your presence
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My frame was not hidden from you,
When I was made in the secret place"

Through out this past week, I’ve been spending a lot of time reading The Bible. I always thought that the Bible is just anther ordinary book, which is read for knowledge and wisdom, but today I learnt that The Bible is more then a book, that one just read it and forget the contents. It is The Living Word, where the meaning of one verse could be applied to thousands of circumstances that one is facing. Every time I goes into problem, my friend will always cite the same verse to encouraged and to bless me, and you may say that it is boring sometimes listening to the same verse gain and again, but you are absolutely wrong if you think that way. The same verse had spoken to me, or had been my support for numerous occasion, where I really needed help and strength. Most of the time, if not all the time, it brings on a new meaning each and every time the verse is quoted. I’m beginning to understand the power of The Living Word, and also to grasp the reason, and the purpose I am here living for. It is not for me, it is not for my dear friends out there, but it is for Him, Jesus that I am Living for.

We change the things we want it to according to our liking, and there are certain things that cannot be changed, no matter how hard u try, and one of it is time. I’ve learned a lot through hard times, and it is then I am re-shaped and re-transform into a better person, living each day as righteous as possible, with Him by my side. It is a time where I exercise my faith, and to hold on to the great promises and blessings of God, and it is also a time when I am being strengthened by God. For when I am weak, He is strong!!

Below are some words of encouragement to you who need it, and it helped me a great deal to be able to appreciate and to say thank you for the things I have. It talks about looking to the positive side of things, when everything else is negative and against you. It also thought of being grateful and to appreciate what we have, hence the title of this post.

I am thankful for the assignments I have, and the exams that I have to go
because it means that I am still studying

I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party
because it means that I have been surrounded by friends.

I am thankful for the clothes that fit a little too snug
because it means I have enough to eat.

I am thankful for my shadow that watches me when I walked to university
because it means I am out in the sunshine.

I am thankful for a floor that needs mopping, and windows that need cleaning
because it means I have a home (Cyberia B3-2-1).

I am thankful for all the complains I heard about the university
because it means that we have freedom of speech.

I am thankful for the pile of laundry and ironing
because it means I have clothes to wear.

I am thankful for weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day
because it means I have been capable of working hard.

I am thankful for the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours
because it means that I am still alive.

I am thankful for you who are reading this
because it means that i have friends.

I am thankful for receiving personal and meaningful comments on my blog because it means I have friends who are thinking of and caring for me.

* A special tribute to you who had helped me throughout this trial . You know who you are. Names are ommited for privacy reasons. I couldn't have gone through it without the 4 of you. Thanks SO much *

Thank You friends...

Time

2005-02-18T22:01:00.000+08:00

I’ve been trying to post up something’s here during the past few days, but tests, assignments submission prevented me from doing so. I just finished a paper yesterday, which brings it to 2, the number of tests for this past one week. Behold Jowen…there is one more test next week, and al the best to you…:)

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since the beginning of this week. Sad things, happy things; deep stuffs, kiddies stuffs…all these thoughts floods my mind as I pray, as I play; as I eat, and even as I sleep, so much so that it drove me to do this write-up on Time.

It’d been more then 21 days since my 21’st birthday, and I realized on how fast time flies. Day by day second by second, we are living in a world where it is governs by time. So the big question pops in

What exactly is time?

According to Britannica Online,

“Time is a measured or measurable period, a continuum that lacks spatial dimensions.”

And according to WikiPedia,

Time quantifies or measures the interval between events, or the duration of events

Who created time? Well, this is an answer that everyone could answer. God. Why is time so important to us? I think that it is because Firstly, it determines our lifetime. Without time, we might as well be not living. Secondly, it governs our every day’s schedule, what are we going to do in the morning, afternoon, and night. Speaking of that, morning, afternoon and night are seasons of time where we wake up, have our daily routines, and go to sleep. The third thing about the importance of time is that it sets our everyday life in place. Imagine a life where time stands still, and there are no age, no seasons, no weather, no schedule whatsoever…..that would be bad

It’d been 3 years I studied in Multimedia University, and memories of the first day I stepped foot in this university remains, like it just happened yesterday. Time will wipe out scars, and physical pain, but it will not erase memories, whether it’s bitter or sweet. I am still having problems with time management even now. Time is not by my side each time I do work, may it be doing assignments, or writing for my test, or studying for exams…

Time is gold
The wise men say
Do you follow?
Or do it your way?

Time is everything
Though some may object
But I do think
That we’ve been subject

Every milliseconds count
It may seemed insignificant
But it’s surely bound
To cause a headache,
It it’s cared less,
And left transparent

Time manages people
Or people manages time
It doesn’t really matter
As long as everything goes fine

Time can be against us
And at the same time, be for us
Let’s hope we would not burst
Nor we will curse

* Time is So important , -Jowen- *

I would like it very much if you would leave a comments as to what is your opinion on time, and any suggestion for me to improve on my time management. Anonymous comments will be most welcome. Thanks…

New Stuffs

2005-02-15T14:13:00.000+08:00

Hi, I just included the new Google Adsense program and also Google function in this blog, just for the fun of it. Please do support by clicking on whatever advert that is there ya :D

* In the midst of exam *

One Week

2005-02-13T22:32:00.000+08:00

4 words – Gong Xi Fa Cai
3 words – Gong Hey Nei
2 words – Fatt Choy
1 word - $

The words above are used to describe my disappearance for a week from the cyber world. Mainly I was at home, and in my grandparent’s house back in Ipoh, and the past one week had been so enjoyable and fun. Other then it being a holiday for me, it is also a time to usher in the Lunar New Year, which falls on Wednesday, the 9^th of February.

Day 1 – 7/2
Went back to Ipoh, and started cleaning up the house and the porch in preparation for the New Year. Was happy being able to see my grandmother, and I went around town hunting for New Year’s décor. At night, had dinner and a good time chatting.

Day 2 - 8/2
It’s the Eve of Chinese New Year. Most of my aunts and uncle came back, and had a great time fellowshipping and “feilou-shipping” among us. Was fun and nice, with some cousins that I have not seen for a year, and all the babies that have grown so big, I began to wonder, 21 years old is indeed “senior” for me, Hahaha. I had a scrumptious reunion dinner with my grandmother, uncles, aunties, cousins and family, we had to sit around a table tennis’s table, and began our gluttony attempt. The food were spread out lavishly, and all of us had ur stomach filled to the max, with some having too much to eat, Hehehe….it was a fun time talking and yakking away with my cousins over dinner, and began to learned a great deal about them.

Day 3 – 9/2
“Duk Duk Chiang…Xin Nian Kuai Le, Gong Hey Fatt Choi…”

Woke up around 9AM, with the intention of getting the first ang pow given out, I changed to my new clothes, and began wishing everybody “Gong Xi Fa Cai”, from the oldest to the youngest. I had a super fun time being in the presence of my extended family, and it gave me a new insight into CNY this year. I’ve grown 21 recently, and the mood of CNY is not that “Geng” compare to previous years. I still remembered when I was in my early teens, CNY was superb, my ang pow money could easily touched RM5XX.00. hmm, talking bout economic boom here. After the 1997 economic recession, CNY also suffered a drastic drop in terms of ang pow money. Hmmm, those were the days……

At around noon, my granduncles and aunts came visiting, and I had a great time with my grand cousins too, hahahaha…talking about generations here, my family is the 3^rd inline after my grandparents. So, during CNY, around 50-60 people will gather together for that reunion. Pretty cool isn’t it?

Day 4 – 10/2
Pretty much the same as the day before, except that firstly there were no ang pow’s to be collected. Secondly, 2 of my cousins arrived, and thirdly, I went golfing with my dad and bro. it’s at Clearwater Sanctuary Golf Resort, and we played 9 holes, all par 3. I had a great time hitting the balls, and picking up balls as well. The weather was cool, the ride was great, and I had great fun in the golf course. We stayed for 2.5 hours, and then headed back for dinner. At night, there were gambling sessions, and I being one of the “lan dou guai”(translated from Cantonese means addictive gambling ghost :P), I started playing with my cousins and aunts and uncles till there’s no more tomorrow ( Only once a year I got to enjoy this)

Day 5 – 11/2
More cousins came back to my “po po” house, and that means more ang pow. Hahaha….most of my cousins are married, and I enjoyed their company. For we were brought up together from young in my “po po’s” house. Hehe…..those were the good old young days again….*immersed in that nostalgic feeling*

And since this is the last day I am going to be in my “po po’s house”, we marathon the whole night, from 10Pm, till 3 AM.

Marathon what u may have asked?

Well, we marathon “dou qin” (translated means pour money a.k.a gamble). Hahaha…this marathon nearly cost my whole wallet, if not for the prompt rescue of my mum.

“Go and sleep, tomorrow you got to wake up to go back”

Well, there goes my time spent on the round table, decorated with color papers, some green, some red, some purple, and even some blue….and a deck of cards, plus numerous hands…

Day 6 – 12/2
Well, the time as come to say BYE BYE. When I was packing up, my “po po” came to me and advised me to study hard and not to let my parents down. I was moved upon hearing her words. It was words of love, care, and comfort. My “po po” had been staying with a maid and my aunt since3 my “yeh yeh” passed away, and I some what feel sad for her. Anyway, we left the place 2 hours before noon, and reached back PJ at around lunch time.

That’s my one week in Ipoh, and to wrap up this Lunar Year celebration, it was good, and I enjoyed the company of everyone around me. From my po po to my family to my uncles and aunts to my cousins, I appreciate all of them. And also I would like to acknowledged those who sms-ed me to wished me, Thank You, you know who you are. Life s bored without you people….*hugz*

I have an exam coming up on Monday, and another on Thursday, and another one next Monday. Crap man, better get back to study. Ciao people and Gong Xi Fa Cai to all of you again…..

Happy Chinese New Year to you

2005-02-05T11:51:00.000+08:00

“Xin Nian Kuai Le, Wan Shi Ru Yi, Cai Yuan Gun Gun Lai…”

I hereby wishes all my friend who read this, a very prosperous and happy Chinese New Year , and happy holidays as well. Take Care…

B3-2-1 Reunion Dinner

2005-02-05T11:37:00.000+08:00

Hello people, it’s been a while since I not update my blog, due to some “stuffs” that needed attention. Stuffs like packing, playing, chatting took up most of my time from the “World of Blogging” & I'm feeling guilty now, muahahaha…

Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and where ever you go, the sound of “Duk Duk Chiang” can be heard miles away, people dressing up as “ Choy San Yeh Yeh” (God of Prosperity) giving out “Ang Paus”, red lanterns can be seen hanging on every lamp posts, and chinese decoration fills the interior of every shopping complexes.

“So what is so special about Chinese new year?

For those comrades of mine who are from different races, The Chinese calendar starts on this date, much like the 1^st of January in the Gregorian calendar. Chinese’s people all around the world ushers in the New Year by visiting their friends and relatives who are from different generations, from the great grandparents to the great grandchildren. It is a time of gathering, pretty much like a reunion gathering of family members who are scattered around, pursuing their dreams and wishes. It is also a time of Ang Pau collecting, where those who are already married will give out the red packets, mainly to bless those who received, and at the same time, distributing their wealth, hehehe… children will love this tradition, which had went on for centuries, and it is the main highlight of the Chinese new year. There is also lion dance, where the specially trained lion dance troops will make their way to your resident upon invitation, and perform the dance. This is believe to changed the “feng shui” of the house, and to invite more wealth to befall the occupants of the house.

On Thursday night, the occupants of Cyberia Condo B3-2-1 (my housemates and me decided to go for a reunion dinner in Dengkil. It was a significant thing to do, as the 5 of us had been housemates for almost a year, but only have dinner together once. Yeap, just once, and we thought due to the coming Chinese new year, we go for a reunion dinner, to celebrate our friendship and also he one year of staying together. So off we went over to a seafood restaurant in Dengkil at 7.15PM

We called for 5 dishes, which includes fish, chicken, vegetables, tou fu and also pork, which is a balanced and healthy diet. We had our toasts, and also a great time of housemates bonding. Normally when we were at home, though we are staying together, we seldom talk to each other like how we do it in Dengkil, and even when we do talked, it’s mostly concerning tutorials and also academic stuffs. So this reunion dinner had reached it’s objective.

Then one of my housemates suggested we have “Lou Sang”. Coolness…. We asked for a pre-pack version of it, as we are gone do it at home. Then we stopped over at one of the groceries shop to buy groundnuts, carbonated drinks, kua chi and a lot more food. We chatted happily in the car, regarding everything.

The first thing we do when we reached home is to clean up the table and prepare the plates and eating utensils. We moved out our dining table, which was formally used to put books and bags and a lot more stuffs. It is a wooden table, and was put here by the landlord for our convenience.

The food were ready, everything is prepared, and on the count of Yi….Er….San, we Lou Sang!!!!!

I wished all of you will have a girlfriend this new year
I wished for 4 flat
I wished that we’ll do this again next year
I wished that all of you will be healthy, and never fall sick
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It was super fun as we tossed and turned the pile of food on the table, together with the song played, and saying out what we want to achieved during the new year. Lou sang symbolizes the mixing of wealth, and it’s for business people, who believe that the higher you “lou”, the more money you will get in business.

I had a great time bonding with my housemates after that, and the fellowship of B3-2-1 will not end here. The legacy continues……

Reason....

2005-02-03T01:45:00.001+08:00

Everything that happens
Happened for a reason
Sometimes it is hard to discern
Still it’s meant to be pleasant

The earth trembles, the sea roars
Why? It seemed scary to the core
Still the reason of it all
So that we won’t be too conform

The hearts of humans so naïve
In God, they do not believe
Still the reason of it all
Is that we must learn,
To depend on Him more

In times of trials and tribulations
Let us not forget the reason
Of Him who died and rose ultimately again
In Him, there is love, joy and peace
Again and again…

I thought of the above poem when I was doing my quiet time this morning. The more I ponder upon the word “Reason”, the more I feel exited upon. Speaking from the human perspectives, our actions, out thoughts, our behavior are all driven by some reasons. It may seemed vague, you may have asked

“ What does reason got to do with what I do or think?”

but to me, it is the point of discernment and surrendering myself to Him to lead my way.

Many times I had failed in life, and that is not something out of the blues, for it is human nature that we do fail. It doesn’t matters how many times you fail, but what matters most is this question

“ What is the reason we picked ourselves up and walk again? “

“We are the Reason”, a song sung by the group Avalon touched me each time I listened to it. It speaks on why Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross. The reason is for us. He died to save us, and the beauty of that he rose again proved the reason for him to give up his life is not in vain. The reason for his death and resurrection is so pure, so wholesome, so untainted…..

Many times when something bad happened to us, we tend to point our fingers everywhere, blaming everybody around us. But how often do we step back and think of the reason it happened? Could it be because of our own rashness, we committed something bad, and caused all the problems?

This question had been on my mind for a long time, and I found out that the reason is this. God wants to mould us, and make us into a different person. Just like a potter who shapes the clay into a vase, so is it with God, who makes sure that we are perfect and flawless. The moldering process is painful, for the extra clay will be wiped away, separated from the huge pile it used to be before. And after those extra’s have been taken away, then the true beauty of the vase can be seen.

“Dear Lord, I thank you that you have shaped us and mould us the way you want it to be. It may be a painful process Oh Lord, but I know, that you have something good installed for us. I pray that your hand will continue to guide us in your path, and show us the reason these things are not happening our way. Your love is amazing, and I thank you. In Jesus name I pray, Amen…”

*****

> We Are The Reason - Avalon <

Verse1
As little children
We would dream of Christmas morn
Of all the gifts and toys
We knew we'd find
But we never realized
A baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives

Chorus
We were the reason
That He gave His life
We were the reason
That He suffered and died
To a world that was lost
He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live

Verse2
As the years went by
We learned more about gifts
The giving of ourselves
And what that means
On a dark and cloudy day
A man hung crying in the rain
All because of love, all because of love

Bridge
I've finally found the reason for living
It's in giving every part of my heart to Him
In all that I do every word that I say
I'll be giving my all just for Him,
for Him

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Post-Exam Entries

2005-02-02T03:07:00.000+08:00

I Just finished my last exams before the Chinese new Year holiday today, it was the third paper to be conquered, with another 4 more to go after the break. The first paper being a mathematics paper, but given the name as Resource Management. The paper wasn’t tough, but it wasn’t easy either. One have to be sure of all the algorithms and the formulas before attempting the paper I had a hard time studying that subject too, if it’s not because of my good friend, who dragged me to library for the whole week to study the paper. Thank You Mr. S.L, for the time spent in the library with you, and thanks for your teachings too ya J

The second paper was computer networks, where it is a continuation from last semester’s "data communication". Also thanks to Mr. S.L, I am able to answer all the multiple choice questions for the test. As usual, we studied at the library during last weekends, and I did answer the paper with confidence, knowing that what I studied is sufficient to pull me through

The third paper, being Software Engineering, was the third and final paper before the break. My exam room is supposed to be CR2046, but in the end, the room is being booked for another exam. So we got to move up one floor to sit in CR3045 instead. Hmmm, talking about perfect booking of venue…..even exams can have venues clashing with each other…the paper was tricky, and some of my friends commented, that their lecturer haven’t teach them the chapters yet. Hehe…

Went over to CF right after the test, and Pastor Margeret was speaking on “Blessings and Cursing” It was a nice message, though I came in halfway because earlier on, I had an exam. The message was inspiring, and later we had worship session and also some announcements being made. The came the time where the Birthday babies from October last year till January this year were given a belated birthday celebration. 4 months before a celebration? U may ask… but then I think it’s because of lack of time to have it once a month, and also the funds factor I presumed. Each person were given birthday greeting token, and were prayed for by Annette,

The day ended with me being here typing out the entries for the life of Jowen , and hope the dear readers out there will enjoy reading it as much as I like typing it.

God bless ya people…Take Care.:D

The Gift

2005-01-30T01:39:00.000+08:00

I had a wonderful time being in the midst of my family. It’s been two weeks since I last went back home, and I am so glad to be back again. The scrumptious cooking of mum‘s kitchen, the chattering of my sister, the presence of everyone in the family drowns me at home.

5 days had passed since I turned 21, and that’s something which I loved the most. Belated birthday celebration. Though it may not be as significant as the actual date celebration, but nevertheless it did bring wonderful memories for me to cherish forever.

On Saturday, me and my family went out for dinner in Subang Parade, and upon reaching the place, my dad took my hand, and led me to the top floor to a shop name “Yamaha Music Center” I was asking myself…why am I brought to his place? Father has a new hobby? Then my dad told me

“Happy belated Birthday Jowen. Choose whatever guitar u want, but let the budget be less then $$$”

I was like….*speechless*….my dad buying me a guitar? OH Heavens…..I have never felt so happy before, and immediately I went in the shop for some hunting. I tried on virtually every guitar on display, and some of those are 10 times more then my budget limit. WOW….Awesome. Never have I felt so nice hunting for stuffs before. I spent 2=30 minutes doing sound checks and quality check in the shop, while my brother complains of hunger. Hehahaha…I was king that day, so he has to wait, Muahhahaha….

After frolicking through and emitting praises for the guitars, I settled with the Yamaha F-380. It’s a cool guitar, with golden pegs, white outline, solid wood, (I think it’s made up from “Nyatuh” if I am not mistaken). My hands were trembling when my dad asked me to play a song. I wasn’t shivering cause of fear, but I am so happy and joyful that I couldn’t control myself. I played, and my dad was satisfied that I do know how to play the guitar….DUH….. hehehe ( before this, I had not played a single tune for them to hear)

My steps seemed lighter as I walked out the shop, with a black casing proudly strapped upon my back. My bros were complaining the more about their stomach, as I slowly walked along, wanting everybody to see my “baby”. (Nah that was exaggerated J ) We went over to The Chicken Rice shop, to have a rooster meal. The dinner was good, with the family being able to talk and mingle around more,

I had a good time spent with my family and it taught me a lot of things. Stuffs which I took for granted, I am beginning to see the effects of it. Things that I couldn’t see happening, began to happen right in front of me. I am beginning to grow closer to my family, and it’s a surprise to me as well. I’m beginning to take things more seriously…and I am thankful that I am 21 J

Me and "F-380"

CGvCG

2005-01-28T07:00:00.000+08:00

Ahem...i know that this is a long long overdued post, but i would liike to acknowledge the 8 enthusiastic people of SEED Cg, for making this game worthwhile. below is the photoblog of the event, and this is my first time incorperating photos in my blog. Enjoy....

( FYI, CgvCG stands for Cell Groupp VS Cell Group )

Red people ; Red cars...

The People ; The Food....

SEED Leaders...

The People, The Ending...

*A Special Tribute to the 8 SEED-lings, in no particular orders, Vincent, Kenneth, WeeLiem, Charis, Eric, Daniel, JoWen and Rebecca, for being so "semangat " during the games*

*A tribute also to Rebecca, for she's back in Malacca to continue her studies...Keep up the fire burning for The ONe above ya, We'll always remember you...*

** Also linked to : CgVcG **

Happy Birthday Jowen...

2005-01-25T01:00:00.000+08:00

The Lord made me
21 years ago
I am so happy
That I have grow

Tuesday was the date
25^th was the date
I cannot be at the bay
So in MMU, I celebrate

Went out at 2AM
To Aunty’s for chicken chop
Special thanks to A2-8-12 bros
For celebrating my special day

At the afternoon I had brunch
Where it’s supposed to be lunch
Thank you housemate for the munch
To you Daron, thanks a bunch

During the night at CF
A birthday song was sung to me
Thank you people for that sweet gesture
In my heart, I’ll always remember

Got a present from some one special
And some cash too, from the one closest
Thank you for making my day brighter
Thank you also for making me the happiest

Assignments and exams are a burden
And coincidentally it is Thaipusam
But I chose not to be flatten
I still had my birthday celebration

I was spared the usual bashing
That seemed to be a ritual for many
Pool throwing to cordial pouring
I was happy and bless,
For not getting any : D

Happy Birthday to me
The lord created me
I’m so happy to be me
Jowen, you are me…

-JOwEn-

"Happy Birthday To Me"
" Zhu Wo Shen Re Kuai Le"
"Zhok Ngo Shang Yat Fai Lok"
"Selamat Hari Jadi Kepada Ku"
"Ennaku Pirantha Naal Vazhtukal"
"Joyeux Anniversaire À Moi"

A Special Tribute goes out to the brothers of A2-8-12 , for your kind accompaniment at 2AM for chicken chop.

Also a special thanks to ( in no particular order) : Celine, Sang What, Desmond, Grace, Yee Huey, Weng Yew, Shaun, Alan, Bee Chee, Mary and Melissa for the wonderful birthday SMS-es..Love you people J

All CFers of Mutimedia University, Cyberjaya who have extended their Birthday Greeting and decided not to bashed me.. You Guys and Gals ROCKZ!!!!

Dad, Mum, Brothers, Sister, Kenneth Tan, Mary and Tay Ching Hwa, for calling me and wishing me Happy Birthday. It made me cry...Thanks so much, dear Friends, pa, ma, didi, mui mui :-)

And also a special thanks to all the Yahoo messages from EvErybOdy, who had wished me online, and also to the brothers of B3-2-1, you guys have been superb housemates. Thanks for the lunch and greeting as well…

Welcome to the adult world, JoWen…

The end times -> Redemption

2005-01-24T09:26:00.000+08:00

Been wanting to update my blog since last week, but circumstances just do not allowed it to happened .Assignments submission, 2 test approaching this Thurs and Fri, man, I need rest….and need time to update my blog :P

I’ve had a personal encounter with God lately. Wait wait…..are you gonna asked

“Wow…Did God appeared like a giant in front of you?

Hehe….this is reality, not fairy tales….God doesn’t appear to me just like that in physical form (although sometimes I wished he’d had). But through several close friend’s, I am beginning to trust in Him even more, and also through the Words of Truth from the bible, I am beginning to learned even more of what is installed for me, and not to worry so much again.

Went over to ACTS church on Sunday morning, not having any expectations. The trip there itself is a miracle. I was playing around with my computer on Saturday night, trying to do some research, not thinking about church the next day. Then out of the blues, a brother messaged me and asked.

Bro : “Hey dude, got transport to church?”
Me : “Ermmm….No”
Bro : Wanna come church? Wait @ 815 @ B3, ok?
Me : HALLELUJAH!!!!!

Yea, that was how I got a ride to church on Sunday, and never regretted a bit waking up early. The worship was awesome, with several new songs (to me) been sung, and a prayer session followed after. Deep in my heart, I was broken. Broken not because of circumstances, but broken for God. I felt there’s noting to hide from Him above. I felt sudden realization. It’s like one moment I was zapped into a different dimension altogether. God was speaking to me in my heart. As the worship went on, I could feel, and sense His presence. I began to know that despite all my struggles in life, I still can sing for God, just as Apostle Paul said when he was chained in prison

“Rejoice, I say to you again, Rejoice….”

I was moved and touched by the words of the song. Words that penetrated every corner of mine heart, I felt comfort, and as though being lifted up from the ground, floating gently amidst the sound of praises and worship. It was a joyous moment.

The message was good. Rev Dr T.T Quah came and spoke on the redemption and the end times. It opened up my eyes to see, that whatever is written in the bible, about 2K years ago, are beginning to happen now. Wars, famine, earthquakes, and even tsunami’s. Yes, even tsunamis were recorded inn the bible. And it really brought a new perspective upon my life. We will never be the same again. Not that we will be handicapped or what, but even the axis of the earth was tilted as a result of the magnitude 9 earthquake rocks the world, and of course, the world is spinning faster….. it shocked me to read from the bible, that all this things are there as an indication of the second coming of Jesus.

I’ve never took the end times seriously. All I thought of was, when the Lord comes, it is over. But now as I sit back and listen to the message, itt dawned upon me a new concept, a new perspective. All these things happened not because He hate us, or He dislike us. For these things happened so that we will be able to know the great and might of God, and to me, it is a big challenge. Never before I felt so much of fear in my heart, after seeing the devastation and the aftermath of the tsunami that hit South East Asia. Rev T.T is a missionary, who travels around the world, establishing churches, and recently, he was back from Sri Lanka, where more then 40K people have lost their life. He mentioned about the state those people were in, and apart from that, he spoke the message of redemption and a message of hope for all of us. By the way, the passage he spoke from is from Luke 21.

Things have changed for me these past few days. Even though i may have stumbled, and may have fallen down de to my ego and pride, I am still able to stand up, and look up to The One who had heard m prayer. For it is the time of testing that I learned the most. I really thank God for His word so real, a friend once wish me

Let today be better then your every tomorrows.

I learned to be grateful, and thankful for the life that I had, and also want to give glory to God, who had sustained me through out the 20 years of my life, though I just came to know Him a few years back, but God is always faithful and true, and will never let me down. I have also learned that the process of making is a painful process to go through, and that’s what I see happening in my life now……. Thank you Lord

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want
He makes me lie down in green pastures
He leads me beside quiet waters
He restores my soul
He guides me in paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake

Even though I walked
Through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil
For You are with me
Your rod and your staffs
They comfort me

You prepare a table before me
In the presence of my enemies
You anoint my head with oil,
My cup overflows

Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of the lord forever

CyberChristmas Charity Event - Part 3 (McD)

2005-01-21T21:57:00.000+08:00

I had a pretty eventful day today. Cyber Christmas may be officially over for some, but to some still, it is an ongoing event. At nine O clock on a sunny Friday morning, a group of 14 young people, all from CFMMU, gathered to pay Rumah Trinity(RT) a third visit, this time with the purpose of giving them McDonald’s happy meal, all of which were sponsored by the caring souls in MMU . We left Cyberjaya at 9.30, and reached RT forty five minutes later.

The kids rushed out as soon as the first car arrived. They welcomed us like we are part of them. Smiles were seen flashing across every kid’s face. It was obvious that they still recognized us, despite haven’t visited them for 3 weeks. This time around, they were several stranger to the kids, but 15 minutes into settling down with the kids, the word stranger could be replaced with Close Friends. We had a session of introduction when we were gathered around, but most of the kids already knew who the big “annehs” and “akkas” were, so there is not much of a problem remembering names. We had a game of “sherade” with the kids, and it brings out the talent of acting in all the kids. Well, to some extend it did…J the game ended in a tie, although I think my group could beat the other group 10 - 0, hehehehehee……joking only ya?

Then the next game is called “Guess Who? “. It is played across a white blanket, and the crowd is split into two groups. Whoever gets to guess the other person when the blanket is pulled down is the winner, with the loser being pulled into the winning team. The objective of the game is to get as much people in a certain group, and of course, to get to know each and everybody’s name. it was fun playing it with the kids, with their man ways of getting to know who the other person is, Laughter were heard everywhere.

There were intense bonding together when we had our own time spent with the children. From football to playing superman, carrying them around to playing catch, everybody was busy trying to entertain the kids. We were made temporary entertainers for the day, and all of us were up and running, making our home with them, and also enjoying the fellowship of a 20++ years old with a <10>

The kids( as well as the goh gohs and jie jies) were complaining of hunger when we gathered them back in the hall again, and their pleas were answered when 4 boxes loaded with McDonald’s Happy meal made it’s way into the house. As hungry as the big boys(us) might be, still we have to give the children their food first, gees….everybody were mixing around with he children at the eating table, with cameras flashing, chili sauce spilling everywhere, talking and having a great “Fei-Louship” with the kids. The children were happy to be given a toy each in the Happy meal’s set, and it turn out to be an ink stamp. Oh yea…the war between kids and the big boys had just begun.

Within minutes after acquiring their “weapon”, they chased us around, trying to stamp our hands, feet, and whichever parts they can get hold of. We were running for dear life, while they charged like us, as though we were parts of Barbie dolls. Alas, some unfortunate people were being set upon by the kids, and without showing any mercy, all were stamped upon with blue and red “Hello Kitty” on the most vulnerable parts, including the face. I was one of the “casualties” with 9 stamps on my face, and 10 stamps on my hand. That taught me a lesson, which is never to take things away from the kids. Hahaha…..it was indeed a great moment we had mixing around, and some of us were giving out hand phone numbers to the kids as follow-up. Hehe….

As the wise man of old once said” All good things have to come to an end”. Awwwwwwww……that heart wrenching moment again, hmmm……every kid were given some sort of advice by the “older kids”. (Hey, we are not that old ok??? :P)

“Study hard ya…..”
“Get first in class can?…”
“Don’t bully people ok?”

We left the place after spending about 4-5 hours together with the lovable kids. As I sat in the car en-route to Cyberjaya, I can’t stop thinking about how fortunate we are, where we have love from our parents, and from friends that care. I mean, it’s not so much of pitying the kids, but is more like thanking God each day for the little things tat we have. It came upon me as a thought that we shouldn’t be complaining so much about life, while the kids can be so happy and so innocent while we met them. Thoughts of satisfaction and fulfillment rested upon my mind, and I felt happy to be able to bless the kids with my love and care. I really thank god for giving me this chance to go and share His love with other more un-fortunate people. I am sure everyone who went for this trip will echo what I say. God bless you..:)

A Night of blessings.....

2005-01-19T14:25:00.000+08:00

I had a wonderful session during last CF meeting. I feel totally rejuvenated and energetic after a great and splendid time of worship. God moved mightily throughout the 20 minutes or so, and I was blessed by the worship. The message that was given is by a speaker, which is no stranger to all of us. Uncle Dexter, who hailed from Shah Alam. His message of “Jesus, our Refuge” confirmed my stand in God that He is the solid rock of which I stand. Man will changed, but Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. It is so comforting to know that indeed God is our refuge, and in all things, God will do it for the good of those who love Him. The songs that were put in my heart, as I led in worship spoke on the message as well.

It was truly a night of blessings and joy for the CF as one brother came up and gave a testimonial on how God is good to his family, and how he had seen the truth in Christianity. It is not so much about the religion that we are being bless, but it is Jesus, our Redeemer, Savior and friend, that we are so confident of the truth. David, I welcomed you into this big family as we fellowship together, and may God used you as a light to all those friends around you..J

Never has there been a moment I felt so happy before in my life, and I can say in confidence that in whatever circumstances, God will make a way and He will always be my Redeemer, Savior, and Friend

Thank you Jesus, for your love to me
Thank you Jesus, for your grace so free
I lift my voice o praise your name
And I’ll praise you again and again
You are everything
You are my God

Redemption Breakthrough...

2005-01-18T02:35:00.000+08:00

So much had happened through out the past few weeks. Been feeling emo all the time, some good stuffs, some not-so-good stuffs; some joyous moments, some testing of faith. And despite of all this things that happened, I’m still Jowen, trying to understand the complexity and the roughness of life.

All this while, I was somewhat a silent person I take upon myself all things that happened, and not wanting to share. I always think

“This is my problem, so why do I have to share? What has it got to do with you?”

And so during the past few weeks, emotions after feelings after thoughts filled me up, and it somewhat got to the point of overflowing. Being the not-wanting-to-share kind of person, I felt that I was going to fall,, and never to get up again. My mind had been playing tricks on me over and over again. I was so lost, depressed and tired, while the future looked so bleak for me.

Things started to changed after I made the decision to share. I met up with an old primary school buddy, more like my best pal, and we started sharing. Before this, I was pessimistic about this friend capability. . we seldom chat, seldom meet, and even though we meet, it’s only like the kind of “Hi…..Bye” kind of friend. Yea, that was what I thought of him before this, though I realized of my friends caring heart. We started sharing our thoughts and our views one day, and BAAAAMMMM!!!!!!! One moment I was feeling down to the floor, and the next moment, feel like I am higher then cloud nine! We shared from night after dinner till around the wee hours of the morning, and the words that were said were like a rattling gun bullets, shooting non-stop till my pride, my ego, my selfishness were all gone. Words of healing, words of care, words of comfort, and words of love just poured out upon my life, that I couldn’t absorbed nor take it anymore. I felt completely humbled and was broken to the heart.

For a moment, I was stunned, I didn’t know how to respond. Even though words rained down like thunderstorm, but I couldn’t helped it but listen. I heard God spoke His word in the Bible.

“For God work for the good of those who love Him”

All I knew during that sharing session was that the friend was God-sent. He opened up my eyes to see the unseen, and to hear the unheard. Throughout this period of time, I couldn’t seem to forget how God moved and spoke to me through this friend of mine. And one thing mentioned was that all of us are caught up in a mind-hole, where we just focus our mind internally, and not wanting to venture out and to experienced new stuffs. I thought that I would be able to accept whatever changes around me. But I was terribly wrong. I didn’t think out of that hole. I thought I was right all the time. I felt guilt, a strong sense of guilt overcame me, and depressed as well. A great man once said

“You will not discover great oceans till you have the courage to lose sight of the shore”

Another bomb of realization exploded within me. I had underestimated myself. I could have found a solution out of this trouble and maze, but I was afraid, I was scared. I was fearful that I will sink even more. But the most important thing that slipped my mind in all these problems, was that My Lord Jesus will carry me through this.

“ But those who hope on The Lord will soar on wings like eagles, there will run and not grow weary, will walk and not be faint. “

God will always extend His mighty hand for me. But I was too proud to let Him change me. I was so stubborn. I realized it only now, and deep in my heart, I deeply thank Jesus for opening my closed mind and eyes, and also to the special friend that shared with me. Though we had lost contact for many years, but you are and continue will be my best friend .... now I knew the power that comes by sharing.

I have been talking much with another friend of mine, and I really would like to say Thank You. Despite of your hectic schedule in uni, and in church, you still spent your time with me, listening to me, and extending what ever help you can for me. Truly you have been a superb friend I have ever had, and deep down in my heart, I thank you for the time we spent together talking, being in the same boat as me, and offering your hand though I didn’t want to take it at first. All the talks we had are carved deep unto my heart, and deeply appreciated.

“Leave your sadness on sand, that it will be swept away, but carved your gratitude and thanksgiving on stone, for it will remain forever”

To you, MM & CS, you have been such a blessing to me, and also a great friend. I thank the Lord for bringing you into my life. words can't describe the thankfulness i have with you.

I’ve realized,
I’ve learned;
I’ve confident,
That I’ll soar in life

* This is a long emo post, and to you who read it from beginning to end, A BIG THANK YOU to you, and I hope my experience will be a breakthrough in your life as well. *

God Bless You

Struggle

2005-01-16T13:27:00.000+08:00

When will i ever get out?
i'm so lost, confused...
No, i can't..
It's just so hard
Help...Help....

Too much had happenned
Can''t seemed to comprehend
Why?

*waiting*

CyberChristmas - The Continuation, The Life

2005-01-14T10:26:00.000+08:00

A week after the beginning, and the truth expedition, we’ve come to the last event for Cyber Christmas 2005. Being held at Cyberia Clubhouse at 8PM, on the 13^th and 14^th of January, is the “Life Café”, where the idea was spearheaded by Ee Chia. It is a café setting, where we had BBQ party, life performances, and games plus fellowship. The preperations for the night started as early as 5PM, with more then 10 people came and clean up the place, wash the skewers, prepare the food, blow the balloon, and so much more…..The BBQ pit were set on fire at 7PM, and tables and chairs were put out for the night to began

The night started off with an introduction of the café by our pretty and handsome Emcee’s, Michelle and Joshua, where warm words of welcome were said, and several “usherers” ushered in the people with their most splendid smiles. Instead of the usual talk by the emcees, and also speech by the event director, food was being served instead, much to the delight of every hungry souls that are already waiting. There were a lot of dishes being served, among those were fried rice, fried meehoon, barbeque chicken, fish and sotong balls, potato salads, sardine and egg sandwiches, cakes, and so much more, special thanks to our master chefs, who had spent days preparing the delicious and scrumptious menu for all of us. While the people are having their food, there were life performances by several people, the first being Lenard and Alvin, singing and playing the guitar. What a splendid performance by them, and then games comes after that.

Everybody who came for “Life Café” were tagged by a color, and the game was to get us into our respective color groups. There were basically a form for us to filled up, with questions like “ Find out what your team members like to drink”, “ find out all your team members name”….. Then after that, each groups were suppose to perform some sort of sketch according to some of the question stated on the form. It is truly a nice way to get everybody talking, as we need to know each and every members likings and also their place of stay.

Performances after performances continued to liven up the atmosphere, and a couple of musicians took to the stage with their stuffs. Quite a wonderful night I should say, and also judging by some comments I heard from friends, this night really had reached it’s objective, which is to bring non-Christian friends to come and enjoy the fellowship of the CF. Though it rained towards the end, it didn’t hampered our effort to make the café happening. The last performance of the night was a splendid performance by 5 pretty ladies, which presented a “Fan-Dance”, and all of us audience were mesmerized by their sleek moves.

Soon after the dance, when the security guards started to switch off some of the swimming pool lights, and some foot notes by the Emcee’s after that, The café was over. Everybody seemed exhausted, but satisfied. We thought that we will some time for our self cleaning up the place while everybody is gone, but that is not the case here. Many of those who came doesn’t’ want to go back, and were still seen hanging around together with the CF-ers, talking and yakking away. That’s what “Life Café” is all about, to talk to the people regarding CF, to make new friends, to enjoy the fellowship among the brothers and sisters around us, and most importantly, to reach out to the non-believers.

Things are well organized, and if here is one word to describe the Life Café, it is gonna be “AweSome” .

Below are some of the acknowledgement I wished to put down as a gesture of thanks and congratulations for making Life Café a success.

Ee Chia, who is event director for the café, for putting in so much effort in getting this event done, even though it’s very tiring for you, but you still did what you are supposed to do. All the planning and hard work had paid off, and what’s the results of it? Success.

All those who head helped in cooking, preparing the food and marinating the chickens. Without you people, there won’t be any food.

All performers who had helped in making sure that the atmosphere of Life Café is at it’s peak, with their songs and compositions.

And not forgetting everyone else, from those setting up fire in the pit, to the games organizers, registration to the T-shirt sellers. Everyone of you really did a wonderful job. Surely God had raised up capable people to helped out in all events like this. Praise God…

Stay tuned for Cyber Christmas 2006, coming to you exclusive from Multimedia University, Cyberjaya…

* This review was based on what happnened during Thursday , 13th of January night *

I have fallen

2005-01-12T18:14:00.000+08:00

Blinded by distraction
Clouded by misery
Saddened by actions
Blown off by anxiety

Things had changed
And never be the same
I have learned the hard way
That life is indeed a game

Many times I have fallen
Only o stand up again
But this time it s impossible
All that I’ve done is in vain

I’m tired and depressed
No one knows of my despair
How long must his continue
Till I am able to be at rest?

Friends failed me, this I’ve experienced
Being betrayed and backstabbed I’ve suffered
Success will follow if I’m strong
Encouragement and motivation from you I’ll hear

I thought I am able
To stand till today
But sadly I could not
Much to my dismay

Worries, anxiety, and misery
Are upon me can’t you see?
Cheerfulness, happiness, and gladness
Is what I longed to see in me

I wished upon the star
For the hope and the vision
The star is nothing but a creation
Why not I ask from the creator?

I’m confused and blurred
By my own ways and actions
To think of it , is definitely not good
But then what can I do?

NeeD TimE!!!

2005-01-11T23:21:00.000+08:00

So much work to do, so little time to spent...

hElp............

CyberChristmas - The Journey, The Truth

2005-01-07T01:00:00.000+08:00

Wow…..after what seemed to be a fantastic display of creativity and also showcases of talents in the Cyber Christmas night event, on the 5^th of January, a group of people set up what seemed to be “A trip down Memory Lane”, some 2000 years ago. It is the Cyber Christmas exhibition, which is being held in front of the MMU library foyer.

Several booths were set up for the exhibition, among those were “Hang loose”, which actually turned out to be a gallery of pictures taken during our activities time, and also the outdoor trips that the CF had organized. Pictures from last years event are being shown, including the Gua Tempurung trip, CGvCG, Inter-CG games, Cyber Christmas 2004, ….etc…etc… I had fun explaining to the curious onlookers, which actually took time to listen to the explanation of what CF is doing. We are not an official club in the university, but we managed to pulled through so many activities within the campus ground itself, and that testifies how great God is.

“A hand for Man”, which is the charity booth set up by Benny, to thank all the students and lecturers who had contributed for the Adopt-A-Gift. Showcases of pictures and also video clips regarding the visitation to the 3 orphanages were shown, and we had a new event lined up as a follow up to the visitation. Students of MMU were given the opportunity to sponsor a McDonald’s Happy meal for the 20++ orphans at Rumah Trinity. Within minutes after setting up the booth, all the kids were sponsored a happy meal already, special thanks to the people who had contributed RM10 in this program.

Then there is booth called “Groove Connections”, which is manned by Audrey and Sam, and the booth is about Christian music. The purpose of this booth is to expose the people around regarding Christian music, and to let them know, that Christian music isn’t about just singing “Hallelujah”, but is more then that. Altered Frequency, Patrick Leong, Juwita Suwito, Darlene Zschech…etc... are just some of the popular Christian song writers around, and their songs had transform life’s all around the world. In this booth, free cd’s were given away, courtesy of our dear sponsors, and also free mouse pads were given out too. May God continue to use music as a tool to encourage and to bring more people into His Kingdom.

“Christmas in INK” is a corner where people will get a glimpse of the first Christmas, about 2000 years ago. Paintings and also narration on “What is Christmas” were shown on the exhibit boards, and special acknowledgement goes to Kester, who did all of the paintings, and the information portrayed on the paintings as well. The first Christmas which took place in Bethlehem was not a explosive and power pack celebration, like we always think. The setting was a manger, with 2 elderly couples holding a baby boy, with several shepherds and wise men around, and that’s it. But the meaning of all this is after that day, mankind has been saved through the birth of this baby boy, that was given the name Jesus, which means Emmanuel, God with us.

Next on display is a dedication booth, where people can dedicate special messages to their friends, and also to send a belated Christmas wishes to friends as well. It’s a big exhibition board, pasted on it were a lot of colorful paper circles, and on that circle we are to write our greetings. Message like “Thank You Jesus”, “Good job to all Cyber Christmas committee”, and “ We are the Reason” were just some of the hundreds of messages posed on the board within the span of 2 days. Though Christmas had passed, still some of the people took this opportunity to wish their friends Merry Christmas

Tucked in a corner of the exhibition area was a booth, managed by a cute and pretty girl named EeChia, promoting the Life Café which is going to be held on the 13^th and 14^th of January at Cyberia Clubhouse. We will have a Bar-Ber-Que party, and also some live performances by the band that performed for Cyber Christmas, caroling, and fellowship. This café had been given the theme, which is The Continuation – The life. It’s about us, the CF-ers bringing our non-CF friends to experienced and to enjoy the fellowship and the food, plus the opportunity to share the love and grace of God with them.

Within the 2 days of this exhibition, I had the experienced of sharing to people regarding CF and also Cyber Christmas. And also, I got the chance to actually be bold enough to share Jesus with some of them. As what the disciples did long time ago, I feel the urge to do the same, go out to the harvest field, and gather as much harvest as possible. Things doesn’t look the same anymore to me. I’ve learned that nothing is impossible for God, and that even the slightest things, God can use it to achieve something huge. More then 5 people who was to be involved in Cyber Christmas fell victim to certain sicknesses, and a few hours before the event, they were healed. The dancers could dance and spin around, the actors could remember their script with 101% efficiency, the choir people may have lost their voice after so many hours of practices, but on that night, they sang like a nightingale. On the exhibition day, where everybody is still tired and exhausted from the previous night event, a group of people came and set up the booth at 8 in the morning. Truly without God, we won’t be having this event and all the other activities as well.

A tribute to Rebecca, Chee Yong and Kester for putting in effort to ensure that “ The Journey, The Truth” being materialized.

All Glory to Him who made this possible…..

CyberChristmas - The Beginning, The Way

2005-01-05T01:00:00.000+08:00

CyberChristmas 2005/2006 - Fill Me In

“Awesome….”
“Very nice, keep it up…”
“One of the best Christmas night I’ve been to…”
“People here are so nice, and friendly….”

Above are some of the many comments I received from the audience of Cyber Christmas night, which ended yesterday. After hours and hours of rehearsal and practices, lots of comments and feedbacks, several scolding, meetings after meetings, the night was a great success to the organizers, as well as to the audience and the performers, special thanks to the Most High, who had been with us since the beginning of this event, which is approximately 6 years back.

The night kicked off at 8PM sharp, with Joseph and Jane, the emcees for the night, welcoming guests and students from MMU, as well as those who had graduated, guests from Acts church, and those from Malacca CF. Since the December 26^th tsunami incident, there had been no worldwide new year celebration. Instead, religious institute nationwide held special prayers for the affected people. And Cyber Christmas night started off with a 1 minute silence, in memory of those who lost heir life’s in the deadly earthquake. Then after that, the emcees start off with the announcement for Cyber Christmas, about caroling, exhibition, café…etc…etc…. Then after that is the first performance for the night, which is a choir presentation. I was in it too, and we sang a song, called Winter Wonderland, followed by an acapella version of “Have yourself a merry little Christmas”. This is my first time singing on stage as a choir member, and my first experience singing acapella…It was cool and exiting, as it open up my view about acapella music, and the beauty of the tune and the rhyme of the song.. After the choir, are the band performances. They performed 3 songs, and they too received loud cheers from the crowd. The main vocalist for the 3 songs were Alicia, Leona, Beatrice, Weeliem, and Esther, not forgetting the 4 backup singers. their voices were literally fllled with explosive, blasting clear every single tiredness and blockge to the ear. The overall setting was good, and up till that time, the night program flow is smooth flowing, without any hiccups.

Then after that is the dance performance. The dancers are all like….Fuiyoh…..So energetic and so “semangat”, they rock the night while dancing accordingly to 3 songs, choreographed by Lenard and Lu Vin. The first dance is a street dance, the second dance was danced according to the song by Switch foot-Dare to Move, and the 3^rd dance is accompanied by the dancers from the previous 2 dances, and they dance according to a super cool song (I don’t know the name of the song). Thunderous applauses were heard in the hall when the dancers huddle in the middle of he stage, signifies he ending of he dance. Then soon after, the emcees took over and started giving out free stuffs. From Cd’s to mouse pads, everyone was basically waiting for the emcees to get over to them, but some just an up and got hold of them. Questions like “what’s the theme for this year’s Cyber Christmas?”, “What is the theme color for this year’s Cyber Christmas? ” Soon after, the free stuffs were all given out, and the mood sets in for the main event for the night, which is the Cyber Christmas play, entitled Void.

The play revolved around a boy named Lenard, which initially was very well off, had a perfect family, until when his mother (Esther) ran away from home and got knocked down by a car, his girlfriend (Celine) left him, and his father(Joshua) asked him to come home for Christmas , supposedly to mend the already broken family relationship. Lenard came to meet up with his best buddy (JiaWern), who worked in comic book shop. After some convincing advice, and a drawing of Superman as his hero, Lenard began to understand that there is a hero in everyone of us, and to him, Jesus was his hero. The play came to an emotional ending when Lenard heeded to his best friend’s advice, and came home and be reunited to his father. The crowd gave a standing ovation after the play ( Well, at least the backstage people did…) and shouted the names of the actor and actresses( as if they were some kind of Bollywood stars).

I had a great time meeting up with the people after the show, as I was one of the usherers, and it’s een a wonderful blessing for me to see this event being able to draw in crowds by the hundreds. Truly God had been moving throughout the event, even when we were still planning for it months back. It’s great to see so many dedicated people helping out, and being so enthusiastic about taking MMU for God. At one time after the event, I said a silent prayer, thanking God for everything that He had done, and at that instance, celebrations erupted in the hall. People were seen hugging each other; praises were heard on everyone’s lips; congratulatory message were spoken by everyone; smiles and laughter beaming from ear to ear; cameras flashing everywhere....From the performers to the usherers, stage crew to the organizing committee. everyone was so happy, and joyous, and really in my heart, I thank The Lord for being so faithful, and tears of joy flowed down from my eyes, and without wasting more time, I joined in together to celebrate the reason Cyber Christmas was held. It was indeed a magnificent night, with everybody helping out. Seeds were sown a few weeks before the events, with publicity messages and also a webpage set up specially to promote this event, not forgetting the charity drive, and also on the night itself. but ultimately, it was God who brought the people here to experienced His love and grace.

The response from the crowd was overwhelming, with hundreds of feedback forms received. God had been moving great in CF, and are you game for another Cyber Christmas?

01 / 01 / 2005

2005-01-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year Everybody !!!!!

May the year of 2005 brings with it Love Joy and Happiness to all !!!

CyberChristmas Charity Event - Part 2

2004-12-30T14:22:00.000+08:00

Continue from last post…

After lunch, several of us went back to Cyberjaya, as they were tired and busy with other stuffs. For the rest of us kids-freaks, we set off to our next home, Rumah Hope. It is situated somewhere in seapark( I think ), and I had been there before during my secondry school days, when I was involved in the Leo club charity event. That time I was still form 4, and 5 years later, here I am in this place again, this time with about 30 friends from university and the place had evolved into a nicer surrounding and with the kids getting bigger. We arrived there around 1PM, and there were already a group of people there, (CF-ers from MMU) playing with the kids. About 40 of us were there, mingling with around 50-60 kids. It was really an eye opener for me, as I played, and dance around like one of them, talking about being an adult..:P

As soon as the second group came, we gathered all the kids inside the building, and sang some Christmas carols. Some of the kids were seen jumping and singing, and as I lead, I saw some of he older kids (one of us) dancing with the young ones. The atmosphere was super fun, and to some of us, we were tired from visiting the previous home, and because of Cyber Christmas practice the day before. Still, we managed to put on our smile, and used our back up energy to make this visit a wonderful one for the kids and us too. We had several fun game, with Lincoln in charged. Since the whether was not kind to us when we arrived, we settled for some indoor games, with Lincoln in charged. The kids there were all hyped up, and eagerly awaiting the games to start. We gave out presents to the kids after the games, and I befriended several kids, which were so adorable and nice to be with. Had photo session with several of them, and imparted into them some of the advice hat I got. Hehehe, it was a cool thing to do, helping others in tune with the festive seasons

It’s the hard time again to endure, when all of us started saying bye bye to the children at the home. I am beginning to learn how to control myself, after the experience in the morning, but I failed when one of the kids came up to me and say “Anneh, can I go back with you?” (Anneh means big brother in Tamil) . I was moved and shocked and carried him into my arms, while hugging him. Words couldn’t describe the emotions that I had then, but after a while, he let go, and ran back to the house. Hmmm…..I really thank God for bringing me here to this home, and to the previous home that I went in the morning. It taught me how to be grateful, and no matter who I am, I still can be friends to people who are less fortunate then me.

That was my day spent in the two orphanages, and the first thing I did upon reaching Cyber was to sleep, but then my friend called me u to go for a workout and to have a swim in the clubhouse. I gladly obliged, and spent 3.5 hours exercising, swimming, steaming, and jamming (He brought guitar to my house and we played throughout the night). Yeap….so by the time I actually got to rest, it’s already 3AM..and I got to wake up the next day at 8AM for Cyber Christmas practiceJ

See you people soon…Happy New Year…

CyberChristmas Charity Event - Part 1

2004-12-30T13:47:00.000+08:00

Cyber Christmas is less then a week way now, and I am starting to feel the urgency to be united and also the tiredness that followed after weeks of practices and rehearsals. Many activities are lined up for the upcoming Cyber Christmas next year, and one of the completed events is the Charity drive program, led by Benny. It’s a charity program, as it’s name suggest, and the first “quest” that was completed is the Adopt-A-Gift program, which started somewhere last semester, around October. It’s a time where we, CF-ers of MMU, chose 3 orphanages in the Klang Valley, and bought gifts for the orphans staying there. The gifts are categorized into “Big children gifts and small children present. Each gifts are adopted by the caring souls of the students in Multimedia University, that comes bundled with a personalized Christmas message, written specifically for a orphan. The homes tat were chosen for this program is Rumah Charis, Rumah Trinity, and Rumah Hope. Rumah Charis was visited last week (23rd of December), followed by Rumah Trinity and Rumah Hope on the 29^th of December. . I had the privilege to be in the visiting team, and the events that followed is really a blessing to me.

We left MMU on a bright and sunny Thursday morning, at 9.40AM, and after half and hour or so, we reached Rumah Trinity. Among the first on-hand to greet us, the big brothers and big sisters, was a 10 year old boy and the caretaker of the home, Aunty Nancy. As soon as I stepped foot inside the home, I was swamped by several kids, and all of them were cute and nice. We had caroling session before we started fellowshipping with the kids, and they seemed to enjoy the songs. Afterwards we had 40 minutes of fun time with the kids, and among the activities that we had was Captain ball, foot ball, catching, eagle and hen, and several others included badminton. I really had a super fun time with the kids, and I was touched at the fact that even though they do not have parents, they still managed to put on a smile to me, a stranger who had never talked to them before. I felt sympathy in my heart even as I was enjoying myself with the kids. Some of us even carried the kids as big as 12 years old and the feeling of wanting to have a child was clearly seen in the face of several people (me included, hahaha)..we gave out presents to each and every kid who was there, and what we got in return was the biggest and sweetest smiles they could offer. All of them were touched, and even the caretakers were moved, and thank all of us for spending time and giving out presents to the kids. I had great fun chasing the ball with several kids, and clearly they were much superior then 4 of us . Throughout this time, cameras were seen flashing all over, with a video camera taking the moving image of some boys falling down.

After an hour or so, we had to say farewell.. Awwwwww…..it was so hard to leave the place, as he kids were clinging on to us, and asking when will we be back. I had trouble controlling myself too, as I was carrying a 4 years old girl and a 4 years old boy….it seemed to me that I already had an attachment with the kids there already, so much so we spent another 5-10 minutes talking and advising them on their studies. I enjoyed the visit so much, and without wasting anymore time, we went over to PJ Old town to have lunch, before setting out to the next home….

To Be Continued…

An event that changed the world

2004-12-28T02:57:00.000+08:00

I am deeply saddened and actually shed tears for the earthquake tragedy's victims, which has claimed at least 65,000 lifes , which includes 70 people from our very own country, Malaysia, where Tsunami and earthquakes had never happened before since history began. According to geologists and experts, this is the strongest earthquake that happened since the year 1964, and the 3^rd largest in the world in earthquake’s history, measuring 8.9 on the ritcher scale. This is the very first time a country like Malaysia, which is well protected by all natural disaster, experienced earthquakes tremors and the deadly Tsunami killer waves. My heart goes all out to the family, relatives, friends, kins, of the deceased, and I share your sorrow and your pain. Nothing could be undone, except that just trust in The Almighty, that in every circumstances and trials, He will be there. It's really extremely hard to swallow the fact that someone close had gone away forever, but be strong and persevere…God will be there.

Lord, I lift up all the families and friends of those who had lost their life in the earthquake and the tsunami waves. Lord, You know of their pain and grief, and there is nothing that men can do to ease their sorrows, but only You can do it Lord. Father, take away their burdens, and pain that they are suffering even now, and I pray for a special covering of your blood to be upon the 65,000 families and friends, that they will find solace and refuge in Your name, Lord. I pray that Your presence will be felt in their hearts, and once again, I commit all who are affected into Your loving and caring arms. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Merry Christmas...

2004-12-25T01:00:00.000+08:00

Joy to the world the Lord is come
Let earth receive her king
Let every heart prepare him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing

Yea, it’s 25th of December again, and it is Christmas, YEA!!!

People all around the world celebrate this day with a lot of expectation and hope, wishing that Santa Claus will fill their stocking with loads of goodies and gifts. Well, I am not that greedy. All I want for Christmas is a lap top, complete bundled with all the latest gadgets and software, including fingerprint authentication and GPRS satellite uplink. That’s what I call non-greedy…LOL…:D

Christmas day celebration was fun, went to church on it’s eve, and met a lot of my old church friends, some whom I have not met for months, missed them a lot. The service started around at 8, and all of us were dressed at our very best, including the young ones, which came with blazers and ties. WOW……had a couple of carols sung, led by pastor Johnathan, and also a worship session, which includes some of the popular carols plus the usual worship songs. Had great fun worshiping and it made me recalled of the times I shed tears during worship. I did it again this time. Well, the presence of God could really be felt in this short time, and it made me realized several things that went wrong in my life, and the measures I should take to rectify it. I really thank God for speaking deep to me, and while listening to the message of Christmas that Pastor Joseph shared, I was moved again. Christmas isn’t about presents and carols; It comes from within our self, that’s why it is written “Emmanuel, God with Us”. The service ended with the rendition of the song Felice Navidad, and all of us started to hug everybody, and did an early Merry Christmas wish to one another, it was like something out from the movies, where people starts going around, shaking hands and saying “Merry Christmas”…it was not long after then I went and join in the wishing game, and it turns out pretty cool and nice, I took some pictures with a lot of my church mates, and there was a friend who just came back from Australia after his studies. I missed him so much, and am really glad to see him, after a year of studies Down Under.

After the service, I went out with my friends for a Christmas dinner, hosted by Pastor Joseph and family, and I stuffed myself with the famous “Ra-sem” and also some chicken curry, beef, rice, vegetables, and so much more. And what’s the time for dinner u asked. Well, the time is approx 12.15AM. YEA!!! And after the sumptuous dinner/supper, we headed off to another pastor house for snacks, and to pick up another friend who was to joined us for our night outing. Well, we settled for a movie there, and laughed our heads off by watching Home Alone 2. After some one hour spent there, with stomach cramps that resulted from laughing too much and the like, we finally got moving over to Subang Jaya for a chilling out on Christmas morning.

We stopped by at Darulsalam, which is in Subang, and the 8 of us, settled down for some ice blended stuffs, plus some latte cappuccino, and whatever that is nice. We talked and talked, reminiscing our good old days, where we were at least 6 years younger when we first met. The good old days….now that we are older, well, we just settled for some oldies stuffs, hehehe…..chatted till about 4 AM, and all of us were tired and kind of zonked out by the time we were in the car, unlike the hyper mode when we first came here.

It had been a memorable Christmas for me this year, and hopefully the resolutions I have made will come true and every plan will go smoothly from now on. Really wanna say Thank you to a couple of friends here for making my Christmas seemed worthwhile…

>-< >-< >-<

Lord Jesus - For being always IN my heart. Thank You Lord. Happy Birthday...:)

My Family - For being so supportive f me, and raising me up. Thank You Dad, Mum, Bros', Sis...Merry Christmas :)

Pastor Joseph, Pastor Johnathan and Pastor Ebby – For your constant prayers and upholding, as well as the time spent to talked to me

Sanjay – For picking me up to church, and our everlasting friendship. Thank you, and Merry Christmas

Samuel – For remembering me, even when you were overseas. Blessed Christmas to you Bro, and friends forever…

Shama, Sheema, Vedadass, Vincent, Samson, Ashwin – For spending time with me till late night, and also caring for me when I am not there. Thank you. Merry Christmas ..:)

Aunty Shirley, Tristan, Uncle Robin – For being a great and wonderful family to me, and I am really touched and moved by your hospitality. Take Care. Blessed Christmas

All my Church members (Youths and non-youths) – For remembering me, and wishing me, as well as spending time to talked to me. Thank You…Merry Christmas

Wee Liem, Mary, Charles, Soon Lung, Steve, Eileen, Sin Hwei, Yit Meng, John, Calvin, Fang Lian, Grace, Terry…etc…etc – For extending your Christmas wish to me via SMS, and also for sending me E-cards. Thank You. I appreciate all of you, dear friends….Merry Christmas..

CF-ers of CFMMU, Cyberjaya – For making me a part of this BIG family, and also thank you for the various help and deeds done for me, during the years, and during Christmas. Merry Christmas.

Members of S.E.E.D CG – For being so supportive and so enthusiastic for CG, as well as so nice and pleasant to be with throughout the years. Blessed Christmas SEED-lings J

And to those whom I have left out un-intentionally ( All who know me ) – You made a difference in my life. Thank You. Blessed Christmas!!

-Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year-

Unforgettable experience and wonderful present for Xmas

2004-12-24T13:38:00.000+08:00

Hello people….glad to be back in cyber space after a few days of holiday. Been busy with Cyber Christmas which is a week away, with meeting and assignments which are out on he first week of study itself. Sigh, when will I ever get rest? (FYI, I just finished my 3 weeks of holiday recently, hehehehehe)

The other day,I went back to my house in Petaling Jaya from Cyberjaya, not by bas, nor by car. I went home sitting pillion with my friend on a motorcycle. Yeap, the two wheels, Yamaha brand machine, where only 2 people can sit on it at any one time. ( If wanna do stunts, four also can…:D) anyway, this being my first time sitting on a motorcycle to KL, and the experience is worth it. For those of you people who have not been on a bike before, just imagine yourself being in a situation below

You take your sit on an oversized foot massage machine, directly in front of a table fan, both which are in operation. You switch on the television beside you, and all you see is a live show on Formula One racing in Sepang. You put on a helmet, and goggles. Suddenly, u smelled something burning in a kitchen, and you can’t get off the machine, so you have to bear with the smell for a long time. 60 minutes to be exact.

The above simulation is exactly the same feel while I am riding pillion on the motorcycle. The vibration on the butt and the body, the wind rushing through my whole self, the sound of thousands of vehicles passing through, a few centimeters away form where I am sitting, the smell of carbon monoxide and several poisonous gases invading my nose, and the sight of the ground moving at 80KMJ . WOW, that’s a whole new experience for me. I love it so much, especially when the part where we squeezed through cars during traffic jam in KL, and also zooming pass toll booth without paying, plus the thrills I get when we zig zaged along the streets in KL, negotiating corners, and being the first to go when the traffic lights turned form red to green, and also the hot sun that burns throuh your skins for one hour... That’s one heck of an experience I got on Christmas eve. The not-so-good part of it is that I got to sniffed in poisonous gases and I am at 100% risk of going straight to heaven in case of some mishaps. I am not claiming it, but that’s what happens to motorcyclists.

That is my account of what happened during Christmas eve, and a wonderful Christmas present my friend gave me, by sending me t KL on a bike. Thank You brother, have a wonderful day…..

I need to say something...

2004-12-23T09:45:00.000+08:00

Hello people.....one week of disappearance from blogspot and I am beginning to missed it so so much. I wonder if anybody out there do share the same sentiments with me. It’s not that I purposely wanting to stay away, but just that laziness and procrastination ought to be blamed for this…very bad ler hor, must remove them from my mind..

Since the day I came back from my break, I have been fired up for the upcoming Cyber Christmas, which is an annual event, organized by the CF of Multimedia University, Cyberjaya. For this year, it will be a 3 days event, with the night event, caroling, choir, café…etc all lined up for one purpose. To share God’s love to all students in campus. Been going through numerous practices and meetings the day I came back till now, and I am beginning to feel the tiredness that followed.

”When I am weak, God is strong”

That’s the verse I’ve been telling to myself each day, and I know hat He will make the difference in my life. Been learning and trying to keep focus on Him who strengthens me, and also fr he rest in His arms.

Besides Cyber Christmas, 2 days later will be CHRISTMAS day!!! Yea!!! It’s the day where the big fat jolly jolly Santa clause will come down and fill your stockings with lots of goodies and sweets.

“What are you talking here Jowen, you know very well there is no Santa clause, and there are no stocking to be filled”

Geees….i guess I must have been hooked up since standard 1 till about Form 3 with that mindset, hehehe…. Anyway, the real meaning to Christmas is the day Jesus, the saviour was born on earth,, for the salvation of mankind.

Joy to the world, The Lord is come…

Let the semester begin...

2004-12-20T02:15:00.000+08:00

After 1814400 seconds of resting and enjoying, the time has come to be alert again . The semester will start again tomorrow, which brings me to my final semester of this academic year. Time sure flies, and all I remembered doing during my holidays were sleep, eat, play, read, went out……..but never thought of studying. Hehehe…guess too much of holiday will bring more harm then good .

I was back here to the semi-concrete jungle of Cyberjaya last Saturday, and started cleaning up my room, and my house. After so long of vacancy, the dust pile was horrendous. It took me about 4 hours to finish cleaning up everything (this includes vacuuming, mopping, and wiping). For a moment, I thought I was a maid, doing household chores for my employer (housemates). Well, at least now I am very satisfied with the condition of my house and room, now that it is clean and neat now.

A phone call came about 10 minutes after I finished cleaning.

“Hey, where are you now? I am downstairs waiting for you. Come quickly ya…”

Oh crap, I almost forgotten about the X’mas BBQ party, organized by Peace Charis YA Life church. I went and changed immediately, and within 5 minutes, I was ready and in the car, on my way to the pastor’s house for the party. I had great fun there, from 6PM right up till 10.30. I made a couple of new friends, and there was one international friend which I met on that night. Which he made me looked like a dwarf beside him. This guy is from Sudan, and judging by his height, I thought he was 27 years old, but when he told me he is doing his form 6 in an international school, it shocked me. He was 2 heads taller then me, and Oh my… I looked like a form 2 student beside him….:)

Oh, looked like the semester had already started, so I think I should get started too with my studies and preparation…..:P

Accomplishment

2004-12-16T11:00:00.000+08:00

Hello people, it's about time me update me blog, after several days of enjoying sleep and food, hehe

This holiday for me is by far the most enjoyable one, one which i anaged to accomplish something, beside the usual routime, which is eat, sleep and play games. I know for some, my accomplishment is a routine for them, but I still think it's a big thing for me. I managed to finished reading 3 novels, each about 400 to 500 pages long, in 3 weeks. *Didn't i get to hear applauses?* hehe....been folowing in my best friend foodstep, and tryinbg to revived back my reading habit since standard one. Catherine Coultier ccertainly is my favourite author, with her New York Best seller titles, The Countess, Eleventh hour, and Blindside, the last two books being FBI Thrillers, and the first book is set about in the 15th century, where the ranks of Count, Viscount and Earl remains in Britain. It's definitely one of the best author you can have when it comes to novels, and the link to her website can be found on the column at the right, under her name. i wouuld give a 5/5 rating for her works, and don't worry. i am not doing publicity for her, just to tell you my acomplishments, hehehehahahah.....but go read her books...It's worth your every sen and second

Besides that, I managed to help out in cleaning the house, my room especially, where spiders and lizards are my room-mates, ( JusT Joking, don't believe me!!) , helped out in the kitchen with the cleaning stuffs, definitely not the cooking (I'll be ready at the dining table half and hour before dinner:P) , and also play games and read novels, not to mentioned one of the books written by the all time favourite author, J.R.R Tolkien, in the famous Lord Of The Ring series.

Phew, after reading so many books in such a short time, i feel satisfied, and pleased with muyself, not going to "angkat bakul" here, but then, it's the most fruitful holidays by far for me.
With just 4 more days left to enjoy the break and another week or so before Christmas, i have a feeling things are gonna get better and beter for me. To sidetrack a little, I passed all my exams( Hallelujah) . Didn't think that i would, but I did. Thank The Lord for his faithfulness...

C ya soon people, Take Care...:P

Updates......

2004-12-10T21:39:00.000+08:00

Hello People, it's me crapping again after a few days of absence from the cyberworld.... been enjoying every remaining days of my freedom from "the intelligent city", and really am glad...

This afternoon, i went over to PIKOM PC fair at PWTC today, since it's the first day. Went there with a friend, and we walked and walked and walked from afternoon till evening, just to buy a keyboard (that won't work) , a mouse (which won't work either) , a DvD-Rom, and a CD-RW Rom, which i hope it will worked. Mien, spent a few hours to get something off the shelves, and later found that it won't function as stated in the catalog. Oh well, this taught me an invalueble lesson, which is

"Test your product each time you buy, whether big or small. even a mouse may give you problem"

Enjoyed my time spent OUTSIDE home during the break, and also i sacrifice My PreCious sleep just to be out, hmmm, a worthwhile sacrifice, isn't it?

Will crap more soon, ran out of idea already. may be will come out with a poem of some sort. keep your eyes locked on to this page....:)

* A dedication to the fren who went with me to PC Fair today *

* A dedication also to a fren who asked me why i didnt update my blog on Thursday. (P/S : There you are friend, an updated blog and a dedication to YOU..:) Enjoy everybit of holiday....CHeeRS!!) *

My Holidays are numbered.....

2004-12-08T21:12:00.000+08:00

Hey hey....after what seemed to be a long break from blogging, i am back here....with some not-so-interesting things to report.

With just 9 more days to go before semester starts again, i might be as well enjoying the remaining bits of my holidays. been having plenty of sleep, and also loads of food day in day out, there's really not much to asked for during the holidays, except perhaps for a personal gym instructor ro keep me in shape, or a personalized alarm clock, which will make sure i wake up on the dot each time the sun rises :) which is of course my mum, hahahahaha....

well, nothing magnificent happenned during the past 12 days of my break, except that i have been to Sunway Lagoon for a family day, organized by my dad's company. it was a nice trip there though, with plenty of fun ,and food as well (hehe, YumYum) i enjoyed every bit of time spent there, with my parents and siblings. i have been on a theme-park-drought for 2 years now, and blessing came after 730 days of waiting, hehehhehehe...:)

well, i will crap more if i have the time, given the fact that i do not have broadband at home, and i do not want to waste my parents $$ on phone bills, i might as wello stopped here. To all my friends who checked in here, i wanna say a BIG Thank You to you, for taking time to read my writings, and also, to my friends who are having holidays still, Happie Holidays ya, enjoy while you still can....

Take Care Friends......

Hmmm....

2004-12-03T21:30:00.000+08:00

Holidays are supposed to be fun, but then i am sitting at home, sleeping and eating away.....and who ever thinks that this is fun, good For You..:)

hehehe,, nothing much to crap about here, just think that i should post something here....hhehehehe....anyway, do keep yourself updated about me when i am online, and when i do have something posted in here...:)

holidays are cool for me, hehehehhe....What about yours?

Mission Accomplished

2004-11-29T21:25:00.000+08:00

Phew....After one week of agonizing mental torture and suffering because of "The Enemy", It's finally gone, and mother earth is well protected again, because of me:P Exams are finally over, and holidays had just started.( Well, it started 4 days ago from this post, hahahaha)

Well, holiday for me will be prettty much the same, sleep, eat, sleep again, and eat again. It seemed to be a routine nowadays, and i already missed the life i had in "The Intelligent City". Assignment, tests, staying up late with buddies....etc...etc......hmm, talking about ungratefulness. Basically i have what i want at home. I have true love from parents and siblings. I had pure homecooked food specially from "Mom's Kitchen", i have all the time i want on the bed, without worrying bout 8AM clases. What else could i asked for man? :P

This past few days, i have been lazying around at home, with my feet hardly even stepped out of the house. but then too much rest will make me into a even more lazier person, so what i have already planned, is to catch up with some games ii quit playing when i was still studying, hahaha......

I will keep you guys updated now and then la, but then it won't be as frequent posting like when i was back in school. but do chat with me in my chatterbox, hehe, till then, CIAOZ....

Happie HOlidays to all MMU-ians ...^.^

Dedicated to You......:)

2004-11-26T18:58:00.000+08:00

Friend, I am feeling grumpy
Come into my life and make me happy
Through your words I understand
In your presence, I will comprehend

I am feeling sick and depress
Because of the things that makes me stress
Exams, friends and the rest
I just can’t go on without rest

I just want you here with me
Now that I am sad and moody
For your smiles will make me cheerful
When you are with me, it’s so wonderful

Like the birds of the air so high
I just want to wish you hi
For all the things you have done
It certainly made me want to dance

Though you may not understand
That I really do care and will withstand
Troubles that may arise out of the blues
Because of You, I can do…..

Thank you to you dear friend
For telling me who I really am
I should not have listen to rumors
That make my life goes down the sewers

Updates from the battlefield......

2004-11-23T20:22:00.000+08:00

Hey ya people, how are you guys doing? Hope that everybody is fine and great, just like I do.....

Anyway, I just finished a paper, plus another two more to go. The first paper was kind of easy, but still can’t get full marks. The second paper will be less then 24 hours away from the time of this post. I really hope to score for this second test, as I am unprepared till now.

Other then that, everything is fine and great with me, just feeling moody and stress at times. Well, I guess everybody goes through it, sooner or later. Been having a good chat with a friend back at hometown, and eventually, we got to know each other better.

Take care for now, got to get back to polish up my brains, and to battle the second paper….Adieus…:D

To War !!!

2004-11-21T14:20:00.000+08:00

Attention Jowen, this is your conscience speaking for the last time. We sensed strong psychic enemies from MMU known as ‘Final Examinations’ that are beginning to invade our brain and mind, destroying every sleep cells, free time and appetite that we have. Intelligence gathered shows that there are currently 3 killer papers heading towards our way, namely Computer Security, Data Mining, and S.A.D. We currently have 80% resistance towards the first enemy, which we will attack in less then 24 hours. ETA arrival time of the next 2 killers will be on Wednesday and Saturday respectively. We have no time to lose, Jowen. Buck up on your studies, and offer up your best fight. We have strong backup from friends and family, as well as standby team from the MMU panel doctors, in-case we are sabotage during the war. We hope that this battle against examinations will be a successful one, and make your family and friends proud. I have full confidence in you, for you will once more conquer the 2^nd semester, which will end in exactly 168 hours. All the Best, Jowen..:)

Over and OUT……

*All the best to my other comrades, who are facing the same enemy type*

Self - Turbulence

2004-11-19T21:37:00.000+08:00

" Attention Jowen, this is your conscience speaking. Your final examination is due in 2 days time, and at such, you have less then 48 hours left for study. I noticed that you are still playing games, and compromising on your studies. Please prepare to face the wrath of your parents, and some of your friends. You are advised not to remain in your current carefree attitude, with that procrastination in your mind. Thank You. "

* Oh man....gonna crash anytime soon*

Dear Friends...

2004-11-18T04:06:00.000+08:00

When ever you are sad or lonely
Remember you can always choose to be jolly
All these worries and troubles can be deny
Like the birds flying in the sky so high

Through out the years of life
Emotions and problems will occur
But let us not be deprive
Of our happiness and joy so secure

Bleakness, confusion and depression
Are just some of the challenges
That will bring you to a conclusion
That life is fun and filled with surprises

Do take things slow and steady
To prevent us being so clumsy
Or to the extend of being nerdy
Life is more then just being moody

Think of the days
Think of the moments
Think of the things
Which are the compliments

Without struggles
We are just like a little puddle
Without temptations
We are just another life’s illusion

Cheer up to you my friends
For things will be better in the end
Do not worry, things could be worse
For all you know, you may burst

-Jowen-

* Dedicated to my dearest friends who are going through trials*

* I wrote this based on my prayers for all of you and also my hope and wish for all of you all *

I am Back..:D

2004-11-17T01:17:00.000+08:00

After 5 days of disappearance from Cyberspace, I am finally back with a bang. Well, for once, I am beginning to feel the tension and the pressure of examination which is starting next week, while I haven’t started revising all that I needed to d. With 3 subjects on my hands now, i just hope that I will be able to pass the exam. These are the account’s of me last week…

Friday

Me and my family went over to Mid-Valley Mega mall to witnessed the Amazing Body Adventure which is held on the 3^rd floor, exhibition centre. It is a huge replica of the human body, with so much to see and do. Throughout the journey inside the human body, I learned much more then I did during science class back in secondary school. I went through the mouth, down the esophagus tube, into the liver, passed by the heart, sinked into the kidneys, and most amazingly, I am able to experienced the inside of a mother’s womb. Yeap, there’s this big balloon like model, where inside are the model of the uterus, the fallopian tube, etc…etc…, I felt being transported back 20 years in time, right to the place where I came out from my mother. I was so touched, and deep in my heart, I thanked my mum for enduring such hardship and pain just for me. Then finally after an hour or so, we exited through the anus, which is the last stop. Well, what thrilled me during this adventure is the time and the effort put in by the people involved. Imagine building up a human body from scratch, in a 5000 square feet hall, and plus all the lighting and sound and creativity, Wow….and also, the experience that I got is priceless, as I got to see how the heart looked like in reality, and not through pictures, how the liver worked, how the kidneys function, how the stomach digest our food, these are all lifelong knowledge, and I am glad to actually come for the adventure. We were supposed to leave in the morning from home, but got delayed till the afternoon, with me unwilling to budge from bed. This is really a cool time for bonding among my family members, and judging by the fact I haven’t meet them for 3 weeks, this trip[ is a blessing in disguise.

Saturday

Went back to my grandparent’s house for the weekends. What greeted me as I stepped foot into the house was the smile by my grandmother, and also my aunt. Me and my dad went straight to clean the house, mowed the grass, trimmed the plants, and swept the porch. It was indeed a pleasant thing to do, besides the usual stuffs I do in Cyberjaya, which is study, play, meetings, assignment…….at least something different…went to the golf course with dad and brothers for a game the next day . although I didn’t score a hole-in-one, but the experience is cool, and nice.

Monday

Came back to the Intelligent City, Cyberjaya, and spend my day in front of books, and also the computer. My housemate was not back yet, so left me alone in the house till about evening. Well, as usual, life goes on until today, with the same thing in and out…

Been trying to pen down a few poems here, but I am still working on it. Stay tuned for more from me..:D

Streamy X !!!!!

2004-11-10T17:34:00.000+08:00

Finally after 3 months of putting up with the crappy, lousy, slowy, sucky, always-down internet connection provided by MyKris, with all the pain and suffering endured during this period, a gift falls from heaven and it arrived today…

“Hello, Kami datang nak pasang StreamyX untuk unit ini…. ……..”

WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO, StreamyX!!! That was what I always wanted. No more slow internet speed, no more frequent disconnecting from Yahoo! or any services, no more putting up with crappy servers, wow…….that is heaven in CyberSpace…LOL

Thank You Lord for hearing my prayers

Thank You Telekom for responding to our urgent call for streamyX, though it took 2.5 months

Thank you housemates for being patient throughout this trial period, though I know some of you threatened to burn down MyKris’s office

Thank you friends for understanding my internet connection previously, as to why I always get disconnected halfway through a wonderful chat, and then when I got back in, you went offline……

Thank you sooooooooOooooooooooooooo much!!!!!