Friday... 4 days more till christmas.. what is CHRISTMAS?

Whoa... i can't believe it.. there goes another year! time really flies by fast! now i'm already working for DiGi for 3 years already and the next year is my 4th..

i'm already in my holiday mood now...did not really work today.. just complete some report and get my event budget for 2008.. send it to my manager.. and just waited for the meeting (that last about two and a half hours) killing... mostly talked about the things that need to be done next year! sigh.. came back straight after the meeting is over... get a shower and guess what next? i went to sleep.. :P i do not know why am i so tired afterall all i do today is just meeting and in front of my notebook the wholeday!

At last, i fixed my sister's computer, brought it down and set it up! and its WORKING... wakakaka... now the total of computers i have at home is.. 4 PC and i think there is 2 notebooks! i can set up a network and play.. Tower Defence! haha...

Christmas is so near and i haven't get any Christmas gifts.. maybe i'll be going this sunday for shopping! but.. to think about it.. i think the shopping complexes will be swarming with people doing their year end shopping rush! just like the time i went to Mid Valley... so 1 lesson that i learned.. is that i should shop before the holiday / shopping season! *note to self*

there will be a lot to do during this week end! prepare for sunday! prepare for youth christmas party! prepare for christmas worship... and the dinner! i got myself so occupied u hardly have time to go shopping!

so what does Christmas mean to me? is it just getting occupied during the holidays? shopping? with all the decorations up.. carols and christmas song being played in shopping complexes.. people going for the shopping rush.. sales in every shop!.. and CHRISTMAS IS HERE!! no doubt that's what christmas means to a lot of people! and the true meaning of Christmas has been removed from the world! no one cares about the meaning about Christmas and just get along with everyone in the Christmas Rush.. i asked myself regarding of this matter one day.. i tought about it.. and i realized that every other festival people know what they are celebrating for.. but when it comes to Christmas or even Easter its corrupted by other symbols and the world does not look at the true reason of this festival!

Wake up! and remember why we celebrate.. Christmas is about HOPE, PEACE and JOY God gift to all man by sending His only Son to Die for our sins. this is the true meaning of christmas to remember what God have done for all mankind!

"And the angel of the Lord appeared ... and the Glory of the Lord shone... I bring you good tidings and great joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord." Luke 2: 10 - 11

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." Luke 2:14

Another Holiday in December...

20th December

now here is another holiday in December.. the Hari Raya Haji!

was out the whole day today! went to Church for practice in the morning.. then!

went to The GARDEN in midvalley with CC.. to my suprise! the federal was very smooth during holiday.. most people went back to their Kampong! but there are alot of people in MidValley.. the Garden is a POSH shopping complex..

Look at the shopping complex.. very nice!

Christmas trees are nicely decorated!

Touch screen directory! CC is playing around with it!

once we arrived.. we saw this.. GSC signature.. so on the spot wen buy the ticket for 'I AM LEGEND' abd the ticket cost RM20... and thats expensive!!! but...

look how i enjoy... the sitting is nice and comfortable!

After show.. we walked around Garden and MidValley! I brought Ping Pong Balls... hahaha... went eat sushi king there and continue walk.. and went to Starbucks.. for a drink!

after that went back to Taipan dinner in Uno Pizza with KY and YC..

Got a can of tsingTao beer!

CC also had one!

leasure and Youth PLanning!

11th - 14th December

its a great time for some leasure! cause 11th is a selangor holiday and i took my last days of leave the same time!

the youth planning is on the 12th - 14th in PD and since 11th is a holiday why not go there earlier just to have some leasure! so i decided last minute to go! drag Steven with me to accompany me... i did not know that the place where we going to have planning was already fully booked and i've not reserve a room for myself! so on tuesday itself i was searching for a hotel! so finally i got one and reserved it... reached PD about 1pm... checked in to the room and went out hunting for food! hehe... not really know where to eat cause the PD town is kinda small! went shopping at THE STORE in PD... and reach back to the hotel.. we slept till about 5.30 pm... nice sleep also.. haha.. went for a swim.. walked around the resort! and decided want to tryout the buffet dinner in the resort.. the price the hotel is charging not worth.. so i went to Lukut for dinner... after that steven and i went to the beach sat down and just relax and chat until 12pm! keng leh! din know i can chat until so late... some more with a guy! :P

View of my Hotel room

Dinner in Lukut with Steven Loh

the next day meet up with the committee and pastor at Bayu Beach.. couldn't check in that time cause is still fully occupied and people have not check out.. so we went nearby at a bazaar for a walk! and pastor and the rest spend nearly 1 hour bargaining for some spongebob t-shirt! haiz...

after lunch went back to the hotel.. still no room! waited at the lobby until some of us fell asleep and the rest went to the beach to get some photos!

Meeting started in the apartment!

Our Chef for the planning - Steven Loh!

Had a nice time together with my youth committee...
carry on to work for the Lord with commitment and Faith!

Update!!

Its been quite a while since i updated my blog! work is heavy cause its the year end for 2007... been very busy lately with DiGi and Church preparing for Christmas!

so what have i been doing? hmm... hard to recall since i so long did not update the blog!

something interesting happen on the month of November! went out with Gina to a performance by a famous acapella group from Australia.. it is a nice time i had when we travel in the traffic jam to the Alexis bistro!

We've got a table right in front of the stage! but sometimes i got blocked by heads and i cannot see...

At last... Regina was complaining why there are no picture of she and i.. so now we have one!

And there was a picture taken with Kelly and Regina.. :P

so what next? in the month of november i was busy prepaing for the Annual Mission Trip for the church!

it was different this time the mission trip! everyone is tired... went from village after another.. and i was the driver.. i was so tired.. i nearly fell asleep behind the wheel.. nearly bang into a person on bicycle on the way back to Amin farm.

As usual.. i'm one of the guitarist there... the other guitarist wan Uncle Steven!

I was asked to give out the presents for the childrens! there...

Group Picture before we return to Subang Jaya

Tony Romas again??

Last Friday! 16th November....  went dinner in Tony Romas again! twice in this month... this time went with CC, SH,KH and Michelle... hahaha.... sat a round table... chat and eat! 

Happily waiting for the table!

The happy couple! hahaha....

i ordered Shrimp Pasta.. yummy fresh shrimp taste superb!

Beef Rip... juicy also....

Hmm... Bleu Burger....

Sucking the rip dry!

We have a nice time also... went walked around pyramid before going back.. stopped by the Machines.. to admire the Apple MAC and IPods... waaa... expensive... just only can admire! hahaha....

Satay after a day of work!

Back post for 14/11/07

Went to the outskirts for my work.. just the travelling already makes me tired!

after the whole day of work went stopped by at Tanjong Karang for Satay!

Satay hut! notice the DiGi van? haha...

Juicy Chicken satay... drooling...

My colleague posing for me...

Group Picture the Trade Marketing Team...

Wanna try the satay? its about 1 1/2 hrs away from Subang! hahaha.....

A shopping Saturday!

Whoa!!.. this will be my first post for the month of November! a lot have happen since the last post and i have not the time to just blog it down! on the 10 november.. saturday! was a day of window shopping... went shoppin until about 9pm! its the whole day... and walk walk.. and eat eat...

started off at about 11.30am... SH came and get me then YC.. went to Sunway pyramid.. we were hungry so we decided to have Tony Romas! wah... my first time having tony romas! cool...

SH choosing his main course dish...

YC Ordered an onion loaf for starters! taste like onion rings... but better! hahaha... yum..

Main course! i ordered grilled chircken.. YC ordered sandwiches and SH ordered burger!

SH paying the bill with his Direct Access! hahaha.... thanks SH!

It was a nice meal! very posh kinda meal... we walked around Sunway pyramid for a while... window shopping and helping YC to choose an evening gown... went looking for a notebook bag.. getting a birthday present for YX... walked until about 3pm.. we changed venue to 1 Utama... this time with CC and met KY there for Dinner! so its really the whole day... and when i reached back home... after a nice shower... i went to bed straigth away!

No more holiday! just one day break...

Holiday just went off with just a blink of an eye! and thats it... back to the routine life! work.. work.. fortunately today office not much to do! came home early too..

After this month is over, i'll get busier! mostly because of work and ministry in church.. normal lar.. end of the year means have to prepare for christmas! there will be mission trips, conferences and planning to do the end of this year! thats how is going to be! God bless me with wisdom, strength and hope for my work and ministries!

ok! Kelly asked me to put some of the old picture we took together.. here they are... actually i got only 2..

Picture taken at Ripley's Believe It or Not - Genting Highlands, Vintage 2003

Picture taken in GMSJ, Vintage 2004

Thats the picture i have! older.. don have... i think the picture taken at GMSJ is the last picture taken before we took one in Starbucks.. :P

This is something interesting that i found on You tube.. after SH emailed me the article.. i search for it in the youtube.. this is what i found! i think its so cool! imagine you are sitting there playing around with it!

Friday! HOLIDAY eve!!! yahhooo.... :P

Finally the holiday i was craving for without applying for leave... it is of course the eve of the Raya holiday and all are quiet.. even when i go to office in the morning, well actually not that quiet in the office cause all the sales staff busy with their last order before holiday!

well i was free in the morning... just sitting around and with my notebook at my desk.. switch it on and check my mails, surf the internet, played majong in the computer. went for lunch and thats it.. my work for friday! went off from the office at about 2pm! went straigth home lazying around at home..

i've made a date with one of my friend to go out with her! its been a long time since we see each other.. 3 years (time really flies fast)!! but we still chat online thru msn lar.. so not like without any communication.. funny thing is that i went over to her house.. i couldn't recognise the house.. something is different about it. i do not want to approach and press the bell or whatever i called her up and to my suprise she moved to a new house! ah my my.. lucky i did not went down to the house!

she gave me the direction and i went over... when i found the house.. i couldn't believe it! it was my friend's house back in my Menengah school days! oh my gosh! when i ask her she say they moved in about a year ago! so what happen to my friend's family? i do not know cause i haven been keeping in touch with him for a long time already!

when i enter the house and she help me with some audio conversion.. memories came back when i was in my school days.. i told her memories kept coming back! i remember that i always put my bicycle in the house back yard before i go to school in the morning and walked to school! even had lunch with the family before! so what now? i think i'll try to look for his contact and hopefully i can find him and catch up with him.. let me see i think its about 8- 10 years i lost contact with him!

we went out after that to Starbucks SS15 to have a drink and chat there... actually she do most of the talking cause she talks more than me... i had a good conversation with her.. and she's digging out all information from me of what happen to me during the pass 3 years! hahaha... we were in Starbucks until about 7.30pm.. sat there a long time cause its comfortable! haha....

Yummy... the cake taste nice leh!

Do you know how to use the touch screen??

I'm trying lar!! don disturb!!

A picture together after 3 years!! :P

Thursday 11/10

Had a long day on Thursday... early in the morning was cleaning up the office cause there will one VIP coming to visit... so spend the morning cleaning and in the afternoon was just preparing for the event in the evening...

wasn't many people in the evening cause its the second last day of the Puasa period so a lot of them went to the 'pasar ramadan' and the location selected for the even is not that good cause is just right beside the busy main road!


After the event drove back home rest for a while den went out to eat at Sushi King Subang Parade.. time to enjoy abit lar.. after a day of work!

Yummy.. taste so nice even in the picture! just craving for the Sake Sushi.... :P

The food is so tempting its gone within minutes... so satisfied... :P

Thats it... just went and walk around Subang Parade and Carrefour before going back home and relax..

Worship

“Let us be thankful, then, because we received a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship God in a way that will please Him, with reverence and awe.” Hebrews 12:28

What is worship? In the society now especially youth what does worship really means? Is it just an expression of emotion? So what is worship really means? Worship comes from the root word “worth or worthy” God is worthy to be praised. Let's see 4 areas of what worship is..
Worship: The priority (Exodus 20:2-11, 1 Peter 2:9)
Worship: Heart and Action (Hebrews 12:28, 2 Chronicles 25: 1-2)
Worship: Our Response to God (1 Corinthians 14, 1 Kings 18)
Worship: A way of life (1 Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:23, Romans 21:1)

Worship: The priority
The most common question that always disturbs the human mind is “Why are we here, what’s our purpose?” and the bible has answered this question: To Worship God. When we belief that worship is what we are created for it will change every area of our life. However, the concept of worship can mean differently for many people. Some may think worship is an expression to sing praises to God. Some worship means learning more on the Word of God. But all these can be worship.

Unfortunately, many people think that worship is just a current trend. It will soon fade away, the musical styles and instruments. Christians now are indulging more on the way of worship with expressions and emotions rather than the true worship of what worship really mean. It is very clear from the scripture and other sources that our main purpose in life is to worship God. Although this is never directly stated in Scriptures, it is obvious from the consistent made to the importance of worship that the real reason the Lord made us was to worship Him. The most evident place in the bible that our priority to worship God is in the 10 commandments. The first three of the Ten Commandments had worship as their focus. Even Jesus teaches us the way to worship God thru the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6.

Satan tempted Jesus in the desert for Jesus to worship him. Even the enemy understands the priority of worship. Satan will always tempt you and me as he did with Jesus. And if he cannot get us to worship him then he will do everything he can to keep us from worshipping God.

Worship: Heart and Action
So worship is our priority, so what next? The true worship is not passive where it involves actions on our part. The Hebrew word for worship is “to bow self down”. Worship in thru scriptural sense is not passive.

There are a lot of scriptures in the bible that show us the action on worship by the people in the bible. For instance: … all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the Lord (2 Chronicles 20:18) Then they bowed down and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground (Nehemiah 8:6) Come, let us bow down in worship (Psalm 95:6) They came to Him (Jesus), clasped his feet and worshipped him (Matthew 28:9) So on and on…

We must understand also that worship must originate from the heart. Worship that is only action is not a true worship. God wants heart and action. Most of the time we worship God during our youth fellowship I can felt the mood of the worship is very dull. Its just like a routine or a ritual of starting the program with just singing songs and some of us did not worship whole heartedly. God wants us to worship wholeheartedly not just a ritual. There is a passage sad passage in the book of Amos: “I hate, I despise your religion feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. Even though you bring Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them… away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps” (Amos 5:21-23). Why did God have to say this? The problem is if we study the book of Amos is that the people were more interested in the forms of their worship than worshipping God. Aren’t we sometimes like that? We frequently find ourselves pondering and enhancing our form of worship that we neglect the most important thing “The heart of worship”.

Worship: Our Response and Offering to God
Worship is the response of man when he encounters either God or God’s actions. When we encounter the reality of God, true worship is the outcome. Remember the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel? In front of the people Israel, Elijah challenged the prophets of the false god Baal. When they prepared everything and the prophets of Baal started calling for their god from morning until evening there’s nothing happened. When it is Elijah’s turn, he prayed and the bull, the wood, the stones, the soil and even the water was all consumed by fire. “When the people saw this they fell prostrate and cried, ‘The Lord – He is God! The Lord – He is God!’” (1 Kings 18:39).

There are a similar situation happen in 1 Corinthians 14. An unbeliever comes into the church and people are speaking. He is convicted by their words and realizes God is there. Throughout the bible, even now as people encounter God the instantaneous response is worship.

Worship: A Way of Life
In the culture now, a lot of people refers to worship only a Sunday morning activity. The singing, prayer, sermon, offering. Nothing more. John 4:23 tell us that God is seeking worshippers. It does not say that He is looking for Worship. A worshipper does not just offer an occasional sacrifice of praise through song. A true worshipper lives a life of worship in all that he or she says and does. Because of todays culture worship is just a form of routine that we do every Sunday. The true worship is that we infuse it into our daily life not just on Sundays. We cannot live our lives any way we want for six days and expect to fully worship God on Sunday.

Ultimately, our Sunday worship should be the culmination of six days of worship lived in our lives. Its clearly stated in the bible “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31) “Whatever you do, work it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” (Colossians 3:23) Romans 12:1 says that we are to offer our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.

So what is worship all about?
Worship is our priority, Worship requires both heart and action, Worship is our response to God, and Worship is our way of living. From this short talk I hope we all have a deeper understanding of what worship is really all about. If everyone of us start to understand the true meaning of worship our fellowship will grow deeper in the Lord and also it will enhance our youth fellowship worship towards God.

REally have nothing to do on Saturday! went to badminton in the morning and went to get a sister to church for practice! after that i've got a lot of time to spare! so what should i do?

so i decided to go kai kai.. and i dragged Chi Tatt with me.. on the way sending the sister home.. we decided to go to Sunway pyramid! why? cause saturday is the opening of the Pyramid new wing!

Now pyramid is really big.. we just walked around... bum in to some friends.. went up to the recreation center played Time Crisis 4... and just walk and walk...

den i decided to sit down and relax while getting some cool ice-cream! hahah.... yummy... there are a lot of people ice-skating.. and makes the ice melted!

so we continue our journey! towards the new wing again! saw a place which make my eye open wide! what else? food!! and its not open yet! wanna know what? Shogun is opening in pyramid! so there is no need to go all the way to one utama to get that anymore! hahaha....

so wait for me Shogun! i'll be there! yummy!

Pastor's Day

Last Sunday 23rd September is Pastor's Sunday! like in any church worship! this day is a celebration for pastor in the church a day we remember their service for God and for the church! like most of the years, Pastor's day was celebrated with a cake for all the pastors! and in pastor's day the church incorparated pastor's birthday and celebrated together!

They are Pastors in GMSJ!

Birthday celebration for Pr. Mertji, Rev. David Boey and Sis. Julia Boey

"God Bless all Pastors in GMSJ as they serve the Lord Faithfully"