A Handicapped Student

In the begining of my second week of the second semester of studies in STM. My faithful HP TX1091AU's display flickers and hangs!! now i can't switch it on and boot up for the pass 4 days! before my sememter break my internal wifi adaptor couldn't detect and now my display! and for the last days i've been using the library internet room in orde for me to connect to the outside world! my week in STM is like a handicapped student. i cant do my assignments and i need to use my roomate's computer to print out any homework that was given to me. This week end i need to stop by back home to get my desktop and bring it back to STM.

Hmm... can i bring my desktop to the library to use? my left hand carrying the CPU, my right hand holding the LCD, keyboard and mouse, with my backpack at my back! walking from the dorm to the Library! hahaha... wierd! mybe that's how the student in the pass used to do it! lol

well... i'll just have to work on the assignments in my room which is just like an oven in the evening where the sun shine directly at the room window! and i won't be able to carry my computer to the lecture / class room to type notes.. so i'll have to use back the conventional way and write down all the notes onto papers!

Well... I'll just have to wait until i can save enough money to bet me a new notebook or maybe i could send my HP back to the service center and ask them to diagnose the problem for me! and hopefully it doesn't cost a bomb just to fix it! :(

Genesis of the 2nd Semester

The 2nd semester begins with despair and sadness! :( The first day of the second semester begins on the monday 14th June! and i have to travel back to STM early in the morning before the sun rises! i left home at really early at 5.30am! had a good cruise towards Seremban arrived at 7am! It was a quiet day and there are program and it is compulsory for all student so i had to rush back to STM that morning!

The first day of the semester we had a quiet day! and we are not allowed to talk to anyone for the day until 2.30am... see friends also cannot say HI.. suffering! haha... came back to STM and my room was changed to the second floor with another fellow first year! the room is super duper hot in the evening cause the evening sun hits directly at the room window! and at night i sweat when i sleep! i need to get a stand fan to just blow away all the hot air!!

Tuesday started off with orientation with tons of announcements from the faculty and the student body! haha.... what a day to start classes with! the first class that i've attended was the Introduction to Religion! whoa... this lecturer we have a lot of activity to do as the course requirement and of course assignments also!

Collected my 1st sem assignments today! did quite badly on my assignments and exam.... i think i'm just on the passing for most of the subject taken in the first Semester! :( the markings are very strict especially for Intro and Survey of the Old testament! haiz... have not get my transcript yet cause one more lecturer have not hand in the result of the exams yet! sigh! have to do better in this semester so that it will not pull down too much my scores! haiz.... its just the second day! Wednesday will be another tough day with Exegesis and interpretation of the bible the whole afternoon! haiz.... Oh God give me strength and wisdom to go through this semester!!!

JB and SG

Thomas, the brother from DGC offered to host me for the 5 nights i stay in JB.

Thomas' Apartment! simple and nice!

On the 3rd June, we went to Wesley Methodist in JB
OM having Teenstreet there.. so Sab and I poped in and visit them.

On the 3rd which is wednesday, after visiting Teenstreet. We went out with Unc. Wye Choong and visited the newly completed Daya church building.. too bad i i forgot to take any pictures there.. it is a nice design like an auditorium. It was my birthday on wednesday, i did not tell Sab it was my birthday. i think she knew about it in the morning.. :P donno which sources that she heard it from. Anyway, we went to Jusco and watched Terminator Salvation! i have to explain what happen in the first episode to her cause she got no idea what is happening! haha...

We had dinner later that night in Manhattan Fish. Told her that it was my bday and i paid for the dinner... not long after that we got another ticket to watch Night at the Museum! two movies in the same day! hahaha... well.. thats how i have ended my birthday in JB! and now i'm in my 30...

The next day, Sab and I journeyed down to SG in a bus after having a meal of Kuey Teow Kia.. haha... we have to walk through the ridiculously far to reach the Malaysian Immigration just to get to the pasport terminal have to walk another round. Really do not understand what are they doing making the department so big but not user friendly at all! We took the bus to Jerong East and went to the Science center. Payed 50% discount for people who are holding the white card with malaysian passport so we went to the Snow City and the exibition in the Science center. The snow city is really small.. Genting's is even bigger! haha....

Kuey Teow Kia... yummy...

Picture taken outside the Science Center

I look bigger than the dinosour! hehe

On friday! we went to the night Safari together with Sab's brother, sister in law, her 3 young cousins and also with Hue Jin.. to take picture using flash wasnt allowed so the pictures i took couldnt see the animals! we had a fun time walking in the safari...

Sabrina and I at the Night Safari

Sabrina's cousins and I

Weekends, it was a free and easy time spend in JB. Went and eat Loi Cha then hang out in Jusco and starbucks.. attended the youth fellowship and on sunday attended the Sunday worship! the worship was simple with a chairman and also there were an open worship which i felt abit odd! hahaa.... the members (guys) will just stand up to share and worship. The pianist have to really know most of the songs because of this open worship time! after Service, i was invited to have breakfast in one of the leader's house before i journey back home with Unc. Wye Choong.

Uncle Siah chairing the Sunday Worship

Breakfast together with Mr. Lee's Family, Sabrina and Unc. Wye Choong

Journey South!

On the second day of the sixth month in the year two thousand and nine, in the morning i went down to the restaurant in Bayu Beach Resort for breakfast. I expected to be the normal Bayu Beach style breakfast with Nasi lemak, Porriage, bread and etc... I went over to the front desk to request for a taxi to Golden sand as i will be meeting Sab there! in the afternoon.. after lunch in the restaurant, a man came and asked me whether am i the one who requested for the taxi.. well, i went out with my bags and the taxi was a C-Class! haha... just a 10min to travel in style to Golden Sands! :P

From Golden Sands, i traveled with Sad on her van! yes... a church van and we head down to Malacca on the trunk road for Cendol reconmended by one of her church member. Reached Jonker Street in Malacca... i don remember that i've been here before!

Very chinese! Jonker Street..

Walking towards our destination... the Cendol!

The cendol shop in Jonker street! packed with people...

Look at the delicious gula melaka! yummy...

I passed by this building... i stared at it for a while because it looks so fimiliar!!!
The moh moh cha movie acted by Richie Ren and Sammy Cheng!! haha....

Continue the journey after that from Malacca straigth towards Johor Bahru!! reached there about 8:30pm. Sab and I was hungry then,... went around looking for place to eat.. she also donno where to eat.. so we end up in this Moonlight Cafe which was the famous hangout place for Daya members!

She looks so tired after driving the whole day!!! :P

I ordered the Marmite Chicken rice! yummy...

Thus this ends my Journey South..

My PD holiday - 1 night silent retreat

During the end of the semester i was comtemplating where should i go for my holiday before my next semester start. I've been in contact with a sister (Sab) in JB and planing to go down for a visit. So when i plan the trip during my break, i actually wanted to go down by flight. I think everything is so coincident and come into place when Sab offer a ride to Johor if i could get to PD on the 2nd June. So i took the oppurtunity to have a silent 1 day retreat in PD before meeting Sab in Baptist Golden Sands and i went one day earlier booking a room in Bayu Beach...

Early monday morning... i took the KTM to seremban, in Seremban i hailed a taxi to Bayu Beach! when i reached to the resort i have to wait to check in because my room is not ready! haiz... had my lunch in the R&R opposite (Nasi campur) then i walk around the resort's compound just relaxing and enjoying the view!

A potrait taken in the Resort's garden!

MY Studio room in Bayu Beach...

Magnificient beach view from the balcony of the room!

Rested for a while in the room blasting the air-con at 16 degree and watching Astro.. haha.. this is what i call life! in the evening.. went for a swim in the pool.. there are lots of people came after that... so i've only got to swim for a bout an hour! :( well... time for dinner!!

While waiting for my dinner.. cam whore time! haha...

A refreshing coconut for a hot day near the beach!

Looks delicious right? actually the real picture not so nice.. i am a good photographer! haha...

Nice view of the pool with the resort's logo!

The PD background!

Donno why after the dinner my stomach was not feeling good! maybe because of the Nasi campur i had earlier! what to do.... toilet lor!

Picture of the resort at night from the beach!

Taking a stroll on the beach!

Grafitti on the sand!!!

Relax and just be silent and enjoy!

Lord! hear my prayers.. i'm willing to listen to You

An excellent time of solitude walking at the beach at night and with the sea breeze.. makes me reflect on the greatness of God and His creation! sat down on the beach and just listen to the sound of wave and wind.. makes my soul and my mind relax.... meditating on God's love!! i think i spend about 2 hours sitting on the beach and just enjoy the breeze... so nice and relax!