Falcour's Spot

My Ministry review in Pandamaran Chinese Methodist Church

2011-12-10T13:31:00.004+08:00

I remember when I was attending the Chinese Annual Conference in Kuantan November 2010. It was my first conference with CAC, thus it was an eye opening experience on the way the conference was run.. There was some issues about finances! Well it is most of the time we chinese always talk about money issues.. Well.. I just attend the conference as a practical student, although at times, i would love that STM could brief students like me who are going out for a year practicals.

During break at the conference, i was approached by a young Reverent. He told me that the board of ministry have posted me to his church! Wow! I thought in my heart.. You really get the news fast! And he told me that i was to help in the English Worship in Pandamaran CMC. So it was that time i have to prepare myself to serve for a year as a student pastor in PCMC. As i get prepared i need to do some research on the church that i was going to be serving.. So i searched the website and call a few friends to ask about the condition of the church. To my suprise, this church is different. Different because the English worship doesn't follow the Methodist Conduct.

I was excited as well as afraid of what is to come as I serve in PCMC. Rev. David Boey will always remind me not to speak so much and just do whatever I needed to do. The first week, itself i was asked to be the chairman and help in the Holy Communion which was not so bad. The following week, i am to preach! Wow... And i've prepared my 30min sermon, which STM have taught me to do... "30 mins is more than enough.. 45mins is the maximum length of your sermon" said my lecturer in STM. But it was not the case here in PCMC, when i was about to end my 30mins sermon, from the pulpit i saw one of the leader looking at the watch and i could sense that he say "That was fast, we usually take more than an hour for a sermon."

It was when i first join the pastoral board meeting for the English worship that really give me an enourmous shock! It is like 2 different church in a church. The Chinese worship (CW) have the LCEC which is practiced my Methodist Churches. And the teachings in the English Worship (EW) are very similar to the way DUMC teaches and they are more towards the Charismatic side. Where peaking in tongues are practiced openly. Sometimes I think they over emphasized the Holy Spirit more than the person in the Trinity that we should emphasize more! I know we need to be spirit filled but without Jesus' sacrifice it would be meaningless! Up to this point I should say that I am quite a traditional Methodist, although I am from an English Church in the CAC circle.

My ministry here in PCMC-EW was mostly serving in the Youth Fellowship and Worship. My year serving here in PCMC-EW have got me attached to the youth. Being with them scolding them and teaching them. Funny thing is that the more I scold the more they are attached to me. Now my ministry here is coming to an end. I will be finishing after Christmas, i just wanna thank God because His grace is suffecient for me. I thank the church for giving me this oppurtunity to learn and serve with them. All glory give to the Lord.

No Apologies workshop in PCMC

2011-09-06T10:42:00.002+08:00

愛是不保留 Unreserved Love

2011-08-13T23:13:00.001+08:00

常聽說世界愛沒長久，哪裡會有愛無盡頭？
塵俗的愛只在乎曾擁有，一刻燦爛便要走！

而我卻確信愛是恆久，碰到了你已無別求：
無從解釋、不可說明的愛，千秋過後仍長存不朽！

誰人受痛苦被懸掛在木頭？至高的愛盡見於刺穿的手；
看！血在流反映愛沒保留，持續不死的愛到萬世不休！
惟求奉上生命全歸主所有，要將一切盡獻於我主的手；
我已決定今生再沒所求，惟望得主稱讚已足夠！

[ Unreserved Love ]
I've always been told love won't endure.
Nowhere can one find love long and true.
The world just thinks love comes and passes through.
"Don't make promise" is the rule...

But I still believe love can last long.
Your unfailing love has made me strong.
You are the one I can depend upon.
Come what may, you'll love me all along!

Who died on the cross and took away my curse?
Great is your love, I don't think I should deserve.
Your bleeding hands proved your love unreserved.
You're my only joy and treasure on the earth...

Giving everything to you is all I pray.
Use my life to serve you truly every day.
I'll hold your hands and give you all my praise.
Let the whole world know your love and grace!

its july!

2011-07-05T00:47:00.001+08:00

Time passes very fast
Yesterday was past
Now look forward for hope
In the future!

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Prayer Letter 2-2011

2011-06-22T11:38:00.002+08:00

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

It is coming to 6 months since I started serving in Pandamaran Chinese Methodist Church, and I know God have a purpose for me to be here. I’ve learned a lot through my service here. There are some hard things to learn and some easy. Although sometimes, my philosophy of ministry and Theology was challenged but it is still a good learning experience for me. Most of all I need to be F.A.T in my ministry here! Faithful. Adaptable. Teachable. And most importantly Humility.

A lot of times as I serve here, I am always watching and learning what is needed for a shepherd to do in the church and with the help of the English Church’s pastoral members / leaders they have been guiding me all the way for 6 months now.

Basically, I am involve with the preaching of the word once every month for the English Church and once a month in the Chinese Church Saturday worship. Currently I am doing an exposition on the Letter of Ephesians. It was God’s direction for me to share and do an exposition on Ephesians to further strengthen the faith and doctrine of the church and to teach practical Christian living for the church. I am also involved with visitation to homes and hospitals, which is one of the requirement of being a shepherd.

I am also involved fully with the English Church’s youth fellowship and I’ve setup a small group with the youth for Bible Study which can help strengthen their bible knowledge and by doing so improve their knowledge about God and also have a closer relationship with Him. During youth fellowship time I am always around to help with sharing, bible study for Youth Fellowship. And the coming months I’ll be organizing a Youth Camp and No Apologies® workshop for the youth.

Some other ministries I am involve, leading Cell Group, Praise and Adoration, Teaching guitar, Prayer meetings. Now as I enter to the next half of the year, there are more activities that are coming up. I also praise God for giving me the opportunity to conduct a memorial and funeral service by myself. It was really a time for me to learn although I have seen Pastors conducting it but it was a different thing all together when I am doing it myself. PCMC is constructing a new Church Building and I have the privilege to observe and be involve in the committee in the planning and direction of the project.

With this I will end here. Please do continue to pray for me and my ministry here in PCMC.

Praise Points:

· Thank God for 6 month of service in PCMC

· Praise God for all the learning and experiences in serving

Prayer Points:

· Continue to pray for my ministries

· Pray that God will continue to help and give me wisdom to learn and minister in PCMC

In-His-Service,

Kevin Wong

Pandamaran Chinese Methodist Church

2011-01-06T00:12:00.004+08:00

After 2 weeks settling into my new area of ministry! Pandamaran Chinese Methodist Church....

Moving into the apartment and making it my new home for this one year here in Pandamaran! It is a big church with 2 congregations; Chinese and English.. I'll be pastoring the English Ministry congregation here.... the people here are nice and friendly. Hope God will use me to minister to His sheep in PCMC and to proclaim His name here so that people will know that He is God.

Pandamaran Chinese Methodist Church

My office!!

One office just for me to work!!

Me working in my office!

Winter Solstice away from home

2010-12-22T19:26:00.001+08:00

Thanks to one of the youth invited me to his home for Tong Yuen

Dim Sum 2

2010-12-11T16:41:00.001+08:00

yummy dim sum in the morning!

Dim Sum in the morning

2010-12-11T16:39:00.001+08:00

there is a dim sum restaurant in the chinese kampung called Kampung Tengah

Badminton in Buloh Kasap

2010-12-11T00:57:00.001+08:00

Buloh Kasap Chinese Methodist Church

2010-11-06T13:37:00.003+08:00

Year End practicals is here again! When my FE (field Education) director told me that president has posted me to Buloh Kasap, my first reaction was "Where is this place? is it in Malaysia?" Similarly, when i told some of my friends and church members back in Subang Jaya they had the same reaction. One of them heard it wrongly as in bulu kasar!

Buloh Kasap located 8km north of Segamat in Johor. It is a small Kampong with just 3 rows of old shop lots. I took the bus from KL to Segamat, when the bus reached Buloh Kasap, i did not know where exactly the church was, because i was told that the church is just right beside the main road.

Buloh Kasap Chinese Methodist Church, There is no cross or the word Methodist Church on the signboard, thats why i missed it. It is a big bangalow Church shared with the Methodist Kindergarten. I've met with the lay Leader of the church, he was quite hospitable in receiving me but also quite quiet person. I met some of the other church members on Wednesday because there is a prayer meeting at night. the Pastor-in-charge also came for the meeting. Rev. Kok, apparently, was a pastor of the Bentong Chinese Methodist Church, so he knew my Grandparents and my mother. It is a small world.

Rev. Kok, is a nice person to talk to. He communicates with me in English and sometimes in Cantonese, what a relief! Currently, he just mentioned that i need to help in the youth ministry and the sunday school in Buloh Kasap Church. He has yet to give me the details of my ministry here in Buloh Kasap.

Segamat is a very small town, situated north of Johor. From Segamat to JB the capital of Johor need another 2 hours by highway. Amazingly, is that there is KFC, McDonalds, and Pizza Hut in town, but there is no shopping complex that i can hang around. Just like what i had said before i went into seminary, "I will go wherever i am sent! even if it is a small town!" Well, maybe next time i shouldn't say things so quickly!

So what are the challenges that i will be facing in this church?

1. Speaking in Mandarin to the members

2. preaching?

3. Telling Sunday School stories in Mandarin

The Map of Buloh Kasah! (A) marks the location of the church

The Legend of Chen Zhen

2010-10-05T19:33:00.002+08:00

Another historical story that uses the name of Chen Zhen in the China story about Japanese invasion... this is more towards fiction!

Will the future be like this?

2010-09-27T01:02:00.002+08:00

What will happen in the future of screen technology? this is an artist impression of the future...

will there be virtual church in the future? where everyone can listen to sermons in their own home? kinda like what the animation by Disney "Wall-E". Just think about it when technology is so advance until there is no need to walk or exercise... everything is available at home... everyone will become 'fei-chai' in the future.... a good point to ponder about technology!

A round about Journey

2010-09-20T09:00:00.003+08:00

Yesterday (19/9/10) i move around at 4 places.... really long journey! look at the map! it is like one big U turn stretching from PD to KL to Seremban then to STM... from Google Map i re-chart my journey i took yesterday and it estimated that I need 2 hours and 48 minutes to reach back to STM..

Departed from Lukut after Lunch was about 1.15pm... i reached home at 2pm! i think i was driving quite fast! haha.... after that my time was quite limited, i have to send the tumbler to Kelly in USJ 20 then get my things at home and take the KTM to KL station! well.... the route in the map is not the KTM route, it is the normal route by car to KL via Federal Highway! when i reached KL station... i have to walk over to wisma Methodist to meet up with Shearn because we are going back together to Seremban by bus......

I got to make a stop at Wisdom books and bought the Stream of praise new album! hehe.... but it is really a long walk yesterday.. the lady at the cashier commented that my whole shirt was wet with sweat! haha... at the end i reached Terminal 1 at 6pm! and reached back to STM at 7pm!! really one long journey!

The Ministry

2010-09-08T09:52:00.004+08:00

Already one year serving in my field education church. Getting bonded with the members there and also help them in their daily walk with God. here are some pictures of the ministry that i did in my practical church.

Preparing to tell Easter stories for easter children sunrise program

Telling easter story

Preaching in PDCMC

Preaching

Now the time is coming to an end of my second semester and a the stressfulness is being build up to complete the assignments and prepare for the coming exam. Next year i will be sent to another church for my practical for one year. but there is no meeting or orientation or whatsoever for those who are going out to serve for a year. so i am still left hanging on what am i suppose to do in my one year practical!

Peanuts

2010-09-02T08:14:00.002+08:00

Back in STM

2010-06-20T21:46:00.002+08:00

After 5 weeks holiday.... now i am back in STM for my second semester. This semester I have more subjects which means more credit hours to fulfill! do not know what is installed for me this semester and just imagining the amount of assignments i will have! whoa.... better don think about it! the semester will start with a quiet day! for us students to be still before the Lord and listen to him before the lectures start!

cheers!

Sunday, 20 June 2010

Kota Kinabalu and Mt. Kinabalu trip!

2010-06-08T15:20:00.010+08:00

One productive thing that i have done during my inter-semester break was climbing Mt. Kinabalu 4000 M above sea level! it was a gruesome climb but the scenery at the peak was worth the climb!

Broga Hill

Some of my friends advised me on the training that i need to go months before i climb Mt. Kinabalu. but I have got no time to train like climbing up the staircase for 4 hours instead i played basketball in STM. The Saturday when i start my semester break, i went with some of my friends to climb Bukit Broga, somewhere in Semenyih! it is a 400M climb! at least i get a taste of climbing! not sure am i ready after the climb to the top of Bukit Broga!

When i reached KK... time to relax.. get my supplies and play around taking pictures with the sunset! still do not know what was installed for us when climbing Mt. KK

All packed up and ready to go!! they said that we should carry as less weight as possible!

my bag was the heaviest, 10KGs!!

Group picture at Fei's house in KK in the morning before departing to Kinabalu Park!!

Arrived at outside Kinabalu Park! after 2 hours of travel!!

Timpohon gate!! ready to go after getting our walking sticks!

Group Picture at Timpohon Gate! all full of energy!!

all the stairs.... all the way up!! :)

Still have energy??

Don't give up! climb climb!

At last i reached 3.5km of walk/climb!!

At 4km, just halfway there......

Met a friend.. she was on the way down when i was on the way up!

The higher I go! the stairs become stones!! look at the mist! believe me! its cold!

The higher we went there were no more trees but bushes!

Pendant Hut.... the place where I stayed for the evening before climbing to the peak!

At last reached Laban Rata!!! it was raining at the last 200m to laban rata.... i was all wet when i reached! i started the climb at 9am and reached laban rata at 2:45pm!!

My lunch!! tom yam taste extremely good when i was there! lolz

Training for via Feratta!! with all the ropes and all.....

My personal massager! haha.......

Taken after dinner!!!

Actually i am pointing at the place we are staying for the night... but too blur because of the mist!

I wanted to take some sunset pictures but it was raining :( so i climbed back up to the Pendant Hut and slept! i think it was about 5:30pm, cause have to wake up at 2am to climb to the peak! the night was extremely cold! din get to properly use the sleeping bag.... i did sleep for a bit but the rest of my friends couldn't sleep cause its either too cold or too early to sleep! and it was noisy outside the room with people talking and walking!!

Woke up at around 1:30am get ready to climb to the peak!! it was so dark outside i couldn't take any picture! the climb was adventurous especially near to the sayat sayat check point! have to climb with rope! couldn't see how high it was at night until when we go down the same way in the morning!! believe me... i am surprised how high it was!!

Sunrise... i nearly reached the peak!!

Taken from the peak!! i am above the clouds!! haha....

Thats the peak.... i was on the way down!!

CC and I... above the clouds!

Group picture before Via Feratta!! all tied up together!!

Trust the rope!! it was actually vertical the camera angle make it like flat!

do not look down now!

I have to cross the 2 wires up and down!!

When it was finished... my feet is killing me!! i wore the wrong shoe for the via feratta!! went back to Pendant Hut all were so tired and exhausted we started our journey down at 1.30pm... i was one of the last one to reached Timpohon Gate!! i couldn't believe that there were so many stairs that i climbed up! and after every turn... more stairs...and stairs!! my team and I were cursing stairs and escalators that were not functioning when we went walking around KK..... all of us who climbed have leg muscle ache for at least a week after Mt. Kinabalu trip!!

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

near the end of the semester!

2010-04-22T15:48:00.004+08:00

Pressure....

Assignment's datelines....

Exams coming....

Pressure.....

Thursday, 22th April 2010

Update after the mid Semester break!

2010-03-29T20:29:00.006+08:00

Its been awhile since my last entry to my blog! i believe the faithful followers of my blog might be wondering what is happening to the me and my journey as a seminarian. To update my blog i really need a lot of time to think and exegesis what i want to write about! so i took some time off from blogging to study on the subjects that i am taking this semester.

The 1st semester of 2010 has reached the middle marker, whereby, more and more seminarian zombies were detected walking around the campus. Well, the date due of the assignments given by the lecturers are mostly after the mis sem break. In other words, everyone are rushing for their assignments and the end of mamaking and relaxation for all students! I've had the mid Sem Church History exam which was the worse time that i had gone through! 1 hour of exam to answer 6 essay questions! first time in my life that i wrote terribly in my papers as in my hand writing! well... that is over and now onwards to prepare for the next history exam.

During the mid sem break, I did take some time to relax and not thinking about the assignments and exams! had a good time with my pastoral group when we went down to Melacca for makan trip! May's daughter one said when we kept eating during the trip, "Eat again?!"

"Move away! or i'll fire and blow you away!"

Picture taken halfway going up the Melacca Hill

Melacca river!

Our first pastoral group picture! suppose to take with the statue of St. Francis Xavier....

Breakfast with May and her daughters!

I was planning since the beginning of the semester to travel down to JB during reading week. So this was one of the motivation that i had and it made me "kiasu" to complete some of my assignments before i make the trip! it was a surprise for my girlfriend! the day before i went down... i was gathering information about her work that week because i planned to go down on Wednesday because we have our online bible study together! but she was busy that Wednesday so i had to do it on Tuesday! went down early in the morning at 3am! came back at 10pm! haha.... a whole day! it is worth it and she was surprised to see me!

back to study! and more and more pressure build up! Assignment due dates and exams are getting closer! well.... what happen when pressure came?

During my hair cut! haha......

After my hair cut!! "sin choy, sin choy!"

Well, there are extra one balded student here in the seminary! and because of the shave i got more attention from the students staying in the hostel! haha.... well... lecturers not yet see me in my new look! i wonder how and what is their comment like! well, i wont know till i attend the chapel service tomorrow! haha....

Monday, 29th march 2010

I am Strengthen in Him

2010-02-24T15:26:00.000+08:00

The Lord has done great things for us

2010-02-24T15:21:00.002+08:00

耶和華已經為我們行了大事
Come rejoice for the Lord has done great things for us
祂鋪張雲彩當遮蓋
He gave us clouds as covering
夜間使火光照
And fire to give us light
耶和華已經為我們行了大事
Come rejoice for the Lord has done great things for us
祂在乾旱之處使水流成河
In the desert He has made a river flow

﹝副歌﹞
我們要歡呼述說祂的作為
We will celebrate and declare of His works
我們依靠神就能施展大能
For He is our help; we can do mighty things
我們要歌頌要歡呼
We will sing and praise, shout with joy
述說祂的作為
To tell of His great works
我們依靠神就能施展大能
For He is my help; we can do mighty things

2.
耶和華已經為我們行了大事
Come rejoice for the Lord has done great things for us
祂命令狂風止息
He calmed the storm to whisper
那波浪就平靜
And stilled the raging sea
耶和華已經為我們行了大事
Come rejoice for the Lord has done great things for us
祂張開雙手我們就得飽足
He has satisfied our hearts with His good things

﹝Bridge﹞
祂必帶領選民歡呼向前
He brings out His people with songs of joy
祂將列國的地賜給我們
He will take us into His promise lands
祂必帶領選民歡呼向前
He brings out His people with songs of joy
祂將列國的地賜給我們
He will take us into His promise lands

Wednesday, 24th February 2010

Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development

2010-02-11T20:20:00.004+08:00

Learned something interesting in the Adult ministry class and its good for counselling too....

Please click on the picture to see the full details!

Thursday, 11th February 2010

Old memory slides!!

2010-01-30T10:11:00.001+08:00

Christmas in GMSJ 2007

My Journey with OCZ created in 2007

Apple IPad

2010-01-29T20:16:00.005+08:00

While i was just browsing the internet and checking my emails... i was fascinated with the new product that was launched by Apple! take a look....

Its just amazing how the technology keeps improving and keeps getting better and better.... this IPad by Apple costs only USD499! I am not trying to promote this but its really a cool device and i think later in the future.... laptops and notebooks are going to be obsolete! even my Tablet PC is going obsolete! I am just thinking... is there anything that Apple cannot do?

Friday, 29th January 2010

FE and Gospel of Mark

2010-01-21T22:08:00.005+08:00

My Field education training started last week on Saturday. Went to get my lunch in Blossom in Seremban because i found out there is a HamCha stall in the restaurant. Ordered the hamcha and tried... it was good... similar taste that i have tasted in Johor Bahru. But JB's one taste nicer :P....

The HamCha in Seremban! very healthy food.. going to eat it again when i got the time!

I drove down to PD for my field ed. together with another senior with his family, they came from China, FuQian province. They are going to the Presbyterian Church in PD. It took me sometime to locate the Methodist church in PD. The map that was drawn for me was not exactly the same as the road! but in the end i found the church. thanks to my highly tuned sense of direction!

Port Dickson Chinese Methodist Church

Took the picture in the evening with the cross as the background while waiting for dinner with the Pastor in charge.

The last time i went to PDCMC was a long time ago. Pastor brought me there just for visitation, if i remember correctly we were journeying back to Subang using the coastal road instead of using the highway! there was a nice beach just opposite the church. However, when i went there last week, the government had build a jetty there for passengers to travel to Indonesia. What a waste.... My ministry in PDCMC are to help with the youth fellowship which only consists of 7 people! and in the worship team...

Today the class of Mark started and Dr. Lim gave us an introduction and also course requirement! not an easy class to take but its my core subject so i have got no choice :s.... there are about 20 students that are taking the class and the conference room was packed with people. There is an exergesis paper that i need to do for the Gospel according to Mark! hopefully i can choose the right text for me to work on! :p

Thursday, 21th January 2010

My first week of class!

2010-01-14T11:24:00.004+08:00

My classes has started, after the first week of class i am already starting to feel the pressure of the 2nd year 1st semester! I have already counted the number of assignment that i need to complete and its more than the last semester in first year!

on wednesday, I attended the Elementary Hebrew class taught by Rabbi... the first class we learned about the Hebrew alphabets and we learn to remember the way to write and pronounce it!

this is a song that i found in the youtube! have fun singing!

Friday, 15th January 2010

The new semester in STM!

2010-01-09T23:42:00.005+08:00

The new semester in STM started off with the yearly annual retreat on the week end to usher in new students who are studying in the Seminary! Got to know some of the new students this year and most of them are in the English Department thus this year we have a balance in both English and Chinese Departments... Bishop Dr. Robert Solomon was invited as the speaker for the retreat and he spoke on the topic of the Lord's Prayer which was divided into 10 session in 4 talk in 2 days!

A book that was written by Bishop Solomon

Most churches in this era have lost the rich tradition of the early church to recite the Lord's prayer in their church worship. There are also Christians and members of the church that do not know how to recite the Lord's prayer too... From Bishop's teaching in this pass 2 days he expounded on the Lord's Prayer and gave me a new insight on the way Jesus taught his disciple this prayer and I believe this prayer is also for us too...

Here are the break up of the 10 sessions that was taught by Bishop Solomon:

Session 1: Introduction

Session 2: Our father

Session 3: In Heaven

Session 4: The name of God

Session 5: Thy Kingdom come

Session 6: Thy will be done

Session 7: Daily Bread

Session 8: Our Sins

session 9: Lead us not

Session 1o: Deliver us from Evil

Let us not forget the prayer that our Lord taught us!

Saturday, 9th January 2010

A new Year! A new Begining!

2010-01-07T09:08:00.008+08:00

I've been busy for the pass one month in Church, preparing for Children's camp, Training members for the mission trip, training carolers for caroling, Christmas eve presentation and the year end youth camp in Cameron Highlands! This year youth camp take me to the inner part of Brinchang to Chefoo Methodist camp site!

Group Picture in Chefoo...

our youth camp theme! M.A.D Making A Difference

I was invited as the Theme Talk speaker

Sab was invited as the Workshop Speaker

The old and the young

I have prepared 4 theme talks for the camp according to 1 Timothy 4:12. To M.A.D in our action, in Love, in faith and in purity! Last year's camp is a memorial one for me as there are lots of things happen during the camp! i will remember it! :P

After the camp Sab stay back in SJ for a day to catch up with her friends and i was there as well.. just to get to know her friends! some i've already know we had a good chat when we met up that day!

While waiting for friends for lunch! we walk in Pyramid and took picture!

Went down to JB for holiday and came back to SJ on the 3rd January! haha..... had a wonderful time with Sab and with her church DGC.

Picture taken after having Ham Cha near her church.

on the 6th Jan, i came back to STM and had a nice to reunion with my classmates and catching up on the current happenings! this semester i anticipate it to be tougher because there is a class on Church History! really need to be kiasu this semester!

my subjects this sem:

Church History
Religion 2 - Islam
Adult Ministry
Christian Education
Homiletics
Mark

Will have to work harder this semester... dear readers! please remember me in your prayers!

Thursday, 7th January 2010

EMUSJ Mission Trip 09

2009-12-15T22:58:00.005+08:00

Friday! journey to border of pahang and johor! 5 hours journey la! reached Kuala Rompin and met Rev. Lieow! we went had our lunch near the beach! Rev. Lieow brought with him some nangka from his farm and gave one to the restaurant and make a smoothie!

Nangka smootie! Its cold cause blended with ice! tasty!

The beach and the sea! its yellow... like curry!

i think this time of the year its dirty!

but the breeze is wonderful!

Went and visit the Orang Asli! encourage them and tell them about God!

in the evening! dinner together with Rev. Lieow, Mrs. Lieow and Sis. Ani

After dinner friday night, we were all tired from the travelling... went back to the church: Presbyterian community church, where we put up for the night! practiced for a while the songs that we are presenting and also the drama! I got Josh to help me with the testimony and he gladly accept the challenge! haha... the night was also very breezy! just love the wind and stayed down and help Josh in his testimony by translating it to BM! by the time we finished! its about 11pm and we went up to sleep! the rest of them all slept already! haha.... they were really tired!

Saturday, woke up at about 7am! early in the morning! still breezy! haha..... just sit downstairs and enjoy the wind! Pastor shared devotion that morning! haha... we went walk around the town cause in the afternoon we are all going to Tanah Abang which was about an hours journey! stopped by in mersing! had lunch there! Rev. Lieow did not join us to Tanah Abang because he had a speaking engagement in Kepong! so Mrs. Lieow and Sis. Ani went with us to Tanah Abang.

Had Bak Kut Teh in the morning!

Walked around the market getting ingredients for our meals in Tanah Abang!

Reached Tanah Abang at around 3pm! went around the village and visit the members there! in the evening we have to prepare our own dinner and after that they were having a prayer meeting in the Tanah Abang Church! sharing by Sis. Ani!

Next morning, sunday.... we join the church for Worship and presented our songs, the testimony and the drama! Mrs. Lieow preached that day!

Children's presentation!

Mrs. Lieow Preaching!

EMUSJ Children Camp 2009

2009-12-07T14:48:00.020+08:00

As a practical student in my year end ministry, attending the Children camp in EMUSJ was one of my ministry in the church. It was a 3 days and 2 night’s camp in church. The Sunday school superintendent approached me 2 weeks ago! And asked me whether i could be the teacher for one of the group for the children camp. This is the first time that i was involved in the children ministry's children's camp. I thought that it will be a good experience for me to learn! Initially there were only 4 groups but because the number increased in the registration they had to add another group which was my group! i was given only 1 week to prepare for it, was given a children dance DVD and i need to choose one dance to teach the children in my group. The theme for the children camp was "I am the best" and my group name was "wipe, wipe, wipe" (in Mandarin)

The camp main language was in Chinese... my group we used both English and Chinese to communicate. I had 2 helper and another teacher to help me out in teaching and guiding the group! on the first day, Friday 4th Dec, we had to come out with our own slogan cheer and clap for the group, that was not an easy task because i wanted it to be in Chinese and with my half pail full water in Chinese this was not an easy job, but i thanked God that one aunty came and helped my group out and created the cheer and clap. During the duration of the camp, i was requested to sleep in the church with the boys. They were so hyper-active that the boys went to bed at about 1am and they woke up at 4am! i couldn't believe it.... don the children ever sleep? there are 2 boys who did not sleep at all... they were walking in and out of the room... jumping and just walking... one of them gave a reason that he drank coffee so couldn't sleep!??? so i slept for only 2 hours that night!!! there was another uncle what was also sleeping together with the boys! he too did not have a good sleep! woke up with his eyes red!

Goodies for the children as marks for the camp!

Before all arrive!

A total of 61 children

Making their own name card!

Creating our slogan cheer: morning wipe window, afternoon wipe table, evening wipe chair, everything i wipe myself, do not let kakak wipe, I am the best!

Group game! mind teaser!

The next day, Saturday, was a busy and packed day for the children and the teachers! there was 2 story telling by the speaker "You are special by Max Lucado" and "Lulu the carefree Zebra" haha.... nice story to tell the children! the meals for lunch and dinner was prepared by the children! they really have a nice time cooking! as teacher i do not know how to help in this area but i have helpers to teach them how to cook! especially when they are using the knife to cut the onion and garlic! have to tell them to be careful of the knife! some of us teacher wouldn't last the whole day so we were given 1 hour to rest! but i just had only 30 mins! because during the rest the children are doing the chicken dance.... haha..... for dinner, the children have to go out to the nearby supermarket to get their ingredients for dinner! i think they had a good time shopping and then went back to church to cook dinner! i had a better rest that night better than the first night!

Morning exercise! everyone wants to be kung fu fighting! HA! HO!

Preparing lunch! cutting onions! be careful with the knife!

Cooking!

Our lunch! its good!

My group with our lunch! hehe....

Teaching the dance!

What are they doing?

Can u guess?

yeah! the chicken dance!

Shopping for dinner!

Hey! i also need to learn how to cook wan!

future chefs!

She is enjoying what she cooked!

interpreting the story of Lulu the carefree zebra!

the night ends with treasure hunt for 17 pieces of memory verse that we need to arrange together and memorize!

Sunday, the last day! i was rushing the children to practice the dance and there was a drama about "you are special" that we need to present! so the hard part was to call all of them to come and sit still just to listen to us as we teach! i have to shout and catch one of the boy in my group to make sure he sit still... the children in my group was also quite young! but the group leader helped me a lot as to organize everything! i couldn't do much anyway because i have only 2 days to teach and train them in the dance and drama!!! the end of the camp, parents were invited to come and join the children as every group presents their slogan cheer, 爱的鼓励, the dance and the drama.

Our dance presentation!

It was really an exhausting camp especially dealing with children. It was a good experience and i should say it was fun for the children but tiresome! at the end... my group got the best team work effort! haha.....

Monday, 7th December 2009

More pictures

2009-12-03T15:24:00.002+08:00

Valencia, Singai Buloh! attended friend's sister's wedding!

Car outside of the house!

Garden wedding in Valencia

During the message! and sun bathing!

Too thirsty.... get something to drink!

Pictures

2009-11-25T13:20:00.007+08:00

My office in EMUSJ! haha..... make it comfy so i can work! :P

Thai food in Alamanda putra Jaya

SH was so excited with his food!

Yummy fresh oyster and sea food in Hilton PJ

Baby Sofya Chieng.... cute and calls me ke ke (brother in chinese) i am still young! :P

The ever blur FF... having ice cream in Swensen Subang Parade! got a nasty pinch from her for taking this picture!

Youth Ministry 青少年事工

2009-11-14T14:22:00.002+08:00

So i have been posted to EMUSJ (USJ 衛理公會)! i've been going to church for "work" reading books and preparing for the youth ministry that was assigned to me by the church pastor. One of my ministry here in USJ is to train the youth for the coming christmas caroling! Last Sunday, there were about 20 youths present for the caroling training. The youth are different here in USJ not like in my own church where by the youths are active and full of energy! maybe because i am new to them so they keep quiet and show respect! haha.....

I met some old friends USJ members in church last Sunday, we talked and fellowshipped after service to catch up on what is happening in our lives. So much has changed in USJ. The Chairman of the church who is also the mission coordinator asked me to help in the training for the forthcoming mission trip which the church will be sending a team to Mersing, Johor to Rev. Lieow's ministry with the orang asli. I need to prepare some songs and also maybe a drama as presentation to encourage our brother and sister in Christ in the Orang Asli settlements in Mersing and Endau.

Hopefully in these 2 months i will be able to learn and experience serving in the church and help out whatever i can in the church ministries!

Saturday, 14th November 2009

The holiday!

2009-11-04T11:01:00.006+08:00

At the last day of the semester in STM... i was involved in the graduation service as an usher and in the choir.. it was packed with people, relatives and friends of the graduating students! I met Pr. YH that day and we talked a bit regarding my 2 months practicals in EMUSJ! that day was one of the tiring day i had in STM! My plan was to go back after dinner that day and join my care group back in Subang Jaya. well, it ended with a not so encouraging evening when my friend send a disturbing sms to me by forsaking him and not asking him out for dinner... some of my classmates console me and tell me to forget about it! after all, i did not do anything wrong..

My two weeks of holiday started off with CC's ROM (Registration of Marriage) in Putrajaya... as usual we took pictures and we went for lunch in Alamanda Putrajaya... after that the rest of the week was kinda boring cause i just stayed at home and rested!

Donno why cc and i have the urge to play snooker! haha.... we went out thinking of where to play.. so we decided to go to Sunway Pyramid for the game of snooker! unfortunately, shorts and slippers are not allowed to enter because CC was wearing his 3/4 pants! but 4 days before his wedding, he want to buy a new shirt for his wedding dinner so we went back to Pyramid to shop for his shirt and then we got to play a few rounds of snooker after that... it really bring back old memory and the old skills in snooker i once had is rusty because i was making a lot of fault balls in the game!

On Thursday 29th Oct, A highlight in my holiday, i went down to Melaka for a day trip (evening trip) not knowing the way to go there to the hotel SC was staying... i went down with a few pages of map downloaded from Google map... amazing what you can do on the internet!! met SC there because she was attending a Leadership seminar in Melaka... what did we do there? just drive around melaka.... walk around the shopping complex that was just opposite the A Famosa (do not remember what is the name) there are a lot of changes there its been a long time since the last time i visited the place... after that we went for a meal, Capitol Satay Celup not hard to find! just turning round and round to look for a suitable parking spot! The next day, we went out to Pyramid played Ice-skating together! i can't move smoothly like last time i played ice-skating! maybe due to my weight! :P later we went to Bandar Utama to Canaan Land and browse through some books then later that day send her to Pudu bus station!

Another highlight of my holidays was CC's wedding! look at us the whole group! the sisters and the brothers! the whole of Saturday i was busy! fetching people and helping out in his wedding day! Gave a speech as a best man for his wedding dinner as well!

Now after 2 weeks of holiday sleeping at home! I am in EMUSJ church preparing for my youth work with the youths and looking for information and inspiration for the Youth Camp messages as well! preparing for December's caroling! Sunday School's VBS and other things!

Cheers to everyone of my STM mates who are now everywhere serving our Lord in their practicals!

Wednesday, 4th November 2009

Exegesis Completed!

2009-10-13T20:43:00.002+08:00

Consider your calling, brothers!!

not many of your were wise according to the worldly standard

not many were powerful

not many were of noble birth

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise;

God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

God chose what is low and despised in the world,

even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,

so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

And because of him you are in Christ Jesus,

who became to us wisdom from God,

righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

Remember your calling! you were divinely called by God... you were chosen by him... by his grace and his divine election....

so my brothers! do not boast in the presence of God... for whatever you have all comes from God.. he choses us as an instrument to perform his tasks and all glory shall be given to Him...

it is because of His grace and mercy that we are in Christ Jesus... He is the wisdom of God... through Him we are saved, cleansed and brought over from sin!

Therefor let us Boast in the Lord! and His name shall forever be glorified! Amen

Tuesday, 13th October 2009

Exams!

2009-10-10T10:33:00.005+08:00

Exams.... examss.....

Assignment.... assignments....

Greek over yeah!!

English coming Monday!

Reading and reasoning :(

1 Corinthians 1:26-31..... Exegesis paper!!

Year End Practicals.......

Saturday, 1o October 2009

Counting my days!

2009-09-29T00:06:00.005+08:00

The end of the 2nd semester in my first year here in STM!

This is my last week of classes! most of the classes will end this week and next week will be the study week break before the exams! After the exams its 2 weeks holiday for me and time for me to prepare myself for the two month practicals which is yet to be revealed to me!

Time really passed by fast! its already been 1 year of studies in STM... in this year, many many things happen and many many new things that i've learned either from the classes or from interaction with fellow seminarians! Gained a lot of new friends too.... some are geeky! some are out going! and some really suck all the energy away from me when i would just want to be silent! :P but they are all good friends to have! hehe....

Next year, will be upgraded and no more a freshie! haha.... 2nd year student! quite a burden to carry thats when the first years will come and look for me if there is question or getting used to the environment in STM! it is a cycle that every student here faced! Hopefully, my room mate next year will be a good one that can tahan my music when i sleep at night!

Counting the days till my best friend's wedding! after his marriage... i'll be the only one left single in our group! :( i remember the times when we go hang out together and jam in a studio together... and now they are all happily married! to say that i will not be left out is an understatement because these feelings will still be there.... but i have to overcome these feelings! recently, i got in touch with my classmate from my secondary school days! and i was also shocked to hear that he too was married! haha..... am i the only one in my age that is still single? who knows... i'll just have to depend on God and His timing for me! who knows that God will bless me with a person that will suit me and the ministry that God have planned for me!

Teach me to number my days aright,
that I may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12

求你指教我怎样数算自己的日子，

好叫我得著智慧的心。

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

The STM food today!

2009-09-09T13:33:00.004+08:00

Verily, verily i say today is an auspicious day! not only is the date today is 09/09/09, today is the first time ever in the history of STM we have Chicken chop for lunch! it is the cry of every students for the change of taste in the meals! comments will be flooding the FB as students post their comments and feelings towards the food for this afternoon!

Special food today!!!

The queue was long and everyone desires to taste the special food! faster grab a plate and utensils!! the queue was long even before the bell ring!

Mine.... fusion of Fried Rice and Chicken Chop!

this is the first time that i took a picture with the food in STM!

There will be another special meal next month! Spaghetti!! although spaghetti is not my favorite but having one in a while i can live with!! something for a change instead of having chinese style with rice for all the meals!

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

A busy week!

2009-09-09T00:04:00.003+08:00

Starting on Monday.. I have registered to join the voice training and choral conducting class tought by Mrs. Simon Chan. Everyday this week there are classes from 5 pm to 7pm! its going to be a long week this week learning how to sing properly by standing properly without bulging my tummy out!

i've learn a lot for the pass 2 days! especially in the conducting class. she teaches how to do an audition and placing people in their parts as well! so i think it will be a productive week although it will be a very rush and tiring week for me!

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Compare??

2009-09-01T20:53:00.001+08:00

2 Corinthians 10:12 (New International Version)

¹²We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

Douglas came and approach me one day and asked me how is my practical ministry in Kepong Church. Well, I replied that I am doing well and helping out what I can do. Douglas told me that I should do an extra mile in the the ministry because the supervisor was comparing you with the other 3rd year student that is serving in the same church.

I was really down when i heard that I am being compared in the ministry with another person. For sometime I am feeling dishearten about the information from Douglas. It has always been like this ever since I was young, people has been comparing me with someone that were better than I am. In my studies and in my secular work. Sometimes I really feel insignificant and couldn't reach the level of expectation of others.

This is what the world is like, anywhere you go, there are people who will make comparison in the things you do. Yes! even in God's ministries. I realized that it is not worth my time to feel that way.I know that whatever I am doing, I am serving my God because of His love for me.

I know there are Christians outside who are facing the same problem as I am. Just an encouragement to you, remember that you are serving God not man. No matter how man compares you with other people just take note of it and strive to serve God with all our Heart, Soul and Strength. In the End, we are pleasing God not man! But do not take it for granted because this will lead us into not doing our best for God.

I told Douglas, If my supervisor were to compare me with the 3rd year student, I've got nothing to say because she is from a Chinese background and could read and speak mandarin better than i do. Definitely she will be able to do more thing than me and moreover, she have a pastoral background before she came to STM.

Dead Sea Scroll / Singapore / JB trip

2009-08-30T11:42:00.006+08:00

Yoshua: Why make that effort to go down to Singapore to see the Dead Sea Scroll (DSS) exhibition? it is just tiny fragments that they are bringing over!
Me: I don't think I've got the chance to go to Israel and look at it. Since they are bring it over why not go and see it? Rabbi said that if got chance just go and see!

With that tought, i travelled down to JB from Seremban and stayed with Thomas (Johor friend from DGC) whom hosted me in his house the last trip i went to JB. It took 4 Hours from seremban to JB because the bus went to Tampin to pick up some more passangers! When i reach JB, Sab took me out for JB Bak Kut Teh! :P

The taste is different from Klang's! got special taste la... but i still prefer Klang's!

nothing is a Free Gift! quoted from Nicky Gumbel from the Alpha course.. :P cause after the meal.. i have to work! went to Sab's house and help her with her computers installing the Anti-Virus and solving some of her problems and trying to answer her questions! haha.... Joined her and DGC for Alpha course conducted in the church... talking about Faith! At night, went back to Thomas' house, shared, and talked a while before going to bed!

The next morning! 27th Sab over slept! hehe... her cousins went to her room and disturb her sleep... when she came and picked me up! she's still sleepy! haha... help her went shopping for DDR notebook ram! cause its the first model of the DDR and hard to find! at last we found a shop and got it for her notebook! Journeyed to SG after dropping her notebook back at her house! go through both the immigration and took the MRT to City Hall and walked to The Art house at the Old Parliament Road...

The leaflet that was given at the entrance to the Exhibition!

Some Replicas of the Ancient Israel's pottery!

The Hebrew Torah!

The replica of the Hebrew scroll!

We were in the exhibition from 2pm to 4pm! there were a lot to see... mostly old bibles and history of the English bibles! more pictures in my Facebook!

Well... i was in SG for the whole day! after the exhibition we went walk around at Citylink at City Hall. Ate ice-cream there also! hehe....

The SG scenery!
The Ice-cream!

Met YP at Bugis....had dinner together with YP and Sab at Mos Burger!!!

I had a good time talking with YP! asking her about her studies and also her new life in NTU! haha... after that we went walking and shopping in Bugis street... and Niki came join us at Mos Burger! after YP left went back to NTU.... i continued walking in Bugis with the ladies! haha... they really went into all the shop! haha..... after the whole day! went back to Thomas' house about 12am! really tiring cause walk the whole day!

Nokia and Notebook?

2009-08-25T18:29:00.003+08:00

Whoa... Nokia is engaging into the notebook market? can they compete with the existing notebook giants in the markets? who knows right!! from the look of the picture! it looks kinda nice right! haha.... this model is named Nokia Booklet 3G, 10" Display, with an aluminum chassis only .79" (2 cm) thick that weighs only 2.75 lbs (1.25kg), built-in 3G, HSPA, A-GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, webcam, SD card reader, HDMI output. It is powered by Intel Atom and it is a window based notebook! one question, nokia is the manufacturer for mobile phones... so does this notebook also comes with voice call?? haha...... wouldn't know until nokia officially launch it in September 2 this year!!

The reading week!

2009-08-24T22:24:00.005+08:00

It's been a while since i last blogged, time really passes by quickly and now there are 2 months left till the end of my second semester. what will be of me during the year end break? a lot of people asked me this question, well... i am a seminary student now.. so year end for 2 months i'll be attached to a Chinese Methodist Church for practicals. Which church? well.. i seriously do not know! it is all in the hands of my CAC president, but i think i might have 2 weeks interval before i start my 2 months practicals... this is what i do then... have a good rest and attend CC's wedding as his best man! i wonder will i be able to follow him to KK for another round or not, this depends on my posting to my practical church! if i want to go means i need to take leave from my practical church's pastor which i do not know who or where now! so.. i'll just leave it.. when the time comes i'll know then i'll request and see!

This semester i have 5 assignment papers and 3 semester exams! i've been really busy the pass weeks getting my resources and information for my first OT assignment paper, on top of that, now i really feel the pinch in taking up Greek2 for credit. i should have listen to my pastor's advise! lol :P well, no harm learning more! I have completed my OT exegesis on Amos 7:1-9, not an easy test to work on! there are so much things to write and so much hidden meaning to it! and now with that out of the way, i need to be prepare for the next NT exegesis paper which will have much more things to write on!

This week started the reading week, hooray! no classes... time to catch up on my readings and assignments! and the canteen have been closed because of the cleanliness of the kitchen so i have to eat outside for all my meals! at lease i can take a break from taking the canteen food! hehe...

Today, came back to Seremban by KTM and as usual, the train have problems in Subang and i need to wait for 45 minutes for it! when i reached KL Sentral there i waited again for 30 minutes for the train to Seremban arrive... when will the Malaysian Transport system be more effective? who knows? they rather fight in the leadership than concern themselves with the needs of the public! I have an interesting day today, just by walking from the KTM station to the Bus station Terminal 1.. it was a good walk! I will be traveling down to JB this thursday and Friday will be going to Singapore for the Dead Sea Scroll exhibition! so i need to get the bus ticket and travel down by bus and come back by bus again to KL. Its been ages since i travel across state by bus!

The ticket that i bought! hehe... cost RM25 only to go to JB from Seremban!

After getting the ticket, went to the Terminal 1 shopping complex aka Sungai Wang of Seremban! there is the only place i can shop for my computer needs in seremban.. other places like Jusco or Seremban parade might not have the item that i need! hehe... so went and bought an anti-virus!

Jacky Chan become the face for Kaspersky anti-virus? haha.....

I donno why Jacky Chan is there... and i did not buy this anti-virus because of him although i like his movies also! i bought it because i think it is good enough as an anti-virus so i am recommending it to Sab! hehe... After walking around a while.... i walked back to KTM and went to Seremban parade! i was wondering what to eat but at last i ate in the Chicken Rice Shop! haha.... been eating there for a few times already although it is not the best!

Went back to STM after my lunch! it is so quiet! not many cars! most of the students went home! so i went to the Library the whole afternoon today! catching up on my resource gathering and reading! hehe.....

Lunch with OM!!!

2009-07-28T12:55:00.005+08:00

Last weekend, as usual.. service in Kepong CMC. Teach in the sunday school and there was a new believer that was handled to me to have a discipliship class with him. i agree to meet up with him next coming sunday and hopefully when we interact we could find a conclusion on the metarial that we are going to use. Saturday, most of the outreach team for OCZ came back for debriefing. the team to Camerons came back. i called Sab and ask how was the outreach. She is free on sunday so i asked her to meet up for lunch but she have prior lunch appointment. interestingly, Gim ask if i would join them for lunch as they are also going to celebrate the successful completion of the OCZ event and giving Simon a birthday lunch cum party.

After Church last sunday... i have an lunch appointment with OM in 1 Utama at 12:30pm
so straight after church i go there.. parked my car and went looking for the restaurant!

Seoul Garden.. a Korean BBQ buffet! its been a while since i have a nice Korean meal.
Simon taught me how to eat korean style. Wrap the lettuce around the BBQ meat with kimchi and Korean chili sauce! yummy! i kept eating like that!!

I had a good time fellowshipping with all the staffs. the only non staff were Sab and I :P but still its a good time.. we ended at about 3pm after saying goodbyes to everyone. Sab and i went to catch a movie in GSC... we watched The Lost World!

this is a hilarious no brainer movie! we laughed at all the witty jokes by will ferrell and after the show we don get what are we watching... :P

After the show we walked around and we went to have some ice-cream! Haagen-Dass!!
we ordered banana split and share! very expensive la!

She is enjoying her ice-cream!

Met Steven who is working in Haagen-dass 1U

After that we walked around 1U and finally i send Sab to Desa Kiara at about 8.15pm! and i reached home sightly after 9pm! what a long day! haha....

宗教介绍一

2009-07-16T20:44:00.006+08:00

第二学科我要拿宗教学。。在这个科我们要参观另外宗教的庙。到今天，我参观了两个印度寺庙, 我也看到印度寺庙的种仪式也要许多的偶像。寺庙的主席告诉了我们印度教不是宗教，而是生活方式。他们相信再生, 这是与基督教不同。非常有趣！

讲师要我们写一张评论给每一个宗教的参观。我还要参观两个宗教的庙，佛教和锡克教。哈哈。。
这个学期我要完成四个作业。现在我在书写祖先崇拜的题目，要在网上搜资料。

请为我祈祷尽快完成它!!

我要休息，要知道祂是神！耶和华必在外邦中被尊崇，在遍地上也被尊崇。诗篇46：10

Out of Comfort Zone 09

2009-07-15T15:30:00.003+08:00

Every year OM malaysia will organise a mission conference and followed by a short mission outreach in the asia region! i've been involved voluntarily with them for sometime now.. so this year i made some arrangements to join them and help out again! Met some old friends and made some new ones! so i'll have to keep them in my contact list! hehe.... this year the theme is 'Battle 4 the Souls" with all the battle talks! the speaker was Alan Adams from Australia.

The theme talk "Battle Plan"

The conference T-Shirt (XXL could not fit laa... ) and Campbook!

I've only attended the conference for 3 days from Saturday till Monday afternoon! :( really missed being together with friends and people from different nationalities! We are all one in Christ! and i did not get to take a lot of pictures! haiz... at lease i was there for the 3 days of conference!

Time for fun and time for Work

2009-07-01T12:20:00.003+08:00

There are times that i'm having so much fun here in the seminary! went out for food and also not mentioning eating durian here in Seremban! I've been spending a lot lately! have to really cut down on my usage! just have to kuai kuai stay in the campus and not go out every time! some more my notebook already died and i've decided to bring it back to HP and see how much for the repair! hopefully its less than 1K.. or not i'll just get a new MACBOOK maybe! hehe....

This week i went home and brought back my own PC to STM....

The PC already take the whole lot of my desk!

Kinda wierd right with my computer on my desk! well... thats just how it will be like untill i get my notebook fixed or buy a new MACBOOK... lol

Well this sem i'll be taking another 17 credit hours! 1 credit for choir and another 1 for Field Education Seminar which is just class attendance! well.. what are my subjects? let me list it out:

Intro to Religions
Greek 2
Exegesis Method
Reading and Reasoning
English 2
Evangelism in the Local Church

Good thing is that not all the class have exam at the end of the semester but have to do alot of assignments la. so have to start my readings since i have my PC with me... maybe i'll ask the librarian about bring my PC into the Library! i wonder what will everyone say! haha....

A Handicapped Student

2009-06-25T13:28:00.004+08:00

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

2009-06-16T15:12:00.003+08:00

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

2009-06-10T23:48:00.008+08:00

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!

2009-06-10T09:23:00.006+08:00

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

2009-06-08T21:26:00.010+08:00

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!

Life

2009-05-28T00:28:00.003+08:00

So nice just enjoying my holiday at home! Relaxing just going to Starbucks for coffee and use the wifi there.

Ordered this Dark berry ice-blended! taste wierd! like medicine!

On monday 25/5, went to shogun with pastor and other pastors. we had a good time chatting and also not forgetting eating! Shogun was offering the buffet at 50% off to celebrate their anniversary! so there were so many people queue up at the entrance waiting for entrance! haha.... reached shogun pyramid at about 11:45am and we left at 3pm!

As usual.. i take the salmon sashimi and oysters! yummy!

After lunch i was so full.. just walk around pyramid myself while waiting for the rest to finish their food!

Semester Break.. Holidays!!

2009-05-22T12:02:00.004+08:00

I've been back home for a week already... all i do during the week was just sleep and eat. getting back all the sleep and home cook food! yummy! Come back to SJ.. go to church last weekend and attend worship seminar... haha... holiday also still have to study! sunday night... CC said "In Alam Setia's pasar malam there is a stall selling chao tau fu!" so my sister and i followed him but end up having dinner in Teluk Gong! haha...

Vegetables one of the dish....

Salty Chicken! hehe....

Sweet and sour Crab

LaLa mee...

Hmm.. are they enjoying the food?

Coming back for holiday! i spend more than i'm studying in STM... have to fix my desktop and changed the RAM... my notebook also have to send to HP for diagnose... but have to spend RM800 to change the board! at last i decide to buy the USB WiFi instead! monday! Kelly messaged me and told me she was rotting at home and asked me to bring her out! hehe....

Lunch... IKEA's sweedish meetballs and Naim cake! yummy

She is so satisfied with the meatballs!

Bentley nearby the curve! the saleman/manager was nice person!
look at the guitars! haha... i was so tempted to take and play with it.

Kelly posing... haha....

The whole day we were in the curve and just walking around!!
reached home at 7pm!

The rest of the days.. i am just rotting at home after spending so much for the computers.. just stay at home and do nothing! hehe...

Can't wait for holiday!

2009-05-13T14:48:00.002+08:00

Exams... exams... are getting up to my head.. revision and memorise chapters and points that caught in my mind! now i'm having a splitting headache! but thank God that i've already persevere the last 3 days and one more day and 2 more exam to go English and Greek! who says that THEOLOGY STUDIES are easy!! :P

My computer internet cannot connect to the WIFI already... now have to use the computer in the library to go online and relax in the midst of stress and pressure.

i just can't wait for the exam to finish! i am dreaming of the places that i want to enjoy myself during the semester break! Genting Highlands? Johor? Singapore? haha..... oh.. i need to spend money again! a few things i got to do during my holiday... like fixing my notebook and my house printer! haiz....

Kampate.... i can do it... just need to persevere 1 more daY!

Study Week to Exam Week

2009-05-07T09:02:00.002+08:00

As i enter into the Study week for exam, pressure are building... everyone are rushing for the completion of their assignment paper. I've already completed my assignments before the study week and now i can concentrate revising for the coming exam! after so long without studying and now i come face to face again with exams!

there are so much to study that i need to revise.. i need to revise for the whole study of the Old Testament.. that is a very wide subject considering there are so many books in the old testament.

Can't wait for the semester break! den i can have holiday from all the studies and take a break maybe go somewhere... visiting friend or just go enjoy myself before the next semester begin!

Time to go back to my studies!

Assignments.. assignments!!

2009-04-17T15:43:00.004+08:00

Assignments has been up to my neck recently although I've finished most of it before April. Most of us now who are in the 2nd last month of the end of the semester are like walking "zombies" in the seminary. During the chapel service... some of us sleep, reading the assignments or just wondered off somewhere else in the mind but the body is in the service. well... i guess this always happens in any academic institutions! and i'm not that far off either....

This semester i have a total of 5 assignments to complete, to name them:

Introduction of the book of Galatians.
The letters Paul wrote to Corinth.
What is a Parable and why Jesus use parables to teach?
Deuteronomistic History and its applications for church.
An Ancient Near East Civilization (Egypt) and its impact to the Old Testament.

The first 3 are from the NT class and i have already completed it... now soon to complete the Deuteronomistic History and move on to the last assignment as soon as possible so that i have time to revise on my subjects before the exam comes!! Stressed... stressed....

God's Agape Love!

2009-04-02T10:56:00.006+08:00

Have you ever take time just to be alone, walk and appreciate the beauty of God's creation?
Have you ever notice the perfectness of God's creation?
Have you ever notice how God clothes the lilies and provided for his creations?
Have you ever notice God's creation working the way they are created to do?
Have you ever take a deep breath and inhale the goodness of God?
Have you ever felt that God is always watching you?
Have you ever feel that you are insignificant but God loves you anyway?

There are time where most people will fill their heart with pressures of the world today and forget who, whom they are in the eyes of God. We are his creation and we are made to have fellowship with Him. He calls us his children and willingly send His Son to suffer death in our place to redeem us from the slavery of Sin. We sometimes feel insignificant and unworthy of God's agape love! but He still love us. All we need to do is to accept His sacrifice of Love on the cross! The grace are given to us! As we look at the old rugged cross where Jesus bore our sins to redeem us back to our Father in heaven, let us remember his love for us in this season of Lent.

My weekend!! a very loooooooong post!

2009-03-22T22:30:00.005+08:00

Friday! on my way to LCCT to pick up my classmate! and i'm driving his proton Satria! As i get onto the highway! oh my.. there was a long traffic jam and there was a severe addident involving a motorcycle just before the exit to Nilai! haiz... but i got there in time... and waited for my classmate...

AS i enter to the highway towards KLIA... there was a nice sun set scene!! can't help just to admire it! hehe....

Saturday! went to PJ with Ronney together with Isaac and Peter! had breakfast in PJ and ate prawn mee! afterwhich, went to Kepong drop my things... but it was still early! so i went for a movie! so... what movie did i watch? a movie that everyone recommend to me not to watch! Yeah!!! DragonBall Evolution! haha.... its really not nice! still i just wanna relax for a while! hehe...

Cool picture... but the movie not so cool! the action is nice though!!
Chow Yong Fatt looks different!! :P

Went back to Church! prepare for sunday school and also help folding bulletin!!

MIF praise and worship!!

MYF discussion! Serving!!

Whoa... what a tiring day! after fellowship i was so tired! when i reached Yeh Mei's house i went straight to bed! well.. the next morning, Sunday! the day i need to teach Sunday School!!!

Nasi Lemak for Breakfast!!!

Little boy who is staying in the Children's home!

Well... this week.. the adults sang an anthem!! well.. as i expected! they sang well!! hehe

Sunday School Praise and Worship!

Well... the lesson went quite well i think! just that the children do not have much attention span! and maybe the topic i tought was too deep for them! so this is a good training for me to learn how to teach in the Sunday School! hehe...

After church! straigth i went to the KTM!! go back home for a night! : )

Well... there wasn't many people taking train on sundays!

It is about an hour ride to Subang Jaya... when i reached back... i was hungry so i made this for my lunch!

I was having a conversation with my pastor on the internet! so keng.. he is so internet savvy now! we even have video conference together.. so he told me that on sunday night they are having appreaciation night! and invited me to come over and join them! most importantly,... there are food!! haha....

Pastor speaking on Serve or Swerve

Wah... so attentive leh!... :)

As usual we have dinner in the MPH... but there were not enough food for all people... i think the LCEC members and most of the youths did not get to eat! i just eat some of the leftovers! maybe because i went... so there are not enough food! lol!

Well... pastor brought the youths out for dinner!! and have a sumptous meal together... we have 2 tables! hahaha....

So thats it... my week end!! now i'm enjoying my cosy own room back at my house! tomorrow will be travelling back to STM already.. and classes will be starting and assignments to be completed!!!

My last day of Reading Week

2009-03-20T14:55:00.005+08:00

Friday!! the last day of the reading week! i am still in the library for the pass 4 days! haha... today am revising on my Greek.. will be having a mid-semester exam next week... just pack my head with all the avtov, outos, outoi, touton, toutous, and etc. all the similar word but different meaning. On wednesday! after i finished my second assignment, Kelly msn me and asked me to listen to a barber shop video in Youtube.. we chat and video conference for a while! hehe....

This picture is taken from her blog! hehe... and she say i look like a rambutan tree... so not true right? i so handsome! hehe...

The whole morning i was just revising on my greek and got a little stucked and tired! i went back to my room, then i decided to just leave the campus... i went to Jusco Seremban 2 walked around and relax for a while before i return to the library!

Walking around in Jusco! there's a TGV....

Since i am in Jusco, and there is a TGV.. no harm catching a movie before i go back! just for leisure! but the only movies that are on screen are Racing to the Witch Mountain next, Sayang, and Watchmen. what kind of TGV is this that only have 3 movies for the day? i think it is God's will for me not to watch the movie! so i decided to just go and have my lunch instead!

Walking towards the Food Arena!

Oh!! Sushi King! i seremban do not have Sushi King! too bad... i've got no money for sushi King!

Hmm... KFC.. got some appetite for chicken and there wasn't many people ordering!

As usual! a Dinner plate for me! and all "Paha atas" yummy!

After lunch, just take some time to walk around Jusco. to the Guys department... look around at clothes and there was blazers there selling at Rm199 only! too bad... its just window shopping!! well... back to STM! gonna continue my work in the library! i need to prepare for Sunday school this coming sunday! yes! i'm teaching sunday school!!

Walking towards the Library!!! from the hostel block!!

The hallway! at the end of the hallway is the Library pass the Office!

Went back to my spot where the view of books are!! cosy and hidden from the librarian :P

the couch on my left with some pillows!! very comfortable... most student take a nap there.. including me!! and yes! when i take a nap there will be music in the library!! hehe

Well... still in my last day of reading week! got to continue reading and preparing for sunday school! tonight i will be going to pick up one of my fellow classmate from LCCT! so might not have time to prepare already!! Tomorrow will be going to Kepong but i still not decided what time should i go there! Sunday after worship and Sunday School if there are no other things I'll be going home and stay a night before i go back to STM!! :D

Reading Week

2009-03-19T09:05:00.002+08:00

Another week of Weekend practical in Kepong Chinese Methodist Church. This time arrangements was made for my one night accommodation while serving in my practical church. the week before, when i am having a discussion with Rev. Teoh (Pastor in Charge), he's trying to arrange a place for me to stay. Initial plan was to put me in the store room for a night! ahaha... storeroom with aircon wan! But one of the member say its not good for me to stay in the storeroom! haha....

So arrangements was made and Sis. Yeh Mei willing to host by providing a place for me to stay. So i'm staying in a children's home for my practicals in Kepong. She is a single lady about 60's, the night i went to her place, she was sharing to me the ministry she is doing now. Kinda big burden for her to manage this children's home. this children's home is for the single parent child, when the child brought to her she will take care of them and teach them the Word of God so that they can be followers of Christ.

Last Sunday during worship service, there was an anthem by the children choir.... they sang beautifully! there are even parts in the song. i guess the conductor takes a long time in training these children to sing. i guess the adult choir will be heavenly when they sing! haha....

This week is STM's reading week! all classes are closed, no chapel service and no community gardening! i am so happy that this for this week's kinda holiday for all of us, but its a good time to catch up with my assignments. I decided to stay back in STM to study and finish up some of my assignments. One problem, this week there are no meals prepared for students who are staying back.

I have to eat outside everyday this week!! and spend more money on food! lolz... but i get to finish one of my assignment and now researching on my next assignment... but how i wish the reading week were longer...

This sunday, i'll be teaching in the Sunday school! (of course in English)! it will be my first time teaching the childrens! i've got the book from the other teacher... so i need to prepare also the class this coming sunday!

Well... i have to manage my time wisely now... its already Thursday today.. and the pass few days i've been in library the whole day! the nice and cold environment... nice to study and do assignment... and also nice to take a nap as well... hahaha.....

STM Day of Fast and Prayer

2009-03-12T15:13:00.004+08:00

Every semester in STM there is a Fast and Prayer day allocated where by the whole day just dedicated to prayer and fasting there are no classes during the day. Today the whole community in STM have a day of fast and prayer from 8.00 am till 4.00 pm with the theme "Build Your Church, Lord". The day started with worship in the chapel and sharing about the postures of prayer by Ms. Ng Wai Ling from TRAC. there are 3 postures of prayer shared and illustrated by Ms. Ng: Willing, Will-Full, and Will-less.

Willing - Whole hearted come to God in prayer forsaking our contol in our won future and willingly to commit, obey, and abide in His will.

Will-Full - Pray with our own agenda and we are controlling our own future.

Will-Less - There is no point in prayer, it doesn't change anything.

At times i'm will-full in prayer, my prayers are dry and i have my own agenda and not putting it down and let God guide me. Time like this i need to reflect on my life. why am i having control of my own future and not willing to let go and let God. This kind of prayer are like telling God to do my own will instead of i follow God's will.

it takes time and effort to build a relationship with God to let go of myself to come to His feet humbly letting go all my control and follow his will. I have to present myself before God, honestly and recollect whom am I in Christ and recognising that i'm his child in order to come before him in prayer.

Prayer is an essential and an important discipline for every believer. Its a communication with God to build an intimate relationship with him. As minister of his work and servants, i need to spiritually in-tune with God and have that relationship in order to listen to his calls and direction for those i'm ministering and serving.

During the fast and prayer time, there are payer station around the campus and as we walk around and praying in the stations. I felt the presence of God with me as i pray for different needs of the countries. When we are willing to just let go and pray, we can feel God and his spirit moving among us.

God is Great and He hears us when we seek Him wholeheartedly.

My first week in my placement church

2009-03-08T22:27:00.004+08:00

I reached home on Friday at about 7pm! it was my sister and Sean's birthday! just in time to go back and take a shower after fighting my way into the train! went to my home fellowship group and joined them for a fellowship and as well as bible study with them. Celebrated sean's birthday and went for a supper after that!

On Saturday, went for a game of badminton! its my first time playing badminton this year and i enjoyed it! my meeting with the pastor of Kepong Chinese Methodist church was at 3pm! after the game, take a shower and went to kepong to meet up with the pastor.

A very beautiful church located next to a secondary school in Taman Sri Bintang

When i reached there, i went to the office which is located at the ground floor! went to have a time with pastor and discussed on my practical there.. i have to speak in mandarin! i am asked to join the youth fellowship at 7.30pm and teach in English for sunday school! and the accomodation are yet to settle for me! :P

Joined the Youth fellowship at night on the same day! speaking mandarin all the way! i actually recognised the president of the fellowship met him once during the CACMYF convention in melaka about 4 or 5 years ago! i don think he remember my face though! haha....

Sunday! have to wake up early in the morning to travel to church! its about 30mins if there are no traffic jams! sunday morning is a clear drive to Kepong Church.. attended worship service at 8.30 am and the 10.30 am. Pastor Elaine was the speaker that day. Her sermon was the '3H. Head, Heart and Hand'

After church worship! went for lunch with the LCEC with Pr. Elaine and her husband at a restaurant nearby! it was sumptuous lunch as we fellowship around the table and i have to speak mandarin all the way! exciting and good experience for me! i'll expect more when i am serving in the church!

Uncivilized Malaysian taking public transport

2009-03-08T22:00:00.006+08:00

After a week of break from studies because of Chicken Pox, i returned to STM refreshed and ready to continue my studies! Everyone are friendly and concern when they ask how i am doing and am i feeling better. Makes me feel like home when i have friends who asked about me and cared for me! The Lecturers are also nice and helped me a lot to catch back on the classes which i have missed out.

This week is my first week of placement practical in Kepong Chinese Methodist church. There was no arrangement for accomodation for me in Kepong so i have to go home and drive to church myself. left STM on Friday and reached KL sentral at 5pm! i waited for 2 hours inorder to get into the train and i missed 4 trains... argh!! a new system was created to help the public to take the transport. they draw lines so that people have to queue up to get onto the train. instead of a one line queue there was 4 lines queue. people just do not know how to queue! when the train arrive people just jam pack themself to the entrance and make the passangers hoard to get out from the train! after 50 years of independence people still acted that way!

It is not because i reached the station at peak hour! even when i was at the front of the Queue i was pushed back and couldn't enter! people will not care about you and just push themself in to the train. there was also people who squeeze into the train even though its already jam packed inside! take a look at the video!

why can't people be more civilized? is it because of the goverment? they are busy with their politics until there are no time to look into this matter? the PM commented on the KTM transportation and say it was really bad! did he do anything after that? its still the same! and they say 'Malaysia Boleh' boleh what? boleh rush and push their way into the train!

i was really up sad upon this matter! hope that in the future God will place a good government to look after the needs of the people. And the public have to learn to be 'Civilized'.

Worship the true God

2009-02-28T14:42:00.002+08:00

"I am the Lord, and beside me there is no other savior, I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses," Declares the Lord, "and I am God" Isaish 43:11-12

When i first began to reasearch the biblical history of captivity among God's people, i kept running into a conspicuous common denominator: idolatry. i don't know why it was such a news flash. God warned his people over and over that is they did not resist the false gods of the nations surrounding them they would be snared, and He would ultimately allow them to be taken captive. They didn't and He did. One sobering aspect of the faithfulness of God is that He keeps His promise, even promises of judgment and discipline. The book of Isaiah constantly seems to plead the question, "Why in the world would you worship idols when you are chosen by the sovereign God to be His own? (see Isaiah 43:10-12)

As believers in Christ, you and I also have been chosen to know, believe and understand that He is God. Our lives have been sanctified by the one true God. HEaven is His throne. Earth is His footstool. Awesome creatures never cease to sing, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!" Lightning flashes from His throne. The winds do His bidding. the clouds are His chariot. The earth trembles at the sound of His voice. When He stands to His feet, His enemies scattered. He is transcent over all things. Absolute. Uncontested. Omniscient. The Lord God omnipotent reigns. He is God and there is no other. And yet this very One is our Father. He demands, deserves, our respect.

Virtually every kind of stronghold, or unholy fortress of sin, involves the worship of an idol. For example, the stronghold of pride is associated with the worship of self. The stronghold of addiction is associated with the worship if a substance or habit. In one way or another, something else has become "god" in our lives, the object of our chief focus. Until we turn from our idols to the one true God, we will never find liberty, for "where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17)

As long as our minds rehearse the strength of our stronghold more than the strength of our God, we will be impotent. We must believe that in our weakness He is strong, and that as we bend the knee to His lordship, God is more than able to deliver us.

- Beth Moore

LG phone watch!

2009-02-26T15:39:00.001+08:00

i was browsing the web... just for fun! went into GSM arena and found out that LG came out with a touchscreen phone watch! wah... better than the china branded phone watch! watch this you tube!

Chicken Pox!!!

2009-02-26T15:31:00.002+08:00

What a time for me to get chicken Pox!!

was happily enjoying the Ipoh trip! had a bad headache and on monday i was down with fever! so slept the whole day while coming back from ipoh! Tuesday i realized there were blisters on my palm! thinking it was a normal nlister so i leave it! before i know it my whole leg and body have blisters! might be an insect bite.. went to the doctor for a check... and it was confirmed Chicken Pox!

The faculty quarantined me from attending classes and gatherings! so i went back home on friday! even back at home i was forbidden to go out! i was at home in my room throughout the whole week... its good that i brought back some books to read! still just staying in my room really boring there are not much things i can do!

Hopefully i'll recover this week and get back to STM... missed my classmates and also need to catch up with the classes that i missed!

2nd Church Visitation

2009-02-01T21:48:00.007+08:00

Today was the Field Education's second church visit. I went together with the rest of the first year students to St. Paul Anglican Church in PJ! i was so close to home! haha...

It was an eye opener as I worshiped today in the Anglican Church. There are some symbolical sacrament and ritual that is different from the Methodist Church. There was a small stool placed below each pew! its not for resting your leg but for members to kneel and pray. Each member kneel down to confess their sin before the worship begins...

as the worship start, a hymn was sung as the clergy walk before the cross bearer for the procession into the church. Kinda like a Roman Catholic procession but without bells and incense.

The liturgy were not printed on the bulletin but they follow mostly from this service book. I could not really follow the liturgy in the worship today. Some of the response as we read the holy communion was sung rather than just residing it from the service book. They have wine as the sacrament rather than using grape juice! haha... i did not drink from the cup.. i just dip the bread (waffle) into the wine and partake it.

As usual, after service we had a time of Q&A with the Pastor in charge, in Anglican its call a Vicar kinda big name rite? his name is Venerable Eddie Ong, in short Ven. Eddie Ong! After the Q&A session, the lunch was provided by the church. I had a really good meal as well...

Some of us took a group picture together in fron of the chruch.

Post - Chinese New Year Celebration

2009-01-30T14:10:00.005+08:00

It’s a good time to be home after 3 weeks staying in STM. During this festive season is an opportunity to catch up with friends and family. I visited my grandfather who is staying at my uncle’s house.

Friday last week, Hendry and I reached back my home at about 4.30pm. We went to church to meet with pastor and uncle Tan after I unload all my stuffs at home. At night, the Wooters had dinner together in a Japanese Restaurant in SS12. Have a great time meeting them again.

Last Sunday, went to church in the morning. Talked with some of the members and served in both the worship service. CC told me there was a cool FPS game in Cyber now that they are playing. Out of curiosity I went with them after church to play that game! After a while I got dizzy! I’m good in FPS game! When I returned home I went and torrent the game and installed on my computer! Lolz..

Left 4 Dead installed on my Computer

Came back to STM at Wednesday night! Thanks to my friends who sacrificially send me back and had a good dinner together nearby STM. There was a massive jam back to KL and they reached back safely! Classes started again on Thursday with most of us still in the CNY mood! Haha….

CNY this year there are only a few meals i get to Lou Sang

The view of my book shelf during the 3 weeks i was in STM.
My shelf is at the right!

After.... pastor lone me some of his books.
More books now! lols

Wednesday afternoon, i went for lunch with cc at nandos.
after lunch i went to buy these sources for my meals in STM.

农历新年来咯！明天我放假回家了

2009-01-22T13:47:00.005+08:00

我来到神学院已有两个星期，渐渐地习惯了这里的生活。每天崇拜，每天都有课上，老师总会给作业，每天都上图书馆和上网。昨天我很开心，因为收到了生活费。虽然不是很多，但可以让我回家时去买书。老师推荐了很多书，但我只能买一本而已，因为神学的英语书都很贵，多数是来自国外的。
这个学期我拿了十八个学分，是蛮多的学分。以下是我所学习的科目。。。
Intro and Survey to New Testament
Intro and Survey to Old Testament
Greek
Critical Reading and Writing
Christian Spirituality
English for Theology
Field Education
愿上帝给我力量和智慧来学会他的话语。
请为我代祷。