Exegesis Completed!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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??

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

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?

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!

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!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Genesis of the 2nd Semester

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

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

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

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

JB and SG

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

Thomas' Apartment! simple and nice!

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

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

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

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

Kuey Teow Kia... yummy...

Picture taken outside the Science Center

I look bigger than the dinosour! hehe

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

Sabrina and I at the Night Safari

Sabrina's cousins and I

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

Uncle Siah chairing the Sunday Worship

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

Journey South!

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

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

Very chinese! Jonker Street..

Walking towards our destination... the Cendol!

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

Look at the delicious gula melaka! yummy...

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

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

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

I ordered the Marmite Chicken rice! yummy...

Thus this ends my Journey South..

My PD holiday - 1 night silent retreat

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

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

A potrait taken in the Resort's garden!

MY Studio room in Bayu Beach...

Magnificient beach view from the balcony of the room!

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

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

A refreshing coconut for a hot day near the beach!

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

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

The PD background!

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

Picture of the resort at night from the beach!

Taking a stroll on the beach!

Grafitti on the sand!!!

Relax and just be silent and enjoy!

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

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