Been thinking a lot these few days. I remembered one of the things that Datuk Edward Ong said that really strucked me. He said when God reveals something, a vision for example, go by faith and put the first step forward and just do it. God will take care of the rest. Accountants aren't like that. Everything has to be prudent. After all, prudence concept is one of the main accounting principles. We shouldn't undertake any projects that is out of the budget. That's what cost accountants are for. BUT, this is what the world and everyone else thinks. Should we think like them? Who is greater? Accountants or GOD? We may plan all we like but we will still not be able to do it if God isn't in the picture. But, of course it isn't easy. A step of faith is taking a step into something unseen. We won't know what will happen. But we got to trust Him.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding
Proverbs 3:5
So faith vs prudence? Faith, of course. =)
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Defying Gravity
Not to worry. This is not about Keith Urban's album. Although I must say, I do love his songs.
Having some extra time in between some hectic schedule. So now for some updates.
Had class almost every day and it's kinda getting tiring. Hmm..
Still working on the website. Beginning to think it's taking up too much of my time BUT I gotta get it all up AT LEAST by year end. Thanks Alex for helping me thus far. So far so good. I have changed the look yet another time. So far quite satisfied. Will continue later after WCA. =)
P3 class today was headachy. (Is that a word?) I wasn't really sure what was going on in class. Maybe I'm just really tired. Wei Ping said I drop stuff around 6 times already. He was busy counting how many things I dropped instead of listening. Sam was busy playing some game on iPhone. Meow was hiding behind her jacket most of the time. And I was busy dropping stuff, doing experiments on how to defy gravity :D I can't think of a nicer title.
Basically, it's been a long day, and it's still not over yet. Feeling excited already. ^^
Also remembering this date 8 years ago. *moment of silence*
Having some extra time in between some hectic schedule. So now for some updates.
Had class almost every day and it's kinda getting tiring. Hmm..
Still working on the website. Beginning to think it's taking up too much of my time BUT I gotta get it all up AT LEAST by year end. Thanks Alex for helping me thus far. So far so good. I have changed the look yet another time. So far quite satisfied. Will continue later after WCA. =)
P3 class today was headachy. (Is that a word?) I wasn't really sure what was going on in class. Maybe I'm just really tired. Wei Ping said I drop stuff around 6 times already. He was busy counting how many things I dropped instead of listening. Sam was busy playing some game on iPhone. Meow was hiding behind her jacket most of the time. And I was busy dropping stuff, doing experiments on how to defy gravity :D I can't think of a nicer title.
Basically, it's been a long day, and it's still not over yet. Feeling excited already. ^^
Also remembering this date 8 years ago. *moment of silence*
Monday, September 7, 2009
Reaching The Lost
It is a semi-public holiday today (Nuzul Quran). So I decided to arrange all my stuff. Last week was really hectic. Hardly slept much.
I came across some Bible study notes I prepared in AIM which some of you all might remember. I shared it at the youth evangelistic meeting at the Sungai Pelek outreach during our mission trip.
It was basically about the parable of the lost son. Before that parable, there was the parable of the lost sheep and the lost coin. All three of them has similarities. Firstly, they were all lost and in the end were found. Secondly, they were all precious to their owner. The sheep was precious to the shepherd and the coin to the woman. The coin that was lost was worth about a day's hard-earned wage (just in case you were wondering "just a coin ma.. why so tai fan ying"). And naturally, the son was precious to his father.
But there are also differences which can be applied to our lives as well.
Carelessness (Lost Sheep)
The lost sheep illustrates the person who moves away from God unthinkingly, head down, one clump of grass at a time. The sheep wanders on from one place to the next, eyes only on what immediately lies ahead. It is unaware that it is not where it should be and all the time has been straying farther and farther from the flock and the shepherd's care. The sheep never wanted to get lost.
Similarly, People may be too preoccupied with their studies, career, relationships, problems of life and the pleasures of the world. Many are lost because they never look up and ask: "Where am I now? Why am I here? Where am I going?"
Carelessness of Others (Lost Coin)
The lost coin represents those lost through negligence or bad treatment from others. The coin cannot bleat like a sheep for help, nor find its way back like the son. It has been done in by the mistakes and wrong decisions or actions of someone else. (so sad, isn't it? but it happens)
People become damaged through victimization in a myriad of ways. The people they may have looked up to or respected caused them to have a broken concept of God. (that's why yesterday's message was so inspiring: our lives should be our ministry!!)
Personal Choice (Lost Son)
The son was deliberately lost - unlike the sheep or coin
It was not because he was unaware that he was lost nor was it because of other people's negligence. He was lost because he chose this path. Many people who once can be found in church singing worship songs, praying and serving are now no longer found in church. With influences from friends and other people around them, they start living their own lives without God in it. People without God are lost because they are ignorant of God, unlike God, and distanced from God. That is why it is so important that we be in the world (so we can influence and change it) but be not of the world (where the world influence and change us).
The shepherd searches for the sheep until he finds it (Luke 15:4). The woman also searches for the lost coin until she finds it. (Luke 15:8)
Love is not satisfied by a favourable percentage between those who are safe and those who are lost. With the sheep, 99% were safe; with the coin, 90%; and with the son, 50%. Who wouldn't want these kind of church-growth statistics? Most of us would rejoice, pat ourselves on our backs for doing a good job if 99% of the people in KL were in church.
Souls are not digits or percentages. When someone's child has died, we wouldn't go to his/her parents and say: "Never mind ma.. You still got other children.."
GOD REJOICES WHEN THE LOST ARE FOUND!!
The shepherd, the woman, and the father all rejoiced and wanted others to share their joy when the lost were found. Only one person did not rejoice: the elder son. The elder son represents the church which can go with business as usual in the Father’s house, and yet not be concerned with the lost, and never putting in any effort to find them. He represents any religious person whose relationship with God has grown lukewarm. He is the individual who has never agonized at all over a missing prodigal. He never shared the father's heartache, not does he share the tears of joy when the missing comes home.
I pray that I wouldn't be like the elder son. I pray even harder that it wouldn't be because of my mistakes or wrong choices that causes other people to stumble. And it's also important that we as children of God take on God's desire. To reach out and bring back all who are lost. Not to be satisfied or contented until all are found.
I came across some Bible study notes I prepared in AIM which some of you all might remember. I shared it at the youth evangelistic meeting at the Sungai Pelek outreach during our mission trip.
It was basically about the parable of the lost son. Before that parable, there was the parable of the lost sheep and the lost coin. All three of them has similarities. Firstly, they were all lost and in the end were found. Secondly, they were all precious to their owner. The sheep was precious to the shepherd and the coin to the woman. The coin that was lost was worth about a day's hard-earned wage (just in case you were wondering "just a coin ma.. why so tai fan ying"). And naturally, the son was precious to his father.
But there are also differences which can be applied to our lives as well.
Carelessness (Lost Sheep)
The lost sheep illustrates the person who moves away from God unthinkingly, head down, one clump of grass at a time. The sheep wanders on from one place to the next, eyes only on what immediately lies ahead. It is unaware that it is not where it should be and all the time has been straying farther and farther from the flock and the shepherd's care. The sheep never wanted to get lost.
Similarly, People may be too preoccupied with their studies, career, relationships, problems of life and the pleasures of the world. Many are lost because they never look up and ask: "Where am I now? Why am I here? Where am I going?"
Carelessness of Others (Lost Coin)
The lost coin represents those lost through negligence or bad treatment from others. The coin cannot bleat like a sheep for help, nor find its way back like the son. It has been done in by the mistakes and wrong decisions or actions of someone else. (so sad, isn't it? but it happens)
People become damaged through victimization in a myriad of ways. The people they may have looked up to or respected caused them to have a broken concept of God. (that's why yesterday's message was so inspiring: our lives should be our ministry!!)
Personal Choice (Lost Son)
The son was deliberately lost - unlike the sheep or coin
It was not because he was unaware that he was lost nor was it because of other people's negligence. He was lost because he chose this path. Many people who once can be found in church singing worship songs, praying and serving are now no longer found in church. With influences from friends and other people around them, they start living their own lives without God in it. People without God are lost because they are ignorant of God, unlike God, and distanced from God. That is why it is so important that we be in the world (so we can influence and change it) but be not of the world (where the world influence and change us).
The shepherd searches for the sheep until he finds it (Luke 15:4). The woman also searches for the lost coin until she finds it. (Luke 15:8)
Love is not satisfied by a favourable percentage between those who are safe and those who are lost. With the sheep, 99% were safe; with the coin, 90%; and with the son, 50%. Who wouldn't want these kind of church-growth statistics? Most of us would rejoice, pat ourselves on our backs for doing a good job if 99% of the people in KL were in church.
Souls are not digits or percentages. When someone's child has died, we wouldn't go to his/her parents and say: "Never mind ma.. You still got other children.."
GOD REJOICES WHEN THE LOST ARE FOUND!!
The shepherd, the woman, and the father all rejoiced and wanted others to share their joy when the lost were found. Only one person did not rejoice: the elder son. The elder son represents the church which can go with business as usual in the Father’s house, and yet not be concerned with the lost, and never putting in any effort to find them. He represents any religious person whose relationship with God has grown lukewarm. He is the individual who has never agonized at all over a missing prodigal. He never shared the father's heartache, not does he share the tears of joy when the missing comes home.
I pray that I wouldn't be like the elder son. I pray even harder that it wouldn't be because of my mistakes or wrong choices that causes other people to stumble. And it's also important that we as children of God take on God's desire. To reach out and bring back all who are lost. Not to be satisfied or contented until all are found.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Tagged By Ju Han
Tagged by Ju Han
Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions.
What is your name: Eliza
A four letter word: East
A boy’s name: Edward
A girl’s name: Eliza? Okay, Elaine
An occupation: Engineer
A color: Emerald
Something you’ll wear: Earrings
A food: Egg
Something found in the bathroom: Electric Hairdryer =p
A place: England
A reason for being late: Enter wrong class
Something you’d shout: Eh!!
A movie title: E.T.
Something you drink: Espresso
A musical group: Evanescence
An animal: Elephant
A street name: Jalan Emas
A type of car: Electric? It didn't say brand
The title of a song: Everything I Do I Do It For You
Tag 5 people: Does it have to be 'e' as well? can it be 'everybody'? =p (I doubt anyone has that name though)
Fuh!! Really spent so much time thinking what starts with 'e'. Some I cheated and googled. What to do? I'm not a dictionary.
Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions.
What is your name: Eliza
A four letter word: East
A boy’s name: Edward
A girl’s name: Eliza? Okay, Elaine
An occupation: Engineer
A color: Emerald
Something you’ll wear: Earrings
A food: Egg
Something found in the bathroom: Electric Hairdryer =p
A place: England
A reason for being late: Enter wrong class
Something you’d shout: Eh!!
A movie title: E.T.
Something you drink: Espresso
A musical group: Evanescence
An animal: Elephant
A street name: Jalan Emas
A type of car: Electric? It didn't say brand
The title of a song: Everything I Do I Do It For You
Tag 5 people: Does it have to be 'e' as well? can it be 'everybody'? =p (I doubt anyone has that name though)
Fuh!! Really spent so much time thinking what starts with 'e'. Some I cheated and googled. What to do? I'm not a dictionary.
Monday, July 20, 2009
MU's Meet The Fans Session
Finally something worth writing. Last Friday, 17th July, Wing, Kok, Liak Shern and I went for Manchester United's Meet The Fans Session at Mandarin Oriental. The tickets couldn't be bought outside. So thanks to her we got them.
The Tickets
Not many people turn up as tickets were hard to come by. Met Rashid Salleh there. He's an ESPN presenter and actor, in case you were wondering.
From left: Me, Kok, Rashid Salleh, Liak
There were 5 players there. Anderson, Wayne Rooney, Jonny Evans, Zoran Tošić and Fabio.
With Rooney
Zoran Tošić
It was a very memorable and rare experience. Really enjoyed it thoroughly.
The TicketsNot many people turn up as tickets were hard to come by. Met Rashid Salleh there. He's an ESPN presenter and actor, in case you were wondering.
From left: Me, Kok, Rashid Salleh, Liak
With Rooney
Zoran Tošić
It was a very memorable and rare experience. Really enjoyed it thoroughly.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Random #4
Had F7 EDC today. Almost overslept again. =)
After that had lunch at Pyramid. Ate at Ajisen Ramen. Ordered something which I forgot the name. (It was quite long and I just finished F7 class). They had there in the menu 3 chillies so I ordered expecting it to be spicy. It turned out to not have any single spiciness. So I added more chilli to make it spicier but it is still not spicy at all. Quite disappointed, really. But the food's okay.
Then we went to watch Angel & Demons. It was smart, as usual, Dan Brown. Some parts were quite predictable even though I haven't read the book. (Maybe because I'm as smart as them). Haha.
Other than that, a pretty normal day.
After that had lunch at Pyramid. Ate at Ajisen Ramen. Ordered something which I forgot the name. (It was quite long and I just finished F7 class). They had there in the menu 3 chillies so I ordered expecting it to be spicy. It turned out to not have any single spiciness. So I added more chilli to make it spicier but it is still not spicy at all. Quite disappointed, really. But the food's okay.
Then we went to watch Angel & Demons. It was smart, as usual, Dan Brown. Some parts were quite predictable even though I haven't read the book. (Maybe because I'm as smart as them). Haha.
Other than that, a pretty normal day.
Monday, May 11, 2009
My Bones Are Brittling!!
Went to Pyramid with family yesterday. They had this Anlene promo or something (I don't know what you call it as my english not good). They had a bone examination to know the quality and strength of bones. So me, not wanting to be left out, saja go and try try.
Filled up some form and lined up for a short while only (around 5 minutes). The person asked me to put my right leg on some machine and after that he recorded the results on the form. I saw that it was in the low risk range and was quite happy with myself. They then directed me to another person who gave the consultation. He looked at me and said "This is not good. You only have 0.3 whereas the max is 2 and at your age you are supposed to be at least 1.5." He said this was probably due to my lack of calcium intake and too much coffee. He asked me to drink less than 2 cups a day, exercise at least 3 times a week and take 1000mg calcium a day. He said some other stuff as well which didn't really register in my brain as I was busy thinking 'No!! Not the coffee!!' :(
After that, I went and see my mum's results. Believe it or not, she got a 1.9!! Much much higher than me. Hahaha.. My dad was in the average risk zone almost nearing the high risk zone. Hmmm...
Probably it's all the hard work my mum always calls us to do. Probably it's because the machine was already spoilt. Probably because it was Mother's Day so we let her win. Argh!!
Filled up some form and lined up for a short while only (around 5 minutes). The person asked me to put my right leg on some machine and after that he recorded the results on the form. I saw that it was in the low risk range and was quite happy with myself. They then directed me to another person who gave the consultation. He looked at me and said "This is not good. You only have 0.3 whereas the max is 2 and at your age you are supposed to be at least 1.5." He said this was probably due to my lack of calcium intake and too much coffee. He asked me to drink less than 2 cups a day, exercise at least 3 times a week and take 1000mg calcium a day. He said some other stuff as well which didn't really register in my brain as I was busy thinking 'No!! Not the coffee!!' :(
After that, I went and see my mum's results. Believe it or not, she got a 1.9!! Much much higher than me. Hahaha.. My dad was in the average risk zone almost nearing the high risk zone. Hmmm...
Probably it's all the hard work my mum always calls us to do. Probably it's because the machine was already spoilt. Probably because it was Mother's Day so we let her win. Argh!!
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