off to niah..again

Just a quick note here. I'll be off for the weekend. Calvary has a small retreat where we're going to plan for some upcoming events. It will be at niah and according to the program we'll be going to the cave.

Didn't you go to niah earlier this year?
Yeah i did but it was with the photography club. And yes we did go to the cave. There's nothing else to do at niah besides visiting the cave and getting bat poop all over you. Honestly i think once is enough but why deprive others of the experience?

How are you ah?
Fine, nothing major just that exams are almost here and another semester is wrapping up. I have mixed feelings la, i'm happy the sem is rounding up and at the same time i'm not sure what the next sem would hold. But so far what i see is an increase in work and responsibility.

So how are you?
Life goes on. I consider myself immensely blessed for the experiences i've had in my rather short lifetime and I will not question God or challenge his love for me. Why do 'bad things' happen? There are a lot of generic answers but the more i think about it the best answer i can come up with is i don't know, they just do. See you on Sunday.

~shalom~

merdeka! (yay!)

On this the 50th independence celebration of Malaysia we went to the beach. Calvary had a baptismal service and there was pork to eat along with other food they made me, yeah thats right they made me try. Cannot say no one. All the aunties and uncles ah. Try this, try that one... But it was good la.


I discovered i'm fascinated by cloud formations. They're so beautiful with lots of patterns. So if you see me staring at the sky with a grin you know why.


By the beach, so many people came out to have picnics and enjoy the day off work


the beach. Didn't get a chance to play in the water but who needs water when you have bbq pork?


another view of the beach


playing with a rugby ball. I would have called it football if this was american and it wouldn't sound awkward but this is not american and it sounds awkward to call it football.

Later in the evening we went out for a simple meal near DPS. I ordered beef noodles with soup and the lady brought fork and spoon for me and for some reason i just felt wrong. I didn't feel comfortable using them anymore so i asked for chopsticks.


Not what you think. Its actually chinese tea in a deceptive cup.


close up shot of my plate


The mee was very good.

I know you love me
With regard to my previous post, i'm sorry with i caused a stir or scared anyone. I am ok just that sometimes things happen and emotions get the better of me.

I just want to say prayer works. It so freaking works. And don't underestimate the power of kindness to turn seemingly dire situations around. God is pure good. And He cares more than we ever can. 

I really thank God for friends who I can share things with and I really thank God for the family of believers that we have. Sometimes we can take that for granted.

I really like this song by superchick, We live.

We live by superchic[k]
There's a cross on the side of the road
Where a mother lost a son
How could she know that the morning he left
Would be their last time she'd trade with him for a little more time
So she could say she loved him one last time
And hold him tight
But with life we never know
When we're coming up to the end of the road
So what do we do then
With tragedy around the bend?

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

There's a man who waits for the tests
To see if the cancer has spread yet
And now he asks, "So why did I wait to live till it was time to die?"
If I could have the time back how I'd live
Life is such a gift
So how does the story end?
Well this is your story and it all depends
So don't let it become true
Get out and do what we were meant to do

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

Waking up to another dark morning
People are mourning
The weather in life outside is storming
But what would it take for the clouds to break
For us to realize each day is a gift somehow, someway?
So get our heads up out of the darkness
And spark this new mindset and start to live life cuz it ain't gone yet
And tragedy is a reminder to take off the blinders
And wake up and live the life we're supposed to take up
Moving forward with all our heads up cuz life is worth living

We live we love
We forgive and never give up
Cuz the days we are given are gifts from above
And today we remember to live and to love

~shalom~