~Learning to Breathe~

Entries for March, 2004

March 1st, 2004

Yesterday's news today
POSTED AT 03:35 PM

Captain Ball
Umm....captain ball? was there any....oops there wasn't any cuz veri few ppl din went...n those say 1 to go 1 din turn up....like Sarah Khoo kena stomach ache....cannot blame her....den sumore a lot of ppl also din turn up.....but we played..football...which was kinda fun cuz a few ppl nia....but nice lar.....veri "phaik-chek" game.....and also veri "khing chiong"......

Then we played hand ball...oh to those who haven't played this game.....is fun try it...veri like captain ball juz score in goals in to a goal post nia(duh).....so yesterday was like that.....boring

My dinner......
Well..............ummm boring went to victoria station for dinner at 9.00 cuz teluk bayan wuzn't nice so we detour to victoria station....
mmm...not so yummy though...thought got nice steak or lamb...mana tau go there eat escargo......stupid snails....wat's nice bout this small creatures neway.....?but find no value after eating cuz still not full...
boring...boring....boring victoria....chef & brew nicer still....

arrggh...school...dreaded...

today school was a new chapter...a new beginning...a peaceful start...a great moment of fun...a day of laughter...a day where dream come true....again....a deja vu....Y?

CUZ I SLEPT FOR 4 PERIODS AGAIN!!!!!

neway same thing happen again...got awoken by that silly girl (arggh...not her again...) disturber...arrghh...disturb my dream....y...y...y must girls be like tat....(not all lar...sum r veri nice...no put it mostly).......boring...boring...

Yet the best thingy...i juz became a self appointed cupid at skool....cool huh....i started by i was so bored today....so i started asking my friend bout a girl who...was kinda cute...(eh dun "fikir serong" ya)....whether she play basket ball...den instead of my friend tell me boout she play or not....he (yes a HE) told me bout how they where once together (wow new info...i din know tat)...so since i'm so bored...i started to ask bout wat happen...(silly me) den my friend ask me whether can i get them along back again....so kena jadi third party......aih....neway problem solve...in less than 1 hour.. wif help from ppl in the form 6....

Roting
Guess where i am now.....is a quite place with wind blowing...so is not cyber cafe.....ummm sumwhere up north....is a veri panas place...
kinnda a veri hot place....but got shade....hahaha figures u cannot guess....................i'm at gurney now...online using hotspots....
boring lar.............

==[====>boredome<====]==


March 1st, 2004

Sumthing to ponder!!!!
POSTED AT 05:31 PM

Well juz finish listening to Josh Groban's "You raise me up"

"You raise me up so i can stand on mountains
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas
"

this few words seem to echo in my mind that sumtimes we are juz blessed to have a God as a friends and at a same time a great father.Well this particular part of the chorus is being telling me over and over that sumtimes we facce mountains in life and we feel like "how we wish things(troubles) will just dissapear" and how we grumble bout our problems on this website which most of us have...
-a blog to complain bout life's cruelty-

As for me my mountain currently is to stay awake....cuz i'm been having not enough sleep for the past 3 weeks d...study until 2am and wake up at 5am to go to skool...den sumore go skool cannot sleep if chem was first period....sumore 2morow got practical....extra research tonite....no need to sleep d....

There and back again....to what i was talking....ummm...wat was it again...wait i browse k....ya....sumtimes mountain comes our way and most of us at first glance is...we can't do it....take for example the badge of form 5's taking SPM at the end of this year...ask them whether is it possible to get 10A's since the previous successors have put a great margin of scorers...(yalar how i wish it was my year)....i think at first thought is scary to them....

And sumtimes we say....we dun have 2 b afraid....dun have to worry but how many times do we really do tat...ussually we pray to God asking Him to take charge of things but as for us...we still worry whether God will answer our call or not....sumtimes is ironic we can trust friends in doing sumthing for us...let just say...fetching us but we can't really trust God to the extend that we are able to rely on Him concerning things to come....

Well is true that sumtimes we dun really do our part...but the song just tells us of how much a friend that was and is and will always be there for us will do for us....so...currently feeling...dunno lar...sumtimes sad....then happy in the next 5 min....arggh mood swing....think is b'cuz of the music at starbucks...veri orchestar-tic

.......ahhhh....just a thought nia...to those feel shaken or insulted in the journal above.....sorry...
Reading: Prentice Hall's Central science
Listening to: Nickelback's Someday
Feeling: :scared: :boys: :) ;-)


March 2nd, 2004

Ah the morning breeze...
POSTED AT 05:00 AM

Well haven't sleep for the monday itself n now is tuesday d...just finish my 1 whole book of physical chemistry...den got to go to skool d.....ummm now is bout 5 so got to prepare to go to school d....
but is a nice day so...enjoy it..yawn sleepy...have to drive to school sumore...and yeah the best part today get to drive my uncle's hyundai coupe to skool.....wow can imagine the ppl looking at my uncle's car....

"God i pray for your strength to be in me
for the rest of the day as i study and as i have my breakfast
God i pray for strength that is far more abundantly than wat i need from u to get through today with exceeding joy...thank you lord for today that u make it a great day for me...and all of us...bless my day and make it a a great day for me to learn new things bout wat i need and ought to do to be a reflector of ur glory....God i pray for rest also in my mind n body...as test is drawing near nxt week God i pray for ur rest n peace to be upon my body n mind....thank you lord in advance for i know u'll do things that is more than wat i can possibly think of.....in Jesus name i pray...Amen"


so umm a happy day to all....and i juz got the "more than life" album by hillsong united live.....cool album..
Listening to: 3 Doors down's Here without u
Feeling: :jester: :bigeyes: :P ;-)


March 2nd, 2004

For Us....
POSTED AT 04:04 PM

Last nite or should i say....whole nite i was awake and can't really get into bed cuz of vigorous study that i have to do....den bout 3.30 i ended my studies of physical chemistry (phew) den read a few scripture in Isaiah....

53:5..."But He was wounded for our trangression;
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chantisement for our peace was upon Him;
And by His stripes we are healed.
6....All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to His own way;
And the Lord has laid upon Him
The iniquity of us all...."


This is one of the best verse ever written....it shows comfort...it tells of the suffering He went....even the song by Thrid Day....says that God is willing to climb a mountain just to be with us but He climb the greatest mountain of all the "the hill of calvary"....

In this scripture also it tells of the great work that God did to bring us back again....for we have turn to our own understanding of sadness, our own understanding of fun, our own understanding of study and education....but most of all our own understanding of the life...we have made things that God made as something we have to complain about....example time, no fun, growing up and etc....

But i think is highly we really take each day as a day what God is planning for us to do.....to learn each day as something new not a deja vu.......

Not To Us
OOooooooo......now i juz love this song....by Chris Tomlin...sooo
sooo nice....

The cross before me the world behind
No turning back raise the banner high
It's not for me, it's all for You
Let the heaven shake and split the sky
Let the people clap their hands and cry
It's not for us, it's all for you


Then it went saying......

Our hearts unfold before Your throne
The only place for those who know
It's not for us, it's all for You
Send Your holy fire on this offering
Let our worship burn for the world to see
It's not for us, it's all for You


The song keep echoing in my mind since last nite....since i started to listen to the reflector camp complilation....dunno but is still ringing in my head....my mouth can't stop humming it.....hope i'm not the next "donkey of shrek"....neway a great day

Yeah....din sleep for 36 hours d....gonna make it 42 den i'll go to bed....sumore tomolow got practical again.....syiok....veri life challenging....hope can take the letargicness of 36 hours plus study... ooo juz fun juz super challenging....syiok...syiok....sound like problems but sound like a sport to me.....most of all hope can overcome the sleepiness and not the other way"kau liow"...
Reading: Again...prentice hall's Central science
Listening to: Black Eyes Peas's Where is the Love
Feeling: :jester: :goggle: :-) :P


March 3rd, 2004

School....College....University....And all the learning places
POSTED AT 03:22 PM

Wake up early....do the stuff

Change and pick up a block of weight

Rush like mad if traffic jam

Sumore time flies so fast

Reach in time for chemistry

Luckly not caught by teachers on duty

Neither sleep nor snore

Just simply resting "dead"

Bell rung...time for break

Ended in places tat can sleep

Bell rung go back to class

Study and half way crashing

Crashing into notes of infite formulas

Dreaded...dreaded....dreaded

Aiyah wat i'm talking bout.....
ooops this was supposely meant for the skool mag
teruk...now must rite a new one....d

caution: to those who have read it.....is not finish...college n 'U' r coming next..
Reading: Tom Clancy's Debt of honour
Listening to: Josh Groban's When you say you love me


March 4th, 2004

Ha..ha...ha..ha
POSTED AT 04:11 PM

well this is one boring article....is juz bout laughing..so lets start

laughter.....

mmm laughter.....

wat wif laughter.....

mmm wat wif laughter.....

wat exactly is laughter.....

mmm wat exactly is laughter.....

wat exactly is a laughter.....

ya..wat exactly is a laughter.....

laughter??????

ya laughter...!

laughter??????

yes laughter......!

laughter??????

aboden.....?

smile can ar?????

laughter!!!!!!! not smile

laughter??????

wat's wrong cannot laugh izzit?????

laughter?????

ya laughter......!

mmmm.....can u teach me how to laugh....?

wat u dunno how to laugh....?

ya......!

laughter...just laugh.....

like a jester?????

yes like a jester....

must wear silly hat like ur's

yes like mine...

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha stupid hat

hey u laugh

no is call teasing

hahahahahaha btw...is veri lame...n boring
and also veri stupid.....!!!

cannot imagine u guys actually read to whole thing....

says.....u guys r 2 blur d....hahaha

says.....is call teasing not laughing


says....caution sorry is offended ne1's IQ...but julian is a little tense rite know...so his realeasing his tension...on u guys who haf read it.........again soreeeee


March 5th, 2004

Where are we now....?
POSTED AT 01:46 AM

I've been wanting to rite this for a long time but is sumthing veri long so i dun really want to take a lot of time in riting dis "thing" which i wanted so badly to say.....is bout "US" as in us not u.s.a.... well the thing i'm questioning out here is "where are we now?"

the questions are not about i live in penang or i'm at home now(aboden) or about in college or in school or in anywhere in this entire globe.....i'm asking you all and myself.... "where are we now?" i think since reflector camp things have really change....esspecially the audience with the king have already change many lifes and many lifestyle too.....but now just look again...."where are you now?"

are you still in that mountain top which pastor said where all the lions are waiting....where all the troubles seems much harder each day....or have u decend from that mountain down to the hill because is much comfortable over there....and the lions are not as fierce compare to the one's at the mountain.....pastor rick even said....the things that is gonna make us loose this spiritual momentum of ours is we succumb to "plateauing" to stay in our comfort zone....

my question is "where are we now?"

sometimes is kinda silly of us that when we r there at the moutain top, enjoying God's presence we sang the song "I will not forget" and the chorus went....

A grateful heart i give
A thankful prayer i pray
A wild dance i dance before You
A loud song i sing
A huge bell i ring
A life of praise i live before You


but now we are like.....low battery...no umph at all to even do a wild dance....i still remembered josh said "a wild dance wasn't any dance that david did.....he practically dance like a mad person"(sumthing like tat)...and why? because he was fill with joy.... being joyful in God's presence is not bout wat u feel on that day...or how bad ur tiredness is....there is no excuse to praise God...cuz you are free to dance.....God has set you free....be glad....take every oppurtunity that you have and show it....show it to the world...be a city on a hill.

and oh...i just got reminded again that God doesn't want the best that you can give to Him...He wants all of you...the rest of you even your weakness not just only the best we can give.....sumtimes i feel going to youth is like a daily routine.....is like i'm too old(...ish how i dislike that word..neway) to be there since all my geng-geng have fly away d....but sumhow or rather i feel is either all or nothing at all....cuz God doesn't want my daily attendance where He can mark and say "julian good attendance" but He wants all of me....remember the "costly worship" thingy.... is not bout giving the best we can but to give the most we can...to sacrifice it all....and for me the reason i chose to go to youth is because it is a privillege to worship Him with ppl. of my age....where fireBRANDS are not ashamed to show their love for God....

so i'm just asking u guys....and myself
"Where are we now?"

sorreee if i hurt or ter-tembak any1 accidentaly k.....sorree


March 5th, 2004

So so sad....
POSTED AT 02:31 AM

nothing to do now....lar is like 3.00 in the morning
cannot disturb ppl sumore....aiyah sleep dee lar...

guess i retreat to bed de...ya 4got today was another marathon

5.00a.m(wed) to 5.00am(thursday) to now 3.00a.m (fri)
so is 24 + 22 hours...so is 46 hours total....yeah...

gotta sleep den 2day(fri) wake up at 7.00 den study like mad dee...

pity me lar...those ppl in coll also no need to "pia" until like this....

sigh.....form 6...is fun yet stressful....sigh oooo...which is nice...ya angel....
Reading: Tan Yin Toon's Chemistry....2 go 2 bed
Listening to: Dunno who izzit??'s Are you sleepy?
Feeling: sad... boring... blur...


March 5th, 2004

PHysic....math wat a load of crap
POSTED AT 01:44 PM

Sigh.....study....should do sumthing fun lar...
teruk no new movie...except for Passion.......
they say see already can cry wan.....
sigh.....problem problem....crapping and crapping

F=GMm/r(r)....how to use this gravitational rule leh...

want to manipulate also....susah...cuz

ma=F den ma=GMm/r(r)
den M/r(r)=constant cuz 'a' cancel G and m cancel m
and sumore this question is asking me to find the time of the
collision...how a=v-u/t
and i cancel my 'a' d so how to find....cuz G is +a not -a if it was
-a den i can solve it....stupid question...!!!!

ya sumore...got discrete probability.....teruk....ish first time get stuck
doing math...i think due to not enough sleep....just slept for...mmm
4 hours after my second marathon of 46 hours.....sumore the day b4 was 42hours marathon.....guess now my eyes is like a panda bear d...sigh math and physics

juz can't live without them and how i wish i can.....sigh
----a wat if story----


March 6th, 2004

The worth of a coin
POSTED AT 02:29 AM

You're one in a million
How does that applies to your life?

How do you feel bout it?

Not to have another person that acts and feel exactly like you

Even better, your heart beat is different from everyone's else

It shows that you have a value....a value that Christ is willing to pay

Imagine you're just a coin...lets say a 1 cent coin....

It is practically worthless in this current time

But think....really think!!

If you are just a 1 cent coin and let just say...

Christ is the person that have lost it

If it was you...will u bother to look for it?

But Christ did not.....!

He search for you...and gave all He had for you

To walk on the "via delarosa"(sumthing like tat)

To climb the hill of calvary

To carry the cross on His shoulder

Just to be with you....just to be with you

Just to get His 1 cent coin

He is willing to go the distance

To give His all........for 1 cent coin, you...

a quote from UY's mom...

"....when you sin, you've put Christ back on the cross again..."

Think bout His pain....

Think bout His suffering.....

Think bout His love

For He loved you even you only cost 1 cent

Only 1 cent........of worth to the world

He sees you.....worth it to die for

And because of that

He is always next to you

To hear your cry

To comfort you in trouble times

To be your shoulder to cry on

But most of all

To be your-

Your ............................

(fill it with ur own words.......)

for me is...,

Your everything

Just finished watching "The passion of Christ....

p/s - just finish a box of tissue paper.........
Reading: Isaiah's Isaiah 53:5-6
Feeling: Crying.......


March 7th, 2004

When my world crumbles...
POSTED AT 01:59 AM

Jesus lover of my soul
Jesus i will never let You go
You've taken me from the miry clay
And set my feet upon the rock
And now i know....

I love You
I need You
Though my world my fall
I'll never let You go
My saviour
My closest friend
I will worship You
Until the very end


God is so awesome to have sum1 like You
sum1 whom i can cry out my worries to
sumwhere where i can find comfort
sumwhere where i can find peace.....

God thank you for the trouble times You gave to me
though i may not like them
but yet thank you....
for it help me to cling on more to You
and not my own strength....

thank you for my weaknesses
cuz there is where i find Your strength
to reflect Your power and glory

God i pray for time to come.....
that You take hold of the wheel
and not me...for i can't chart my own life
neither can i take over the wheel
and say God lead me...cuz
is either all for You or nothing at all.....

In the name of Jesus....Amen
Reading: Bettie B. Youngs's Taste berries for Teens Journal
Listening to: Jami Smith's Be the center
Feeling: Blessed


March 8th, 2004

A new word... Physic-ky
POSTED AT 04:33 PM

Okay juz finish my physics test today

and crap i did a few mistakes....cost me 10 marks

arrggh out of hundered tat is...

but mistakes?

arggh...veri aggitated..neway.....test ya test tomolow got chem and pure maths.....veri fav. subject soooo gonna really have fun...

nothing to rite dee...except physics is dull chemistry rules math rules...and general paper nad m'sian studies is veri lame oh now i get it way jan so lame cuz m'sian studies is lame....hahaha

a dialog of stupidity

wat is science?and do you like it?
science is a research..and yes i luv it
o really?
ya there is where you n I were created cuz of tech.
really?
yes.....
so how bout physics?
well....ummm
so?
ummm
hey u mute izzit?
well..physics is....
what?
okay i'll say it!! .......physics is crap..lame..cacatic..stupid sumore veri mah huan to learn...arggh veri aggitated rite now...and stop asking me bout science....already..okay!
i thought u love it?
oh really?
ya u did
oh i take it back lar....science is lame so is ummm
wat again?
cannot say after sum1 kill me...

hahahaha juz getting physic-ky so if ne1 think ur lame sorry lar....i wazen talking bout u okay....
Listening to: Relient K's Pirates who don't do anything
Feeling: physic-ky


March 8th, 2004

When about you turn to about me
POSTED AT 06:27 PM

How we've changed,
Once we were flying,
Now we're caged,
Trap in our own world that's dying.

We were chosen,
To be His own,
But we chose to reason,
To live our life on our own.

We say "is all about You",
Yet we pride ourselves,
That it is all bout You,
Instead we are talking bout ourselves.

I try to think,
That we are still bout Him,
Instead i start to sink,
Cuz hope seems dim.

Where is our zeal,
That we have,
Where is that first love,
That heals,
That we crave,
and - chart our move.

To say i want to be a reflector,
To declare i'm leaving for You,
To be a infector,
That infect the world with You.

But..........................thank You for,

We are now a generation,
A Jesus generation,
Loved by You,
And save by You.

For You know me,
And You chose me,
Even i feel so unworthy,
Yet You still love me.

And let us be bout You,
Let us make You proud,
For You have make us worthy,
Even when we were still unworthy.

Let every breath we take,
Every move we make,
Be about You........
Not bout us but about You.

Let us fly again,
Soaring high looking past our troubles,
For You have raised me up from pain,
That were cause by my rubbles.

So i praise You,
For the freedom to dance,
You have given to me,
So shall i declare.....that
Let.......it all be about You.
Reading: Charles Verne's Journey to the centre of the earth
Listening to: Oasis Praise's So in Love
Feeling: :) :P :splat: :yuck: ;-)


March 9th, 2004

Freedom!!!!!!!........ah the fun...
POSTED AT 04:17 PM

Yeah....juz finish my test nia....and so free....so juz free

Gonna party whole day....dunno do wat....

Oh nice song going on.... Westlife "I lay my love"

Gila....a little bit dee cuz 2 much tension release

Neway....nothing new to do and sumore update...

Oh....ya forgot....found sumthing new to do dee...

Go play.....ummm

Wat was it again.....????

Oh the guitar.....ya....
Reading: JUst don't feel like reading's So gonna party...free finally
Listening to: Switch Foot's The better letdown
Feeling: :) :P ;-) :jester::splat:


March 10th, 2004

Great......Great.....Just great...
POSTED AT 04:36 PM

Blessing from Him.....
Hooray for teachers who tell u ur results fast....and thank God for the blessing He has given 2 me.....guess i did 2 well in my test dee... dunno why burn so many oil.....neway got veri good results....

so i think i can really beat francis n lee syong results dee....hahaha guess wat i juz scored....the highest in this test....yeah happy bout tat....yet....okay b4 tat my results k....

P.A(general paper) got 94
Maths....fav. got 99...ish this sir won't let me get 100 he says if i get it i'm a maths genius dee.....ishh
Physics.....mmm guess wat got the highest in my own record.... 95
And finally chem went down.... ...from 98 to 96.... cry!!!!

Okay the worse thing could happen....now i'm currently called a geek in school.....arggh how i hate it.....how i dispice being called a geek worse sumore now.....every looking at me as if i'm not human..... that is y i just ahte publicity after scoring.....yet thank God....for the results.....now teacher dun "kua siu" me dee....cuz 4 the whole of last yr...i failed all my test except for muet.....hahaha is in the house dee.....okay....crap to much dee.....

When God says NO

Okay this hit me juz last nite....about 3.00 when i was just praying having my quite time.....sumtimes in our life things juz dun go our way.....and the best part we blame God for not answering our prayer....but He did answered, He answered NO....

And then i turn to a verse in Mark which said sumthing bout believing in the things that you prayed for and it shall be given to you.....but how does this applies? what does saying no has to do bout believing we will get it.......and "aha!!!"

God is not saying no bcuz He juz feels like it or He didn't hear you... but somethings better always happen when God answer NO ........the basic example is when our parents answer no izzenit? and den we will rebel and question their decisions.... but they have a motive behind it....so does God.....

He's giving you a test.....a test on how far you will trust and still love Him even he answers no....and at the same time....giving you wat u really need.....strengthen ur relationship with Him....
Reading: Julian's My Prayer Journal
Listening to: Relient K's Sadie Hawkins dance
Feeling: :) juz :) juz :) juz :)


March 11th, 2004

It did happen!!!!
POSTED AT 03:56 PM

When God says NO
Okay yesterday i was riting bout God answering NO...

Well today it did happen to me.....no it was last nite...

The thing tat happen is tat i cannot go to youth dis sat....sumore my dad won't let me go to leadership retreat...so i'm now feeling like want to question God...but i cannot....and today i juz started again the 40DOP book...and i found out that.....

God entrusted us with our life that we may enjoy it....and God is testing us.....arggh why must this happen??

neway have to be "kuai" cuz going to church every week duzen make God happy if i go without mt parents' consent....so haf to respect and obey my parents decision.....cuz juz remembered...

Worship
To worship God is not bout going to church or youth but it is fun lar cannot disagree bout it.....but still worshiping God is

How we life our daily life!!!

So i think i juz haf to accept my parents decision...and the only thing i pray is tat i can have my parents approval to go leadership retreat.

oh this week i'm not going for the BGR talk cuz haf to go back to Kedah.....grumble how i wish that a miracle can happen n my dad juz say u dun need 2 follow us...if u wan to go to leadcamp juz go lar......oh if that happen is a miracle....next to my results....


March 12th, 2004

Heart of Worship.....
POSTED AT 12:47 AM

When the music fade
and all is strip away
and i simply come
longing just to bring
something thats of worth
that will bless Your heart

I'll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way thing appear
Your looking into my heart

I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You, all about You Jesus
I'm sorry Lord for the things i've made it
cause is all about You, is all about You Jesus


King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though i am weak and poor
All i have is Your's
Every single breath


Just being humming all this while since my dad says "NO! u cannot go to leadership retreat." neway i think is best tat i obey him cuz is a lifestyle tat God wants me to live.....a lifestyle of worship.....and thanks sqrewloose for talking bout the 40DOP and also euniceO for speaking out bout it....thanks a lot

Guess i have to come back to the heart of worship where worship doesn't mean singing songs but living a life that really reflect Him.... and not to question it cuz that is wat it takes to be a reflector....

and if i dun obey the authority God has place above me how am i suppose to obey Him.......so feeling frustated bout not going yet learning......how to praise Him when things doesn't go my way....

sob.....is sad tat i gonna miss it but....i'm not gonna regret it cuz i think doing this is already learning wat it takes to be a leader by action......
Listening to: Simple Plan's Perfect
Feeling: enlighten


March 13th, 2004

Mark 11:22b and Mark 11:24
POSTED AT 03:54 PM

Mark 11:22b....
"Have faith in God

Mark 11:24....
"Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray; believe that you have receice them, and you will have them."

These was the verse which i was mentioning in my earlier entry.... it says that when we believe in the things which we ask of Him that we have receive it....God will give it to us according to our faith....

Talking bout faith..., well i'm very shocked and amazed at God's power when He does really answer prayer...and I was very doubtful of God why i did not get to go to the leardership retreat....was i not chosen by Him to go or izzit juz a test....well all i did was i really summit to Him....and juz really do the best i can in understanding God's wants and not my....

But i've really learned a lot when i did not get to go to the retreat itself....i've learn tat God is good all the time....cause even when i am in the low valley not yet the lowest.....He still remain unchanged and the only thing tat have changed is only us....cuz as a teenage boy myself i always wanted things to go my way.....so i guess summiting to my parent's results i really learn that things is not always to go my way....

Well...i glad that things have settle down with my dad....and he gave me the permission to go to the leadership retreat....and is one thing that i can testify of His greatest....His awesomeness....His power!!!

thank you Jesus.....!!!


Reading: 40 DoP
Listening to: DC Talk's Jesus Freak


March 17th, 2004

The real deal......
POSTED AT 02:43 PM

Oh just got reminded of yesterday nite's preaching by a pastor called John Bevere...man he is good....his jokes is very to the point.... and he is a very great encourager....wow his jokes is the only thing that really struck me in my head.... okay one of it...:

A pastor ask all of the ushers to prepare a few offering bags with paper and those envolopes where we put our money in.... den he ask the ushers to leave those bags behind and use new ones to collect that day's offering......

So after the collection itself....the ushers quickly went back to the end of the hall and change the real offering bags with the fake ones...and no one saw it.....den the ushers bring the bags to the front to be prayed for but before that the pastor throw all the fake money and envolope into a big barrel and the pastor just lit a fire and burn it!!!!

and the looks at the ppl face....is like and they ask themselves why the pastor did that....cuz is hard earn money and the pastor answered.....

This shows that you all are still holding on to money

and for me that was "ooops" i think i should change...hahaha

neway the fun part was the mafia...(obviously) but it seems that the best was the seniors retreat....yeah!!!!! oh 4got wat i wanted 2 type dee.....ummm.. oh the leadership retreat was superb!!!!

and what's the best..... ummm - ya the best was we learn how to trust...compliment....correct others.....perservere....co-op.....and a lot more.....and i think all of us learnt that....the book of Nehemiah really have a lot to say bout being a leader...hahaha

oh neway....going to sleep dee....not enough and kinda feeeling so better end.....

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oh forgot.......!!!!!! Great job everybody....!!!!...hahaha

ya n sumore juz know that nursery rhymes haf demonic themes.. all of them....!!!!!
Reading: ..........dunno
Listening to: PAX 217's Engage
Feeling: sleepy but haf 2 study


March 18th, 2004

A dat that all seems slow....
POSTED AT 01:33 PM

Yesterday, for me time really went by slowly cuz things were not as normal as everyday for me. And i think for most of us it feels like a holiday or sumthing but for me....it is just a day where i feel like i have a lot of things to do but i just don't know wat am i suppose to do cuz it has been a real habit of me to be industrious, to get my hands in doing sumthing.....and yesterday after leadership retreat i just feel really down cuz i'm always tied down into doing sumthing... yet i know i have but what is it?

Oh neway got some good news and bad news....

Good news
things are going great around me.....am i'm feeling really refresh today and i guess to day is a great day for everyone cuz i found sumthing to do dee.....that is to study a lot in this 4 days trying my best to complete all my syllabus....and i'm gonna finish it..but really imagine finishing 2 years of studies in 4 days....crazy...ahaha

okay the bad news
Well i'll be leaving in december....when i dunno but i just got a letter from Yale that i must be in US by 27th of December.....sob haf to leave penang....oh sumore....i cannot come back until the next 12 years over in US....no break for me 2 fly back here....even there is,, is only 5 days....sob.. ;(

oh well just make the best i have right now...
Listening to: United Live's King of Majesty
Feeling: crappy


March 19th, 2004

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POSTED AT 02:09 PM

What 2 update? aiyah juz crap lar....umm let me think wat to crap... umm oh today i juz saw ben's blog...n it is still empty...so got another new blog....den...aiyah juz wanna crap but wat can i crap... about...ummm wait let me think for a while....ya juz finish my chemistry as in the whole of it in 1 day...cool huh? n today will b physics....arggh wat am i crapping about......wait let me really think.

When we pray
Sumtimes i juz dunno why when some1 ask a person to pray and that person juz answer "i dunno how to." is that an excuse for not praying or izzit that person really dunno how to pray. because i dun really think that ppl can't pray b'cuz prayer is like talking in itself n sumtimes i juz feel so aggitated when ppl say "i dunno how to".

Yet sumtimes the dunno how to pray can mean "i dunno wat to pray for" or it also can mean.... "dunno how to put it in nice and holy words"... but i do think tat prayer in itself is not sumthing that we must try to make it a nice or grade-A kinda sentences because we just have to pray as how we normally do when we talk with ppl.

But i still dun really get it that why ppl sumtimes juz answer "i dunno how to".... is like ur given the oppurtunity to pray....to lead the ppl in prayer...to be a leader....yet we juz let it pass by....or do ppl see prayer as sumthing where the one's closest to God can do or izzit because they feel they are unworthy or sumtimes ppl can feel scared of praying because the person b4 them prayed a long prayer so sumtimes is due to pressure....

But it is still not an excuse for not praying....cuz it is one of the only way to really speak to God.....

oh i have one comment from sum1.....a friend of mine.... he ask me this n i feel it kinda speak volumes....

Why must we race ourselves in not to be the last one to put our thumbs up to pray for the food? izzen that shows that we don't want to pray for the food that God provide us with?
Listening to: DC Talk's In the light
Feeling: high


March 21st, 2004

When we declare the cross.....
POSTED AT 03:02 AM

Well i been having this song in my mind lately......is called "Just to be with you"...

....Just to be with you I'll do anything
Oh yes I give my life away
Just to be with you I'll give everything
Oh yes I give my life away....

Now I know that you don't understand
The fullnest of My love,
How I died on the cross for your sin
And I know that you don't realise
How much that I need you
And I promise, I will do it all again....."


Well i guess this song speak for itself....and really everytime i sing the part "I will do it all again" it reminds me of the suffering that Christ went and He is willing to do it again......for us

Is there anything we can do?
I think one of the craziest thing ppl r really worried of is thier future.....well as for me i do worry whether i will be successful in the future or will i end up doing sumthing i dun really like at all....but!!!
Why fear the future? well i dun really have the answer to that but why? should we be worry of the things to come....well one thing for sure that i think is the most important to worry about is the second rapture.....whether will i be chosen or stay back to fight.... i think that is one thing i really have to worry.....but the question remains................

What is the one thing i should worry less for if God is for me then who can be against me?

Tonite
Oh tonite Judson u really did great.....esspecially encouraging the ppl to really the sacrifice of God..............hey well done ur juz gonna reach par excellence......

smilies......
Listening to: Switchfoot's 24
Feeling: yawn.....


March 22nd, 2004

A part of reflector :square:
POSTED AT 04:40 PM

Being a person who could careless about the things around is one thing we can't do cuz we have to care for the people around us....but there will come a time where we care more about ourselves rather than those around us.....and sometimes instead of us infecting the ppl around us.....we end up otherwise.

I've been asking myself this question.... why am i trying to please my friends in school?well, considering that i'm kinda new in school n trying to make friends....but is hard just being urself n not blending in....and there is where things start going wrong....

Trying to please ppl is not a thing that none of us hasn't done before. There is always that one time that we want ppl to just see us rather than knowing us....n this usually happen when we see ourself as invisible.....and the best thing.....

Is not the one close to you that will convict you of this....is usually the ppl your trying to please.....and the non-christians which is just waiting to 'shoot' us bout the wrong doings we christians are showing after talking bout being humble n holy even being reflector
itself.

Nevertheless, we please ppl everyday whether we like it or not... and here is a few questions :-
study....am i studying to please my parents or am i doing this because is my responsible.

work.....am i working hard so to get a promotion or am i doing it because is my responsiblity.

sports.....gonna do this style then the ppl will be amaze or i am gonna us this skill to win the game.

clothing....to be in trend or to cover myself

and a lot more things.....like our skills n talents are we just showing off or izzit our responsiblity.....and i think the best question we ask ourself before doing something......is what's the motive of doing the things....to be famous or because it is something noble and good to do....

It all comes down to.........What's my motive?

Just came in
Oh....just read the 40DoP for the second time and just realise that i can't/didn't create my own personality, is God. - just being opened that sometimes i think thoughts that are personal like.....my future, my goals, my dreams, my studies....and i never really come to the point of realising the hard facts that i can plan my future but is God who decide it for me..........

And it is a uphill battle daily not to think about ourselves considering that we are expose to so many advertisments that stresses on "you determine your future" kinda theme......even clothing, n studies(may the best one get the scholarship)......

Well....i think it is a really good idea to really do 40DoP again....cuz i think 1/2 of it is in our mind and the other somewhere else.....we need to constantly nail it into our being.....
Reading: Rick Warren's 40 Days of Purpose
Listening to: Hillsong's Ever Living God
Feeling: grateful


March 23rd, 2004

Setting a goal in life
POSTED AT 04:39 PM

Well currently this has been really hitting my mind.....is setting personal goal rite for us since we can set our goal and visions for our life, our dreams but doesn't it really show that we are trying to plan our life instead of letting God do the His will?......well i've been thinking of this after i started to read n to really ponder on the things Rick Warren haf ritten on his book, 40 DoP.

Well really being battling this thought of mine the whole day in school n even in my chemistry i was thinking bout this n really didn't concentrate at all in my Phase Equilibrium......all the miscible n inmiscible liquid......wah really cannot stop thinking bout it....but neway being really thankful today.....cuz been really thinking a lot about God...this whole day....n i dun really think i can study today cuz dunno lar....being really in awe of His love.


March 24th, 2004

Oh......i like this.
POSTED AT 04:02 PM

Oh Lord You've always shown me
You can make a way
If ever there's a problem
I close my eyes and pray
So once again I'm here
Down upon my knees
But this time it's so much more
Than something that I need

No fancy way of saying
How much You mean
I love You more and more
With every passing day

I could never live without You
Never let You go
I could never give another
All my heart and soul
Can't imagine me without You
Just want You to know

Lord is so good to know
You will make a way
When everything else changes
You remain the same
I knew every single verse
That spoke about Your love
Then You spoke to my heart
Now I can get enough

Words can begin to say
How much You mean
I love You more and more
With every breath I take

And if there ever comes a day
I forget to say I love You
Remind me of today.....


Really today was a blessing for me and a whole lot more.....and there shouldn't be a reason for me not to sing of His love for me.
Thank you Lord for today........for everything and the days to come
Reading: Darlene Zech's The freedom to sing
Listening to: Switchfoot's Meant to live
Feeling: In awe, In awe, So in awe


March 25th, 2004

'If only I was....'
POSTED AT 03:39 PM

Once some one said this... ' I have only one regret in life; that I was born someone else!' well it is a sad fact that many people do not like themselves. Because of to many dreams....

Well you know....most of us have a desire to be someone....in this journey that we traverse....but before finding fault with ourselves we should take a look on how God sees us.....well i have to admit that i want to be someone else as long it is not myself, that was long ago lar....but i came to realisation that there is that part of us that wish we could be standing on the 'stage of the world'.

You know.....sometimes a child will remind us of his parents and we call him a 'chip off the old block' In the same way...we have some features similiar to God well is not like we look like Him but we share in some of His honour. We have a soul, we have authority over His creation and we know what is right from wrong.

Well we are not the "canggih" apes lar....but i can think of some who act a bit like......er , no just kidding. But coming back to the point.... we must never ever put ourselves down by telling ourself that we're no good; that's an insult to God....cuz just as a coin have the image of a king or queen on it, we have God imprint on us.

For in Him we can declare that we are wonderfully made. A genuine original - totally unique. The one and only me! We are custom made by God to be us and no-one else. So instead of looking down on ourself......and queuing up at God's complaints counter asking for 'refund', we should thank God that we are a limited edition - one of one - ONEderful.....

And realise that we are one-off because we are design by God. So no matter what other tells you about your style......remember that we are greatly and wonderfully made for a specific purpose that only you can fulfil in history - a purpose that no one else can ....


Reading: Darlene Zech's The freedom to sing
Listening to: DC Talk's Solo
Feeling: over stressed


March 26th, 2004

title-less
POSTED AT 02:21 PM

~~~okay after a 72 hours marathon to study is time for me to sleep....and finally get some rest....ummm for those who are wondering y i'm doing this....well i have this challenge going on lar... that is i have to score straight for my mid-term test....so mar pia until this crazy dee.......but nwy this sat...gonna play siow and sunday too....den monday have to study siow also...mmm maybe not lar...sumore i do this b'cuz if i want to get a scholarship to pay my fees in Yale later....cuz is very expensive and my parents aren't paying.....mmm except for the first month nia....as in my 'daily' food and stuff.....den haf to find my own job to get money dee....

---so juz need prayer from u guys that i won't really over stress myself to study lar....but i think i would like to ask u guys to pray for me is that i won't just study hard but seek God hard 2....

oh my dad's famous quote....
-study hard and not hardly study-

and my quote....
-believe in God....He'll do the rest....and i play my best-
umm maybe study lar....hahaha
Reading: can't think of any
Listening to: can't think of any
Feeling: sleepy that's for sure


March 28th, 2004

My weakness His strength
POSTED AT 12:12 AM

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes we can be so aware of our weakness that we feel worthless. Well weaknesses will over power our mind when we think of things we can't do....and we have to come to realise that some of our weaknesses can be strengths............and obviously we know that but what weaknesses of mine is His strength?

-----The proprtionality of zero 2 hero----
mischevious, crafty, day dreaming = creativity
conceited, cocky = confidence
reckless, brash = courage
fanatical, over-bearing, aggressive = enthusiasm
fussy, impatient = efficiency
wishy-wishy, spineless, indecisive = flexibility
squandering, extravagant = generousity
blunt, outspoken = honesty
lack of confidence, self-critical = loyalty
indifferent, permissive, disinterested = patience
pushy, smooth talking, craping = persuasiveness
guilible, impulsive = sincerity
emotional, easily offended = sensitivity

.......anyway.....
guess today kinda cannot must not -ing....sob i want 2 jester....cuz is fun...very free kinda life...kinda happy-go-lucky lar....but hahaha is still julian lar....play siow study siow hahaha rules....(sorree if perasan lar....)
Reading: The land where shadows flee by Greg J. Mositte
Listening to: Switchfoot's The losers
Feeling: jestery


March 29th, 2004

2 sign or not 2 sign?
POSTED AT 05:40 PM

Guess this is one of the question that most of us is asking ourself but let me put it in a positive way of seeing the situation k....maybe a little -ve lar but i'm looking it from a lot of direction k....so just read on and if u haf anything to add juz add in the tagboard or the reply box lar....

the positive way....
"...things that are meant to be temporary useful is eternally unuseful..." - said sumone i think is C.S Lewis..nwy if we are putting God first in our life there is no harm in giving Him 6 hours of our Saturday to Him so that He will use us and those that went for the leadership retreat, remember what did we discuss about the talents God gave to use and how go we use it?...remember... we all said
- not to hide it
- go the extra mile to make it better
- make the best out of it
- use it
- be responsible to use it for God...etc..
and even we have to rite a journal..or journie is still worth is cuz it'll help us to get ourself prepare for eternity not temporary....and God say in His book (B)asic (I)nstruction (B)efore (L)eaving (E)arth.... that is the bible....in Jeremiah 27:11....He has plans not to harm us and sumore Paul said that God will do exceedingly abundantly than what we can imagine and even think, pray, desire, dream, and phantom.

the -v.e thoughts - i won't be able to focus on my studies and i have tuition and yes i agree that God has me in His hands but how can i do it since i'm having my major this year (PMR, SPM, STPM, HSC..etc) and even though i have faith in Him but can i really focus on my studies? considering i have tones of things to study for and on the other hand i have chords and song to remember....where can i find time to study..cuz we all have only 24 hours a day...and mostly 5 to 8 hours are spent sleeping...leaving us with 16 hours to spare den 8 hours at school from mon - fri (coll will be 10 hours from mon - fri...n sumtime saturday) so my life will be a mess.... and where do i find my break since i have tuition on most of the weekdays.... so weekend is my only break.... yes going 2 youth is not wrong or a chore for me but i want to have my 'going out 2 shop' since morning i'm either tight down with school activities or tuition and not to mention studies....so my question ( umm this is general lar...not me thinking bout this...mine is after this...but remember ya i'm not thinking bout this...is just in general thinking....) again...so my question is....Can God redeem the time i give to Him if i sign this covenent which means stripping myself out of the joy that i can only do in weekends besides holidays?

My thought ( most of us) - I agree that it is worth it to give God my talents to serve Him....to bring Him honour and glory but!! if by doing this(signing the cov.) i go against my parents will/advice that i should at least spend my time to study on weekends and just give my best this year for my STPM (plus my scholarship) before going to youth.....it is still a sin to go againts my parents wants for me so my thought is......what must i do...?

-serving God is one of our purpose for we are created to serve but if we still choose to serve God and in turn goes against our parents.... is it still rite? are we commiting a sin? well is this 100% right and wrong at the same time? - so this is my problem not my studies is my parents -

Okay question best to ponder =={====>
- Where is my stand? -eternity or temporary
- What is first now? -God or studies
- If it is God what is holding me back from signing it?
- What is my priority now? -God or me(studies, future..etc)
- What am i made for? -serve or to be serve
- Will God be happy if i don't sign it?

And What do I-your God thinks.....
- I have given you choices in life and this is one of it....what will you do, to invest in eternity or in this temporary world? Will you trust me that I have plans to prosper your life and not to harm you? Do you trust me? I am calling you now will you take it? Will you hide the talents I have given to you or will you use it for my glory? Do you love me?

And what satan is putting in our mind (* are what we should be considering not satan's tricks)
- who is the higher authority....ur parents or God?
- sign this covenent and your results will be excellent...think of it cuz u will still serve God and in turn u get a good results.... (*the catch is satan is trying to trick us that if we sign the covenent we will have good results in our major exams)
- is only for this year don;t sign it yet...wait till ur exam finish den only you sign....( *remember God is calling you - yes you )
- God is being unfair to you....
- Is this your decision to make or is it your parent's permission?

but the reality of it - this is a test....a test of servanthood and submission.... so for me i'm still thinking....and really evaluating my priorities............nwy thanks judson and ian for this really open my eyes and i'm hoping it open those that read this too...
Listening to: Pillar's Ashame
Feeling: Confuse


March 30th, 2004

ski[p] sch[o][o][l] = pool
POSTED AT 04:44 PM

hahaha yesterday i kinda skip skool cuz i woke up at half past nine.... i think b'cuz of over burning the midnight oil lar...hahaha

nwy really got nothing to post today just a few pictures here and there.....


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