The Days Are Approaching

Its my third last week before I finish my industrial training. Time does passed by so very quickly that 3 months is almost finish. Many of my friends would be enjoying their last week and having 2 weeks break thereafter. I would need to finish it up later and be in campus soon after that. Work has been so so and I am praying that I would be able to show a certain amount of my work before I leave. I realised after this few months that programming is not my cup of teas and hats out to those who have a flair in such languages.

My last semester in campus is approaching sooner than I expected. By time time I realised it, I would have been in MMU for 5 years already. Time does fly and I reflect upon my life as a university student. It has been great years for me. I had come to know so many wonderful people that I am afraid to leave behind. Each one that I had meet have made me the person I am today. The CF has played a major role in my life. I had so much oppurtinities to be involve in so much that this experience will remain with me forever.

I look at the future and see how I was going to spend my last semester in university. What should I do? There have been many thoughts that have crosses by mind but I have yet to sit and gather this thoughts of mine. I would like to contribute something before I leave. Besides that, I hope to make peace and forge ties that had been lost during my time here. I am truly going to miss my university days. Despite the change in environment that I needed to adjust to soon, I only hope that the friendships that I had made in my years in university will continue on and grow stronger.

The Purpose Driven Life

I had finish reading "The Purpose Driven Life" today. The reading did not take me 40 days as presrcibed but a longer period than that. I had only taken a serious following in reading it about 3 weeks ago and by God's grace am able to finish reading it. I thank God was bringing me through in reading of this book as I usually do not have much patience and consistency in reading. During this period of time, I had been humbled by reading a book that a man by Rick Warren had written that have caused such a big impact around the world. He had truly learned the purpose of living. The truth about it is simple yet hard to follow by many. It is a life we live for Christ.

As I began to use this book and reading of the bible for my quiet time, I began to reflect on my life. Did I truly believe Christ enough to make him part of my life that I was willing to let go of my own desire and live for Him? This book had helped me see how much I wanted to be like Him and how far I had drifted away from becoming like Christ. It made me realise how much I had change that I was beginning to feel the difference in myself that I could no longer be comfortable in being the man that God had fashioned me to be. Pride had settled in my heart. There was no more joy in serving but job description in completing a task. I had disconnected from God's purpose and live to fulfil my standards. How selfish anf foolish I had become.

I realise then how much I needed God to come into my heart and open my eyes to see this changes and humbly asked for His help in becoming more like Him. I wanted God to be the purpose of my existence here on earth. There had been many times I had depended on other things to live my life but nothing is as strong than having Christ in me. I was blessed to have found Him. But, I needed to experience him for myself to truly realise this truth. At times, I wonder whether my faith had been based on someone else faith instead, for instance my parents. It make me realise why there is a difference between my faith and the faith of a first generation Christian. Had I become complacent to believe and not convicted to trust and acknowledge as my Lord and Saviour?

One of the most hard hitting facts in the book was about service. "The ministry is about serving believers, mission is about serving unbelievers." I realise I had lost my passion in serving. Serving requires one to give his all without expecting anything in return. A service should be rendered from one's heart without a hint of recognition or glory. At times, I feel that my contribution are taken for granted. Having such thoughts actually defeats the purpose of serving. Countless time have I had this thought and I knew I was wrong to think so. I understood what God means that our service are considered as filthy rags before Him. What I do is so small as compared to His sacrifice on the cross for our sins. I knew I had to change my mentality and helped in whatever way that I can. Besides that, I had to understand that each of us are gifted in different areas and we should not complain if one does not have the same passion as we do. Each and everyone of us plays a different role in the kingdom and we should pray for one another instead. I felt deeply in my heart to lend a helping hand in areas unseen and untouch by my peers. My service to God would be to fill in the gaps in a group. I hope to carry out my role as I served in the CF for one last semester.

Lastly, I would like to thank God for His grace that He had so richly blessed me. He had made me realised so much about myself and I knew that God is moulding me into His image. I pray daily that I would always put Him first in everything that I do because I know now that my purpose is in Christ Jesus alone. Everything will fall into place if I placed my priorities in Him.

A Fulfilling Weekend

The weekend was filled with much activity that got my parents a little worried of my sudden outgoing nature. Usually, weekends would be spend at home with my family having dinner and watching television together. This week I had an oppurtunity to get together with some of my ex-classmates for movies. Yes, movies.

Vishnu message me on Friday to ask if I was interested in watching Alexander. Thinking that an epic movie would be interesting to watch considering the amount of publicity that have been spend on promoting this historical figure, I decided to take my chances. I rope in Terry who was back for the weekend. Prince came as well but Vishal could not make it as he had other plans for the night. The four of us entered into the cinema early. Many people had come to watch this epic hero expecting an unforgetable experience. The three hours soon passed by and there was nothing great about Alexander. Scenes were flashed by so very quickly stopping by for a moment of a confrontation. The battle scenes were not that spectacular as one could hardly seen the distinct nature of the slaying of the enemy. The story was brought about too quickly and did not take its time to build up except for the beginning of the movie. Besides that, Colin Farrel did not exhuberate the powerful nature of Alexander. However, I quite satisfied with Angelina Jolie performance as the controlling mother. There was also a scene from the movie which I particularly took a liking for which was the speech that Alexander made to his comrades in India. It caused me to see how power, glory and riches can distract us from the important thing in life such as family and home.

My next movie outing was to watch "The Incredibles" last night. This time around it was with Leong, Soon Keong and Vishnu who both came with their sisters. The animation was interesting and exciting as it was filled with much actions. Besides that, the characters were well developed and each were special in its own way. I was very impress with the character's hair especially Violet and Mrs. Parr. It was even more interesting to look at when their hair was drenched with water. However, the movie was not very hilarious as there were not much jokes involve. The sudden chuckles could only be heard from the characters actions especially the baby who was simply adorable. I still prefered "Shark Tales" for its humour as the writers were able to inject laughter at certain places. It reminded me a little bit of theatre.

Other than the movie marathon, I was back again playing on the field after a two week absence. It was great to feel the ball on my legs, dashing up and down the pitch and slotting in a couple of goals. I feel very comfortable playing on the right hand side of the field. Futsal has not only allowed me to keep in shape but also to get to know new people as well. Our weekly meetings are attended by people from out of church. Friends who bring friends along to play. A common interest of football. I was thinking about initiating a similar effort with the CF in hopes of not only having fun but also as an avenue of evangelism. I hope to do that in my last semester in campus come December.

Hari Raya Visit

I had just came back from visiting one of my collegue, Fizah place who invited a number of us from the office over to her house for dinner. She had initially thought of having it for lunch but due to the time constraint, she decided to have it for dinner as to give us time to enjoy ourselves and not rush of to work. There were alot of people from the office and many of them brought the spouses and kids along as well. I was fortunate to see their family together.

It was a simple occasion. Her mom prepared for us lontong and laksa. Although still having my cough, I decided not to waste such an oppurtunity and indulge in the food, taking less of the chili stuff. It was a harmonious affair to see various races coming together to have dinner together. Such gathering are considered rare especially in Malaysia although we call ourselves a multi cultural nation. However, cliques among races still do exist and it is quite obvious in my company as well especially during lunches. I am fortunate enough to be on the open minded side and mix around with different races at the office. Below is picture of me with the new engineers at my place. Most of them are around the same age as me and thats why I am seen hanging around this group more often at the office.

From Left : Sugu, Long, June, Fizah, Ajay, Me, Stanley, Lim & Baljinder

Walk Through the Old Testament

I attended a seminar "Walk Through the Old Testament" during the weekend at church. It was a seminar organised by World Teach and was conducted by Mr. Eric Tan from KL. Initially, I wanted to attend this seminar but the price of RM45 left me to make a second thought. That thought never did came and soon, I had quite forgotten about it. In the end, I managed to attend it as I had to replaced my mother who had fallen ill the night before. I guess I was destined to attend it in the end after all.

The seminar lasted almost the whole day as the session went from 9am to 5pm. Tea breaks and lunch were provided. As the session started, I was wondering how on earth would we be able to walk through 39 books of the old testament in such a short span of time. It was hard already to read the Old Testament and like many, I too had stopped reading when I reached Levitcus. However, we were not going through chapter by chapter of each book but going through some of the main events that occurs in these books. During the session, we were given a very colourful book that had the details of the seminar and also a 30 day guide in walking through the Old Testament that we could individually take on.

Walking through the Old Testament was simply interesting as we went through most of the main event of the Old Testament. We were taught actions from every book that we could remember and practice so as to go through the Old Testament with more than 70 actions in under 3 minutes. There were songs that we sang along and most importantly, the constant practicing of the actions that makes us enjoy the session even more. We were also made to travel from one to another place by refering to a life size map that comprise of the participants who were present at the seminar. I had a priviledge to be part of River Jordan. It was fun to see everyone participating and enjoying the walk through and at the same time learn about the Word. Each session left us in stitches and it made reading the bible even more fun.

After going through such a wonderful time, I hope to bring back what I had learned from this seminar to the CF or CG where they could benefit from it. I hope that this would help them in getting them excited in reading the Bible and enjoying every minute. I would be going through the 30 days walk through of the Old Testament and hope to do it beginning of next week. I am excited over it and by God's grace, I hope to finish it by end of the year.

God is in Control

The week had been pretty rough for me. Things had not been going all that well. I was down with fever after my trip from Penang and the unbearable cough is still going on after one week. It is difficult to sleep at night due to the chest pounding cough as it takes me quite a while to fall asleep and thus lack of rest. This sickness had not only left me suffering but also my other family members as well as my sister and mom had caught it as well. Dad is still surviving and have been drowning himself with lots of water and fruits. Other than that, my car battery went flat yesterday at work due to a faulty break light that remained on throughout the day. Fortunately, I only needed the help from my dad with the aid of a jumper cable to start the car again. It was our first experience with it.

Despite the many uneventful events happening to me, I was not frustrated about it. The reason behind this was because I had the joy of the Lord within me. Recently, things had been going on pretty good for me despite the many unhappy events taking place. This was because I had recently began a walk with God. I find it such a joy to spend time with Him reading His word and praying to Him. Though it is just the start, the experience seems interesting as I got to know Him more daily. Besides that, reading "The Purpose Driven Life" had given me a better understanding of what life really is. I had been confuse and was on a verge of falling out of God. This was vivid in my change of character and how easily tempted I was when in certain situation. People were beginning to get uncomfortable being around me and many had felt the brawn of pride, sarcasm and complains. I knew something was wrong and I knew God was calling me back to grow closer to Him.

God was sending out a strong signal to me but I did not listen. He had to take away one of my happiness to make me realise the seriority of it. Though its hard to accept, but I am glad that it was meant for my own well being. I needed to forge back the this distant relationship which I had neglected for so long. God was reminding me to always put Him first. To make Him my utmost and only priority beside all else. Others were temporaral. I knew that God would only hear me if I draw close to Him. The experience thus far has been exciting and exhilarating. I needed to have a first hand experience with my Maker.

Depending on Him

The trip to Penang was simply great as I manage to really go on a food rampage after not being able to 2 years ago when I felt sick during the trip. This time around, my sister was the latest casualty. It was great to taste the many delicacies of Penang ranging from laksa to chee cheong fun to lobak to balitung. However, I was beginning to feel the heat of it and succumbed to cough and fever. Currently at home recuperating before starting my job again the next day.

For the past couple of weeks, my spiritual life has increased tremendously. I had began to spend about half and hour everyday praying and reading His word. My reading on the Purpose Driven Life was about to come to an end as I had 9 more chapters to go. I had learned many things from the book and it had helped in rebuilding my confidence and my faith in Him. Besides that, I was really in awe reading His word and knew He was teaching me something. I had began to depend on Him more as I began to know Him better. It is too early to say now that I had changed for the better but I knew that it is never a lost if I concentrate on Him and put Him first in my life. There is much joy, peace and love in Him.

Experiencing Penang

Hawkers at Gurney

A fire performance opposite the road

Revellers Shooting Firecrackers in the air

Sparkles in the air

Grandparents waiting as dad is caught in traffic

A Visit to the Sup Kambing stall near Cititel

The yummy sup kambing with old coffee shop bread

The intriguing temple minaret

The junction where all the activity lies (The shop on the right is where I had my assam laksa and Siamese laksa. The tong sui stall which opens behind this shop was closed for the weekend.)

The Apam Stall

A Walk at the Market

Interesting bags at Gurney Plaza

Family in the apartment

Me and sis along Gurney

In the shadows

Me and my fat cousins (They keep hanging on to me all the time.)

My grandparents with my grandma brothers, Uncle Tit Ho and Uncle Tit Po in Ipoh

A Visit to an Old Folks home in Ipoh

Visiting Ko Po at the old folks. She can't remember very well.

This are some of the pictures I manage to take during the trip. There were many more that I could have taken but most of the time I forgot about it. This is mainly for rememberance. Taking pictures seem to be a hobby for me and its nice to see what you capture. A moment to savour.

Sights of Penang

The pictures were all taken from the 32nd floor of Gurney Hotel

View from the Living Room

View from the the Second Bedroom

View from the Jacuzzi Bath

Dark Clouds Over Penang on Saturday

Sunrise

Small Kites sold along Gurney Walk

Lowtide with Cranes looking for Food

Interesting Monument

A Fishing Boat Colony

View of Mainland from the car

View of Island from the car

Penang Bridge

My Stay in Penang

The Hotel Main Entrance

Living Room

Second Bedroom

Master Bedroom

Main Toilet with a Jacuzzi Overlooking the Sea

Second Bathroom

The Club on the 7th Floor with pool tables, gym and ping pong tables

The Main Pool overlooking the Ocean

The Kiddy Pool

The Volleyball Court

The Archery Area

My Deepavali Visit

Me and Hariharan

From left; Me, Prince, Kian Guan, Vishnu, Leong and Yew Cheong

It was great to spend time with my friends especially during the festive season. It was great to be able to catch up with life. Some of us had already graduated while some were going to the following year. Some had already found a partner in life while some still were single.

Recently I had been catching up with my friends especially those from secondary school and it was really good to hear from them especially those who replied my friendster messages. It was good to know that they are doing well and hope one day we could all meet up once again.

Life Goes On

I took half a day leave today as I was down with a bad cold and also I could not do my work. Over exposure to the bitterly cold airconditioned office and constant rainfall had began to take its toll. I could not get the OS installer as the people from the IT department could not locate where it is. I sit on my place with my writings and a book to read. I was dead bored.

Holidays are here and will be on a week vacation as my company goes through a shutdown. Will only be back to work the following Thursday. There is much instore for me during this holidays. Will be going on a family trip to Penang during the Raya break, made plans to visit my Hindu friends for Deepavali and will be out with some church members for a movie later.

It seems great to be around people. Inspite of what had happened, I felt relieve that God had provided for me in my time of pain. I knew I still had friends to depend on. Friends who would be there for me. I decided to move on with my life and not be bitter over what had happened less the joy be taken away from me.

I come to realised that I am just a normal guy whom people regards me as just being a nice guy. Sometimes you just feel you are being taken for granted and at times the feeling sucks. I guess we would only learn to treasure something which we are about to loose or lost. Anyway, life still goes on.

God Intended Suffering

This were the few words that had encouraged me for the day (Tuesday 9/11/2004). (Taken from Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren.)

"Jesus warned us that we would ahve problems in the world. No one was immune to pain or insulated from suffering, and no one gets to skate through life problem-free. Life is a series of problems. Every time you solve one, another is waiting to take its place.Not all of them are big, but all are significant in God's growth process for you. Peter assures us that problems are normal, saying "Don't be bewildered or surprised when you go through the fiery trials ahead, for this is no strange, unusual think that is going to happen to you."

"God uses problems to draw you closer to himself. The Bible says, "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those who are crushed in spirit." Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days-when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when you're out of options, when the painis great-you turn to God alone. It is during suffering that we learn to pray our most authentic, heartfelt, honest-to-God prayers. When we're in pain, we don't have the energy for superficial prayers."

Problems will happen in our life whether we like it or not. It is normal. The truth of the matter is not about the problem, it is our response towards it. A choice to run back to God or away from Him. A decision we have to made for ourselves. I choose the previous.

Friendship and Hurt

At the end of the day, I had realised something. A good relationship requires both parties to make it work or grow. Many of us including myself had placed upon ourselves various reasons as an answer to a broken or failed relationship. One of them is distance. Distance seem to place two people apart from each other. Many friendships have been lost because of distance. We looked toward people who are near to us yet forget those who are far from us. There have been many people whom I had cared for and who were close to me. Many have fallen out because of distance. Friendship is a beautiful relationship yet at times it is cruel and selfish.

It reminded me of the relationship between God and His people. An infinite being who we see as being far from us and most of the time forgotten, Yet, He is the closest person to us and stands right beside us whenever we are alone. I had been thinking a lot about friendship these days. Friendships that would remain with me are those where both side contribute to a relationship. Communication is the key to a relationship. Friends are those who are able to sit down with you, have an open discussion with you and makes every effort to keep that relationship stronger even if it seems to be headed rock bottom. I need to find such friends and be that friend. The first would be Him.

I hope to bounce back this week and forget what had happened the week before. Hurts will still be remembered yet hurts builds us up to be a stronger person.

My Trip Down Cyber

I made a trip down to Cyberjaya after work to attend CF that night. It would be the last CF of the sem and decided to go for it. I had not been around much due to my internship back homem and this would be my second time this semester. I went there unannounced as I wanted to walk into the room just like anyone else and did not want any attention to be drawn to me. I took the KTM up to KL and it was pouring like cats and dogs outside. My mom was hesitant in letting me go but I told her I had made up my mind and decided to go even if it rained. However, my initial plan to visit the Pasar Ramadan in Putrajaya with my ex-roomie Chris had to be cancelled and only managed to reach Serdang at around 8pm.

During the journey, I encountered two Indian national who were new to Malaysia and had come to Seremban to work. They spoke very good English without much of an Indian accent. Their conversation seem to indicate that they were still foreign to this land and were asking each other alot of question. As I clutch my hands freezing inside the train, my thoughts began to think of this two guys who were one of those who had left their homeland in search of greener pastures in a foreign land. Some had families back home and had to leave them behind in search of higher income to put food on the table. They were alone in a foreign land and friends were only their companion to get through the loneliness. I wonder how they were able to do it, living miles away from their love one. Long distant. It was such a familiar scene.

I made my way to campus thanks to my sis who came to picked me up from the station. Beside her, I saw a familiar face and Poh Yee had accompanied her on this trip. It was good to see the "Fat One" once again. I made my way thereafter into the CF room and many were surprised to see me there. The room was in a different setting with dim lights and tables filled with titbits to munch away. There was a small little area in front where presentations by fellow CFers were being shown. The room had been changed into a small cafe.

I sat at the back of the room with fellow seniors such as Kevin, John, Chris and Leo. Annette was there as well. It seems I had assimilated into the group of old farts. There were singing, dance and even a comedy skit presented by numerous people. Besides that, there were a couple of video clips which was shown that had me in it looking really funny. I really could not imagine myself doing this and my actions were all captured on video. How embarassing! It was a nice atmosphere to catch up with people and I began moving to a few tables to mingle with the people I had come to know. However, I tried to avoid someone in the room.

One of my reasons of coming down to Cyberjaya was to ask for prayer. I had hope that Annette was there to pray for me. In my past year in the CF, I had kept most of my things to heart and seldom did I share to anyone or asked anyone to pray for me. I was someone who did not want to drown people with my problems but instead solve those problems on my own. This would be my first attempt to do this. I had to humble for prayer as I needed it. It was good to share with Annette and I was surprised that she had sense something amidst in me. I was broken. Despite trying to keep a straight face, it was hard to hide my pain. We prayed for each other and I felt better to have spoken to someone. I realise that at times we are not at our peak and we all need someone to share our burden with. Even for Annette herself though many come to consult her with their problems or difficulties. We are all humans in need of a brother or a sister to share with. That makes the family of God so special.

A Boring Day!

It was a very boring day for me at the office as my work was halted when my computer began to show some abnormalities. It was a similar case for my laptop as the decimal places were missing, the year in the date/time box could only be changed to 2099 and my VB program including my Access Database had been distored or missing some elements. I had gone to a few people to ask for help but nothing could be done at the end of the day as I had to wait for the installer to be given to me. Bored as I may sound, I decided to do something with my time by surfing on my supervisors computer.

Time seems endless in the office when you have nothing to do or you could not do anything even if you want to. I took this time to visit Friendsters and began messaging a couple of people that I had not keep in touch quite a while. I realised that I had not spoken to some of my friends for quite a number of years, some as long as the day I left school. I was surprised to find out that some had gone overseas to study while some had shifted places of stay. Besides that, I spend some time also going my address book on my mobile and began messaging some that I had not been in contact with, hoping that they did not change their number. The response was essentric as many of them were surprised to have received a message from me after all this years. Those who replied were June whom I was closed to when I was in Alpha and Gerry who used to study with me in Taylors before I made to switch to MMU. It was good to hear from them although it was a non-verbal communication.It feels great keeping in touch with friends.

Thank You Jesus!

It had been a week I struggled with personally. My thoughts had taken over me and my emotions had overwhelmed me. I felt weak and succumbed to it. I had allowed myself to wollow into self pity and became depressed. There was no one to blame except myself. Unknowingly, I had become agitated, sensitive and frustrated with those around me. Those who came my way were hurt insignificantly by my ignorance and arrogance. I had caused others around me to feel uneasy with me and I believe they were hurt by my inconsiderate actions. In a state such as this, I had no one to turn to. I looked for people that I could pour my heart yet could not think of anyone in mind. Those who were close to me were only a handful and were either away or occupied. There were only two options left for me to release my deepest feelings, to pray or to write on my blog. It was obvious at this moment that I realised I did not had a support group to go to or maybe I was unwilling to share with anyone. My writings were mainly a way to say something hoping for a response or a some encouragement. I knew I was not going to get any as my writings were seldom read by anyone considering the long winded stories that bored the lights of those who passes by. My blog was unlike others I had come across where people respond when in their time of need. At this point, I began to feel alone and empty.

I was left with no other option then to come back to the One who has always been there by my side yet neglected most of the time. My heart was broken. I knew that I was not worthy to stand before Him again and asked for His help as I would only be at His feet in desperate times only. My relationship with my Creator was an unhealthy one. I had not spend as much time as I needed to know Him. Despite knowing this, I still felt a certain closeness as I knew and felt Him near me. I had to confessed that my faith was on a verge of breaking down. My realisation was brought about by my involvement in church and cf. I had began to disassociate myself from God's people and at times speaking unlikely of them. Pride had filled by heart blocking away the love that used to reside within me. All this while I hide myself within a mask of a Christian yet my inner self was wretched and filthy. No one knew except me and my Creator.

The plan's of God had been timely. I felt that He was sending a desperate message to me. He was calling me back to Him once again. It was gentle warning to me. I began to sense that all my joy, gifts and blessings that He had given to me thus far would be taken away if I did not heed to His call. He put me through a test that broke me and came to my rescue the following my asking me to come back to His house and He spoke to me. I went to church that day to attend the youth service which I had not attend for many years except for special occasion. I had forgotten about the topic that would be discussed although getting a mail about it. It was about BGR.

As I sat and listened to a panel of people comprising of married couples from my church, I thought that He was addressing an issue that I had been dealing with. However, God has His ways and pointed out a direct indication in my relationship with Him instead. It was one of the panel's answers that caught my attention, "Your partner should love God more than love you." I began to realised that I had not love God more than anything else. My love was placed in everything else besides God. I knew that it was a message of truth.

I sat in my bed the night before and prayed with tear in my eyes asking God to take away the pain in me and bring back the joy, peace and love that only God can give to me. I did not know how to face another day without hurt. God had been gracious to me. He had send me a fellow church member the night before that I was able to shared my pain and her SMSes comforted me a little. Things began to get better the next day at work. My mind was kept occupied in trying to solve some programming problems and it gave me space to heal. I began to realise how foolish to feel that way. It was my own doing that had brought me such pain and I suffered through my own anguish. I had placed my thoughts on unworthy things that had robbed me of the joy. I knew then I should not dwell on petty issues and grow overly sensitive over it. Time is short and the amount that was left was needed to be used for something better than this. God has been good and I thank Him for always being so faithful and gracious to me. I thank you Lord and would like to say how much I love you for being there when I needed someone the most. You will always be here for me and for those who are going through a similar scenario as myself. Thank you!

The Visit

This pass couple of days have been a fruitless day at work. I have yet to produce at solid results in my programming as I am currently struggling to come up with a proper database to feed my program with the necessary data. Though its only a dummy database, it was harder that I could imagine. Besides that, I have started to do some modification to the interface to allow a more open search for the user to choose from to obtain the required data.

My supervisor, Dr Lee Tian Soon came to visit today. I had initially though that it would be Mr. Chan Yee Kit in the beginning. Our meeting was scheduled around 11.30am but it was delayed till around 5pm. I was pretty surprised when I met him for the first time as his appearance seems contrastic to his title as a doctor. He seems pretty blur and also nervous when speaking. The meeting with my supervisor lasted around 15 minutes. He mainly asked about me as an MMU student and how I had fit into working in the company and my willingness to learn when a job is given. Other than that, he was also concern about any complains and whether the image of the uni was affected or not. It seems obvious that his visit here was to check to see if there would be any treat towards MMU name and its future of sending more trainees to the company. There was a lack of attention towards the relevancy of the job towards the course of studies. It seems pretty obvious that the qualification is not that important. What is important is the willingness to learn when a job is assign to you.

Hattrick!

Finally after numerous attempts to prove myself worthy to slot in the ball into the goal mouth, I had manage to end my goal drough with a hattrick in the weekly an hour and a half futsal friendly. I seem to be comfortable playing down the right wing and as an attacking midfielder. At times when the need arises, I would stay on as the last man at the back or as the guard over the goal mouth. I guess I have started to get a foothold on football and loving every minute of it.

Tying The Knot

I had a wonderful weekend as I attended the wedding of Paul and Hazel who attends my church and are apart of the music department. Paul happens to be the Music Director and also my drum "sifu". I learned to play drums at the age of 13 and through his guidance, I am a drummer today thanks to him. Despite the 9 years age difference (Hazel is the same age as me), it did not stop them from finding love with one another. Here is a photoblog of this sweet and memorable journey towards another step in life.

The bridal car.

A fathers love watched by the ever faithful bestman.

Enemy of the gates.

Women inside laughing out loud.

Men making a fool of themselves doing a Punjabi dance around a coconut tree (guess which is it)

Which of this is the lips I'm about to kiss at the altar?

The struggle to open up the gate.

"Will you marry me?" (in three dialects)

"Where are yooouuu? I can't see yoooouuuu.....

A Cup of Honour.

Wearing of jewellery by the mother and brother.

The first angpow giving.

Out from the house with the bride in hand.

The proud parents of the groom.

A picture speaks a thousand words..."Paul & Hazel are getting married!"

The proud father leading his daughter to the altar.

In the company of the maid of honour, bridesmaid, flower girl and ring bearer. (Whats the different between a maid of honour and a bridesmaid? One give a speech, the other doesn't)

Kiss the girl.

The most important document to be signed in their life.

A special presentation.

"You are the love of my life"

This is where it all began.

Paul & Hazel's Wedding Memoribilia

This isn't the last of my photos as the night photos of the dinner are still in my sis cam. So stay tuned!

It's a beautiful experience to go up to the altar and say those beautiful vows to your one and only. A full whole day of experience that will forever remain as one of the most memorable occasion in one's life. The idea of going to the bride's house seem to interest me and I hope to take upon this culture eventhough I'm a born again Christian. I am still a pure Malaysian Chinese.