We Don't Date N00bs, We Pwn Them!

That sentence is just awesome! Check out n00b boyfriend by college humour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfVqfIN8_c

By the way,

Carolyn has great friends! :D

My car broke down today (thankfully within Sunway College so we weren't on the road). The water pump wasn't working and I think a safety device was stopping the engine from running to prevent it from over-heating. My brother was with me so that was a good thing. He went to get the mechanic and paid for everything. When a frustrated message was posted on fb and msn, I was thankful for two friends who offered to fetch me from the train station! (No car = public transport.)

See, Carolyn isn't used to getting help without having to ask because Carolyn usually just asks for them beforehand. So when Carolyn's friends offer their help, she's really very happy and grateful.

Thank you for making my day!

Thinking and Waiting

September.22.2009:Tuesday
+ Happy Raya (Day 2) +
+ watching The Ugly Truth with chian and voon +
+ waiting for plates to grow +
+ thinking if I should start the susceptibility test tomorrow +
+ should've told God my worries sooner +

Paradox

I am the perfect example that being a Christian does not mean you're perfect.

Graduation 2009

Nine hours,
Seven blisters,
Six great friends,
One certificate.

Fun times!

That's what I brought back with me on the 5th of September, 2009 (Saturday). I've always thought that graduation would be a very boring ceremony. There was the fear of speeches and the long waiting.

Surprisingly though, I was very wrong! (Okay, so maybe not surprising.)

The graduation ceremony itself was generally painless. They gave us a light-hearted demonstration on what to do on stage. There was the academic procession where the academic council and educators (i.e. lecturers) walked in with their full academic gown. I learned what it meant to doff your hat (without taking it off). It seems that in an academic ceremony, doffing is how you show that you're acknowledging another person's presence. There was only one true long speech in the whole event. Other than that, it was really, truly a ceremony.

Graduating candidates went up on stage to be told one by one "ancora imparo" by the councillor. To be wished well for the future by our pro vice chancellor before walking down the stage. To be told to pick up our pictures after the event. (Haha!) The (now) graduates will then follow the academic procession out of the hall at the end.

The afternoon was spent running around the university, taking as many pictures as possible. The evening was spent meeting up friends and wishing each other well. Taking photos, remembering the occasion, catching up, and mostly... doing one's best to not think of pain. (One should always remember to wear comfortable shoes no matter what...)

Rather than the actual event, what made me happy or what made this event most memorable was my friends. One dropped by before I left to give me a bouquet of flowers. (That really teared me up, thanks lots!) Two others showed up for the graduation when I didn't think they would (since they've already graduated ages ago). And three great friends just made the day splendid! (You know who you all are!)

I don't have our pictures now but once they're here, I'll put them up on facebook or picasa. (Thanks D-Way for "immortalizing" that day!) I really had a great time. Like what Ming said, that day, graduating must have been a secondary purpose for me too. I left that hall thinking: I've still got so much to do! Graduation, it really isn't an end at all. Especially not when you're still going back to the university to finish off your honours year!

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Thank you so much!

Roses are pink, roses are cream...

They're very pretty!

Before the graduation... I actually had make up on. Nona was saying, better put to make sure photos turn out better. (Haha!)

After the graduation... A pic with the photographer for the day. Thanks lots!

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More to come...

Christian Book Fair

Just got back from the book fair at Menara PGRM (oh dear, I don't even know what it's called or where it was... I know the way there though).

Funny thing is, I did not hear about it until today (the last day of the book fair). If it wasn't for Miss Beh who needed someone to show her the way there, I wouldn't have gone either. Can't say I regret going now. (How could I? I was surrounded by books! It was splendid!)

Found out a friend, who happened to be at that fair, was working for Canaanland (a Christian bookstore); from which I bought these lovelies: "What the Bible says about" series on worship and emotions; and a book on relationships in life.

So yesh, Carolyn has books to read for the next week or so! I got bored of anime/manga so to speak and having books to read is great. Can't wait for the Five Greatest Warriors by Matthew Reilly to come out soon!

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Today's verse (from the Gideons):
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
  It will not return to me empty,
  but will accomplish what I desire
  and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
(Isaiah 55:11)

That's what I thought it should be

Logical reasoning, emotional response, and then faith. Never in any other order... because it's impossible to say you believe in something unless you have a reason and a good emotional response towards it. You believe in logic because it feels right. It makes you feel at peace.

Right?

Without deeds, it is nothing

I hurt you a lot.

Yet, I want to be the only one by your side.

It hurts to be the one in a relationship who loves the other more.

Love can never be sweet and happy unless you put your dearest before your self.

What have you ever done to make your beloved happy?

I shudder as I remember the words of James...

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Faith and Deeds

(:14) What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? (:15) Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. (:16) If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? (:17) In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

(:18) But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."
      Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.

(:19) You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

(:20) You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? (:21) Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? (By the way, if you read Genesis 15, his son was not sacrificed in the end.) (:22) You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. (:23) And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. (:24) You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.

(:25) In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? (:26) As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

Honours Year

It starts today!

Just attended a short honours briefing and realized how behind time I might actually be even with all the "preparation" I went through for the last few weeks.

Ish very much excited!

Sunburns

They're not exactly the best thing to look forward to on a day at the beach. It turns red and stays red and itches and... well, if you've had a sunburn, you know what it's like.

July.25.2009:Saturday
For the five of us who went to PD last Saturday, it was fun! It felt like we were kids again. We played in the sea, flew a kite, build what looked like a fort (or tomb) instead of a sandcastle (which we demolished to make other less demanding structures). We even got to chase a beachball down the beach. It wouldn't stop rolling because of the wind. It wouldn't get thrown where we threw it (unless of course the wind favours that direction). I think all of us just got too tired to even try playing with it after that. Haha. (It's probably good to consider investing in a volleyball for beach outings. It's heavier than a blown-up-beach-ball, it floats, and it's probably easier to throw against the wind.)

I know I wouldn't be able to experience that in awhile. Being able to play like a little kid with no worries. We even saw a plane fly by real, real low while playing in the sea! (Well, considering we took the Sepang way, we saw quite a lot of airplanes throughout the day.)

The exciting part of the day was actually being able to drive Mei Lin's Gen 2. Lol! We were supposed to go in two cars because there would be 6 of us but one of us decided not to come. (I wonder who... you missed a nice relaxing day out! xD) Anyway, since there were only five, we picked the Gen 2 over the Kembara considering we have to travel for one hour and 30 minutes at least.

That day, when I got home (about 40 minutes before having to go prepare for 100% worship), I got another surprise waiting for me!

My acceptance letter arrived~

Carolyn's starting honours this August!

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Voon, Peng and Mei!
I told you the picture would like clear because of the sun XD


Mei posing for me xD. That's the beach we were going to. It was nice, and peaceful, and nice. (Thanks Voon!) We had just got out of the ladies waiting for the rest to get ready for the beach. We even had a reason for that.
"Girls always need the ladies before going out."


The scene from behind the fence. We were still waiting ;)


All of us at the beach!


Putting on sunblock.
(Here's when you ask your friends to help you with your back because... that's where you do not want sunburns!)

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That's all I've got from my handphone. We should never get delicate equipment wet. Especially not with salt water. ;)

Will upload pictures from Yi Mei once I'm at home Uploaded pictures to the photo album!

Low Yat Visit

Once again I find myself in this building of wonderful offers. Only, this time, I wasn't there to buy anything for myself.

Today, my job was to help YM and YP choose laptops for themselves. They're leaving overseas to do masters and are therefore looking for PCs to use. I love computers in general and was pleased to be able to go window shopping with them (since I can't buy one for myself...) By the way, thanks for the lunch! It was an awesome lunch at First Cup (some cafe I saw for the first time at Sungei Wang).

Anyway, we pretty much ruled out Toshiba and HP and Acer from our list of brands to consider. I mean, come on... Acer's just cheap and really cheap (in price and... well, no offence, but in quality as well). HP and Toshiba's just too expensive for something you can find in other more reliable brands.

Thus, we were left with two brands of choice: Asus and Dell. (There are two of them, and they each insist on getting two different brands. Oh well.) =P

It's fun walking around low yat looking at different laptops at different shops. And it's nicer still when someone else has to deal with talking to the shop owners/sales persons. (Less stress haha...) Oh, I managed to come home with Cyber Clean for my keyboard and a laptop keyboard skin to make it easier to clean dust off it! No more painstaking effort spent on getting dust out from under the keys! (Came back happy, definitely!)

ASUS K40 (AB/IJ)
It's amazing how many different offers were made for this particular model. It was within budget initially (under RM2500). I knew nothing about this brand beforehand so all I could do was listen and check the specs.

The Good
+ lots of free gifts were offered +
+ price range is acceptable +
+ cheaper warranty than Dell +
+ durable +
+ offers other than Intel processors +
+ uses its own technology (apparently) +

The Bad
+ usually comes without OS (freedos) +
+ does not come with original Office (costs more if it does) +
+ no bluetooth (not a problem, free USB offered) +
+ does not come with system CDs (costs more if it does) +

Dell Studio 14
I have always been a Dell fan so I've actually looked this up before looking for it today. In fact, the first thing I did when I came home was to come up with a detailed specs list and end price offered for this model.

The Good
+ stylish, more colours to choose from +
+ cheaper than Asus (all things considered) +
+ reliable tech support and great after sales service +
+ durable +
+ price includes original OS and Office programmes +

The Bad
+ no free gifts (lol!) +
+ expensive warranty +
+ doesn't have its own technology (but it has the best combination IMO) +

I feel like upgrading my own beloved lappie after looking at Dell Studio 14 (my precious bao bei); it's a Dell Vostro 1400 by the way. Get better RAM, better graphics card, and maybe a larger HDD space. But, I'm not sure if I can trust what it can be upgraded to... Hmm... Besides, I have no problems with it at the moment.

I still love my bao bei the way it is!

After Exams Paintball!

July.02.2009:Thursday
+ movie marathon: Transformers 2 & Ice Age 3 +
+ the movies were awesome! +
+ bought Mansfield Park and Little Women +
+ tried out Krispy Kreme in Malaysia +
+ can't say it's any different from Aussie's +
+ probably only much smaller +
+ had a great time! +

July.01.2009:Wednesday
+ suffering from muscle aches +
+ can't go through standing or sitting without pain +
+ never dreaded the stairs more +
+ really want endurance training! +

June.30.2009:Tuesday
+ paintball at Tanamera (Sungai Buloh) +
+ largest paintball park in South East Asia +
+ check out their facebook group +
+ 8.30am to 11.59am: getting there and settling down +
+ 12pm to 3pm: Paintball! (6 rounds: 5 last man standing & 1 zombie) +
+ lunch was in between +
+ came back with no bruises (^_^)V +
+ friend's post on our paintball outing +

June.29.2009:Monday
+ final, final exam over and done with! +
+ lunch at Agefuku, Taipan +
+ bought The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory +
+ finished reading it the next night +
+ heard that it was way different from the movie +

Children See, Children Do

What are we doing for our future generation?
What have we learned from our parents?
What are our children going to be?
What will you be?

Your choice...

"These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." [Deuteronomy 6:6-9]

Youth Ministry: Q-Time

"If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them."— John Owen

Coming home to see what daily quotes has for me, the very first quote really sums up what the speaker was trying to say to us tonight.

1 Peter 2:23
"When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly."

When the speaker spoke of Q-time, he was glad it was not titled "quiet" time but rather it can be taken as "quality" time; or has he so prefers to call: personal devotional life. The foundation that makes us who we are. What we are really says of how much time we spend with God. This particular verse was one of the points the speaker brought up. What we face everyday is what Jesus faced before. He came to earth to show us how to face these things. When the boss seemingly hates us or our friends turn their backs upon us or when things just seem worrisome (like an upcoming exam...) we should just tell it to God and tell it again until we find peace. For:

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
(Phillipians 4:6-7)

YM 1% challenge.
Give God 15 minutes of your time each day.
Just 1% of your time a day.

Weekends

July 21st, 2009:Sunday
+ mentally and emotionally drained +
+ saving this story for another blog post +
+ but it wasn't from frustration +
+ rather, accepting what I couldn't accept before +
+ it feels good to be freed of an emotional burden +

July 14th, 2009:Sunday
+ final day for the MPH book fair +
+ went with Nona +
+ bought two books: the Chronicles of Narnia & sketching +
+ would have loved music books +
+ or art books +
+ but there were none +
+ should probably have gone in the first few days +
+ I want to have more books +

Chiangmai Cadillac

Jetstar Photography Competition - Chiangmai Cadillac

A friend of mine entered this photo competition. If you like his photo, please vote for him. He really is a great photographer! (Lemme find his links again and post them up.)

Now I'll let you decide for yourself ;)
+ photo gallery at pbase +
+ my likes: [x][x][x][x][x] +
+ this is Chiann btw, my shepherd :) +