My country, my land, my home. Where I was nurtured and educated.
Grateful for the peace I knew, hopeful for it to continue.
Thankful for the absence of calamities and great disasters.
I come from a social fruitpunch and saw a very good blend though there were one or two rotten fruits.
Now I'm hearing of news and growing discouraged.
And am able to picture better: How Jesus wept over Jerusalem.
I believe evil shall fall even when believing becomes difficult.
Let Malaysia be made a blessing to her people, and let Malaysians bless this nation.
Let peace flow from river to river, reaching every skin colour.
Let prosperity fall on all who strive with integrity.
And let justice stand taller than Mount Kinabalu.
Monday, 30 August 2010
Id or God?
Is it my id overpowering my ego?
Or is it God answering a prayer?
Nikon D90, will it be my first digital SLR camera?
I need a hobby, gonna be bored to death soon. And am not sure if getting a guitar would be feasible.
Camera... Is it too rush for a decision, considering the arguably large sum of money?
Yet I have a once(hopefully more) in a lifetime trip next month. Still wanna save up till next year before purchasing the kit?
Is it my id overpowering my ego?
Or is it God answering a prayer?
Sunday, 22 August 2010
I don't know
Do you understand?
No...
Do you wish to understand?
Yes...
So you want to understand, but do you?
Still no.
What do you want to do about it then?
I don't know, but I want to learn.
How will you learn?
I don't know..
So are you doing anything about getting nearer to understanding?
No?
Monday, 16 August 2010
Skul?
Just browsing and looking at stuff posted by various friends on the internet, particularly on their blogs and Facebook profiles, etc. After a while I noticed I've been noticing a lot of "new words". Known words that most people understand despite their spelling errors.
What is happening to people? We communicate with language, now distorted language. And youths from different societies, different groups have different kinds of distorted words. It is like a culture or something...
Honestly, why can't they spell the word- school correctly? I've been reading stuff like "I dun wanna go to skul tomorrow" or "Skul was great", "Did sumting stupid in skul" and oh, I just can't stand it sometimes.
I can accept abbreviations, I use them too. But when short forms or any alternatives start to affect your mastery of the language you use, please be mindful of how you write!
Language is beautiful, do not distord it.
My mama taught me how to spell "school".
What is happening to people? We communicate with language, now distorted language. And youths from different societies, different groups have different kinds of distorted words. It is like a culture or something...
Honestly, why can't they spell the word- school correctly? I've been reading stuff like "I dun wanna go to skul tomorrow" or "Skul was great", "Did sumting stupid in skul" and oh, I just can't stand it sometimes.
I can accept abbreviations, I use them too. But when short forms or any alternatives start to affect your mastery of the language you use, please be mindful of how you write!
Language is beautiful, do not distord it.
My mama taught me how to spell "school".
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
18
Looking back, giving thanks...
Some things are private so I do not wish to reveal too much.
Prior to my 18th birthday I experienced death.
During the 18th year I was brought back to life.
And there has been so many turning points, so much direction revealed. I thank those who played a part no matter big or small. More importantly I thank the One who planned everything as well as promised to never leave nor forsake me.
Now the picture becomes clearer, much more than it used to be. However the picture doesn't show a bed of roses, yet it doesn't matter because it is a good picture yet to be fully unveiled.
Looking back, giving thanks. Give thanks even for the immeasureable failures and broken pieces because the Maker has something good in mind.
Looking back, understand I was brought out of the darkness into glorious light.
Some things are private so I do not wish to reveal too much.
Prior to my 18th birthday I experienced death.
During the 18th year I was brought back to life.
And there has been so many turning points, so much direction revealed. I thank those who played a part no matter big or small. More importantly I thank the One who planned everything as well as promised to never leave nor forsake me.
Now the picture becomes clearer, much more than it used to be. However the picture doesn't show a bed of roses, yet it doesn't matter because it is a good picture yet to be fully unveiled.
Looking back, giving thanks. Give thanks even for the immeasureable failures and broken pieces because the Maker has something good in mind.
Looking back, understand I was brought out of the darkness into glorious light.
Giving thanks....
Monday, 9 August 2010
Treasure
Lk 12:33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
Lk 12:34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The above is a portion of scripture taken from the Gospel according to Luke.
- Sell your possessions and give to the poor? Sometimes(many times) I find what the Bible tells us to do so challenging, no doubt it is not easy to follow Christ.
- We buy and accumulate, gathering possessions for ourselves, then give to the poor a little so we feel might better by doing some good or be seen doing so.
- We certainly provide ourselves with purses and constantly try to make sure that they do not wear out so we always have enough to spend. Take note that it is about having enough to spend first before having enough to spare.
- Treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted? Sorry, we cannot see heaven and are thus unable to visualise such treasure. So no point working towards attaining it, rite?
What do you cherish? What are the dreams that you dream of? Who are the people you love?
But what if you do not have a treasure? You're hopeless of almost everything. Nothing motivates you, nothing drives you. You do not want anything in particular, you're living without vision. Where can your heart be then?
If you have no treasure, your heart will have nowhere to go!
I just wonder...
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Chess
Ever heard of people describing life as to a game of chess? Today you may hear what I wish to say in differing to the statement that life is like a game of chess.
Life is like a game of chess so you have to be wise and thoughtful about every move you make.
However life is not like a game of chess because life is not that fair. In chess, two player receives identical pieces to play with against each other; life is not like that. Some people are given more, others less. And does having received more indicate a blessing? We don't even really know the potentials of whatever we have been given, be it good or bad.
Life is like a game, but not a fair game of chess. Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths while some may need to struggle a little bit more. But at the end of the day, whether they would remain the same in terms of material wealth, is certainly an uncertainty. Some people are blessed with good health but some may be a bit weaker, yet the latter might live longer.
In the game of chess you have control over your pieces, in the game of life it is different altogether. Calamities cannot strike in the game of chess, neither will your horse grow faint nor the queen fall sick. But you cannot have control over life as you have over chess. Thus life is much more a complicated game full of challenges.
One thing in similar, wise decision making is required to play both games well. Furthermore, life is more than just a game but a test as well. So we must make our every move wisely, preparing as much as possible for every likely consequence after each decision made.
Life is like a game of chess so you have to be wise and thoughtful about every move you make.
However life is not like a game of chess because life is not that fair. In chess, two player receives identical pieces to play with against each other; life is not like that. Some people are given more, others less. And does having received more indicate a blessing? We don't even really know the potentials of whatever we have been given, be it good or bad.
Life is like a game, but not a fair game of chess. Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths while some may need to struggle a little bit more. But at the end of the day, whether they would remain the same in terms of material wealth, is certainly an uncertainty. Some people are blessed with good health but some may be a bit weaker, yet the latter might live longer.
In the game of chess you have control over your pieces, in the game of life it is different altogether. Calamities cannot strike in the game of chess, neither will your horse grow faint nor the queen fall sick. But you cannot have control over life as you have over chess. Thus life is much more a complicated game full of challenges.
One thing in similar, wise decision making is required to play both games well. Furthermore, life is more than just a game but a test as well. So we must make our every move wisely, preparing as much as possible for every likely consequence after each decision made.
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