Aku Anak Malaysia.

Happy Birthday Malaysia, you're now 51!
The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn His face toward you and give you peace.









Malaysia, tanah airku.

A land overflowing with milk and honey. A land the LORD blesses with racial tolerance, unity and harmony. A land prosperous and filled with good things. A land where justice and integrity always prevails.

A nation whose God is the LORD. Blessed is that nation, and all its rakyat the LORD chose for His inheritance.

The Church is the lighthouse in Malaysia. The Church is the body of Christ, and Christ is the head, the Master of everything. The Church shines the light of life in the nation; as a city on top of a hill, it cannot be hidden - that all may praise the Father in heaven. The Church stands united as the nation's standard.

Blessed are you, Malaysia, because the banner of Jesus is over you. His banner of love is your restoration, your salvation.

You're seated on the highest throne
You're lifted up above all things
Exalted and adored
I worship You in awe
Be glorified and magnified!

The Name of Jesus stands alone, worthy of all praise.
King of kings
Lord of lords
Prince of peace
There is no other name, no other ruler in this land, other than JESUS
He IS LORD

CONVO!

His people in the government

Joseph
Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh's presence and traveled throughout Egypt. During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

Mordecai
Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.

Daniel
Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men.
It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Lets continue to pray, that His people will influence change in the way things are.

Polar bears found swimming miles from Alaskan coast

2007 had the lowest sea ice coverage in recorded history, seriously impinging upon the habitat of the Polar Bear

An aerial survey by government scientists in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea this week found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water – with one at least 60 miles from shore – raising concern among wildlife experts about their survival.

Geoff York, the polar bear coordinator for WWF's Arctic Programme, said that when polar bears swim so far from land, they could have difficulty making it safely to shore and are at risk of drowning, particularly if a storm arises.

“To find so many polar bears at sea at one time is extremely worrisome because it could be an indication that as the sea ice on which they live and hunt continues to melt, many more bears may be out there facing similar risk,” he said.

“As climate change continues to dramatically disrupt the Arctic, polar bears and their cubs are being forced to swim longer distances to find food and habitat.”

Scientists say the Arctic is changing more rapidly and acutely than anywhere on the planet, noting that 2007 witnessed the lowest sea ice coverage in recorded history.

Satellite images indicate that ice was absent in most of the region where the bears were found on August 16, 2008, and some experts predict this year’s sea ice loss could meet or exceed the record set last year.

The discovery of the nine bears at sea came as the US Minerals Management Service was conducting marine surveys in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas in advance of potential offshore oil development.

In May, the US Department of Interior listed polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited the strong body of science pointing to the significant loss of Arctic sea ice habitat as the primary reason for protecting the bear with federal legislation.

However, the state of Alaska has opposed the listing and has sued the federal government over its decision to list the bear.

Professor Richard Steiner of the University of Alaska’s Marine Advisory Program said: “While these bears are swimming around in an ice-free coastal Arctic Ocean, the only thing the State of Alaska is doing is suing the federal government trying to overturn the listing of polar bears.

“The bottom line here is that polar bears need sea ice, sea ice is decaying, and the bears are in very serious trouble. For any people who are still non-believers in global warming and the impacts it is having in the Arctic, this should answer their doubts once and for all.”

Source : www.panda.org

Taking Anything

By the time John pulled into the little town, every room in the only hotel was taken.

"You've got to have a room somewhere." he pleaded. "Or just a bed -- I don't care where."

"Well, I do have a double room with one occupant," admitted the manager, "and he might be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained in the past. I'm not sure it'd be worth it to you."

"No problem," the tired traveler assured him. "I'll take it."

The next morning, John came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. When asked about how he slept, he replied, "Never better."

The manager was impressed. "No problem with the other guy snoring, then?"

"Nope. I shut him up in no time."

"How'd you manage that?"

"He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room," John said. "I went over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, said, 'Goodnight, beautiful.' With that he sat up all night watching me."

There's something in the air

"We love because it's the only true adventure." - Nikki Giovanni

Fireworks

Went to Putrajaya for fireworks today. It's the annual fireworks competition, didja know? They have it every year (annual)...almost went last year, but didn't. Well, we should have gone, it would have been worth our while.

Canada was up today, and they were

Spectacular! Magnificio! Vunderful!
Not that i had any prior experience to compare with when it comes to fireworks la, only Ikano's budget fireworks during merdeka. heh.

Well, they were amazing, even though Kin Onn didn't think they were very good. They had synchronized the fireworks with music, and today's theme was 'Titanic-We Will Rock You'. Yea, i didn't really get it either...but nevertheless, awesome!

I don't have any pictures though, cos i didn't/don't have a camera. Hopefully Hoc Mun puts up some.

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In other news, PJPD is just around the corner (Saturday). We're all excited, pumped up, ready to PRAY :

Are You?

(I'll just copy and paste from my previous post, 'cos that day I type so long already)

This Saturday, 23rd August '08 is Petaling Jaya Prayer Day (PJPD)

Wha'? A day of prayer and fellowship, in conjunction with NECF's 40 days of Fast and Prayer.
12pm-6pm : Fast, Worship, Prayer
6 pm onwards : BUKA PUASA, baybeh!
We will be covering (prayer over 6 topics - according to the NECF prayer booklet) Personal, Family, Community, Government, Marketplace, The Church of Malaysia.
*and whatever else, as the Spirit leads.

Why? Because REVIVAL is coming, God is calling His people to gather to pray, more rapidly and more, than ever before. Because His word says

"If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chron 7:14

and also

Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.

Let the priests, who minister before the LORD,
weep between the temple porch and the altar.
Let them say, "Spare your people, O LORD.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
'Where is their God?' "

- Joel 2:16,17

For what? For God to HEAL this land, for JUSTICE to prevail, for SALVATION for the Rakyat!
Malaysia untuk Yesus!

See ya'll there! Inform your church, gather a sacred assembly. Lets Pray Until Something Happens.

All the world's a stage

The Narrative Paradigm is a theory proposed by Walter Fisher that all meaningful communication is a form of storytelling or to give a report of events and so human beings experience and comprehend life as a series of ongoing narratives, each with their own conflicts, characters, beginnings, middles, and ends.

Fog - ed Up

TehTarik (irrisistable) + Sleeping in the afternoon (it just happened) = Still up at 3.15 a.m.

Today I had time to sleep in the afternoon. I REALLY needed to, after an all-nighter with the mozzies (They're real party animals man). I went to sleep at 5, and when I woke up, it was dark already.
Mich woke me up by coming into the room. Something smelt funky, I asked if something was burning. Mich said no, they fogged the apartment, a couple of hours ago.

My phone said '4 miss calls from Ed'. He'd been trying to call me to check if I was still alive, because when the fog-man came to fog the apartment up, they'd run out and left me sleeping.

Putt. Heheheheh

Dinner tonight with Ps. Jit and family + friend. Good dinner, I had lamb verval briyani in Picadilly and it brought back memories.

- I guess memories will just be memories. Our futures are in Good Hands.

Let's move along now.

FAB fellowship, did some personality analysis...AND learnt a new game from Ps. Jit! heheheeeee. It goes like this :

Gather a bunch of people (the more the merrier) who have all been eating lots of beans in a room. Turn off all the lights. Lie down on your back and bring your knees to your shoulders. Take a lighter, put the lighter to your b*cks*de and *BOMBS AWAY!* .
The person that manages to achieve a bright blue flame wins.

Hahahahahaha.

Church service today was pretty darn awesome. The first, of MANY MANY to come. Till every tribe and tongue fall on their knees before You, Lord! A promise of revival! - Revival for Malaysia! :)
Nothing compares to the promise I (we) have in You.

You can bet nothing's gonna be the same after this.

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BY THE WAY,

This Saturday, 23rd August '08 is Petaling Jaya Prayer Day (PJPD)

Wha'? A day of prayer and fellowship, in conjunction with NECF's 40 days of Fast and Prayer.
12pm-6pm : Fast, Worship, Prayer
6 pm onwards : BUKA PUASA, baybeh!
We will be covering (prayer over 6 topics - according to the NECF prayer booklet) Personal, Family, Community, Government, Marketplace, The Church of Malaysia.
*and whatever else, as the Spirit leads.

Why? Because REVIVAL is coming, God is calling His people to gather to pray, more rapidly and more, than ever before. Because His word says

"If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chron 7:14

and also

Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.

Let the priests, who minister before the LORD,
weep between the temple porch and the altar.
Let them say, "Spare your people, O LORD.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
'Where is their God?' "

- Joel 2:16,17

For what? For God to HEAL this land, for JUSTICE to prevail, for SALVATION for the Rakyat!
Malaysia untuk Yesus!

See ya'll there! Inform your church, gather a sacred assembly. Lets Pray Until Something Happens.

5.40 a.m.
and i'm still not asleep yet, thanks to teh-special order-tarik.

Ahh...caffeine. I loveth thee too much. Thou wilt be the death of me!

*smiles show gigi*

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Know no fear I'll still be here tomorrow
Bend my ear I'm not gonna go away
You are love so why do you shed a tear
Know no fear you will see heaven from here

I'll shelter you, make it alright to cry
And you'll help too cos the faith in myself
Has run dry
We are love and I just wanna hold you near
Know no fear we will see heaven from here

I see real love in your eyes
And it fills me up when you start to cry

I just wanna hold you near
We will see heaven from here

Well it all seems out of reach
I will take the blame if it keeps the peace
My shelf life's short
Wish they'd make it more easy to follow
And I've been caught with nothing but
Love on my mind
We are love don't let it fall on deaf ears
Now it's clear we have seen heaven from here

- Heaven from here, Robbie Williams

G'mornin

ooh...blogger has got a new look! O.O

Was awaken this morning at 10, by a figure with outstretched arms standing at my doorway.
No, it wasn't the Lord, or an angel come to take me home. :(

It was my ex-coursemate Siew Ling. It was nice to see her :) Time to wake up anyway. Mich took the rest of them back to uni, and since I'm up at this hour (I hardly ever am), I thought I'd watch some cartoons on TV.

I turn on the TV, and Martha Steward's talk-show was on. And then they start drilling away downstairs. Hmmph. Great, now I can't hear a thing.

I pour myself a mug of fruit juice (guava), and walk around the apartment, wondering what to do.

I pack some clothes, and wait for Kin Meng to be done with his report so we can go home.

Home is 45 minutes away. It always is.

Monster : View content advisory for parents

Just watched Monster, the one with Charlize Theron. Am currently recovering.

Warning : Rated R for strong violence and sexual content, and for perversive language.
Still, very well done and worth a watch, if you're not below the age of 21.

A brief summary : Monster is the true life story of the serial killer, Aileen Wournos (played by Charlize Theron). As a young girl of 8, Aileen was raped by her father's friend. She had told her father about what was happening, but he didn't believe her, instead, he beat her up for making up stories. As a result, the rape went on for years. her dad eventually killed himself, leaving her and her two siblings homeless. By the time she was 13, starving and starved for love, she prostituted herself..her two siblings were put up in foster homes, but because of what she did (hooking), no one would take her in, so she had to fend for herself.
Just as she was about to kill herself one day, she met Selby White - a lonely young lesbian, with one arm in a cast searching (for what, I'm still unclear actually). Selby gives Aileen the love she's been craving for, and Aileen promises to take care of Selby (like man and wife), and they both run away together.
Aileen does one last hooking job to get money so she and Selby can run away together, but her last "John" (customer) turns out to be a psycho who rapes and hurts her, and then threatens to kill her. In self defense, Aileen shoots him to death.
After that she made up her mind to 'get a real job', but no one would employ her. Quote from one scene, Aileen is in a law firm asking for a secretarial job:

Lawyer: Can I tell you something? When the beach party is over, you don't get to say. "You know what? Now I think I'd like to have what everybody else has worked their entire life for." It doesn't work that way.
Aileen: F*** you, man. Yeah, F*** YOU! YOU DON'T F*****' KNOW ME!
Lawyer: OK, great. That's great. See, now I'm so sorry I didn't hire you before.

So Aileen goes back to hooking (I learned the word 'hooking' from the movie), but then she figured killing is easier, and she makes more money that way. After awhile, it seemed right to her, to kill those that might rape someone anyway. So she kills them, after luring them to some secluded area, and then takes their money and their cars.
Until one day, she finds out that the police have tracked them down, and have released sketches of herself and Selby as her accomplice. Selby freaks out and leaves, and eventually Aileen gets arrested, and Selby tells on her.

Selby: I just wanna live, Lee. I just want a normal happy life. I don't know why you did this.
Aileen: Because I love you. Because I love you and I never wanna to loose you and that's all. I love you from my heart, my soul, my mind. And I never let you down. All right? Because it was me. It was only me. And I'll tell them that, ok. It's over for me now. And I never gonna see you again.
Selby: Yeah, I know.
Aileen: I wish there was a way that people can forgive you for something about this, you know. But they can't. They can't, man. So I'm gonna die, Sel... Hey Sel, I'll never forget you. Good bye, baby. Bye baby.
Selby: Good bye, Lee.

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Yea, so that was Monster...the true story of a woman who just had a screwed up life, who didn't get to choose to have a good childhood, and who then, desperate to just be able to LIVE, made all the wrong decisions.

I've always liked Charlize as an actress, she's very pretty, and she acts well. Plus, she's from South Africa. But this role that she played, in my opinion, puts her right on top.

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Aileen: I'm not a bad person. I'm a real good person.

Aileen: "Love conquers all." "Every cloud has a silver lining." "Faith can move mountains." "Love will always find a way." "Everything happens for a reason." "Where there is life, there is hope."
[laughs]
Aileen: Oh, well... They gotta tell you somethin'

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Poor Aileen.

p/s : watched The Bucket List last night. Another good movie, and yet still quite feel good - Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson - so no surprise there :)

ARRRGGGHHHH

Unbelievable!

Last night, some girlFriendZ and I drove down to Alamanda, Putrajaya to watch Sex and the City. Squealing with excitement, we were!

But. When we got there, we find out they've stopped showing!! Sigh. Sakit hatinye.

So I told myself I'd go back to PJ on Friday (tomorrow) and catch it right away.

I go online today to book...and I find out - they've stopped showing in PJ already also!!! Last show was ...TODAY!

:( :( :(

It just not meant to be.

When the going gets tough, the tough goes to pasar malam

Time is an odd concept. Sometimes when one's classes have all been cancelled, and one has nothing to do, time goes by faster. But when one is busy, time slows down.

I suppose that would be called grace. I'm not complaining, really. Just saying.

Then, there are the times when one is waiting for something, time seems to slow down. I'm not talking about the times when one is waiting doing nothing. I'm talking about the times when one is busy waiting, time still seems strangely slow. Does that mean that time is directly proportionate to consciousness?

Sometime when I think about people, and myself, I wonder, when I am me at this moment, and he/she/it is he/she/it at this same moment, does life stop for them because this is me, thinking about them when they are not thinking about me. How does the concept of perspective work? If i were all the people I am thinking about at once, could I make time stop for me?

What am I talking about, anyway?

Malaysiaku untuk Yesus, Malaysia untuk Yesusku

You are God of this city
You are King of this people
You are Lord of this nation
You are

You are Light in this darkness
You are Hope to the hopeless
You are Peace to the restless
You are

There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

Greater things have yet to come
Greater things are still to be done in this city
Greater things have yet to come
Greater things are yet to be done here.

"If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow Me." -Luke9:23


Love Incarnate, Love Divine
Captivate this heart of mine
Till all I do,
Speaks of You.

With 45 minutes to kill.

Am in the faculty's computer lab. I didn't know this place was opened to the public until today! I followed a friend in, pretending to know. Haha. Ego.

The time now is 1.30 p.m. The lecturer got tired. She ended the class 45 minutes early.
She's pretty nice, speaks good English, dedicated - comes to class early and all. But she's new to this media stuff, and keeps telling us that she's 'learning as we are learning'.
Today we 'revised' the 4 era's of media developement, which we already did last semester. I couldn't help but wonder about whether or not it was ethical to put in someone new like this.
Ah well, at least she's nice.

Maybe i'm just feeling crabby today thats why. Probably PMS. -.-

p/s : There was an unassuming cicak, under the mango seed, on the plate of mangos I found under the tudung saji last night (I found the plate of mangos, not the cicak). It was preetty darn gross, but I can't help but wonder, what would cicak taste like?

Who am I
That the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt

Who am I
That the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours

Who am I
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again

Who am I
That the Voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am.
I am Yours.

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How great Thou art,
How great Thou art!

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My Jesus, I love You

HOT

My gosh, eet iz SO HOTT today!!

Woke up at 10 to walk under the be-la-zing sun to go to CHS today. My gosh, eet iz so hot today!

Got fidgety, we did, so we went to feed.
It was 3-1, McDees-A&W...so C* had to tapau waffles.

Amcorp Mall got bazaar...too bad no time :(
My gosh, eet iz so hot today!!

The machines in McDees weren't working, can you believe it? So we couldn't refill the drinks, the burgers were cold. The staff were kelam kabut. We should have gone to A&W instead.
I asked the person behind the counter in McDees if I could go downstairs to the McDees Kiosk to refill my drinks. He said "Cannot, that side only got ice-cream."
The man behind me in the line burst out laughing at that "Hahaha, only got ice-cream. Hahaha"

So kaypo...kena sepak then he know.

Had to go back to CHS to pungut barang. Took picture under the sun.
My gosh, eet iz so hot today!!
Then everyone went to A&W again. Me and Lordson walked. Wei Soon sat in the car.

Youth was ge-rate! We had games and nachos :)
Youth is so fun!
Yahoo!!

Drank coffee during spiritual mapping. Cannot tahan. Woke up too early to walk under the sun.