A CHRISTmas sketch

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Yeremia 33:2-3

"Beginilah firman TUHAN, yang telah menjadikan bumi dengan membentuknya dan menegakkannya - TUHAN ialah nama-Nya - : Berserulah kepada-Ku, maka Aku akan menjawab engkau dan akan memberitahkan kepadamu hal-hal yang besar dan yang tidak terpahami, yakni hal-hal yang tidak kau ketahui. ..."

Mazmur 25:14

TUHAN bergaul karib dengan orang yang takut akan Dia, dan perjanjian-Nya diberitahukan-Nya kepada mereka.

Mazmur 37:7

Berdiam dirilah di hadapan TUHAN dan nantikanlah Dia

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Are you aware of IT???

…SOMETHING is crouching near...

grabbing to the very being of oneself...

the knowledge of IT,

the emotion towards IT...

1 Malaysia?

what is "1 Malaysia"?

everything that being said and promoted on the tv screen, newspapers, magazines and radio... sounds great, promising and wonderful, towards a nation which is for all and not a certain party, without discrimination and favouritism...

is it possible, seeing the condition now?

is it true?

can be trusted or not??

somehow i do hope that it is!

but things around us just turn out to be not agreeable with this "1 Malaysia"...

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where are you, oh 'Freedom'?

where are you, oh 'Justice'?

where are you, oh 'Unity'?

where are you, oh 'Malaysia'?

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Is the name of JESUS CHRIST so revolting that people often flee and avoid even if we only manage to blurt out 'Je...'?

why?

...a little bit of reading won't kill us ;)...

Hebrews 4:14-16 (Ibrani 4:14-16)

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin.

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

knowing that Jesus is able to sympathize, He is a person with all the emotions and feelings, with a character, so much alive than we can ever imagine... don't you think that we need this Person?

whenever we are sad... He knows

whenever we are happy... He knows

whenever we are angry... He knows

whenever we feel timid... He knows

whenever we are scared... He knows

whenever we are hurt, disappointed by people and circumstances... He knows

and every little thing that happens in our life, He knows, He cares and He understands it all!

even though He is invisible, yet He is REAL... the moment we meet Him, sitting by His laps quietly, resting in His embrace... you'll know! I know! this is not crazy, it's not being lunatic...

it's the greatest RELATIONSHIP of all!

admit it, you and I long to have a true and real and promising relationship, one that you and I will definitely feel comfortable, secured... and it's just a heart away and a word apart...

"Jesus, I need you and I receive Your love, healing and forgiveness. Amin"

Romans 10:1-10 (Roma 10:1-10)

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.

For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them."

But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down) "or 'Who will descend into the deep?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

--{ bible verses taken from New International Version (NIV) }--

it is not about being a GOOD person... doing GOOD deeds ONLY... this life has more in store for everyone of us, don't you agree with me?

at times, i am sure we do feel 'we deserve more than this...' ... 'there must be more than all these...' ... 'this is not the place i belong to...' ... 'i can be greater than this...' ... 'there must be a better place out there...' ... 'i think i have a very solid reason to live in this world...' and bla bla bla...

have ever consider that the life itself is not a cycle of repetition? i mean... YOU are YOU, I am I and HE is HE or SHE is SHE... uniquely individual living in different times, generations and places... no one is the same as you and me before we are born and after we are dead!

it is just down grading the very value of our identity and meaning of life itself if we are to agree with the idea which says, 'after this life cycle, in the next one, you will become this or that, depending on how well or bad you perform now...'

you and me are uniquely made as an individual masterpiece and so are very valueable, just like the rare stones such as diamonds, emeralds, rubies etc being in small quatity in comparison to other minerals, have higher value than the rest of them!

peace;)

thinking... and wondering...

how am i going to describe it?

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i can no longer hiding in the shell... standing at the corner... being a spectator... being an audience to the scene of the reality...

knowing the Way, the Truth and the Light... called to be a peacemaker... to bring hope... reconciliation in relationships... yet...

why is this happening? how am i going to break through this veil covering me...

there is no use in FEELING it, KNOWING it but do not ACT to make a change about it...

where are the children of God? where are you? WHERE AM I?

hiding? keep quiet, chose to be a mute, a deaf and blind?

''please don't talk about it... i don't want to hear it anymore... it's the norm, it happens everyday... so what? ... what do i care so much about it?... you talk so loud, you do la!?... other people also don't do, why do i need to move my ass of my comfy bed?..." ATTITUDE???!

Roma 8:18-22 (Rome chapter 8 verse 18 to 22)

Sebab dengan sangat rindu seluruh makhluk menantikan saat anak-anak Allah dinyatakan. Karena seluruh makhluk telah ditaklukkan kepada kesia-siaan, bukan oleh kehendaknya sendiri, tetapi oleh kehendak Dia, yang telah menaklukkannya, tetapi dalalm pengharapan, karena makhluk itu sendiri juga akan dimerdekakan dari perbudakan kebinasaan dan masuk ke dalam kemerdekaan kemuliaan anak-anak Allah. Sebab kita tahu, bahwa sekarang segala makhluk sama-sama mengeluh dan sama-sama merasa sakit bersalin.

Amos 8:11 (Amos chapter 8 verse 11)

"Sesungguhnya, waktu akan datang," demikianlah firman Tuhan ALLAH, "Aku akan mengirimkan kelaparan ke negeri ini, bukan kelaparan akan makanan dan bukan kehausan akan air, melainkan akan mendengarkan firman TUHAN. ..."

Yesaya 58:6-12 (Isaiah chapter 58 verse 6 to 12)

Bukan! Berpuasa yang Kukehendaki, ialah supaya engkau membuka belenggu-belenggu kelaliman, dan melepaskan tali-tali kuk, supaya engkau memerdekakan orang yang teraniaya dan mematahkan setiap kuk, supaya engkau memecah-mecah rotimu bagi orang yang lapar dan membawa ke rumahmu orang miskin yang tak punya rumah, dan apabila engkau memberi dia pakaian dan tidak menyembunyikan diri terhadap saudaramu sendiri!

Pada waktu itulah terangmu akan merekah seperti fajar dan lukamu akan pulih dengan segera; kebenaran menjadi barisan depanmu dan kemuliaan TUHAN barisan belakangmu.

Pada waktu itulah engkau akan memanggil dan TUHAN akan menjawab, engkau akan berteriak minta tolong dan Ia akan berkata: Ini Aku!

Apabila engkau tidak lagi mengenakan kuk kepada sesamamu dan tidak lagi menunjuk-nunjuk orang dengan jari dan memfitnah, apabila engkau menyerahkan kepada orang lapar apa yang kauinginkan sendiri dan memuaskan hati orang tertindas maka terangmu akan terbit dalam gelap dan kegelapanmu akan seperti rembang tengah hari.

TUHAN akan menuntun engkau senantiasa dan akan memuaskan hatimu di tanah yang kering, dan akan membaharui kekuatanmu; engkau akan seperti taman yang diairi dengan baik dan seperti mata air yang tidak pernah mengecewakan.

Engkau akan membangun reruntuhan yang sudah berabad-abad, dan akan memperbaiki dasar yang diletakkan oleh banyak keturunan. Engkau akan disebut "yang memperbaiki tembok yang tembus", "yang membetulkan jalan supaya tempat itu dapat dihuni".

--(the bible verses stated are taken from Alkitab Bahasa Indonesia Terjemahan Baru)--

we knew... we have read and listened to it and about it over and over again... BUT... how does it impact our lives? do we let the Word speak to us and root in our heart to bring forth the fruits? or just take it as the wind blowing through our hair??

it's just getting heavier and heavier...

an update...

at this moment, i am sitting in the International Christian Mission office, located at Jalan Medan Pasar, near the Petaling Street and Central Market a.k.a. Pasar Seni...

not really working, yet... it's the 2 week trial till the end of this month.

so... what am i doing here, as you might think? becoming a missionary? nope, not really but just working in a office, (duh...)... in charge of newsletter and praise and prayer letter and stuffs... so consider it a ministry? that's what they said... but for me, hmm... i work dulu lah...

oh, such a dilemma! work or continue... or doing other things (even so, what can i do if not cari duit makan sara diri dan bantu keluarga? bongok betul la soalan nih... ish ish ish... well...)

yea, i do have the tendency to give up, withdraw from doing all the things which are being laid in front of me and stay in a room! wao! jadi freaky zombie! (oh ya, all are welcomed to play the Plants vs Zombies by Popcap!)

ok, if God wills, then i might already have a place here, in this ICM, though i always have the fear of not being able to keep up with the demands of the work and the expectations from the boss.

oh, by the end of this month, we, fellows of Bethel are going to have internet connection! it's streamyx... not p1wimax... apa-apa saja la...

and i might move out from kajang to somewhere near KL! if that's His will! oh, rasa tak sanggup tinggalkan! i wanted to keep up with them in persons, those i wanted to always share and grow together, and witness their life, tak sanggup mahu lepaskan mereka!

and perhaps pecel lele! those who don't know, just drop by Shakers (a mamak restaurant) at hentian kajang. pecel will only be available from 1pm till 10pm daily except friday or otherwise they cuti-cuti sendiri...

i will need to learn to do video clips, webpages, more effective ways in doing newsletter and designing and perhaps adobe photoshop too! wahai otak ku yang dah karat, masanya untuk kau digilap dan di'overload'kan...

after a long holiday...

super duper lazyioussss...

so i came to this Merdeka Centre in Bangi, in the Bangi Warta Bintang area, and filled up a form and got interviewed informally, and that's it. i am now an interviewer, well, part-timely.

and so, working there was so so terrible! first because of the 'waking up early and work till 6 or 7pm' routine... plus calling to get respondents to do the questionaires... wargh... work my mouth out more than i usually do is not me wei...

honestly, the thought of quiting was quickly to surface and pushing and waiting to explode in my head!... yea... i wanna run and hide...

after a while, it is kinda fun actually. because some of the respondents are quite vocal in expressing their opinions about the current issues, some of them (elderly) are cute in keep telling 'i don't know about this and that... bla bla bla...' then laugh...

some of the interviewers seriously are funny in the way they persuading people to accept the interviews, holding them to finish till the last question...

well... this tele-interviewer thingy... i guess i am going to do it for about 3 months or until i got another job.

... WORK ... whatever, just do to gain different experiences and be aware that God is truly wanting to shape and prepare us through these experiences. i need to hold on to the knowledge that You, Jesus is always working with me, if not, it will all seems meaningless, truly meaningless till can be suicidal!

ok, about the internet connection... thinking of taking P1WiMax but for now, the 'line' or whatever, is still not stable in hentian kajang area, so thinking of just taking the stremyx since the cable guy came one day, but unfortunately nobody at home! so he left...

the decision? don't know... ok la, that's all la, for this post!

thank you 'beli mach' whatever... -.-'''

i don't understand... what did they mean...

well, we went to telekom, applying to install streamyx at Bethel (our place in hentian). after one month, still tarak orang datang install, apa nih!?

when we called to ask about it, they said, 'no enough cable... bla bla bla... hentian kajang punya kabel streamyx sudah penuh... bla bla bla...'

HUH??! apa maksud?

aiyo...

prat time as telesurveyer (?) will start on monday... just do while waiting for other opportunities, whatever...

as for convo photos and videos, hmm, belum ada banyak masa untuk upload. there are still a lot more photos out there which i haven't collect from... so, mr. Au Yong, tunggu la...

the aftermath!

of ukm convo-37...

well...

at last the chapter in ukm has finally come to an end, after 5 YEARS of being stranded there...

yup, captured a lot of photos and videos... will upload some soon... still waiting for the streamyx to be installed at Bethel.

thanks everyone for making my days in ukm, from first day first year, till the final day of my 5th YEAR. grad like a 'medic student'! ;p

many struggles ahead, dat is for sure. and of course, there must be more than this!

yey... AT LAST...

ok... convocation on 18th august, UKM, sidang petang... 5pm habis...

trimas...

then, i blog...

only when it's connected...

gosh... life without internet connection is so much... errm... boring?? but yet it's a good thing! you know, get to read the books i left behind with the last page i was reading bookmarked...

now, i'm reading the biography of kathryn kuhlman, "daughter of destiny"... it's interesting! i'm half way through already...

... and i wanted to study more bout... the word of God...

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which i've left for like 2 or 3 months already!

oh ya, bout the house name... hmm... charis suggested me 'Bethel', i had that in my thought too, then 'Pniel' came... as well as 'Selah'... so one of these 3 names...

Bethel = house of God

Pniel = meet God face to face

Selah = a pause, rest (probably to be still in the presence of God)

and everyone came back to the house already. guess it's time to have some discussions bout the things needed (periuk nasi, PISAU, etc) and some cleaning ups too ;)

and of course, waiting for philo gotong-royong day too, just leanding a hand to help out and ... perhaps take those unwanted things to my house, wakakakkaka... sounds like what... -.-'''

will apply for streamyx (or something else) within this month, depend on my fellow house mates ;)

new place... new life?? ('_')~

finally, moved into the new apartment... on friday evening (12june2009)

hmm... it's empty... nearly la, and dusty! with some boxes and stuffs left by previous residents... so, had to work it out! wanted to throw everything out from the apartment, but in the end, kept some, large portion of it -.-''', at least it looks cleaner and 'kemas' now...

i had to bring a mattress over from philo (and good thing i did) because there is nothing there in the room! i think i need to take one fan there as well (after i fixed them in philo)... at first i wanted to bring the clothed rack too from my philo room but since i found there are 2 left by the people there, i guess i'll use one of them instead.

surprisingly, there are alot of shoes, sandals and slippars left! mungkin mau jual saja la...

one tv, out of order already...

one monitor, don't know still can be used or not...

one table fan, also cannot be used...

(but, after some fixes, it finally moves... but can't really feel the wind! crappy...)

not to mention the one big concern... the toilet! it's partially clogged! the drainage is bad, wondering how am i going to wash my clothes with water flowing back from the 'lubang' (not the mangkuk tandas)

speaking of the mangkuk tandas, salur dari mangkuk tandas itu kebocoran juga... masa 'flush' itu kan, air 'leaking' dari paip itu! yiii.....

still, i like the wide space in the living room (no furnitures around) and in my current room (with my boxes and luggage, and raymond - my roommate-to-be's), and not to forget the 'greens' where the apartment is facing to, one thing which the furniture complex has blocked Philo from...

yet, i'm going to miss the sideway in front of Philo where i can spend my personal time alone with the Creator of my surrounding and everything!

hmm... wanted to name the apartment so that it can be referred to easily, any suggestion?

- Ahava/Ahawa

- Agape

- Calvary

- ... ???

heheheh...

moving out from Philo soon...

most probably by next week, i'm going to move into a new place in Hentian Kajang!

going to bid good-bye to Philo...

haih, but i'm kinda lazy to pack my stuffs right now! boxes and bags everywhere...
and i need to work soon... oh my...

some pictures...

annual dinner perkeb 2009,

Broga Hill, 8 may 2009...

Camp Cameron 11-30 may 2009...

the first camp special... the malay house

the second camp special... pirates

the last night...

sampat picture...

and i got my chance to do inai! muahahaha, i hav a lot of 'lab rats' for my henna (thanks for buying the henna, adelyin!)

a poem??? (expressed during CampCam09)

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God... my Home...
In times I wander around, searching...
in the loss of myself...
the true meaning in my life...

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God is the one place
I can take comfort from and stay in
rest in Him
rest in Jesus, my Home

(sigh)

I need to bring myself back,
back to the Home,
the source of everything

What am I searching?
What am I desperate for?
What am I running away from?

What is the Freedom?
What is the Rest?

Do I understand it?

Am I inside or am I outside...
staring at the door
wondering...
whether I'm in or outside the Home...

"you know..." says the Voice...
I'm listening in hesitation

"just do it... the truth..."
I am hesitating...

In the end
as long as I am thinking and wanting to move...
that one first move won't happen...

"grant me the courage and boldness"
I ask...

but I haven't really decide and resolve on that One matter!

to have pure faith in the complete work of Jesus done on the Cross...
to understand the meaning and receive this Wonder...
This glorious Work...

hey...
see it in Jesus Christ!
Let yourself be found again and again in Him...
the glorious wonderful Word of God...

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and the Life continues...

Camp Cameron 2009... by FES...

dahsyat! luar biasa! yes! yes! yes!... dahsyat! excellent! fantastik!... (yea, these 'yell' are from SPK=Saya Pengikut Kristus, but whateva, since i can't describe it in any other way, for now...)

that's all i can describe it... the whole experience is beyond words!

i love my family, the d'9 family, kinda right the moment i met them (i came on the 2nd day, due to the oral test and correction for my thesis)!

...it's ok, it's alright, come on 9 knights, fight, fight, fight!!!... that's the first thing i learnt, when i first met my family on the games session!

all the people are so cute, lovely... bubbly (description like america's next top model~~~)... truly, they are like my brothers and sisters, and i just wish to 'geram' with them, like squeezing and cubit them as if they were some kind of soft toys!!! muahahahahahha!

i love the diversity of the people, i enjoy the different taste, in fact unique taste of everyone!

amazing God! everyone has his own story to tell, uniquely and personally to them God has imbued to our life! learning to embrace this 'life' is something we all need to learn, then let God works all things out from our life, if only we let Him...

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God bless! shalom and amen!

a glimpse of my life in UKM... (akan diterbitkan dalam buletin PERKEB)

“Kemudian Aku melepaskan tabuhan mendahului kamu dan binatang-binatang ini menghalau mereka dari depanmu, seperti kedua raja orang Amori itu. Sesungguhnya, bukan oleh pedangmu dan bukan pula oleh panahmu.” (Yosua 24:12)

Terkenang kembali masa-masa dulu, peralihan (transition) dari tingkatan 6 ke universiti… memikirkan persoalan-persoalan seperti, ‘di manakah akan saya pergi?’, ‘apakah yang akan saya ceburi?’, ‘bagaimanakah kehidupan di uni nanti?’, ‘macam mana dengan orang-orang yang akan saya temui?’, bla bla bla… apatah lagi akan meninggalkan keluarga dan pergi ke tempat lain begitu, untuk kali pertama J

‘Anda mendapat tawaran di UKM…’ adalah jawapan yang diperoleh melalui panggilan telefon dan saya terus pikir, ‘wah! Jauhnya, semenanjung nih! I can’t believe this!’. Ya la, selalu mengidam pergi tempat lain tapi tidak pernah terpikir atau mempunyai harapan untuk pergi Kuala Lumpur, seperti sesuatu yang tidak mungkin! Excited! Lagipula, mendapat program Biologi, 2nd choice saya, sebab impian untuk menjadi seorang saintis/biologist konon la. Saat ini, apabila melihat kembali, UKM dan biologi adalah pilihan pertama saya sebenarnya di waktu saya sekolah menengah lagi apabila saya berpeluang untuk mengenali universiti dan program-program yang ditawarkan! Dan sekarang tesis saya berkisarkan serangga, juga adalah tajuk yang telah saya impikan jauh sebelum saya masuk uni sebenarnya! Tuhan telah mengingatkan saya kembali masa-masa dulu di mana saya mengimpikan perkara-perkara ini! Terima kasih Tuhan… Mazmur 37:4 “dan bergembiralah karena TUHAN; maka Ia akan memberikan kepadamu apa yang diinginkan hatimu.”

Sekarang, saya berada dalam tahun ke-5 pengajian saya di UKM (akibat yang perlu saya tanggung hasil daripada sikap acuh tak acuh saya J)! Biarpun begitu, saya bersyukur kepada Tuhan kerana Dia masih tetap memelihara saya sampai saat ini, memberi peluang kepada saya untuk mengalami banyak perkara, menjumpai sesuatu di dalam hidup saya dan semua yang sekeliling saya.

Dalam 5 tahun ini, banyak yang telah saya pelajari, ada yang berulang-ulang kali diingatkan. Di gereja, melalui penglibatan dalam organisasi-organisasi seperti Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia, dan PERKEB! Banyak orang dengan pelbagai latar belakang dan sejarah masing-masing, bertemu dan mencorakkan hidup sesama sendiri. Dalam masa ini, saya memperoleh keyakinan untuk kembali kepada gereja saya di Sibu, SIB Betel; saya mengenal balik dan diingatkan kembali Tuhan Yesus Kristus, beban yang telah diletakkan di dalam hati, dan (mungkin) panggilan Dia dalam hidup saya, saya dibawa kembali… saya belajar untuk menerima diri saya kembali dengan perspektif yang diperbaharui; saya belajar untuk bergaul dengan orang di sekitar saya (saya ambil masa agak lama untuk ‘hangat’ dalam pergaulan, selesa dalam perkumpulan orang, hehe, entah patutkah saya bersyukur atas penyakit ‘kesampatan’ yang menular dalam PERKEB ini?)… saya dituntun untuk mengenal harta yang berkelimpahan melalui Firman Tuhan!

Memang banyak bergumul sepanjang masa dalam kehidupan ini! Cubaan dalam hidup! Saya telah terjerumus dalam pornografi semasa saya masih di kolej! I even asked my friend to lend me the CD! Akibatnya, pikiran saya sering dihantui gambaran-gambaran yang menjijikkan. Syukur kepada Tuhan sebab saya bergumul untuk mengatasi masalah ini, dan saya mengerti saya tidak mempunyai kekuatan untuk melawan keinginan mata dan daging ini, sungguh tidak mampu, sering mengalah. Saya telah berjumpa dengan seorang sahabat dan bercerita dengan dia pasal diri saya dan kami berdoa, dengan Tuhan sebagai saksi kami.

Kini, Firman Tuhan yang saya renungkan, saya menghafalnya, dan puji Tuhan atas Firman-Nya yang sering memperbaharui pikiran saya, walaupun ada masanya gambaran-gambaran seksual muncul dalam pikiran, ianya tidak lagi mampu bertahan! Yohanes 17:17 mencatatkan “Kuduskanlah mereka dalam kebenaran; firman-Mu adalah kebenaran.” Tetapkanlah diri kita untuk merenungkan firman Tuhan selalu sebab hanya Tuhanlah yang berkuasa untuk menghancurkan benteng-benteng halangan dalam hidup kita yang mana kita berharap untuk memperoleh penerobosan (breakthrough), Yeremia 23:29 “Bukankah firman-Ku seperti api, demikianlah firman TUHAN dan seperti palu yang menghancurkan bukit batu?”

Namun masih terdapat banyak lagi yang memerlukan pemulihan, pemulihan yang berterusan (seperti tetap melakukan firman Tuhan di mana saja saya berada)! Saudara-saudari, ingatlah akan Tuhan dan sama-sama kita belajar dan renungkan firman Tuhan selalu. Tidakkah kalian rindu untuk mendapat ‘kejutan harijadi’ daripada Tuhan selalu saat kita belajar, merenung dan melakukan firman-Nya?

Segala sesuatu yang berlaku telah memberi saya satu pelataran untuk melayani orang-orang di sekeliling saya. Terlalu banyak untuk saya menceritakan segala yang berlaku hanya dalam 5 tahun ini sahaja! Apatah lagi jikalau bercerita pasal hidup diri saya dan segala yang telah saya saksikan sampai saat ini.

Namun, saya melihat suatu perubahan yang bakal terjadi dalam kalangan kita, di PERKEB khasnya, hanya jika kita benar-benar merendahkan diri dan mencari Tuhan! Saya melihat kesannya pasti menular ke seluruh UKM! Kenalkanlah beban (bukan stress, tapi burden) yang telah Tuhan letakkan dalam hati setiap kita dan berdoalah dengan beban ini, pasti akan terjadi mukjizat yang luar biasa kepada diri kita dan semua orang sekali gus!

Kembali kepada Yosua 24:12, yang telah Tuhan tegurkan saya waktu cuti sem2, tahun 2008. Segala sesuatu yang berlaku, seperti yang kita tahu, adalah dalam tangan Tuhan dan Dialah yang mengaturkan perjalanan hidup kita. Banyak masa kita cuba dan selalu ingin melakukan banyak perkara dalam hidup kita, dengan ‘pedang’ (short-term goals in life) dan dengan ‘panah’ (long-term goals in life), lalu mengabaikan bahwa Tuhan sebenarnya telah menyediakan (atau clear out the ways for us) jalan buat kita dengan cara yang sangat ‘natural’, iaitu dengan melepaskan tabuhan (hornets) untuk menghalau ‘musuh-musuh’ kita. Ingatlah bahwa Allah mengerti dan Ia peduli… sudikah kita bersorak menyanyikan pujian kerana Dia? Mazmur 22:4 “Padahal Engkaulah Yang Kudus yang bersemayam di atas puji-pujian orang Israel.” Hadirat Tuhan menjadi lebih nyata saat kita memuji Dia dengan hati yang benar.

Berjaga-jagalah senantiasa, be watchful always, kerana banyak perkara di sekeliling kita yang kita langsung tidak memberi perhatian, adalah berpotensi untuk menghancurkan hidup kita. Sama-samalah kita membantu untuk menemukan potensi dan keunikan dalam setiap diri kita dan membangunkan Tubuh Kristus bersama-sama. Brothers and sisters, you are amazing because God is amazing! Wonderful! Terima kasih kepada kalian kerana sudi memberi respon kepada Tuhan dan hidup kalian dan saya bertemu di tempat sini, PERKEB, biarpun banyak di antara kalian yang hanya setakat ‘hi-bye’ atau senyuman…

Doa saya, agar saudara-saudari sudi membuka hati masing-masing kepada Allah untuk Dia menanamkan benih Hati-Nya, menerima visi Allah bagi PERKEB dan UKM, seterusnya dipimpin Tuhan untuk memenuhi kehendak-Nya di tempat ini. Teruslah bersekutu dengan Roh Allah sebab Dialah yang dekat di dalam hatimu pada saat ini, Dialah yang membawa diri kita untuk menyembah Allah Bapa dan Tuhan Yesus Kristus. Biarlah kasih Tuhan yang hidup dalam hubungan sesama kalian. Terus berdiri teguh dan menetapkan mata pada Yesus Kristus yang adalah sumber pengharapan kita, sentiasa ingat akan Tuhan dalam apa jua keadaan. Puji Tuhan atas hadirat kalian di PERKEB dan UKM, Allah memberkati kalian, amin.

freaky SQUIRRELLLLLLLL....!!!

it's Monday!... it's March the 2nd!!!... it's dinner time, at night!!! IT'S FREAKY SQUIRREL TIME!!! scream out loud... ARRRGHHH~~~~~~~!!!!!

and it happened in Philo! this dark agile little monster jumped into Mei Fung's room, out of nowhere, surprising her, sampai 'chuak' tak tentu arah dan jerit menggelabah!

she quickly ran down the stairs and shouted, 'adris, quick!!! come up here, there's something in my room! it's black! i'm so scared to my guts!... (-.-)''' so i sped up to see what was it but couldn't find anything. all i saw was Mei Fung went in the room and in a blink of eyes, she was standing on her bed already! 'is that so scary?'

well, at first, i thought it was something like small fox, like Melvin once encountered in his room while he was still staying in Philo with us before. he said a small fox sneaked into his room in the middle of the night and he 'chuak' sampai bangun, but the ..fox.. got off through the window. some more he said the ..fox.. left some odour around his room. and we joked it might be the 'fox spirit' 狐狸精 wanting to seduce him!

or perhaps squirrels playing light sabers acting jedi!

all sound like it's the evil squirrel attacking people, surprising them in the dark with the stare and quick jumping actions, from one corner to another! serious...

it's just a cute squirrel who is scared at giants jumping up and down with loud noises "it's there!... no, it ran to that side... faster! SO SCARRRYYYYY!!!", wanting to escape from the panicking giants.

tambahan, Ying See who was preparing nasi goreng in the kitchen, heard the noises upstairs, so she came up in curiosity! mana tau, the tiny squirrel tiba-tiba ran off from Shireen's table towards Ying See's! guess what, she screamed in panic and ran down the stairs, with Mei Fung on the bed of course. but then Mei Fung and i laughed it off so hard that we almost forgot our mission: to capture the squirrel!

fuuh! after circling the room for don't know how long, chasing the squirrel, finally, it ran out the room, down to the stairs!

cerita belum habis lagi! itu tupai ah, tak nampak pintu yang luas dibuka, tapi pergi masuk dalam rak kasut, kemudian lari keluar dan naik tangga lagi, so saya jerit, 'Mei Fung, tutup pintu!'... 'what??!', so i ran up again to look for it, i asked Mei Fung but she said she don't know because she was busy shutting the windows. so i scouted Kin Onn's room... not a trace, closed the door, went to Jenny's room, heard some noise among the plastics... Mei Fung came out her room and closed the door and stood on the chair watching.

tiba-tiba the tupai lari keluar... yes, 'WARRGGHHH!'. so i went out, wanted to close the door but she said 'wait for me to get into Jenny's room first!' and so i searched among the timbunan barang di luar bilik itu... maka tupai tu keluar lagi lari turun ke bawah.

mana tau, Ying See shouting from the kitchen, ''what! wait! don't come down first, i'm cooking now!" of course, i was laughing all the time! syok man! it was so much fun!

i looked into the kitchen and i saw Ying See squating on a stool, nex to the stove, she was gorenging nasi! funny! sambil "where is it? where is it? don't let it come to kitchen", Mei Fung pula di tangga jerit "Ying See, dia lari masuk dalam dapur sudah!... adris cepat, ambil kotak simpan di tangga, nanti dia naik kembali!..." saya pun bingung dibuat mereka...

akhirnya, si tupai yang gelisah menggelabah lari lintang dan pukang dari atas ke bawah dan ke atas lagi dan ke bawah lagi, pusing dalam bilik beberapa round, i can imagine tupai itu dengan muka selamba dengan gerakan lincah dia... (lihat gambar di bawah)... yang seterusnya, lari keluar dari Philo dengan buntut menghala ke dalam Philo, bidding good-bye, saying "thanks for the fun, i'm getting healthier now"

hoping to get this kind of fun once in a while rite?! gosh, it's really fun, super laughter made my day! and of course the sweats... fuuh...