Historical moment

28 December 2007 has become a historical day in our lives, the Wong's.

It was the day we got Astro (Malaysia's equivalent of Cable TV) installed.

YES!!!!!

Hello long hours of replays of EPL and LIVE matches!!!!!!!

No more, 'Dei, you at home ah?can i come watch football with you?'

HAHA.


I came up with a new tagline the other day, or rather two.

1. Sweaty palms; everyone has it, just how often.
2. Do not disturb a boy's precious time with the urinal.

LOL

oh ya, it's still not too late so,

HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS ALL YOU JOKERS OUT THERE AND A ROCKIN' NEW YEAR

:)

Note too self:never eat more than i can

If there's one thing i haven't stop doing since returning home, it would be eating.

I'm suffering from it already.

I barely slept last night, kept running to the toilet and i think i must have easily gone to the toilet at least 9 times over a space of 12 hours. Coolness.

Agony :(

So much for going slow, i guess my tummy ain't that strong after all. LOL.

Random pics :)

Yes, i'm still not bathing eventho i keep
feeling oh-so-sticky.


Leng CHAIS!!!!

If you observe closely, we have
similar t-shirts, shorts and slippers. :)

My first papaya!!!!!!!!!!thank you JOSH!!haha

On the way to Fraser's, spent some time at a dam, t'was beautiful.

My first meal after i landed, roti daging!! syok-a-lingam

(Ah-Lam, i forgot to take a pic of teh tarik, will take one soon :P)

First recognisable person at KLIA. HAHA

Thanks guys for seeing me off, really appreciate it :)

AGM and CONVY 07!!! Rockin' experience

Life is good.

:)

Changes....no?

The clock in the hall is still ahead by 10 minutes

The one-eyed scarred orange ferocious cat still roams the streets

Roti segi empat segi is still as garing as ever

Drivers here are still as crazy as ever

ACL is still missing

Ah.....it's good to be home.

But still,

changes are bound to come.

Aren't they?

But,


God is still GOD.

WOW!!!

hehehehheheh :) Thank YOU LORD.

Updates

I finished one whole box of "AB" by myself, even got to eat about half of another pack. So that makes, 1.5 half pack. Woohoo. Conqueror of Ab. Me.



"Without family, we are nothing." Kevin Rudd in his victory speech on 24 Nov 2007


Been literally running around everywhere for the past couple of days. I seem to be more busy during holidays than when i have classes. *better learn how to be more organised* Thank GOD for sending help through bradders and sistas who have been super patient with me.

And it's going to get more busy, how exciting..hehehe..all lining up to the faithful day when i step on 'homeground' again.

Oh, tanah airku.

Let's go

It's time to start moving.

Let's go.

Freedom

?

Finally, it's all over :)

What a 'lonely' day

I started the day with an interesting morning and im ending it with a somewhat subdued evening. LOL. Or i may be just be speaking too soon. Who knows how He works.

I think the number of audible words i said today can be count with my fingers and toes.

:P

But of course, my mind was 'on fire.'

ps. note to self, be careful when sending mms'. haha. cf Jez, James, or Twin sister.

What a morning!

Just a short one, I woke up today with the determination to complete one of the modules for the upcoming exams but i found myself being consumed by the past. Doubts came into my mind..."are You for real?" Struggle i did, i felt like i was literally wrestling with myself. Decided to just lie down on the bed for awhile and concentrate on Him Above and just rest. (i've been getting up every morning feeling tired)

I was just suddenly compelled to read some of the letters i have received from home.

man, i miss home so badly; not only the place or the environment, but the people. The people that i grew up with, fought with, cried with, throw-chewing-gum-into-her-hair with, going-to-college with, played-yoyo with, served with, prayed with, cycle with, eat with, go-toilet with, played-badminton with, fell-into-the-drain with, played football with, wash-pond with, fart with, burped with, cut hair with, look-at-ourselves-in-the-mirror with, took the Communion with, sang with, played guitar with, tried to study for SPM and ended up watching Princess Monokeke with Domino's with, got sun-burned with, snored with; the list is endless.


I always thank God for people to do life together. Thats You!!..hehee

I am reminded of who i am and my purpose here.


His child.


I thank God so much also for the people around me NOW. I just can't wait to see how all this is going to fit into HIS plans. WOW!!!!!

Last post for the next 3 weeks

Alright.

Time to pull my pants up, tighten my belt and tie my shoelaces.

Gotta read all those at least once. Not to mention textbooks and references. Ish ish.

Starting also to rely on 'drugs' to stay awake.
And also English earl grey tea. Its very refreshing. hehe

Had the privilege of having a 23 hours day last Saturday. It felt odd. Didn't get enough sleep on Saturday night. Haha. It's interesting to see how we can just change time like that. Daylight Saving Time has ended. So yea, we're 2.5 hours ahead from home now.

Thats the view from my window at 7pm yesterday. So funny to eat dinner when the sun is still shining so brightly. Alrighty....

Nov 2 Counselling test, will be quarantined from 2.55 pm to 5.10pm. Hopefully, i'll be one of the first few so would not have to stay there for so long.

Nov 12 Pharmacology 301 9am-12pm

Nov 13 Molecular and Chemical Basis of Therapeutics 301 2pm-4pm

Nov 15 Applied Pharmacotherapeutics 301 9am-12pm

Nov 19 English Summary test 12pm

Study hard, pray harder. Let's take it to the next level. Thank You for praying with me.

:)

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

I LOVE THE SMELL OF THE RAIN

I'm in love. Rain. Rain. Rain. Rain. Rain. Oh, how i love You. Thank You for creating Rain.

On a side not, has our acts of service been out of duty or devotion?

hmmm.....

God speaks.

There's no such thing as a time period in your life being the prime of your life when God is in the picture.

Everyday is the 'prime of our life' when we're living for God.

Philippians 3:10 'that i may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death'

Wow.

That is the goal of a Christian's life. In all things, whether through joy or through suffering, we may know Christ.

Our security should be based upon our relationship with Christ.

Another lesson learnt

I learnt AGAIN today that i sometimes mix my passion and responsibilities up and i end up not-being-myself.

I have this theory that the Number one Disease that is affecting Mankind today is not AIDS but Insecurity. What say you?

I struggle with that A LOT, you know, "Am i good enough?Did i say something wrong?Did i not say enough?" type of questions. I am sure you go through your fair share of i-need-to-prove-to-people-that-i-am-secure-phase and end up being all pretentious.

But i have realized or at least for myself is that it all stems out from me being so conscious of what people think of me. People-conscious. It consumes me that i end up not being myself sometimes. I crave for assurance from men but i need to change that to assurance from God.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

"that we may proclaim praises to Him." WoW

self-explanatory.

I realized also we find things to be our crutch sometimes. We try to draw our security from others or even ourself. When will we ever learn to have "confidence in Christ" and not ourself.

Our faith is one which is unseen.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

When will we ever learn to be secure in Christ and not ourself.

2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Time to get rolling and straightening our lives up with Him above.

Christ is coming soon. Are you ready to meet Him The King of Kings?

Gasp!

2 more months!!WOOHOO. I just realised that in about 60ish days time, i will be home.

"A-neh, lu pigi buat untuk saya super garing roti canai, sudah 9 bulan tak makan."

"Dei, nasi lemak kasi lebih sambal LA."

"Aunty-ah, kuei peng mai kut."

"Uncle-ah, pan mi kon-no eh, ai kei liau."

"Boss, tambah nasi boss."

"Makcik, goreng pisang kasi goreng lama lama, lagi shiok."

"...lu panggil ini pedas ah??kasi lagi pedas la...."

"aiyo, pumpkin rice again ah???" (hahaha, this time i will finish the whole pot, mummy)

Pure bliss.

I can't wait to use my tak-boleh-harap language skills again. I can't wait to get eat like crazy and go to the toilet like crazy...hehehehe.
(ps..josh, wait for me, im coming..hahaha..esso-mamak, here we come!!!)

In my excitement, i'm reminded of God telling me so forcefully in the beginning of the year about where 'home' really is.

I am reaching 'home'.

Haircut not spray

Just came back from a haircut. Second one since coming over to Aussie-land. It costs AUD 15 for a haircut here and yes, its whooping expensive. That's already one of the cheapest. I was comtemplating on whether should i go for a haircut since i'll be back in 2 months (so fast!!!eeeppp) but then, after thinking a while, decided to go for it seeing that my exams are coming (double eeeeeppppp!!!!) and by that time, my hair would be super-long already. 2 haircuts in a year = AUD 30 = RM 100 = One haircut a month at RM 10 when i was back home. Comes out to almost the same amount so it's not too bad. During my last exams, my hair was so long, it was literally covering my eyes and i was wearing a beanie to keep it in coz i did not have my trusty hairband. Apparently, there's some rule that you can't have any head gear in the exam hall so imagine my frustration when i had to write with my right hand and use my left to hold the frinch up. IT WAS THAT LONG. Ask Mum. If only they told us about the rule earlier, then at least i would've gotten my hair cut. I might have been able to do better. LOL.


According to some Professor, haha , the lady's perfumes particles are still in my nostrils thats why i still can smell her eventhough i'm home d. Yuck. Hmmm...She smells familiar..hahah



Now to grow some facial hair. Haha

Something which i thought i would not share here

I went for a jog today along the Torrens River, it's been awhile since i last did that. (i did 5 k's..woohoo..thought i wouldn't last, but managed to pull through, hopefully knees won't give me any problem tomorrow)

On the way back, i saw these 3 old men (think beer belly, moustauche, spectacles, balding, mid-30's i would say). They were on these cool BMX bicycles with helmets and paddings and the works. I thought to myself, hmm... Next thing i know, they're jumping off cliffs and grinding on the rails. I was left speechless.These guys were 'cool'? haha.

A thought came to me, i was a huge fan of BMX stunt bicycles when i was younger. I used to go for the Asian X-Games in KL and just sit down and admire the riders flying through the sky or even doing flatland tricks.I remember pestering my parents to let me buy one and pick up the sport but they never allowed, with the excuse it's too dangerous.So i was left with the one and only thing that i was passionate about, football/soccer.

Now, it has been taken away from me and i didn't even had the chance to try riding a BMX bike at all. My point is yea, i thought i would be bitter towards my parents for not allowing me pursue my 'dreams' or even to allow me to go under the knife to fix that ruptured ligament of mine. I won't lie but yea, for a moment in life, i was. But i've learned to see things from a different perspective.

I used to tease my dad about will we ever own a BMW or a Merz?haha. He said, "Well, we could get the cheapest one now but that would mean that you can't go to Australia to study." I used to just laugh with him when he said those statements.

I've realised that my parents suppresed their personal desires to save the money for my siblings and i to study. They've sacrificed so much for us. I don't know what they felt when they found out that i tore my ligament and that i was to abstain from sports for the rest of my life.

I guess they were just as depressed.

Let's take it up another level. Our Father in Heaven gave His all when He allowed His One and Only Son to die for us on the cross. So few words but such love. I thank God that my parents have helped me in understanding more about His sacrifice.

With all that said and done, my only desire is to make My Father in Heaven and my parents proud.

I always pray for a miracle. But i'm beginning to understand that miracles don't always happen in ways we expect them to be. For His Ways are higher than ours. I just thank God that He has everything under control.
I receive whatever You have for me.

2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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I've had questions, without answers
I've known sorrow, i have known pain
but theres one thing, that i'll cling to
you are faithful, Jesus your true

when hope is lost, i'll call You Saviour
when pain surrounds, i'll call You Healer
when silence falls, You'll be the song within my heart

in the lone hour, of my sorrow
through the darkest night of my soul
You surround me, and sustain me
My Defender, forever more

when hope is lost, i'll call You Saviour
when pain surrounds, i'll call You Healer
when silence falls, You'll be the song within my heart

I will praise You, i will praise You
when the tears fall, still i will sing to You
i will praise You, Jesus praise You
Through the suffereing still i will sing

Thanks to Ken n Dan, i discovered this song last Friday. It's an old one. 'When the tears fall,' by Tim Hughes.

God, i want You to be part of my every being.

'we walk by faith, not by sight.'

Thank YOU!!!!

WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Funny

Two lecturers said some totally random things in two separate lectures and yea, thought it was quite funny. Haha.

Dr W: ' Nilotinib is like Super- Imatinib,' in his lecture on the drug, Imatinib.

Dr V: ' That's what society is all about today-Money, money, and money,' in his lecture on the sue of drugs in sport.

I don't know why but the after he said the first statement, i just imagined a tiny little capsule with a cape around it and underwear on the outside. The capsule then tell all the cancer cells out there, 'You're going down!!!!' Haha.

Note: Imatinib and Nilotinib are anti-cancer drugs.

The second one..well, he's just funny. You should've seen his facial expressions when he said that.

I have realised the importance of Sabbath. Monday was a very slow day for me, guessed running around can make you tired. Haha. Duh. Mum says that i always try to save the world. I still do, only this time i've learnt to do it one by one.

I've realised one thing, being in an overseas country can be quite a challenge. You really are your responsible for your own actions. *stops and realises that hey, thats a huge thing!* No mum or dad to physically nag you and stuffs but i've got certain individuals who are filling out that space for me temporarily; really thank God for them. But yea, you decide what you want to do when you want to do and then bear the consequences of it.

Scary.

Update

After sending off G today, we saw this at the carpark. How cool is that?haha. Whoever rode that motorbike must be some joker.

Airports have always have been very emotional for me. (haha, then again, i realise i am a very emotional person, which can be bad at times) Anyway, i just realised i have been to the airport here a couple of times; most of them sending people off. My theory is that if i do that as often as i can, i would get immune to the the emotions that normally come when saying bye. For those who knew, it was very hard for me leaving KLIA in Feb this year. I am hoping that it would not be next time around when i say goodbye again.

Ish, sometimes i hate emotions. They totally drain you out.

I love not having to bath the whole day. Haha.

Best thing someone said to me today, "Why does your hair look like some 60's style? puffy at the side and flat on the top." LOL

The next 100m

Life here has been like a relay race, it's like sprint for awhile, then break then sprint again and then rest again and sprint again (or more like hop on one leg/hobble/limp then sit down and complain about knee pains and continue ). Just finished my mid-term break, the last hols before finals end of the year. And it's one of the most craziest holidays i've ever had. It's funny that my holidays have always been life-changing for me. yeh, it can be that extreme. I thank God for the experiences He has allow me to go through but at the same time, i also remind myself that these experiences will always only be experiences, nothing more. We tend to make a big fuss about it at times and let them be the thing that we seek. Funny, how our understanding of how God speaks can really influence what kind of person we become. Say for example, if i should let experiences be the one thing that shows me how real God is; my understanding of God would not be exactly accurate. But yeah, i am thankful for what He has bring me through.

Uni starts again tomorrow and I look forward to the next few months with great anticipation. I just pray for discipline and wisdom and strength and courage and passion and love and understanding and so many more things. I pray Your Will be done.

I am grateful that i got my behind covered too. LOL.

Thank YOU.

ps. im coming home soon. Wait for me.