hM.. my own real holiday...hike hike...

crystal hill near genting... highly recommend for whose who enjoy hiking...^^

This few days had been d holidays i longed for..
wow... realising that i really didn't have such a holiday for so long d...

This Wesak holiday... i been going hiking with my Puchong's new church members, genting and also with CF members to Melaka..

i got shared my 1st KL's service during last few blogs..
where i really can't adapt myself 2 d environment there..
It's jx so grand n jx feel "alient"ed ..

then i tried attending a smaller church recommended by my friend, Jici...
It's Puchong's 宣道堂....

furthermore, her relatives which some i know almost all there..
actually this is d second time i attending the service there after my 2009 CNY where i stayed at uncle David's home during d festival..

so, feeling quite warm meeting all of them again..

i felt so glad that i could be there n feeling like can mix with them well od though it's 1st time meeting most of the ppl there...
find the sense of belonging there...

the feeling jx like already knowing them for a long time d...
it's jx so coincidentally that the pastor's couple there from Sibu though he's not there that day...

n many members also come from sibu 2...
it's jx feel like familiar n comfort when u met ppl fr hometown
sharing the same dialect...
it's jx like i been in my hometown...

yeah... n my exciting hiking experience at crystal hill near genting..

that fri morning, i woke up as early as 4am... n fetched by my fren's cousin by 4.40am...
what a sleepy time ya.. d time ppl sleeping like piggy...
then, all together 13 members (including pastor's wife, only 2 students including me, the rest are the working adults)
we enjoying a precious time 2gether...

we started to have a prayer 1st then started to climb by 6am like that and managed to see the scene of the sunset on the hill's way, enjoying the beauty of the mother nature of the only creator, enjoying the fellows' interaction..

according to a member that had been to d Kinabalu...
the journey is as challenging as that 1...
so he told us that we "graduated" after this and could start our next target to Kinabalu then..^^

the pastor's wife really "geng" where she managed to finish her hiking without giving up..
n we really admire her...
they kept telling joke that she would be younger by 5 yrs after this...

and herself humurously told that then she want to hike few more times then she will be more younger many 5 yrs.. ^^
we just enjoyed the jokes so much among ourself during the hiking...

along the journey,
the way was just not easy, we had been gone through the six small up and down hills, and fully using all created bodies' parts to complete our mission, from the arms, fingers, foots, toes, knees, legs and even our buttocks...
certain journey will just s0 dangerous where u jx can't look down, if falling then.....OO.

Thanks Lord for leading us throughout the journey...
Thanks god that the weather was so fine, no rain no slippery ground..
so we all able to complete our mission after 4 hours by 10am like that as well.. ^.^

i prayed deep inside my heart calling HIS name along the journey as for a safe journey...

I experienced most when felt so insecured when we just couldn't see the mark on stone or jx couldn't see the things below, couldn't't stand/find a place to rest on the limestone where we opted to use rope to climb over it..
we just can have faith, solely relying on the instruction of our team's leader to rest our foot on the stone... n relying on the strength of the rope to cope for our weight without theoritically considering of how much d tension can d rope withstand... what an exciting experience..

i believe that most ppl also felt secured in the same way only when they can see with their naked eyes, touching by their own...
it's jx like the faith we have in Lord, though can't see HIM, we still believe in HIM...
Isn't that wonderful? we just believe in him without relying on our own strong conceptual, self or logic thinking... that's the faith....

Praise to our Lord.... ^^

when enjoying the beauty of the sunset, we just don't hesistate and shouted at the top of our voice at the half way like the mad dogs, haha... still felt funny...
when we enjoying the another special scene where it's really a contradict, where we saw the mother nature beautiful scene on the left side and another right side of the artificial human-made scene, showing the urbanization developed KL city

A member, Sarah immediately told that it's just like Jesus in the bible, where Satan's temptation by bringing him to the highest of the hill and showing him the glory city and offer him the goodness of the world just want HIM to knee it yet Jesus refused to do, HE know HE is the son of heavenly father...
Can we really act like HIM especially when we're in the worldly temptation?

tried to notice the different scenes behind us...it's different.. it's really awesome..

the view of d RHS...

the view of LHS....

throughout the day,
chatted with pastor's wife a lot 2..
coincidentally pastor 刘德裕牧师 and her wife
once upon a time also from SIB church, b4 that had been serviced in Miri n Bintulu..
n oso been in my church for 8 month period when i was eleven...
n my previous piano's teacher in church is pastor's niece some more...
what a small world..

oops... nope .... should feel thanksful for contacting me with this church

After the hiking,
we went to walk around at genting, and having lunch there...
since i still a undergraduate... i been treated for a delicious meal..
wanna express my gratitude here to the kind generous host...thx so much... ^^
and it's my 2nd time to genting and 1st time entering the casino inside...

n together with other church members and also pastor's wife... that's funny...

inside d casino..
seeing the ppl gamble with their sweat, blooding money

like throwing $$ into the sea... and so lost...

the probabilities of winning was so small where the whole casino computerised controling system

surprisingly saw many grannies there also...

that's the place resulted in broken families, losing lives, greediness, addiction, lost in direction, source of sin condemnation...
ppl seens so stupid, still, ppl wanna bet to stand even a slim chance for a good luck, great returning...

greediness and purposeless, driven them just wanna doing something to fulfill the their emptiness... how pity...

like seeing the scene of ppl just non-stop jumping into an endless hole...

it seems like Lord wanna to warn me that never carry on a purposeless life...

sweating members... ^^

friendly pastor's wife... ^^

found a durian tree on d way down...

found some goats and sheeps when reaching bottom... funny...XD...

Holiday yet so called on duty (2)....side dish

Memorable time with my family.......

Miri Trip

Fortunately got chance to walk around with d "lao yi bei" church senior and together with my youngest sister in Miri this coming bak. This is my 3rd time going to Miri after my primary school. It's change lots od compared 2 Sibu. Due to nothing can be developed in Sibu while Miri has its rich petroleum... No wonder... already heard that Sibu will become a city since 2008 yet now still haven't turn to be... but i still very much enjoy the easy life and slower paces in Sibu. Back to Miri, I enjoy the beach scenery there very much. 1st time i try so many "ye wei" all 1 2gether- turtle meat, bat, "4 leg snake", wild boar,..... n of course it had costed us almost RM30 each person leh... N Thanks to the evelyn, han chiong for their hospitality to guide us those days.
At the petroleum muzeum

Durian time with my family....
This coming back so gd can eat durian 2gether with my family after 2 yrs i think although i oso gt enjoy durian at PB n taiping there 2... But the feeling will never the same when u enjoy with family as compared to frens.. It's so memorable that we all having the "longgokan" durian during that time..




Three happily smiled sisters with smelly durian ^.^

This coming back noticed that all my sister really grow up already. They are quite understanding as compared to the teens now probably due to the need of relying on themselves. They will try to consider family at very 1st. They will try to save money for my mom and wouldn't ask to buy this and that like other kids..

Hair cutting....
Like: the funniest thing is that when i go to a hair saloon with my mum and sister that christmas afternoon from 1pm till 3pm++, all three of us were having hair cutting... My youngest sister complained to me that she never ever wanna go to hair saloon again due to the expensiveness.(Because my elder sister used to cut for her for free de..). Feel quite proud to have her as my sister.. Haha..

Compared to the daughters for the saloon " tau ke nio", they spent their mom just taking for granted as they buy RM150++ just for a white school shoes. Back to the hair cutting, wee had paid RM 49 during that time but it stated that RM5-7 for school or college students and RM8-12 for adults yet....... I never have a such an expensive hair cut before.. Feel being cheated... i told myself that i never go to that saloon again, Kimarie..
"Dan Zhang" of that saloon...

The Christmas Gift
My funny mom so excited to tell me that she get the 1st prize for the lucky draw at a supermarket near my home while she only buying a RM2++ dried mee that nite got "evangelistic night" outside the super there...
Our very 1st Christmas gift at the Christmas eve i told them...
See... she happily holding her hamper... ^.^

During free time this coming back...
Hehe... i managed to make some desserts for them 2...
Red bean soup...

Tan Yuan with peanut inside

Layer kuih....

and my favourite Batik Kek

The christmas time at Sanyan....







And at the end... Flying back to USM...
that time..still feel like dun wan to leave .. a bit down at that time cox knowing many more challenges in my services and studies wait for me... Hope that I can hold tightly Lord and through it...
Good bye my lovely hometown with sweet memories...
Will come back soon for CNY.....

Holiday yet so called on duty (1)....main course

Let me refresh back what have i done in this hometown's Holiday....
Busy yet still very much enjoying in HIS duty...

Children camp, youth camps, Qin Shao Nian sunday service, fellowships, then flight delay, stay 1 more week in hometown with my lovely family, cancelling S'pore trip, Christmas nite then finally Steamboat gathering...

Firstly, Thanks Lord 4 delaying my flight then i spend 1 more week celebrating Christmas 2gether with my family after 2 years...

My hometown church life ^.^

Children camp
Soon after the trip, we have 3 days children camp. I'm been asked to help out as to lead a group for the camp. The title is "When Jesus coming back again..." We keep stressing to the children what will happen when Jesus 2nd time coming back and what they need and do that time. We keep asking them this question:[When Jesus ask :"Why should I letting you come into the gate of Heaven?"]How would u answer? “Because Jesus said:"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

Managed to have fun with the children in my SIB church. The children really naive, i still feel sweet when i thought of those memorable pictures --They all so good and close when they score high marks due to their team work in game, and yet "nao pi qi" and blaming each other when loss in a game" No wonder Jesus said let the children come to the front of HIM. Hopefully this camp can have impacts in them and me 2.. The title also refresh me lots that... How i can face Jesus at that time? Have i work hard enough for HIM? Will i regret? Confident enough?
Briefing...
Game time with hoop.. my tiny group... They r so exciting that time^.^
here's group pic....^.^

Qin Shao Nian Sunday Service“基督品牌”
Pastor Lau and Pastor Wong from the left side
I only involved in the choir part for the service. The pastor Lau telling us that our youth nowadays no longer as our forefather age. They doesn't have the words "青少年人" in the past and the word is invented this lately because they only call youth or teens as “青年人” wherelse a teens at around 1900 will know how to navigate a ship to rescue work, a teen at those years becoming a nurse better than an adult and becoming the chief of nurse at teens age, and another 1 able drawing out the map using his topo knowledges. While in this ages, parents seems doesn't have high expectation from their children as long as they score high marks and helping to do some house chores, their parent will be satisfy. This teens nowadays chasing for their nike, addidas latest hair styles, mobile .... He challenged us that what we can bring out as a Christ Brand, What we can show if not that materialistic stuffs only but through inner self as a christian? What the attitudes should we have towards this era？

Youth camp “别小看我” Esther：1-10

After that, following by a 3 days bible study camp more likely. This camp i incharge as a helper in group again, accomodation, and also in the daily meals. And we have the excellent camp leader - pastor Wu, speaker Pastor Wong, game master Jian Xiang, helpers-Xiu Zhi, Mei Qi, Allen n including me.. Hehe^.^

In this camp, i feel more exhausted because of incharging of too many things gua.. Most of the time i rushing here n there to ensure drinking water enough, cooking rice, preparing drinks for meals then rush back to my incharged group when i free. So, really unable to stick with them much.. The 1st day, i almost cry out with the half-cooked rice. N after all, pastor Wong teach the technique in cooking such a huge pot of rice then rice cooked smoothly the next day

(That is the SURELY COOKED RICE = SAME LEVEL OF RICE + SAME LEVEL OF POURING WATER...hehe).

At night, i sleep like a pig probably 2 tired without paying much attention to the gals in the room although i'm d "ah tao"..

Although i have read the Esther almost 4-5, i still not dare to say that i can memorise every elements inside already, so same things to the teens as some maybe only read 1 time. But i'm amazed by my younger sis on how she can memorise quite easily and can be considered good already.

If got chance, i wish i could also join as a camper in such a bible study camp to upgrade my bible knowledge..Saw lots of inadequate for my bible knowledges in this camp.. Regret that unable to equip myself well during my teen's time.... Yet, thanks Lord as 4 me 2 see it as to keep moving on more n more...
Pastor 吴秋梅 ... she's really geng lol.. i reli like bible study conducted by her lol...^.^
Pastor黄光开 A never old hearted pastor, he always join madly even in games with us...

Game master 建翔
秀枝
Youth group- sharing session with them
Game time 数豆豆
Game time- 多手多脚.. c.. they r so called so "united"...
Yeah...group pic...^.^


My Christmas night
During P&W

Cute naughty didi... i witness his growing since his birth.. that year my church got 5-6 babies..|||


Posing...

happy faces^.^
my younger sisters

Fortunately this year i managed to have Christmas celebration in my hometown. I need not to be involved in Christmas event at the beggining because my flight on 20 Dec de.. I told myself to rest a while after all the business from PB till Sibu.. Let them settle it... A fren of mines oso prefer at the beggining not to involved in that drama after 2 camps and a sunday service....

During that time, i see Xiu Zhi and my sis seens helpless arranging 4 drama.. Then, tired yet i feel that Lord have letting me 2 stay 1 more week here then i opt to do something 4 HIM although i also don't have any experiences in conducting a drama, then try to help out things i probably can do, then i try my very 1st time to rewrite again d skrip from an original skrip.

Then, probably due to my that fren's commitment to Lord, in the end he helping out us again to conduct the drama by adding more humurous elements and make it a successful messaging drama.. Joyful and Praise to our Lord!!!

Then, after rearranging characters, i become one of them. Surprisingly, found that 4 out of 6 of the characters holding by 4 siblings of us, my bro as pa, my elder sis as mom, my younger sis n me lo.. another 4 voicing d characters' dialogue n PA effects. Another thanksful to Lord as my family can serve together. Pastor Ling coming back from US also even ask that where is "Nian Mei" since all of us involved already where my Da Mei involved in 2 dances and only she didn't involve. Thanks Lord again that all my family members still can serve Lord faithfully and able to attend services and gathering together. Joyful to Lord!!!

Wanna really thanks for his helps athough he probably may grow more white hair after this (due to overuse of brain... haha...) and all do involving in this drama... He's really briliant in conducting ideas n humurous sense.. "Frenz, reli thanks u all ya.."

Long time our church didn't flourished by so many people liao after the incident. That night i think got 200++people attending. Thanks God!

Finally.....
Steamboat gathering
That time......




FOOD |||||
Guo Xiu & me ^.^

After all, we having big meal only d day b4 i'm leaving on satuday nite, we come as early as 4pm++ as to preparing, washing the ingredients to have big meal and gathering time together.
We didn't have such a huge combination for a long time already. And thanksful to Lord that again we have almost 40 youths including us the young adults joining.. I managed to chat with few youths there. Pastor hope that we can have such a gathering more offen as to foster our relationship...

This coming back home, i saw and exposed more to the insufficient of servers in christ ministry in my own hometown church. As almost all the young adults are the teachers and being posting to the others place then.. seens like church services come harder. As our church now still in the beggining of formation stage, we just can hand over all to Lord to help us and we need to pray harder and harder for the existing condition as nothing much can be done... And, really thanksful to Lord that he has sent us this two loyal and faithful pastors to reform our chhurch here... ^.^

A sudden holiday & an appointment...

1st Posting - A sudden holiday

Last wednesday, our campus suddenly announced a week of holiday on that day. I received a call from my friend as early as 6am++ in the morning. Suddenly, many people in our campus being hit by flu and confirmed that got 4 persons hit by H1N1 flu already. So, we are asked to leave the campus immediately for that period as to ensure our safety.

I haven't prepared myself for this sudden holiday. Then, after considering for few decisions, i decided to go to Taiping with my course mates. Angeline and i stayed in Ah Peng's home and we're having some wonderful time to enjoy cooking. Angeline had cooked Sarawak Laksa for us and i made some dishs also. We enjoyed the time we went to pasar to select the fresh ingredients for our dishs. What had we prepared? Sarawak's laksa, spagtheti, salt fish's toufu, toufu mushroom dish, vegetable dish ..... Watering mouth ya?

Haiz... Forgot to take the pic of the dishes for that few days... Then, coming back to campus by Saturday and noticed that only got really few people to stay in this hostel.. My floor only got me to stay in. The whole hostel really empty and quiet. Yet, i enjoyed the quietness..Hehe..

Yet, i spent almost all of my time watching a drama.. And, i'm able to finish it by few days. It quite a nice drama.. Oh no! going to get mad mad upon the opening of school due to unfinished homework... Then, my holiday just being passed like that.. A bit regretful...


2nd Posting - -An appointment 11/7/09
Today i had been going to Taiping for my dentist appointment..
Hooray! I managed to get all by my own. I went there using that really old onimbus then to the clinic by "11 bus"..

I try my best to settle everything by my own as i didn't want to bother anyone. I borrowed a motor and planned to go to the bus station by my own and ride it back to campus after caming back. Yet, my lovely father in heaven didn't allow me to do so.

So, HE made that borrowed motor couldn't be started. I decided to give up after trying the starter for half an hour. HE arranged an angel to fetch me to bus station and another one to fetch me back to campus..

HE made me felt that i'm not alone.. I'm surrounded with lots of angels whenever i'm in trouble.Thanks Lord for those helpful angels...

Along the trip, the seat was not comfortable at all but i enjoy the scenery very much. I have not been in such trip for almost two months already... I enjoyed that peaceful moment by travelling alone wihout any talking..I liked the speed of the bus, listening to sound of speed, the shaking seat, and enjoyed the weather as well. The wind outside keep blowing my hair and it quite disturbing... The trip is quite long for me...

I considered myself as an independent person.
Yet, It got price to be paid for an independent person.
Sometimes, i just feel like life is unbreatheable..
How i wish i could be my mummy or daddy's girl, living under the protected shelf without worrying so much, can do whatever i want, need not to worry how much family's monthly expense, bills, younger siblings, bla bla bla...

But, the reality simply doesn't allow..
Yet, i learned to rely on Lord and myself, like the roadside grass that will try hard to survive...

I believe that everyone whose family's background had made them who they are today.. So am I.. I may be boring, straight-foward, not even know how to create humourous jokes, not knowing how to express myself, ignoreable, not even charming, maybe "cool" in some people's eyes..
Yet..... as long as i'm who i am and surely still undergoing transforming under HIM...

HE might be a bit cruel towards me to take away all my "Sweet things" so early. Yet, i know what HE wanted from me. Yet, sometimes, i just like a wild horse to disobey HIM...
People are having the igonorance and sinful heart easily that simply try to oppose their "Creator".

A simple good deed

I let my seat to an old Malay nenek while in the bus just like the old moral lesson in text book when i was young..
The nenek look at me with the appreciating eyes and i smiled to her..
I felt warm too for that simple act ...

This reminded me what Jesus will do when people needing HIS help.. He cured those of the blind, deaf, and even unwalkable.....without considering much..

Sometimes, it's our selfishness that let us to hesistate even to lend a hand to the needing persons..We just thought that others will do it then we will no need to do.
And out of 100% of the people, only probably 1% will do it..

Isn't it a pity that the relationship with people is all about self-center, materialistic life?