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Mater Dei 2010

2010-01-01T11:44:00.002+08:00

Welcome to the new decade!!!
First post of the decade!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Today is also the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, when her role as the Mother of God is celebrated and commemorated.

*pic taken from SFX

Blessed Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God y'all!

~Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, youir mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.--- John 19:27~

Birthday

2009-12-12T18:15:00.006+08:00

Hey readers (if there are any left)!!!
I'm finally blogging again after a really long break...
Anybody miss me?

Anyway, I've just been back from my church's PAG youth camp in Genting...tiring...but rested well...
So many things happened within this interval when I was off blogging...will update about all those things next time, kay?

But anyway...this first post after so many months is specially dedicated to my sayang, KATHY CHANG YI SHUEN.

Her birthday was...two months ago...on 30th October...one day after mine...this is really late...but, at least I did it...at least its up in my blog, right ? ;D
So now, she's officially 15!

Muax!

And my birthday, was on 29th October, just one day before Yi Shuen's brithday...

Just had a small scale celebration with my family, nothing much, really, but at least there was something, though =P

Ang pau from my parents, uncle and grandmother

Pizzas and a cake my parents bought

My piano teacher bought this box of mini poppers ice-cream for me...guess how she knew my birthday? Answer : Facebook!

And a cake from Zi Xiang's mum

Thanks to everybody who bought stuff for me...and those who wished me too...

And to my sayang, which is really overdue...

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

God bless you all!!!

~Christ does not want us simply to be good, he wants us to be saints through and through. However, he wants us to attain that sanctity not by doing extraordinary things, but rather, through ordinary common activities. It is the way that they are done which must be uncommon--- St. JOSEMARÍA ESCRIVÁ ~

Save The Environment

2009-08-20T23:58:00.004+08:00

Finally I'm back to blogging after such a long break from blogging.

Well, today, this post is going to be about the winning short video clip of the 'Jerneh Friend of Green Malaysia Short Film Competition' organized by, well, Jerneh. The theme is 'Energy Conservation'.

My group consists of Danial(Videographer/Editor), Jenar(Graphic designer), Zi Xiang('Psychologist') and me(Main actor).

Actually we didn't know about this competition at first until Pn. Doris introduced it to us and in the end we had to do it because it became part of our assignment to get 20 marks for our exam. All the other classes whose EST teacher is Pn. Doris had to do it also. She made t compulsry for all of us. Didn't want to do it at first. But in the end we still did it one day after school. Can't remember when it was, quite a long time ago, a few months I guess.

Danial mostly came up with all the ideas of filming techniques. He provided all the cameras, did the editting and gave the idea of the stop-shot technique and most of the other techniques too. Zi Xiang, Jenar and I basically just acted and helped out here and there only, nothing much else. We finished the filiming, editted it and sent it to Jerneh, not expecting much.

Only one or two weeks ago we received the news that we won. Danial and Jenar went down to Pavilion for the award ceremony. My group won first place for the under-18 category. Nazneen's group won second place too. Congrats! We got a camcorder, certificate, trophy and RM3000. Bangga! XD Thank God for his blessings! Seriously didn't expect to win. We didn't even try to win. We just did our best because it was our assignment and that's all. Didn't think about winning at all.

The news was even repoerted in Bernama. Check out http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=430846

Here's the video. The accompanying song is 'How To Save A Life' by The Fray.

~God has blessed us; may all people everywhere honour him. --- Psalms 67:7~

Back

2009-08-17T23:58:00.002+08:00

Hey readers!

Sorry for the really long one-month-plus hiatus.

Had so many stuff going and and had been very busy.

The August exam just finished about a week ago.

I will update about the happenings in July soon. So many things going on but not enough time to update. It will be a really long post, I think.

Stay tuned and God bless! ;P

~A lamp from the LORD is the breath of man; it searches through all his inmost being. --- Proverbs 20:27~

Notre Père

2009-06-24T00:52:00.010+08:00

I just found a wonderful video on Youtube.

It is a video of the Lord's Prayer sung in French.

The music is slightly slow but very expressive. Just enjoy the melody although you don't understand the lyrics.

Anyway, here's the translation.

Our Father in heaven (Notre Père qui es aux cieux),
Holy be your name (que ton nom soit sanctifié),
Your kingdom come (que Ton règne vienne),
Your will be done on earth as in heaven (que Ta volonté soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel),
Give us today our daily bread (Donne-nous aujourd'hui le pain qui nourrit),
Forgive us our sins (Et pardonne-nous nos offenses),
As we forgive those who sin against us (Et à ceux qui nous offensent, nous pardonons),
Do not bring us to the test (Garde-nous d'être tentés),
But deliver us from evil (Délivre-nous du mal),
For the kingdom, power and glory are yours (A Toi seule le règne à Toi la puissance, la gloire pour toujours).
Amen.

(Not in the Lord's Prayer,but part of the song, below is the rough translation)

Que l'ésprit de vérité vienne sur nous maintenant - May the spirit of truth comes to us now
Pour que nous puissions te ressembler et savoir prier - So that we can be like you and pray

~But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And you Father who sees what you do in private, will reward you. --- Matthew 6:6~

A Day In The Library

2009-06-23T22:58:00.010+08:00

Hey guys!

As usual I was in the library yesterday with a few friends for the weekly librarian duty...

Had nothing much to do so my friends and I started playing with my phone and in the end we ended up taking lots of pics...btw, phones are totally banned in school now, for some ridiculous reasons that don't even make sense and they even issued a circular for that...but I'm still taking it to school occasionally...don't worry, no bad intentions...

These are the pictures taken last week which Shi Hui has been telling me to post again and again...

Lots of ss pics...This is Shi Hui's new look with her hair straightened...

Take 1. failed.
Take 2. blurr.

Take 3. just nice.

And these are the pictures of me and Shi Hui pretending to be so hardworking...it's just for the Pendidikan Moral Kerja Amal homework which we have to take pics of ourselves doing whatever we write about in the homework...

Pretending to be recording something

Pretending to arrangde the books which have already been arranged a long time before

Putting the books back in their places

Ok, done with the Pendidikan Moral work...and now back to taking ss pics...

Me and Shi Hui, and the girl in the middle in Yen Ling who is camera-shy...this is the only pic that she took with us...but with her face covered...

Why so shy?
Skylar rocks?

Lunchtime

I think Shi Hui was doing her Pendidikan Moral work also by taking pics of herself crushing tins and recycling them...or is she just posing?

Think before you throw

Both of us

Shi Hui thinking she's very pretty...just joking...but her new hairstyle looks so much better...

And these are the pics just taken yesterday...

Take 1. not too bad.
Take 2. picture perfect.

Shi Hui taking pics of herself when I was doing something else and thinking she's very pretty, again...don't take it seriously...haha...

Found this poem on the notice board outside the library...read it...click on it to enlarge...

Seriously so true...dark-coloured people will always be black their whole life, but white people will have different skin colours from time to time...so why call black people coloured? Haha...

But we are all uniquely created by God, coloured or not, right? So be proud of your colour!

~Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live. --- Genesis 2:7~

Motherchurch

2009-06-21T23:57:00.016+08:00

Since it was the holidays and we had a less tight schedule my family and I went to St. John's Cathedral in KL last week for evening Mass on Saturday. We were just going to other Catholic churches around the area to take the opportunity of the hols. Seems like a church tour, last two weeks the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe and last week St. John's Cathedral.

This church really has the traditional church's architecture. It was built more than a hundred years ago. Once I went in the size of the church just simply depicted its grandeur. And its design also actually has good effects on the choir's singing. The music echoed throughout the church harmoniously because of its size. Lovely.

The front

Twin spires at the front

Maybe the church's bells are up there. I'm just guessing.

Side view

While going around the church I found this statue of Mother Mary somewhere near the altar

Picture of the Divine Mercy

The altar. Notice that its design with many steps is pre-Vatican II style. Rarely find this kind of altars nowadays.

The crucifix

Side view

The Mass in process with a few altar boys in front of the altar.

After Mass all of us also had a procession around the church carrying candles because it was the Corpus Christi(Body of Christ) Feast Day.

The candles were quite small and melt quickly. The wax burned my hand a little and stained my pants when it fell. Oh well, nothing much anyway.

And I also found this (see below, click to enlarge) a few metres in front of the foot of the altar. At first I thought that this is just to commemorate the first Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, consecrated in around 1955 I think. He died just a few years ago. But then I found out that his body is actually underneath that slab. He's buried there. It's his tomb. Wow. Didn't know that before.

R.I.P His Grace Dominic Aloysius Vendragon

~But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament, And those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever.--- Daniel 12:3~

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

2009-06-07T01:38:00.008+08:00

Hey,
My family and I went to this church today, the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Since it is the holidays and I don't have sunday school so we decided to visit some other churches in the diocese like this one.

We went for the evening Mass.

It's quite a new church, just recently completed a few years ago. Its interior was quite nice, and from the outside it looked kind of modern...it doesn't have the traditional kind of church architecture. Hope the new St. Thomas More Church will be as beautiful as this one!

The altar

The crucifix above the altar

The statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Another statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the church's compound

A mosaic of Our lady of Guadalupe. Yeah, there are many statue and artworks depicting her, the church was built in her honour.

A statue of St. Michael on the upper floor

The church from the outside at night

The cross in front of the church. Sorry, last few pics not that clear.

Actually Our Lady of Guadalupe is just another title for Mother Mary. The title came about after the apparation of Mother Mary to St. Juan Diego in Mexico in the 16th century. The name Guadalupe comes from a native American word meaning 'the crusher of the serpent'. In one of the apparations the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe like those depicted in the pictures above was myteriously painted on his tilma (see below). Until today nobody can tell how it was painted. And the image is also a very close description of the women in Revelation 12:1-2 (http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/__P12V.HTM). The apparations led to a chapel being built nearby the place where the apparations took place and the conversion of millions of native Americans.

Read more about it at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe

The original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City

Next week, hopefully, I'll be going to St. John's Cathedral, the archbishop's church. Another church that I haven't been before.

~I will demonstrate, I will exhibit, I will give all my love, my compassion, my help and my protection to the people. I am your merciful mother, the merciful mother of all of you who live united in this land, and of all mankind, of all those who love me , of those who cry to me, of those who seek me, of those who have confidence in me. Here I will hear their weeping, their sorrow and will remedy and alleviate all their multiple sufferings, necessities and misfortunes. ---Our Lady of Guadalupe to St. Juan Diego in one of her apparations~

Awards

2009-06-04T22:26:00.006+08:00

Hey!

Just recently got these photos from William's camera...

Finally received it after so long...
Photos of PMR result day somewhere last year...

Bunch of friends and me

Mum and me holding the results...=)

And these are the photos of Hari Kecemerlangan this year...

Before the prize giving ceremony started, as usual there was the long speeches etc...
So my friends and I took some photos of ourselves with my phone...

This is Choong Hou. Unbelievable.

Me and Yi Shuen

No comment.

Finally the prize giving ceremony begins...

At first they the lower secondary students went up first and my batch (students with staright A's for PMR) was somewhere near the end...

The certificate I received in the pic is a fake...just a blank piece of paper but the plaque is the real thing...they only gave the real certificate later because they didn't have time to print it...

Poser.

That's all for the awards. Thank God that I actually got staright A's in PMR.

~The Lord, the Most High is to be feared; he is a king, ruling over all the world. --- Psalms 47:2~

Stare and Stare and Sleep

2009-05-14T16:39:00.010+08:00

Had Biology and Moral exams today...

Bio was kind of difficult for me...not smooth sailing through like some other subjects...particularly because I have always been weak in Bio...ever since I was young I knew some stuff about other topics...but for Bio, I would just give a blank stare..and even now I guess I would still do that...

And even though I pay attention in class during Bio lessons, unlike other lessons when I would fall asleep within the first ten minutes, I still don't really get it...the Bio exam was much tougher for me compared to the other exams which I hardly pay attention to...

As for Moral, it was ridiculous...the questions were asking the obvious...I almost fell asleep during the exam because it was so boring...had to take close my eyes for a few moments and take short naps that only lasted less than a minute to stay awake and not doze off completely...and in the end after the exam I was so mentally drained out trying to stay awake...

Never comprehended why this subject is compulsory...it's not even relevent to our future/career/self-development etc....

Anyway, I will be having EST and English 2 papers tomorrow...shouldn't be too tough...and on Monday History and Chemistry will be coming up...got to study for History...

And also not forgetting all readers who are sitting for the mid-year exams too just like me, this is(I know it's overdue, but just by a few days) for you...ALL THE BEST!!!

I just came across a Bible verse that explains sufferings...refer to Romans 5:3-5..for those of you who don't have a Bible or anything like that, the verse is right at the bottom of the post...many people have questions about sufferings...and the classical one would be "If God loves us so much, why is there still suffering? Therefore, God's love must be fake." That is not true, obviously...God's love is not fake...the Bible verse explains it all...sufferings don't just come like that without any effects...it produces endurance, which in the end leads to hope...a hope of eternal life where sufferings vapourizes into thin air...but when we are still here in the world, love cannot exist with sufferings...you see the connection there? People often don't get this...I hope you do...so whenever you have troubles or hardships, that is not the end of the road, look beyond it and find hope...pray that God might give everyone the grace to do so!

God bless!!!

~From here on earth, Love cannot live without suffering. It is through loving the cross that we discover His heart, for divine Love never lives without suffering. I want my whole life to be inspired by love. He who loves, does al things easily, or if he suffers, he suffers bravely. Why is suffering necessary? Because on earth, pure love cannot exist without suffering. O Jesus, Jesus, I no longer feel my cross when I think of yours! --- St. Bernedette Soubirous~

~We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance, endurance brings God's approval, and approval creates hope. This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out his love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to us. --- Romans 5:3-5~

Form 4 Life

2009-05-07T23:13:00.006+08:00

It's been awhile since my last update...about two weeks ago?

I have been quite busy lately with the exam coming in a week's time and a hectic schedule...

And the homework never stops coming in....it hasn't changed since the begining of the year...

I guess it's just like that in Form 4...even in other schools too...wonder why we have to take a lot of unnecessary subjects too...

Gotta start studying with the exam coming up next week...

But I'll be away for the weekend on a church retreat...will be going to PD on Saturday morning and coming back on Sunday afternoon...will post about it after coming back when I have the time...

That's all for now I guess...

Ciao! God bless!

~Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. --- Matthew 5:7~

Sports Day 2009

2009-04-21T18:53:00.006+08:00

Hey!

My school had Sports Day at MPSJ last Saturday...

I didn't take part in any events, not even marching, but I just went there to hang around...didn't take many photos either...just a few...

The band marching into the field at the start of the event

Some pictures of the contigents gathering in the middle of the field

The band performing

It started at 7.30 but I went there only about 15 minutes late...
Once I reached there Rushan, Dipan, Emily and a few other prefects stopped me from going in because I was wearing bermudas...well, I didn't know that it's not allowed, since it's a public place and not school...

So my mum had to bring my track pants for me to change...
After going in I just hanged around...

*fast forward*

The marching started at about 8.30...and lasted until 9 something after they sang the Negaraku, speeches etc....

Then they had the field events...

The last time I saw the scoreboard Purple House was leading, then it went to second place...but anyway I don't know the final result, I went home early...

After official opening ended, I hanged out with Zi Xiang, Yi Shuen, Choong Hou, Velu, Kar Fai and a bunch of other people...sorry can't remember all of you...

In the end I went home at around 10.30, gave Zi Xiang a lift home...

Not much difference for this year's Sports Day, just the usual stuff...

~An athelete who runs in a race cannot win the prize unless he obeys the rules. --- 2 Timothy 2:5~

Pascha

2009-04-13T00:58:00.027+08:00

A 2008 Easter Vatican first-day-cover. Credits to William.

Pascha?

It means Easter in Latin...

As you know it, Easter was last Sunday, which marks the end of Holy Week...

Holy Week is the last week of Lent, the week in which Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday are celebrated...

It began last Tuesday, when the Chrism Mass was celebrated in the Church of St. Francis Xavier, PJ...it is trditionally celebrated on Holy Thursday(but it was celebrated on Tuesday this year) to commemorate the Last Supper Jesus had with with disciples before his crucifixion...

The archbishop who presided over the Mass...a little blurr...not enough light...

See all those people wearing white over there? All of them are priests...

The archbishop consecrating the Chrism oil, which will be used for my Confirmation next year...

The Chrism oil in those two containers after consecration...

And recently the church had a renovation...they built a new roof and ceiling...

The new ceiling

The ceiling above the altar

Another angle

The top row is the altar and the bottom row is the entire hall with the main doors at the far end...compare the pics...before renovation, on the left(taken in December 2008) and after renovation, on the right...nice right?

A stain glass in the church depicting Mother Mary and a few other saints

And then the next event of Holy Week was on Friday, Good Friday...my dad and I only went to the Church of St. Thomas More, the church which I regularly go to...my mum didn't go because she has back problems and she can't be sitting for too long...

Went there at about 7 p.m. for the Way of the Cross(Via Crucis) prayer and Mass...it lasted til about 10 o'clock...the Mass was quite long as there was the narrative of the Passion according to the Gospel of John(the entire story of Jesus' crucifixion) and the veneration of the crucifix...and then we bought some hot cross buns after church...the next event coming up is.....Easter!

The altar in my church...note the crucifix covered with purple cloth for Good Friday...can't really see clearly...

Here's a clearer picture...taken from Wikipedia...

And on Easter Sunday, my whole family went to the Church of Divine Mercy in Shah Alam...went to three churches within a week...not something done very often...anyway, my grandmother also came along because she was officially becoming Catholic...before this she was baptised in an AOG church...so she didn't have to go for baptism again...she was officially accepted into the Catholic Church and she took Holy Communion on Easter...and she's also going to receive her Confirmation soon...so now she's officially Catholic...didn't take many pictures of the Mass because there wasn't enough time...

My grand mother, wearing white, sitting beside my mother

Grandmum

The altar in the Church of Divine Mercy

The Resurrection

That's all for Holy Week...both Holy week and the season of Lent ended as Easter begun...

God bless all of you!!!

~Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. --- Pope John Paul II~

Goodbye

2009-04-07T00:36:00.009+08:00

This is not a goodbye as in 'goodbye someone's dead and gone'...

This is a goodbye for...Miss Shaileen, who is now my former English teacher...

She left the school last Friday after teaching for just four months...

And recently I found out that she was teaching us for these four months voluntarily - for free, without pay...

She was one of the best, and most fun teacher I ever had this year(seriously, I'm not just praising her because she's leaving the school)...she's different from other teachers - she doesn't come into the class and talks, talks, talks and then gives homework, homework and more homework...ok, maybe she does give us a whole bunch of homework because of the homework quota, but she never presses on it too hard and make us all stressed up...classes with her were fun too, and she was often lenient...she isn't like the other teachers who make Form 4 unlikeable...she's a memory of From 4 school life that one will not forget...wish she could teach us for a longer time...she said she's going to university after this...not teaching anymore...

Before she left she took pictures with us...most of the students brought cameras to school that day...and we also bought a card for her...it was a huge one...almost half her size...the last English lesson with her was spent saying goodbye...

Ms. Shaileen and me

And now 4 Amanah has to deal with our new English teacher, Pn. Ung...she just taught us a few lessons, can't tell whether she's ok or not...just have to let time tell...Ms. Shaileen said that she's quite friendly, but Ms. Shaileen was talking about Pn. Ung as a friend, who knows whether is she still quite as friendly as a teacher, what more as a discipline teacher...she was quite strict with the rules for the first few times she taught my class...hope everything turns out well...

~There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. ---Ecclesiastes 3:1~

JP II

2009-04-02T23:43:00.007+08:00

Today's the 4th death anniversary of the late Pope John Paul II, he was 84 years old.It was Divine Mercy Sunday 4 years ago on his death day.

A short biography of him:
-Birth name : Karol Józef Wojtyła
-Birth place & date : 18 May 1920/Wadowice, Poland
-Papacy began : 16 October 1978
-Papacy ended : 2 April 2005
-Predecesor : Pope Paul VI
-Successor : Pope Benedict XVI
-Second longest reigning pope(26 years) after Blessed Pope Pius IX(31 years), followed by Pope Leo XIII(25 years)

Among some of his oustanding features of his papacy include his worldwide travels(129 countries) which makes him the most well-travelled pope and his role in the fall of communism in Eastern Europe begining in Poland and spreading throughout Europe and ended up in the fall of the Soviet Union(something like a domino effect, he pushed the first domino tile in Poland). He is also one of the popes who canonized the most number of saints. A great pope indeed, the Catholic Church grew rapidly around the world during his papacy as he also introduced the World Youth Day, a non-denominational Christian event held on an international level every 2-3 years once. He did many other things too, writing many encyclicals and too many other things to list down.

Pope Benedict XVI waived the five years waiting period after his death for the beatification process to begin, stating that this is an exceptional case, that means the process begin not long after his death. Currently he is still at the first stage, thus giving him the title 'Servant of God'. Hopefully he will be given the title 'Venerated', 'Blessed' and finally canonized as a saint soon. Pray for his canonization, then maybe I'll get to make him my patron saint!

Pope John Paul II lying in state during his funeral

~But as it is written: "What eye has not seen, and hear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him." --- 1 Corinthians 2:9~

Lights Out

2009-03-28T20:18:00.013+08:00

Yes, it's another Earth Hour post...maybe one of them which you have read in many other blogs...well, it's the thing that's happening now...and it's the first time it's going global and being observed in Malaysia...

Some pics of Earth Hour being observe from all over the world...

Toronto, Canada

Canberra

Detroit, USA

Colosseum, Italy

Perth

Sydney

Opera House, Sydney

Burj al-Arab, UAE

Participants(anyone who would volunteer to flip the switch off) are suppose switch off lights and all other electronic equipments from 8.30-9.30 local time, wherever you might be...

This is to end a strong message to the world for the realisation of the ever-increasing effects of global warming...of course switching off your lights for one hour on just one night won't even put a slight dent on greeenhouse gas emission, but hopefully people will start saving on energy consumption in the future just like what happened during Earth Hour (well, you don't have to turn off all the lights... just at least try to turn off any unused electric appliances, which will save some money on electric bills also right?)...and hopefully Earth Hour will encourage efforts to cut emission of greenhouse gases and get nations around the world to sign the Kyoto Protocol other agreements of the like in the future... Imagine earth heating up and icecaps melting, flooding, erratic weather, etc....guess you know the facts already...

My family didn't participate...because my dad wanted to watch tv...so in the end the hall lights were left on...but the room lights and porch light were turned off...

I saw some other nearby houses totally in darkness too...glad that people actually care about this...

Not too bad, at least some lights were out...

~The Lord provides the sun for light by day, the moon and the stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea and makes it roar; his name is the Lord Almighty ---Jeremiah 31:35~

Reflections

2009-03-23T21:20:00.008+08:00

Hi readers!

Sorry for updating for such a long time...and I finally have time to update now...

This Lent, have we been doing what we should?...or rather let me rephrase it, have we been doing what we should within our capabilities every time, especially during Lent? Have we been sensitive to the needs of the people around us? Or have we found ourselves going through difficult times in sadness and despair?

Maybe people didn't understand you, had a bad argument...or maybe you were treated unjustly and you had bad times...and you felt lonely because nobody was there for you when you needed someone...

But did you realise that behind this loneliness, God was there for you...

If you needed love,
God loves you...
If you needed hope,
God gives you hope...
If you needed someone to comfort you,
God is always there to comfort you...
If you needed someone to listen to you,
God is always there to lend you an ear...
If you just need someone to understand you and be always be there for you,
God is always there for you, in the midst of the silence...

Don't believe it? Well, it's true...when it comes to these sort of things, it is only God who you can trust for hope in this world of uncertainty where there is no safe place in the world you can hide and take refuge in...and no matter what you've done in the past, how bad it might be, God loves you and His arms are always open to you...

And for your information, for the people out there who have some misconception, lately people have been asking, 'If God loves us so much that He died for us, then why does God send people to hell?'

The answer is, God doesn't! God doesn't send us to hell...if He loves us so much, how can He send us to hell?...instead, He finds every way possible to get us into heaven, even through many unexpected ways that you can't think of...but the thing is, He gives us freedom too...but not everything we do will bring us closer to Him, there are some things that will distant us from Him...

And He lets us make the decision on whether we want to go to heaven or not...if we accept His salvation, He will bring us to heaven...if we don't, God will not force us, but He is always ready to bring us to heaven if we change our mind, no matter what we did in the past...

So, stop saying that God sends people to hell, because He doesn't, but only we do, by rejecting God...God never sends people to hell, He only sends people to heaven...God doesn't love us and then send us to hell...that's ridiculous...

~We have set our hope on the living God. --- 1 Timothy 4:10~

Faking It

2009-03-13T23:55:00.008+08:00

Guess what we did in school on Thursday?

We brought cameras to school to take the photos required for our moral kerja amal...

The photos below were taken by my phone's camera...

Pragaash and Zi Xiang 'wiping' the window panes

'arranging' the tables

'cleaning' the whiteboard

ke wei thinks the broom is a guitar...haha...and finally...a group photo...

~With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.~ ---Psalms 84:2

Over the Weekend

2009-03-03T00:14:00.007+08:00

Hey!

Just an update about what happened over the weekend.

Had merentas desa last Saturday...I didn't get within the top 20 places to get any medal...worse still, I had this stomachache which started only after I ran for a few hundred metres...and it's not stomach cramp, it was seriously a stomachache...and it continued for the rest of the day, coming on and off... But still, it was nice to run again, especially after lacking exercise for so long...it was a really badly-needed exercise...

And when night came, I went to Mardheanna's house for her belated birthday party...everybody had to wear white because she had the ultraviolet lights in her house that will make our white shirts glow...the whole setting made it lok like a nightclub or something like that...but it was something different from the normal parties...let the pics do the talking...

See the ultraviolet flourescent tube there? It makes everything white glow.

William and High Yoong

Part of my t-shirt which glows in the dark.

~The Lord watches over those who obey him, those who trust in his constant love.~ ---Psalm 33:18

Lent Begins

2009-02-26T00:52:00.004+08:00

Lent is here!

A season of repentance, penance and conversion!

For people who don't know what Lent is, Lent is a period of forty-six days before Easter when Christians commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Try to live our lives as sinless as possible and strive to be good to everyone...the challenge is not to love only those who love you, but to love others too, even the people who hate you! This might be understandably quite difficult to do...but we can always ask God for help through prayer. And also take the opportunity to care for the less fortunate people this season.

Good Friday countdown : 44 more days

Easter Sunday countdown : 46 more days

God bless everyone!

~Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, adn return to your Lord, your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment.~ ---Joel 2:12-13

The Verdict

2009-02-24T01:57:00.002+08:00

After one week of tryout in the new school, I've finally come to make the decision...

I WILL BE STAYING IN SMK SEAFIELD

Yes, I'll be staying back and meeting all my friends again...and my schedule will be back to normal...

Sorry guys in Ace Adventure...I've got to choose one of them...

Oh well, desicion made...blessing or not? I don't know...will know whether it's a blessing or not when the right time comes...

Prepare for Lent tomorrow!

Good night and God bless!!!

~So then, just as sin ruled by means of death, so also God's grace rules by means of righteousness, leading us to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.~ ---Romans 5:21

One Week Away from School

2009-02-21T01:06:00.007+08:00

Hey!

I guess you all know that I went to the new school for a trial, right?

The school was quite ok...no need to wear uniform, no restrictions on handphones, iPods etc....the schooling hours was from 9a.m. til 5p.m....which is longer the usual schooling hours in Seafield...but the teachers there are quite relaxed and there is definitely much lesser homework there...the food there was not bad...except for one of the days...I also made a few, well actually quite a lot of new friends there...

And the PJ and hip-hop classes were fun too...at least we get to workout...the teachers were friendly, actually I already knew some of them before this...and O-levels isn't that difficult at all...in fact, some of the stuff taught there has already been taught in Seafield...but the good thing about that place is that the teachers don't pressure the students with homework and there's a relaxed atmosphere...

Generally that school is not too bad...and its fees is much cheaper than other private schools...
And I will be posting the decision whether I'll be staying in Seafield or transferring later on...

*Thanks to everybody who gave me presents for Valentine's last week!

~Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.~ ---1 Peter 4:8

Celebration of Love

2009-02-14T01:49:00.012+08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!

Hey! The season of love is here once again...and let's take this opportunity to show our loved ones how much we appreciate them...we might not necessarily buy them gifts...but just show them how much we love them through our actions...love is not materialistic...rather, it is a gift from God...

Just read Marcus' blog... we indeed should not forget God during Valentine's Day...

Usually when we talk about Valentine's Day we will think of lovers, boyfriends, girlfriends, family members etc....

True enough we ought to celebrate our love for our loved ones on that day....

But we must not neglect God either at the same time...

Moreover, it was God who created love and love came from Him...and it was God who loved us first...

So then, take some time in prayer to thank God for his unconditional love which He has showered upon us and ask Him to fill us with His love...pray also that He will guide us to be in His love, never leave it and to love Him, who we can't see, by loving our neighbours who we can see...

Don't worry if you don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend/lover/or you just feel lonely/etc. to celebrate this occasion with you...God who is the source of all love always loves you no matter what!

Make sure you celebrate this Valentine's Day meaningfully and take the opportunity to express your feelings to your loved ones!

A short info about the origins of Valentine's Day:

Valentine's Day is the official feast day of Saint Valentine according to the Roman Martyrology. He was the bishop of Rome and also a physician who was imprisoned for practising Christianity which was a crime at that time. He converted a jailer while in prison by restoring the jailer's daughter's sight and was beheaded after being stoned and clubbed in 269 for his faith. In the Middle Ages, the English began writing love letters to lovers on this day and that was how the modern celebration of Valentine's Day came about.

Take care and God bless!!!

~Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interest, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice with wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.~ ---1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Caught in the Middle

2009-02-09T00:18:00.005+08:00

This week might most probably be my last week in SMK Seafield...

Coz I'm leaving the school and joining the Ace Adventure School on 16 Feb...

The good news is that I will not have to sit for the feb exams which start on.........16 Feb......and my ex-schoolmates,Jen Li and Tze Lik, who also transfered to that school will be my new classmates...

So this week is most probably my last week...with Valentine's Day as the last day...

Probably I'll buy some Valentine's gifts for my friends...just as a goodbye gift or someting like that...and I'll probably won't be seeing them for a long time if I leave the school permanently as I only meet quite a number of them in school only...and probably they wouldn't have time to meet me anywhere outside school with the whole bunch of homework piling up in Form 4... Haiz...I'll will definately miss my friends and all the stuff going on back there...many people have been repeatedly urged me to stay...I don't really want to leave either...but whatever that has to be done will have to be done...as some consolation(I'm not sweet-talking, it's true) I might be only going off for 1 or 2 weeks and then coming back again...but the most probable scenario would be that I'll be off for good...

Whether I leave for good or not, I'll still most probably come back for Malam Amal, Hari Kantin, IU Night and all those other stuff that they have throughout the year...and if I really do leave permanently, I do really hope I'll still be able to keep in contact with my friends...

I don't really want to go to the new school...there will be a new environment, new teachers,new people, which means new friends(which is good, but I'll have to take some time to know them and be close to them...but in Seafield I already have a whole bunch of friends who I'm already close with), new syllabus(O-levels) and a new lifestyle to adapt to...school will start at 9 am.m and end at 5 p.m....that means no more waking up early in the morning at 6.45 a.m....not bad though...bad there will still be a lot of new things I'll have to adapt to...

I'll miss...
-my friends
-the canteen's unexpectedly delicious fried chicken
-the teachers
-all the fun stuff going
-the heavy bag, the tons of homework...it's not that I like them...but there's just a feeling of something's missing without them...I'll get used to it..haha..
-sleeping in class...? Haha...
-etc...too many to name...

That's probably all I've got to say for now about my last week of school...I can't really make the decision whether to come back to Seafield or not after the first week...but I MIGHT be back...just maybe...

Just leave it to God to guide me on the right decisions to be made...hopefully I'll open my eyes to see his guidance when He guides me...
Thank God for always being there for me...

~Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ~ ---Ephesians 4:32

Receive the Power

2009-02-01T15:54:00.007+08:00

Hey!

I was just surfing the net just now when I found out that the theme song for the World Youth Day 2008 Sydney is Receive the Power written by Guy Sebastian and Gary Pinto, and performed by Guy Sebastian and Paulini Curuenavuli. It's a really inspirational and beautiful song. I've lyrics and a youtube video of it with scenes from the WYD. Enjoy it and hope it will inspire all of you Christians and non-Christians alike!

Verse 1
Every nation, every tribe,
come together to worship You.
In Your presence we delight,
we will follow to the ends of the earth.

Chorus
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power, from the Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power to be a light unto the world!

Verse 2
As Your Spirit calls to rise
we will answer and do Your Will.
We’ll forever testify
of Your mercy and unfailing love.

Chorus
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power, from the Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power to be a light unto the world!

Bridge
Lamb of God, we worship You,
Holy One, we worship You,
Bread of Life, we worship You,
Emmanuel, we worship You.

Lamb of God, we worship You,
Holy One, we worship You,
Bread of Life, we worship You,
Emmanuel, we will sing forever.

Chorus
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power, from the Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Receive the Power to be a light unto the world!

~"You will receive the power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses."~ ---Acts 1:8

Three Weeks Later...

2009-01-31T11:16:00.004+08:00

School has reopened around three weeks ago already...just an update on recent events...

Just came back from seremban two days ago...

As usual there was the reunion dinner and all the other cny stuff going on...and also lots of angpaus...haha...

My dad and aunties finally taught me how to play mahjong...after all this while I finally get to play mahjong...it's quite simple actually...like most games the objective is to collect as many tiles of the same type as possible and then group or pair them up to gain points...and there are also other miscellaneous tiles which can gain points without grouping them up...and to win each round the player has to have a pair of tiles of the same kind...I played quite a lot of times but I didn't gamble though...

The dinner every night was okay...my aunts took turns to prepare the dinner...served the regular chinese food...and after the dinner my relatives gambled...I didn't join in though...and I was left all alone together with a bunch of toddlers running around doing who-knows-what...lonely and boring...had to just lay around til it was about 2 a.m. before I could go back to my aunts house and have a good night's rest...oh well...haha...

But thank God I have many wonderful relatives...and my aunt's cooking is fabulous...at least I enjoyed that...and I received many angpaus too...I'll appreciate what I have...Will be having another cny dinner again with my maternal relatives later today, courtesy of my uncle...haha...

And as for my school stuff, the recent updates are:I got thrown into 4 Amanah (one of the two pure science classes with straight A students in it, the other is 4 Budi).

The homework in this class(and also 4 Budi I suppose) is piling up...simply just because all the students got straight As for pmr the teachers are bombarding us with tons of homework...I mean we're just smart, not stress-proof...and now the number of homework we have is anytime double digit...and that's still not counting the tuition yet...I have no idea how some people with 10 tuitions are going to cope...I myself can't cope already even with just 3 tuitions(chemistry,physics and add maths on three consecutive days) and being in the straight As class...

Despite the many homework given, there are still a few good teachers like Miss Shaileen...friendly teacher...and very nice too...thank God for that...=D

And I heard that there's going to be a new timetable when school reopens next week...I'm not sure how true it is...I've heard it a lot of times before but the timetable still hasn't changed yet...and if it does change, just pray that it will not mess up the already chaotic situation...

As for my cocurricular activities, I've joined:
-taekwondo
-interact
-choir
-pengawas pusat sumber

I've joined too many I guess...and it just makes my already tight schedule even tighter...so I think I'm going to drop some activities, maybe tuition or cocurricular activities soon...too much rushing here and there and stress...anyway I need some time to relax also, right...

Oh well...I'll try to finish as many of my homework and projects as possible and at the same time chill out...

*Read more about one of my previous posts about abortion at http://philipgerardjohnson.blogspot.com/2009/01/foca-and-powerful-message-from-fr.html ...it's a blog of an American Catholic...

~I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.~ ---John 13:34

CNY

2009-01-25T17:54:00.002+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

Will be going back to my dad's hometown(Seremban) soon...coming back next week...

Wishing all readers a Blessed Chinese New Year!!!

God bless!!!

~Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not; in your ways be mindful of him, and he will make straight your paths.~ ---Proverbs 3:5-6

Abortion is MURDER

2009-01-12T00:15:00.015+08:00

On 4th November 2008, Obama won the American presidential election...

And the world rejoices over his victory over John McCain...

Polls show that he is not only favoured in USA, but also throughout the world...

He is likeable by many people...and his election campaigns promise a change in life...the people are delighted when he won the elections because they thought that they had made the right choice...

But have the voters really made the right decision?

Is Barack Obama really the right choice for the next president?

In his campaign,he has promised to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), which means that :
-FOCA will do away with state laws on parental involvement, on partial birth abortion, and on all other protections.
-FOCA will compel taxpayer funding of abortions.
-FOCA will force faith-based hospitals and healthcare facilities to perform abortions.

This means that taxpayers who object abortion will also be forced to fund abortions. Catholic hospitals which receive public fundings will also be forced to close down if it doesn't perform abortions.

The 'Freedom' of Choice Act is not true freedom to start with...what kind of freedom is there when taxpayers are forced to fund abortions? And to take an innocent life of an unborn child, though it might still be in the womb of the mother, cannot be justified as 'freedom'...it is pure murder to take a life of another human...such freedom is fake...

Some people say that it's the right of a woman to do whatever she wants with her body...and anything that's inside it, which includes an unborn child...but how about the rights of the foetus inside? When such a thing happens, only the rights of the woman are called to mind but the rights of the foetus are totally ignored...it's called INJUSTICE... And the well-admired Obama wants a free, just and democratic society...what kind of society is it that does 'justice' by denying the rights of an unborn child to life? It is pure cold-blood legal murder... And medical staff who refuse to perform abortions due to the clarity of their conscience will be at the disadvantage according to the new laws...is that the kind of justice and democracy Obama has in mind?

In the first place, many people (including Obama I assume) think that a foetus or embryo is just a mere piece of flesh...such perceptions lead to the acception of abortion as just merely removing a piece of flesh, not murder... However, the truth is that the piece of flesh, from the zygote until it is born as a baby, contains something called a soul...it has life...it is more than just a piece of flesh...it is living and breathing...

When an abortion is performed and saline(saltwater) is injected into the womb, gruesome events take place... First, the saline will burn the very flesh and skin of the foetus while it's still alive...and then it will be slowly reduced into a pile of disfigured flesh...it's something like putting salt on a snail or worm and it will just wiggle around until it's dead... Another method would be more straightforward...the surgeons will just mutilate and pull the foetus out from the womb piece by piece while it's still alive... It is indeed disgusting to do such a thing...

Although we are here in Malaysia and the things I just mentioned about are happening at the other side of the globe and you might probably think it's none of your business in the first place, but can't we just take a few moments to care for these abortion victims by at least doing something? Maybe by signing the petition at http://www.fightfoca.com/ or any other small deeds that wouldn't take up a minute(at least you did something) to deter the enforcement of the new abortion, pro-choice laws...let us voice out to the world,by the means we are capable of, the silent screams of the unborn children being murdered by doctors with the consent of ignorant parents...its our choice whether or not to make a move, no matter how small it may be, to stop these evil laws before the inauguration of Obama on 20th January in four days time...

*Pls pray for peace in the Middle East and for a successful ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestine so that there will be no more bloodshed.

~"The doctor should not meddle. The right of the child is equal to the right of the mother's life. The doctor can't decide; it is a sin to kill in the womb."~ ---Saint Gianna Beretta Molla (Patron saint of unborn children)

~"Where there is a murder before birth, you do not even let the harlot remain only a harlot, but you make her a murderess as well"~ ---Saint John Chrysostom (Doctor of the Church)

~"The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. The hair-splitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us." "Moreover, those, too, who give drugs causing abortion are deliberate murderers themselves, as well as those receiving the poison which kills the- foetus." ~ ---Saint Basil the Great (Doctor of the Church)

~"Abortion kills twice. It kills the body of the baby and it kills the conscience of the mother." Abortion is profoundly anti-women. Three quarters of its victims are women: Half the babies and all the mothers.~ ---Mother Teresa of Culcatta

~"You shall not kill."~ Deuteronomy 5:17 (The Fifth Commandment)

2008

2009-01-01T01:18:00.028+08:00

2008 has ended and now its time to prepare for 2009 with many challenges ahead. 2008 has been a wonderful year with many ups and downs...but most imprtantly,my life changed for the better this year...

and now, the review for 2008:

first of all, my pmr results...

I've been waiting for that piece of paper for two months...and finally it has arrived...=D

look closely...

see the straight line of As there? =D

haha...I got straight As...woooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I seriously didn't expect that...I hardly studied for any of the subjects and i didn't study geo at all...XD...thank God that He still blessed me so abundantly...

next...went for two trips during my hols...first was to genting(organized by my school) at the begining of the hols n the second trip was to vietnam with my ex-nieghbour at the end of november...here are just some of the pics...

Vietnam

marvel at the beauty of God's creation

Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum

take a look at these cables...they r so messy and unarranged...and I saw some cables dangling mid-air...and the cables r so low that they reach my head...I bet if some tall ppl like william who goes there will sooner or later accidentally strangle himself on one of those cables...lol...

I actually took more than a thousand pics...but I just picked some of the best...the pics r not in order... One thing I can tell u from my trip is that vietnam isn't really the place where u would like to go for a vacation...the ppl there are unfriendly, there are a lot of conman and the city is crammed with all sorts of tourist stalkers stalking tourist to by their souvenirs...and the place is also rather dirty...lots of pollution....and the drivers there also driver like there's no tomorrow...they jam on their honks non-stop...vietnam isn't really a place for a peaceful and quiet vacation...

Genting

this thing was seriously scary and it pumped the adrenaline out of me...xpxp

and now...the ace adventure camp at the commonwealth reserve forest back in may...so long ago already...it was a fun n memorable one...especially because i met so many new friends there...=)

preparing for the water balloon fight

we survived...=)

rafting

testing waters....

And at that camp, I met this girl, Shi Hui. Well, it wasn't the first time I met her, I saw her many times in school before....but it was the first time I actually talked to her n now we are friends...=)

presenting.........

shi hui! XD

I actually went for another camp also during the May hols...it was a church camp...but I don't have any pics of that camp....

2008 has been a good year and let's hope it will be so for 2009...there are many more challenges to come and let's face them with preserverance for God will never give us anything too dificult to handle...let's just trust in Him for God's love is with everybody and He is an everlasting source of hope...

God has blessed and thought me a lot in the past year...

And He has changed my life by leaps and bounds...

Let's pray and hope that 2009 will be a good year too with God continuing to guide us to live according to his will and plan...God bless everyone!!!!!!!!

Wishing all readers a

VERY BLESSED AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!

Thanks be to God for everything!!!!!!!

God is great!!!!

~"Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good; his love is eternal!"~ ---Psalm 107:1

what's ahead?

2008-12-30T00:45:00.003+08:00

pmr results will be out tomorrow...well, it's actually today...it's past midnight...just 11 hours and 15 minutes left from now before the pmr resluts are announced...i guess i'm gonna go to school as early as possible so that none of my friends will have the chance to call me and say 'timothy, u got bla bla bla bla bla'...i rather go and see it for myself...=)

i still haven't decided on which stream to go to...and my decision on that matter practically depends on the results...my schedule for next year has also not been planned yet...and i'm still in the blurr on what should i do after i receive the results...no idea on what's gonna happen next...tuitions,cocurricular and other activities still haven't been planned out yet...

one thing's for sure...next year's schedule and decisions on my activities(especially which stream i'm going to go to) are going to be messy after i get the resluts...i geuss it's gonna start wreaking up my peaceful life...oh well...i still have no idea what subjects are in which stream...

so it all relies on the results later today which are going to start the chain of events of decision making...whatever it is,just trust in God that whether i will get 7Es or 7As or somewhere in between He will have a plan for me,even though i might not get to go to the stream i'd like next year...

might be posting about the results after i get them today...wait for my next post ya...=)

wish me luck....n good luck to everybody who are going to get their results too! =D God bless!

~But my trust is in you,O Lord; you are my God.~ ---Psalm 31:14

Christmas events

2008-12-26T19:54:00.019+08:00

hey!!!

finally get to update about christmas...haha...

I and my family went for christmas dinner on christmas eve in san francisco steakhouse...here are the pics...

mum

grandmother

dad and uncle

me...wearing contact lenses =D

and next...the food...=) just took some of them only...forgot to take the rst...xp...sorry for the bad lighting...

moving on to the next day...the actual christmas day itself...woke up at 9 something then prepared to go to church...Mass started at 11.15 a.m....sorry i didn't take anypics coz i had no time...anyway, it was the Mass...we r not suppose to be busy taking photos but instead should be listening to the bible readings n homily n also participating in the Mass...the church (the Church of Divine Mercy)was...beautiful...full of the christmas decorations...n all the candles around the christmas wreath in addition to another bigger one in the middle of it were lighted...Christmas is here!!!!! haha...btw, my mum's birthday is on christmas day... Happy birthday mum!!!!! =D...i don't think she's even reading this...lol...

and then we went down to seremban to my dad's hometown in the afternoon,after lunch...did nothing much there...my cousins were missing until night,that is only when the dinner was ready...-.-...n the adults were busy chatting n my 4-year-old niece was running around don't know doing what...so i was just sitting there...lonely...i brought some books back to read...but i just didn't have the mood to read...so in the end i ended up watching tv the whole day until we came home...finally i watched eagle eye...=)...

then at about 7 or 8 something lidat my uncles n aunties n cousins n all the other ppl started arriving at my aunty's house where the dinner was...there wasn't much of the christmas atmosphere...i didn't really feel that i was there for christmas...most of my relatives just walked into the house n i know they saw me but they didn't even look at me as though i wasn't there...i know im short but im not that short that ppl can't see me kay...swt...luckily my cousin still remember me...we chatted awhile and then had dinner...dinner wasn't anything special...it was just the normal chinese food...and then stayed awhile longer...came back home at 12 a.m....

received just a few presents....my uncle n grandmother gave me some money...another uncle gave me a parker pen...received a shirt from my aunty...a manchester united shirt n other stuff from my godfather... thx to everybody who gave me presents!

n although my christmas celebrations weren't really fun n memorable,but as i have said in my previous posts,the christmas joy can be always found in our hearts,wherever n whenever(literally)...although the company of ppl,the christmas dinner n all the food n celebrations do make christmas merrier,but the true celebration of christmas,the main thing,is that christ is born n we welcome Him into our lifes...it is a joy that the world cannot remove...=) Gloria in Excelsis Deo in saecula!

*don't think christmas is over...there are 12 days of christmas....

Archangel Gabriel(Saint Gabriel) and Mother Mary in the Anunciation

**going to Sean's new house later n will meet Zi Xiang there for another christmas barbeque...=)

***pmr results coming out next tuesday...30th december...suspense building up...

~And God showed love for us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have life through him.~ ---1 John 4:9

Merry Christmas!!!

2008-12-25T15:39:00.005+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!

just went for christmas dinner last night with my parents,uncle,grandmother n family friends at san francisco steakhouse...will update about the photos later when i have the time...went to church in the morning...christmas is lovely...=)....will be going back to seremban in a while....just a short update this time....hope everybody will have an amazing christmas!!!!!!!

~"Glory be to God in the highest and peace to those on whom his favour rests."~ ---Luke 2:14

Jesus is the reason for the season

2008-12-23T00:48:00.005+08:00

hey guys...
i got this from my godfather...
i found it interesting and inspirational..so i decided to post it...=)

As Advent begins, REMEMBER:
Jesus is Better than Santa
Santa lives at the North Pole.
JESUS is everywhere.
Santa rides in a sleigh
JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.
Santa comes but once a year
JESUS is an ever present help.
Santa fills your stockings with goodies
JESUS supplies all your needs.
Santa comes down your chimney uninvited
JESUS stands at your door and knocks.. and then enters your heart.
You have to stand in line to see Santa
JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.
Santa lets you sit on his lap
JESUS lets you rest in His arms.
Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is "Hi little boy or girl, What's your name?"
JESUS knew our name before we did. Not only does He know our name, He knows our address too. He knows our history and future and He even knows how many hairs are on our heads.
Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly
JESUS has a heart full of love.
All Santa can offer is HO HO HO
JESUS offers health, help and hope.
Santa says "You better not cry"
JESUS says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you.
Santa's little helpers make toys
JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts, repairs broken homes and builds mansions.
Santa may make you chuckle but
JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.
While Santa puts gifts under your tree
JESUS became our gift and died on the tree.
It's obvious there is really no comparison.
We need to remember WHO Christmas is all about.
We need to put Christ back in Christmas.
Jesus is still the reason for the season.
May the Lord Bless and Watch over you and your loved ones this Christmas 2008
And may He prosper and bless the work of your hands in the New Year.
God bless you.

~Behold, you will concieve in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will have no end.~ ---Luke 1:31-33

the greatest christmas gift ever

2008-12-17T01:29:00.006+08:00

hey!!!

just wanted to share with u guys some reflections on the true meaning of christmas....and why christmas is celebrated...

hv u ever wanted a perfect gift for christmas? im sure everybody has wished for it....it might probably be some branded stuff or something else....

people today often forget why christmas is celebrated...when it comes to christmas,the first thing that always comes to our minds r giving n receiving presents...n that is probably the result of commersialising christmas...it is good to give presents n be generous...n when we receive the gift we hv been longing for,we consider it the best present...but that is not the main event of christmas...

the truth is,we hv already received the best gift ever...2000 years ago...long before we were born...that gift is the gift of Jesus Christ, the Messiah who has come into the world to save mankind...He brought life and salvation...He is not only a gift for an individual, but an amazing gift for the whole world...without Him,the barrier of sin separating men from God would hv never been broken...n only through Him,who has been sent by the Father that we can receive forgiveness...n it was Jesus who set an example of how we should live our lifes as children of God...we would be lost in our sins if it was not for His sacrifice for us...is there anything greater that we can ask for? isnt the birth of the Lord the best thing that ever happened? it is His birth which is celebrated on each christmas which is the greatest gift ever...we should thank God for this...n our christmas celebrations ought to be centred around this great n meaningful event....

~And the Word became flesh and made his dwellings among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.~ ---John 1:14

short update

2008-12-15T10:10:00.008+08:00

good evening!

I've not been updating for more than a week already...haiz...just a short update now....had been so busy lately...just came back from subang parade with my mum...had lunch n bought a few stuff there...

Many things has been happening the past week...my uncle passed away....he had some sort of complication...sobs....so we had wake prayers every night in my aunt's hse for the past week...my family has been running to n fro to seremban almost every alternate days for the prayers n funerals stuff...glad its all over now...at least i dont hv to go to my aunt's hse n just hang around for a few hours n get bored while waiting for the prayers to start....

Family n friends will be continuing to pray for my uncle frequently although the daily BEC prayers have ended a week after his death...hopefully the prayers will help him be cleansed from his sins as soon as possible in purgatory...so that he will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.... Well...for those who dont believe in purgatory....it does exist kay.... Hopefully God will give my aunt strength in this trying times...she's been lonely n sad...haiz...

Oh well...there's a time for everything right...so stuff do happen at the time its meant to happen....

That's all im updating for now....ciaozzz.... God bless!

~Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"~ ---John 11:25-26

Ordination

2008-12-05T19:34:00.011+08:00

This post is specially for Father Alvin Ho.I know this might be slightly late as he was ordained two days ago,but anyway,congrats Father Alvin.

For those who doesn't know what is an ordination, it is a sacrament whereby someone becomes a priest.The ordination was held in the Church of St. Francis Xavier,Petaling Jaya,and it was jam packed.So my mum,grandmother and her friend and I had to sit in the porch but we could still get a good view of the whole thing(despite of my height) as they had cameras and projectors projecting the whole event on the wall.All the priest,deacons etc. were there and many of the faithful attended it.And to our surprise,Father Alvin actually remembered us...he greeted my grandmother on the way in.I couldn't take any photos after he entered the church...I'm too short(as usual) and everybody else was blocking my view.But still,I managed to take some photos at the end of the whole event.Here they are.

Archbishop of Malaysia,His Grace Murphy Pakiam

The crowd gathering to have a word with father Alvin

The Christmas wreath at podium

The altar

The interior of the church

Father Alvin and a parishioner

Father Alvin blessing a parishioner

Father Alvin Ho S.J.

Father Alvin greeting my mum

Father Alvin again

Group pic of my grandmother's friend,Father Alvin,my mum and my grandmother

ONCE AGAIN

CONGRATULATIONS TO FATHER ALVIN HO S.J.!

May the Holy Spirit always guide you to serve Christ and the Church with love and wisdom through your vocation!

God bless you and may He bless you abundantly!

And by the way, Father Alvin's ordination day, 3rd December, coincided with the feast of St. Francis Xavier, the preacher which the church was named after.Father Alvin is so blessed to be ordained on that day...as it was the feast of St. Francis Xavier.Just for your info, St. Francis Xavier was the person who spreaded Christianity to the East during the Portuguese conquest.And,yes, he did come to Malacca during the times of the sultans.He is the patron saint of India,Philippines,navigators and parish missions,just to name a few.

~You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. That is what you must tell the Israelites~ ---Exodus 19:6

First post

2008-12-04T01:04:00.002+08:00

hey peeps.ok this is my first post.don't really know what to post about.ok.i'll intro myself first.

~Timothy Chan
~15 years old
~29/10
~Smk Seafield
~Roman Catholic
~loves God

that's about all.if u guys wanna know more about me then leave a message in the cbox.or u can read my future posts n u will know more.

i will be posting stuff occasionally whenever i have something to post about.
so wait for my next post kay.

and i will be posting qoutes(Bible verses,pope quotes etc.) too at the end of each post.

ok that's all for now.i think i'll be posting the next post quite soon.so wait patiently ya!

Take care n God Bless!!!! =)

~Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought~ ---Pope John Paul II