Love of Your Life

I was watching Smallville Season 6 episode 16 the other day. Man, it's a pathetically sad episode. Let me just tell you some background about the series if you are not familiar with it. Basically it's a story about Superman, Clark Kent's youth's life, before he got together with Lois. The whole series resembled Lana as the love of his (Clark) life. The ep revealed Lana eventually finding out Clark's supernatural power, and overheard the conversation unveiling the reason Clark rejecting Lana's love all this while, which was to protect her (if he told her about his powers, she would die. That's how Superman's biological dad set the rules). And all these happened the hour before Lana's wedding with Lex!

She decided to call the wedding off then, told the whole plan to Clark when they reconciled the final hour before the wedding. But due to the dictatorous (is there such a word?) threat by Lex's dad of killing Clark (he knew the way), she was forced to comply to the wedding. The wedding ended up with fake facade from Lana trying to act happy, nevertheless the sadness still showed, and Clark helplessly watching her from the back of the crowd with tears of regrets. Oh man... that scenario... really pathetic...

At that moment as I was watching it, I just hoped my life will never end up with complicated relationships like that, you know, the fact that ppl ended up marrying someone who is not the love if his/her life...... aihh... Hahaha, that was just an impulsive thought that crossed my mind. Mmph, I do not want to add any love philosophy here. Just thinking... does everyone who has/will married/marry is being with the love of his/her life? ... ...

Prison Break with Season 3?

I was totally addicted to Prison Break the moment I started watching the pilot. I won't deny that a very dominant reason was because of the good-looking leading actor and attractive leading actress. Season 1 ended with everyone in the plan except for DB Cooper escaped from the prison eventually. Season 2 is all about how the brothers were still fighting towards Linc's exoneration causing lives of many people around them. Now, there's only 1 single episode left in Season 2, that'll be on next Tuesday! It seemed quite promising that Season 2 Finale was gonna wrap up the whole story.

But guess what! There'll be a Season 3! Huh??? What about the title? See, it's called Prison Break but if Season 3 continues with them straying around the cities or wherever... what does it really have to do with the title? According to the producer, there may be a new name for the series... I dunno... perhaps "Cat Chasing After The Mice", "On The Neverending Run" or sth... :S Well, Season 3 will be premiered on 29th August 2007. It's very likely that S3 will be the last season. Let's hope that Season 3 will be a great one!

Finally!

I am back! Haha, it's a nice feeling to know that actually PS has been waiting for my blog. It's late now... 5 minutes to 4:00 am :S My mind is kinda blank now, a result of lacking sleep and feeling all blur currently. So what am I gonna write?

Just gonna touch on some light stuffs. It's a great feeling to finally hand up my thesis this morning! Well, the due date was actually yesterday, but I was late as I had to wait for a long time at the photocopy shop and my printer was having some prob before that. You know, I felt so devastated when I realised that I couldn't pass up my thesis in time anymore, and that all my extreme (yes, really extreme as I only slept for about 2 hours or less for 3 days straight to rush for the report) effort were for nothing in the end. I even thought of not going to school to pass it up as the clock ticked 5:30pm since the admin wouldn't be there anymore.

But thank God He spoke to me, and led me to perseverance. I still strived to the very end and went to campus to try my luck. As expected (my unwilling expectation, really), the office was all pitch-black by the time I reached. I was praying throughout the whole process, from the very beginning of my thesis until... now? But God is so good, somehow the director of FYP and my FYP lecturer were still in campus! That was unusual! And it didn't take me a lot of effort to meet them as they were both in their own rooms only! In the end, I spoke to both of them with the evidence that I had already got my thesis done. Praise the Lord again that both of them leniently approved my thesis and said that I would not be considered as late whatsoever in handing up my thesis! WOW! The way every circumstance fall into place is just marvellous, it totally gave me a picture of how God plans the best things for me. The thesis wouldn't be approved without stamping from the admin, so I had to get it approved from the office early this morning. God did as He promised, the submission date was stamped as 26th March instead of 27th March, PTL!

Just wanna take this chance to thank KM for 'supplying' his printer and cartridge. Also thanks to MC for helping me to arrange the thesis pages accordingly and the AA papers as well. It's a wonderful feeling to have true friends around me who give me help and support in my tough times. Thanks alot, you guys!

Gonna share a quite an embarrassing pic here.

This is terrible... looks like some kinda warzone like some riots have just occurred, huh? (hey, don't go too far with your imagination on the jeans ok!!?) Err... I tend to get out of control with my tidyness during hectic times. I can tell you that my room was totally neat the previous monday.

Anyway, I got it all nicely tidied up! Check out the transformation! Hey, it took me like 3 hours to achieve this (basically spent most of the time packing for relocation). Errr... I think I did quite a good job, didn't I? :P

Exhausted...

Looks like I have been missing for quite some time from blogging. Well, I have been really busy catching up with my FYP, staying in the lab for more than 8 hours daily, already starting to experience my future work life of scrutinizing the complex circuits and tiny nodes of multilevel xtor... :S Let's not talk about that first. Actually feeling kinda fatigued now, so I am just dropping by for a short message to show that I am still active in this blog page. I promise there will be more interesting blogs to come after 26th March. Stay tune! Haha, sure many of you are happy I am not writing anything lengthy this time! HurRaY!

Human Height

Where does your height stand when compared to the population of the world? It's hard to compare our heights in such a way for height can vary in different ethnic, weather and enviroment. Of couse I was curious of where my height stands among the Asians and so I goggled out this piece of info below. I suppose I belong to 'others' (not the ones from Lost lah!) category since I don't see any Asians other than White, Black, and Hispanic. Cut this short, I am gonna show you the charts now:

I also did a quick study on human heights. I come across some interesting discovery. Diet (in addition to needed nutrients; such things as junk food and attendant health problems such as obesity), exercise, fitness, pollution exposure, sleep patterns, climate (see Allen's rule and Bergmann's Rule for example), and even happiness (psychological well-being) are other factors that can affect growth and final height. Woow.... sleep patterns... had I been lacking sleep during my teenage life? Urghh... regretting now is too late anyway. So you people who still have younger bro and sis out there please do something about them when you still can.

Some additional info picked from Wikipedia: The short stature of Asians may also be contributed by nutritional factors such as low calcium intake partially due to lactose intolerance in 90% of their adult population, limited consumption of protein, iron, vitamin A, reduced vitamin D, partially from their nutrition; and also from their skin that cannot synthesize as much vitamin D because their skin is darker, and consumption of large quantities of soy products which contains isoflavone, a phytoestrogen.

Further reading can be done at this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height

There's also a table for you to check out the average height of different ethnic in the world.

Ohh... Sometimes I wish I was taller... -.-

Mind Games

We spent 3 hours on this game! Just to get to level 65, with no more tips and skipping opportunity left. Welcome to Abstractica, a mind game which sets you to engage yourself in the abstract riddles and puzzles (hence the name of the game). It consists of 250 levels, with different questions requiring different knowledge and tools, yes... you need tools, and it's not just calculator and papers, you are gonna need more than that. The mystery is left for your imagination, use anything you possibly can! Abstractica will surely deliver entertainment and enhance your creativity as it promises. You can download the game from this link:

http://www.download.com/Abstractica/3640-2111_4-10592189.html

Have fun playing!!

Are You The Date Magnet?

My MSN was just starting up, and Windows Live Today was featuring this topic called "Date Magnets". Seems kinda interesting and so I read how true it is that guys can attract the girls. Well, the first few are reasonable and are a little more to the tactical ways of winning the girls' hearts. But I like the last two.


No call-waiting:“Contrary to what you see in the movies and on TV, I think it’s always best to call a girl when you say you are going to call and not play stupid waiting games. What’s that all about? If I tell a girl I’ll call her tomorrow, I do, and I always get a good reaction. In fact, I think it’s sad when girls are surprised that I follow up as promised. The right kind of girl doesn’t want a guy who plays games. Treat a woman with respect, and she’ll want to be around you.”– Jeffrey, 31, sales representative, Chamblee, GA

Be a gentleman:“I admit it’s old-fashioned, but I always open doors for a woman, pull out her chair before she sits and stand when she gets up from the table. Women are sometimes a little surprised by my actions, but ultimately they appreciate it. A woman once told me that doing those things made her feel like a lady and that’s what it’s all about. If you treat a woman like a Queen, she’ll want you to be her King, so to speak!”– Larry, 27, lawyer, Miami, FL


Sometimes the guys would believe that it's better to play hard to get, haha, just like what the girls like doing in order to gain more attention and anxiety! But too much of it from the guy is probably gonna make the girl annoyed, unless she is head over heels for the guy. Hmm, I wonder if the same goes to the guys too?

The Annual Bible Quiz!

What a fun night we had! It’s all about ‘blocking’! Ok, so here’s what happened, the annual Bible Quiz of CF is back! My CG which is granted with the name of the fruit of the Spirit --> Self-control is the defending champion of the Bible Quiz. We went with an expectation to defend this title! Hmm… 100 questions from the bible? We thought we were indestructible :P Oh, what a pride! Of course we were just trying to be positive and not being boastful of ourselves, that’s the way Self-control (SC) has always been, living to the fullest by being optimistic (or sometimes too optimistic? HAHA)

There were 8 from our CG who managed to turn up for the quiz, nice attendance! But then Aaron (one of our great hopes) was the organizer of the quiz so we lost one member for the quiz… Despite that, being as optimistic as we always are, we still thought we could win and must win hahaha. We even said, “If we get one question wrong, then we will just walk out of the door!” SC SC… always just making certain remarks for the sake of the fun and challenge. Whoops, we only managed to get #4 out of 5 groups from the first round, which was something like a jigsaw puzzle. Phew… what a relief to know that it was just a game to determine the sequence of the token ring.

The quiz finally started… see that 100 boxes in the pic? 100 boxes for the 100 questions, pick a number of a question, get it right, and you get to play bingo. The questions ranged from the very first book of Genesis to the book of Revelation. There you go… we had to strike a bingo of 5 boxes consecutively to be the winner. Tough game we thought… So what about ‘blocking’? Since we couldn’t strike our BINGO, we decided to BLOCK other group’s bingo. Selfish thoughts… repent repent… What goes around comes around (sigh), just when we were so close to striking our bingo, we got blocked by other groups, gone! That made us to be even more zealous to block other groups so that nobody strikes a bingo and hopefully winners would be based on the accumulative number of questions being answered.

Our efforts paid off eventually, with our group sharing the 2nd place with another group. I must say sometimes SC kinda ‘syok sendiri’, just bursting out in laughter and contentment with just a lil victory, but I love that attitude. That’s really the element that keeps our CG so lively and cheerful, not to mention always loud and noisy hence losing control of ourselves. Now I know why we are all placed in this CG called Self-control, haha!

Being the only member in red and the guys all in black, we were being called Men In Black and Lady In Red!

It was truly a memorable night with all the CF-ers, especially with my CG. The moments of being in this CG for 3 years are truly a beautiful blessing in my life. It’s wonderful to just encourage one another constantly, and seeing each of us growing together in the Spirit of the Lord, to where we are today. Self-control, continue to live up the joyful spirit, and continue to set our eyes on our Lord Jesus! Man, I certainly am gonna miss this CG a lot after I leave this campus…

Sweet moments captured during our CF meeting

I like the pics taken by our CF photographer, Joshua.

Trinity

The idea of Trinity, which states that God is one being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a mutual indwelling of three persons: the Father, the Son (incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth), and the Holy Spirit is not something that can be easily comprehended by many. I have been struggling to understand how the whole idea works too. A friend of mine once asked, "If Jesus is God, then how come He prayed to The Father in Heaven?" Well, my friend was referring to the time when Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane before He got arrested. I was blank for a moment, didn't know how to answer him. I have been looking for the answer to this question, and thank God I found it! So I just want to share this with anyone out there who are still looking for the answer.

"Now, why did Jesus pray to the Father?
Was this one God personality praying to another God personality? No!
If Jesus was God was he not then praying to himself? Jesus was not God according to the flesh, only according to the soul-spirit within him.
Jesus was the son of man and as such human in all points and was tempted like all of us: according to Hebrews 4:15. The conduct of Jesus is both that of a man and then as God also. Who but God can forgive sins? Who but God can speak as God?
When Jesus prayed it is the flesh, the human side of Jesus praying to the Divine side. Was Jesus then praying to himself? No, if he was only flesh, only a man, then to pray to himself he would have to be praying to his own flesh. But if he was praying to the God who is in him, who is also in heaven at the same time, who is omnipresent throughout the universe at the same time; he is not praying to himself, he is praying to the Spirit that is God. "

Oh! I have been so naive! I even thought I would be seeing Jesus and God as two different beings when I go to Heaven one day. So now everything has been made clear. In conclusion, God came to earth to have a relationship with us, human beings because we are all His beloved children. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself (2 Cor 5:19). Jesus is the visible fleshly presence of God, and when Jesus prayed to God (The Father in Heaven), Jesus was in the flesh, praying to the Spirit of God. How enlightening! Before I forget, let me share with you the verses stated previously:

"15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin."

"that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation" -2 Cor 5:19- NIV

I have come across this site which is really a well structured site that guide everyone, including non-Christians to knowing God better. Feel free to check out this site. The very first guide can be found at this URL:

http://www.bibleschools.com/courses/discov/guide01/index.htm

Of course we can simply modify 'guide01' to 'guide02' in the URL and so on to advance ourselves to the next level to learn more about God! I would strongly recommend this to everyone. The guides are easy to follow, the contents are simple but I am surprised to find myself to be learning something new in each lesson. I believe that we should not let the fundamentals pass us by even when we are already walking way beyond the starting point. We can get ourselves motivated too by signing up our own accounts to make sure that we follow each of the arranged lesson. You'll be surprised by how the teachers mark your quizzes, haha!

That's all for today's sharing. I hope you who are reading this will be blessed by this simple sharing. God bless you with a wonderful life ahead :)

Forgotten day?

It was Dad’s birthday yesterday. After the clock ticked 12 midnight, the anticipation in him started to show. Well, I remembered his big day and greeted him. Poor Dad, he started to wait for long distance call from my bro and sis, one in US, another in UK. Well, he wasn’t that anxious when it came to sis since she already sent him a parcel a week before this. But as for bro… hmm… I guess he totally forgot!

The next noon, after church service at 3pm, and late lunch together till 4++pm, bro still hadn't called! Oh no! Then I knew I had to do something man... So I sneaked into my room and quietly called bro! Alamak, he really forgot. Bro's call came not long after that, haha, Dad was so delighted. Boy, I am glad now that Dad doesn't surf the Net, otherwise it wouldn't be so nice for him to be reading this, would it? :P

EE Farewell 2007

Finally a semi-grand farewell night is here after being in a public uni for four years. No, we don't get to have grand prom nights in public uni, somehow not many are interested.

Thinking back on last year's farewell, it was quite a disastrous one for me as I had to rush like mad and got myself in a mess for the farewell night. This year is a much better one with early preparation and I could take my own sweet time to dress up and get the make up on. After much delay from my coursemates coming from the other state, we only managed to gather at 745pm, initial plan was 7pm :S. There goes the puntuality again... sigh...

We strolled along the red carpet with warm welcome of loud applause and cheers, haha, felt like it was an award show or something like that. So these are the girls that I stepped into the hall with. The first (from left) with the sexy hot look, 3rd with the oriental make over, 4th with her self-made funky appearance, and finally the girl in orange with the all fairytale bridal image.

The tables were nicely arrange centered with a neat glass with a white lily in it. Okay... the service wasn't so good, I can't believe that after being there for more than 4 hours, the waiters only refilled the water once! Urgh... at one point i felt like I had the urgency to drink the water from the 'lily glass'! Perhaps it was my bad to not have searched for the waiters MIA whole night, probaly they were resting in the changing room or something. They just disappeared after the meal was finished, hmm...



Well, I am someone quite into photography and would appreciate the pics much better if the ambience of the hall could be 'captured'. Sadly, I could hardly find someone with stable hands or good techniques to snap some shots without blurring it out much (realise I use 'blurring it out much' as I don't expect perfection without a tripod... our hearts still beat after all). Well, guess this pic here is the best one among all the rest taken without flash. Quite a nice ambience huh?

The farewell was followed by a long sketch which was an impressive one, 3 dances and some other performances. The junior did an exceptional job in organising the whole event, it was simply amazing! They must have poured out a lot of effort in the whole arrangement. The closing of the farewell was a meaningful one, with everyone forming up the friendship chain, exchanging the friendship band, people shaking hands and hi-five-ing to one another, hugs... and a quiet moment of retrospecting the bittersweet moments we have had throughout the 4 years.

All of us truly enjoyed ourselves and treasure the special event organised by the first years. Here are some friends whom I usually hang out with. It was kinda contenting to see some of those who usually don't like dressing up to turn into princes and princesses on that night. Oh yeah, KC did a nice work on his appearance!

Heard they went for clubbing after that. I didn't follow though, was being the usual obedient child the moment I decided to just jump into my parents' car and go home to my town of serenity right after the farewell ended. Haha, I saved at least RM30. Sounds like I am going through a real student life with limited budget for extra entertainment. Seriously am a little broke lately to be frank!

My First Blog!

Heys! So here I am, finally being one of the bloggers out there! Well, the reason I am blogging now is just for the sake of writing something down about my student life before it ends real soon, in less than 2 months… :( Not sure if I’ll ever be a full-time student anymore after this. Guess it’ll be nice to write something about my student lifestyle which is surely sweeter and more innocent than the challenging working lifestyle with politics and dog-eat-dog situations that I have to face. I hope this is not the reality I have to face, but that’s what I have been hearing from so many experienced people out there telling me the same thing. I used to be so eager to step to the working world, not anymore now though. Call this the typical human nature, we always don’t cherish what we have until it’s almost coming to an end. Urgh… that is why I am starting this blog, just don’t wanna let my precious student life moments to just pass with time.

Where do I start? Perhaps some intro on how my student life has been. Well, I am blessed to have the opportunity to study my degree in a campus which is quite close (a 35-minute-drive) to my home! Or some of you may think it’s unfortunate! Living with 4 wonderful coursemates, also enjoying the company of my faithful friends, including my coursemates… the CF-ers too of course! Oh, by the way, CF stands for Christian Fellowship, and yeah (!!), you got it right, I belong to Lord Jesus, Amen! Alright, guess it’ll be nice to put a pic here to show you some people whom I meet almost daily:

That’s during my birthday celebration last December.

Next is with the CF-ers, my brothers n sisters whom have been constantly encouraging me in my spiritual walk with God. It’s a blessing to have them in my life really :)

And how could I forget my family!

Okay, at this point, there probably is no need for me to tell which one is me. So the two steady adults at the front row are my parents, my bro on top left with his daughter and wife (next to me). Err... I've got a sis too... but sigh... she's always 10,000 miles away, so again... she's not in this pic :S. Not gonna make my first blog too long, keep it simple. Feel free to drop your comments ;-)