good samaritan part 2

Here is another reason to do your devotions daily......

Taken from daily bread....

Scripture: John 13:3-15

John 13: 15
I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

Pay it forward is a movie about a 12-year-old's plan to make a difference in the world. Motivated by a teacher at his school, Trevor invites a homeless man to sleep in his garage. Unaware of this arrangement, his mother awakens one evening to find the man working on her truck. Holding him at gunpoint, she asks him to explain himself. He shows her that he has successfully repaired her truck and tells her about Trevor's kindness. He says, "I'm just paying it forward."

I think this is what Jesus had in mind in one of His last conversations with His disciples. He wanted to show them the full extent of His love. So before their last meal together, He took off His outer garment, wrapped a towel around His waist, and began to wash His disciples' feet. This was shocking because only salves washed feet. It was an act of servanthood and a symbol pointed to Jesus' sacrifice, passion, and humiliation on the cross. His request to His disciples was:"If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet" (John 13:14) . They were to "pay it forward."

Imagine how different our world would look if we gave the kind of love to others that God has given us through Jesus - Marvin Williams

To know love, open your heart to Jesus.
To show love, open your heart to others.

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After reading this I went like 'WHOA'
ok, maybe not so "khua cheong",haha, but then it reminds me that every good deed I do is just merely "paying forward" what Jesus has already done for me, the focus shouldn't be on myself but rather on Jesus...

Last note: Do devotions everyday! I've learnt so much from it :)

good samaritan

Today when I was on my way back from uni, we (than foong, chee hao, me) saw a guy pushing his bike back home through Ktar. His bike one string putus and cannot cycle back (the quality of bikes sold here is getting worse each sem.....), moreover the sun in kampar is burn-through-your-skin-as-usual HOT. Then Chee Hao went over to ask this guy what was wrong and 'teman' the guy walk home. It was not someone we or he knew either. I guess letting chee hao walk home with the guy was ok so I cycled home first.

This got me thinking.

Good samaritan.....

I guess I was not a good samaritan then.......
But I did go over to ask what was the problem..... is that considered?
Growing up in KL taught me not to help people, especially when I'm alone, because there are too many schemes and plots people set up to pretend to be a person in need and then rob your stuff.
But I shouldn't use this as an excuse.
And most probably a student pushing a bike alone under the hot sun is really a student and not a robber mastermind.....lol
Ok, now I'm talking nonsense....

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When I reached home I saw this little note attached on the light and fan switch in the living room, saying (in chinese) 'person using/used the downstairs toilet please clean the stains in the toilet, thank you' (something like that)

Naturally, the 'sam pat' me would go and check it out.
Yer, really 'watt tat' ler !
Small pieces of shit sticking around the hole.....(haha, it's the squatting kind)

**Good samaritan story still in my head**

It's not my fault .....
I shouldn't be cleaning this

**Good samaritan story still in my head**

Ok, I think I should flush and hope all the bits will get flushed down.

*flush*

Damn, it didn't work....

So now what?

**Good samaritan story re-playing in my mind**

Ok, I guess I'll do it

So I grabbed the brush and cleaned the toilet
it's good to do good deeds silently anyway....

After that, it didn't seem like such a big deal after all, it's just a little brushing here and there....... I'm just overreacting....as usual.

Was I a good samaritan?
Actually I don't really know.

wai wai

Today I stared at the searched engine and didn't know what to do online, my computer was really slow and I got really bored.
So I went to type my name in the search engine, and guess what I found !

Wai-Wai (food)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wai Wai (Nepali: वाई वाई) is a very popular brand of instant noodles produced by CG Foods in Nepal and India. It is highly popular all over Nepal and Sikkim, West Bengal and other parts of India.

Wai Wais can be eaten straight from the package or cooked in soup form. Unlike ordinary noodles, wai wai is pre-cooked, flavoured, seasoned and fried before packaging. It comes in various seasoning flavours. A pack of Wai Wai includes chili powder, masala (mixed spices) and onion oil which can be used to prepare the soup. Wai Wais are rich in carbohydrates, minerals and proteins. Chicken and vegetarian flavoured Wai Wai are the most popular flavours.

Wai Wai is perhaps the most common brand of dry foods in Nepal.^{[citation needed]} Instant noodles consist of a major part of the dry foods sold in Nepal and are available in any part of the country. Being light weight and containing rich nutritional values, the brand is also very popular among trekkers and mountaineers.

Wai Wai produced in Nepal used to be imported to India. The rising popularity of Wai Wai in India led CG Foods to open factories in India. Wai Wai has gained popularity in about thirty countries around Asia and Europe, with most foreign tourists taking a liking to it and importing it into their respective countries.^{[citation needed]}

Wai Wai was launched in Nepal initially with the collaboration of Thai Foods Industries, and has led to establishment of a huge market for instant noodles in Nepal. After about 2 decades, there are over 20 different brands of instant noodles in Nepal, providing various seasoning, flavours and diets.

Ingredients used to prepare vegetarian Wai Wai:

• Wheat flour
• Vegetable oil
• Salt
• Chilli
• Onion
• Garlic
• Soya sauce
• Spices
• Hydrolysed vegetable protein
• Edible gum
• Black Pepper
• Monosodium glutamate (1%)

Hahahaha, so FUNNY....!

So now you know what I'm made of......

Wai could also mean.....

In Thailand, people do not traditionally shake hands. The usual greeting and farewell gesture is the wai (pronounced like 'why'), holding the hands together in a prayer-like gesture in front of the chest or face. Depending on the seniority of the person one is wai-ing, the pressed palms will be positioned in various places; to people less senior in social rank or age, the wai is performed over the chest, whereas to people much higher in the social scheme of things, the why will be over one’s face, with the tip of one’s fingers touching the nose. It is usual to accompany a wai with a beaming smile.

The wai is derived from the religious gesture known as anjali in Pali, the language of Theravada Buddhism. It is an ancient form of respect still found in India to this day, and practiced in various forms across Asia from Katmandu to Tokyo. In Theravada Buddhism, the main religion of Thailand, it is performed by laity towards monks and by junior monks to senior ones.

And there is more !!!

http://www.waiwaipgh.com/

I just think this is cool.....

0.06

I don't know I should be really happy or sad.

My results for the last semester came out. 3A- , 2B+
My GPA is 3.5400
CGPA is 3.3400
I only need 0.06 more to enter Dean's list's (GPA 3.6)
Urghhh......
I know I should be happy for passing all my subjects, and don't need to repeat anything (phew...) which would cost me a bomb and consume alot of my time and energy for next semester.
But then.....
I only need 0.06 more......
How can this be ?!

But then I also want to thank God, no matter what, and helping me go through my TORTURING exams, I know I couldn't have gotten these grades by my own strength because I was sick for the whole study week, after that needed time to recover and could not really concentrate.
Went through roller-coaster emotions, missed my family, started to feel lonely and all kinds of weird stuff, started to think too much.
When I look back I realize how much God has helped me.
Another similar incident would be in primary school when I was standard 4, I was sick for a month and in the end I came out the top in the class, getting me my very first no. 1 !
I'm not boasting, don't get me wrong. I'm just saying that my source of strength comes from my Lord and God, my Redeemer, my Jehovah Rah.

A Voice in the Night

"Sit up!" the voice in the night said, "and take a deep breath."

"It was a stormy night," a personal friend shared, "and we were awakened by an extremely loud clap of thunder. After the initial fright, checking the kids and the house, we went back to bed and to sleep.

"Then came the voice: I was certain I heard someone speaking. 'Sit up and take in a deep breath,' it said.

"I only half-awoke and thought I must have been dreaming, so rolled over and went back to sleep.

"The voice spoke again with more insistence, 'Sit up and take in a deep breath.'

"This is weird," I thought so again rolled over and went back to sleep.

"'SIT UP! Take in a deep breath!' the voice spoke again with great urgency.

"So I sat up and took in a deep breath … and smelled smoke!" I was fully awake in an instant … woke up my husband … rushed to wake up the children … we had the oldest one phone 911 (for emergency) … my husband took over the phone … the operator asked if the lights were working … my husband said they were going out one room at a time.

"GET OUT of the house immediately," declared the operator. Your house has been struck by lightning."

As quick as a flash the family rushed outside only moments before the house exploded and burst into flames. It took firemen six hours to put the fire out. The house was totally destroyed, but the entire family was saved. Talk about a wake-up call!

Surely this was a God-thing. Fortunately the family members were committed followers of Jesus Christ and even though they lost their house, their lives were saved. God doesn't usually speak to most of us in an audible voice. He doesn't have to because his "wake-up call" is spoken to us repeatedly in his Word, the Bible.

"Wake up!" God says to every one of us, "Flee from the wrath to come"¹ (God's judgment of sin and evil for the world that has turned from God will be judged and purified by fire). Wake up, "It is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgment."² Wake up, "I will come again,"³ Jesus promised "to take all who believe in me to be with me in heaven forever."

"Wake up," Jesus is coming again … it may be today. Are you ready? Again Jesus said, "I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in…."⁴

Whatever you do don't miss God's wake-up call. Have you opened the door of your life and invited Jesus, the Son of God, to come into your heart and life as your God and your Savior? If not, may I urge you to do that today … right now … by praying a simple prayer such as the following:

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, I hear your wake-up call, as faint though it may be. I confess that I am a sinner and ask for your forgiveness. Thank you, Jesus, for dying on the cross to pay the penalty for all my sins. I invite you to come into my heart and life as my God and my Savior. With your help I repent of and turn from my sinful ways. Thank you for hearing my prayer, for forgiving me of my sins, and for coming into my heart and life as my Savior. Help me to live for you always in all ways. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

Taken from

semester break

I have to admit my blog is rarely updated ...... b'cuz sometimes (maybe alot of times) I lazy to blog. But now I'm once again un-rotting my blog. Hehe.
This sem break has been really fun for me, and not to mentioned very packed too !
I'm working/helping aunty rebecca to teach in her kindergarten, and helping my mom do some bookkeeping, buying laptop(conducting survey), doing some serious shopping (mid valley-went twice, sunway, thinking of going times square, sungai wang and lowyat too! ) , watching movies and went ice skating !

Teaching was fun and heart-attack-causing at the same time. Kids are hard to control and they don't really listen to me, maybe I was too gentle, but after a few days i also become garang already, forced to.....
Why are kids these days so hard to teach?

Yesterday (mon) went ice skating with si-lai tee, terowong (mei mei), shanny and wai kuan. It was mei mei's first time on ice ! She quite good ler, fell 2 times only. Then the others went slow and steady, then wai kuan is in the intermediate level, easily gliding pass all the side-clingers. Haha.
It was really nice watching all the pro-people doing spins and stunts in the middle of the ring, they look so 'yeng' !
Then shopped ALOT.....spened around RM 200 the whole day. Spending felt so good......ahhhh...

Today (tues) went mid valley watch movie with daberah, cousin dearest (Haha, geli ler). We watched Angels and demons, the movie was very very very very 'chi gek' ! We were so tensed until we couldn't even finish a shared small drink. It's mind-boggling and has a foreign high-class-ness to it, there won't be any spoilers here.... if u ask me I would say I give it 4 stars out of 5.
Recommend to watch, only condition is you have to be above 18 !

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 4

Tokyo Marathon

22 March 2009
More than 30,000 runners participated in the race.
Everybody look like tiny spots from above.....hahaa

I wonder if ever marathoners in Malaysia ever dress up like this.....

That will definitely give me more motivation to run the race......kekeke

Then I can tell people : I beat SPIDERMAN !!! (if I ever beat him..or her....)

Tepuk tangan untuk juara-juara "Tokyo Marathon" (Didn't know how to say marathon in BM......my lousey knowledge of bahasa....)

Kenya's Salim Kipsang

finished with 2 hours 10 minutes 27 seconds

Japan's Mizuho Nasukawa

finished with 2 hours 25 minutes 38 seconds

Taken from Yahoo! news

These pictures gave me motivation to run....hahaa

The NEED to RUN

(and the need to buy a new pair of running shoes)

Via Dolorosa

I was reminded of how great my God's love is as Easter is approaching....

And suddenly thought of this song, so I went to cari the lyrics and found a video clip of a very nice instrumental (guitar) version of this song.....the guy is so geng ler !! (The link at the bottom)

Via Dolorosa

Down the Via Dolorosa
In Jerusalem that day
The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street
But the crowd pressed in to see
The Man condemned to die
on Calvary

He was bleeding from a beating
There were stripes upon His back
And He wore a crown of thorns
Upon His head
And He bore with every step
The scorn of those who cried out
For His death

Down the Via Dolorosa
Called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah
Christ the King

But He chose to walk that road
Out of His love
For you and me

Down the Via Dolorosa
All the way to Calvary

The blood that would cleanse
The souls of all men
Made its way to the heart
Of Jerusalem

Down the Via Dolorosa
Called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah
Christ the King

But He chose to walk that road
Out of His love
For you and me

Down the Via Dolorosa
All the way to Calvary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AzRyguwF0E

And I said no to jogging

Haiz.....
Everybody I know tell me NOT to jog during midnight........
They are right, but I feel so wierd on pasing on a chance to jog
I debated with myself whether or not to go.........
why not? I told myself
But then the danger and risk involved outweighted my desire to jog.
So.........
Haiz.........

How can I say no to jogging?

It's been soooooo long since I jogged......

I'm getting old and losing stamina .........haha

But then last night, my cg friends ajak me go jogging

Guess what time we went jogging????!!!!!

12 am !!!!

My very first midnight jog.



We went jogging at eastlake area, there was no cars and alot of bullshit (yes, bull punya shit),
the air was cool, and it was very refreshing.

After jogging then 'keng gai' abit...... reach home about 1:45am

Feel so syok after running/jogging.

It's refreshing after all the suffocating boredom here



While jogging I just want to forget all my troubles, frustrations, useless worries

Just run

Run like there isn't a care in the world



Run the race, keep my pace, keep my eyes on Jesus

"Failing to forgive is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

I need a break

I typed and deleted and typed and deleted this post many times
Thinking of whether or not to post this
It makes me feel so vulnerable

I'm so tired now, I need a break
It's not like being only physically tired but also mentally tired
I keep setting goals for myself
Expectations
Hopes
But now, I just want to let it all go
And I question myself "Is it all worthwhile?"
'Not my will but Yours be done'

I need somebody I can depend on......
Thank You Jesus for never leaving me nor forsaking me
Thank God for good friends
I owe a big thank you to them
So here it goes.......
THANKS !!!!!

who are my friends?

This was originaly written on paper on friday

This is a good time to write a story.
I' sitting alone at the ground floor of block b,
it's pouring cats and dogs outside.
My jeans are drenched, and so are my spirits
It's 6:04 m.
My friends have all gone back a few hours ago, my house mates left for home yesterday night and today morning respectively.
the campus is nearly deserted, it's all dark and they already turned on the night lights.
Every face I see now is unfamiliar. Talk about lonely!

It started out on wednesday, I'm rushing to pass up 2 of my assignments today(friday), I was SS! (short for Super Stressed)
The 2 assignments I had to pass up was law and accounting (dehumanizing subjects)

All the assignments wereonly half way done. There were 3 qestions for the law assignment, me and a friend was supposed to do Q3, then the other 2 friends do Q1. Q2 was supposed to be done together and discussed. Somehow under circumstances which I do not wish to explain, nobody got answers for Q2, and the result was I had to do it. It was not easy to do Q2, let me repeat, NOT EASY. I felt like I just got slapped in the face.

After alot of stinking hours, and having not finished law yet, I got really cranky, and my classmates from another assigment group decided to come to my house and ask me something about accounts. My brain was having difficulty shifting from law mode to accounts mode. I suddenly had alot of friends.

It feels really empty, realy.

Then with that weird feeling in my gut, I finalized Q2 of the law assignment.Then only I went to bathe at 1 am......
After that I proceeded to go through the accounts assignment. Then only did I realize, that there was a BIG problem with the accounts assignment, the figures were wrong, the analysis not complete, as a result, SS!
I only slept at 2 something in the morning.

The next day, thursday, Idecided to plough through the accounts assignment, correct whatever mistakes and edit some parts.
I skipped 2 lectures and ate my branch (breakfast + lunch) at 3.30pm.
I felt my life shortened dramatically by a few years.

吃不饱，睡不好

At night, another group member (senior) came over to my house to finish the accounts assignment.
THANK YOU, LORD!

I'm surprised that the guy was really friendly and had lots to talk about. Don't judge a book by it's cover, another lesson learnt. But then i was classified into the guai guai, silly study type girl.
Why do we streotype people?

Today, friday, I began to question myself, Who are my friends? Sometimes I feel spitefully used. People approach me when they need help, but apart from that I'm invisible.
I've always known people like these in my life, especially in secondary school.
Oh, let me see, maybe I'm too boring or stupid t be equivalent to a friend. Yes, I' depressed, and i'm venting out my frustration here.

Now it's 7:18 pm and it's still raining outside, I had managed to cycle back without being considerably wet.
I closed my eyes, trying to be strong.
Stop being so stupid, I had to tell myself
My emotional state and my mental state is always contradicting

Who are my friends? And where are they?

人比人，比死人

I live in a world where people constantly compare themselves with other people, it's an on-going torment, like "why is she prettier than me?","why people listen to him and not me?","why do I struggle and fail when people find it so easy to ovecome problems?","why am I so stupid?"(classic)
Comparing ourself against one another have been like the essence of our lives, if so, what meaning is there? What are we proving for?
We are never, maybe I should just speak for myself, I am never satisfied with what I have, I always have to go and compare myself with others, I'm such an idiot.
And my devotion today proved to be useful to teach me and to remind me to be thankful for what I have.



Reflections on the Sayings of the Desert Fathers

A brother who was living among other brothers asked Abba Bessarion : What should I do?
The old man replied: Be silent, and do not measure yourself against the others.

It's tempting to compare ourselves with other people.

Comparing ourselves with people can lead us down the slippery slpoe: we see what people have or don't have; we wish for what we do not have or gloat at what they do not have; eventually we fall into envy, greed, self-hatred or pride.

the process of falling into sin often begins when we measure ourselves against others. Such compulsive behaviour eventually feeds our lust and makes us proud of our possesions and abilities (1 john 2:16)

Be watchful, lest you fall into sin

when was the last time you compared yourself with others? just now? Did any of these tendancies cause you to sin?
Notice the people, time and place that cause you to measure yourself against others.
Ask Jesus to help you 'silence' these thoughts, and give thanks for the abilities of other people.

Further reading: Psalm 34:15-22 , Isaiah 55:6-11 , Matt 6:7-15