Goodbye 2005, Helloo 2006!!

What a way to end 2005.. with the heat of summer showing its power.. hehe... the tempreature today was apparently 42 degrees celcius.. and even with the air cond on in the house, the temp was still at 34 degrees celcius. How crazy was that...with the tempreature that high, i decided to.... ..NO NO.. not start a nudist colony!! I wasn't walking around the house with my bare butt showing ok. I went for a jog with my cousin... in the heat. We got a tan, a good burn out and also a good scolding from my aunt when we got back. hehehe.. She said we were crazy to go out for a jog in that kinda heat coz ppl die of heat stroke.. hahahahahah... Anyways we spent some time in the shed and in the sun without our t-shirts, hence the half naked photo. hehehe... so so so hot. =)
Anyways, 2005 has been a roller coaster ride for me.. It started out really weirdly coz I had just suffered a major break up in a relationship and was burning out spiritually (yes.. i was becoming toast) without even noticing it.. and then my future career wasn't certain as Idol's wasn't sure if it was going to be on in 2005. So everything was a major chaos.. It didn't help when i fell out of church after disagreement with some leaders. I lfet church for a few months with the ecuse of work and most ppl bought that but then the close ones knew I was going thru a really rought time. Then I came to Melbourne, a decision i made coz I wasn't sure of what my future would be like in 2005. It wasn't a big 'hu-ha' to me.. I felt it was an escape from the reality of my life at first and a place i can start fresh and anew and be whoever i wanted to be. but then b4 I left I felt really heavy hearted leaving but i knew i had to get away from Malaysia for a while. it was time for me to be away and take a step back for a while.. it was then i saw God's purpose of bringing me to Melbourne.. thought my heart constantly wishes I was back in Malaysia and just longs to go back. right now I'm actually excited to go back but at the same time not too sure if I want to be there for good or just for a short break. I'm getting comfy in Melbourne but inside I still know that my place is back home in Malaysia.
Anyways, this year has been great in many ways... God has shown me so much. I never realised that there wereso many ppl who actually cared for me... although at times the ppl i wished cared for me never did but there are so many others who care. =) though they dun really show it, I saw it. =) God brought so many great people into my life this year and drawn ppl I already knew closer to me. I guess this year really showed me who I was inside as well.. things I never saw.
I wanna end 2005 with PRAISE YOU LORD!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A GREAT YEAR!! THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE THROUGH THE THICK AND THIN, THE TEARS AND THE JOY!! tHANK YOU FOR YOU FAVOR UPON MY LIFE WHICH MANY TIMES I'VE TAKEN FOR GRANTED!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU!!! =)

Now to kick of the awesome 2006!! hehehe...

I was on my way to dinner today and in the car, Consuming fire was playing and the first line caught my attention, "There must be more than this...". There is definitely more than what has been in 2005... thats not it.. its just gonna get bigger every year and I know and proclaim 2006 to be MASSIVELY HUGE!! I know my words will not go out in vain coz God works thru the words of His ppl.. The rest of the song from then on just ministered to me as we were on our way to somewhere for dinner. =P

then another song on the way back caught my attention, "Look across the world, and let us shine for You oh Lord!". That song has always hit me and this time it gave me goosebumps... U know what else gave me goosebumps? I was spending the final 30minutes with my Father and I was looking for something to lead me on for next year. A target and resolution if u wanna put it that way... I think it was more like a motto for next year. I was reading John 17, the chapter i left off from devotion.. I think, coz I haven't been doing regularly for some time. What caught me was this passage:

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

6"I have revealed you[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. 12While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. 13"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17Sanctify[b] them by the truth; your word is truth. 18As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
Jesus was praying for me.. for us. What really captured my heart was the part on glorifying our Father, my Father in Heaven. And that was it, my motto for next year is to really glorify my Father in everything I do, every single thing, big or small. I dun wanna do anything for myself anymore, I wanna do it all for Him. And thats just the big picture, the details go on to growing intamately close to Him, to let my spirit be well fed and in control of my body not the other way round, giving God the place in my life He rightfully deserves again... the throne of my heart. So many times He's been knocked off then given the throne again... next year onwards will be His total reign in my life. I've had enough of wrestling matches inside...

While all this was going on, I was listening to United Live, the same CD I was listening in the car. Then Always started playing and I just listened to the lyrics while I was talking to God... and that some gave me goosebumps again... I'm not making this up, its for real..!! Check out the Lyrics:

Always by Hillsong United
album: More Than Life (2004)

Did You rise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might
Know Your majesty?
Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I've known marked
With my maker's fingerprints?
Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever I will seek You
Chorus:
'Cause all You are, is all I want, always
Draw me close in Your arms
Oh God, I wanna be with You
Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You
Capture me again
Let the earth resound with praise
Can You hear as all creation lives
To glorify one name?

and those were the words and stuff I was singing about to God b4 and after I read that scripture.. I just broke out into a song and it was similar to "Always", only different in melody and use of words.. What a way to start the new year!! This year is gonna be AWESOME or should I say "FLIPPIN' AWESOME!!" hehehe...

Anyways, the pic above is just to seal of 2005 with the picture of how I look at the end of it and also at the beginning of 2006. Wonder if there iwll be any changes by the end of 2006. =) A more mature look maybe.. hahahahaha....

To end this blog post, here a video of the sunset i capture on the car ride home... =)

Have a flippin great, awesome 2006!! God bless more than u can imagine or contain.. ;)

Tough work!!

For those who didn't already know, I'm doing door to door sales. Its really tough work.. and I now know how it feels to get chased off, rudely dismissed and also see into alot of ppls worlds and lives.

The many polite and nice people that just talk to me and some even start sharing stuff to me... there are so so SO many people out there in need. We don't have to look at other countries but look at our own back yard. I'm sure back home in Malaysia there are heaps of stuff like this as well and I'm thankful that God has chosen the church I'm in to be a vessel to help this people back in Malaysia. I used to think that missions were overseas and stuff, but there is a mission in our land as well. We often see past it and never take the time to look around us... which is one of the reasons why my heart cries and burns for my own country and not another. I know that everyone needs to hear the gospel, but each of us burn for different areas thats why we're all one body. We serve in different areas, what is a body if each cell in it does the same specific function? I love where I am, and will serve with all my heart the area my Father has placed me... coz my love is for Him and His heart is for the people.

This post isn't what I thought it would be, but I just started typing and this is where it took me. My heart has felt cold the past few days but now its heating up again... and next week (Conference) is gonna be AWESOME!! U know what, it think awesome doens't cut it, its gonna be beyond, way BEYOND AWESOME!

HAVE AN AWESOME NEW YEAR!!

2006 will be 10times what 2005 has been... maybe even more.

God bless...

Cool Concept..

I had a last minute cancelation for my job training and I wasn't even informed til i got there... the trip andwaking up early was in vain and now I have 1 job less..

but things didn't turn out so bad after all coz I went to watch a movie with Sharene and Boywin at the Half Pipe in Melbourne Central. We watched Harry Potter which I've been wanting to watch since it got out...

Anyways, the waiting lounge at Hoyts in Melbourne central is sooo cool... check it out.Ok for those who don't know what the half pipe is, its a smaller cinema with bean bags as seats. How cool is that... and check out how big the bean bags were...The seatings of the cinema is as below, as u can see there aren't like many seats. But its sooo cozy and nice, except for the fact that if the person in front of u is tall, u'll have an extra head in ur view. kekeke... I really think that its such a cool idea and one day I wanna have my own half pipe in my house.. hehehe.. that would be AWESOME!!!

...and imagine how romantic it would be.. ahahahahaha... ;)

Post Christmas 2005

Christmas was great but the day after I got sick.. hehehe.. actually on Christmas Day itself I was getting sick. Got a cough, flu and a very very VERY sore throat. =P I could barely talk ok but forced my voice out. So I had 2 days of rest, silence and medication. I'm still on antibiotics but that will end soon. hehehehe... its almost finished. I'm feeling so much better now.. =)

Christmas 2005

Vonnie's BBQ lunch was the place to be for Christmas. =) We had it on the roof (one of my favourite spots in Melbourne, unfortunately I don't live there.) and before leaving, Brodie tried to die my hair green with his green hair gel. Didn't quite work and I realised from this photo that my hair is that long already... I didn't do much snapping at the lunch coz I was helping with the BBQ which is fun really... btw, I rarely cook. =) So below are some of the photos la..
Scott and Ee Lin.. looks like a serious talk. hehehe...
Tjok so concentrated on the sms while downing his chockies...
Denise at Ray's place..
The guitar and I at Ray's place... I got a tatoo that day courtesy of Vonnie. hehe... there are other scribbles as well but I only took photo of the butterfly one. Don't u think butterflies are just so MANLY? Its kinda like pink, but i haven't reached the pink stage just yet... Dun think I'll ever.. hehehe...Ray got a rubber chicken from his Secret Santa.. hehe.. U can be sure he was happy with it. =)and that wasn't all he got.. AHAHAHAHAHA.... He got THE SKYE as well. lol..

*sings* "Love is in the air..."On my side, I got a fair bit of prezzies as well... but I feel bad coz I haven't got any to give. Times are really hard, I should have collected my sweat, hair and finger nails so that i could give it out. Oh well, next year then... =)
Anyways, I got a nice blue Timberland T-shirt, a Doggy hand rest for the computer mouse, a huge water bottle...... some action figures... (Bruce Lee.... oh yeah!)a box of chocolates... yummy!!some home baked cookies, a meaningful card and a photography book (or rather a book of photos) from my Secret Santa.. =)

I've got great prezzies already but u know what, I found out that there is more on the way from Malaysia... WOOHOO!!!

I hope there are Ang Pows as well akakaka.. Chinese New Year on the way what.. hehehehe...

Christmas Eve 05

Christmas Eve in Melbourne was spent in the traditional human way...

..WATCHING TV.

NOT!!

We went to church for an awesome service in the Melbourne Town Hall. The kids were great.. cute. Not forgetting the overaged angel Vonnie Lee. Hahahaha... :P I think Jericha was in there too.. So that makes two. hehehe..

After service we headed to, Scott's favourite restaurant (so I've been told), Singapore Chom Chom.

.. where we had some warm fellowship. =) Spending some time with the new peopl we me as well.Ok while we're at new people here's a slight detour from the story. I was at TJ's place to take a shower right then TJ went to church first and I left later. In the lift I was singing some Christmas song and this guy walked in at one of the floors and embarrased I stopped. :P It was a Santa song la.. hahaha.. Then He walked in and smiled and asked me if i was going to Planet Shakers City Church and I was like "yeah.. U too?" we started chatting and went to church together.. another new friend to my list of newly added friends.. hehe.. =)

Oh and by the way, Sharene got a New Year haircut...

Dun laugh ok.. be nice.. :P

And if u're curious what she was drinking, it was this..

Yeah.. Tadpoles! Yuck! :P

RANDOM ADDITION: Hidden Mickey is such a great idea, it just sticks in ur head. Well done Disney. =)

After dinner we all headed to Pei Jet's place and I love what she did with the lights.. I have to say that she's got a really nice place. =)

At Pei Jet's we played taboo and guess who won.. hahaha...
and after all that warm fellowship, laughing and making heaps of noises...Yes we ended up watching TV. sigh... but it was a well spent Christmas Eve in my books. =0)

Actually right thats not the end of it. After Pei Jet's, Brodie, Billy, Carina, Tjok and Myslef headed down to St. Kilda beach and another car was suppose to join us later but dunno why without notice they didn't show until i called.. sigh.. :P

I didn't take any photo's at St. Kilda coz I was too cold to even get my hands outta my pockets. hehehe..

Oh and the last picture is of some framed thing hanging on the wall in front of the lift at Pei Jet's. =)

Christmas post coming soon... VERY SOON. :)

Bball Week 2 (24th Dec 05)

Another week of basketball and this time I had only 2 hours sleep before playing.. hahaha.. It was worth the sleep sacrifice coz I got to spend time with this new guy i met from the dinner at college square.. Eddy is his name in Hong Kong is where he's from.
There were only 3 of us guys playing AGAIN!! (All u who slept in better start feeling guilty now.. hahahahahaha!!) But we had fun.. and Eddie came to church for Christmas Service which was fabulous. Joined us for dinner too and hung out with us. =) But enough of all that, enjoy the vids of skills and spills below. ;)

23rd Dec 2005-The build up to Christmas..

On the 23rd I had a pretty busy day, had a lunch at the company i was doing my internship at. Had a nice bbq and some curry.. hehehe.. =)
In the evening I headed over to College Square that was organised for students spending Christmas here in Melbourne. It was an awesome night and I made some new friends. These were some of the people behind the scenes. (From left: Sarah Anne, Bonnie, Billy, Denise (in white) and Pearl in black.)

We had a dieting dinner and only salad was served... =(
NOT!! We had bbq as well.. hehehe... I wouldn't be attending it if it was a salad dinner. What would I eat? lol..

This is a video of Ee Lin getting trashed by a boy in Win Lose or Draw.. hahaha.. I couldn't resist putting it up. Sorry Ee lin.. :)

And below is the crowd there on that day.. =) Not many but it was worth it even if only one person showed up.

After the dinner we headed to Chadstone coz there was a 32hrs non stop shopping there.. hehe.. We were there from 12am and the place was jammed pack. It was really weird... Below are some photos taken on that night. =0) Enjoy..








If you're wondering what happened to photos of Chadstone shopping mall and the deco.. Check my Flickr site for that.. =)