aNoTHeR cHaNce...

Since exams for the week have come to a halt,

till the following wednesday,

I decided to watch a movie over my dinner(Chocolate Milk and Sausage bread :P)...

Hehe....

Relax a lil...

I was deciding what i should watch,

looking through my movie library,

i came across "Gridiron Gang"...

I knew a little about the movie,

hesitated a bit since such movies were not so much entertainment,

but more of inspirational and have to do more thinking one...

But in the end,

I watched it,

and I was truly TRULY INSPIRED....

The movie is based on a true story of a juvenile detention camp probation officer Sean Porter,

potrayed by Dwayne Johnson - The Rock,

who is frustrated by the 75% recidivism rate of the teenage felons that he is responsible for at Camp Kilpatrick....

Being a former football star,

he came up with an idea to form a football team believing that it will teach the teenage inmates what it takes to be responsible, teammates and be winners for the first time...

Porter and probation officer, Malcolm Moore became their coaches and together helped this teengaers,

in the end, bringing a change in the recidivism rate as well as changes in the lives of all the footballers....

There were so many parts in the show i nearly cried...

Was so inspired that during the movie,

i took down notes as to not forget them, hehe...

Throughout the whole movie,

I learnt so much from the coach -Sean Porter...

This are the qualities i saw in him,

1. He took time to UNDERSTAND people.

2. He pushed them to be not what they wanted to be, but what they were MEANT to be.

3. He saw beyond the criminals and problematic kids they were and gave them another CHANCE.

4. He chose to BELIEVE in them even when they and the whole world lost hope in themselves.

5. He made MISTAKES as a leader, admitted it and learnt from it.

6. He was HUMBLE enough to humiliate himself, to build another up.

7. He gave each a ROLE, a position and a place to fit in.

8. He has a strong MENTOR in his life who he opened his life up to share, learn and grow.

9. He was interested in impacting LIVES more than anything else.

10. He did not only teach the ones he taught, but was TAUGHT by the ones he teached.

11. Though there were OBSTACLES and disagreements, he did not let anything or anyone stop him from what he believed in.

12. He looked not to their strength, abilities or gifts, but their HEARTS.

13. He was a man not breathing to survive, but breathing to make a DIFFERENCE.

This is Porter...

I believed why this inspired me so much,

is because i "connected" with all the qualities protrayed by Porter....

The above qualities can basically sum up everything I believe in...

My standards,

Passions and dreams...

All summed up by one man....

YOu wanna know what i am workin to become?

Other than Jesus,

watch the show,

and look at Porter....

fAitHfuL mEn... wHo cAn finD?

"Many a man claims to have unfailing love,

but a faithful man who can find?"

Provebs 20:6

Haha,

That's the product of reading the product of reading proverbs...

Anyways,

was reading Proverbs one morning and stumbled upon this verse...

Honestly why it hit me is because,

i have been thinking about relationships lately....

Not any relationships,

THE relationship.....

Want to give credit to both my parents,

as well as my advisors from Yf back home....

They have indeed been people who have trained me up well....

I trully thank God for them...

They have taught me the importance of not plunging into the deep waters of Courtship,

but learn to first take baby steps into the shallow banks of Friendship first...

But when i read this verse,

I thought,

REAL HARD....

Honestly,

this is one of the biggest challenge to me,

and i speak to many guys as well....

Come on,

even the bible says it...

We man can talk very well....

Sweet talk, promise a lot...

But when comes to doing what we talk,

it's not too bad at first,

but when the roads are tough,

it's so easy to just give up...

Take the recent Jack Neo's affair case as an example....

Sigh,

I too fear that i would not be faithful to "her"...

For a faithful man who can find?

Haha...

Well,

But as much as I've said,

God is also teaching me to have faith....

I cannot guarantee my faithfulness to "her"...

But I believe as GOd builds on my faith,

as i learn to just trust Him,

He will make me Faithful,

not only to her,

but i believe,

TO HIM....

STU-P-ID LA!!

"Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but he who hates correction is stupid."

Proverbs 12:1(NIV)

Came across this verse today,

and it really spoke to me....

Hate disipline,

and be labled STUPID,

STUPID lei!!!!

Wow,

well,

I admit,

accepting criticism,

correction,

rebuke

and discipline is a HUGE challenge to me...

In fact i speak not only for me but for my generation as a whole...

We have been a generation that have experienced many good things in life...

Let's just face it,

it's definitely much better than days before,

technology is the one that has brought all that to our doorstep,

take handphone for example,

it used to be a thing only businessmen has,

but now, each person around just cant live without one...

We have become a generation that is INFORMED...

With the WORLD WIDE WEB,

information is at the tip of our fingers....

The convenience and instant comfort our generation obatains,

is I believe the very thing that makes our generation somewhat a bit spoiled and prideful...

From my opinion,

that is the very reason why our generation cant stand being CORRECTED...

We cant STAND people telling us what to do...

WE JUST CANT STAND IT!!!

But is it all good,

let's look at scripture again,

"he who hates correction is STUPID..."

S-T-U-P-I-D...

We all need to learn to accept discipline...

We just NEED to LEARN...

As much as we CANT STAND IT...

To me,

If our generation just CANT STAND IT,

and it is left as that,

our generation will be lost to the EVIL ONE...

He has won,

because of generation does not know submission,

only rebellion....

It is a scary thought for the future of our generation...

(Please note that i am talking to myself)...

To parents, teachers, pastors, advisors, mentors, leaders, elders, and older brothers and sisters...

On behalf of my generation,

I want to thank you for loving us by correcting us,

and i hope you wont stop there,

but i hope you guys would learn to correct like what the bible says,

in love and gentleness...

We promise we are working at it to listen to you guys...

And to my dear generation,

Yes,

Am talking to you:P...

Let's learn together,

let's know that when any of these older guys come along,

no matter how fierce or scary,

let's understand it is because they love us,

and let's learn to ACCEPT CORRECTION...

And between friends and accountabilities,

let's also learn to correct one another in love,

for isnt that what friends are for?

Let's RISE UP to not be CALLED STUPID!!

C++

This is by far the toughest subject I am taking for now....

Never expected it would be part of a MATHS course...

For those who dont know what this is,

let's just say it's learning a new language,

COMPUTER LANGUAGE!!!

This week will be having 2 papers of this sub....

Was desperate,

so had to borrow this book:P...

HEhe...

Really feel like a dummy when learning this sub... Haha...

nOTHinG...

Ever heard people using this word as an escape answer??
"Hey, what you guys talking about?"
"NOTHING!!!"
Hehe...
Well,
It's the 1st of March,
yet another month,
my last post was in Feb,
also on the 1st....
Honestly,
feel a bit 'guilty' sometimes as to the frequency of my blog updates...
Seeing people like Joel and Gideon update their blogs is simply amazing....
Salute them la...
I have nothing...
It's not that my life is a boring mess or something, hehe...
It's just nothing lor....

Bloggers should understand this when you just dont have anything to write,
putting down one's life into words requires more than just having something to write about,
call it lack of inspiration,
or lack of feel,
or whatever,
yup....
For now, that's just the state i am in now.....
God Bless the Bloggers!!!:)

fEBruArY 1zt...

It's February the 1st...
Which means???
It's the end of a month and beginning of another,
DUH!!!
Haha...
BUt then,
Cant believe it's a month already...
It didnt seem that fast at first,
not until now when I look back,
WOW,
A whole month of January is gone already...
Told ya time flies faster then jets:D


Anyways,
I would not say it's a GREAT month or anything,
but it was good...
Hehe...
Because God has been GOOD to me....
Ya,
I mean anyone can say that la,
but then,
till you REALLY experience it,
you would agree too....

Going through this month was not all fun and games,
Had quite a challenging time settling down...
What's more after one of the most amazing and fruitful holidays I had...
Mornings are especailly hard....
There are mornings when I SPRING out of bed,
and be ready for a new day....
But then there are mornings I sluggishly drag myself up and dread....
Lets just say,
life isnt always good to me....
But GOD is!!!


God truly taught me a valuable lesson...
Moods and emotions are many times uncalled for...
Sometimes because of circumstances,
situations, environments,
people, ESPECIALLY people,
memories or maybe even Hormones that affect your emotional status for that time....
It isnt wrong to feel that way,
it isnt our fault to be angry, sad, depressed, down or "Emo"....
But then,
the lesson here was that, though we dont always "Make" the emotion,
we can always learn to "DRIVE" it....
It isnt always our decision to be SAD....
But it is our decision to take the next step,
to either continue being SAD,
or CHEER UP....


God really rebuked me when I was here...
He showed me the unpredictability of our feelings towards life....

Sometimes, life feels like dead lizard....

We dread it, it stinks, it feels as though one is rotting inside out....
Nothing to look forward to, nothing to keep you going,

only the Stench....

SOmetimes, life feels like the sky,

Amazing, beautiful, a sight to see...

But then you never know when the clouds will come,

bringing darkness and gloom as the light vanishes a little at a time....

SOmetimes life feels SWEET...

Like all kinds of chocolate, cakes, pastries....

But sweet till you "jelak"....

Too sweet it becomes bitter....

Sometimes, life feels like a present,

surprises awaits, challenges to face....

BUt till disappointement comes when we realize what is outside does not make the inside....

Life is unpredictable....

The emotions that result from the circurmstances and situations we face in life is even more SURPRISING....

Humans can feel up at a time,

and suddenly feel down after a second...

Girls and guys alike(Please la guys, admit you are emo too, sometimes worse than girls)..
But if we just keep that negative emotion within and allow it to stay,

it will GOVERN our life...

It will TAKE CONTROL....

GOd taught and is teaching me to TAKE CONTROL of my emotions...

Drive it where it is suppose to be...

Mornings are always a challenge,

but then,

this is my decision,

no matter how i feel,

let me start this day with a SMILE:D

P.S. Meet Quaky(below)... He's a mutated penguin.... My very first birthday gift i recieved this year....

bAnGsA? aPa?

It was my second class of Hubungan Etnik(Ethnic relations)...
Basically what we learn for this class is understanding other Kaums(races),
Learning to live together,
Learning to WOrk together.....
Our lecturer is one of the coolest lecturers I've known so far....
He really knows how to teach....
Not the sitting-down-reading-from-book type of lecturer,
but one who stands up,
walks around,
connects with students,
relates current issues to the topic,
and makes the whole subject lively,
enjoyable and fun...
And to add on to that,
he's from KLUANG....
STK some more...


Anyways,
During the class this past wednesday,
we were talking about Bangsa...
He was talking about how in the forms we fill in all around Malaysia,
whether is for applications of jobs,
or whether is for I.C or driving license,
there will be a slot that writes "Bangsa",
and the 4 choices usually given is this:
Melayu, Cina, India, Lain-lain...


So he went round the class asking 3 different person a question,
A Malay, A Chinese and an Indian
"Apa Bangsa Kamu?"
The Malay replied:"Melayu"
The Chinese:"Cina"
and i think you can guess the Indian's answer as welll..
Hehe...

3 different people,
3 different races,
same question,
different answers,
but same concept behind the answers,
and after that,
our lecturer concluded all the answers to be
WRONG....


He then explained that all the answers given were for "Kaum",
not "Bangsa"...
"Kaum" only involves our skin colour,
the language we speak,
the culture we were brought up with,
and the roots of our family...
Whereas,
"Bangsa" does not look only at all the above,
but looks at the one thing we share in our diversity,
being a MALAYSIAN...


When he said that,
Time seemed to stop for a while,
to give me sometime to think,
reflect,
and let those words sink in...
I was shocked,
or more like in Awe by the answer he gave,
and after those few moments of thinking,
I just Couldnt Agree more...


This was the exact thing my brother once told me...
He said we are first Malaysians,
then Chinese,
or Malay,
or Indian,
or whatever race we are...
After this lesson,
it became more clear on what he said...


Malaysia is a blessed and special land....
After all the recent things happening in Malaysia,
it is sad,
but it is clear that living together in so such diversity isnt easy,
in fact,
it's a Challenge....
But we cant stop trying,
for the minute we do stop trying,
we lose the whole point of our land Malaysia....


So,
let us not focus too much on the "Kaum",
which shows how different we are...
But,
let us focus more on the "Bangsa"
which reminds us of the Significant thing we share,
being a MALAYSIAN....

I'm Proud to be One...
Are you?

Do U tRuLLy?

When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter,

"Simon son of John, do you trully love me more than this?"

"Yes, Lord," he said, "you know I love you."

Jesus said, "Feed my lambs."

John 21:15-17

Seeing many blogs and stuff,
People writing about the new year,

About new year resolutions and stuff...

And there I was again,

thinking hard on what i should write to usher in the new year....

But instead of just oozing my brains for ideas,

I also thought and didnt want to write just for it's sake of writing only....

Last Saturday,

since there was no Ablaze,

we went over to join the Ignite service...

PAstor John spoke today on John 21....

While he shared i could sense it was directly from his heart,

I was really encouraged...

And during the sharing,

it dawned upon me about what I would like to do to kick start my year....

The thing that really spoke to me the most is these few words....

"Do You Love me MORE THAN THIS?"

"Do YOu TRULLY Love me MORE THAN THIS?"

As I begin this new year,

I want to start it by challenging myself about Love,

Do I really Trully LOVe Jesus More than anything?