Do Not Worry

Do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink;
or about your body,
what you will wear.

Is not life more important than food,
and the body more important than clothes?

Look at the birds of the air;
they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?

Who of you by worrying
can add a single hour to his life?

And why do you worry about clothes?
See how the lilies of the field grow.
They do not labor or spin.
If this is how God clothes the grass of the field,
will he not much more clothe you,
O you of little faith?

So do not worry, saying,
“What shall we eat?” or
“What shall we wear?”
Your Heavenly Father know that you need them.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.

{Matthew 6: 25-34}

Who are we to locate our unwanted past in our mind that we never get out of it?
Who are we to laze around thinking we still have much time ahead?
Who are we to worry about tomorrow that may not even come?

Isn't God has it all planned for us?
Isn't He just stay beside us, waiting for us to turn to him?

Why do we care so much about the materialistic, earthly things?
Isn't life short enough?

LORD,
teach me.

Dungun Melaka Trip

Went for a trip with Amy, Melissa and Park a few days ago to Dungun and Melaka.

Reached June’s house after taken 6 hours of bus ride. We cooked ourselves for the dinner after insisting her to cook for us. Alright, it’s mostly June who did the cooking. We had tofu, two dishes of veges that I forgot the name, a dish of carrot+telur (nah, at least I did a dish… one of my favourite), and fish ball soup. It was really good eating ‘homey’ food after I came here in July. Then we went for (2) suppers at night, lekur… there we went…
You Hoe, the supermarket where we went to buy stuffs for dinner... old warehouse style...
Mommy June
Dinner served
We went to Kuala Terengganu by bus on the second day. It was a blazing extremely hot day. We visited crystal mosque and Terengganu Museum (which we were told it’s the biggest museum in our country). The buildings were really nice, big, and majestic. I like the architecture very much. In the evening we rushed back to Dungun to have dinner with her aunt. Finally we ate Chinese food. I mean, Chinese food, outside in the restaurant in Terengganu. Suddenly it seemed special to me.
Terengganu museum
in front of june's uchi
The next day we went to Melaka after having breakfast at the pasar with June’s aunt. Then we went for some ss photoshoot session along the benteng. Although it’s not surprising to find only ONE pork selling shop in Dungun, it’s still very interesting, seeing a small stall located beside a Chinese Community Hall.

Chinese community hall
with june's aunty
Mel didn’t follow us to Melaka so it left three of us taking 9 hours bus to Melaka. It was a freaking long hour travel, luckily the bus was comfortable, and unlike the one we took to Terengganu, lousy double decker. Titan came and picked us for dinner then to his house for the few nights stay.
an air-coned toilet in segamat. 30 cents worthed.
Titan brought his friend, Lynette to bring us around Melaka town, had chicken rice ball as breakfast and.visiting all kinds of museum and buildings. Among all old buildings I like St Paul’s Church the most, it’s so magnificent. Then in the evening we had cendol beside a graveyard. Not, beside, but stepping right on the graves to have cendol. Interesting huh, to sell cendol at this kinda place. It was popular. At night we had satay celup as dinner then we went to the Eye On Malaysia. There were not many views, as there were not as many lights of the city. It would be much nicer if it was in KL. Then we went to the Jetty to have a drink and went to KTV in the end.
view from st. paul's hill

with lynette amy and park
Lynette wasn’t well in the morning the next day so three of us walked out ourselves. Titan’s place’s located right in the middle of the town; it’s convenient to walk to the historical town. Basically we went to the places that we went the day before because the photos taken in Park’s camera were spoilt so we went to St Paul’s church again to take picture then to Pahlawan Mall to get his camera fixed. I was glad that we walked, we saw many things that we didn’t noticed on the car ride the day before. I was in awe with the architecture of the old buildings. They’re so beautiful.
on a boat ride along melaka river

This morning we took 11pm’s bus back to KL. I’m starting to miss Melaka’s food. Cendol… Chicken rice balls-which the taste was so much like Sibu’s.

before departing to kl
Am very grateful for June, Titan and their families’ hospitality. =)

ConneXion

ConneXion student conference in First Baptist. an event which amazingly i managed to put everything behind and focused in it.

There were four sessions, first on Friday night and three others on Saturday afternoon and evening and night.:P

The first session went with Marilyn, SeJung, SiRui and of course, Billie. There was ...pre-worship music?... then later praise and worship by Dan Carson and his team, it was awesome. He did it for three sessions, it created such a comfortable atmosphere that got me think of nothing but sing. I dozed off a lil bit during the sermon, my fault, was too tired. Jason, a student pastor preached about 'What does Jesus mean to you?' He did raised a question, which left us thinking...thinking...

The second session went with SeJung. Billie joined the pre-worship music. Then there's Dan Carson's p&w, then Jason's second sermon, on 'the authentic trasfomation'. It was short but concrete, then we moved on to the third session at two thirty, the breakout session. There were two slots where we could chose from 7 topics. Later there was Q&A session by Jason. He answered a number of questions which most of us were interested in. I wished we had more time on that. The sessions were good, i was reminded again of my role as a Christ believer, yes.

Then it was dinner. We went to Amcorp Mall with Candis. I ordered a nasi goreng kampung, and it was the first time i wasted food, i mean, really wasting. I ate like, two 'mouth' of it and i could't eat it anymore. It was probably the most spicy nasi goreng i've had in a year here in kl. I was feeling guilty and yet so helpless that my tongue was ruined.

After dinner we had the last session at seven thiry, damansara connexion did the pre-worship and it was nice. Then we had the second Q&A session with Rodney, the church pastor and three other 'elders/student leaders?'. Then the p&w worship with Dan Carson, the third and last time for the conference, man he can sing any songs~ Six times and a half of 'George Washinton Bridge' can be made a song. And he sang one song with a speed that (i dun really get what he sang~). Later it was Jason's preaching again. Two quotes that i would like to share with you, by Jason:

"Everyone wants to be a part of GREATNESS."
"Stand up for God, even if you have to stand ALONE."

The second quote means a lot to me, a great challenge, that needs a lot of sacrification. Then he did a calling for us students to respond to HIM, the one who is there from the beginning to the end.

Then we dismissed.

Then i started to feel a sense of missing.

Ok we should not depend too much on feeling since it won't last. And it's time to start wrapping the messes that i created in my life, for the past few weeks, and live for Christ. It'll be a start and never an end.

Discipline, Faith, and most of all, LOVE.

Thanks to Billie who ajak us to the conference and Kevin, Candis and not forgetting, Martin who drove us to and back from the Church. =D


The first night with SeJung, SiRui, Marilynn and the photographer, Billie.

Jason, the main speaker from the States, he brought along 20(if i'm not mistaken) young people with him, all of them nice and friendly.

Steven (from North Carolina and has a pair of very beautiful eyes, the first guy i talked to in church that at first i was so...Shy i guess...) and Alice (from erm, which part in Sabah already?, speaks Cantonese fluently and it's nothing like what KL people speaks, it's very Hong Kong-nized, and her English is like, very Chinese, i mean China, that makes me thought she came from China~, a very nice God-loving girl :P).

With Billie and Candis before leaving for (home).

Terquins

Clinic
Sneeze Cough Tear
Gloomy

Badminton
Jump Hit Pick
Exhilarated

Lecture
Listen Fish Jot
Dull

Nando
Chew Drink Chat
Gratified

MidValley
Seek Eye Pay
Expensive

SS week

Namely, Sick and Sports week.

First it's me. Then there're my roomies. Ah Hui was the worse, cough then fever, fever then cough, repeatedly for a few days. Ah Jing cough. And me was unstable, fever, cough and cold. Darn virus bastard. Lucky it started to ease after thursday. Thank God. Everyone seemed to get better. Sorry roomies me was a big virus.

Virus go away!!!
Three times of badminton this week. Need tonnes lot of improvement. One of my happy sports that i won't stop playing until i'm too weary. A huge contrast playing between guys and gurls. Hmm....

Hiking this morning to Hutan Pendidikan at Jalan Gasing. Just realized that there's an oasis in town. Hill, trees, trails (not to mention UM jungle). Shame on me telling Lesles and Anna to be prepared by 6.30 and i was the one who woke up after that time. It's challenging, expecially for me who has little stamina, to climb up the stairs need a hell lots of energy, more than the amount i used in playing badminton for a week. I was (i think many were, except some guys who're fit although they don't look fit...really can't judge a book by its cover) nearly fatigue when we reach the end of the trail. Phew, out of the 'jail',leg nearly patah (although it hardly took an hour for the whole journey ><).

Saw many dogs today. In fact it's the first time i see dogs on the street, and each of good breed. 'Branded' man! I dunno their breeds-- two were as tall as a ten year old kid, and many furly cute doggies. Hope to have a tall 'musculine' doggie too sometime in the future.=)

Lesles as usual a big wide smile=D

Cat and Dog walking, we were on our way back, yay.