Mission Melaka Gallery

finally got the mission trip photos from Joshua our photographer, so here are some of the best pictures from the mission trip! (in terms of their interesting-ness.) haha

eunice was caught sleep-eating.

Ivan is confused!

Ivan is angry!

Ivan is naughty!

naughty boys get punished severely.


Joanne is constipated!

Joanne is tired from the constipation, but relieved its over

pronounced: Da-oon. the little boy trapped in adult's body.

its rude to stare at people eating, but Kenneth is too smitten to care.

poor phoebe... she was left all alone at one side to be emo.

Phenry sleeps while the rest are working

and is filled with energy after that!

Joshua loves photography, and of course camwhoring too!

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and now for the picture of the day......

Clement having a romantic time beside clear blue waters with the MYFC auntie! so sweet!

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haha. just kidding! below is the original picture.

dont know what theyre admiring.. heh.

-random

ahh, the projects are finally starting to die down. the busiest period is over, and only 1 more project and 3 assignments is left to do, until its time to study for the exams. its been a rather... interesting semester i would say. firstly cause of the whole stretch of busyness which carried on since like the 3rd week of the semester, over the holidays and until now. inevitably, this new situation has caused some change in me. for better or for worse, thats subjective.

i used to be an afternoon person, with my peak of performance in mid afternoon until dinner time. but now all these project madness has forced me to burn midnight oil on many days. not only that, my group mates are all night birds who start work at 10+ and go on till 2+.. and since its a group effort, i have to adapt to their timing especially when discussion is needed. going to bed at 12 like i used to last semester would give them the impression that im slacking, cos im sleeping while they work. of course, the timings for lessons dont change, so im only left with less sleep time everyday. but after having only have an average of about 6.5 hours of sleep for a few weeks, i now find myself being better able to cope with the lessened sleep, with it having less effect on my performance. and when i do get just 8 hours of sleep (which was my average last time), i feel so much better. its like my body has been trained to make more out of every minute of sleep. its such a great ability, for it means i have more time everyday.

sometimes it may take a toll on me, but the sleepiness always goes away if i force myself awake until the drowsy haze is over. then sickness symptoms may arise, but they always dont last, even if i dont rest well after that. its been a really long time since i was sick enough to need an MC. more than a year... thanks be to God.

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i realised, people everywhere often actually dont know what they want before they go into it. dont know what field they wanna work in next time, which school to go to, which options to pick. and they just make a choice because they have to, or choose those choices that will give them more time to make a more restricting decision. and so many ppl waste a lot of time because of their indecision, or they may choose but regret their choice later, and change here and there, even to a totally different field. and it happens to people everywhere. but i do understand how they feel. its the trait of youngsters nowadays - avoiding making commitments. and it aint doing us justice most of the time.

and so i find of myself; i can get the hang of a lot of things rather easily, but it seems i never become a master at any of them. i cant think of anything that im really good at. i still dont have an idea what i wanna do next time, even after ive greatly narrowed my choices by joining this specialised tourism course... i can still break out of it. recently my parents have identified for me what profession would suit me best. im slightly convinced, but with much doubt nevertheless. ill just wait and see what opportunities may come to confirm it.

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the latest version of dota has come out recently.. 6.58b... and it im getting rather fed up with Icefrog. the Undying has been changed totally, for the worse! there goes my 2 favourite farming heroes (KOTL and undying)... the new KOTL stuff may be of some good, but how good can it be without Ignis Fatius?! theres now no more nice to use farmers.

and look at the new heroes thats been coming up.. the clockwerk goblin, windrunner and the lame Kunka.. all not nice to use. their abilities are rather unique, but they just dont go well together, i feel. and so it makes the hero very rojak and not nice to use. put in new heroes if he may, but i wish he'd stop touching the old ones! Icefrog has been slacking on his standards man... he must be getting old.

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i have recently picked up on FB holdem poker again, and my pot is steadily growing. been on an unlucky streak for some time, losing away my daily allowance, but now things are getting better. what made it better? - by playing in a lower bid table.
through playing holdem i have found out that im quite impatient and dare to take risks. i dont have the patience to keep waiting till i get a real good combo, and meanwhile staying out all the time. losing these worthless virtual chips dont cost me anything, but it gives me a good feel of the gambling experience. and even more so now, i know i would not want to gamble in real life, after experiencing how my fortune could just go down the drain on one wrong move. i still retain strong interest in many card games... so long as it doesnt involve real money.

i should better prepare myself well before going into forex, which i plan to soon...

Time is up

Something i have been trying to search into, and now the situation dawned on me - my time is up... i have crossed over and never able to return. i have now become too old to be cared for by older peers (like those less than 10 years older). i no longer have anyone pay attention to me, monitor my well being, check on how im doing, show care and concern, share experiences, give advice and guidance to ensure my growth. instead, i have now become one of the 'older ones' and i have to care for the younger ones. i had my time, but i wasted that opportunity. now its over, too late to treasure it.

its like when im young i get hongbaos all the time. then suddenly i got married, and now i no longer get hongbaos but have to give hongbaos instead. but while i was still young, i stayed at home all the time and didnt go out to get my hongbaos while i still could.
its not that i have no money to give hongbaos, but the hongbaos received contain a different currency that is priceless.

now at this age, the source of these would normally come from the fellow older peers of around the same age. but these bonds ought to have been built in the younger years, perhaps with the help of the then-elders. but once again, its too late and its gonna be much harder now.

how i wish i could re-live the 'hongbao' times, and made so much more from my opportunity. Now the past cant be forgotten, for it will keep coming back to haunt me with regret. Not because of what i done, but what i didnt do.

update 8/1

Think while you still have me, act while you still see me. you'll be sorry when i'm gone.

part of some song lyrics. gives me a reminder of all those less fortunate people in the community who are struggling with daily life, and more importantly the lost, unsaved souls that we see around us. time is of essence, and they wont have all the time in the world to wait for us to save them. we are going on mission trips to help the needy in material needs, but what they need much more is the spiritual need. we actually dont need to go far to find these needy ones. or they may not even know they are in need. what i need now is opportunities. right now my schedule looks favourable to go for the mission trip in june. staying hopeful!

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last night, i had great fall. shall not say how it happened, just that a few more seconds and i could have met a road accident. my laptop in my bag was the cause of my fall, but it made up for it by breaking my fall (with the help of books) so i didnt really injure other parts of the body except my knee which hit the ground before my bag. and so i ended up with a really swollen knee which cant bend, which also means i have to limp with a straight leg.

today i had project meeting before lessons. woke up late, had to rush off, limped to the bus stop, and just missed bus.
i was sure gonna be late, so i decided to take taxi. there was some ppl in front, the cab came very soon but i let them take it cos theyre there first. the next several minutes, many cabs drove past, but all hired.
then one available one came by, but it was a special model that i didnt recognise as a taxi until it went away.
then the bus came again, and i decided to take it. i hurried after it, and it just ignored me because it was packed full! my patience was expiring and i was already late...
i went back to the taxi area. then 2 vacant cabs came by and i thought finally i can get a cab. but to my exasperation, they both went past me and stopped to pick up those passengers waiting behind me! i couldnt believe it..
a few minutes later the alternate bus finally came, and though it would take a longer ride than cab, i didnt care, i was already late anyhow.
and i took the bus ride, was fortunate this time when the transfer bus came immediately. still, in the end i arrived 20mins late.
my group mates specifically told me not to be late for the meeting before that, and i was preparing to get scolded.
but hey, God will bring you out of the messes that He puts you in.
so guess what... except for the girl who wont scold me, the rest were all even later!!
so i just keep quiet and they wont know what time i arrived. haha.
God has a good sense of humor i can see. and through this i guess He is teaching me to be to practice punctuality and making allowances for all these things that could happen. its about time.

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yesterday when i went to my groupmate's house for projects, we all went to use her faulty weighing scale to measure our weights. apparently, they said that when measured on that scale, they became lighter by 1 or 2kg. So then i have been wanting to weigh myself for a long time cos i havent weighed myself ever since i moved house and the weighing scale got left behind. i really felt like i had gained weight since, have been eating more and stuff, but to my surprise, the scale showed the same weight as last measured ... which means i actually lost weight! oh man, now i think theres something wrong with me.

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this is the first time ever that i have had a total of less than 24 hours of sleep within the past 5 days. but i am surprisingly able to survive through and stay awake and do my work, and without falling sick. the first sign symptom is coming up though.. sore throat. tonight is the time to recover my lost sleep... i hope.

The first post

first post of the year.. coming a week after the new year. this time no nice number like the 30th post after the first year, 80 after the second. this is the 136th post. wow i actually posted the most for last year during the time between blog birthday and year end. but i know many ppl have over hundred posts a year.

Today is the last day of Christmas! so before i wont have the chance to say it anymore till december... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
which reminds me i still have 2 christmas cards not given out...

new start to school? wasnt so. just a time of projects which lasted since last term, over the holidays, and carry on till now and for the next few weeks. but i really like it that my group spread it out like that, so we dont have the crash course torment like last semester. we really did have lots to do and needed to hurry, but i can feel i have more breathing time this time.
im really growing to like my new project group. Thanks be to God.

The new jym committee.. consists of the same members as last year. only some people resigned, no new ones. i heard its because there was over-recruitment last year so now it has to cut down by not taking in new ppl. oh well... looks like ill never get my chance till i reach 20 and become an adult... i guess it wont matter much. service and empowerment is not restricted to the committee. all they have over me is a title and ascripted authority. i can still contribute, maybe more than them, just that i dont get recognition, which i dont need anyway.

one of the things i really want to achieve this year in my spiritual walk, is to be able to hear God's voice and confidently know that it is from God. sometimes the things i hear is just nonsensical. sometimes it makes sense but things turns out opposite. and many answers cant be found in the bible. its just so frustrating when these things happen. well i have to get in tune, somehow.