A little bit from me, from Korea

It has been days since I got access to the internet! Oh I'm in Korea now btw. Korea has been great to me by far, I'm loving this place. Its outskirts scenery reminds me a lot of NZ's. I'm missing that place a lot more now, well more of the memories that I had over there =)

So back to Korea, I had heaps of korean food for the past 3 days! I'm starting to get sick over it @.@ I am craving for some good western food now, maybe I should head down to the McD downstairs now, hehe. Any way, I just did a tonne load of damage on my pocket today. More on clothes, to be more specific. Thank God I can still fit into their "S" sizes, I guess those workout do pays off (a little). Initially, I thought that I'm going to get lost of make up stuff here, but the prices are about the same and there isn't much to buy for. Maybe I haven hit the right place, just yet. I'm looking forward to do more shopping tomorrow~~ The tour guide says that there will be more to come. Woo Hoo!

OH! I've also had my first public bath experience here. Every one is sooo naked. Seriously, the public bath covers 3 level, and the ladies can get naked from level 1 and walk freely all the way up to level 3. Talk bout self conscious. The thing bout public bath is that you are expected to be cleaned thoroughly before entering their common hot pool. Since I was alone, I was feeling rather clumsy in there. I couldn't get the shower head to work, and I only got cold water to work with. It was really cold... I didn't get into the hot pool in the end thought. I know, after all the troubles, why not right? The thing is that I had a bit of time constrain there, I need to be out a certain time. So no choice lo.

I think I'll start uploading all the pics from Korea, only when I get home. So if you are curious bout my experiences here, do check out my Facebook albums. Mean while, do enjoy this little song that I'm sharing here.

Thank you =)

I knew my voice was trembling, my words weren't right and my hands were shaking. It might even be one of the worst presentation that they had heard by far. Still, having some one walk out and making a second purchase (just an hour earlier) after hearing my presentation, makes it the best presentation I've ever given.

So big thank you for the encouragement! =)  

就让我这样到老

Watch "林宥嘉 - 傻子 (電影｢愛LOVE｣主題曲) 官方版MV" on YouTube

Much needed holiday

Just 3 more days to go. Business class seats, private tour, family time. Korea, I'm coming.

The Great Commission

16Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.  17And when they saw him they gworshiped him, but some doubted.  18And Jesus came and said to them, h“All authority iin heaven and on earth has been given to me.  19jGo therefore and kmake disciples of lall nations, jbaptizing them min1 nthe name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  20teaching them oto observe all that pI have commanded you. And behold, qI am with you always, to rthe end of the age.” Matthew 28: 16-20 This is the studied verse at Cell today. Isn't it great to know that, our Lord knows all the things that we are going to face (before its going to happen), by telling us that He will be with us, till the end of the age?  Sometime, we take rejection too personally when people do not accept it when we try to spread the gospel to them. It is important to know that it is Jesus, that they are rejecting. Do keep in mind, that even if they do not accept Him at that very moment, you had sow a seed in them. It may not be your role to harvest the seed, but by making sure that the seed is sowed, is as important as well. So take heart, and keep spreading the news! You never know when the next person you talk to bout Christ, is the one that requires you to harvest the seed.

Husband, where are you?

The verse of the day is:

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,” -Ephesians 5:25-26

Husband, where are you?

Balancing

Lately, I find it really hard to balance between family, work and social life. My work is taking up most of my weekend, again. Sigh, I felt like I'm back to working in Melacca all over again. Just that this time, I am closer to home and I can actually not work like 11 hours a day. Then again, with all the ongoing exhibitions and roadshow draining my energy, I felt like a walking zombie in the office. After work, I can only lie on the couch and watch TV. I couldn't find the strength to do any thing else, maybe the TV is the main culprit. Oh well, I guess I should be spending time on the things that are really worth my time.

Things to balance for:

• church, stop accepting so many exhibitions and roadshow 
• cell group, keep it up.
• family (my brothers are back for holidays), make more time for them.
• exercise, mornings and before dinner
• work, no staying late and also no phone calls after work.
• social, get some girlies to go out or at least go camping once a month. (I am so addicted to camping now)

Keep me in your prayers! 

*THE POWER OF PRAYER*

*THE POWER OF PRAYER*

Moments before I was to walk down the aisle my soon to be mother in law came in the dressing room where my bridesmaids and I were all gushing with giggles and fluttering about finishing last minute details.

“Sweetheart, your groom has called for you!”.

In a nervous tizzy I said, “What?! I’m not ready! I have to get my shoes and…” She had already taken my hand and led me to a corner, where my groom was waiting. I barely sat down; I was filled with so much anticipation! So much excitement! So many nerves!

“Is he going to like my dress? Does my hair look pretty? Can he see me?!”

Right around the corner sat my soon to be husband, I so was nervous he might see me yet secretly hoping to catch a glimpse of him. In my excited state I was the first to speak,

“Hi sweetie! We’re getting married today!”

“I know baby and I want to pray with you before we do.”

There we sat around the corner hand in hand, and together we bowed our heads. People were rushing about; the wedding coordinator directing people here and there, the photographers snapping photos and the bridal party enjoying each others company. Yet in that moment, in the quietness of our hearts and minds, my husband and I were alone in the presence of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

My husband prayed that God would bless our marriage, that through thick or thin together we would never lose hope in one another. That instead of focusing on each others imperfections we would always rely on Christ’s perfection. That we would wake up every day and chose to love one another not through our own strength but by the power of Christ’s perfect love.

With our hands clenched tightly to one another together we said “Amen”, both with shaky voice and just like that I was whisked away to blot the tears off my face and put on my veil.

After my bridesmaids, mother, mother-in-law and every other girl in the room had finished zipping, curling, tucking and blushing me up I looked in the mirror. There I stood wearing my pure white wedding dress, ready to walk down the aisle to my Prince Charming.

See, he is not only my Prince Charming because of his incredibly handsome looks, or wonderful humor, or the fact that we have so much in common. He is my Prince Charming because he helped me protect the most precious gift that I owned, my purity.

Soon after we had started dating I nervously told my Prince that I was a virgin and planned to be until the night of my wedding; to which he replied he would have it no other way.

Throughout our dating relationship and engagement we constantly fought, what at times felt like a losing battle. We fought temptation with prayer, scripture and accountability. I had friends checking up on me if they knew we were together late at night and he regularly met with other Godly men to pray for strength. At times, especially as the wedding grew closer, we thought we were attempting to do the impossible.

“Why are we doing this?” I would ask in my weakness, and he would remind me, that it’s because God had told us too.

“I can’t do it, I can’t… this is too hard!” he would confess to me and I would pray for his strength.

When I walked down the aisle in my white dress, I looked straight into the eyes of the man that had laid himself down to protect and honor the wife that God had given him.

When his eyes first caught mine he looked into the face of the woman that had waited for him, the woman that would support him and love him for the rest of His life, through good times and bad.

I share all of this because in that prayer we prayed, which was captured here on camera we asked the Lord to use our wedding to bring Him all of the glory that He rightfully deserved. We had not gotten where we were by our own strength, but by His hand of protection on our relationship.

God has used this photo to inspire hundreds of thousands of people already and for that we are humbled and honored! I wanted to take it a step further and give God praise and thanks for how we arrived at that quiet corner, holding hands and ready to begin our lives together. 

So what's next?

I put away every photos saved in my lap top into the hard disc, every single memories for the past 5 years with you. I believe that I don't need them there any more.

I deleted your label off my gmail account, changed all the password that have you name in it.

So what's next? 

Enlightenment

Situation: I was told by my best friend that E didn't really give her a good impression of him. She felt that the way he talked to me was rather mean. She thought that it was just her, but after the meeting, her bf actually told her the same thing too. When I asked her why she is only telling me now, she replied that is because we had broken up. Back then, she was afraid that if she told me then, it will affect our friendship. I guess she knows how stubborn I was.

That makes me wonder, am I the kind of person who is so stubborn that my best friend is actually afraid of telling me the truth? I think is high time that I look at myself and see if there is some thing that those around me is afraid of telling me.

Apart from that, it also makes me wonder, was I so blinded by love that I could no longer see how E had been treating me? Or is that who he really is? I was feeling rather afraid after hearing what my best friend had got to say. I was afraid of being those woman out there, who is so blinded and allow their man to ill treat them. Was I becoming one of them? Where was my dignity?

She was right, something is wrong, but I wasn't able to put my finger at it still. I don't think is just the way he talk to me. Any way, it had been months since we part ways, and I hardly remember what was the reason any more. There isn't a point talking bout it now. I just want to move on.

My first camping experience in Malaysia

I got my first camping experience here in Malaysia! It was a holiday last Saturday, so I thought is a good time to get out of town for a change. To make it better, camping in the forest  =) It wasn't my idea to begin with though, it was my cousin sister idea. I never knew she likes to go camping, it kind of shock me when she proposed it =p Any way, cut the story short, a few planning here and there and the day came.

Before we start heading into the forest, we stopped by to get some last minute shopping and bought ourselves some lunch. It took us a total of 5 hours to get to our camping site. There were a total of 6 checkpoints before we got to the campsite. That's good because it really give someone with low stamina, like me, a break in between the hike. The boys were gentleman to offer to take the heavier bags and let the girls to take the lighter one. Thank God for them! Throughout the walk, it reminds me a lot of the trek I did in Abel Tasman. The experience was essential as it helps prepare me mentally and all the equipment that was needed for this trip. The walk isn't easy though. It started off with lots of uphill, so by the time we hit the 6th checkpoint, we were all drained out. To make it worse, the path gets narrow and even more challenging between the 6th checkpoint and the campsite. Thankfully, we did made it and it  sure feel good being surrounded by real trees instead of being in a concrete jungle. Since we got there pretty late, the good spots were taken. We ended up at the far end of the camp site.

Upon reaching the campsite, we started to unpack and set up the tent first and then follow by making dinner. There were this used BN banner at the campsite, since we forget to bring a picnic blanket so we took it to use as one. Dinner was macaroni with cheese mushroom sauce (from mushroom sauce powder, we just made it thicker). Our source of water is from the river, but we didn't bought any thing to purifies the water. However we didn't have any choice, so we took the risk. I need to make note for that next time. Any way, dinner was very fulfilling. When I was doing the cooking, I accidentally spilled the pot and caused the stove to caught on fire! Me and my carelessness! Luckily, some one was quick enough to put it out. Haha, this is one of the highlight of the night.

It rained the night before, so we couldn't set up a camp fire near the tent. Luckily, we bought extra lamp along that last us through the night. We took turns, in pairs, to stay up through the night, just to keep a lookout for every one. We started at 12am and finish the century at 6am. I would say the night actually goes pass very fast. We talked, had Maggi for supper and played cards. We also need to keep boiling the water from the river for the next day. Before we knew it, our shift is over. There weren't any weird thing happened that night, thankfully. But I did prayed really hard for it. Haha, yes, I'm quite worried on that. I spread too much sulfur around the campsite too. So much so that, campers nearby actually complained bout us =p Any way, it wasn't that cold in the tent, just nice and warm. Since I forgot to bring a jacket, it sure feel chilly when we stay up outside to keep watch. I actually bring the whole sleeping bad out while I was staying up with every one. Need to make note of that for the next time round.

Morning came, and I was the first one to wake up. I am so used to waking up early that is difficult to sleep in. I went around with my camera and a walk down to the river. The sound of the water that flows down the river, the birds chirping and the clitter of insects, it was so peaceful and relaxing that makes me feel like staying there forever. I took a few pictures then and walked around for bout 15 min, before I said a little prayer to thank God for His protection and went back to make breakfast. Breakfast was scramble egg, left over mushroom soup with bread. YUM! We also had some uncooked Maggi left. I believe that is so much easier to take the food in our stomach than carrying them in my bag (not too much of course) =p

After breakfast is time to pack up. The boys went ahead to dig a hole to bury the rubbish while me and my cousin sister stayed to unpack the tent. Going back down was so much easier, but it hurt my knees a lot more. Maybe I should get some ointment ready next time? Any thoughts on this? We all manage to get home by 5pm that day. My body was literally screaming for rest by the time I reach home.A quick shower and proper dinner later, I head off for bed. It didn't take me long to doze off as soon as my head hits the pillow. So in general, this trip had been challenging but fun to me. I am looking forward to the next one now =)