No longer a mystery

Holidays are ways too short for me. T.T However, one week is better than no holiday at all. ^^

Northern part of peninsular Malaysia has always been a mystery to me. It could be that I am in southern region for my whole life. Beside, traveling from south up to north is a long distance. I pity my father for driving 3 to 4 hours. I am only allowed to drive between Nilai and Malacca. -.-' So do not blame me for not helping out in driving. However, he brought me to drive on old trunk road where heavy vehicle is the king of the road. Yup, this is more challenging! See the way I 'drift'. LOL.

Panjang lebarnya...... my intro ( my blog leh, I like la! )

I was in Ipoh, Perak darul Ridzuan on the 24th to 26th. ^^

The town that is famous of its delicious local food. To add something interesting on top of that, I feel that Ipoh's girls are naturally beautiful. ( ahem, ask beng hui and geng yi. )

After planning one month before the day comes, the day finally comes. The original plan was, vivien, xiu mei, vincent and me will spend our holiday together in Ipoh cum care group outing. I think it was pretty cool ~~~ But sadly in the end vivien couldn't make it. Never mind, we'll go for another one.

Here we goes off to Ipoh~~~~ and sing the song, Ipohmali~~~~~

Xiu mei and me departed from inti at 2.10pm. The whole journey took us around 1.5 hours. We are supposed to meet vincent at Bukit Jalil Stadium. He was attending the 30 hours famine thingy where they fasted for 30 hours. Lo and behold, it rained suddenly. Wet! On top of that, we do not know which stadium to go. We walked around, a big round rather, under the shield of an umbrella to a Buddhist event! LOL! Sesat la! I thanked God that we managed to meet vincent because everybody is wearing the same t-shirt and it was so hard to identify. Off we go to have our dinner at 4.30 pm because this group of people have not eaten any solid food for the past 30 hours. Oh ya, in the end we got a free ride back to Ipoh. So all our effort of traveling under the rain sort of got paid off. ^^

We reached Ipoh around 8 something if I am not mistaken. We stayed in vincent's house. Thanks a lot our dear cg leader for letting us to stay in. We bathed, rested and watched the closing ceremony of Olympics too. LOL. We talked to his parents. Yea, they are friendly. A father with a smile. A soft-spoken mother. Xiu mei and me thought that we should learn to be like that too. Soft-spoken huh? Then, we went out mamak with his parents. How nice! We ordered tea, haha, got 2 colours and has mild ginger taste. I forgot the name. Talk and talk and talk. The clock showed it was almost 12. The night is still young I know but his mom needs to work tomorrow. So we had pillow talk in his house instead. ^^

Vincent is the one in spectacles. The rest are his church youth.

25th of Sept

Everybody overslept except me. -.-' I think it was because I couldn't sleep well at night. ( no nid to feel bad vincent. ) We went out for breakfast at old town and sight seeing. We went to clinic too! Nola, we waited in the car while his dad go and get mc. We had white coffee, yong tau fu, zhu jeong fan. Sorry no pics. Hmm.... Not bad. Nice! Taste almost the same as Malacca food except for white coffee. Not sure what they added into the coffee. O.o

Koleksi perkahwinan... geng yi is it this shop?

Breakfast here. "The best white coffee in old town"

Branch of Sg. Kinta

Xiu Mei and me

Then.......we went home. Well, nature's call for all of us at the same time! LOL.

Next --> kek lok tong

Cave! Yes! Cave! Beautiful indeed! It is none other than the great work of our Creator! The Maker of heaven and earth. The cave was somehow converted into a temple. The characters of journey to the west is here too! I will let the pictures to do the talking.

How tiny are we!
Chris Tomlin: " How great is our God. Sing with me how great is our God. ~~~"

Double chin T.T

Inside this cave, there is a beautiful garden. Praise God of His handiwork!

Raindrops falling on my head! It is mineral water from the cave. Slippery floor!

Really never expected there is such a beautiful view in the cave.

The lilies of the valley, the bright and morning star.

Next --> Tortoise pond

We saw iguana! Big one! Those stray dogs were running for their lives! Watch!

Then we went one round without seeing the sign of tortoise. So we started calling out Master Ougui!

That's a parrot not tortoise xiu mei. lol.

Mating..... We watch that for like 15 minutes. Curiosity is the first step of learning sometimes...

watulookinat!

Next--> Duck rice

A bit similar to the the shop in taman merdeka, Malacca where my primary school classmate is the chef. We went to get heong peng in a shop a few doors away.

Next --> Nap time

Human needs rest right?

Next --> Evening session

Fill our empty stomach by searching cendol which couldn't find and ended up in a mamak stall where we got slaughtered. T.T It was drizzling already. NO......... We are going to a park for a walk!!! In the end, we did went to park but too bad it was raining. We sat in a car and bought a bowl of cendol from a random seller.

It was almost dinner time already. This guy bermegah-megah want to show us his primary and secondary school and the town. This was the part where xiu mei had to really scream and shout for food. Hey, that was no ordinary screams and shouts! I closed my ears to protect my ear drum while vincent suffered because his hands were on the steering.

Next --> Lou Wong ( Dinner )

Nga Choi Gai! Bean sprouts here are crunchier, fatter and bigger! Chilies here are spicier! Well done! I like! And hor fun too!

Tourists shop. Tourists price. Never get conned.

Next --> Visiting (sherene)

My father asked me to check whether his Sunday school's teacher is still there. Yes, she is still alive! LOL. The world is so small. Her husband is currently a speaker in RBS. Hohoho! So to say I met up with her husband without knowing that his wife was my father Sunday school's teacher. LOL. We joined in young working adults prayer meeting in Elim Gospel Hall. Yay yay! More food to eat!

Next--> Visiting (xiu mei)

Meet church's friends before she flies off to UK.

Next --> Back to vincent's house at 12 for we are all good girls and boy.
Another pillow talk session.

26th of Sept

Breakfast at one of the shop. Try out variety of local chinese food.

Next --> Kellie's Castle

This is the part where he went sesat! -.-'

We passed by 2 rows of abandoned shop houses where people practiced black magic sometime ago. Imagine if you pass by at night! Wooo~~

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When heat and mosquitoes attacked sherene.........zzz

On the way back, we had cendol.

Next --> Some shop

Lunch

Next --> Bus station

Thanks a lot vincent. You're good boy, good host and good person. ^^
Thanks xiu mei for coming along. You're good good and lovely lovely person. ^^

Changed

I am a changed person.

Thanks to Un. Andrew who had helped me out.

I have been praying over this matter day and night without ceasing and faithfully. Right now, God kept His promise and had provided me a way out.

I just have to play my part. Trust. Faith. Discipline. Hardworking. Do my best. Priority.

I guess I will not post, ok, maybe less emo-ed study blog that frequent anymore. It is because I know I can manage it with the help from above. I have extra power!

I skipped

Problem:
-I skipped class! 3 days in a row! All 8 am class!
( This is my free class, so no attendance will be taken. )

Causes:
-De-motivated to go to class and listen all over again the same thing.
-New classmate ( I have problem socializing? )

Finding:
-I do not have the motivation to attend class but I have the motivation to study. ( Does it sounds right to you? )

Recommendations:
-Do not attend class at all since I have already listen once through. However, what if I missed something important like exam area for this sitting?
-Going to class only when there is a need? Like to ask question or to listen only that specific chapter.

Conclusions:
-Loss
-I don't know
-Others will have bad impression on me for skipping class every now and then. Not all. Those who had fail before will understand how I feel.

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I blog a lot this month. I need to write it down. I need to tell it to someone. It's better than to throw tantrum on people. Right Sherene? Yea.

The road to passing is full of obstacles, it is thorny, it is obnoxious, it is long, it is drying, it is definitely not a good path to trod on.

Right now, I can only think of one verse.

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God." Mark 10:27

Father, may Thou remove all the stumbling block that is preventing me to move forward. It is because all things all possible with thee that I decided to put my trust in thee. Help me to move on rather than being bothered by all these lies than the devil is trying very hard to inject into me. Help me to believe that this time round of exam is indeed passable for I trust only in thee. Amen!

The answer is ... ...

The intensity of restlessness is arising...

Besieged by the fact,
that I have to cut down my time with friends, activities, computer,
in order to get a pass in exam.

Saddened by the isolated life,
that I'm about to travel on,
to get a pass in exam.

I get emo easily nowadays......

Overcoming my unbeliefs,
by faith.

Motivate myself,
by knowing that Jesus is running this race with me.

I need to get rid of this 4 papers by this sitting!!!

3 or 4 ???

Here comes result from the second sitting of ACCA.

One passed! Two down!

Well, I'm still at peace. It could be because I've expected it to be this way.

So, you see? It is not that I was being pessimistic but prudent!

Prudent is one of the accounting concept, which means making the best possible judgment.

Ever since the examination ended in June, I have actually been thinking about it.
Things like how many paper to enroll next semester, what if this paper fail, what subject should I drop and what should remain, etc.

I guess somehow you know it yourselves of your performance in exam, provided you are honest enough with yourselves. However, this is not always the case as there might be some other factor.

So, my plan is to do 4 papers. I have been praying about this matter over the last 2 weeks. There are still no clear answer/direction. Exam fees will only need to be submitted next month.

Let us compare the pros and cons of taking 3 and 4 papers.

3 papers
Pros:-
-Less stress, less hectic.
-Have more time for lots of things.

Cons:-
-It would be my second times attempting this papers and thus it is a waste of time for me to push forward one papers.
-De-motivated. Listening to the same lecture all over again.

4 papers
Pros:-
-The mentality of " When you know that you don't have enough time, you won't waste too much time on unnecessary activities."
-As all 4 papers are my second attempts, it will take a shorter time for revision and have time to go through one more round.

Cons:-
-Extra load of stress. Not many people will do 4 papers in one go.
-A seriously serious study timetable and attitude is needed.
( Nerd? )

Both have their pros and cons.

So? How?

The answer is,

-To be confirmed-

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Take a kit-kat, take a break!
Overly active thinking mind will make you go cuckoo!

Downcast

My name appears in mgcboleh.blogspot.com. Thanks hwei for remembering. Yes, hwei. I miss you too! I remembered such reunion that I've attend was during chinese new year time, where it was drizzling and we share the warmness of each other in McDonald, Jaya Jusco, Melaka. That is all! Once only. I've missed so many opportunity of meeting up with this group of people. I hope I do not feel stress this time meeting up with this group of people. I do not know what caused me to stress. I remembered last time I felt the stress of not meeting up for long time. Then came geng yi to help me to de-stress by asking me why am I looking so stress. Such one simple question is enough to blow off my stress spirit. =)

Lots of things are bothering me recently. I must admit that I am disturb by all this. God seems to be silent. Or am I the one that is not silent enough before Him? Or is it just excuses? Where is my faith? My childlike faith that God desires. What causes my faith to fade and ebb away? I am still clinging on to Him though. I have not gave up on God yet. I hope I'll never. Painful experiences and disappointments in life somehow seems to pull me back instead of going forward. Life gets tougher but I am not toughen up.

Okie. Result will be out in 14 days time. Again, unless miraculous happens. Or else...... ( I am not the kind of person that longs for miraculous sign, don't worry people. )*sigh*

I need divine motivation and passion! For simple thing like going to class for second time for the same subject throughout this semester! Going through the same thing all over again ain't an enjoyable thing. I admit that I do not know how to help myself anymore in this area. Everyday I would just pull myself out of the bed for class. At times, I just couldn't pull myself up. God, help!

*I attended passion KL 2008. That doesn't mean I can be passionate overnight. Or revival happen overnight. Over one concert.*

What about dad's job? No job = no money.

Mom salvation? Will she ever comes into the kingdom of God?

My area of service? I do not want to serve blindly. I want to serve productively. But so far it seems to be ok.

I guess this post would be counted as the downcast of the author. This author needs to learn to live by faith, more faith, much faith and a lot a lot of faith from the ever faithful God.