impossible possibility

Why so downcast? O my soul!

2011-12-21T00:05:00.008+08:00

Because, there’s a mess up there.

Messy item 1: It is a sin to leave the office on time.

The punishment for this sin is mental torture. I often leave the office with guilty feeling, as though I have wronged against the company. Seriously, what is the big fuss here? I have finished my work for the day, there is no urgent work required, therefore I balik la… Why linger in the office for nothing? Come on, colleagues! Get a life!

Manager rationalizes the reason of staying back: You need to be seen together with the team. We do not know when the bosses will walk in to our workstation. So, arrange your time to stay back for some days.

Yada….Yada…. If I am the manager, I will encourage my staff to leave if there is nothing urgent. Your quality of work is sufficient to show that you are performing. Forget about staying back to impress your boss.

Messy item 2: Idle fats storage

Noticed weight gain of 1-2kg per year.

5 years x 2 kg = 10 kg = one size up. This is mind boggling!!!!

The main reason for weight increase is stress. Yea, ACCA is no joke. I lost many brain cells but I gain many fat tissues. No thanks! :( I EAT when I am stressed.

Stress is bound to haunt us on our way to success. There is little point in going on a diet if I cannot manage stress. How?

*Not happy in the office today. I ate chocolate.

Messy item 3: A friend name confidence is missing in action.

Where art thou?

I dearly miss thee.

Harken unto the cry of thy beloved, hasten and linger not.

There are 2 main causes that shooed my friend away, lack of knowledge and weight gain.

Messy item 4: Hatred (Sounds se-ri-ous!!)

I have tried to understand. I have forgiven countless time. I have taken steps to make improvement as commented and suggested. I have tried most of the things.

Still, that @#$^&*(^% manager is not satisfied. I JUST DO NOT GET HER.

I have pride problem I must admit and she noticed that because I seldom say ‘sorry’. I took her advice and make it a habit to say sorry, own up my mistake whenever it happens, because ‘sorry’ is a pleasant and magical word. Agree?

But guess what? There was a few times I say ‘sorry’ and her reply was: What ‘sorry?’

Hey woman! You make my ‘sorry’ sounds so cheap when in fact I sincerely apologize. Really don’t get her. Does she really need to push me to dead end?

Level of hatred: I do not want to be physically near her, like having lunch, take photo, only allowed work related conversation.

Unexplained pressure: As long as she is in her room, I feel pressured. Meaning I feel pressured every now and then. I have done nothing wrong but this feeling got stuck with me. *dislike this to the max*

Sigh

This is not the right atmosphere to end the year. Why la like that? Every morning, I ask myself: Why have to go work? :(

In search of solutions from the Almighty One.

Into the last quarter of 2011

2011-10-22T22:20:00.003+08:00

Burnt, choked, suffocated, stressed, lost, trashy, failure, giving up, worried, miserable, weariness, etc etc. List down all the negative adjective you know and that spell my current situation.

Now, really. Why can't this study matter get over? Why must it keep bugging me? I can't move on with life when I have incomplete papers tagging along.

It is never easy to do revision. The passion is fading, energy level is low, focus is not straight but temptation of the world seems attractive.

Oh God, how do I work and study at the same time. Will it work out this time? Will I complete the final 2 papers this time round? Will I see 2 passes in my result slip?

Oh God, I want to be a diligent employee. A person who does things best, accurate and just up to the expectation. But how? Sometime, I just do not know how. It is like a dead end, no solution. Worse, my immediate superior is the most difficult people to deal with in the company. The learning process is hard and I understand this. But God, this is way too hard for me to take on.

God, how? Show me, please.
God, how do I trade my sorrow with joy?
God, how do I live under stress?
How?
How?
How?

TT

June 2011

2011-06-19T09:05:00.010+08:00

*sneezes sneezes sneezes* I am having flu... T.T

I wonder what life has to offer. Or rather, what God has in store for me. At the moment, I am living a live of mediocrity. I am stuck in every aspect of life.

I sat for P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance this time round for ACCA examination. It was so hard. I could not finished it. To be rational, I do not think I will make it. Do note that this is the 3rd attempt for this paper. What the heck right?

Next, my salary is below market rate in Malaysia. A fresh grad with a degree qualification earns him/herself at least RM1,800.00. I am in the final stage - Professional level of ACCA and guess what? I do not even qualified for that amount. According to ACCA, which is known worldwide, a person who has completed Fundamental Level, which I did, is equivalent to a degree. I have exceeded that by passing more paper in Professional Level (completed 3 out of 5). I do not think I am asking too much if I am demanding more. Ok, I am staying with my dad and sister. Meaning I do not need to pay rental, dinner and grocery. Does that means I do not need the extra few hundreds? NO! It is my right to get more because I am qualified for it.

In order to be qualified as an chartered accountant, I need to submit Trainee Development Matrix(TDM). It is a document to file my working experience. I would need to answer many questions that is work based structured questions and not based on text book. I went through the questions a few days ago. In every performance objective, there are three questions to be answered. For most of the performance objectives, I cannot completely answer all three. That is because my current role does not allowed me to due to lack of appropriate exposure. I think I am deprived of career advancement. I need help on this. I am looking for appropriate people to advise and counsel me on this(filing of experience in TDM).

I am a parasit in church. I am not in a big church but I find it difficult to get involve in serving. This is not right. I am not sure what does it means. Could it be that I should have taken more initiative to approach people? I do not know.

It is hard to do devotion at home. At night, dad watched dvd or blasts jazz music. I understand his needs of relaxing after a tiring day of work. But what about me? My daily devotion is usually delayed till later part in the night when dad turns off those devices and goes to sleep. I sleepily read through the verses. Sometimes, I can not take it anymore and I will just head to the bed and sleep. How about devotion in the morning? Mind you, I have been trying since beginning of the year by waking up early but it did not happen. I just cannot pull myself up from the bed.

I am not obese but close to. I am gaining weight each year without failed. Honestly, part of my confidence and self-esteem give way to weight gain.

I am quieter nowadays due to several issues stated above. There are many issues to be dealt with in life. Some are easy, some are not. What I do hope is that I may go through this boldly and joyfully. I want to be able to embrace every new day with a smile.

One step at a time,
an issue at a time?

2011-06-02T22:36:00.001+08:00

What else can I say?
Sigh.

Sigh deeply...

:(

2010-11-13T22:13:00.004+08:00

A mother in law is not a monster in roar. Lol.

:)

Some of the points did struck me.
In what way?
I'm keeping it for myself at the moment.
:)

Oct'10

2010-10-23T11:48:00.007+08:00

1. It feels good to drop some words here. There was a storm last month and I decided to lay low. ( whoa, an escape criminal ar?) I am grateful that things are now in control as compared to last month, which means I should be appreciative and not take things for granted.

2. I joined the workforce 2 weeks ago and that makes me a newbie. :) I must say this is the work of God. It was another answered prayer. My office is situated near klcc. For transportation, it is foc as my dad's office is a few levels below my office. Friendly and helpful colleagues are important! (I am the youngest staff ^^) Staffs in finance division are all holders of professional qualification. Top management level are humble people. Too humble that you wouldn't think that they will join in to joke about the joke we joked over lunch. ( Sing: God is so good, God is so good...)

3. Job scope. The new things I did was issuing cheques. The rest are pretty much the same with the previous voluntary training stints for 2 months. However, I tend to screw up new opportunity given, those that I long for, by making mistakes. I wonder is it alright? During interview, the manager asked me what do I think of people making mistakes. I replied to err is human... How come I fail to see things from a broader perspective? Over and over again? This is rather sad and disappointing. It will look bad on my performance. How??? Come, o ye divine wisdom!

-> despite of all this, I still hope to prepare a full set of accounts one day.

4. I am having problem with finding the right time to study. Night time is a knock-off. Revision during lunch time in the office looks good though. :) Will try it out.

5. Talking about time, I need to adjust my quiet time as well. I want to take this to a new and meaningful level. A more productive time. So, rise early? (zzz...)

6. Currently working on building solid relationship with new people I met and the old ones to grow stronger and deeper.

7. Someone is turning 22 next month. :)

Note to self:
My post is full of words.
Words are important but I must not underestimate the power of pictures.
A picture speaks better than a thousand word.
Go and get a camera!
A digital cam or dslr?
$$$$$$$$$$
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2010-10-16T11:25:00.000+08:00

Oh no, no updates!

Ouch!

2010-08-23T23:45:00.008+08:00

Ouch! It hurts! Once again! It is even more hurtful this time because it happens once again.
But, every trial makes a person stronger.
Is that so?
Well, not for me,
for now,
at this moment,
at least.

I didn't make it to graduate. I didn't clear any paper I sat for last sitting either. That's bad!

In this situation, joining the work force is no longer a wise decision because I have 3 outstanding papers. Unless, I choose to postpone my studies. Another suggestion is that to do one paper at a time while working. Wait a minute! May I know which employer would be kind enough to give such a person a shot? Maybe. However, the job scope given wouldn't be the kind of job scope designed for graduate. Looking at my current job, which is temporary, I don't think it is getting me anywhere good. Ironically, I really hope I'm wrong when I say this. Am I too proud when I talk like that?

Next option is going back to class, with the same lecturers, same class jokes, same notes, same exercises, etc... unless, of course, I choose to go for different lecturer this time, which is allowed. The truth is, I don't have any space left in my heart to attend class.

Try another option, self-study. I would have to do it in kl. Malacca is not a good place, the study environment is just not conducive, especially with babies around! My family couldn't agree more with this statement. Self-study in kl means very less friends, no internet access, lesser entertainment due to lack of peers to hang out, etc... Aren't these 'the' criteria to go full force in studies? Come on people, be honest! I admit I feel lonely staying in such an environment.

So, what now? I need to decide fast! Registration for June sitting will be due by mid of next month.

The atmosphere is undeniably negative.

God, please guide!

notes from a soon to be stock buyer :D

2010-08-14T22:26:00.006+08:00

Interesting facts picked up from this course, EquitiesTracker.com. :)

Accounting is the language of business, you have to learn it like a language. You can't be comfortable in a country if you aren't comfortable with the language. To be successful at business you have to understand the underlying values of a business.

-Warren Buffet-

Want to meet Warren Buffet? You can meet him in his old school, University of Columbia, New York. Please pay USD$144000 to be his junior. You might be able to have meal with him when he visits his old school. :)

Buying stock is like buying a property, eg, a house. There are a lot of homework/research to be done before you acquire it.

Most of the investors in retail market get almost 0% return. So, if you want to gamble, please choose Genting. At least, the chance of winning is 30%.

2010-08-01T15:39:00.002+08:00

I finished a post with many words.
Then I click wrongly.
Hence everything disappear.
I don't think I'm going to retype it.

sien...

What holiday?

2010-06-25T00:14:00.011+08:00

Hey! I'm stressed! I'm in need of desserts! Preferable something chocolaty... :)

This is most probably my last long holiday before the next one comes many years later but here I am, being stressed over it. Sigh... Real sighness...Argh!!!

Attending classes, will no longer be my regular activity in the next few years, at least. No, I have not graduated. I'm waiting for the results of last 3 ACCA papers that I sat this early June at the moment which I think I won't make it. (prudent or pessimistic? you decide) However, I'll stay put in employment regardless of the outcomes. I would say I'm adamant on this aspect. Well, I think I'm in the category of getting bored of a student's life. It's end of June right now and my temporary job will commence next month in a small accounting firm belongs to my dad's gila friend ( that is how my parents call him okay? oh, my gila boss!) while looking for a permanent job. Where is my land of toiling then? Honestly, I'm open to many places. But seriously, where is it? I see nothing! :( Am I too rush in getting the answer? Maybe. A reminder to self: Things will only be beautiful if it happens in God's timing. Oh Lord, I need thy divine guidance!

Next, it is so hard to meet up with secondary school friends. Firstly, it is because of my undeniably weird holiday periods. Secondly, I'm bound by transportation. But friends are sweet enough to pick me up. :) Thirdly, clashes of activities. Fourthly, let me think. All of these obstacles teach me the value of friendship. A kind of relationship that is bonding rather than binding. I miss them so much! :( I have no choice but to skip this coming Sunday seaside gathering due to clashes of activity. I'm truly sorry for not joining again my friends. :( Please play/eat/dance to the fullest on behalf of me.

Talking about meeting up with friends, it's even harder to meet up with friends from Stamford College Malacca. Main reason? Cinderella must leave before the clock strike 12! But the party cannot start anytime earlier than that because most of the guests just cannot make it. One of my friend is getting marry. I want to meet up with her 'before it's too late!'

Weight management anyone? It's under construction for me. Gosh, temptation is so real! Why try so hard with my own limited ability? Do not I have a Almighty God?

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You know what?
I'm committing everything into God's hands.
And be thankful.

Not so mayhem after all but mayday is still needed

2010-05-22T09:09:00.009+08:00

I have too many things in mind. Some are important and some are just trivial matters. Once again I lost my word in writing and orally. It could be due to the pathetic fact that I have not been engaging myself in good chat for a long period of time. I missed talking, and many other things. It is getting gloomy...

Halt.

On the bright side, my new house is comfy and I feel so bless to live in this house. The price is amazingly cheap! According to people who live in this area. Other than that, I have read 5 good books so far! (An achievement?) That is because I have no one to talk to. -.-''' But it changes the way of me looking at things and to try out different approach. Heck la, reading really makes one grows! It is definitely a smart investment. No doubt on that.

Note: For those who are paying income taxes in Malaysia, the the book relief amount is 100% of what you paid for books purchase from bookstore. :)

Going to camp next week! My long anticipated broga experience and sunrise watching! Here I come!

Bang Head Here

2010-04-27T14:07:00.003+08:00

Try it at your own risk.

May is approaching. O come what may!

Weakend & Strongend

2010-04-03T20:51:00.004+08:00

" Oh Yes! Yes! Yes! Tomorrow is Saturday! "

It shows how joyful am I in welcoming Saturday. Last time. The situation is different right now. At least, at this moment. I feel bored of staying at home during the weekend. Lethargy-ness is eating me up. I just feel the urge to get out of the house. What is happening? Is this another changes? In term of lifestyle?

How to turn weakend into strongend? I want my joyful Saturday back! Fast!

Emo... =(

Marching Month of March

2010-03-31T15:05:00.017+08:00

I ushered this month by updating my facebook status to Sherene must march macholy in this marching month of March. Have I accomplish that? Well, the only thing I do know now is that today is the last day of March. Thankfully I'm not working yet or else I be caught in quarterly jam, preparation of first quarterly report.

I have not been to any welfare home in my whole life. Oh, apathetic-ness! That is not true. It is just that I don't have the chance to do so. But, I got the chance of doing it this month! On the 20th, the ladies from my church here visited a drug rehab in cheras which I find it saddening on me because I had class on this day. T.T Never mind, I visited an orphanage, House of Matthew in Gombak the next day. ^^v The kids were on holiday so we didn't have the chance to see them. We repaired furnitures and painted the gate etc. Sherene paints! It was fun la! I got suntan though.

The painters:

In case you are wondering where are the guys, they are with us, but just not in this pictures.

Attention!

(Left) ACCA self-study student (Right) ACCA full-time student.

Who say accountants are boring people? Our life is full of colors.

In the name of love, we paint!

Last week, the youth leader here asked me to help out in youth camp. I was given administrative and treasury role, which fits me well. I... dare not give my commitment to help out in the camp. Reasons: 1) There will be comm meeting that is for sure. But I'm not sure is that how things get done here. I would then have to skip a lot of meeting as I have weekend class. Sigh. 2) My exam is approx 10 days away from camp. Should I go? The question I should ask is will I have the peace of mind to join the camp?

My weekend classes are taking away too much of my time for God in church. Just too much! However, it motivates to get rid of this coming papers. The end of weekend class. Hopefully!

There are 2 persons that I believe it is not just mere coincident that we meet.

Number one.

I met her in inti. She hangs out with my ex-roommate most of the time. Right now, they are roommate. She is my classmate for one paper too. She first came in touch with Christianity during National Service. Awesome!!! She is truly interested in knowing the stories in the Bible. She talks to God every night. She said that she can't sleep well if she doesn't say a pray before bed. (Me too!) She even wonders will she be punish for praying to 2 different gods. I've been trying to get her to care group and church. She is fine with this! The barrier now is, our darn weekend class. So should I then spend time with her telling her Bible stories? And bring the gospel to her eventually? She is searching for the true God, that is for sure.

Number two.

I met her in my church youth camp more than 5 years ago. Yet, last 2 weeks ago we met again. Cool! She seems reserves, tired of life, dislike of the past and lost in direction. Err, I don't know how true is my observation. We will see. She told me not to tell so and so that she met me because she doesn't like to listen to those 'stuff'. She meant the gospel. I plan to text so and so to tell her that I'm with her initially. You know the excitement of meeting into people of you wouldn't expect to? Glad that I choose to pay attention to lecture and not texting so and so.

God, what do you want me to do with these friends? May you speak through me. May they hear You. Time is running short! There is a very high chances of us not in the same class next sem. Teach me how to love, how to care. I need the wisdom to bring about Your words to them. Teach how to live my life as you will it, to be Your good ambassador.

Next is my youngest sis birthday but none of her sisters are at home to spend time with her. However, she is equally busy. She has competition on her birthday. =.= And got good results, as usual. So, ah jas if you are reading this, I wish you happy birthday again! Double blessing, double joy!

Let me introduce a new friend here. She is Michelle, another pretty Ipoh girl. A friend from RBS 2006 which is my badge. I was so glad that we spent one Saturday for lunch and shopping. I know a little bit more about her. ^^ Our waves length is quite the same too. I wish I know her much earlier on. She is leaving to UK this May. Argh! Time is running short! Now, we still have April and May to gel-gel. I want a sticky one.

I met up with hun chee. A senior and friend of mine in inti. She gets to travel around as she is working as an auditor. I always get one free snack during meal time as she will pay for it. Aww...I just don't want my body to digest those snack. It keeps me warm. Thank cute! Talking about travelling around with the minimum expanse as most of the expenses are covered by her company, I would want this kind of job too. Auditor?

I love friends.

I have a lot more to pen down here. Just too many in my head. But I'll stop here at the moment.

Sherene must march macholy in this marching month of March.

Have I accomplish this?

I would say fairly okay. There are room for improvements and good points to pick up. :)

All pictures are taken from facebook.

100!!!

2010-02-23T23:13:00.007+08:00

I came to realize this is my 100th post!!! Great!

I want to thank those who have read my blog all this while , those who have dropped some lovely messages and even those who think this is a plain boring blog.

Results for Dec 2009 sitting of ACCA examination was released yesterday.

I passed, ALL! Praise the Lord everyone! This is my first time passing all attempted subject in ACCA journey! A miracle! Shame on me that I let myself believe such a miracle could not happen! Hey, you have no idea how scared I was okay? I cried one day before results day. =.=

The miracle,

F5 Performance Management
This is my 4th attempt. Grr! but got more than just a pass Phew! A big relieved!

P2 Corporate Reporting
I did about 80/100 marks during exam. I have no idea how to tackle the last question and I don't even have to time to think. Honestly, I sucked up my tears because there were many people in the hall. =.= Then I came back crying. T.T but, I got just a pass. I am thankful that I don't have to look at all those annoying IASs again, for now. Given the same question paper to me right now, I don't think I know how to do. =/

P3 Business Analysis
This paper was fairly okay. I rushed through the whole paper though. I got just a pass as well.

From the results above, many of my comrades said that I am so lucky. Luck huh? My lady luck? Nope, I will still say, this is A MIRACLE!!!

Do you see a smile on my face now? I am sure you did! =)

Dad once 'prophesied' that I will do better in final level, which is call professional level. In this case, half of his 'prophesy' is fulfilled. lol

Are you wondering why am I so happy for getting just a passed? Well, before you make any not so wise judgment, go around and ask people from business field and listen to what they have to say about ACCA.

And now, the race goes on. I am left with final 3 papers to graduate. If I passed all again this time round, I will graduate in August 2010. I am looking forward to it! Oh, come on, come on!

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I am dating ACCA examination in June 2010, wish me all the best!

P1 Professional Accountants
P4 Advanced Financial Management
P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance

However, I still need -
wisdom
discipline
determination
faith
hope
prayer

PRESS ON!!!

Redness

2010-02-21T23:37:00.008+08:00

CNY was Awesome this year!
I cleaned up.
I ate.
I collected ang pow.
I took lotsa interesting pictures.
I read a few pages of Christian book.
I slept.
I had a moment of cold war with mom over kitchen's matter.
I met up with many little cousins, nieces and nephews.
I met up with friends.
I made new friends.
I built a better relationship with Malacca & Setapak church members.
I got suntanned for being a voluntary tour guide for friends in Malacca.
I had my period during cny.
I screamed and shouted with sisters like a crazy woman at home.

Feel sad for
Not losing weight before cny.
Not being able to meet up with secondary school friends.
The hot cny weather.

Okay, results will be out by tomorrow. Darn it to the max!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No one can ever stop me from saying Thank You

2010-02-02T02:02:00.009+08:00

Whenever I make a statement about the goodness of God in my life or even when I see myself progressing in my walk with God, the next events that follow suit are those not Christ-like events. :(

Indeed, it is so hard to just maintain. The weakness of my flesh, the world and the devil make a good catalyst to set me apart from God.

Does that means I should stop praising God in response to such incident? But how can I hold myself from giving thanks to God, singing songs and hymns to Him and even tell my self to zip my mouth when all the words and deeds of love which left me in awe fiercely gush out from my lips? I cannot help it but to boast of His mercy, grace and joy to people I meet and to God Himself.

This race must go on, in and out of season. With the help of God, victory is in my hands. I'll surely make it to the finish line. Thank you, Lord!

Pray and press on sherene!

Thank You - The Katinas

Just a little while longer I wanna pray
Can't get You off my mind so I came to say
Thank you Lord, just for loving me, alright
Many times I do forget
Every need that You have met
Oh thank you Lord, I know You're showing me
You are there when I am down and out
You're holding me, Your love is so amazing
Oh it changed me

Here I am with all I have
Raise my hands to worship You
I wanna say thank you, oh thank you
For everything, for who You are
You cover me, You touch my heart
I wanna say thank you

I could have died in my sins but You saved me
Didn't have any hope at all
You give me peace divine, strength to carry on
I should have been the one to pay
But instead You took my place
Amazing grace it's more than just a song
Even though I don't deserve Your love for me
You look beyond my fault and You showed me mercy

Here I am with all I have
Raise my hands to worship You
I wanna say thank you, oh thank you
For everything, for who You are
You cover me, You touch my heart
I wanna say thank you

I wanna say thank you for sun
Lord we thank you for the rain
Thank you for the love You gave

Here I am with all I have
Raise my hands to worship You
I wanna say thank you, oh thank you
For everything, for who You are
You cover me, You touch my heart
I wanna say thank you

Religious awe is the same organic thrill
which we feel in a forest at twilight,
or in a mountain gorge.
-William James-

Maggots ......... pukes

2010-01-26T22:38:00.003+08:00

Dear dirty housemate,

We don't need your free of charge maggot therapy.

Please take it back. And have fun bonding with your little ones - maggots.

Finally........... he is leaving the house, together with all the filth.

Bon voyage!
Adios!
Selamat tinggal!
Zoi kin!
Ban Ban kia!
再见!
Annyeong i geseyo!
Sayonara!
Goodbye!

Not bragging about my fluency in different language. You can just google it and you will get many more. :)

Alas! Clean air in the house!

Yes!

Second road accident for this month

2010-01-20T18:11:00.005+08:00

I was late for class!!!!!! That was the result for sleeping on for another half an hour. :D

As I waited anxiously for bus to class, a biker with his red bike, changed from its moving vertical position to slightly skidded horizontal one, then to the ground. The biker got up immediately after the fall! (eh?) With a firm hand, instructed the gray proton car driver to pull over at the side of the road. All those actions proof that no injuries happened on him. (Thank God!) Indeed, he is still in one piece. Some conversations took place at the side of the road. I couldn't comment much on this. I had no idea what was their topics of discussion. Could it be deciding on the amount of compensation? Or just some words of apology? I think at least a minimal of compensation had to be compensated to the biker though no damages could be spotted on his bike. Maybe for a few secs of traumatic, mental distress and psychologically tortured? Who knows, it might haunt him for life after that? So money is the solution huh? lol In less than 15 mins time, both of the main characters of this incident left the scene, in peace. :)

Road accidents.
Sigh.

The long waited air suam

2010-01-14T21:23:00.008+08:00

Location: Wan Yit Restaurant
( Don't get fooled, it is a hawker center. )
Time: 8 pm

Dad is away for business trip in China. So we are on our own for dinner. One more thing is that my ex-roommate and her friend shifted here. I'm so glad that we are now close in distant, just like the days in inti. I don't have to be a lone ranger anymore. Hooray! We had dinner together with my sister. All girls. :)

We found a suitable spot to dine after looking around. I offered to sit and waited for them at the table while they went to get their food. Then,

Waiter 1: ( look at me without uttering a word )
Me: Air suam

My sister came back from ordering her food after like 2 mins. Then I went to get mine. It took me around 2 mins because I checked on the rest of the 2 girls, as it was their first time here. We walked back to our seat then.

Waiter 2: Minum apa?
Ex-roommate: sheet cha
Rong Bin: yee mai panas

Around 2 mins or so, my sister's food came. Drinks ordered from waiter 2 follow suit. At this point of time, I assume waiter 1 has forgotten my order - air suam. So I ordered another one from waiter 2 and told him that I've ordered one before this and it has not come yet. 3 mins passed. All of our food came. Next, finally, came my air suam which I ordered from waiter 2. I like waiter 2, he is so efficient!

When I was about to take a second bite of my food, waiter 1 came with my air suam which i first ordered. O.o

Me: Boleh ambik balik ar? saya oder satu lagi sebab saya ingat kamu luper.
Waiter 1: takda luper, banyak orang kena tunggu la, ambik.
Me: ambik balik la. orang lain mesti oder air suam. jangan bazir.
Waiter 1: ambikla....
Me: lama sangat la, saya ingat kamu luper, saya oder lagi.
Waiter 1: banyak orang la....
Me: awak ambik balik la. kalau kamu tak nak ambik balik, saya tolong kamu ambik balik kasi boss.
Waiter 1: ( murmured some foreign language ) ambik balik la ( continue scolding me I believe with foreign language while cleaning the table beside )

Is it alright for me to say the last line?
7 mins for a glass of air suam?

Of cement lorry, red taxi, green taxi and new proton saga

2010-01-06T17:47:00.011+08:00

Of cement lorry, taxi, taxi and new proton saga.

Wat's up with those vehicles? Okay, I'm not in an automobiles exhibition. I was waiting for bus at the bus stop to get to class. The answer is they all crashed each other. Yes, for real.

Exclusive report as follows:

Reporter: Sherene Tan

Genting Kelang, Setapak- The incident happened around 4.35 pm yesterday in front of Public Bank, near the bus stop. A young lady stopped a red taxi and the taxi pulled over to pick her up. Before she could do so, a cement lorry came from behind and ramped over the taxi's boot despite of a clearly turned on signal lights. It shows that the driver of the lorry was not concentrating on the road. It gave a loud bang. As well as a loud "OOOii" from some pedestrains. The taxi's boot crashed in a twinkling of an eye, revealing the NGV gas tank installed in the boot. Many were thankful that the tank did not explode. Not forgetting the young lady, she did not get into the taxi else it will caused her injuries. The impact from the cement lorry was so great that the red taxi hits a green taxi's boot parked by the side of the road and this green taxi skidded thus hits the boot of a new proton saga parked beside. As usual, many came and encircled the scene - a common phenomenon. Then, a "kepoh" motorist came out from nowhere with the intention to partake in this commotion. Unfortunately, his bike fell into a hidden hole by the road side. A few kindhearted passerby helped him up from his bike. He was not injured but he might experienced a little shocked. Thereafter, we could see another common phenomenon there is, many passing vehicles slower down their speed to watch, hence another groups of partakers of this commotion. The driver of cement lorry went to make a police report. It was quite a bad choice because he should have stayed at the scene and mourn over the mess he created. Perhaps an attempt to lower the amount of damages he has to compensate. How much can a lorry driver compensates anyway? May God have mercy on him.

Note: The reporter was standing 2 meters away from the cement lorry and 4 meters away from the crashed red taxi. She is utterly thankful that she is alive. In conjunction with this, she would like to express her heartfelt gratitude of God sparing her lives. She sms-ed dad, mom, sisters and cj to share this experience. In order to share this surreal story to the world at large, this post has to be penned down here.

Advise: Love your life! Do not take it for granted! Think of your loved one!

2010

2010-01-02T12:47:00.002+08:00

Happy New Year to all!!!
May 2010 be an enriching one to you!!!

xoxo

The footprints we left at Bukit Tinggi

2009-12-31T20:38:00.068+08:00

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! Another delayed post!

My family came over to spend Christmas holiday in KL this year. Probably we ran out of time and cash for a proper vacation. Lol.

We went to times square after service in church. The traffic was as heavy as usual. -.-''' The Christmas deco might not be the best but it did create a Christmas atmosphere. Mind you, mom and sisters shop like crazy! Well the only thing I bought for myself was Aunty Anne's pretzel. So pathetic right? I was not in the right mood. :( I still don't know why.

1st day - Berjaya Times Square Shopping Mall

Christmas deco, white Christmas it seems.

Live performance on stage

2nd day - Bukit Tinggi, Pahang. ( Just an hour drive from KL )

Botanical Garden

Heart shape

Love birds

Cricket who breaks the silence of the garden

Japanese Village

We are now 3500 feet above sea level

Before moving on to our next destination....

Bukit Tinggi Colmar Tropical
- a replica of 18th century Colmar French Village in Alsace

Claps!

This furler takes pride of itself so much

Mini fun fair just before the entrance to french village

with bubble/orbs

Somewhere......

The weather was good that day cum the nice cool breeze. Holiday was awesome as well with my family. Unfortunately, our camera battery died after taking a few pictures. We had no choice but to resort to camera phone. Well, at least there are camera to capture this another family moment. I think we should get a dslr to end this misery. :p

Before bidding farewell to Bukit Tinggi,

The Tan Angels

Bye Bye Bukit Tinggi!
Bye Bye 2009!
Hello 2010!

Delayed 21st birthday post

2009-12-31T16:19:00.016+08:00

Yay! A delayed post.

I know I'll be having my 21st birthday party about one month before the day. Haha! I spoil the fun too early. Well you can't blame me for that. The questions that mom asked was way too abnormal. She even insisted that I must come back on certain weekend. So?

I have decided to make it a cozy mini family gathering instead of a big grand ecstatic party, which is nothing wrong. No offense to anyone. The reason is simple, my friends are far away in distance, some are having finals and some are the wee hours party goers. Hence it is not easy to find a suitable time to get everyone together.

The programs of the night are simple too.

They are: steamboat, cake cutting ceremony, angpau giving/receiving slot and lastly some shoot to commemorate my 21st year of life on earth. :D

The pictures will be our narrator from now...

This cousin likes to bully me, grr....

My 21st birthday jelly cake

opps!

21 of age not guns -.-'''

My youngest sis is missing...

This cousin likes to bully me when I was younger...

Right now this cousin bullies me...

S for sherene ^^v

Not long after we cleaned up, we have this uninvited guest.

It is just a bird... hahaha!!!

Some unrelated pictures...

It is a kettle :p

What does 21 of age means? It makes me not a girl and not yet a women. lol Nah..... That is from britney spears. I'm thankful that I have God in my life. Not forgetting with you all sailing side by side with me in this journey of life. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude here to my family and all my friends. Thank cute!!!

2009-12-27T11:38:00.004+08:00

This blog is getting pictureless.
And is idle for this month because I got tied down with stuffs.
Nevertheless, I wish everyone a Blessed Christmas! & a Happy New Year! :)

I'm officially stressed, not missing you.

2009-11-28T18:02:00.014+08:00

Ohhhh!!! I have not been blogging lately, for this month to be exact. I'll give you the same old reason that will always worked, "I'm busy."

Okies, updates:

I had 13 days of IRC (Intensive Revision Class) marathon. Mind you, continuously, for the first 2 weeks of this month. To add on, most of the classes start at 10am and end at 5pm. How I wish I could just be there like 1/2 an hour before lesson begins but apparently that is not going to happen because we have to reach early to 'chup' place. It is like choosing seat with a nice view in the cinema. Welcome to the real world! I thanked God for the strength to go through this horrendous experience. Oh, Charis came over to stay with me for 2 nights so that she doesn't to travel one hour daily to class from Nilai. She is still lovely and smart. Yes, she is!!! I hope to be a good host but the management of my condo doesn't allow me to be one. We are downed with water crisis. Grrr!!!!! Sorry ar Charis, I hope you are not traumatized by this. In the toilet where....you.... ahem, I'll shhhh. XD

Next paragraph....

Maybe some rats bit and ripped off the water pump or tank. Or perhaps some itchy hands did something to the main pipe. Water supply amazingly stopped after 7pm and only resumed after 10am the next day. Such eventful incident happened like 3 times in a week and continued for the weeks to come. I dare not even think of the consequences if fire broke out at night. (Adios then) Thereafter comes some other more eventful events. I saw housewives with pails walked into the lift to fill water downstairs and after filling water. That is not unusual. It was their complains and the disgruntled conversations between them that caught my attention. Indeed, they are desperate housewives. LOL! It is quite mean to say it was funny, but I did laugh a little when I saw that scene. *close my mouth with both hands to avoid laughing out loud* But so far, the water supply is clean and constant. I hope it won't happen again.

Had dinner with jun liang. I think he is deprived of good food badly. Since we are staying nearby, I invited him to join us for dinner. Hence showing some love. Anyway, he did mention that he wanted to join us for dinner before this. We had a good time of eating and catching up. Dad paid the bill as usual, haha.

I'm officially stressed (don't ask me to spell it another way round), not missing you. Exam's woes again. May God have mercy on me in this coming exam. I need more time. I need more wisdom. I need more faith. Would you pray for me? Thanks! :)

I'm coughing. *cough cough cough* I want to recover before exams start. It is on the 14th, 15th, 16th of next month. Would you pray for me? Thanks! :)

One last thing! I'm officially 21. That makes me not a girl and not yet a women. True! I'm just a child of God. :) Thank you everyone for all the sweet wishes on facebook, smsess and calls.

Dinner time, bye!

With a lot a lot of love,
sherene

1st fish porridge cooking in KL -- A success!

2009-10-30T21:58:00.009+08:00

Who wants to eat porridge? Fish porridge anyone? Chinese style.

I had my first porridge cooking experience today, not in my life but in KL. Yay! ^^v
Sister: How come yours is different from the one I cooked last time?
Me: Of course! The cook is a different person. :p

I used the following ingredients:
A. Red Dates (Hong Zhao)
B. Some dried mushrooms
C. Some gingers
D. Some carrots
E. Fish of your choice. Cleaned.
*I love ikan jenak (instant fish, according to google translate) very much!
F. Rice

Instructions:
1.Wash clean A.
2. Cut B. to D. into cubic size.
3. Prepare a pot water with rice to cook porridge.
4. Put 1. and 2. into 3.
5. Let it boils.
6. After around 10 mins, add fish that had been cleaned earlier on into the boiling pot.
7. Add some salt.
8. After 10 mins, your fish porridge is ready to be served.

The whole process took less than 1/2 hour. Of course you can eliminate some ingredients if you don't prefer them and add others to your liking.

I have no picture to guide you all and I am sorry for that. I was too hungry to take picture of every process okay?

Now everyone can cook. (It sounds like AirAsia's slogan - Now everyone can fly) LOL!
All the best in your fish porridge cooking endeavoring! :)

Ant without Z

2009-10-28T22:14:00.015+08:00

Go to the ant, you sluggard;

consider its ways and be wise!

It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,

yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

Proverbs 6:6-8

This particular passage of the Bible recurred 2 times today.

I have goals. Have you heard of the acronym SMART for goals setting? It goes like this,

S-specific

M-measurable

A-attainable

R-realistic

T-time-bound

Right now, it boils down to my commitment, determination and dedication to achieve my goals. Be ready for the future and that requires me to lay a firm foundation that is to graduate with a degree at least. Most of all is to seek His guidance as I take on life step by step.

This is an ant's life!

2009-10-28T22:09:00.002+08:00

The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity; but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed. Perhaps it should be added that either the man or the woman thus deeply bound in lifelong friendship who seeks marriage must find a still rarer man or woman to wed, to make such a three cornered comradeship a permanent success.
-Anna Garlin Spencer-

I have been posting up lotsa copy and paste work lately. Busy!

2009-10-13T12:35:00.003+08:00

When you can't see Jesus,
Jesus sees you.

He sees your hard work, exhaustion, sorrow, fear, and your lack of progress and he cares deeply for you.

When you can't come to Jesus,
Jesus comes to you

in unexpected and powerful ways. His coming is not always to deliver us that he is still in control and will not let us be overwhelmed.

When you can't speak to Jesus,
Jesus speaks to us.

He speaks powerful words of assurance: "I am here."

"Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." Mark 6:50

Again I see these words, DON'T BE AFRAID.

Wake me up when September ends

2009-09-30T10:23:00.009+08:00

The end of September gives different meaning to different people.

For some western countries, it means the end of summer.

For some corporate organizations, it means the end of the 3rd quarter of the year. It is time for performance evaluation of the quarter and forecasting of budget for the next quarter.

For some, it is just another day.

For me, it is time to get back on the study track and start running. Studies get harder at final stage!

Nevertheless, I thanked God that I survived my full 3 months of life here. :) Ahem, though it is plain nothing. But it is still better than something bad happen.

Focus!

Successful Women

2009-08-22T21:48:00.020+08:00

As I randomly browse through the net, I stumbled upon PwC blog. My heart feels warm after reading some of their successful women employees' story. I've always admire women who manage to juggle between family, career and other commitments. I wonder how do they do it because it seems impossible to me. Erm, I have not reached there yet. =.=

Here, take time to read.

Model No.1

Elham Hassan

Model No.2

Irina Tsvetkova

Tanya Rukavina

Cansen Basaran Symes

Paula Loop

Hazel Claxton

Wanda Eriksen

Model No.8

Karen Vander Linde

The similarity here is that they are all women, duh... They strive to lead a balance life. I believe everyone, regardless of your gender or marital status, all are trying their very best as well. Agree? As we can see from the above real life stories, most of them are mothers. Wow! That's incredible! Career? Children? Family? Leisure? Wouldn't it be a heck of life for them? Nope, they prioritize their responsibilities. What about working alongside with the men? Utilize the aptitudes within you. Do extent your care and hospitality, sincerely. Yea, those are the secret weapons. Think about it, how often will men discuss about family issues when they get together? Rarely. They favorite topics are still sports, automobiles and the latest gadgets. Opps, did I just stereotype men? Woman shall stay as a woman and man shall stay as a man. Do not try to be a man by starting a 'man' topic unless you are really expose to it. Not forgetting to be yourself whether in work or in a conversation. Be confident at all times! Surely, the women contributions would be valued and voices heard.

Fill It To The Rim With Sherene

2009-08-20T16:09:00.003+08:00

Restlessness will produce lameness.

Go to: http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi

Put your name in, and generate slogan after each question.

1. What do you say to yourself every morning?
You're Never Alone With Sherene

2. What do you want other people to say about you?
Behold The Power of Sherene

3. Someone asked you out, your answer is...
There Ain't No Part Like A Sherene Party

4. How would you introduce yourself to someone you really like?
Lightening The Sherene

5. To someone you dislike?
The Sherene With The Hole

6. You're in a conversation and you suddenly feel the need to pee, how would you excuse yourself?
The Sherene Breakfast

7. Your parents ask you why you got home late, you say...
Sherene Is So Bracing

8. You're failing a subject, you say...
Shake The Bottle, Wake The Sherene

9. The love of your life asks you to marry him/her, what do you say?
Get The Door - It's Sherene

10. Your bf/gf is breaking up with you, you tell him/her...
Bet You Can't eat Sherene

11. What are the best words to describe you?
We All Adore A Sherene

12. If you're going to have a movie about your life, the title is...
Sherene, Take Me Away.

13. Your last words before you die...
Tonight, Let It Be Sherene

14. Your message to a special someone..
The Sherene Goes Straight To Your Head

15. Title of this post will be...
Fill It To The Rim With Sherene

Hahas...

3 in Dec 2009

2009-08-17T18:04:00.007+08:00

Hohoho!

It's the Attitude and not Aptitude that determines one's Altitude.

So true!

I got my result today.

F5 Performance Measurement
Expected to fail. So it failed. It just 2 marks away to pass. I dislike this subject! This is not good. This will be my 4th attempts. Grrrr.....

F6 Taxation
Expected to pass. So it passed. By 2 marks. ^^v

F8 Audit and assurance
Expectation is 50:50 and I passed! The highest marks I ever get in my entire ACCA exam in only one attempt. However, many people failed this subject. I like this subject and I think that helped.

It's time for a change of attitude towards F5.

Press on!!!

I'll see you in exam hall in the month of Dec 2009,

F5 performance Measurement
P2 Corporate Reporting
P3 Business Analysis

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I thanked God for my results. Special thanks to all who have been supportive all this while. I will do my best in coming exam!

this is the day that the Lord has made

2009-08-05T12:40:00.014+08:00

A heavy downpour half an hour ago left the sky crystal clear with some misty mist, which mark my first time witnessing a heavy downpour from my room. ^^v

I thanked God for this is the day that He has made. ^^

view from window no.1
the club house-swimming pool, super and useless small gym, squash court, tennis court

view from window no.1

view from window no.2
see the mist? quite a big patch one

view from balcony
KLCC Tower with mist

I'm 40 mins away from Genting Highland that is why I manage to see mist despite of staying in the well known polluted KL's air.
A blessing! =)
I don't really get to see mist back at home.

a big piece of patch work - sis's blankie

drying the blankie but still no sign of sunshine
hahaha

Our Police department might have problem answering their auditors when they perform physical check on asset because one of their asset is held under my custody illegally. =p

Ok, I shall cook lunch later.
Then revise my work.
P2, Corporate Reporting sometimes left me @@ but I still like it.
P3, Business Analysis proofs my English is not up to par and I need a bigger hard disk to store more models, frameworks and theories.
More more subjects....... have to wait for the week after next week. Argh!

By the time I finished this post, the mist has already gone with the wind. Beautiful moment has a short life span. So, appreciate it while you are able to.

This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalms 118:24

The playlist

2009-07-31T12:58:00.007+08:00

I was caught singing the old song again moments ago. Some familiar songs of uncertainty from the playlist started playing itself in my mind as if someone click on the 'play' button.

@#%&*^$!!!
Result is out soon!!!
T.T
There are countless of butterflies in my stomach!!!

With a snap of the fingers, somebody click on the 'next' button and a song of comfort is being played.

The lyrics goes like this,

He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
1 Corinthians 1:8-9

Yeap, He is faithful at all times.

Chill sherene! Chill! And be patient!

2009-07-29T15:32:00.002+08:00

God's promises are like the stars;
the darker the night the brighter they shine.

-David Nicholas-

:) :) :)

The silent scream

2009-07-12T23:01:00.012+08:00

I finally succumbed to write this. Sometimes I despise myself for grumblings.

Matters of concern:

Settling down in a church.
I can list down things I'm looking for in choosing a church to attend. I've even consulted a few closer adults, friends and family regarding this. But ultimately, what is in the Father's heart? Anyway, I've only visited one church so far and I know I have to give myself an appropriate time frame to look around.

Studies.
Haunted by the past and is doubtful of the future.

Bridging the gap of relationship between classmates, housemates and other people.
I... ... ahem am shy to take the initiative to talk to housemates. Probably because they are guys and I'm going to see them for approx 10 hours a day. For classmates, I'm a newbie though not so new, trying to join them. They are already a gang.

Time management.
I think I'm too free till mid of next month. I clean and clean and clean the house until it is sparkling shimmering shinning. Ok, I'm done with cleaning and is satisfied. I revise every lesson in class. I read the Bible and christian book as well. I surf the net everyday without failing. I even went out with my secondary school friends. Still, there are extra time. How should I spent it? Work part time? If yes, where, who, which, what, how? I'm new here and still an acquaintance to the surrounding areas. Is this a season for me to relax? Suddenly, I find the book of Ecclesiastes speaks so well on meaningless life. Everything is meaningless!

I put on weight previously and if I put on another 2 kilos or so, I'll be over weight. Do you believe it?
I plan to take the stairs up to 14th floor where I'm staying but it is not safe to do that. So, I swim! 3 to 5 times a week and at least half an hour each time. However, I'm having dinner with dad everyday. Food. Who doesn't loves food? Dad is a must-eat-to-the-fullest kind of person. Oh man! Oh man! Oh man! It is not a blessing to me anymore. Go and feed your other daughters la.

All the above matters of concern are not a standalone matter. It is a mixture that mixers everything unevenly. Hence, it causes complications when come to finding a solution.

Sighhhh! If you are reading this, would you please pray for me? I'll appreciate that. :)

The whole things sounded rather melancholy. :(

Loving the unloving

2009-07-06T23:48:00.005+08:00

I got back from Kuala Lumpur Hospital around 10:30 pm. I am fine here. I did not get admitted into hospital. :) I visited my dad's friend. A secondary school classmate to be exact. However, I waited outside neurology unit the whole time because visitng time was over and the security guard is particular about visitors coming in. And so I did not manage to visit my dad's friend.

I choose to follow dad after dinner though I do not know who is that because I have nothing better to do. >< Yea, a boring Monday night. On our way there, dad said that 2 hours ago, some of his brain vessels burst. Vessels keep on bursting! His condition has gone from bad to worst. The chances of him staying alive is less than 50%. Stroke kills! The following few lines get me thinking. According to dad, he is an arrogant, hypocrite, boastful and envious rich kid who somehow couldn't mix with other classmate from their school days until now. He doesn't know how to socialize and he segregates science and art class students. Despite of that, dad and 2 more friends still went on and visited him at his death bed.

Could such thing ever happen? Yes, it happened!

It is easy to love those who loves you but it is hard when you have to love someone who gets on your nerves every now and then. But behold! I've got the love of God in me! :) And am grateful for that. God loves me when I was so unworthy to be loved because of the sinful nature in me. He enables me to love in an extraordinary way, more than I can ever imagine through the finished work of the Lord Jesus on the cross. An examplary example of love has been set for all.

May the love of God flow through me.

Nilai

2009-06-25T00:40:00.037+08:00

After much procrastination, this post is finally here.

Credits to Nilai folks.

Sunday, 7th June 2009

Representative from Kolej Teknologi Timur (KTT). lol
JPA scholar.
The soon to be Dr. Jene

Aunty Ann

The Teh sister, Yee Peng and Yee Shan.

Shaun, Darius and Jason.
Two can read and write Chinese and one cannot. I'm referring to those guys.
Sorry guys. :D

It was my last Sunday in church but most of the people was not around due to other things to attend to. :( Nevermind. We have some here. :)

Monday, 8th June 2009

Farewell dinner with church members.

From top left: Un Andrew, Ally, Aunty Pat and Arnold
From bottom left: me, Belinda, Cheryl and Theodore

I attended Nilai Gospel Chapel for Sunday service as well as other meetings. I thanked them for their warmness and cares they have showered on me. Enjoyed the 'meaty' sermons as well because it was a practical and challenging one. I must say that I enjoyed home-cooked food. Arrr....simply delicious. Thank you for sharing your life with me! Stay faithful!

Wednesday, 10th June 2009

Madonna the not a singer but an iban. XD

Eden, press on!

Jia Lerd ( Chairperson for this term )

Stanley ( have fun with paper work! )

Chris Abner from Georgia, US but currently staying in Nilai.

Speaker for today.

Daniel and Jonathan the 2 old good friends.
I'm so obsessed with this pose. XD

Let me explain. I joined Inti Christian Fellowship throughout my studies life in inti. There are of course a lot more funky and crazy and serious pictures. All the above are in this post because those are the only group of people I maneged to take picture with. I've seen, learned much from you all. Keep up the good work! And thank you for everything!

Hold on. Will upload more group pic.

For the next few pics, we shall call it 'wedding photo album shooting'.

I'm still straight! She is/was my roommate, classmate and coursemate. :)

Thursday, 11th June 2009

Hun Chee's Honeydew sherbet sth like that

My Mango sherbet and black glutinous rice with coconut milk canggih name!

D&D salesgirls XD

I had a few hours outing with hun chee in sunway pyramid. Time is a constraint for us. Sigh. But I treasure the short time we spent together. I am comfortable hanging out with her. We have almost the same wave length I would say and she is nice to be with. :) All the best in your work yea? Move it! Move it!

Charis and me. Both in a mess! Bad shot... :(
Who cares anyway? lol

Friday, 12th June 2009

Evelyn and me
Time is too short for us to get to know each other better. Sigh.

Nasi Kandar never failed me. :)

After care group meeting, we went for NASI KANDAR! Yay!

My first late night movie experience. Muahahaha!!!
13 of us in 2 cars. O.o

We waited for half an hour for everyone to arrive. Grrr....

With Evelyn

To keep ourselves occupied on the way to our destination. :D
Destination: Jusco, Seremban 2.

My first mirror shot in the toilet. Thanks to Jia Lerd.
From left: Jia Lerd, Madonna, me and Karyn.
All JPA scholar. O.O

We watched terminator salvation. Not that one.

This will most probably be my only campus life. I am grateful that I had a chance to experience campus life. Thank you, God, for putting me in Nilai. :)

A Durian Life

2009-06-15T17:06:00.010+08:00

I opened a durian yesterday! My first ever experience and I feel so proud of myself actually! :) It is not easy to open a durian if you are un-skilled and inexperience like me. Nevertheless, many first times will inevitably come in life, right? And when it comes, seize it! Life is short, savor every moment.

Such a simple event in life can relate to my journey with God. Read on...

After dinner, I saw my mom opened a durian without much sweats. So, I decided to give it a try. When I asked her where to start cutting, she answered by saying she have no idea and just follow the line. Line? Yea, you can find some lines, it is quite symmetrical. My mom doesn't know the proper way to do it but she did it anyway. *claps! It's my turn now! Jeng, jeng, jeng! So, me too followed my mom advise by cutting along the line. I cut it but there was not enough space for me to put my fingers in to open the durian. I ended up cutting and chopping the durian into a circle. Mom came over to help me to open the durian but to no avail! Stubborn durian!!! And now you know what? The unleashing of durian slaughterer--> me! I started to chop like crazy! Chop and chop and chop and finally it broke into half. Then, mom said: " Not ripe la, no wonder so hard to open." I went =.=lll I spent 15 minutes on this durian with my sweat gland got activated!!! Sweat as in literally sweat. And all I get is nothing!!! Yes, sometime life is so unfair! Grrr...

I never gave up! Nope, not that easy! I decided to try another one. Before that, I must say that my palm and fingers got cut by those thorny thorns due to the complications explained above. So what? Wipe away the blood and bring another durian here! I must open a durian by hook or by crook! Hmph! Again, find the line, cut and open it. Yea, it succeeded. Bring out the flesh. Then press down all the way to get the rest of the flesh. Everything is completed in less then 5 minutes times. Hahaha!

I felt the satisfaction, though my hands hurt. Soon the hurt fade away because the fragrance, richness and tastiness of durian is felt in my mouth. Indulgence!

What do you do when bad events come knocking at your door? Like opening the durian which is not ripe yet. I choose to move on. I hope that is your choice too.

What do you do when you feel the discomfort after you have decided to move on? Like the hurt I felt from the cut on my fingers and palm. I choose to endure. Sail through it with much faith and hope.

There is always sunshine after the rain as many has said so.

God never fails.

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
1 Peter 5:10 NIV

It has been A DURIAN LIFE. :)

Question mark (?)

2009-06-09T01:18:00.001+08:00

Exam is over. *wipe sweats

And it leaves me with a lot of question marks.

I need rest!!!

*Lie flat on the bed

Found love & care

2009-05-30T22:44:00.000+08:00

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;
he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

James 1:2-8

I read this during one of my daily devotion. Then, xiu mei smsed me one of these verses. So, I'll again share this verses to you all. Keep it close to your heart and mind because I will.

It doesn't feel nice when times are trying but what I gain during this hard time is that, I found love and care ... ... from afar, that is you all. Thanks a lot! :)

Indeed, we are in a long distance relationship (can I say like that?). We are not physically there to talk to or give a hug, a pat to each other. There is only one thing that will hold us tight together, that is Jesus our Saviour. At this point of time, we have to learn to totally cast all our burdens and worriness to him. Though I know it is not easy because He choosed to be silent at times. Never give up. Pray without ceasing. I'm still learning that as well.

We shall go through this together with much much prayers and faith. Okok?

Be a warrior prince and princes,
xiu mei, vivien, vincent and sherene!

Hugs of love.

Exam Time

2009-05-22T16:43:00.000+08:00

Yes, exam!

And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. But the Angel of he Lord called him from heaven. Gen 22:10-11

Did you know that God provides tests as measures of progress and proving grounds of every person He calls to lead? Gen 22 begins with a divine test. God calls Abraham to climb Mount Moriah and sacrifice His beloved son.If Abraham would resolve to give up Issac, God knew he would he would be willing to do everything he asked of him--and would be a perfect candidate to become the Father of the Hebrew people.

Leadership test differ from one to another, but all have different things in common:
1. Leadership get tested at each stage of growth.
2. The leader's goal is to pass the test.
3. Testing always precedes promotion.
4. Self-promotion can never replace divine promotion.
5. Promotion requires sacrifice.

While Abraham's trail foreshadowed what God intended to do with His only begotten Son thousand of years later, it also provided Abraham with a leadership test.

When is the last time God tested you? If you aren't being tested, you aren't moving forward!

The Maxwell Leadership Bible

Not going to spill out the intensity of ACCA exam here.
It is about the other bigger exam in life!!!

Currently on some tests. Press on!!!

I'll go with this again,

Sherene boleh! Tuhan paling boleh!
Move it! Move it! Move it!

no curse no swear

2009-05-20T13:25:00.000+08:00

I found this in a friend's blog.

"When you are doing something that you don't like,
you are growing."

I super don't like F5 Performance Measurement.

My roommate once said, I cursed and swore every time I study this subject. O.o
Not literally curse and swear la...
As in cannot sit still to focus, groan a lot, sigh a lot and etc....
But I cannot run away from studying this subject no matter how or what.

I'm revising this subject today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow then attend 4 days of revision class from 10am to 5pm each day in kl. Can I do it?

It brings me back to this,

Sherene boleh! Tuhan paling boleh!
Move it! Move it! Move it!

^^v

2009-05-12T16:40:00.000+08:00

Mentally depressed.

Loneliness and friendlessness.

A random post.

I feel something but I do not want to rant it here. (not related to the above picture)

*shrug*

facebook

2009-05-06T23:14:00.000+08:00

I didn't achieve my study plan for tuesday and today, wednesday.

Facebook some more la!!!

It should be face book!!!

Aduh!!!

And right now sleepiness creeps in.
Yea, so darn it right?
Always with excuses.

Failed on tuesday and wednesday does not means failing in the days to come.
Just move it and study.
Sherene boleh! Tuhan paling boleh!

The A

2009-05-05T13:42:00.000+08:00

A smile from friends revived my spirit.
A step out of the room could brighten up my day.
A bite of whiskey filled chocolates is the booster of my study mood.
A heartfelt gratitude to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for such a sweet blessing. :)

Yay, off to study now.

2009-04-29T12:18:00.000+08:00

-Exam is 33 days away from today.-

Pre ICF Camp 2009

2009-04-16T09:10:00.000+08:00

ICF Camp 2009 is one week away!

:D
Camp!!!

O.o
Unsettled camp items.

12 AM yang tersangat amat sungguh panas sekali

2009-04-09T00:16:00.000+08:00

Invasion of pimples.

In Nilai Sahara Dessert.

Why so HOT leh!!!

I felt like there is a burning bush in me.

So shimmering bright and with its highly BBQ heat.

Can literally become chowtah if you go near.

But it is in me!

That means I'm already chowtah-ed.

No, not yet.

I'm transformed into dragon ball.

Will see fireball from me soon.

Currently accumulating energy to form a more solid substance.

A perfected fireball.

No use bathing COLD water at 12 am anymore.

Sigh.

And,

I've lost my passion to study.

I need some drivers to drive me to study.

What can it be?

><

Tolong~~~

Gents' and ladies' department

2009-04-07T00:56:00.000+08:00

"Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arms to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him."

Commentary on Genesis by Matthew Henry

From the book, boy meets girls-say hello to courtship.

Isn't that lovely? A wonderful picture of men and women. A perfect description of equality. God made men and women. Each with different roles. God never belittled anyone.

^^v

Gents' department

What business do we have pursuing a relationship with a woman when we still have not figured out what it means to be a man?

Elisabeth Elliot wrote to her nephew Pete,
"The word cries for men who are strong-strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray that you will be that kind of man-glad that God made you a man, glad to shoulder the burden of manliness in a time when to do so will often bring contempt."

Ladies' department

If a man's biggest temptation is to be passive, a woman's biggest temptation is to take control.

Today many people scorn motherhood and the skills associated with managing a home.
Honor God's plan for womanhood by agreeing that motherhood is a high, noble and fulling calling.

Elisabeth Elliot,
"A real woman understands that man was created to be the initiator, and she operates on that premise. This is primarily a matter of attitude. I am convinced that the woman who understands and accepts with gladness the difference between masculine and feminine will be, without pretense or self-consciousness, womanly."

So? Let us cultivate mature masculinity and femininity for the glory of the Creator of these two traits.

All the above are purely extracted from the book because they help me to see things from a different perspective. :) Only halfway through the book. More to explore!

Savour it

2009-04-05T00:16:00.000+08:00

Savoring the process despite of pek-chek-ness.

Studies matter again.

Grrr...

It reminded me of ICF committee members trying to do the confusing eyes cum smiling pose.

Hmm...
(how come this pic looks so blur here? any expert out there?)

Erwin, the guy in the middle did the best. :)

Can two different things see eye to eye? Or an eye for an eye? o.o

The eye

Strike a balance. It's a skill. Master it.

Opps!
I exceeded my sleeping time.
8 hours class tomorrow in kl
arghhhh
snooze off

My friend

2009-04-04T18:51:00.000+08:00

Sometimes, I feel so lonely in this journey of life despite of having everyone around me.

Sigh.

But there is a song and it goes like this,

Along the road of life I have a friend divine
Who walks with me and gently leads the way
He gives me joy and makes the darkest night to shine
It is my Lord who won my heart one day

I do not mind the rough and winding pathway
O'er mountain steep, through valley dark and cold
It is enough to know he travels by my side
Along the road that leads to streets of gold

For many years I did not know His love so true
Until I heard how on the cross he died
I trusted him and he became my savior too
And since that day he journeys by my side

I do not mind the rough and winding pathway
O'er mountain steep, through valley dark and cold
It is enough to know he travels by my side
Along the road that leads to streets of gold

See? I've got a friend divine!

"The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend..." Exodus 33:11

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer then a brother." Proverbs 18:24

Jesus you are my best friend and you will always be, nothing will ever change that!

Sing it sherene!

Another kind of relieve

2009-04-02T01:58:00.000+08:00

Relieved.
Not the normal kind of relieve.
But I felt relieved.
Words cannot express this kind of relieve.
Only my heart can.
I am relieved.
Praise the Lord!
:)

*what happened?
*hint: old committee resigned and new one formed, in inti christian fellowship (ICF).
*pics will come soon.
*if i have the time><

Classes on Sunday

2009-03-29T00:17:00.000+08:00

Classes on Sunday.
I dislike that.
It is such an agony and anguish. Exaggerate huh?
I started to miss the time of me going to church every week without failing.
Going to church is not a mere mundane routine.
It is about giving, offering, having fellowship and worshiping the One who've got the whole world in His hands, as a congregation.
But what can I do? Protest?
The system has been like that all the while and everyone has accustomed to it.

"Sunday classes vs studies vs bearing a good testimony" How to come to a conclusion?

Argument 1:
If I skip all Sunday classes, I will miss out a lot and cannot fully understand the subject matter. Thus, will cause me to under perform in exam. (Warning: High failure rate in ACCA examination!)
Argument 2:
If I choose to go Sunday classes, I will not be able to be at church which is bad.

Both give a negative answer.

So what could I say
And what could I do
But commit all this oh God
Completely to You
*lyrics edited*

The Prayer of Jabez

2009-03-25T10:36:00.000+08:00

Jabez was more honorable then his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, "I gave birth to him in pain." Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request.

I Chronicles 4:9-10

I read this book, The Prayer of Jabez 5 years ago. Then I prayed the Prayer of Jabez, sincerely when I was 16 with the aim of God using me as a tool in the work of furtherance of His kingdom. It has been 5 years now since I prayed about it. Has God used me for the work of His kingdom? As long as I allowed Him to, He will use me. My answer is, yes. I see God's hands at work in many areas. I've just finished reading the book The Dream Giver yesterday. Both written by the same author, Bruce Wilkinson. No coincident. Again this verse is being mentioned. It caught my attention!

What now? Pray again? It's time for me to leave my comfort zone and take on new chapter in life? Yup, to take on the plan that is set for me before the world begun, entrust my life to Him and then walk with Jesus faithfully.

:)

A dramatic night with the ladies!

2009-03-21T23:50:00.001+08:00

I am actually quite sleepy right now. =.=

However, I can't help it but to share here how has God worked in our life. It is amazingly amazing!

Ladies' Meeting. It is a meeting in the church that I'm currently attending in nilai namely Nilai Gospel Chapel. It is held once a month on Saturday. All ladies and gentlemen too are welcome to join us in fellowship.

I must admit that food is the pull factor! Home cooked food okay? Including dessert. And the dessert is not like a 'cincai' dessert.

Alright. The menu for today.
1) nga bou gai fan
2) fa shang bai kuat thong
3) some vege cooked with the above sup (this is new to me and simple, can try out ^^v)
*Items 1,2 and 3 are from Aunty P (inti's staff), a nilai-kl-malacca turned baba nyonya, real good cook la, no wonder her husband is obesse! LOL I want to cook the way she cooks because I'm a baba nyonya myself. Must!
4) kurma cake-from Aunty D, all the way from seremban (elder's wife)
5) banana cake-from Aunty PL, all the way from seremban (inti's lec)
6) belacan cake (sweet stuff, no belacan taste.)-from B's mom, all the way from sibu (inti's staff)

You look gross! Please wipe away your saliva!

After makan, the gentlemen will leave the ladies and have their own session somewhere. No fix schedule for them. They can do anything as the Lord leads them to. Ladies will have a short singing and then move on into Bible study. The 'dramatic' part would always be at the final part. The grand finale! This is what we call life application. Agree?

Topic for today is Mary of Bethany.

The question that has led us into 'dramatic' scene.
Consider some practical ways you can make time in your busy schedule to talk to intimately with Jesus Christ, study His Word, and worship Him. How can you express your devotion to Him practically?
Extravagantly?

Jeng! Jeng! Jeng!

No.1
(the facilitator, lawyer I think, soon to get married, I like her personality, dress stylishly and decently)
I'm currently attending a marriage counseling with xxx (soon to be husband) as you all know. The counselor will ask us to read 1 Cor 13:4-8 every time we come. For me, especially a woman, sometime we expect our half to say nice word because they are like stone sometime. But love is not a feeling, not emotion. It is an action. It is tangible. Like patient, kind, and etc.

No.2 (me)
I thanked God that the earliest class for this sem is 11 o clock. All laugh. =.= Because of this, I can wake up in the morning without feeling sleepy and start my day with God. At night, before I sleep, I pray too.

No.3 (the one who add on drama on top of people's 'dramatic' experience and she is a lecturer!)
I have 5 siblings. I'm the eldest. We pray like this at home. Monday, everyone pray for me. Tuesday, for 2nd, etc. On Saturday, we pray for mom. Some part of the script that she added on: "Is this a movie or what?" "They burn down the shop so that no evidence can be found?"

No.4 (the one who knows close to 10 ten dialects, from Kuching, not Chinese and is always full of 'drama')
I 'adopted' a son temporarily. My son's friend and he is a Muslim. I do not know why I said yes to this. Usually I am firm in my decision but this time I said yes. That boy really wants to stay with me despite of me explaining that my cooking is different and I'm a Christian. His uncle do not like this arrangement. So we met up with his uncle. I assured him that I will not convert his nephew into Christianity and at the same time they will not convert my children into Muslim. I still pray with my children for every meal.

No.5 (mom of a ruthless most kiddo in church)
I'm not so good in Christian things. I'm free la at home but sometime never read Bible at home. I read Bible story for my son before he sleeps every night. My son can pray on his own even though he is very young. He prayed for me when I have to go out at night. We pray together as a family every night also. I think right. Jesus is very deep in his heart! I thanked God for that. Then ar, one day I ... ... I think this is too personal on her part for me to share here. Sorry.

No.6 (elder's wife)
Right now, when I'm angry, I keep quiet. I do not want to say something hurtful. The remainder of the story is also private and confidential. Sorry. Cannot elaborate here.

No.5 and No.6 is the most 'drama'. You can blame me for not being a kepochi to write down everything here. :p

Everything happened for a reason. I admired the way aunties shared their story. It is definitely a heartache one. It must have took them a lot of courage and trust to share such a thing in this meeting. None of them shed a single tears when they shared their story. Ran out of tears? No, God is with them. God is in every part of their story. They managed to relate everything to God, to be faithful to Him when times are trying.

Thanks for all the 'warning' ladies. I've always enjoyed ladies meeting. Beside the mouthilicious food I must admit, it is the openness and fellowship that we share in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Sorry no pics. Will bring my camera next month to ladies' meeting. :)

In the future, whether I am going to be single, a wife, a mom or a grandma, I would want to be a woman that pleases God. It starts right now, to live right. By doing so, I too can have a 'dramatic' experience. LOL

Romans 12:1-2

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.

The extravagant way!

2009-03-21T13:33:00.000+08:00

Little by little.

Step by step.

The Ultimate and Almighty one is here.
Just move it.

^^v

2009-03-20T18:01:00.001+08:00

-What if sometimes you feel weird for no apparent reason?-

-I feel weird.-

-Weird.-

Darkness creeps in at night

2009-03-19T23:47:00.000+08:00

Came back from some unsatisfied dinner and my room was in darkness. o.o

Someone said this: 'Quantity is more important than quality.'
Referring to food here. Sorry, I'm not going to support this.

That is because my roommate and me never turn on the light before we went out.
Hey, but I went out first before her. :P

I turned on the light but it gave a dim light. It flickered a few times. Then it dies off. Leaving two orange/brownish light at the two end.
Everything in my room is startlingly darker by one tone, maybe more.

I thought of going out from my room to common room to do revision, which means an open area in inti uc to study. It is not a good choice because common room = pasar malam.

Next time, I'll captured the pasar malam moment!!!

Hmm... Maybe I should just ignore the darker side of my room and carry on with my revision.

Cannot la...

Not enough lighting. I feel sleepy.

Grrr....

So here am I blogging about a dead florescent light instead of doing revision. Dang!

1 on, 1 off.

Gonna call technician to fix it tomorrow and I shall see the light and be enlightened.

Take it on with God

2009-03-19T16:44:00.000+08:00

Previous post 'it happens' is a past right now.

I can take it on with the love of God that is grounded me all the time.

Smile at all time, specially when times are bad.

Like this,

All got fascinated by 2 blue star.
-__-'''

It happens

2009-03-15T22:02:00.000+08:00

One word.
Anger.
My limit is up.
I am busy too.

The urge of yelling out like a crazy woman is tempting.
But I cannot utter this out.
It would not be a sensible act.
It will look literally barbarian.

Practice love.
The more I love others, the more it requires out of me.
As though multitude of crowds fight to drink from an oasis.
Till it dries up.
Same goes to kindness.

Selfishness? Judgmental? Unsympathetic? Too high expectation?
I do not know.
I've tried my best to perform.
Yet, it makes no different.

Father, guides.

Courage (50th post)

2009-02-28T12:34:00.000+08:00

As you approach the tough decisions that will challenge you, recognize these truths about courage:

1. Courage begins with an inward battle. Courage isn't an absence of fear. It's doing what you are afraid to do.

2. Courage is making things right, not just smoothing them over. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

3. Your life expands in proportion to your courage. Roman historian Tacitus said, "The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise." But courage opens doors, and that's one of its most wonderful benefits.

EQUIP

"Do not fear" appears in the Bible 360 times. Yes, sherene. Do not fear!

As I approach the future, I'm actually excited about it. But there are still fear in me. It will always be there. It serves as an irremovable thorn in me. A reminder for me to remain in God.

2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

A thoughtful 50th post. ^^

Half curse

2009-02-28T11:06:00.000+08:00

Awaken by alarm clock at 9 am. However, my body couldn't be lifted up from the bed. I lied down with eyes open big for one hour. Then I sat at the edge of the bed, hugging my bolster for half an hour or so and still under the curse of a spell name sluggishness. Then I prayed, as usual. It's a good start to start off a day. Yea, prayer worked. The spell got 'cast out'. So here am I blogging. Anyone catch the point? It means, I have not bathed, brushed teeth, make bed and breakfast. It's 11.30 am right now. XD

Lotsa unfinished work to be completed! Sien...

All I want is a chill out on saturday.

Question: Should I make my blog public?

O blooded ( mourning over dairy product & grains & whole meal product )

2009-02-24T12:14:00.000+08:00

Half an hour talk on the phone with my sista and she mentioned about O blood type diet. We are O blooded family. :p I google-ed it and here is the result. Mixed feeling for me.

Peter D'Adamo writes that

Peter J. D'Adamo ND
Credit: eDiets.com

[t]he essence of the blood type connection rests in these facts:
Your blood type - O, A, B, AB - is a powerful genetic fingerprint that identifies you as surely as your DNA.
When you use the individualized characteristics of your blood type as a guidepost for eating and living, you will be healthier, you will naturally reach your ideal weight, and you will slow the process of aging.
Your blood type is a more reliable measure of your identity than race, culture, or geography. It is a genetic blueprint for who you are, a guide to how you can live most healthfully.

The key to the significance of blood type can be found in the story of human evolution: Type O is the oldest; Type A evolved with agrarian society; Type B emerged as humans migrated north into colder, harsher territories; and Type AB was a thoroughly modern adaptation, a result of the intermingling of disparate groups. This evolutionary story relates directly to the dietary needs of each blood type today. cool huh? O blooded ppl are ancient ppl.

Fundamental to this theory is the idea that lectins, proteins found in many foods of high nutritional value, have glue-like properties that affect your blood. "Simply put," writes D'Adamo, "when you eat a food containing protein lectins that are incompatible with your blood type antigen, the lectins target an organ or bodily system...and begin to agglutinate blood cells in that area". Each of the four blood types is described in terms of an antigen. Type O is the simplest, comprised of a basic sugar called fucose. The Type A antigen consists of fucose and N-acetyl-galactosamine; Type B, of fucose and D-galactosamine; and Type AB, of fucose, N-galactosamine and D-galactosamine. Each of these antigens presents a "unique shape," and lectins fitting that shape can interact. Food lectins interact with and agglutinate cells of one blood type at left; but not with those of another type at right, because its cells possess a different shape.

Too technical! Tak faham! Erm, will I get sued for copying and pasting?

HB = Highly Beneficial N = Neutral A = Avoid

Meats and Poultry
HB	N	A
Beef Beef, ground Buffalo Heart Lamb Liver Mutton Veal Venison	Chicken Cornish hens Duck Partridge Pheasant Rabbit Turkey Quail	Bacon Goose Ham Pork

"Type Os can efficiently digest and metabolize meats because they tend to have high stomach-acid content...[but they] must be careful to balance...meat proteins with the appropriate vegetables and fruits to avoid over-acidification, which can cause ulcers and irritation of the stomach lining."

Recommend type Os "consume no more than six ounces [of meat] at any one meal"

Hey, I'm a carnivore!!! ^^v
You can take away pork. It's fine with me. :) Buffalo anyone?

Eggs and Dairy
HB	N	A
	Butter Farmer Feta Goat cheese Mozzarella Soy cheese* Soy milk*	American cheese Blue cheese Brie Buttermilk Camembert Casein Cheddar Colby Cottage Cream cheese Edam Emmenthal Goat milk Gouda Gruyère Ice cream Jarlsberg Kefir Monterey jack Munster Parmesan Provolone Neufchatel Ricotta Skim or 2% milk String cheese Swiss Whey Whole milk Yogurt, all varieties

Type Os "severely restrict their use of dairy products", because these are difficult for Os to metabolize and "there are no highly beneficial foods in this group."

Egg --> "generally a poor protein source" for Os.

A daily calcium supplement is recommended, particularly for women, since dairy is the best source of natural calcium.

*Dairy alternatives.

Sob! Sob! Sob! I love diary food! It tastes really like heaven! Don't you think so? T.T

Cereals
HB	N	A
	Amaranth Barley Buckwheat* Cream of Rice Kamut Kasha* Millet, puffed Rice bran Rice, puffed Spelt	Cornflakes Cornmeal Cream of Wheat Familia Farina Grape Nuts Oat bran Oatmeal Seven grain Shredded Wheat Wheat bran Wheat germ

"Type Os "do not tolerate whole wheat products at all", D'Adamo recommends wheat be completely eliminated from the Type O diet.

Whole wheat products "contain lectins that...interfere with the proper absorption of beneficial foods."

Barred from cereals also! T.T I like leh...

Grains and Pasta
HB	N	A
	Barley flour Buckwheat* Kasha* Pasta, artichoke Quinoa Rice, basmati Rice, brown Rice flour Rice, white Rice, wild Rye flour Spelt flour	Bulgur wheat flour Couscous flour Durum wheat flour Gluten flour Graham flour Oat flour Soba noodles Pasta, semolina Pasta, spinach Sprouted wheat flour White flour Whole wheat flour

"There are no grains or pastas that could be classified highly beneficial for Type Os."

These foods are not essential to your diet and should be limited in favor of more effective animal and fish foods."

Sob! Really sob! T.T

For vege, items to be avoided are cabbage, cauliflower, corn, sprout, mushroom, potato!!! Oh man! No more mashed potato for me? What???

For fruit/juices and fluids, items to be avoided are oranges, apple and coconut. Aren't those normal fruit?

For spices, thank God curry is HB!!! ^^v

No HB condiments.

Miscellaneous Beverages
HB	N	A
Soda, club Seltzer water	Beer Tea, green Wine, red Wine, white	Coffee, regular Coffee, decaf Liquor, distilled Soda, cola Soda, diet Soda, other Tea, black decaf Tea, black regular

"Your ultimate goal should be to eliminate drinking coffee altogether," because it increases stomach acid. Green tea is an acceptable alternative, "but it contains no special curative properties for Type Os."

Moderate use of beer is acceptable, and "modest quantities of wine are allowed, but it shouldn't be a daily ritual."

This is hilarious! I'm a drinker??? XD

Haiz... My dear diary, grains and whole meal. I bid thee farewell.

Alright! Increase meat intake and reduce carbo intake with a balance vege + fruit.

@.@

Check it out!

You jump, I jump.

2009-02-22T17:40:00.000+08:00

One thing that is similar in all the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ is that they left everything behind and follow him without any questions being asked. They followed Christ in complete obedient. Moving only in his direction. Do as he said. No question. No but.

Like the scene in titanic where Rose said to Jack, "You jump, I jump." Well, that is a love story. Your heart belongs to your lover. =.='''

Same goes to us who wants to be Jesus' disciples. Our response should be, you jump, I jump.

Wherever he may lead, I will follow.

You jump, I jump.

Still waiting

2009-02-17T20:48:00.000+08:00

They are waiting.
Till they were too tired and have fallen asleep.

Sound like Peter,James and John during the transfiguration?

As I crawl all the way to complete ACCA.
The road seems rough. Aiks!
I do not want to be caught complaining, ranting and raving.
I do not want to be like them.
Stop crawling, that is for kiddo.
I'm a big girl now.
So run, jump and kick!

It's time to get serious in studies.
I failed 2 and passed 2.
Going to inform parents about it in a few hours time.
What would they say?
I have indeed disappoint them. Haiz.
I've always expected scolding from them whenever result are bad.
Instead they offer words of encouragement.
Papa, mami, mei, ah jas, you all are the best!
God, I pray that You'll truly bless them.

Pre 16th of Feb 09

2009-02-15T21:54:00.000+08:00

I'm anxiously waiting for result........again.
Sigh.
Tension man!
I need peace, alot alot.
This verses ran through my mind.

Phi 4:6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Phi 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Amen!

rueful valentine

2009-02-14T18:19:00.000+08:00

Read this ... ...

Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in Hamlet (1600-1601):

To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
(William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5)

Old song

2009-02-09T23:46:00.000+08:00

Something happened 5 hours ago.

Storm after storm.
Thunder after thunder.
Plague after plague.
Disease after disease.

Sounds pessimistic.

All the above roll into my doorstep in my late teenage life.
I believe more will roll in in my twenties and so on.
God do not promise us that we will feel His presence all the time but He promised that He'll be there all the time.

Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.

Hebrews 13:5

I'm not writing the old song again. Go to last year blog in the month of January to read it.

In the case of you not being able to understand and sincerely want to find out what happen, please email me. ;)

Movie - The Climb

2009-02-09T14:09:00.000+08:00

Date: 7th February 2009 ( Saturday )
Time: 7pm onwards
Venue: Nilai Gospel Chapel
Event: Movie Screening-The Climb (A not too old and not too new movie)

Synopsis: “The Climb” is a story of two solo rock climbers, Michael Harris (Ned Vaughn) and Derrick Williams (Jason George), who are brought together when they perform a daring rescue. The man they save is the son of retail mogul Mack Leonard (Dabney Coleman) who rewards Michael and Derrick by sponsoring a trip to their dream climb at Mount Chicanagua. The two highly esteemed climbers approach the sport very differently. Michael is a safety-conscious plodder driven by the beauty of creation. His goal is to reach the summit, and take whatever precautions necessary. Derrick is a flamboyant self-promoter bent by anger. He's a risk taker and will reach his dream at any cost. A clash of pride, styles, and character put both of their lives on the line.

Ok, I'm not a sales representative of this movie. =.=
Besides that, when I googled this movie, there are more than one 'The Climb' movie.
So misleading!

Findings: Of all the scenes in this movie. there are one scene that speak a lot of me. The part where both of the climber reached the top of the mount. The white guy inserts a cross at the peak of the mountain. Then, he takes off his wedding ring and put it at the cross. This white guy loves his wife so much. His wife died in an accident. He could even remember the exact day of him living without his wife around when he is being asked by the black guy. The black guy said to him that he should let healing takes place in his heart. I cannot remembered the exact text line. It's something like this.

Applications: For me leh, it is about my studies. How come I fail? There are a few possibility that I can think off. Maybe I'm not well prepared. Or things happened for a reason. Well, I'm hurt deeply that is for sure. 2 times failing! Can you imagine that? It ruins my testimony for Christ and conficence. It caused me my relationship with God. All go down to the drain. Life have to move on no matter what. I must leave this baggage behind because it slower down my speed to move forward. How do I do it? By putting everything on the cross. Every hurt and disappointment, bring it to my Lord Jesus Christ. Let him carries them for me because he handles things better.

Changes: Result will be out in one week time. My confidence of getting all pass is 50:50. I do not know what to expect. An all P word would bring a huge changes in my life and direction. At the same time, one F word would change things too. I want to be healed and move on. Nevertheless , Lord, may Your will be done!

Hwei, why la we blog at the same time?
And why la we choose to blog and not studying?
Because we both woke up late today.
Because we both had a power packed weekend.
^^

Cut fat

2009-02-02T16:21:00.000+08:00

A blessed CNY dear readers! Chap Goh Mei hasn't passed yet.

My findings about recent CNY was, I do not feel hungry for even one second!
How blessed am I to have food whether rain or shine! Yes, I am truly bless!
And that's bad for my weight!
I'm not going to be ambitious to cut fat till the scale shows 40 kg because that would be unhealthy.
Plus..... fat is in my gen. =.=
No worry, my self-esteem is not affected. I've accepted this fact long time ago.
I do not want to be overweight.
I'm not overweight at the moment. =)
But very close to! O.o

How to cut fat?
With knife? How can? Unless I'm dead and you cut me to cut away the fat layer.
Please be civilized my friends. Knife means operation! =.=
LOL

Nah..... not going to do that.

Then how?

Exercise lo...

What?
Jog and swim.
Badminton/squash or anything when I'm invited.
Captain ball.

When?
Jog every morning since I do not have time in the evening. That would means sleep early and wake up early.
Jog/swim during weekend.
Captain ball every Monday.

Who?
Friends, mostly cfers currently.
However, no many people will wake up at 7am daily to jog right?

It's easy to plan but to hard to execute it. Grrr....
It requires high disciplines and patient.
Food wise...
So far, I will only fall for chocolate.
The rest doesn't matters much. I think.

God, I want to stay healthy for your service. Help me to do so!

Dear readers, please keep an eye on me! Thank you!

Driver

2009-01-20T01:47:00.001+08:00

"They have lost their driver."

My father said this when he was commenting on some issues not too long ago.

Here it is, her daughter has lost her driver!

Year of 2007 has been a year where I really sat and listened to God. As a result, I learned a lot!

Year of 2008. Slacked. I was disappointed by my exam result and I do not understand the reason of God failing His child. 2 failures in a year? You've got to be kidding! So, I shut off God from my life, little by little. Many times, it was my good buddies who reminded me of getting close to God. However, it does not last long.

Year of 2009. Emptiness. Something is missing. There is no driver! I do not what to expect for this year. I'm not prepared at all. No direction. Lost in space.

I can said that, prayer worked! When you earnestly seek Him, you will find it. I've found it! Got to get back on track --> the Word!!!

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew 7:7-8

It is as simple as that!

I want to go through this new year with the Lord.
Walking side by side.
Not letting failures to bring me down again.
But it is easier to be said than to be done. =.=
Nevertheless, I will still trust and be faithful.

There goes my resolution for the year! ^^v

I can now sleep in peace!

WALK WITH JESUS DAILY

What is wrong here?

2009-01-19T14:55:00.000+08:00

My thoughts are all jumbled up.

Blogging can be irritating when no sentences or even a word crosses your mind.

How about too many sentences and words is waiting to gush out from your mind. They do not know about queuing up, because they are mere sentences and words, they do not have brain to tell them to queue up. Isn't that irritating too?

*faint

Aiya.....just type la~~~

New year resolution

Out of 10 blogs I've visited, 7 of them has this 'new year resolution' post.
But my mind is like, blank?
Or, I am not committed enough to keep the resolution going? That is why I'm blank.

I procrastinate
CF work
1) I'm supposed to call to check out a few places as I'm the so called hotel liaison for coming camp. I've got the contact number with me. 2 different places. I would just have to make 2 phone calls and I can get the quotations. It is that simple!

2)I should have been reminding or a more appropriate term should be rushing the committees to get things done as we are running out of time. I stopped doing that. I thought it would be annoying if someone keep on buzzing at your ear.

Studies
2 subjects.

Audit & Assurance (F8)
We are in lecture 4 now. I revised lecture 1. Then ended up having headache and went to sleep.

Professional Accountant (P1)
We finished 1/4 of the syllabus! No revision done yet.

Studying before exam result is released is demotivating. What if after putting in so much effort to study and in the end have to drop the subject because I fail previous paper? I had enough of this!!!

My days in the month of January has been an idle one. Hmm, not 100% idle. We have a change of venue for meeting place of CF for this semester. Yea, I almost went crazy of the running here and there to hand in memo and getting it authorized. The bloody job of a secretary!!!

Ok, this is contrary to the above paragraph. I attended church lady's meeting on saturday. The topics of the night is about woman service. An aunty shared this...

It's about your attitude.
Because everything that you do, you are actually worshiping God.
You are doing it for His pleasure!
You have to get your attitude right.

Here am I complaining...
A childish act...
I got slapped!
Haiz...

It's not a good start for the year huh?

I admit that I am not strong.
I am tired.

>.<

The silent outpouring of nervousness

2009-01-12T14:30:00.000+08:00

The silent outpouring of nervousness cannot be seen.
Because it is silent in nature.
Abstract.

Faith takes place again.
Even if it means to be last minute which I don't favor.
Can everyone agree to this?
It would be miserable if I offended people along the way without knowing it.

Sigh ...

God I pray that you will help us to be patient.
God I pray that you will help us to stay close to each other.
God I pray that you will help us to depend on you in EVERY area.

Ok, I'm talking about CF that I'm currently joining for those who are wondering what happen.

When a father talks.....

2009-01-12T01:32:00.000+08:00

A fruitful conversation between a father and daughters.

My father was commenting a few issues on leadership.
To be more accurate, a christian leadership.
He gave a lot of real life examples.
Examples that me and sister can really really relate to.
A profound impact.

He mentioned a few phrases.

Start with an end in mind.

Eg1: When we want to do something, make sure that there is a result from it. Or else, you achieve nothing!
Eg2: ( my example ) only pahtoh when you intend to get married. LOL

Go straight to the point. No means no! Yes means yes! Do not go around the bush! Make it clear and right at the first time for people to understand. If you fail to do so, you will be put to blame.
A leader will reach out to touch other people's heart, he is dependable.
A leader is committed to what he does.
A leader sacrifices.
A leader will take the extra miles to achieve his goal.

Something has been playing over and over again in my mind. Am I a good leader when I'm in a leadership position?

Do I have those characteristics? I know I'm not perfect. I cannot. However God will make it possible. He'll open the way!

Another thing he mentioned.

God gives you brain! Use it for His glory! So use your brain! Or else how do you answer when you come to the judgment seat of Christ?

Eg: "Lord, I forgot to use my brain."
"You forgot? What if I forget my Father's will for me to die on the cross? For if I forget, you are nothing right now."

O.o

Some fishy thing got stuck in my mind since mid of last year.
"Should I? Shouldn't I? I don't know!"
Can't reveal anything on it yet.

God, teach me to apply all those qualities.

Hello 2009!

2009-01-03T14:59:00.000+08:00

Another challenging and interesting year awaits...

I'm still in a faith vs fear battle, in every area of my life.
Making a right decision is vital.
Do not procrastinate.

He is omnipresent though I sometimes do not feel it.
Trust in His perfect will.
His plan is good and not harmful.

DO NOT GET EMOTIONAL FOR NOTHING !!!

>.<

2008-12-06T02:29:00.000+08:00

Erm....err...
I never really touch much on F5 and F7.
Yucks!
Because I'm right here blogging.
Ooo....
Had nightmare for the past 2 days. All the scenes from violent, bloody, gory and horror movie become alive!
Watch Jumaji? Ya, like that. Everything just popped out.
*pop*
My fellow soldier, including me are getting exhausted over this war.
Hold on people! Hold on sherene!
Just a few days more to fight this war and we are free from bondage.
Temporarily...
So at the moment, no matter how is the weather like, we have to chiong ar!!!
Everyone has changed their facebook status from bad to worst!
Eg1. Study hard hard, die hard hard!
Eg2. xxx is down, audit win liao!
and many more....
For me, I've set it as: "Sherene is in a faith vs fear battle! Who will win?"
Pek check aura is indeed arising!
We are not greedy at all. All that we want is just to pass.
Yes, just a pass will do.

2008-11-28T17:31:00.000+08:00

A dead end I see when I study F5.
A ray of hope I see in F6, F7 and F9 if I do not study F5.
Ignore F5?
It will be a forever dead end then.
Study F5?
It shatters the hope of F6, F7 and F9.
I'm clueless in F5.
Lord, teach me!

2008-11-17T21:13:00.000+08:00

No mood to study.
I know I should be working very hard now as exam is very near.
I've just wasted today.
It has been an idle day.
I really do not have the desire for book for the whole day.
The fire has die down.
I want to go home.
But could I ever face my family with this kind of result?
I feel what I felt during preparation for SPM.
Nothing seems to stay in my mind.
No input can be detected.
Study but knowing that the result is .....
No, I cannot afford to see the F word in my result slip anymore.
Where has my faith gone to?
Fear has overtake faith.
Father, take over!
I do not know how to help myself anymore.

Evangelists

2008-10-27T14:41:00.000+08:00

I'm having my break time from studying..... and I'm on my roommate's laptop.

I choose to pen down something edifying rather than some " for the sake of updating " entry.

I must admit that I'm lacking in the area of evangelists recently. My friends do ask about my christian faith. The answers that I gave, was just a surface one. I used lots of illustrations but fail to convey the real message. Could it be it is not the time to tell them yet? When would be the right time then?

Philip the evangelists. That was the message that was being shared on the pulpit yesterday. I took it home as any other message, without any superb transformation happened in me.

However, in my own still and quiet time with God in the afternoon, God directed me to two passages that speak of this matter, so ever clearly.

2 Timothy 4:2
.......speak of the gospel, in season and out of season.....

Ezekiel 3:18
.....did not warn them.........hold you accountable for his blood.......

Then I continued reading the book that I've been reading, Purpose Driven Life.
( yea, I know I'm out-dated )

It is stated that Mat 28:19 as the Great Commission; not the Great Suggestion.

A lost soul is just beside me. So close. I believe God gave her to me.

Go, sherene! Do great things for God.

Selah

2008-10-14T00:28:00.000+08:00

Amidst of challenges, God is there.
Amidst of challenges of challenges, God is still there.
God never says that we will feel Him all the time, though we ought to but we fail at times.
He promised that He will be there whether we feel His presence or not.

I believe so, God.

I am taking it down one by one.
With much lessons of faith.

You shut the door but You open the window. ( thanks vivien. )
For You are merciful.

I ask of your continuous help to be upon me in order to help others.
I ask of your continuous blessing to be upon me in order to bless others.

I'm ok.
Just pausing for a moment to think and reflect.
Selah.
And I realize how good God has been to me.

RM 50.00

2008-10-07T23:22:00.000+08:00

There is a camp called Leadership Training Camp. Organized by the student government board of INTI-UC. Registration form came as early as last month. This camp will be held this weekend @ Sepang Gold Coast. I've been to that place. Beside the almost polluted sea water, the scenery was fine. The taukeh of this place is a developer from Bangsar Gospel Center. For those who are interested, kindly look for this guy for advance booking. When I first heard of it, I was reluctant to go. Up till today, I am still reluctant. It said that preferably top 4 of each club sign up and minimum one representative from each club. I check into my calendar, there is a full list of places to travel to every weekend. Not to shop but to settle stuff. My mom said that I'm a busy woman because I cannot stay longer at home. I know. I admit. How I wish I have a month of holiday which is not possible in my course of studying. Anyway, the fee for this camp is RM 50.00. I can escape from paying out this money if I choose not to go. In the end, sherene is not going.

On hari raya eve, I took out my ID. A jogging-mate of mine told me to being ID out in case the guard check on our ID when we walk into hostel later. After a good long bath that night, I remembered bringing out my ID just now. I searched high and low for it and couldn't find it. Argh! I even called my friend to check whether I left it in her car. Still negative. No sign of my ID. Make a new ID??? It costs RM 50.00!

No option. RM 50.00 have to be paid out. A replacement of IC is still cheaper compared to replacement of ID. Lost of IC for first time, the fine is RM 30.00. Inti straight away charge flat rate of RM 50.00. No wonder the phrase "I love Inti, Inti loves my money." is such a cliches among the student here. Tak kena maka tak tahu!

A clumsy me dropped my purse this afternoon I think. My ID almost dropped out. -.-' but from a different compartment! Weird! I do not place my ID there. Whatever is it, I picked up my purse and headed to my destination.

I took out my purse again 10 minutes ago. I found 2 IDs in it. -_________-'''

What could this incident mean? Sign up for the camp? Be careful of where I keep my card?

>.<

T_T

I am not rich ok?

Inti CF Committee Retreat Sept 2008

2008-09-30T19:32:00.000+08:00

Reasons for posting this post:

Thanks to Gary who blogged about his cf committee retreat. I got a slap for not blogging about mine. inti cf cannot lose to mmu cyber cf.

It's raya tomorrow. Most of the people here has gone home ages ago. Me still here??? Well done, acca! However, the connection here is very much faster than before. Be thankful that those gamers are not here to hoard the line.

Date: 05/09/2008 ( Fri ) to 07/09/2008 ( Sun )
Venue: Oasis Youth Center, Subang Jaya.
Purpose: Bonding, planning of event for the Sept semester and relax.

We celebrated one of our committee 21st birthday. On Friday night.

They are twins.
My first pair of nonidentical same sex twins friends. =)
The one in spectacles is the committee.

We celebrated their birthday here. Ahem, sorry papa and mami.

After dinner, some went k.o.

Saturday......

Breakfast.

Then we peeped into inti subang, opposite the place we were staying.

Level 8.

Thereafter, it was a fun oriented afternoon in our chairperson's house. Just a stone throw away. ^.^

Guys played twister.

He is on our chairperson's lil brother.

The other way round. Lol.

... ...

Game of life.

An auspicious and mouth watering Indian style lunch prepared by chairperson's mom.

Game over. Meeting start now.

Stressed up.

High-ed up. ( spinning on the floor )

The Lord's servant

Chairperson cum cg leader
( driver for this retreat :p )

Vice chairperson cum cg leader

Secretary ( bad hair day)

Treasurer cum cg leader

Worship Coordinator
( he is away for this semester due to industrial training )

Asst. Worship Coordinator

Publicity

Care group leader
( again the one in spectacles )

~In loving memory~

Not forgetting, a FES staff, who patiently bear with us throughout the whole retreat.

Chun Chung

God has His reason to put me with this bunged of people to serve Him in cf. I appreciated each of them. They are truly a blessing to my life. =)

Finished bla-ing.... Can sleep now. I have not packed yet!!!!! Going home tomorrow for ketupat!

Mean=First born? ( Rebuttable )

2008-09-25T15:06:00.000+08:00

Dad: "As an eldest child, you have to gain the respect of the younger siblings. So that they will listen to you. To do that, you must say things that would make them feel nice. Then, they will know that someone cares for them. I know you don't mean what you said but sometimes it is the way you said it. Right now, it is like a follow-up thing, spend some time to call or sms. It is like an investment. You will see the return later. You make the first move. That is what I as a father feel that I should tell you"

I dare to say it in such a way because you too say it in such a way to me and so I took it as you are ok with such speeches. In the end, you take it not the way as I thought you would take it.

Yea, unintentionally.....
I am sorry........
We are NOT in not speaking term nor quarreling.
"Air yang dicincang tidak akan putus." ^.^
It takes two hands to clap.

But I must say this, I think it runs in our family. Everybody seems to be straight forward (for the good and bad) when we speak. Intruders sure die!!! "Bersatu teguh, bercerai roboh."

I know you will read this post and my blog in November or December. Go ahead and read. =)
No secrret. =P
____________________________________________________________________

The responsibility (blame?) would always goes to the eldest child--the first born. At times, I wish I am the only child. O.o

God took favor on the first born. From offering animal sacrifices to the passover incident and many more. How privilege am I to be the first born child of my parents! ^.^

Be thankful!
____________________________________________________________________

Dad dropped by nilai to have dinner with me recently. He went up to north. On the way down south to Malacca, he dropped by to spend time with his FIRST BORN CHILD. LOL!!! It has been a fruitful time spent over the dinner table. We witnessed a car accident happened together!!! O.o We chatted for a while thereafter. ^.^
____________________________________________________________________

I am feeling ....... to go to class. I didn't in the end. And my time is spent on blogging this post. Don't straight away judge me without asking why okay? -.-'
____________________________________________________________________

For me and for the world at large,

Psalm 141: 3

Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.

James 3:5-6

Likewise the tounge is a small past of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tounge also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
____________________________________________________________________

I wish one day we can all go shopping without parents. Hehehe!!! Wait till I get my first car!!! In a few years time. Hehehe!!! =P

Last minutes!!!

2008-09-23T23:20:00.000+08:00

I am hiding my anger.

Disguised.

For those who know me well enough, I do not like to do things last minutes.

You are the one who initiated it but I do not see any effort from you despite of me giving you tonne of suggestions to get things done. You want me to do it instead. Is anything wrong with your interpersonal skill? You knew it from the very beginning that you wanted to do this and you did not get it done and procrastinated. Things would be much more perfect if you realized this earlier. If you want to do something, please do it well. Do not waste my time on doing nonsense. You do not seems to get me when I am already giving you a clear and simple answer to your question, I've repeated 3 times my answer for a few questions. I feel like a bad guy right now for helping you. Chasing money? Keep on msn-ing people despite of unclear direction of what to do? I know you are busy on other matter which is important too. Let me repeat again. I do not mind helping. However, what is the use of doing something without direction? Why play football where you do not know where is the goal post? Why study when you do not intend to get a qualification in hand? Why never practice management theory of delegation when you are being exposed to this subject in your course of study?

Nevertheless, I hope everything goes well after all the planning.

God, I am disappointed and angry.

Teach me patience
Teach me love
Teach me forgiveness
Amen!

mission aborted

2008-09-22T11:28:00.000+08:00

Lazy to blog about about the retreat that I said I will blog ......
No la, no time okay???
Sorry.......

2008-09-19T10:34:00.000+08:00

The absence of faith is fear.

The consequence of not being acquiescent is remorse.

On top of that,

I think I feel 'something'.

It is not fitting to have those things in my mind.

Beside, God is not going to be pleased at it.

It deprived other people from my care and love,

regardless they are the subject of that 'something' or not.

Overcame it through prayer not too long ago.

I shall do the same this time.

ok, off to cg now.
how to concentrate?

Frus!

2008-09-15T18:12:00.001+08:00

Frus! Frus! Frus!

Obstruction after obstruction!!!

The whole day!!!

I think I am having PMS!!!

Yea, I hope it is PMS!!!

Because, this is the sixth week already!!!

Sila berpatient sherene!!!

Inhale "he~~~~", exhale "hu~~~~", inhale "he~~~~", exhale "hu~~~~"

>.<

Barely sound brain

2008-09-08T00:29:00.000+08:00

Was away for Inti Christian Fellowship Committee retreat in Oasis Youth centre, Subang Jaya on the 5th to 7th. Pics are not with me yet. Will upload it later when I get it. And will bla something about it.

Exhibition week starts tomorrow. All club will start to fight for member. Business minded - the more you have, the more powerful you are. Whatever~~~~~

More secretary job needs to be done. My secretary roomie from other club already complaint. ( Before the thing even started? ) I am in Deloitte Tax Challenge. 1st round starts next tuesday. I don't even bother of winning or losing. (Terriblezzz!!!) Hey, I begin to lose track of my studies already. Sherene, follow timetable!!! Remember the number --> 4!!! It's either spell as four or si.

Hmm~~~ mentally tired la....

Stop.

God is here.
He will make a way where there seems to be no way out.
Believe.
Practice faith.

Psalm 63:1
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

No longer a mystery

2008-08-29T12:42:00.000+08:00

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~~

... ...

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. ^^

impossible possibility

Why so downcast? O my soul!

Into the last quarter of 2011

June 2011

Oct'10

Ouch!

notes from a soon to be stock buyer :D

What holiday?

Not so mayhem after all but mayday is still needed

Bang Head Here

Weakend & Strongend

Marching Month of March

100!!!

Redness

No one can ever stop me from saying Thank You

Maggots ......... *pukes*

Second road accident for this month

The long waited air suam

Of cement lorry, red taxi, green taxi and new proton saga

2010

The footprints we left at Bukit Tinggi

Delayed 21st birthday post

I'm officially stressed, not missing you.

1st fish porridge cooking in KL -- A success!

Ant without Z

Wake me up when September ends

Successful Women

Fill It To The Rim With Sherene

3 in Dec 2009

this is the day that the Lord has made

The playlist

The silent scream

Loving the unloving

Nilai

A Durian Life

Question mark (?)

Found love & care

Exam Time

no curse no swear

facebook

The A

Pre ICF Camp 2009

12 AM yang tersangat amat sungguh panas sekali

Gents' and ladies' department

Savour it

My friend

Another kind of relieve

Classes on Sunday

The Prayer of Jabez

A dramatic night with the ladies!

Darkness creeps in at night

Take it on with God

It happens

Courage (50th post)

Half curse

O blooded ( mourning over dairy product & grains & whole meal product )

You jump, I jump.

Still waiting

Pre 16th of Feb 09

rueful valentine

Old song

Movie - The Climb

Cut fat

Driver

What is wrong here?

The silent outpouring of nervousness

When a father talks.....

Hello 2009!

Evangelists

Selah

RM 50.00

Inti CF Committee Retreat Sept 2008

Mean=First born? ( Rebuttable )

Last minutes!!!

mission aborted

Frus!

Barely sound brain

No longer a mystery

Maggots ......... pukes