Time

To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven;

A time to be born,
and a time to die;
A time to plant,
and a time to pluck what is planted;

A time to kill,
and a time to heal;
A time to break down,
and a time to build up;

A time to weep,
and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
and a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to gain,
and a time to lose;
A time to keep,
and a time to throw away;

A time to tear,
and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
and a time to speak;

A time to love,
and a time to hate;
A time of war,
and a time of peace.

-Ecclesiastes 3

Love vs in love

There is a definite difference of love vs. in love.

You can love and care about all kinds of people and things but to be "in love" requires a closeness and bondness between two people that constantly need nourishment to grow with each other, and a lot of factors are entailed to keep the love blossoming. Much compared to nurturing a plant or flower, if you dont tend to it daily, it will eventually die from lack of caring and love and will not flourish anymore.

Same goes with our relationship and walk with God. The once passionate relationship we had with Him will fade over time if we shift our priorities.

"Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this." -Stephen Packer

I turn to you

Holidays gone. Exams coming. Assignments accumulating. Another holiday (which will mostly be occupied by doing assignments) approaching. And the cycle goes on again....... until December.

My business finals clashes with my new sem. I am so tired. Hope i can survive these few weeks with finals and assignments constantly bogging my mind.

Still, I would like to dedicate this song to God, my family and my dear friends who stood by me when I am at my worst, lowest, and weakest though some of them might not read this.

For their patience and understanding. Thank you. Because they accepted me at my worst, they sure deserve me at my best.

For Him and them:

I Turn To You by Christina Aguilera

When I'm lost in the rain
In your eyes I know I'll find the light
To light my way, when I'm scared losing ground
When my world is going crazy you can turn it all around
And when I'm down you're there pushing me to the top
You're always there giving me all you've got

For a shield, from the storm for a friend, for a love
To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you
For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on
For everything you do, for everything that's true, I turn to you

When I lose the will to win
I just reach for you and I can reach the sky again
I can do anything 'cause your love is so amazing
'Cause your love inspires me
And when I need a friend you're always on my side
Giving me faith taking me through the night

For a shield, from the storm, for a friend, for a love
To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you
For the strength to be strong and for the will to carry on
For everything you do I turn to you yeah

For the arms to be my shelter through all the rain
For truth that will never change for someone to lean on
But for a heart I can rely on through anything
For the one who I can run to oh I turn to you

For a shield from the storm, for a friend, for a love
To keep me safe and warm, I turn to you
For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on
For everything you do, for everything that's true
For everything you do, for everything that's true, I turn to you

And here comes the update. (Like finally......)

I cant help to *smile widely* everytime i head back home.

Why? I'll let the pictures explain. :D

St Xaviers! My dad's school.

The picture below was just a random shot btw. LOL. I saw it on the way to Pulau Tikus.

Besides driving around Penang, my dad and I went for a jog and also a visit to the spa cause they have like some promotion thingy. 4 sessions for Rm45.

Okay now talk about food. We had... western food.

... seafood...

And also the famous hawker food, like the char koay teow........... etc.. But Not to forget, our very own homemade stuffed crab and blueberry cheesecake. :)

I love my home, my fam, my friends, and most of all, Him for providing all these to me.

Ill just end my post with a verse i received from my porky bro nights ago.

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom."

I pray that those mosquitoes extinct from the face of the earth

Im really really really....... worried now. :(

I just got the news from my family. My dad contracted Chikungunya, a disease that is brought about by the (!@^%!^@$!@^) mosquitoes, specifically, aedes.

Please pray for him that he gets well soon. He has been having fevers on and off for weeks and his body is not getting any stronger lately. :'(

P.S. My hatred towards mosquitoes has increased to 236782362836278368263283........ folds now.

Current mood: Trying but cannot concentrate on my studies.

Random

Dear blog,

Dont know why. But out of a sudden, I miss home. Dont get me wrong. I'm surrounded by really great friends here in KL. They are really fun and nice people, although they always bully me. (I said always cause there's never one day in class that they do NOT 'zha' me, LOL) We would laugh and debate over stupid things, thats how lively our gang is.

However despite these things, there tend to be moments where I think about home. You know, i find it really weird. At times when I'm back in KL, i tend to miss the times when I am with my family and conversely at times, when i'm back home i tend to miss my life here in KL. Maybe i have bipolar *gasps* Haha.

I also miss those times where i am free to talk in my very own mother tongue (hokkien campur english) whereas here in KL, I rarely have friends that understand hokkien, except for mel though her slang is a wee different from mine. Dont get me wrong again, I am perfectly fine with speaking english, but there tend to be times where you loose the homely feeling.

Here are some words from the hokkien dictionary that I rarely use nowadays, LOL

Hami? - What?

Hamisu. - You use this when ppl find you or kacau you

Kao Bin Pui - thick skin

Ai Bin - Err, love your face? Something like being egoistic.

Ma Si Eh Neh Lor - Ma like that lor

Chiak!! - Eat!!

Ho liao - Used when you are in awe of something. Eg, food.

um chai - dont know

The list goes on........ and on........ and on.......... haha.

Ok, so much for my rants. Im off to being a nerd now.

Current mood: Moodless

Overcome your fears

I told myself I will not do it. I WILL NOT do it. Since young, that is the one thing that I vowed to myself that I would never do.

If you called me to do it maybe even one year ago, I would say 'over my dead body'. Thats how persistent I was, but I ended up doing it anyway!! (all thanks to someone for 'forcing' me to do it) Haha. . .

Oh well, no regrets now, now that i've done it. :)

Current mood: Syiok sendiri