SEED

Seeing Everyday Experiences Differently. That’s the name of my Cell Group for the past one year. Before I go further I would like to explain the formation of SEED CG since the beginning, when Cell Groups were formed in CF.

It started of as Protoplasma CG, as the name suggested, we are the main built-up of any living organism…Fuiyoh….. Janenete was the Cell Leader 3 years back. CG was fun, and had around 30++ members when the semester ends. The leaders felt that it would be nice to split the big group of Protoplasma-ians into 2 smaller groups, and so it happened. Protoplasma CG splitted into 2 smaller CG’s each given the name of DUH (Devoted, United, Happening) CG and OHANA (family) CG. I was with Ohana CG for a year, beginning of my Beta year till end of Beta, with Wee Liem as the leader. Things were moving, with Janenete remaining in Ohana till she graduated last year. The other CG, DUH, was led by Desmond Yong, and they were happening as well, as the middle initial of their CG name implied.

Throughout the days in Ohana, I learnt a lot. My CG leaders taught me a lot of stuffs, which I am applying it even now. Principles after principles of life were taught to us Ohana-ians, and also we had our fair share of outings and activities. The most significant activity which I still remembered doing with CG was our participation in the CG games. It is a treasure hunt based in campus, and also a game of choices. We as CG’s have to elect a leader, and split our team into 2 factions. It was the time where I experienced true family bonding between each member, while we were searching for answers, and while we were running together, everything we do was together, and that was when I start to appreciate the things, and the people around me. I was so blessed being in that CG, and I made a commitment to served in whatever way I can for CG in the days to come.

By the end of the semester, Ohana CG and DUH CG grew to about 16-18 members each, and it is too big for the current CG to accommodate. Yea, u guessed it right. We splitted again, now from DUH out came 2 babies, CHUP CG and BLUR CG, led by Carol and Ting Ting respectively, and from Ohana another 2 babies, SEED CG and THIRST CG, led by me and Kevin respectively. This is the chronology of the birth of one CG to another, all from the same parent.

Through out my year as a CG leader, I’ve experienced a lot of things. I’ve learnt how to work together with people. I’ve learnt how to manage people, as well as to manage a group. It had been a wonderful year for me, and there are numerous memories for me to cherish, as well as to share it out with people.

One of the most important thing I learned as a leader, is the virtue of humbleness. Many a times I have been stretched to the point where I have to show that I can, and without anybody helping, I can. I began to have pride in myself up to a certain point, where I had to be humbled by my CG members. I thought I could do it my way, but it didn’t work out the way I expect it to be. Throughout these years, I have been told to be humble and to keep myself low, and pride-less, and I truly learned it in CG. Seed-lings( as we used to called ourselves ) are the major driving force behind my days as a leader. They are the ones who come to CG without failed each week; they are the ones who had participated in all the partying session as well as the activities session; they are the ones who gave constructive ideas as well as opinions on how the CG will be throughout the years, and even as we graduate, the legacy of the CG will be brought up high…

As the semester comes to an end, it’s time for me to make way for a new and energetic leader to take over. Every “Goodbyes” are hard to accept, and it’s even harder to say it out. I , for one am fortunate and deep in my heart, I thank God for the coming leader, who is vibrant and full of passion for The Lord. He had been faithfully coming for CG since it’s formation 3 years back, and also had shown great leadership capabilities. He had been a wonderful inspiration to me too, from the start of my entry into OHANA, right up till the finishing of my term in SEED. Behold I present to you, Eric Poh as the new CG leader…*applause*applause*

I am here to say my last words to all Seed-lings before I leave for industrial training next semester, and my last words as CG leader. In no particular orders:

Kenneth Tan, The ‘power’ debater and my faithful assistant. Thank you for all the late nights together discussing about CG related activities, and also the constant pushing by me to look for people for CG. You had shown great commitment and it had been a great, wonderful, nice superb experience working with you, and hope that you will continue to shine for Him above, as well as to excel in whatever you do. Thank You

Daniel Wong aka DawgHause. It’s been great having in the same team as I am, serving the same Lord together. You have shown passion in serving for CG, and you being the game master for CG really rocks. Keep up the good work there, brother, and may The Lord be with you whatever you do, and where ever you go. Thank You

Eric Poh, Thank you for your aim and your enthusiasm in serving in CG. It had been great having you leading in worship, leading in games, and leading in bible study. A great man of God you will be, and never let the fire die down in you. I was blessed being in the same CG as you for 2 years already. Keeps the spirit burning for God ya!! Thank You.

Mian Chin. One word I can use to describe her. Awesome…it had been a wonderful journey being with you in CG together with your inputs and ideas regarding the CG. You have shown great commitment in helping out the CG in whatever way you can. You have never missed CG at all, except that you have test or quizzes on that day. Mian Chin, though you are leaving us and venturing into the working world, may my prayers go with you, and may you be successful in what ever you do, and don’t forget us ya =P Thank You.

Vincent aka Victor. The one and only who resembles the popular duo, Michael &Victor. You had shown effort in attending CG, and also helping out in the ice breaking session. Vince, thank you for your support throughout these years for me, and though we are not that close, but then I treat you as a brother to me, and also thanks for supporting me throughout my journey. Thank You

Wee Liem. You are the man. My former CG leader who had helped me throughout my journey in CG. Thanks man for everything, and also thanks for your advice which I am still holding on now. You had been an inspiration to me. Keep up the good work that you are doing for God ya, and All the Best in your future undertakings God Bless. Thank You

Charis. Though you are one of the CF committee, but when it comes to CG, you gave your best. Thank you for your advice and your words of encouragement to me. It really built me up as well as encouraged me. Through the times I was down because of pressure from CG and work outside, you were at hand to offer words of encouragement to me. Thank You very much, I appreciate every single bit of help offered. Thank You

Grace. It had been a while since we chatted, but you too had been a great blessing in CG. Though you may be busy with your work, sometimes you still make it a point to attend. All the best in our life and your future undertakings. Grace, God bless you. Take care. Thank You.

Rebecca. Though you may have left us to continue study in Malacca, memories of you being in SEED still remained in my heart. From the times we’ve been working together for CGvCG till the day we ate together at Talipon, you have been a great and wonderful blessing to me as well as to the entire CG. I’ve never met a person like you for a long time, and definitely you deserved to be acknowledged as one of the SEED members. All the best in life, and may the gracious Lord be with you where ever you go. Take care and Thank You.

Janet, Jay Shen, Chang Shern, and Nicholas Thank you for being a part of CG.

Thank You Seedlings….It’s been AWeSOme working with you guys and gals.

Stress Release

Your Brain is 66.67% Female, 33.33% Male

Your brain leans female You think with your heart, not your head Sweet and considerate, you are a giver But you're tough enough not to let anyone take advantage of you!

Oh My God... My brain is a girl...:P

What gender is your Brain?

Busy...Busy...Busy

Well well, let’s see what have we got here…... 18 more days to final exams, with 2 more assignments to go, plus an additional 2-3 meeting next week, Oh help!!!!! I’m going Nutz !!!

The past week had been somewhat interesting, with the exception of a mad hour rush to pay my school fees, on the final days. All I saw on that day was, the queue to the bank counter was unending, since 9.30AM. I was one of the casualties, where I started queuing up from 9AM to10AM, just to get a form, and also to transfer the funds from my account to MMU’s account. In other words, I am paying my funds, which stands a total of a 5 digit number where I can only settled 80% of the payment, because of withdrawing quota imposed by the bank. Students were frantically trying to beat the dateline which falls on Tuesday, and even after lunchtime around 2PM, students were still seen queuing to pay money. This shows the mindset of us Malaysian, who only do things at the very last minute. I calculated the time I had to settle the payments on normal days. From queuing up at the bank, till I submit my slip at he finance counter, it shouldn’t take more then 10 minutes. Here I was standing for 1 hour in the bank, and another 30 minutes in the finance counter. OH Boy……

Other interesting things which happened during the week were Buddy’s night in CF, which I couldn’t attend due to some crappy assignment meeting from what I heard, the night was a blast, with each buddies trying to outshine one another, with their prince n princess costumes, and the objectives of the event is to foster greater ties among CF-ers , and also to reward the best dressed buddies.

I will be super busy for the coming finals and also submissions, and as such I won’t be updating my blog as frequently as last time. Thanks for understanding, and as Arnold says, I’LL BE BACK…..

Happening Week...

Hi guys…it’s been a week (or 2) since I last made my appearance in blog-world. What happened was that apparently real-life had gotten its toil on me this past weeks, and I have been constantly churning up some brain juice for test and exams, staying up late for assignments and also embracing myself for issues relating to friends and family. To summarized, this past 2 weeks had been AwEsOme, with so much happening, and so little time to put it up, for you to see, well, *drumrolls* here are the synopsis of what happened since the last post I made here…

On the 4^th of March, which is last Friday, I managed to pass up an assignment, which is actually a lab test given by my lecturer. The project is all about installing FreeBSD (an open source Operating System) into our machine, and executing whatever that is needed that are printed on the handout. It took me and my group 2 weeks to install and configure the whole thing, and yet not get full marks. Bummer…..i thought my group can get full marks for it, but looked like the OS doesn’t like us, and decided to give up its function and “died” somewhere during our presentation. Hmmmp, so much for installing and playing around with FreeBSD for 2 weeks.

The weekends had been fun, went around Cyberjaya on my bike again, after 3-4 months of “rest” hahahahaha…..my bicycle was screaming out to me” OI, you brought me here to rust is it???” I had to bring it out for a stroll, and off we went around the intelligent city, and this place had seen much rapid development compared to 3-4 months back. Newly build buildings are beginning to take progress, multinational companies are mushrooming around, the roads are being tarred, flowers are blooming, and so much more nice and beautiful scenery to be seen. Now who said Cyberjaya is a dessert? And I went to ACTS church on Sunday. The worship was good, and the message was awesome, with Pastor Kenneth spoke regarding the repentance of the heart, and the power of fasting, and he illustrated from the bible, how David was remorseful after falling into a great sin, that even when his son died, he showed no sadness nor sorrow, for he knows that God is with him. I had a wonderful time in church, meeting up with friends, enjoying their fellowship, and Sasi joined us for the first time in Acts, and I had lunch with him that day. I got to know more about him, and we shared….

An eventful Tuesday, which I had my exams that day, and coincidentally it is also the CF AGM (read: installation of committee and CG leaders). I made my way to the CF room after my test, which is in CR3045, and had a wonderful time worshipping as well as mixing with the rest of the CF-ers. The names of the committee were being projected on the screen, and applauses after screaming and shouting were heard resonating throughout the room. It was the day where the outgoing committee members hand over their respective posts to the newly elected committees. We had a new CF advisor as well, and I present you, Mr. Kevin Koay, hehehe…. I was surprised, and deep in my heart, I thank the Lord above for choosing such a capable leader and also a good mentor to lead us into the new era. The message earlier was delivered by Kevin, which spoke on the “Qualities and also responsibilities of a leader” it was a heart warming and also thought-provoking message, with the scripture taken from John 21. I applaud you, the committee of CFMMU 2005, and also the CF advisor, that God be with you in your journey of faith and endurance, to make CFMMU grow in quality as well as in quantity.

Wednesday was like any other day, except that during the night, around 9PM, a bunch of closely knitted people, who called themselves SEED-lings, embarked on a journey to mid-valley for 2 special reasons, which is about to be disclose in a moment. We left Cyberjaya around 9.10, and reached our destination an hour later. Our first stop was in Manhattan fish market, where we ate our fill. The fish served was awesome, and delicious, there were 10 of us here, Kenneth, Eric, Mian Chin, Leo Koo, Vincent, Daniel, Wee Liem, Charis, Grace Chai and me. The first highlight of today was when Wee Liem presented me and Kenneth a Thank You card as an appreciation for being CG leader and Assistant CG leader respectively. It was not expected by me, nor Kenneth, and the feeling of being appreciated this way is blissful and joyous and…(whatever adjectives that are appropriate.) It’s a card made by Wee Liem, and signed by all SEED-lings. The impact that card gave on me was stupendous….we chatted till 11 something, and decided to head on to Bangsar for some mamak…(Right after dinner??)

We reached Bangsar, with loads of people and cars, and while I was chatting with a brother, he pointed out that there were 3-4 BMW 7 series on the road, mien, he said. This is a place for Rich people…J we went over to a mamak located somewhere in Bangsar (DUH!!), and began chatting away. We ordered out drinks, and some satays, and lin chee kang (malay style). It was not long when we brought out the birthday cake meant for Mian Chin, for her Birthday falls on 12^th od March, but as a CG, we decided to celebrate it earlier. We set up the cake, and the candles, and sang her the most sweetest birthday song ever, mainly because she’s graduating in less then a months time, and it is her final birthday we are celebrating together. We presented her a birthday card, made by Wee Liem, and continue chatting till about 2 O’clock in the morning. We leaved Bangsar with a happy heart, and SEED legacy will live on….

It was indeed the most memorable week I have ever had, together with my CG, with my friends, with my computer, and with everything else around me. God had been faithful and gracious, and forever I will Served Him and Him alone.

* Final exams count down in ETA 21 days, prepare for RED-ALERT *

Way of Life

I tried, I fail;
I failed, I know;
I knew, I understand;
I understood, I practice;
The way of life.

Quote:

Life's like a playground
you'll spent you time in it having fun
and when you fall and gets hurt
it may not be fun again the next time u play

Life's like a training ground
who ever wants to be strong and prepared
have to go though the vigorous training and challenges.

Life's like a video game
you play, you died
you restart and you play again

Life's like roller coaster rides
one moment you are up
the next moment you are down

As i stepped foot into CF room last Tuesday, i expected something more then just ordinary bible study, and the normal routine that we normally have. I expected something mind blowing, something fun, something nice.

And as Pastor Sivian spoke on “Enjoying life”, he made us to sit in groups of 5 each, and each group is supposed to draft out What is success t us, and to paint out the picture of How success will be to us. Each group had fun drafting out success, and some said playing football in Man Utd is a success, some said that being a dictator for world peace is his success, some said stealing Microsoft Windows source codes and set up a new company is a success, and the usual one, that is a lot of us said having nice cars, nice house, nice girlfriends are a success. Each one of us had different perception on success, and also we all have different methods of achieving our success goals…

Pastor then spoke regarding the Word, which is taken from Luke 18:18-30. It said that the rich person will see success as having all he ever wanted, ut got rebuked by the Lord, which overturns everything around. Many of is perceived success as having material things, and most of the time, we failed to noticed and realized, that by having God in us is our greatest success in life, and we don’t need material stuffs to be considered as successful. Pastor then continue speaking on being successful in life also meant to enjoy life, just as the disciples of Jesus, they enjoyed each moment being with Him, be it having meals, helping people, or just spend time up in the mountains with Him.

Speaking about enjoying life? How could I when I am currently taking 7 subjects, with at least 2 tests for 4 subjects, and at least 2 projects per subject, and each week have at least a test or an submission or a deadline to meet…..how to enjoy?

But looking at the bright side of life, I had successfully live till 21 years old, and I’ve learned a lot through books, from parents and through my friends. I have experienced lot in this life, and am willing to take on more bizarre challenges, with God, the impossible will be possible.