So I joined the worship team...

Since I just started to lead worship in KK while I was there for a year, I felt that I needed to serve. So I joined the worship team in FCC. In fact, I came to the practice on my first Tuesday. I travelled down from INTI Nilai to INTI Subang via the INTIBUS. That was the only direct route on anything. I would travel 45 mintues on the KLIA Dedicated Highway with 2 or 3 of my friends every Tuesday evening, do the practise and spend the night at the Pastor's apartment. Then early morning, at about 6am, a brother would send everyone who came down to INTI Subang to take the earliest INITBUS back to Nilai. It was crazy, but it felt right. I felt that I needed to serve and this was one of the places I came to grow in ministry and in serving.

The criteris was tough. I had to sit down and do nothing for about 3 months. It was called a probation period in which everyone was gauged on their serving attitude, their dedication to the church and to the team, their commitment to come every week, and all that. besides that also, we had to learn the songs that this new church was singing. It was not the same stuff as my previous church, and it was tonnes more hard to learn. But we did it anyway. We struggled through and we even cried sometimes, but we still kept going. There was no such thing as giving up.

From that point onwards, I became a guitarist. I used to lug my 12 string guitar up and down the INTIBUS just to play for God and the team. I just wanted to worship.

And then, not long after that, I became a main-stay and actually got to play every week. I wasn't the most talented, but I had a little bit of talent, so I improved a lot in that department. Until one point in time, that I felt I was ok with my guitar skills, and thus I told the team leader that I would like to venture into singing as well, with a view of leading worship one day.

I was well on my way to leading worship until suddenly, my worship team leader quit and joined a newly formed church...

(to be continued...)

Putting State of Affairs in Order

It's been about 8 years plus since I have walked this land. There are good times and there are bad times. It's like in these 8 years, I have gone through a crash course on life, a preparation for things to come.

I still remember how I ended up here in the Klang Valley. It was a Thursday when we arrived as a group from INTI KK. The college sent and Indian dude on a huge bus to fetch about 6 people from the then quite newly built KL International Airport. Then off we went to INTI Nilai.

Even before I came here, I have been in contact with my old friend who has been going to this little church called Faith Christian Centre, or more fondly known as FCC. He was my drummer back in my hometown, and he's the drummer here in this new church that I am going to attend.

WE were open to anything at that time, and there was just this zeal to explore this huge new world - Klang Valley. So we travelled on my first ever train ride, the KTM Komuter from Nilai to Subang Jaya. Then we boarded the most expensive bus ride ever in my life; and I got a shock of my life back then. The bus driver, seemingly a Malay dude, just destroyed all my hard work in secondary school. Remember we were told that BM is the best language ever created in class? Remember we were told to use Bahasa Baku wherever we went? Remember how we struggled through BM classes and even went for extra tuition classes just so that our BM grades are good? Well, that was all shattered by just 1 sentence; I asked the driver, "Berapa untuk ke Sunway Pyramid?" and he answered, "Sixty Cents..."

If I were living in today's world I would've gone, "WTF!!??" I struggled through so many extra classes to improve my BM to get this? A Malay dude who's driving the bus, speaking to me in English? At that point I can't help but to think that I was conned by the Education System.

(to be continued...)

Pics of my new place...

The view from my balcony...
There's a jaccuzi near the curve at the far end...

The master bedroom...
Attached toilet...

Room 2 facing the inside of the complex...
Room 1, facing the airpocket as you can see your neighbour...

Sorry as I seem to have lost the other pics... I remember taking them ,but somehow, it didn't get transferred to my comp...

Still any one interested?

And oh, after a few days of observation, the sun actually hits the house until about 6.30pm.. not 4pm as reported earlier...

Babbel, Babble, Babel, Babell...

Whatever...

I feel that there's something not right with me if I can't churn up some mental diahhroea once a few days. So here I am, trying to write something...

Things with me fopr the past few days have been interesting and out of the ordinary to say the least. Work is work and it's every-increasing... Our vision says that we must be a church that is ever-growing in love for God and man, and maybe that's why our work is ever-increasing...

I'll be doing a fair bit of traveling in this month of August, thus, do expect posts to be not so frequent; not that it is frequent in the first place, but do expect more sporadic episodes.

Well, nothing new happened since the last post, and there are things also that I cannot write. So, yeah.. it's difficult when your life is an open book, but there are chapters in which people cannot have access to...

As for the new apartment, we are looking at the renovation and the fixing of the electricals. We hope to finish everything, the apartment made ready for Sept occupation.

So if you're interested, do give me a firm offer on the comments. RM1,300/month. Pics will come soon. I sent a photographer to help me snap a few pics, and the fellas who went fell in love with my unit... hhhmmm... that's not the point... The point is, Sony equipment is so incompatible with everything else that he pics will have to come next week or something...

Until then...

It's moving...

There's news on my situation again, and I didn't expect it to come this fast.

I'll be clearer on what I'm going to do and where I'll be going soon enough. But let's not talk about this.

It's been quite some time since I've blogged in Hakka, but I'm not going back. There's nothing much to do now except to go into the gross details of the 'finer' words in the hakka language in which, I would cause a lot of people to sin with their tongues. Our tongues should be used to praise God, and thus, should not be used to utter words of Hakka-ness that may be detrimental to your spiritual health.

So, come what may, I'm having quite a good time so far. It's not been a bed of roses lately, but I'm not complaining. There's a good mix of hardship and of comfort right now. I'm struggling to keep a few things in check, but yet, I see a ray of light at the end of the dark tunnel. I'm slightly frustrated that I cannot work my way around my current limitations; limitations that I have no power to change, but I am fairly happy that God doesn't put me into a dead end. There's some risks involved, but it's not dangerous.

So, yeah.. I'm having a good struggle.. hopefully, I will be able to see some of the fruits of my labour.

As of now, the new apartment is nicely done, a few minor cosmetic flaws on the developer's part, but fairly built-up, unlike what the internet forums say. Maybe mine is on a lower floor where QC was still quite stringent. Hehe.. It's ironic y'know, that people pay much more for a unit in the higher floors, but the QC on the developer's part up there tends to slack.

Well, I am looking forward to reaping the rewards of my 2 hard years of labour and struggling with the installments. I'm renting the place out. If you're interested, drop me a comment.

SuriaMas Apartments (next to Ridzuan Condo)
1245 sq.ft.
4 Rooms - Master 12ft x 12ft c/w Bathroom / Room1 12ft x 12ft / Room2 12ft x 10ft / Room 3 12ft x 9ft (I think... I'm not very sure about R2 & R3, but it's not small at all.)

I'm renting it out as is, empty, for RM1,300/month. Bills not included.

There'll be ceiling fans in the Master, R1 & R2. R3 will have to rely on a stand fan. I will put up grills around all the entry points and there will be curtain raillings. If you need, I can provide a kitchen stove and kitchen cabinet.

If you want me to provide Fridge and Washing Machine, it'll be RM1,500/month.

How's about that? 4rooms for RM1,300... If you want a fair break-down, the Master should cost RM400 / R1 RM350 / R2 RM300 / R3 RM250. Mind you, the except for R3, all the other rooms can fit in 2 occupants comfortably.

So what say you? The place is huge, it's windy, it doesn't get hot until late afternoon, and by 4pm, you'd not see the sun anymore because the building in front of you blocks it. You get to see what's happening in the centre of the complex, swimming pool with jaccuzi, tennis court, badminton court, 2 parking spots... What else could you ask for?

HP Mini Notebook 2133 Review

It's been almost a week now since I've bought my HP Mini. I think it deserves a review, just in case you guys are thinking of getting a small sized notebook.

First things first, performance wise, it's 'ok' for a complete notebook of its size. It's not Intel 2-Core, thus, multi-tasking may be a little too much to ask from it. Basic word processing and communication would be ideal. Haven't tried it on graphics yet, but then, with a screen that small, you'd be morbid if you bought it for graphics.

Although for its size, it really does pack a mighty punch as compared to it rivals, namely the Acer, and the ASUS, both of these minis don't come with a 120G HDD, and from what I learn, with good reason. The SATA HDD uses up much more energy much more faster. If you'd have a 8G Solid slate, then it'll use up less energy. My battery lasts for not more than 2 hours without music. However, that being said, I don't find it a hassle to bring around its mobile charger and adapter at all. Since the mini is so small, there's no hassle bringing its adapter charger around. I can put everything into my pouch bag and carry the mini around as if I'm carrying a Bible.

And speaking of small in size, I found it hard to purchase a bag that is suitable enough for my mini. It is as long as normal notebooks are wide, so if I bought a normal 15" notebook bag, I'd be bringing a lot of air around with me. Heck, even the manufacturers don't have bags this small. I had to cut the 14" slip-in bag that they gave me into half and stitch the thing back with my limited threading skills...

Connectivity is very much hassle-free as I can just plop it on my dinner table at any mall and I can do both things at the same time. However that being said, the battery life does come as a hassle if ever I spend more than 2 hours at the restaurant. I might need to buy the 6-battery pack soon as a back-up for traveling and all that, since I got so much space inside my bag... Hehe..

As for looks, it is great! I love the whole build-up of the thing. Sleek on the outside, user friendly on the inside. I'm already having slight trouble keeping my stubby fingers on the right keys on this 95% : actual size keyboard, imagine how much more difficult it'll be if I had bought the Acer/ASUS that comes with keyboards so small that I might as well type with my pinky!

As for heat, the thing can and will burn your balls if you used it as a lap-top, however, the problem can be solved with a certain RM10.90 dish strainer that you can buy from any french hypermart near your house. Scandinavian breakfast-in-bed trays are also useful, but much more expensive...

I guess that's all for now...

And oh, I got the keys to my new apartment dy...

Wanna rent anyone? Nice owner, good negogtiator welcomed.

Been thinking quite a lot lately...

Yeah.. It's like I'm getting stuff into my head every other day...

Maybe it's the 40-Day Fast and Prayer thingy that's been going around. NECF has really packed up a punch into the RM1.5o booklet. It's been speaking to me and my devotion mates everytime we gather around the table during the mornings.

Today, we prayed for the churches. It's adamant that some churches are more 'famous' than others. Some try to emulate, and some try to avoid. But it is not in any of God's interest to see who's church is better or more famous. It is God's agenda that all should share the gospel.

It's saddening to see some churches focusing much of their time in trying to steal other church's members. Some try to hard to keep their own members from other churches that they forget their call is to preach the gospel; not maintaining the members' attendance!

So, it has been a wake up call for me. I have been called to cater to our sister churches' members who are moving into the Klang Valley to study, but that should not be our main focus. What I am doing is just maintenance whereas I should be doing advancements. But that being said, the harvest is always plentiful, but the workers... the workers are quitting sometimes... sigh...

So wake up all those who read this. It is one thing to invite a friend to your church, but it is totally another to ask a committed church going person to jump from his church to yours just because yours is better. For if you do that, you do not have the mind of God, but the mind of evil men.

Oh, Happy Day...

My new toy:



Mini Des: HP Mini 2133