Tuesday, November 28, 2006

I'm tired.

The last two weeks went in a blur. I often wonder where the time went to, and why life is so often so busy. If you have answers to these questions, please feel free to post your information.

It's cold here, and I think the cold can get to ya and make ya feel miserable sometimes. -39c really isn't all that fun when the wind is gripping into your bones and sucking the moist out of your skin.

Well, not to worry, I have not caught the winter bug yet (people often get depressed during winter due to a lack of sunlight and too much of the cold). But I really am quite tired. There is one more week left of the semester, and as the semester winds down, so are datelines. Currently editing my papers and finishing up an assignment before a midterm this Thursday (yeah, at the end of sem?!). School ends next Wednesday then final exams kicks in. Please pray for me, I hope I can survive till the very last paper. As it is, I am getting 6 1/2 hours of sleep and trying to get everything done and all. Getting to and fro from school takes exceedingly long because of bad traffic due to all that snow and ice-skating rink road. It's bad...a whole lot waste of time, but such is life...I can't do much about it because of decisions I have made. My often empty house is now occupied by my aunt who is back for a few weeks, and my niece who is living here temporarily. I am beginning to think that I may very well really really enjoy living on my own!! Woah, living again with others takes quite a bit of adaptation, especially dealing with the noise level!

God's been teaching me an awful lot lately, and I only wished I had all the time in the world to just sit by his feet and be in his presence. Preparing for the small group bible studies and personal studies with some girls are definitely teaching me lots :) Navs Leadership Bible Study has also been such a big great blessing to me as we uncover the treasure in the bible with such depth. It's awesome to be digging into the bible using some 'structured methods' before we interpret verses. Ahh, now I almost see the bible with a whole new perspective...but studying the bible that way now takes so much time and effort! Hmm, on another note two Sundays ago I went to Red Deer to listen to Nabeel Jabbour speak on the Muslim ministry. Meeting him again drew something out of me and it reminded me of how important muslims are in the eyes of God. Please join me in praying that they will come to experience the love of God. It's weird, sometimes I almost feel like all I want to do is just to serve God full time, but other days, not so because I have so many different interests in terms of career. Been thinking and praying a lot lately about the future -- after May, what happens? God willing, I hope to find a job here and undergo training with the Navigators in the short term. If not, ah, I wouldn't mind going back to Malaysia enjoying my roti canai and ramli burger :p Please pray for me too as I ask God for direction.

-39c



Global warming sure has not kicked in here yet :(

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Are you a laborer?

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

Matthew 9:37 (NKJV)

Monday, November 20, 2006

Be A Light!

"The light that shines the furthest shines the brightest at home."

Oswald Smith

Saturday, November 18, 2006

I wana marry an Apple Farmer!

It is 12.50am on a Saturday morning. All of sudden, I have an epiphany! I should marry an apple farmer, live on a farmland with horses and dogs with yards and yards of land. My farmer husband can plant tons and tons of apples, and I can startup a company with apple produce such as apple fritters, pies, jams, etc. Then, my business savvy skills such as bills of lading, financing, exporting, negotiating for contracts, marketing, distribution management and economics will be utilized. Oh oh, and of course, this will be a fair trade company too, adhering to good corporate governance and hmm...hey, this idea sure is expanding. Maybe we can have several plantations all over the world and alleviate unemployed people from poverty by providing employment opportunities in the apple industry.

I wana revolutionize the apple industry!!!

Wow, isn't that a great plan??

Friday, November 17, 2006

Just For You:

"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."

James 4:8

Thursday, November 16, 2006

It's a Beutiful Thursday!

Ah, I slept in today after working till 2.30am last night on my law paper. Coincidentally my 9.30am class today was cancelled, so it was nice. For the first time in my school year, I actually sat down for breakfast this morning. Any guesses what I had for breakfast? Went out at 9.45am to catch my bus to school. It was bright and sunny, ah, such a beautiful beautiful day! The air was crisp, the temperature was just right at -5c, considerably warm as I walked out of my door. 5 seconds later, THUMMMPP!! Err, what happened? I fell :( on some icy path on my butt. That would be my first fall this winter (pretty good, winter's been only around for a month now). Picked myself up, and walked towards the bus stop. Uh, before I arrived there, the bus came and went. Yikes!! I missed the bus. Great way to start a day on a sunny beautiful day! Well, I walked back home to wait for the next bus 1/2 later. Did some house chores, opened and read some letters (mostly bills) then went out to catch the bus again. Nope, this time I didn't miss my bus...but I was 5 minutes late for my 11am Finance Class. Opened up my file, yikes, realized that she was still on last lecture's slides, and I had only brought the new slides. Well, that's not as bad as when I couldn't find my pencil case in my bag!!! Urgh, when I opened those letters, I had taken out the scissors from my pencil case and forgotten to put them back in my bag. Well, not too big a worry, just smiled over at my neighbour and asked to borrow a pen. Was trying to find some white loose leaf paper from my file but to no avail! I had used paper too fast and didn't replenish them in my file. Arghhh...

The afternoon wasn't as eventful. Had class with that brown sweatshirt sitting behind me. Nope, no smiles and no conversation. Came back home, had a short nap and started cooking dinner. My pot of chilli is simmering on the stove, and no, it is not burnt, it will be yummy! Blogging away now and hoping that my evening won't be as eventful as my morning. Me, I'm just planning to do some law readings, then then then watch Grey's Anatomy!! Ah, can't wait. Then maybe work on Eonfire jazz and prep for Bible Study. Today was a good day!

How was your day?

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Progressive Conservative Party

I attended my first ever political event today. Gary who is running for the PC Leadership contending to be Alberta's Premier had invited me for today's PC Leadership Forum at Mayfield's Hotel. It was pretty cool, listening to the platform and policies of all eight contenders. Certainly there is no one candidate which has all the policies which I agree with -- you just have to choose the candidate which has most of the policies which you believe in.

I could talk forever, but really, I can't purchase a PC Membership Card and vote for the Leadership Race...so maybe it beats the purpose to speak about each candidate. But, if I could vote, I would vote for Gary McPherson. You can say I am biased perhaps, because I know him better than the rest of the candidate. But working with him in the last six months had made me respect him more and more each day. Looking at his life of being a severely disabled person since the age of nine due to polio gives me a sense of who he is -- a person who fights, who fights for the better. And that is what he is intending to do here and now, to fight for each of the rights of Albertans, for the better. Please visit TeamMcPherson to find out more about his platform, and do consider voting for Gary as your next Premier.

Politics, is so fascinating yet complicated at the same time. But it does draw you in, but at the same time it's so slimy, dirty and often times inefficient and ineffective. Someone told me, "Politics is a love-hate relationship." I agree.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Homemade Apple Jam


Ingredients:

5 cups of finely chopped apples
1 cup water
1/2 tsp. butter
x-amount of sugar




Please fill in the blanks.

Question One: You need ___ of sugar to make a jar of apple jam:

a) 3/4 cups
b) 2 cups
c) 5 cups
d) 10 cups

Seriously.

Seriously.

I didn't envision finding an e-card to be such a task. Like, seriously. The cards are either too sappy or too happy. Like, seriously. After an hour of e-card hunting, I still haven't found the birthday card for my friend. Or maybe Lina is right, I just am not sure of what I am looking for.

Shall go back to e-card hunting.

Ya noe, it's weird. This friend and I used to be pretty close, but time and circumstances changed that. It makes me think of the friends I was previously close with, but the relationship is now no longer the same. Maybe life is just this way? We don't get to keep all of our close friends. Hmm. Thinking about it makes me feel sad. But I guess what they say is, cherish the times you've had together.

Happy Birthday! I wish you well and hope you will find the meaning of life.

Monday, November 06, 2006

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEADS TO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Our Orang Asli


An excellent article by Siew Lian on Think about our Orang Asli in Malaysia. Hear their plight.