here I come, Vancouver

going to Vancouver less than 1 hour...Hooray....
this is a place where I longing to go for such a long time, since watching TVB hong kong drama, Vancouver always mention form their mouth.
getting exited, and hoping for a safe and joyful trip.

May GOD bless our trip, safe and joyful, and in the grace of the Lord. AMEN!

Creation is GOD's first missionary

It was a sunny day after some rain past few day, and the weather turn to become more warm then before. I suddenly have this thought of going to the beach which I had longing to go before this, and since my class is start at 6pm evening, I should able to walk all the way from the beach back to the University before evening. Actually, I donwan to waste my time the whole noon by just watching movie or surfing internet directionless also.
    After taking a light lunch, I prepare myself to go to Willow beach. Take a deep breath at the fresh air, with some salty taste, it make me feel that I am back to Langkawi, but for sure Langkawi beach is much more better than here. Take a walk along the long beach, seeing all the people company by their dogs beside the beach, enjoying the beauty of art work of the LordWalk until the end of beach, I went along the hill up to the Upland park, sitting on the cliff , a sharp corner which divide the Oak Bay and Cadbora Bay, from here I can see clearly the whole beach, someone kayaking, and some rafting. Rest for a while at the chair, amazed with all the scene in front of my eyes.
    It was only 230pm by the time, way too early for my to get back to school. So I decide to take a slow walk along the Beach Drive and Cadboro street to the Cadboro Gyro Park, "City of Garden" is the name given to Victoria, Victoria is more than a garden if you take the walk along Beach Drive. An hour of walk, had grant me to imagine myself immerse totally in the beauty of nature, the flower, the leaf, the tree, the acorn and pine corn, the grass ,all the plant is greeting me " Good day, Leon".
    All the nature make me reflect of what I had read recently on the book " In the grip of Grace" which I just borrow from the church library. The Psalmist wrote: " The heaven tell the glory of God, and the skies annouce what his hands have made. Day after day they tell their story, night after night they tell it again. They have no seech or words; they have no voice to be heard. But their message goes through all the world; their words go everywhere on earth." (Ps 19: 1-4) There is no excuse for us to denied God, as HE had revealed himself to us through his creation. Hundreds of years ago, the great theologist Tertulian stated: It was not the pen of Moses that initiated the knowledge of the Creator....the vast mojority of mankind, though they never heard the name of Moses, nor the God of Moses....Nature is the teacher; the soul is the pupil....One flower of the hedgerow....one shell from any sea.....will they speak to you the mean Creator? ....If I offer you a rose, you will not scorn its Creator.
   Creation is God's first missionary. They are there for those who never held a Bible or heard a scripture, they are there before someone put the God's Word in their tongue. Paul in Roman book say, the human heart can know God through the handiwork of nature. However, the problem is not that God haven't spoke, but is the human never listen. Human trade the Creator with the creation, they trade the glory of heaven with the desire of earth.....  
     This message come to me as I sit down at the Gyro Park, facing the salty cold wind from the sea, listen to the song of the birds, reading this book. The words suddenly become to close to me, and intimate with me, each word reflect me of all the wonder of nature I had just gone through. I give thanks to the wonder of His handiwork, the grace that He had pour upon my life.

Wonderful Picnic and weekend gathering

on the past Saturday, we previously planning to rent a car and go to mount Washington together, however due to some conflict and some new information we get, we decide to postpone this snow skiing to 6 Feb which in organize by the school, then this will be much more cheaper also.
then in a sudden decision, i suggest all of us to go to Salt Spring Island, which i saw the flier from the hostel, and everyone agree. What impress me is, the amount of people suddenly increase from about 10 to about 20. lot of new friend come in together to join this trip. However, Salt Spring Island is not as interesting as I thought, it just another park on the island. Heard from the people there, It is actually a famous place for camping during the summer, but in the winter is actually nothing much to see. and what the make me feel not worth, is the taxi we took for only 10 minute cost each of us CAD$7...tht is way too expensive...and wht that make me feel worth, is the gathering of a bunch of exchange student come to an island and having the picnic, the fellowship and the conversation among each other.Thanks to the 4 NTU ppl and Ja and Jane and Sandy that prepare all the sandwich and snack....
due to the lack of fun, Sandy actually have a mind to invite everyone to her house and have a BBQ in the night. Everyone was having too much fun on the BBQ night, although is only me and Sandy that do the BBQ, but other also help to do many preparation and fried. we play guitar hero, play twister together.....Twister is a new game to me, bt it is really very fun. all the player are tie together...haha....this gv me a new idea of having this kind of game for a ice breaking for nex time camp....it is simple but fun....even we just looking at how they play, is even more fun also...
Great JOB!!!!

Visual Data Artifact Journal

I had been joining a survey for the visual data artifact journal recently, and this can help me to earn some pocket money. What actually this survey is all about? this guy, David Sprague actually doing a survey on his paper on the effect and impact of visual data bring to normal people life. In doing this survey, each participant have to record down the visual data they observed everyday in the 2 week of observation period, and as the compensation of our time wasted, we can earn CAD$40 after we complete the task.
How ever,not everyday in our life we will saw the visual data. What actually is visual data then? is actually just any visual or graphic with shape, color, size that can help you to understand a thing such as chart, bar, node link diargram, basically anything that after remove the word and still given you some information.
well, this is something interesting. and thereforem I have to bring my camera everytime, so when ever I saw a visual data I can capture down the picture. 

IMAGINUS

as I told you in the previous post, I found a part time job to help in set up during the IMAGINUS day.
so, wht actually IMAGINUS is? probably many will ask.
This is a poster look out show, they sells a lot of poster of different size and category, and my work tht day is start early 7am morning, to help them to unload all the poster from the truck, and help to set up the poster in the show room. it is just an easy work, but they rally need people to do the work. and we get paid of CAD$ 13 per hour, is a good deal for me, working for 3 hour alrd earn CAD$40, this is enuf for my 2 week meal. haha.....then I will help also during the last day to loading all the thing back to the truck and get another CAD$40...haha....
to c the pic of IMAGINUS, go to my facebook...hehe..
Thanks GOD for providing this job to me....

我们都是管家

刚果的星期五， 带领了一个信徒新生活课程，主题就是“新生活与管家”。
作为基督徒，当我们决定接受耶稣基督做我们个人的救主时，我们也同时的把我们生命的主权交了给主耶稣，并且承认主耶稣在我们所拥有的一切人事物上主权。我们从此，就不再是我们生命的主，不是我们孩子的主，不是我们父母的主，不是我们钱财的主，不是我们房子车子的主。。。。。我们的这一切的主，就是我们的主耶稣。 而我们，只是神把这些交托给我们管理的管家。
这样的一个观点，在世人的眼里是很难就接受的。什么是我们赚的钱却不是我们自己的？ 什么是我们生的孩子只是我们管理的财产？主耶稣这样教导我们，其实是要我们懂得专心仰望敬拜他，不要我们为了过于担心钱财和孩子而忘了我们被造的意义，他要透过我们的敬拜把祝福赐予我们。并且，神药我们把这些重担都交给他，让他来为我们担当。
生命就是时间，这两样是分不开的齿唇关系。 我们是生命的管家，也就是时间的管家。 既然生命的主是神，那就当然要将生命归还给神，也就是献上我们的时间。 要将生命献上，就要活出神的样式和荣耀，让我们的一生都做神的好见证。
钱财的献上，当中更是包含了献上这钱财的主权，承认神的主权在当中。圣经用了花和鸟做这样的比喻，他们不愁也不烦，天父尚且养活他们，更何况我们是神照他自己形象早的人，所以我们不要为生命而愁烦。但，这不表示我们只要等着神的供应，什么都不作。 神要我们做好管家，管理世上的一切。 管理是个动词，就是要我们做工。所以，做基督徒的，应该尽量地去赚钱，而且还要凭着爱神的心去赚钱，并且更要懂得尽量地去奉献，不要为了担心奉献后会没钱吃饭或缴费而不去奉献。这本是神所赐的，应该用归回，而不是奉献，而且神还是我们钱财的主呢！！
十一奉献，是我们基督徒的最低要求，不要在这事上和神太过计较。 这也是考验信徒的信心生活，而且更是神要展显他的荣耀与慈爱的管道。玛拉基书也告诉我们，这是神给我们试探他的公开挑战！！
管家的生活，其实是蒙福的生活。 只要懂得凡是交托与仰望，作好自己的本分，神自然也会照他的旨意成就在我们身上那美好的事情！

118

在你的一生中，有多少个日子是值得纪念的？
还记得自己的生日吗？还记得他的生日吗？
最快乐的那天还铭记的脑海吗？
知道父母的生日吗？知道他们的结婚周年吗？
还记得第一次领奖的心情和日子吗？
还记得你们第一次牵手的心情和日子吗？
又是否还记得在电话的另一端，
当她说“我愿意”的那一天， 那时的心跳？

生命中，有许多时光曾经很珍惜，
但很快又忘了去珍惜；
很多回忆曾经那么甜蜜，
转一个头又忘了；
有很多的心跳曾经那么真实，
却也被时光给吞灭了。
时间是最好的忘情水，
把人的过去和回忆都统统吞噬了。

118，也不是什么特别的日子，
只是这一天特别多的感触。
一个人在泳池中畅游，
一个人在无人的街道上叹息，
看着钟楼的时针，
一秒，一秒，滴答滴答，
生命还在消耗着。

或许，有那么的一天，
118 会像 518 一样，
成为我生命的一部分。

an invitation....and my pork chop

Being invited by the 4 NTU student's land lady, Sandy to their place for dinner, I am glad with it.
    well, although is going on invitation, we still decide to cook something instead of just going to eat. after their discussion, they decide to cook pork chop, coz i told them once that i know how to cook it haha..
    Me and yanni meet 4 of them, Mark, Cherry, Rachel and Joelle  at the fairway market near the Shelbourn Mckenzi, to buy those stuff needed to cook later. We get some seasoned Pork chop, packet eastern oriental pork chop sauce, big onion and tomato for the pork chop, or we call eat Pai Gu Wang in chinese; mushroon and vege to make a vege cook with mushroon, and one packet of red bean to cook red bean soup.
    this is my 1st attempt to cook pork chop, but I still remember I c how my mum cook it last time. and base on my own knowledge, I just cook it out. This is how i cook it, fried the pork 1st until it is yellowish on both side and make sure the meat is already done. for the sauce, 1st fired the garlic and onion until it get smell, then put in the whole onion slice and cook until it become yellow, then pour the sauce that alrd dilute with water. cook a while until the sauce get more thick, then put in the pork and the tomato cube, then keep on cook awhile until the tomato are all melt and mix well with the sauce...Guest what, the taste was Good !!....even Sandy said she like it.... hhaha....I am impress oso...
    for the Vege with mushroom, that is very easy. just like how we cook the normal vege. fried the garlic with oil, then add in the vege....cook a while until it soft then put in the mushroom slice that alrd soften in water, then add in the garlic slice and onion slice a bit....then fried a while and then mix with some oyster sauce, soya sauce, and sesame oil, and we are done....so easy....
     Yanni do the red bean soup, and it is not bad oso...although we just using the normal sugar...since we cant get a honey or wintermelon sugar rock in fairway....
    Sandy also make some good food for us as well. she bough 16 off chicken breast , and bake it with the mix flour...which they call these shake and bake chicken....she make us 2 diff flavour..teriyaki and original....the flour was alrd contain all the ingredient inside include butter or cube oil....juz put the chicken inside the bag and shake, the whole chicken will be cover byt he flour, and then juz put into the oven to bake in 400 celcius for 30 min...damm convenient and delicious...
    it was a very full night..after dinner we rest a while and play mahjong.....then going back to the hostel.....haha....I actually love to just sit at the sofa to watch TV....it felt like in home, can bcm so lazy and just sitting there to let the time fly over....hhaa...

Exchange Student Union Party

Thanks to Yasami, held the Party for all the exchange student at her place. Well, representing malaysia and singapore student, I cook a malaysia curry and fried rice. However, most of them said it is nice bt juz too spicy...haha...what can i do?? I love spicy..haha...that spicy is malaysia cuisine....
It is a good time have together with other exchage student, where ppl from ll over the world can all gather in a small house at Yasami place....and every1 bring some food, which we called pot luck....food and dessert from norway, germany, thai, japan, italy....a lot of them....and not forget, a lot of liquor...drank beer, white and red wine, vodca, whisky, rum, and some crez republic drink...not sure wht is tht oso...
after the party, everyone forward to the club just 2 street beside my place, the club called Touch. well, is a lot of ppl inside, but not drink a lot.  everyone juz dancing...but the music is not good enuf to make ppl get high....haha...

anyway, this is a good night....and is going to be a memory for all the exchange student....



    

华人基督团契 Chinese Christian Fellowship

    昨天三点半上完课，特地留在学校，就只为了参与晚上的校园的华人基督团契，CCF。团契是六点开始，可是已经完全天黑了，所以说是晚上咯。在马来西亚，这样的时间应该是傍晚吧。
    到了他们的集会所，发现只有一个人，就是之前和他联络的晓辉， Hervey. 都没有起他人影，我还以为自己来错时间了呢。坐着和Hervey 边聊边等，才慢慢的多了几个人，比较有生气了。
    今晚出席的共有十一人，其实是有点失望，原本我还以为这里应该会比大马的学生团契较多人。不过，听Hervey 说今天已经很多人了，平时才有七八人，我又真的不知该喜还是该悲。 你说呢？
    今天的主题是Ice Breaker, 人一到齐就突然直接进入节目，大家彼此自我介绍， 玩一些彼此认识和联谊的游戏。 也透过这些游戏，我认识了所有人：Hervey, Sarah, Rocksand, Eric, Helda, Sandy, Jane, Season, Will, Wilson. 当中有几个是非信徒。
    可是，我其实还在那里等着他们做开始祷告呢。如果基督团契的活动都没有以祷告开始，没有把团契活动交给主，我们又与其他外面的学会什么分别呢？仗着自己的能力与聪明智慧来带领神的团契和活动吗？ 不禁让我有这样的想法。。。。或许这是文化差异吧。 至少我之前的团契都没有这样的文化。
    游戏玩了，Hervey稍微作了报告，就突然结束了， 也是一样没有以祷告作感恩的结束。有点失望。
    之后，大家决定一起前往Cedar Hill 的洋洋台湾小食一起享用晚餐。 然后就结束了今晚的聚会了。
    今天的聚会，桌上的交流，其实还不错，让大家彼此都有更深入的认识。只是，少了祷告就显得我们只是一个普通的联谊会。或许，是为了让新朋友感到更亲切，没有隔膜； 可这也相反的让他们觉得我们其实和其他学会没分别。
    再去几次吧。。。。。。

Why It is Not Possible to Substitute Allah with Tuhan in Bible Translation

Why It is Not Possible to Substitute Allah with Tuhan in Bible Translation by Dr Ng Kam Weng

Muslims in other parts of the world (Arabs, Persians, North Africans, Pakistanis and Indonesians) have no objection and are not worried about getting confused when Christians use the word Allah. In contrast, some Malaysian Muslims claim to be confused; a strange phenomenon indeed.  This observation lends credence to the suggestion that the Allah issue is an artificial Malay issue and not a genuine Muslim issue. The truth is that the current orchestrated protests against the recent High Court decision to allow the Catholic Herald (and Christians) to use the word Allah must be seen as cynical manipulations by Malay politicians to gain votes from their community.

I am more interested in going beyond these political maneuvers. Politicians (including government bureaucrats) are happy just to stay at the level of vague suggestions since they have no competence nor care to address real issues of translation. In contrast, Christians must ensure their arguments for the right to use the word Allah are based on concrete evidence supported by a coherent linguistic philosophy of translation of Scripture.

One major demand from the Malay protestors is that Christians stop using the word Allah on grounds that Christians can find a simple alternative, that is, simply substitute the word Allah with the word Tuhan. Unfortunately, this demand only betrays the ignorance of the protestors. I would have thought that any Malay would know that the meanings of the words Allah (God) and Tuhan (Lord, Rabb) are not the same. How can they suggest that Christians simply use the word Tuhan to substitute the word Allah? To express the issue linguistically, Allah and Tuhan have different senses even though they have the same reference.

Both the terms Allah and Tuhan are used in the Malay Bible. Following the precedent set by Arab Christians, Allah is used to translate el/elohim and Tuhan(or TUHAN in caps) is used to translate Yahweh (YHWH). The two words are sometimes paired together as Yahweh-Elohim in 372 places in the Old Testament (14 times in Genesis 2-3; 4 times in Exodus;8 times in Joshua; 7 times in 2 Samuel; 22 times in Chronicles; 12 times in Psalms; 32 times in Isaiah; 16 times in Jeremiah and 210 times in Ezekiel etc.).

More importantly, the word Tuhan is also applied to Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Thus we read of the LORD Jesus as Tuhan Yesus (The word LORD was used to translate the word kurios 8400 times in the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament. It refers to human beings only 400 times and refers to God 8000 times. Of these 8000 times, 6700 are substitutes for the word YHWH). The transference of the title kurios LORD/YHWH to Jesus Christ is testimony to the belief in the deity of Christ right at the beginning of Christianity.

This simple statistical survey shows clearly that the demand by Muslim demonstrators that Christians simply substitute the word Allah with Tuhan is unreasonable since it renders many Biblical references to God and Jesus Christ incoherent. First, the substitution is incorrect since the meaning of Allah and Tuhan are different. Second, it creates an absurd situation when Christians try to translate the paired words Tuhan Allah (LORD God). Are Christians now required to call the LORD God, Tuhan Tuhan? This sounds like committing linguistic redundancy. Worse still, the repeated words Tuhan Tuhan come across to Malay readers as suggesting that Christians believe in a plurality of Lords/Gods (since the plural form in Malay is expressed by repeating the noun and setting them in apposition). Finally, Christians are unable to express the Lordship of Jesus Christ as one who is distinct from the Father and yet shares with the God of the Old Testament, the name that is above every other name – kurios /Tuhan (Philippians 2:9, cf. Isaiah 45:23). In other words, Christians are rendered unable to affirm the deity of Jesus Christ and teach the doctrine of Trinity without the foundational words that maintain the semantic relationship between the words Allah and Tuhan as they are applied distinctively in the Malay Bible.

Christians in Malaysia would do their utmost to maintain religious harmony in Malaysia. Indeed, the Christian community has made many concessions to accommodate the concerns of the Malay community. However, it cannot accept the demand that it abandons the use of the word Allah and adopts the word Tuhan as a substitute simply because some ill-informed Malays take offence at their practice –  an offence which would not have arisen if only these people set aside emotions and prejudices and examine the historical and linguistic evidence in a calm and rational manner. At the very least, Malays (or rather Muslims) should understand that believers are not at liberty to change the meaning of their Scriptures, the Word of God, to satisfy the unfounded scruples of man.

night with fun.

it my first time in Victoria to go swimming today.hehe...
Being invited by Evan, I decided to go for swimming at the Crystal Pool juz near to the hostel, around 10 min of walking distance. There isnt just a swimming pool, but others facilities such at suana room, steam bath, hot tub and gym. It cost 2 dollar per entry after 9pm.
I kind of like to swim, its let me fell relax and release most of the time. It just like you had forgotten everything but just keep on swimming to the end. I enjoy to immerse myself in the hot tub and in the suana room, it release all the tense of my muscle and body.  well, one thing need to mention is the pool gym or earobic , probably some of u nvr heard about this also. with 2 dumbell make of span, we practice aerobic in the pool following the instrcution by the instructer. and it could exercise your whole body to keep in shape. the most difficult thing is to learn to balance yourself in the water will holding the 2 big dumbell.
Hmm..one culture here which i kind of not use to it is.....almost all ppl get naked in the change room...haha....except me..they just act so common nature to be naked in the changing room and waling around without any cover....but dun get missunderstood, this is only the man changing room...haha....asia people is still shy in this kind of thing most of the time...especially chinese, probably malay oso de same...

after the swim, Evan bring me to a pub called Logon , coz there is an open mic there. and he intro some of his friend to me. Haha, his black brother, NY offer to buy me 2 beer, and Steve was getting so excited during playing the table soccer in tag team with me, and we won the game with 10-9...hahha...it is a good game, although it was my first attemp to play this game. having good time hanging around with Evan, Sher, Chris, Rianna, NY, Steve, Bob......although it was 1st time meet, Steve insist to invited me again on this sun night, and NY invite me to his house for some africa food...haha...however, i can drink with them but not smoke with them...haha...

just a simple and relaxing night....we have our pan fries after back to hostel...and I ge to bed on abt 3am...since tmr class is 630pm...hhaa

when it matters to you, it Matters!!

I'm totally satisfied my stomach today, with the curry chicken and potatoes I made myself, thank to some of the friend that give me some opinion and guidance on how to make it. And I done it, the taste was better than I imagine. hhe...here, there are some of the prove that I cook this curry all by myself.
    

what does it meant actually??
When I was in Malaysia, my mum had ask me for many time to learn to cook, she is definitely a great cooker. she can make out many delicious food with simple thing. from simple cook, to some more very complex food also she can made them very well. however, when i was in malaysia, i never though to learn cooking from her, nor help her during cooking, all I do is just sitting on the sofa and wait for the food to be prepared.
BUT, when I now in a far way from home, and I could not afford to eat outside like I do in USM, then cooking is start to really matter to me. and when It matter to me, I start to learn. thing being weird, when I myself start to realize that I found myself start to love cooking as well. With just simple ingredient such as garlic and onion, and some noodle or vege, chemical reaction and thing become so tasty. and now i found that, cooking isnt so difficult also, it just depend on whether you really wan to learn it o not.

This incident make me reflect of what i had heard from the sermon on the past Sunday, " When it matter to you, it matters".  our religion is just the same, no matter how much we heard from other about the goodness of believe in Jesus, or how much we tell others about the goodness of believe in Jesus, if we or other never experience it, it doesnt matter to them at all.
when people tell you about the goodness of believe in Jesus, if it doesnt matter do you, your responce may just be "So what", but when it does matter to you, you will responce with" what else, how come"...and you start to learn more from there.....

where will you go when you die?
where are you come from?
what is the purpose to live if there is no enternal life?are people born to die?
how is this world come?
Does it matter to you??
or you just responce with" So what". ? think about it......

归宿

来了维多利亚两个星期了，终于有机会参与一个以华文为主的聚会。
那种心情特别的平静，就像一个浪子在外漂流许久终于回到家的感觉。特别让人安心，回到了一个能归宿的地方。
搭了三十分钟的巴士，从我的住处到了以马内利浸信会，因为来不及下巴士，所以必需从较远的站走到教会。 刚打开门进教会时，整个教会连一个人影都没有，也没有声音引导我去他们聚会的地点，瞎子摸象似的到处寻找，才终于爬上二楼， 看到人影，而且又是华人，我就肯定我来对了地点。
弟兄姐妹都很热情，看到我就知道我是第一次来，都和我寒暄问候了几句。大家在聚会开始前一起享用披炸薄饼，一边用餐，一边分享，彼此联谊感情。这样的一餐对我这种穷光蛋特别温暖，能吃披炸吃到饱不是常有的事，平时吃了两片填饱肚子就已经觉得不错了。哈哈！！ 我的胃的空间有多大，大家心知就好。今天出席的人数不多，十多位，都是些比较年长的，我应该是最年轻了吧。比较失望的是，很少的大专生。因为今天是他们停止3个星期聚会后的第一个聚会，之前大家都忙于圣诞和新年嘛。
聚会开始，向往常一样的以敬拜赞美带大家进入朝圣的心情。可是这里的敬拜赞美点不同的是，虽然他们唱的和我们是一样的圣诗，但他们是用mtv来带的，没有乐器，大家跟着mtv的荧幕和歌曲一起唱。 对于我，是有些不习惯，而且还觉得那些画面很打扰心情，特别那个歌词有很模糊，字体的颜色都被画面吃掉了。唱了两首歌，《耶稣恩友》 和《我以祷告来到你跟前》， 间中还有分享见证和《耶稣恩友》这首屹立万年的圣诗背后的故事， 其实都还不错。然后就是进入课程，他们用的是新生命的课程，分享基督徒的生活。 课程当中的探讨和分享都是一种学习，听他们对某个事件的看法，听他们的生活经历， 你就能感受到这是一群很爱主的群体。 而我相信，当很爱主的全体聚集在一起时，神就在我们中间，我们是大有能力的！
聚会完后，一位姐妹找我，要求我在当中参与事奉，带领敬拜赞美和带课程，我一口就答应了。 难得来到这么远的地方，还有机会事奉主，怎能错过这样的福分呢？ 另外一位姐妹也顺路送我回家，要下车时还突然就要我下星期帮忙带课程了。哈哈啊。。还开始忙咯！

事奉的心，无论去到哪里，都要带着！神与人的祝福会随着事奉的心加添给我们的。
而且，事奉会让自己在教会当中更有归宿感！！

终于找到回家的路了！！
阿们！！

My prayer for Malaysia's churches

Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ, and dear Holy Spirit,
I humbly come before you,
with a heart full of mourn and grieve for the churches and Christians in Malaysia,
when I look into the newspaper and found that people are burning the church.
Teach us work according to Your words in Romans 12,
be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer,
let us as a Malaysian Christian stand up and unite before you,
to pray for our church, country and our fellow friends.

Lord, I ask for your grace upon Your children in Malaysia,
grant our heart to be filled with Your peace and forgiveness,
comfort our grieving heart with Holy Spirit and Your word,
grant no hatred or vengeance thought in our mind,
let us learn not to overcome evil with evil,
but overcome evil with good.
let us learnt to depend on You,
do not take revenge, but leave room for Your wrath.
For You had said: It is mine to avenge; I will repay.
open our eyes to see the will’s of Yours upon this incident,
open our heart to forgive those awkward work,
lift our hand to pray, and open our mouth to say praise.
take our eyes from ourselves, and put it into You,
let us see that You are controlling and above this all.
Father, I pray also for Your protection upon the churches,
Leave us no harm and hurt,
physically , mentally and spiritually.

Lord, I pray also for your wisdom to be pour upon Malaysia,
Give the leader of Malaysia wisdom to overcome this incident,
Let all the leaders to have a peace conversation among them,
And that Your Holy Spirit work among them.
Lord, I pray that the leader have respect to each others,
to live in harmony in this country of diversity race and religion,
and I grant them to have fears of Your Holiness and Glory.
Lord, I pray also that Malaysian devote to one another in brotherly love,
To respect and honor each other above themselves,
To work together to live in harmony.

Lord, please forgive those that done awkward thing,
They have not knowing of what they had done,
and act according to their emotion and desire.
They felt no evil in the work of their hand,
and have no fears of You.
Lord, You are the sovereign GOD,
You love these insignificant human of your master piece,
yet you hate the sin within them.
Lord, I pray that you enlighten them with Your glory,
let them see the sin within them,
let them felt guilty and sorry to what they had done,
and would confess themselves to the law.

In JESUS name I pray,
AMEN!!

interesting on class module

Having a on class module yesterday on class of Introduction to Canadian Business, Prof Sang Nam, which is a korean lecturer, give us a module after introduce us to our group. We have a 15 minute to get 20 item in a list given by him, and each item in the list contribute 1 mark, while some special item contribute 2 mark.
I cant remember all the item in the list, here is what I remember:
acorn or pinecorn, canada flag, walking crutch, compass, soccer ball, baseball glove, paper clip, plush toy, pillow, swimming suit, necklace or ring, hockey stick, passport, foreign currency......
and there are 5 question which we have to answer: what is weird of canada in eyes of a foreigner, wht is the diff between canada and USA, wht is the canada economy behavior, wht is the difficulty for a foreinger to come to canada...

well, me and Zling were suppose to answer all the question, but we found out where we can get the walking crutch during our survey of the question from others. So I quickly went to the SUB pharmacy to ask for the walking crutch. haha...at firstm they said they only rent the walking crutch, then i told that i actually on a mission to get all the thing on the list, and i only need to borrow for an hour. then a person with more authority come and allow me to borrow with an exchange of my student card. haha... then i run all the way with the walking crutch from SUB back to classroom...

unfortunately, I'm late. i get the crutch for 2 point but late with minus 5 point. initally we have 13 point , and end up with 10 point....haih~~ however, i am the only person in class that come with this walking crutch..haha...the prof oso amazed with tht...hahaa....

this is a interesting way to get a team work together...haha...and it is fun...hahah

This tell you how far Canada's urbanization in front of Malaysia

This construction engineering drawing of the Parliment building in Victoria was draw on 18XX( I cant remember the century behind, is around 70 - 90), and this show how advance there are compare to Malaysia on tht time. Do anyone still remember how was Kuala Lumpur during the day declase independant in 1957? all the wooden building with the road in mud and puddle. This is one of the thing tht amazed me in the Muzium.

SUB and 2nd Job

    Being 1st tie to Uvic for class, me and Yann Ni went to SUB to looking for some used text book, and we bought a used text book for the course Introduction to Canadian Business with only $20, which it actually cost $120 for a new book. many ppl try to come find this after the class but alrd out of stock, we are lucky to be the 1st tht bought this book. hehe..
    During waiting for Yann Ni to Q up for paying the book, I was waling around and looking at the notice board. there is a notice that caught my eyes, HELPER NEEDED on 20-22 Jan.  They actually having a poster show which called Imaginus, and they need ppl to help for the opening and closing in lifting thing, and ppl to help in sales on this 3 day. We had sign up for the closing and opening, and also 2 out of 3 day of sales promoting. work for 10 hour total and earn about $130. What good about this job is that we dun nid a Social Insurance Numbern(SIN) to do this work, the cheque will directly bank into our account. We had try to apply for a temporary SIN to enable us to work in campus, and this money will enuf for me to travel survive myself and travel.
   I taking only 3 course for this semester which only have 3 hour of class on mon - wed, so I'm actualy VERY very free, if not doing work also dun really have much thing to do. Will still work in Ocean Island when I'm free to earn more OI dollar for my meal...hhehe....and other time will try to find some more profitable job to do.  hehee.....new life, New experience in a New place...
   GOD bless me very well for giving me the chance to experience and learn new thing here.

1st day of class

    Finally start my first day of class in UVic, and the 1st class I attend is teach by Prof.Carmen Galang on Management of Employment Relationship. This is a totally new thing and new field for me to explore, but I found very interesting to be in the class.
    The way of they conduct the class is a totally different way from how we did in Malaysia. Thing that need to be done before coming to class is given on a web, where we need to go and check for all the detail about the course, include the text book and exercise. They dun really teach in the lecturer hall, but they ask u about the question regarding the chapter in text book that alrd assign you to read before coming to lecturer hall. A lot of discussion on class and QnA section. Being in the 1st day, we alrd have our group assignment and individual assignment, although i am really no idea of what is going on.
    One more interesting thing is tht, every student have a board that written their name, which they have to bring it every class and put in front of them, this is for the lecturer to call them and ask them question. the lecturer hall is like the auditarium room or DK room in USM. but in a smaller size, where they only accomodate 65 ppl for a class. not too big, yet not a too small class. Being a world class Uni, they actually dividing the class to be 60% of lacal and 40% of internatoinal student included exchange student. This was really amaze me, as you can found so many foreign ppl in a class.
    the 2nd class wan Introduction to Canadian business, teach by a Korean lectuere, Prof.Sang Hoon Nam. However, this class is a bit boring, but heard tht this is a A-giving class. So, i juz have to attend lor..haha...almost all student take taking this course are actually international student from all over the world.

爱过以后

受创的伤口留下了疤痕
抹不去的回忆仍隐隐作痛
曾经的付出却随河逐流
消失在无际无边的大海

走不出自己设下的圈套
在你不经意留下的陷阱
被封闭的心灵还在憋气
盼望能走出牢房的一天

真诚的爱
耗尽生命的能力
点燃末端的烛光
在消失以前 
都不曾停止

maid in canada

hehe..I am now a maid in canada...
finally, found a job to do here, in the ocean island hostel. Doing some cleaning work, washing the toilet, sweeping and throw rubbish...all is just some easy task actually.
well, guess wht, I earn my first paid in canada. Ocean Island Dollar $28, is like a coupon, which can use only in ocean island to buy the food and other thing here. Included BEER..haha....
Although, smtime, when thinking back....why a big boss from langkawi need to come canada to do all the cleaning work, to live in a very poor life,you may felt pity for urself, but yet, when u think it in a positive way, this is how to experience the life. You work to gain smthing, and then u learn to cherish wht u hav.
and at the same time, learn to experience GOD in all the bad circumstances, tht how ppl see the works of GOD more clear than when they live in a wealthy life.

Orientation

    It is out orientation day today, few of us who stay in ocean island gather on 7am this morning and move tgther to Uvic by bus. it take us about 20 min from ocean island to UVic by bus .
    Its cool, when we reach there, there are a lot of people from all around the world. At first, we tot that there are only around 20 ppl, coz tht is the amount of ppl the join the exchange group in fb, but now there are abt 50 ppl from poland, French, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Mexico,Noway, Thailand,Austria, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore.....did i miss anyone??
   well, what shock me is tht, there are 8 ppl from Singapore, 4 from NTU and 4 from NSU-a new Uni in singapore at orchard road. getting quite close to those chinese...haha...and also a few of fren from other country, which we have to conversate in english.....doing my best to brush up it....
   during the briefing, our academic advisor, Braig ask us who can talk more than 3 language to stand up, and there are only around 5 ppl tht stand up inclide me and yann ni, and we found tht only malaysia chinese can talk so many different kind of languge included our dialect- hokkien and cantonies.
   i am now truly immerse myself in an environment of cultural diversity. and learn a lot from experience of other in their country. exchange of our different cultural though on food, and some view and value, is quite an interesting thing.
   after the orientation, we having our lunch at Ric's Grill, is quite a class restaurant, serving western and italian food. I had a steak Sirloin, i order medium but it come as almost well done...but still taste good for me..Braig was sit on my table, and we share a lot ....
   we went to the muzeum visit afer our lunch, and it is free for today....it usually cost CAD$19.....and this muzeum is really worth for the price.... lot of thing to c inside, and it is big....we can c how canade develop in the last time...and how the canadian do their mining, lumber, and other.....
  

BIG 2..

it was the 1st night of 2010, and we just suddenly have the idea to play a card game.
having around with Kashka and evan with us, we start to play Big 2...hahah...I cant believe that both of them nvr play this game, or even heard about this card game b4....it is like so common card game in Malaysia...and Evan told me tht he usually play Rummy, Golden fish...bla bla...which was consider a children game in Malaysia..haha..
Kashka was craving for her Polish beer, and she wan me to try it ...so we bough 2 bottle of it and having it during our card game...and, me and Yann ni start to teach them of this Big 2 game..haha...
At first,they were really cant get how we play, and it always me and yann ni tht win the game....and then they start to cheat and exchanging card among them...yet , we still win..haha....after more then 10 round of game...they getting better and start to win..haha...Congrat, dude! You got it..!! hah..and noe they love this Big 2...haha.

it is a good fellowship with them while palying card....haha...

drinking water...

Do you ever try to drink a water from the pipe in Malaysia??
here, there are something new, the pipe water is actually their drinking water. The water treatment in Canada is very good, and the water from pipe is really really clean, they just drink the water from the pipe all the place. Some one told me water of Canada was one of the most clean water in the world. izit true??
and now, I know, why we can see some of the signboard in Malaysia which written," this is not a drinking water", you can found this especially at tourism place....funny isnt it?

Yanni ni told me, most of the develop country is like tht...well...i not sure about tht....probably...haha...

I start to drink the water from the pipe oso here, hot and cold water is available at almost everywhere in canada. believe it! hehe...yet I havnt get sick ...haa

wonderful new year!!

Wow....My first new year not in Malaysia...I'm in Victoria...haha a small town of Canada..hha

Yup, I dind miss out my new year celebratio. Have  dinner with some new fren which coming to this exchange program as well, Kashka- a sweet girl from Poland, and Maggie- a girl from beijing...and also some of the fren of May, which 3 of malaysian girl and a taiwan guy....they are 9 of us, having a good and nice dinner in a pub style restaurant called 1550...well....i have a ultimate 1550's beef burger for myself, and a long island tea cocktail, which is the drink of the night.....

this meal coz arounf CAD$18...is worth for it...i love the Beef burger...and they have a strong long island tea.

After the dinner, May's fren- Xin hui and Christine company to walk around the Inner harbour with our new fren from Poland and beijing....this are some of the picture took on the night which i love it.... 

    


We just walking around, and looking for a place to sit donw to have a drink...but, all pub are full and we hav to wait at least an hour and half, we just deicde to have a dirnk just inside our hostel....they have a great and crazy night party over there....Cool...
guess wht? i am married with a BIG guy from Israel..haha..HE is my wife...and Kashka get herself a husband, Evan over here oso....all those backpacker are so fun...we ahve a great night together...and i have lot of free Beer over here..haha.....good slp in the night..

However, being in a foreign country, it still a bit of strange. everthing here is so new, and u have to start to adapt to it.....
Happy New Year...LEON...
wishing my self a blessed year in this 2010...