Early Christmas wish....

Sorry for really lack of updates...been busy lately wif assignments and work at the Nursing Home....but Christmas is juz weeks away....I maybe busy on tat day & cant update my blog on tat period..so have a blessed Christmas....my first time christmas in Aussieland, and really miss christmas celebration in Miri.....wish Im in Miri la...so, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE & HAPPY NEW YEAR.....before tat, juz enjoy the funny video below...errrrr, bout Christmas la..hehe










DARREN

Tagged by Kenaidy....

Rule 1 People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any questions that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

Rule 2 Tag 5 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by continuing this game by sending it to other people.

1. Do you have secrets?
well.....everyone has secrets in them

2. Would you fall in love with a girl younger than you?
errr.....it depends on wat will happen...for da moment, I'm not interested into anyone(girls) here...juz wait...there's time for everything...dont believe me?? read ur BIBLE....

3. Do you enjoy going to college?
hmm.....can la...it actually depends on ur lecturer, to tell u da truth, u can fall a sleep in class if da lecturer lectures in a soft way...tats for my case la....

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
hmm.....divide some for myself, as an offering unto God....travelling....etc..some stuff to mention though..hehe

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
if da best friend is a very nice & sweet girl, then it can or may happen...hehehe

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
to be straightforward, this has to be balance...because if someone love u but u dont love someone or the other way round is kinda harsh....

7. List 5 recently watched movies.
to tell da truth, I've not been watching any movies since I got here in Adelaide & i forgot wat hav I watched back in miri before I departed of ADL(Adelaide)....sorry guys, but da last DVDs I watched was Planetshakers(All For Love), Hillsong(This is Our God), Hillsong United(1 Heart Revolution) & Paradise Community Church(Set Me Free)

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
juz let tat person go...coz tat person has a made the choice

9. List 5 favourite TV shows
English Premier League, Simpsons, WWE Raw..hwhehhe...its sports entertainment not a contest, CNN News, Road Runner Show

10. Do you have any regrets?
I dont know....cant answer...soorryy...

11. How would you see yourself in 10 years time?
10 years time?? maybe Flying Medical Services in Australia..dono la...see wat will happen and where God leads me to....

12. Who are the most important people to you?
straight answer is God...he's all I need for my daily life...

13. What kind of person do you think the person that tagged you is?
hehe..Kenaidy...can be silent and fuuny...can be considered as a silent-joker hahahaha

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
this is a tough question...I'd rather get married but live life normally...all that matters is God is above all...

15. What is your favourite colour?
hmm....black, white, blue, grey and dark green...

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
well....if it's my relationship wif God, I'll try my best to give it all....

17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, which one would you choose?
far out...dis is tough...the one, who has a very sincere & beautiful heart....hahaha..dono wat else to say....

18. What are the top 5 places on your "to-go" list?
Heaven(eternity) , Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Perth (basically throughout Australia).

19. Name 3 things you would like to do but would never be able to.
flying an airplane, flying without wings & travelling around the world without passports, visa, & air ticket....

20. 5 people I have tagged.
-Nick Lim
-Grace Supang
-Jonathan Philip(hopefully you'll know bout this tag stuff)
-Michelle Hee
-Celine Lim

cheers everybody....

those times..

its been months i've not seen all my very good mates in miri...sad to say, juz hav to wait till 2010 to see them...miss them a lot la......had heaps of fun, especially at EYM & Frisbee...anywhere here's a short clip tat u might hav watched...

THE SCENE IN SARIKEI...hehe..hav fun









GOD BLESS.....

Wana Join but can't...haiiiiihhhh...

I was thinking of joining this huge conference goin on at our local church...then, I decided to join the conference but got class!!!........haiiiih......












yea...it's called Influencers Conference...a yearly event...i've been wanting, but got class....hissssshhhhh!!!!! but never mind la...still got this conference years to come....juz hav to wait, wanna learn how to be a true influencer of Christ.....

Lifegroup outing

Went for an outing wif my lifegroup or cellgroup members at a small town....its a German town called Hahndorf...when u think bout German, u will think bout German words like "Achtung", "Guttentarg"(dono whether the spelling is right or not).....its a very small town...but a nice place to walk wif some cool places to eat tapi tengok harga..hehehe....harga pun so cool....haha

about 20 of us i guess went...using 4 cars in a convoy i think....its not tat far from Adelaide city...its juz along the highway which is heading towards Melbourne....we had a great meal in the Hahndorf Inn restaurant...big serve, and very nice and full.....








we had some large bread with butter at first....then followed by chips and some large dish which contained roasted pork, sour crab etc....its a restaurant tat serves food of course..and mainly beer but got sum other drinks la...













the place looks very classy....i can say...sayangnya cant finish da food coz it was too much..we're supposed to pluck strawberries after tat but sayangnya...it wasnt stawberry season yet. but we went to the chocolate factory after tat...and of course bought some original chocolates for myself...







chocolate was very yummy..bought 3 for myself hehehe.......It was oso my first time trying Cola with cherry flavour but i was told in they do sell it in malaysia....to me, i can take it...but for some ppl they dont like it coz the taste i can say its different..taste like medicine...but i still can take it






well i dont anytin much to say...juz some extra pics to show....

Australian terms..

things are different here....I learned some new stuff in Australia, especially their English terms...Im doing Australian studies, of course...I also must learn english coz I got IELTS in 2010...and I MUST GET THE BAND SCORE OF 7!!!....so high.....Im doing nursing now...if I dont get the 7, I wouldn't be enrolled into the nurses board of South Australia....haiiiih . I learned english, I also found out tat Australian english can be a little different...they dont like long words or full words sumtimes...if u dont understand, here's an example:

McDonald is the full word. To them its quite long to pronoune...so they shorten it McD or Maccas...

there are few short terms words tat I juz learned...here's wat I know:


Australian - Aussie
Cigarette - Cigie
Barbeque - Barbie
Mosquito - Mozzie

I remember there's a major shopping company in Australia called Woolworths.....tat name has short term too, which is Woolies....

Aussies love short terms...easier to pronounce words, so to speak..

Work placement

Hah...juz started my intensive work placement at the Aged Care Residential dis week..started on last monday..I never thought time passes so quickly...I juz arrived in Adelaide last June and here I am in my work placement for 3 weeks...it's a good experience though to work in the Aged Care. You'll see all sorts of characters that old people have...and It really test ur patience...sometimes they talk so loud or shoutat u but actually they're happy...the reason they do that because they're deaf...u hav to respond to them by talking straight into their ear...and juz now one resident shout at me and my supervising carer juz because she doesn't want her bed to be lean next to the wall....but the reason we did that is because to avoid her from falling down from bed...im actually still undergo training as a carer in the Aged Care Residential..as u know it's very demanding throughout Australia..Im finishing my Aged Care course on the 22nd September...juz 2 more weeks...then I'll start my nursing course in November till 2010....

Yesterday, one funny thing I observed was this...I was helping an enrolled nurse to transfer a resident to another room from his previous room...so I helped to transfer some of his clothes & shoes..then the enrolled nurse saw an Air Freshener spray on his table...she asked the resident whether he wants that or not...the resident answered yes...and he added: IT"S FOR MY ARMPIT...i was laughing inside of me...he used an Air Freshener spray as his deodorant!!!!...juz wana laugh u know..hahaha

Anyways I juz got pic of a how does an Aged Care Residential looks....it juz the dinning room...

Continue...

To continue my previous post, I'd like to express myself during my stay in Australia. U know I can be someone who thinks beyond than my imagination. Like what will happen to this if that happen?? It's been bout 2 months I've been living here and of course I miss Miri a lot.....my life has been going up and down(If You know what I mean). I was looking at everyone at my college and the question is: How's their life like?? Do they know Christ?? Are they committed Christian?? Or are they Christian?? One of the things that I see is now they're living in what I called the western culture, and they've been influence by it.....in my heart, I said " I must try to save them"...not me but Christ to save them....its common to see all these things in a western country. I'm very thankful to God that my life here is the opposite than their.....last saturday, our youth/young pastor, Ps Rowly mentioned that we as young Christian should live life passionately, a life that wants to make a difference.....I felt something in my heart, saying tat "that's the life I should live"...I'm thankful to God that my life has changed slowly than before....doesn't mean that when ur life has change, you immediately become so mature....it takes time to be a mature Christian....God is the one who works..

Now that I'm in Australia now....God placed me here for a purpose. Sometimes when I go online, I put certain music that I like to listen...then there was one song that does attracted me that is "Save Australia" by Planetshakers.....then I took my a little bit of my time from my laptop juz to sing this song unto God.....coz I felt tat Australia is a country that really needs to be save...I dont know how s it going to work but let's see what God is doing....I think why they're many Christian people from other countries entered Australia is because for God's pupose..and u can imagine how big Australia.....Australia is a country that really needs be saved.....










God Bless Australia



but I still do think about my home country Malaysia.....as you know is a Muslim country. I do pray for God to save Malaysia...although is a small country but it still needs to be saved. I know that end of this month, Malaysia is celebrating the Independence day....and I'm sure they'll be huge celebration going on that country....I believe that people in Malaysia needs to know the gospel and know Christ the Saviour...It may be a small country but it still needs JESUS....









Hehe....sorry ar..I only have my passport to indicate Malaysia.
no other stuff...

God Bless Malaysia..


You may think that Im a young Christian is quite silly to think all about this....I dont know what's ur views....but do u care about ur country?? Do you want to see ur country being saved?? or do u want ur country to be loss forever?? Can ur Christian life make a difference to people in ur country?? If u want, just trust in the Lord...and do watever is necessary.....

Psalms 37:5 Commit your way to the Lord: trust in him and he will do this

update on my stories of life in Aussie land

I'd like to take this time just share to everyone onto more serious stuff. Recently, I post some interesting & also some funny stuff. But there are somethings in me that I would like to express rather than just keep it mounting inside of me....

All the time during my stay in Adelaide, I always think bout home(Miri), and of course EYM....coz EYM is where I grew in my spiritual life....My body is in Adelaide but my heart is still in Miri....when I came to think of it, It actually took me some courage to study very far away from home.....some people say Im going to very far away to study....when u ask where are they going? Some might answer KL, Labuan, Singapore, Perak, Selangor etc....well I understand their feelings when it comes to their very first time of leaving home.....feeling emotional, but when I think of it, those places I mentioned isn't far.....coz its still in Malaysia or juz outside Malaysia...like from Miri to KL is not far...juz a 2 hours direct flight....unlike me....Miri to Adelaide takes about 8-9 hours journey on the aircraft excluding transit. If u include transit, it will take u bout 2 days to arrive at ur destination.....and furthermore, Adelaide is at South Australia and u can imagine how big is the whole Australia.....I do have connections in Australia.....I just realised tat we have a group of EYM boys scattered around Australia....In Perth(Matthew Tsen, Maxwin, Hywell), In Sydney(Gabriel Tsen) In Adelaide(Darren a.k.a Myself)...but I believed has a purpose for us in Australia...it's like EYM sending out some of their members to Australia from Miri for God's purpose..hehe...


Im staying in Hostel now....,..doing nursing course....the hostel that Im staying is also a place for an accomodation for any international students to stay...that includes none nursing students or students who are studying in universtity like uniSA (University of South Australia), University of Adelaide and also international students who studying in High School....the hostel has 2 blocks....I juz realised tat there are only 2 none chinese staying in my block but Im the only nursing student who is none chinese staying in tat entire block.....most of my free time I juz stay in my own room and juz do my own thing....sometimes you feel like u wana hang wif them but u felt like tat u are kinda left out coz they only speak their own language among themselves(feel like an alien)but they are still nice people.....tats why I felt homesick...but at least church friends tat help me settle down...like wat I mentioned in my previous post: I played paintball wif them, they were teasing me together wif Ps Micheal Raj...HAHAH!!! I oways love those moment...very supportive...

Last 2 sundays one of our dear church pastor, Ps Matt Heins preached on the topic "IF ONLY" taken from somewhere in the Gospel of John....sometimes ppl regret of wat had happened by saying "If only I did tat, this won't have to happen".....but God actually wants a breakthrough to him.....so why dont juz give ur needs to God....he knows all bout u....juz give everything to him in a humble manner.....DON'T PRETEND TAT THIS THING AREN'T AFFECTING YOU!!!! you've been invited to the cross to tell Christ bout ur needs.....I actually felt tat way too.....but I will still stand strong..

Now tat Im in Australia, life is different, leaving in the wat I can say western culture...and suddenly I recalled the message preached by our youth pastor, Ps Rowly......he said tat people may say "Why go to church? It's insensible" but one thing I wana tell u tat it's a wise decision tat u have made.......people may say tat "Church friends are juz church friends". But to me, they're more than juz church friends.....they're my brothers and sisters in Christ.....I mean, so what?? If other wana say tat to u, juz let them say watever they want.....coz u have made the decision to stand for Christ.....I may not memorized every single details in the Bible but one day I'll try to do it......but at least I the useful messages mentioned in it....wats the point of being a Christian juz go to church on sunday, for youth meeting, and also for cell group but u dont be a Christian on the other days when ur at school.??? But now I felt tat Im bout to go to the next level....God allows to go through some circumstances because he wants us to be like him.....there's actually one more thing tat I wana say it out from my heart but now its nearly 1 am Adelaide time....

SO I"LL CONTINUE IN THE NEXT POST...


GOD BLESS.....

dinner & crazy stuff of myself....

last nite I went for my first dinner at Paradise Community church ...its called New Friends dinner, mainly for new comers who wants to join da church....it's like an orientation to da church whereby they'll take u around da church, introduce to u da pastors & leaders of da church, watching the church history.....there are actually 3 branches of Paradise churches......3 churches in 1 huge combination when there's huge event

1. Paradise Community Church

2. Paradise South City Church

3. Paradise North church


its like our church in Miri whereby u have:

1. SIB Canada Hill

2. SIB Airport Road

3. SIB Lutong Baru


they also have senior pastors who sort of like pastoring these 3 Paradise churches...Ps Ashley Evans & Ps Jane Evans(Husband & wife)....but they weren't there last nite...so another Paradise Community Church pastor, Pastor Matt Heins took over them as the host of tat dinner...I never thought tat the church I attended is like the church in Miri, but it's not coincidence...Its God who plans dis....Ps Micheal Raj was there, always teasing me like how Ps John Chee teased me back in Miri.....dah la Ps Micheal & Ps John are gud friends...HAHAH!!!! he(Ps Micheal Raj) came to Miri 5 years ago to speak in the EYM camp..


I won't say anything much....juz some pics to show...









At the church cafe..















































































(Below left) country style pumpkin soup...nice








































(above) teenagers meeting hall

(left) sunday school children's hall, got nice facilities for children































































(Left) The church stage...part of it....












(Below) Lasangna...phew..nice

























around 9pm I got back home to the hostel......next day got church.....but I slept late, it was a wet weather though....got hail & rain somemore in Adelaide....quite cold...but I did some crazy stuff by taking some crazy photo of myself.....I use da mirror juz to take photo for fun....












Me with my messy hair.....





















(Right)My normal look...my grew longer now but tat long maybe its bcoz of da winter....













(Left)I look more like a bank robber or some criminal....HAHAH!!!



























I look more like a biker who rides the Harley Davidson big bike...HAHAH!!!!
























(right) myself wif normal look....











































I look like a nerd here.....macam got sakit perut.....




I did dis juz for fun....quite bored at tat time....notin to much to say, by da way...

pack down...

Last nite, around 9pm....there was a yearly event in Church called the bU Conference. It's for women only, by the way..it was the last nite of the conference coz the conference was held for 2 nites I guess....but the men also got the job during the last nite bU Conference...that is to sort of clean up the stage...it was a big job for us to carry all those extra stage...at least I wasn't bored at that time coz I got to meet up wif the Oxygen members....all guys of course...Jenn Yong picked me up at around 9pm to church....but we arrived the around 9.15pm..and the conference wasn't over yet, I supposed..so I met up wif some Oxygen members like Jim, David, Zie and others. The bU wasn't over yet....so we went up to Ps Micheal Raj's office at the church itself.....































































That's me (left) sitting Ps Micheal Raj's office chair..






















But before that, I took some pics of does the church looks like at night...















The outside of da church, sori pic wasn't tat clear..
























That's what I call the reception area of the church...juz outside the main hall...(right)






























That's the reception counter....





















The church cafe...(Left & Below)











































After tat, we went in to do the main hall to clean up the stage....quite a huge task





spot the difference of the stage back drop.......
























Before bU conference......















After bU Conference...

Very nice design of back drop...the church also has its own workshop....then Ps Micheal Raj told me tat there's a volunteer carpenter at the church....Im not surprised that he's the one who does the back drop job...

Extra pics:






The stage design...wif the grand piano..
























(Right) the side of the stage......




















After our job at church was done, we went to the nearest mcdonald for our supper at Windsor Garden...it was around 12.15 midnite....at that time, the oxygen group got to know me, whereas Im the only Sarawakian there, the rest are from West Malaysia. So they asked for my name, I told them tat my name is Darren. They oso wana register to be part of da futsal team.....coz i need to exercise...So when I told tat my name is Darren, one of them asked me "Darren what?" Coz they got another guy called Darren too.....they actually wana identify me as Sarawakian Darren. So Ps Micheal was teasing me in front them...but Im not offended la..

So these are my Sarawakian identifications:

1. Darren Sarawak

2. Darren Native

3. Darren Bumiputera

4. Darren Buaya Bujang Senang

5. Darren Crocodile


So which one suits me? Juz kidding...HAHAH...funny la

So I told them juz call me Darren Robinson. In Miri, Im known as Darren Simunyi but in Australia, Im known as Darren Robinson...they always count the first name & last name...

So when I told them my name, they were shocked tat My name is fully English name...I told them tat majority of natives in Sarawak has English names...so as Sabah

But at least I had a good time meeting them especially when we ate at Mcdonald.....hope to play futsal wif them soon....