Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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.....

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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.....

Monday, September 29, 2008

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....








































































































































































































Friday, September 12, 2008

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..

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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...








Thursday, August 14, 2008

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

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

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.....