Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
God will make a way...
"Plans fail if they are NOT of God's will"
Probably my previous plan is not of God's will. Luckily I stayed up chatting with friends last night. And I would like to thank those who were concerned and tried to help. Thanks TwT for being so positive and encouraging. =D Basically my problem is settled. I forgot that I can stay at Pak Kwan's place. It is at Lagoon Perdana. The unit is currently empty, but it has streamyx connection. Although I will be alone, but I think it is a better place for me to stay in. I feel so sorry for Sophie as she has to find another tenant by December. I hope this will not affect our friendship and I wish her all the best.
Went to watch Hitman with Aaron today...only Aaron. I wore jeans and he used perfume. =.= Damn that felt gay for a moment. Hahaha...the movie is not bad. But it is not a must watch, even if you are a Hitman fan. The main character is cool though. With his suit and his bald head...nice.
Went for dinner at church just now, it was all fun until Joyce, our church admin which has worked at the church for 10 years, suddenly resigned. She claims it's God's calling. If it is trully God's calling, I wish her all the best in life and we will certainly miss her. Our church has 3 resignations this year and it is starting to be a worry. At first our senior pastor, Pastor Soong resigned, then our Chinese congregation pastor, Pastor Kuyper resigned, and now Joyce. I am sure God has a plan for our church and we shouldn't be worried. But we human race is worrisome race. That's why God said that His word is a lamp onto our feet and a light onto our path. God never mentioned giving us a super bright xenon spotlight, He only gave us lamps. I read it from a book by Dr. James Dobson, that God only provided us lamps to shine towards what our next step is, and not beyond that. God always provides for our next step and we are to trust Him for what is beyond that. God's plan are not to fail us, but to prosper us. =)
Went fishing on Wednesday. Had to wake up at like 715am in the morning. These are some pictures of the fishing trip. We didn't had any luck as the tide was low till up to 3pm. But the trip was fun nonetheless...we had lots of laughs.
The open jetty at the Portuguese Settlement
The hole at the jetty, almost dropped inside coz too blur in the morning. =.=
The view from the jetty.
The view looking from the end of the jetty towards the shore.
My friend's icebox cover being blown into the sea...
What's left of the icebox...lol
My friend even brought bread and CHEESE as bait for the fish...LMAO
My fishing rod.
First catch, a plastic bag...zzz
One of the baits I found in the toolbox...FROG!!!! LMAO
My first real catch, using a double hook to score a DOUBLE KILL!!! A big and a small catfish...but catch and release lar...=P
We were soaked when its time to go back. We were on the jetty when my friends and I said "Eh, wah...the place there raining damn heavily wor..." Then we practically saw the heavy rain coming to our direction, we can't run away from it as we were stuck on the jetty. Had to embrace the rain for a moment before we could escape... >.<
WOOHOO!!!
Next, a random conversation with my mum. This happened at the church just now.
My sister kept following me around the church...so was Aaron...
Mum : Zhou, yan keep following you...people thought she is your girlfriend...
Me : But Aaron also keep following me, means he is my boyfriend? =)
Mum : AIYER!!!!! Don't scare me like that!
Hahahaha...I like to pull her leg to see her reactions....muahahaha.
Another random conversation which happened 2 days ago...
Me : Ma, I lazy want to withdraw money la....never go to the atm also...you give me some money la...then next month deduct from my allowance...
Mum : How much you need?
Me : Rm200 enough...
Mum : You think I don't need to go withdraw ah?
Me : Yahor...zzz
Ok, the last one of I post...its together with a joke question!
My sister and I wanted to ask our mum a joke question
Me : Ma, yan yan got a joke want to tell you...yan, you tell mama la...
Yan : Ok, its like this. Joanne went to buy a sleeping bag. What did she do with it? (You guys can guess it too...)
Mum : I thought joke? Why ask me question one?
Yan : Its a joke question ma...
Mum : To sleep in it lor...
Yan : Nope
Mum : I don't know...
Me : Wah, so fast meh? Give up ah?
Mum : Ya. (Swt)
Yan : The answer is....She tried to wake it up...
Mum : Oh.
Me : ....
Yan : ....
Mum : You all ah, people work so hard already, come back home...you all ask this type of question to stress my brain somemore... (kena marah pulak...=.=)
Yan : Ask you to release your stress ma...
Me : Mama...you so cute!!!! LMAO
LOL, my mum...make us laugh like mad just by being herself. She don't even realize that she is funny...hahahaha
Okla...hope you all enjoy this post again...I will post the next time I have something else to share...till then, God bless and take care! =D
Friday, November 23, 2007
Things which FAIL you.
"People may fail you, friends may fail you, health may fail you, plans may fail you, but God will never fail you. "
Is it true that God will never anyone? If it is true I so need Him now. Nothing I planned ever succeed. Firstly it was a shocker, one of my friends, in fact one of our main planner for the "going to Australia" to study plan, suddenly say not following us to go Australia. Fine, I am over that already. Then the accommodation plan during the summer course plan came crashing down. The main reasons why I decided to shift out from the condo hostel to stay at Indah Villa is because mainly I can get my own internet where I can enjoy fast internet connection, play WoW and some other stuffs. Besides that, I thought I can stay with my classmates there in Indah Villa. Now, all the plans failed. I am about to stay with 2 foreigners from China. Not to mean any disrespect, but this is not why I decide to shift there for. Then comes the internet problem. Since they are foreigners, they can't apply for streamyx. I can't apply as well, because since I am only staying there for 2 and a half months, and applying streamyx requires contract of 2 years. So now I am left stranded. Most probably without internet during my summer course and without help from anyone. I feel like quitting. Why did I choose to study summer course in the first place? Why I did choose to shift to that God forsaken place anyway? ALL THE REASONS ARE GONE NOW.
Help me, God.
Suddenly the Murphy's Law seem so true.
"Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way"
Sorry but I really don't have the mood to post up something that's probably more enjoyable to read. Thanks for reading anyways.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Lemah...
I got this friend, his name is Aaron. He always like to talk crap with me. He introduced me to Mee Basah. Check out this conversation on MSN. We were talking about taking picture with the fat auntie who cook the Mee Basah.
Damn swt. Hahaha.
A Sense of Purpose + A Lame Joke
Something just doesn't feel right.
I felt as if I am wasting my time away. Everyday woke up at around 1-2pm, ate, hanging around the house practically doing nothing, then it is dinner time. After dinner, went online, watch animes and sleep. That's pretty much how I live at the moment. I know it is a holiday, and I have nothing much to do, but I am really wasting time like this. Sigh, probably I am just afraid of growing up. People say the best years of your life is your university years, and I have only 1 and a half years of my "best years" left. The thought of working for probably the next 20-30 years of my life really freaks me out. If you ask me whether I can see myself 10-20 years into the future, I just can't. I feel so insecure about life, about work, about family and about every other thing. I guess it is humans' nature to worry about everything. That is why we need God. I need God.
Ok, fine. Let's leave this issue aside. Time for a lame joke, due to popular request. =.= Here goes.
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There was a International Space Convention in Russia and surprisingly, Malaysia got invited. So Malaysian Scientist got excited and prepared their proposal for Space Exploration.
At the convention, the Malaysian Team got to sit at the same table as the American and Russian Team during the interview. Reporters started to ask the Americans.
Reporter : "What are your plans for the next 5 years in space exploration?"
American : "We plan to finally sent humans to Mars!!!"
( The crowd all wow-ed and clap hands)
Reporter : "How about your plans, Russians?"
Russians : " We plan to set up a research base on the Moon!!!"
( Once again the crowd were excited and clap hands...the Malaysians only grinned)
Reporter : "Erm, how about you, Malaysians?"
(Standing proudly and saying loudly...)
Malaysian : "We plan to send our people...to the SUN!!!!!"
(Everyone is puzzled...)
Reporter : "But wouldn't it too hot for humans to withstand?"
(Stunned by the question, the Malaysian team scrambled to have a small discussion...and when they finally answered...)
Malaysian : "Then we will send them...in the evening!!!"
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Swt, fine...that was lame. That's what I do, or what some of you think that I do...=.=
Now to a random WoW picture I saw...
Hahaha...this person's nick never kena banned...probably GM doesn't know what it means...
Another random picture I took.
Hahaha...so many craps in WoW. Holding a fish can increase your stamina. >.<
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Random Post Which I can't Really Think About A Title For It So The Title Will Be Random As Well.
Ok, off to my blog post.
Highlight of the day: 25 Men raid at Void Reaver, Wipes at Zul'aman and A night with the GMs
Slept like a pig today, as she always say. Woke up at 3pm because I slept rather late the night before, watching anime. Just started to Naruto Shippuden, starting to get addicted already. Who cares, its a holiday...hahaha. Had my lunch and just hanging around doing nothing until the raid. Didn't have much of a dinner because I had a very late lunch.
Those who know about WoW please proceed to the next part of the post. If not, just skip to the last part. This is to prevent some people from reading my blog as a goodnight bed story. (zzz)
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Had to wait like 20 minutes before I could join my realm, Barthillas because the population is just so full. Once I logged in, Arthans (my guild's main tank) invited me to the 25 men raid, not what I expected. So...bla bla bla bla bla...boring stuffs...bla bla bla bla...we downed Void Reaver in Tempest Keep in just 1 try, which is pretty amazing. Plus its my first time raiding this boss, so I feel kinda proud of myself. Plus Arthans praised me abit. Hehe.
After that, we proceed to Zul'aman, which is at the Ghostlands. Twt, you should know Ghostlands like your home liao...hahaha. The first boss was rather near the doorway, so we manage to reach the 2nd last mob groups before the boss without much of a problem. The last group gave us quite a headache. This is mainly due to our very undergeared off tank. His items shocked me. Consists of blue and greens items, which is very very bad. His hp in bear form (a druid) is only around 13-14k, which is sad because Zul'aman is said to be harder than Karazhan. The only try we did successfully on the last group is when our offtank died (yes he died) and our main tank tanking all the mobs at once, which was really surprising. He can tank alone better than 2 tanks together.
Then, to the boss, Nalorakk. To cut things short, we died so many times the timer reset. Meaning we have to do the whole raid again. As I mentioned, this is mainly due to our undergeared offtank. So people say this boss is like gear check is really true. Undergeared characters can't survive here. So we decided to go to Karazhan to finish where we left off last week, the one which I got scolded, yea. Prince Malchezaar. Our raid got wiped once due to the infernals again but we managed to down Prince on our second try, using a different strategy, which I really prefer compared the other one.
Looting Prince, the healing mace, Light's Justice, dropped. So since nobody else needed it, it is given to me....or supposed to be given to me. The loot master went to click wrongly and gave a healing mace to a warlock instead, which is my friend!! This is where the night with the GMs started. We had a to "Open a Ticket", basically to book an apointment with the GM. GMs are Gamemasters, which Blizzard hires to take care of issues regarding a particular WoW server. I bet it's a hard job, having to respond to all the complaints by some of the 20,000-30,000 players in a realm. (yea, it is that many) Had to wait for a rather long time before the GM responded. Finally when they responded, they were so well-mannered, formal and polite. It scares me a little at first, its like talking to your boss. Half way I have to type formally and politely as well.
Hahahaha...The full conversation is as below.
Me = Vellaz
GM1 = Joantai
GM2 = Taredis (lazy want to post this conversation here)
Friend = Kraytoss
The second conversation with the other GM wasn't really that interesting, other than he uses the =D emoticon too. Hehehe... As you can see, I tried to add Joantai into my friend's list but sadly, I can't. Hahahaha. Speaking to a GM is like a rare experience for a WoW player...and tonight I got to speak to 2 of them. =P
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Tomorrow I will be rather alone as Aaron is going up to KL for an interview. I was supposed to follow him, to accompany him because driving alone is dangerous (if he is like me), and to meet TwT for lunch. Hahahahaha...I shall call u TwT...so nice nick. =P But I can't go because I have to fetch my sister from school after her SPM paper. Man, she seem so relax for the paper. I asked her this afternoon. Such good brother = me. =P
"Yan, what you doing now, still watch TV, don't want to study ah?"
"Aiya, study finish already ma..."
"Tomorrow is what paper?"
"Add Maths lor..."
"Wah, add maths don't need to study ah?" (my add maths was lousy...)
"Add maths only ma, so easy..." (swt)
"Then the next day leh?"
"Physics lor..."
"Wah physics don't have to study??"
"Study finish already..."
"Wah, got anot, if I give you the paper now, you can get A1?"
"Can..." (SWT!!!)
"Then the next paper leh?"
"Biology..."
"Then go study lah!"
"Biology is next week, weekend study enough already..."
"...." (speechless)
Both my sisters are crazy. Sigh, if only my confidence and my results are as good as them. My mother once said this to me, to "zha" me...
"Zhou, last time when you take A Levels, I always tell myself A Levels is a very tough course. But now when Xinyi take it, suddenly I felt its an easy course. Is it because the course becomes easy or Xinyi better?"
"Xinyi better la...i am the most stupid one what..."
Sobs...hahaha. Well, that's all for my post today. I will probably go look for food around the house after this. No Mee Basah today. =( Am damn hungry partly due to my light dinner and partly due to TwT's blog...YOU MADE ME SO HUNGRY WITH YOUR PICTURES...erm, your food pictures I mean, not pictures of you. (LMAO)
Ok then people, hope you enjoy this edition of my blog. Cheers!
Christianity.
"Christ believed is salvation received and heaven gained."
Read this sentence of Sunday's "Our Daily Bread" edition. It's a nice quote but not without a powerful meaning behind it.
Many people, probably some of them I know, believes that they will book a place in heaven just by performing good deeds, being vegetarian, etc. Unfortunately, this is not at all true. Humans, are borned sinful. This is because of what Adam and Eve did long long time ago. And according to the Bible, the consequence of sin, is death. Even if our whole life we have not commit sin, we are still condemned because we are naturally sinful. No matter how many things we think we can do to go to heaven, we will fail if we only depend on ourselves. The passage to heaven can never be bought by our deeds, it is given by God due to His mercies on us.
Jesus once said, "There is no other way leading to my Father (God, heaven) except through me." By dying at the Cross, Jesus Christ cleansed us of all sins, thus making our passage to heaven possible. He was an innocent man, why did He have to do this? It's because He loves us, everyone of us. Whether it is people 2000 years ago, present or at the future, He died for us all. He gave us the ultimate present, the passage to heaven, to eternal life. How to accept this gift? We just have to believe in Him. Admit that we are sinful creatures, and we need God in our lives to help us live life. Once we believe that Jesus is our saviour. We are saved. It is that easy. But God always seeks for sincere heart, and He loves us very much.
So "Christ believed is salvation received and heaven gained" simply means that if we believe in Jesus Christ that He died for our sins, we shall receive from Him the gift of salvation, and we can gain passage to heaven. It's that easy! And trust me, it will be your best decision you will ever make in your life. God will bless you in everything you do and He will take care of the rest. Just believe in Him!
(any questions regarding Christianity and what we do, just drop a message at the chatbox, thank you. =D)
Monday, November 19, 2007
Some Random Funny Picture
Record Broken...*sobs*
NooOoOooOOOOooooo. It is already 2am here. AND I AM HUNGRY!!!! Been eating Maggi Basah for the last 3 nights....but not tonight. Now my stomach is struggling because of hunger. I was even thinking if I really ended up going Maggi Basah tonight, I would probably take its picture. Sigh, no chance now.
Sigh, record broken. All because of Yong Hsin. Suddenly he can't make it for yumcha. Had to cancel it. I don't care!!! Tomorrow must Maggi Basah!!! *once mentioned...now even more hungry...*
Wah, lame post. =.= Bye all...
Random Pics That I've Found In My Handphone Some Taken Recently Some A Long Time Ago...
Hmm, let's see. This picture is taken a long time ago, probably around last year. Not really sure. My classmates and I stumbled upon this burnt truck when we were on our way for lunch. It seems like an arsonist's work. The night before, I manage to catch a glimpse of shoplots catching fire and this picture is the aftermath of it. We planned to sent this picture to Star newspaper with hopes of winning Rm50 but I guessed we totally forgot about it...hahaha.
The earliest soft toy I'd even own. It was given to me by my uncle don't know since when...I think probably I was only 3 years old that time. And guess what? I have a snapshot of the picture showing myself holding it when I was so so so so so small. See next picture! =D
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! SO CUTE!!!!!! Aren't I? >_< I bet many of you are laughing right now. Can't believe this is the small me. This picture was taken from my family's photo album. Hehe.
This is also another soft toy found on the shelf of my room. If I am not mistaken, it is my sister's. Haha. Don't know how it ended here anyways. Just took the picture thinking it's cute.
- Yong Hsin is back in Melaka till the 23rd of November.
- A guy managed to mentally solve the 13rd root of a 200 digit number in slightly over 1 minute. He claims he is weak in math when he was young. (there's still hope for me)
- Russia lost to Isreal. Making this Thursday morning's game between England and Croatia worth watching. It's on 3:50am.
- Raiding Zul'aman tomorrow at 8pm, wish me luck.
- Woke up. (duh...)
- Ate breakfast. Dim sum, yummy.
- Went to church.
- Lunch. Chicken rice.
- Phillip used my computer for weekly arena games.
- Went to church again for Ping Pong session. (got owned alot)
- Went for dinner.
- Blogging/ Chatting.
- Will probably go meet Youg Hsin after this, since he is back from Melbourne.
- Probably do daily Battleground quest/ Chatting.
- Hmm, Prison Break? Or sleep...
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Dedicate this for you.
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel
When I see your smile, tears roll down my face. I can't replace.
And now that I'm strong, I have figured out,
How this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul.
And I know, I'll find, deep inside me, I can be the one.
I will never let you fall.
I'll stand up with you forever.
I'll be there for you through it all.
Even if saving you sends me to heaven.
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
Seasons are changing and waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us.
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter,
I can show you I'll be the one.
I will never let you fall.
I'll stand up with you forever.
I'll be there for you through it all.
Even if saving you sends me to heaven.
'Cause you're my, you're my, my, my, my true love,
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel
My whole heart, please don't throw that away.
Because I am here, for you.
Please don't walk away, and please tell me you'll stay.
Whoa-oh-oh
Stay
Whoa-oh-oh
Use me as you will, pull my strings just for a thrill.
And I know I'll be okay, though my skies are turning gray.
I will never let you fall.
I'll stand up with you forever.
I'll be there for you through it all.
Even if saving you sends me to heaven.
I will never let you fall.
I'll stand up with you forever.
I'll be there for you through it all.
Even if saving you sends me to heaven.
- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Lyrics
Explains mostly how I feel, if not all. =D
First of many, I hope...
Hmm, blogs. I had bad experiences with blogs in the past. Being too expressive in blogs wasn't really a good idea. So I thought, why do you even blog? You can really say anything you want to say, and if what you say is something bad or hurtful, people can even quote it from blogs. Bah, I don't even know what I am posting about. Hahaha...nothing much to say at the moment.
Well, decided to give blog another chance. So this is like my blog post in like...4-5 years? =.= And I don't really like to give an account of everything I do today. Gets kinda lame, unless something really interesting happens. Which I think it did, today.
Let's see, what's interesting? Hmm, WoW perhaps? (someone must be saying :"WoW again meh?? Zzz...) LOL!!! Well, after playing as a holy paladin for 3 weeks now, I think I made the right decision for swapping my warrior for it. I prefer healing than tanking. Tanking is a really stressful job. It requires time and effort, 100% concentration, not to mention more time and more effort to stock up on tanking gears and last but not least, leadership qualities. I doubt myself having enough time to get involve in WoW too much and not to say I have good leadership skills. Today I joined a group raiding Karazhan. A protection paly with 14k hp unbuffed tanks it. Didn't have much of a problem until we reached Prince Malchezaar.
The whole group wiped (all died) like 3 times, and twice is because of my mistake. Sadly, but true. The first mistake I made is when the battle is in its second phase. Prince casted a skill on me called enfeeble, which reduces your hp (hit points) to 1 and send 2 imaginary axes to chop the group up. I was too engrossed in the healing process and I forgot to cast Divine Shield (invulnerable to all attacks) on myself. And yea, I died. And when a healer dies = the other healers can't keep up = the group wipes. So, we all revived and tried it again. And this time, I made my second mistake, which is very similar to the first. I forgot to cast divine shield again and I died again. Man, I feel so noob that time. A mage scolded me, and this mage is going to be my leader in the raid this monday night. It really kills my spirit. I just hope I will not screw up again. Anyways, screw the scolding. At least in today's raid, I got 4 items! Yippy! And the most significant item I got is my paladin shield, the Triptych Shield of the Ancients, as you can see on the figure above. Enough of WoW then, scared later it bores you. If you want to see what items my character have, click HERE.
The raid lasted from 2pm to 8pm, which in between my mum called me to stop and have my dinner. But I just can't stop the raid just like that. I will be hated throughout WoW...hahaha. But my mum got pissed as well. She got even more pissed when she realised I got to go for a futsal session at 9pm. Ever since I recovered from my broken leg, she sort of banned me from futsal, the sport which gave me my broken leg. We argued for a while about this.
"If I don't play futsal, I got no more sports already la..."
Pointing at the TV screen which was showing Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal LIVE.
"Play tennis lah..."
"I don't know how to play tennis la..." (actually I did take tennis lessons before, but gave all back to coach)
"Then go swimming lah...you know how to swim wat"
"Wah, you want me to go Tiara and swim alone, then come back here meh..." (Tiara is a golf club quite far from my house)
"You won't be alone if you are good enough..." (she meant my social and persuasion skills)
"..."
"Last time at condo hostel got swimming pool also you never swim" (killing blow)
"Aih, I don't want to swim la..." (out of bullets)
"I don't know la...I give up telling you. You take care of yourself la..." (good or bad? I don't know)
So I went ahead for futsal at 9pm. I played with my friends and some of my friend's friends. Half way during the session, or probably only 1 quarter into the session, one of my friend's friend twisted his right ankle. This sends a chill down my spine as it reminded me of my dreadful night where I broke my leg. What's even more chilling is that the person who twisted his ankle, wears the same shoes as I did when I broke my leg, which is also the one I am currently wearing. I told my friends about this, they say "I think it's the shoe la...like got curse...". Anyways, the guy who twisted his ankle had to sit out for the rest of the session and luckily we had an extra guy so the session continued and we had quite some fun. Personally, I think I did really well as a goalkeeper, made quite a few incredible saves. Proud of myself! (sound miserable and perasan)
After the session, we went to our favorite mamak stall in Melaka, Cahaya Dinar. What made it our favorite is a fat auntie there. Not because we think the fat auntie is hot, it's because her dish is hot! It is the LEGENDARY noodle we call the "Mee Basah". Trust me, it is as good as it gets. You will never find anywhere and anything like it. It is evil, sinful and addictive. I've been going there for 3 nights in a row and ended up with stomach aches the morning after. There was even once I went there with a full stomach but I just have to order it and somehow I can even enjoy it as if I am hungry. Like I told my friend, "Even not hungry, have to order...have to pay tribute to Mee Basah". Man, I am so dead. X_X Should have taken a picture of it to show how sinful the Mee Basah can get.
Been sms-ing so much these past few days. (you know to who la...) Now I can really understand how some people can sms so much (notice the word 'much') in a day. Thank God it's only 1 cent/sms. =D Besides that, I would also like to thank God for technology. People seem so distant physically can feel so near. Anyway, it was DC++ and MSN which started it all. <3 you technology!!!
Crap, since came back from futsal, still have not bathe!!! And it's 3:07am already! NooOOooOooo....tomorrow have to wake up rather earlier than usual for breakfast and church!! Oh noes...
(hmm, not too bad for the first post of the blog heh...)