Merry Christmas with Flowers!

Today is Christmas Eve...Just wanna wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!
Going to Kuching on Boxing Day. Just wanna visit some old friends there. Hey those of you in Kuching!!! Free to go out??

Pls drop your number here.
Anyway finally manage to get my webpage running. Just a test to see whether I can do it or not...
The site has pictures of flowers in my home. If you know the name, drop a comment please..

Badminton

Just finish playing badminton this evening. My performance was horrible. Maybe it is because of the flu. Right now can't stop sneezing with runny nose. But that is no excuse...

Have to play more but the most I can do is just play once a week. Don't think it is the ideal way to exercise but it is the only time I and my friends have. Most people recommend exercising for at least 1/2 hour per day, 3 days a week. Maybe I should take up swimming.

Going to call my sis after this. Haven't called her for a few weeks.

Chocolate & Knowledge

Having chocolate my father bought last trip. Delicious!! Never seen the brand Andes though...
Don't care cos I love chocolates!! The texture of it melting in your mouth, with some crumbly feeling. :) Nymmmm..


Actually want to write about the experience after teaching the school children. There's a sense of satisfication when the students told me that they learn a lot from the seminar that day. For me knowledge is the most precious thing anyone could have. And give.

Pity those who doesn't value knowledge. And respect those who does.

Updates

Got the break I need. Somehow 7 days in a week seems so short.

Wednesday:
Submited the long overdue assignments. In the evening went to TM meeting until roughly 9.40 pm. Then rushed to watch Casino Royale with Kevin and Dr Chen. There are quite a few time when I expected it to end but didn't. Just when you wanted to watch more, it suddenly ends. My ratings for Casino Royale : 6 stars out of possible 10, considering the plot, effects and gadgets. Reached home at almost 1 am.

Thursday:
The next day helped to teach some primary school kids to surf the net. Showing them how to use the browser, creating emails and looking for infos. Couldn't help to teach them how to look for games. :) This is a nice site featuring a lot of simple flash games.

Friday:
Today went to survery the computer lab in SMK Bandar Sibu. 20 pcs with 15 working pcs. Slow internet connection. Don't know how I can surf the net on Monday with 15 other students. But beggars can't be choosers.

Dreams and Science

Had a strange dream last night. Saw a lot of shooting stars. Assumed that it was the Leonids meteor shower. The strange thing was that the shooting stars were going upwards, then falling back to the earth.

Reminded me about the physics exam I saw last night...
Calculate the maximum displacement,ν at max s which is 0, velocity of the meteors just before it hits earth and etc. A practical problem to solve..

It is late in the afternoon now and forgot all the details of my dream.Don't know what the dream meant but must keep a dream diary. Just that everytime I woke up, have to rush to school. No time to sit down and reflect on my dreams. Dreamt that I was told a 4-D number.

:) No... I don't buy the number. Forgot the number already. Even if I could remember the number I'm not buying. I believe in science of probability, in this case I have a 1 in 10000 chance of getting the first prize.

Talking about 4D. Planning to calculate the chance of winning the jackpot/Sport Toto with the first prize of more than RM 1 000 000. Just don't know how it works. Based on what I know you need to get 6 numbers from 49 number correct. The 6 numbers are then arranged in ascending order, which lessens the number of combination. No repeated numbers which further increases the very slim chance of winning.

Putting if off until later. Given a lot of assignments to do this holiday. Now have to look for 5 journals. Read and give reflections on the 5 journals.

Communion

Just came back from supper with Wen and Ing Khong. It is nice to meet with friends once in a while. When you are moving towards the next phase of life where people are always working, you tend to miss the friendship nutured during the schooling days. No obligation or whatsoever except for the endless assignments.

Holy Alphabet

Although things are not perfect
Because of trial or pain
Continue in thanksgiving
Do not begin to blame
Even when the times are hard
Fierce winds are bound to blow
God is forever able
Hold on to what you know
Imagine life without His love
J oy would cease to be
Keep thanking Him for all the things
Love imparts to thee
Move out of "Camp Complaining"
No weapon that is known
On earth can yield the power
Praise can do alone
Quit looking at the future
Redeem the time at hand
Start every day with worship
To "thank" is a command
Until we see Him coming
Victorious in the sky
We'll run the race with gratitude
X alting God most high
Y es, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Z ion waits in glory...where none are ever sad!

"I AM Too blessed to be stressed!" The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.

The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything.

Love and peace be with you forever, Amen.

Swimming

Went swimming this afternoon and yesterday. Can't remember when I last swam. Maybe last year. Didn't realize that it could be this tiring... Must be getting old.

After that had an hour long bath. Just lie in the bathtub and relax. Enjoying myself. Now feeling very sleepy. Tired from the excercise this afternoon. Hoping that will have a good dream tonite.

Shooting star

Last night I saw a shooting star. Seems bigger and nearer than the rest of the shooting stars that I used to see. I hope that it was a wishing star. But it never hurt to wish. Just not sure what to wish for...

A lot of wishes but have to prioritize. Do I wish for world peace? Love? Health? Wisdom?

But somehow I just wish for the girl of my dream to appear, just like in the fairy tales. I probably watch too many cartoons...

The words of this song comes to my mind;

I close my eyes and pray all my wishes come true
Ev'ry night I go to sleep
Until you're mine, I'll wait for you endlessly
Can't you see
Fairy tales, they do sometimes come true
If you believe, it could happen to you
Like the stars that shine way up in the sky
Our love will live forever...

World peace

Tired of the world… Tired of the enmity between individual. Why can’t everyone just learn from the children around us? They fight but they soon forgive and forget. They have the faith that everything will be all right. For adults, experience has taught them to be bitter and unforgiving. This is just a generalization. Not everyone is like that. I just wish that more of them are like children. Not becoming childish but have a belief that everything will be ok.

Beautiful night

It is a beautiful night tonight. The moon shining and a bug halo surrounds it. I can almost see the tree and the rabbit in the moon. Haven't been able to see if for a long time because of the haze. Makes me wish there is someone to share it with me. But not many people appreciate the beauty of the night sky nowadays. Can't see much because of the light polution. Not much stars tonight though , because the moon is too bright.

When I checked the calender, it is the 15th of the 9th month according to the Chinese calender.

Waiting for December when I can see the Geminids meteor shower.

Here's a link to FREE sky watching software called HomePlanet.

Coolie

Today I am a coolie. Building a badminton court. Really tiring moving the sand and the cement to the site. Damn heavy.. I bag of cement is 50kg. We moved 20 bags. The ratio of cement to sand is 1:5. Not sure it was exactly that though... Then mixing it manually, not using the cement mixer. It's a good thing that a water source is nearby so there was no need to carry the water too. Then the amount of water to add is beyond me. Just add until it looks right. Dont ask me how to know it looks right. Too little and it is just sand and cement, too much water and it will become muddy. Easier said than done.

After mixing it, we have to level the cement. Looks easy to do but believe me, it is not. Not using the thingy with the bubble inside. Just plain straight plank and good old common sense.

Then it rains... and pours... when our court was half done. Nothing to cover it with. So have to wait until tomorrow to see what to do.

Reblogging

It has been quite some time since i blogged. Most of the time I just log on and check my mail. Then read a few blogs. At the side are a few blogs that I recommend highly:


Now just recovered from tooth extraction. Quite a painful week for me. Pain for almost two weeks today. Now really grateful cos I can eat solid food again. But it was already too late cos I can enjoy the food during Raya. Went to 5 houses the first day, 4 houses the second and 3 houses the next. Can't really eat much but just want to visit some old friends. Didn't manage to go to Zool's house. Sorry Zool, maybe next year.

Doggy Life

Finally my dog just recovered from Canine Distemper Virus. Apparently the mortality rate for those infected is around 80%. Made me very worried when I discovered that just before Easter.

At first I just thought that he is just tired when he didn't jump over me when I came back home. Usually he would just jump over me and my parents whenever we reached home, slobering over me.

We then took him to the vet when he was still like that for a few days. It was then the vet told us that he got the virus. He said it would be better if he was put to sleep so that he would not be able to infect other dogs. When we told him that Timmy is our only dog, the vet gave us some medicine and ask us to give Timmy whatever food that he will eat. No!! It cant be! He is going to be fine!!
He told us that as long as Timmy is willing to eat, he had a high chance of recovering.

But deep inside I was afraid that the vet might be right. As soon as we gave him friend chicken wings, which he loved most. He just took a sniff and walked away. I hope that it was just his usual choosy self.

The next day he wouldn't eat anything. My father and I then forced him to eat or rather drink milk mixed with the medicine.