The difference between two worlds...

Just realized my friend who is doing Amway are really enjoying life :D Glad that she is enjoying her life travelling to Korea, Hong Kong, Disneyland-HK (I think) etc..

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On the other side of the world...

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Another friend of mine who is doing missions to Sabah and the Orang Asli area in Malaysia also enjoying his trips there. Glad he is finding so much joy in what he does.. :D eating rat's meat for dinner, yam leave rice, Wild boar etc..

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Both are noble vocations, both helps ppl achieve their highest potential, both enjoys everything they do, but there is a very distinctive difference..

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One earns more than the other; one have more things than the other; one have more parties and high class dinners to go to than the other..

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I'm not condemning Multilevel marketing, please.. I'm writing this with no such intention.. I just merely want to highlight the difference between the two world..

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One focus on the temporary world while the other, Eternity. One focuses on pleasure while the other, Serves. One provide a peace of mind, while the other peace in the spirit. One offer enjoyment to the fullest, the other fulfillment of all life in God's purpose. One search for wealth while the other gives it away. One gives happiness while the other offers joy. etc..

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See the difference by now? If you are in multilevel marketing and making it.. good for you.. but dun forget there are more important things than money, success, recognition and popularity... There is another bigger world out there that you may not know yet and I hope you will see it soon before it's too late..

Beard Papa

Another great treat from Christopher Wong!!! He knows all the good stuffs.. yummy... This is expensive stuff too.. creamy eh? hmm... you should try it when it's warm and still soft.. wah!~~~ sooo... nice...

Golden in colour..

Look at the cream.. Yummy yummy yummy..

But I personally cannot eat a lot lar.. 1 enough d... very fillling geh..

Being too clean??

Want to thank everyone for their gifts and msg on Chistmas day!!! :D

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The best thing is that today (Boxing day) we ge to just stay home and chill~~~..

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Chill for Nigel, more cleaning for me LOL.. Which I think my kitchen needs some.. and perhaps the living room which I have already done most of it in the morning while looking after Alexander this morning.. Our toilets also need some work :P the cleaner the better.. ahahaha..

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We were talking about being clean yesterday.. who are we?? Me, Nigel, Sharon, Logan, Elaine, Julian and Han Then.. Nigel and Han Then just listen lar.. I also mostly listened.. while the other four debated on the fact on cleanliness... Wai wai and Kenneth was there too.. but they just observed and listen also lar.. ahahaha..

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So... is being too clean an illness?? LOL

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Went for a leadership training before and i clearly remembered it states that cleaning the house is...i dunno how to put it.. its like actions tt associates with over eating or dun eat at all, cry non-stop, gets up set and angry.. etc.. :P I remembered coz i love cleaning the house ahahahaha.. But I dun mind if once a while it's dirty coz we really couldn't keep it as clean as we love to.. Limited in energy and man power you see :P

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Of course loving cleaninese doesn't mean you love to clean the house.. but I suppose it is related coz we all complain about the place being dirty.. but again.. what they say about "the place" is rather... dirty.. sticky floors... snakes!!! (coz no one lives there basically for a longgggg time... only for CNY) insects every where.. Sounds a lot like my grand father's house in Tawau.. where i use to bath with at least 10 colouful spiders.. LOL.. got red lar.. blue, green also got.. i remembered it coz they sometimes comes too close.. I sat on a log while i bath with hot water looking up in case any of them decided to jump on me :P ahahaha.. interesting ei??

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Furthermore I rather spend time with my Alexander as much as I could now a days.. unless if it's too dirty like my kitchen right now.. i think i need to spend sometime cleaning it lar :D very dusty also.. What can I say.. I got 2 doggies living here too you know :P

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I wonder what Sharon and Elaine think of my place if they live here everyday?? :P Not so clean I suppose.. ahahahahaha.. what to do.. I got no maid.. no time.. no energy..

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But hor.. i think your children will love the experience living at "the place" LOL... like me staying at my grandfather's place with all the dirty insects all around, dusty and sticky feeling (they use wood to cook one ler.. no gas nor electricity.. load of fun there!!!)).. it would be a great story to tell when all grow up :D ahahaha.. I love those times.. it was precious!!!

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Spiders anyone?? :P

Chrsitmas time..

In the Christmas mood yet my friends??

Well I AM!!! ahahahaha..

Still, I love the time when I was just a child and it's the Christmas Eve service back in Tuaran, Sabah.. Where meeting up with members, family and friends was no trouble and it was just fun to be there on Christmas Eve and on Christmas day itself :)

Some churches still do tt especially the bigger ones I think, for a small church like ours, we encourage our members to spend some time with family members and touching their lives with meaningful gatherings :)

Our family however is far far away~~~ and the only family we know here in KL is our church and CG members.. which I pretty much want to spend the Eve with.. but Nigel is super tired this week.. taking care of Alexander and coping with work recently is a bit taxing I suppose.. so I must try to understand..

Tonight wanted to go Worship practice for Christmas day actually but Nigel didn't get enough rest yesterday so we better skip this time.. We are not on duty but I just want to go for the fun of it.. (i know.. you may think wht fun there is to practice songs right? ahahahaa to me.. it is fun.. meeting up with friends are always fun.. especially during this time and season)..

Anyway... thank you for understanding, my friends, whom we really wanted to meet but can't coz of physical limitations and family responsibilities.. Do know that we love you all and at this point of our lives we have much to handle.. (We only have our children for a few years, after tt they have have wings of their own and fly off!!!~~~) LOL... so as long as we could.. we need to nurture our family.. until we can let go of their hands.. (yes.. both of them) and let them run their own race :)

Making Peace..

Christmas is a time of Peace... :) and time for us to make peace with those who we hurt and those who have hurt us.

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Another sharing from "Devotion on the Run" by Jim:

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Leonardo da Vinci painted one of the great materpieces in the history of the world. This work of art is called The Last Supper. Few people know the story behind the creation of this famous painting.

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Da Vinci had an enemy who was also a painter. Right before da Vinci began to paint this picture of Jesus with His diciples, he had a bitter argument with his enemy. When da Vinci painted the face of Judas Iscariot, he used the face of his enemy as a reference so that his enemy would present for ages as the man who betrayed Jesus. While painting this picture, da Vinci took delight in knowing that others would actually notice the face of his enemy on Judas.

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He continued painting the faces of the other disciples and often tried to paint the face of Jesus, but he could not make any progress. DA Vinci was frustrated and confused. In time, he realized what was wrong. His hatred for the other painter was holding him back from finishing the face of Jesus. Only after making peace with his fellow painter and repainting the face of Judas was he able to paint the face of Jesus and complete his masterpiece.

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Is there a broken relationship in your life that needs mending? Pray that God will give you courage to take the next step towards reconciliation.

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Matthew 6: 14-15

For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. but if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

The wheels of the car goes round and round~~~~

New Beginnings

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9

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By Devotion on the Run (Jim Burns)

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At a conference of governors several years ago, an interesting question was raised: What is the greatest thing in the world? It was absolutely quiet. None of the governors had an answer. Finally a young aide took the microphone and said, "The greatest thing in the world is that we can walk away from yesterday."

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I'm not even sure if that young aide knew that she jad just summarized the essense of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The good news of the Christian faith is that we can walk away from yesterday. The apostle Paul could walk away form his perseci=ution of Christians and answer the call to Christ (see Acts 9). The woman caught in adultery could walk away from her destructive lifestyle into a new journey with Jesus Christ. (John 8). Matthew could walk away from his job as a crokked tax collector and follow Christ into a new life (Mark 2:14). The prodigal son could walk away from his life of moral failures in the far country and walk into the loving, forgiving arms of his father. (Luke 15)

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To walk away from the failures and guilt of yesterday rests at the very heart of forgiveness. This is no call to cop out, drop out or otherwise escape responsibility or the consequences of our choices. But it is liberating message that no one, absolutely no one, is tied to a past from which there is no release. The gospel gladly sings of the possibility of new beginnings. Aren't you glad you have been released from you past?