St Bede Community

I feel blessed to be part of the St Bede community in our college. I know it is not a coincidence nor a LUCK to be accepted in this college, but it is part of God's beautiful plan for me in my life. Sometimes, I feel so hard to live my life. I just can't stop myself from complaining all the difficulties that I have to go through. Without knowing, all the obstacles are part of the challenges that I need to stay strong in His love. I have learnt that every little thing that happened, good or bad, is a blessing in my life.

It is a blessing that we are the only teacher training college who owns two chapels in Malaysia. St Gabriel chapel is for the TCF and St Bede is for the Catholic students. It is quite questionable that why there are two chapels? why the Christians are separated? I am not expert to explain the answer, but the history story of our college could be one of the answers. However, we are blessed that every end of the month, we have this gathering (Praise and Worship) for all the Christian students in this IPG whereby each chapel will take turns to organise the combined fellowship.

St Bede chapel, IPBL

They are part of the blessing in my life :)

This month, the gathering was organised by St Bede which was on 24th Feb. It feels so good to praise and worship as ONE in God's name. I learned a lot from it. Through the sharing from Mr Michel, I realise that we should learn to listen more and not to talk all the time. God wants us to listen to Him. Like the story of Maria and Marta.

Last night also we have combined meeting with the IPTAR TCF and our college TCF which is the first time and it was really awesome. Once again we come to praise and worship God as one! I really love the sharing delivered by Madam Ruth. One important remainder ; the time is running out, be prepared people!

IPTAR and IPBL combined gathering !

I can't explain the exact feeling of mine now, but I am truly overwhelmed by His grace. I know that through these activities, He is telling me something. He has sent so many people to talk to me. Thank you Lord for everything. Honestly saying, sometimes I forget about the little blessing that I have received when I am too much directing myself to the world's needs. I forget to pray. I forget Him. But some how, I am grateful that He still there, tries to approach me in so many ways that I had never imagined before.

Lets pray that all of us will stand firmly in His glory and always mind the things that matter the most in our life. Remember that, one day all of us is going HOME, our real HOME. Lets pray that our faith will stay strong until the day of His second coming.

Gifted Child

I found this interesting article from Reader's Digest Malaysia website.

It is important to recognise a gifted child in order to help promote his or her intelligence, curiosity and desire to learn. A gifted child is not a genius and does not have to know everything or do things out of the ordinary, such as play the piano at the age of two or speak several languages at the age of three. They are children who are basically differentiated from others in their ability to learn much faster and go more deeply into subjects.

Some of the characteristics of a gifted child are:

1. They generally walk and speak before their first year of age.

2. They tend to use very rich language and adultlike vocabulary.

3. They easily understand and remember the information they are given.

4. They generate a great quantity of ideas and solutions to problems.

5. They have a well-developed sense of humour.

6. They have a great deal of curiosity, which makes them question everything.

7. They usually worry about the problems in the world.

8. They adore reading.

9. They like complicated board games.

10. They are leaders.

11. They persevere (they concentrate on a task and persist until they finish it).

12. They have a high level of self-judgment, demand much of themselves, and tend to be dissatisfied.

13. They prefer to work independently and do not need much help.

14. They are vulnerable to the rejection of their classmates.

2010 vs 2011

2010 vs 2011

2010

2011

These are how my tables are set for 2010 which was during my foundation year and the recent one 2011 in degree year. I guess there are obvious similarities and differences between both of them. Those tables setting itself have portrayed how much works, business and burdens that I have to struggle for. And I know that not only me but people out there also have their own 'war' to fight for. Never mind, I am ready and willing to fight for it!

Sadly, I left that collection of pasted pictures (2010) in my house because I forget to bring it back after the last holidays. By the way, the arranged portfolios (2011) are one of the most highlighted stuffs for us as a future teacher. Though it is hard to keep a complete portfolio, but it worth as a ‘training’ for us to prepare ourselves for the real challenges in years to come.

2010

2011

I bought new shoes today! Yaay!! Hehe. Though it costs me almost XXX, but I think it do worth. But then, I still keep the old shoes (2010) for me to use during my coming B.I.G. hehe actually, I don’t really like the colour for the new one, but since it is green, it reminds me of my mother – green is her favourite colour, so I bought it! 

I miss my mother and family so much. My mother and my aunt are going to Philippines this coming Monday for 1 week. Have a safe journey mama and antie! Don’t forget to buy for me this limited edition pig flavored Maggie okay. I love this Maggie!! Though it tastes just like the usual Maggie but I love it more. 

Suddenly, I am craving of this!

Happy LOVE day

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY PEOPLE !!!

Let spread the LOVE of Valentine around!!

Not just for our special one, but also our dearly family, friends, teachers and people out there deserve our LOVE !!

Happy LOVE day !!!

My nature

I have tons of tasks that need to be completed now. But, I just feel like writing something.

Let me start it like this; it is part of my nature to tell stories, and my favourite stories are the collections of my own 'descriptive stories'! my close friends know that it is part of my habit to tell story descriptively without any pause. Sometimes, I even repeat the same story to the same person over and over again. Yet, some (maybe everyone) might notice that I am not a talkative person on the first time meeting/knowing. That is true. This is because I need some time to find the foundation ground to let the newly made friendship grows. So here, I am so sorry if during our first meeting, I seem to be quiet and can only smile over things. But later when you know me more, you will find that I can talk without pause and joke around like a crazy one.

When I don't have any mood, I will be quiet. Quiet like a total grave which sometimes sounds scary I guess! This also happen when I am sad or angry. When I feel sad, I don't like to tell it to everyone. I rather cry alone and comfort myself though it takes time. But when the burden is too heavy, I will at least share it with someone or ask people to pray for me. But honestly speaking, I prefer to keep the sad feeling all by myself. Hehe. I don't like to boast out my anger or say the **** word. It is not that I am acting like a good girl here but that is just not part of my nature. I rather be a 'quiet' person which also means I need some time to be alone; some time to ponder on my life. Out of all, I really hate being stress or pressure. I just don't like these kind of feelings. So, I always get rid of it by playing sports or at least to jog. By doing so, I will feel more lively. I love myself and I don't want myself to suffer from those horrible feelings.

I don't have any particular characteristics or whatsoever when it comes to befriending with anyone. The thing that I need is just a time to adjust the common ground for us to build the friendship. I don't care if she/he is someone who is uneducated, liar, awful, horrible, smoker, drug addict, or whatever, I still can befriend with them. Because I believe that everyone has their own reasons to do such things in their life. One thing for sure, people change all the times. So, the good ones will not be good forever. 

 I just want to be myself, good or bad, that is me! I don't care if people want to judge me, let them do it. They have their right. But for sure, only me and God know the reality,

My rule is simple: live well, learn plenty, laugh often and love much!

Good and Bad

Good people will not be good all the time. In certain aspects, they have their own weaknesses. Weakness which bring them to handle things imperfectly. Weakness that can make them to do something bad. At the end of the day, the good will also turn into bad and the other way around.

So, don't ever judge those who had been behaving badly. They still have their good side. Perhaps, they haven't show it yet or don't know how to express it. Maybe, the one who behave badly today were once good.

Things are constantly changing and nothing stay the same. Only the 'change' is constant. But that is how life works. We will never know what tomorrow gonna bring to us.

So, we have to accept the good with the bad.

Note that no matter how good the situation is, it will change someday

Note to self

I have had great time during these holidays. Enough with eating, shopping, walking, sleeping, watching movie, and strolling aimlessly! I thank God for everything. Without Him I won't be able to get all these uncounted enjoyments and endless happiness!

Now is the time for me to move on. Dear beloved homework, assignments and portfolio, I am heading towards you guys. Don't worry, we are going to settle our business as soon as possible !

And to motivate and remind myself, as usual, I make this:

Sometimes, it looks 'funny' / 'strange' / 'irritating' for some people to have / see these whole bunch of lists but for me this is important as a 'remainder' to myself. I have been doing these stuffs since I was in my secondary days. Nurturing myself from the young age.

Happy Sunday people !

'You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? ... You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid... Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.'

Be blessed!

Chinese New Year 2011

This is my CNY story which happened on the first day of CNY, 3 Feb. Surely, it is almost (perhaps not 'almost' but 'exactly') the same stories as what my dearly friends, mimi and faz have posted in their blog. But never mind, I am going to repeat the story in my own version. We had gone for three open house visits for CNY day. What can I say?? The food was super duper delicious and we had so much fun 'chit chat-ing' with our lecturers. I am focussing on the food because on that day we (especially me !!) were craving of eating rice as the cafe was closed since it was CNY holiday. Anyway, we really enjoyed ourselves and have had a great time during the visitings. I hope next year will be so much more fun.

The first house: Madam Angie (Our beloved mummy here in IPBL)

2nd house: Miss Jessica (the young lecturer in IPBL)

3rd house: fiona house!! (my classmate)

But the best part was because after the visitings, we went to MBO, Spring to watch the Green Hornet! Only went back around 11 pm with a tired face but happy heart!

Thank you so much mimi, faz, jarul, wan, agnes, fiona, nizam, zarfan and our beloved lecturers for making the day so much fun.

Birthday Letter

Happy birthday to you dear IGANATIA !!!

I hope your birthday will be the blast one this year. Haha. God bless you in every step that you take. Hehe. I miss you iga.

Sorry Iga for unconsciously hurting you for all these times

Iga, my beloved 'kakak sulung', thank you for all the beautiful moments that we have lived together. Thank you for all the thoughtful sister-to-sister-advices that we have shared together. Thank you for all the precious time that we have spent together. I will treasure that moments forever. Don't forget this, we are the most 'semangat' librarians ! Thank so much for the undivided love and care which bound us together up to this moments. May our friendship last forever. 

I hope you will be happy always wherever you are iga

Iga and the other car_rush sisters; you all are one of the greatest gifts that I have in my life. Thank you for colouring my life with care and love. Miss you all...Love you all...muaaahhh !!

My Prayer

Lord,

Help me to choose which path to travel when I have lost my life's compass

Help me to shine when I am in the darkest corner of my life

Help me to stand again when things seem so hopeless

Help me to bear with the things that I can't change

Help me to fight this tears and wounds inside

Help me to hold on when this pain is killing me slowly

I am an ordinary person. I am not perfect. I have sinned so many times. I have done wrongs. I have been bad. I have hurt Your feeling. Forgive me Lord.

Dear Lord, I hope that at that point of time, I can make my decision wisely on very single thing that matter me the most. Amen