The psalmist

For new year's eve, didn't have any special family dinner. That's cause I'll be playing the piano for tonight's combine watch night service & Chris & Joey would be serving as well. I remembered how I celebrated my eves in the past. In the 90s, I would go to the Club..partying with 'friends.' Or have BBQ/extravagant dinner at my home. Or hang out at friends house..eating & drinking a little. Kind to think of it. Quite a waste. Now that I know Jesus personally, I find celebrating the eve in His House rather encouraging. Spending time with God & His people, especially in this time of economic turmoil, just uplift my spirit. All of us are called to not fear & change how we pray, i.e. in His authority. As I enter year 2009, I can rest assure that God is for me. & He'll see me through this time. Oh ya..Got double anointing today. I mean, 2 pastors anointed me. The Indonesian pastor did an extra. He blessed me with God's joy in ab...

This past few weeks, as year 2008 is coming to an end, I have been facing a lot of challenges. Firstly, I looked forward for a peaceful Christmas holiday. Just when I thought things were going to be good, I heard a certain someone saying stuffs about me which I find over exaggerated & a blatant lie.I mean.. I have thought nothing but praise for this fellow. Instead what did I get? Stabbings at the back. Multiple stab wounds!! Was so tempted to fight back. Dahle I had an appointment with the fellow. Felt so tempted to bail out on the dude. But neah...I'm going to rise above this! Strike my right cheek heh? I offer my left lah! As I write this, I reminded myself that God resist the pride but acknowledges the humble. So, I went out with my 'enemy'. Despite the unbecoming attack, I've shown my kindness & will continue to do so. & I'm proud to say that I felt good after that. Secondly, I met a guy whom I just found to be so good looking. All this while, his f...

The month of December is really a month of eating big time. It all started with the 10 course dinner at MyRestaurant. Then, there's more eating..at aunt's anniversary at Lok Thian. Next, it was the Christmas Eve dinner with family at home..followed by supper with my extended family from TCC. Like that's not enough, on Christmas Day I had my brunch at my aunt Jenny's open house. Then went off for Sri Aman after that. Upon my arrival, I eat again...at my Uncle Stevy's house. I mean..can't resist his pansoh babi. Which I kept on eating for dinner & lunch the next day. Huh... Oh yeah..29th December was my cousin Roy's wedding. & that means more eating of course. So what made me start this path towards eating healthy? Well, I wanted to put on my dinner dress. Unfortunately, I couldn't zip it all the way. I ended up wearing something casual for my cousin's brother..yup, it hurts. Really does hurts cause I love my dinner dressess. & there's...

As midnight strikes, its going to be Christmas Eve. I haven't bought any gift for my dad & big bro. God, help me! So tonight I have to rush to the mall..browse through what I think would be suitable for them...fingers cross, hopefully they'll like it. This year, TCC is having their Christmas service at 'yours truly's house. That means I have a lot of preparation to do. Clean up the house. Get the cutleries ready. Set the long table at the porch area. Make the drinks & prepare my French Onion soup. Come to think of it...haven't bought my french loaves yet. So many things to do but I know, the clock is ticking. Can someone find me Hiro Nakamura please? Need him to bend time asap! Aah, yes. I wish...

What do I expect of myself this Christmas? Well, I expect to endure it with much grace & love as I head to my Ama & Akong's home on Christmas day itself. You see, my Akong had a mild stroke early this month. The stroke caused him to suffer a mild memory loss. Judging from what my relatives told me about my Akong's condition, seems that he has a difficulty in differentiating fact from fiction. Alarming I shall say. But the funny thing about my Akong is that he remembers what my cousin Alvin & I do for a living. I mean, both of us only visit our granparents at most twice in a year. Alvin's overseas & I'm stuck in Kuching. So he said something like this to his visitors: I have a grandson who's an engineer working overseas. But too bad, he deosn't want to get married. I also have a grandaughter who's a lawyer. She too is still not married yet. Huh?? Of all the grandchildren (there's more than 21 of us ok)..me & Alvin gets to 'shine...

Yesterday, went gift hunting at Doulos. Supposedly to be gift hunting, nangga2x, bought stuffs for myself. Hehehe..... So at Doulos, I bought 3 books. 1 book is a gift for my coming X'mas party. 2 books for myself. All for RM24. Stinking cheap right? If I buy these books at the local bookstore, it'll cost me somewhere around RM25-RM35 per book. Yeah....dirt cheap. When I thought I was done with my book spree, I came across one section of the ship where they have an offer. 4CDs + 1 doulos bag for RM20. Or 3 books + 1 Doulos bag for RM20. Wowsers! How can I resist!! Off I went & managed to grab 4 CDs. American made CDs are of good quality man. One of the Cds that I picked was a Christian rock group called Decypher Down. I stumbled across this band while I was copying songs to my MP3 player from my bro's PC. I like what I heard & I always wonder how is their full album like. Needless to say it rocks & when I read throught the lyrics of 'Breathe Again', I...

Just to update you all. Last Friday, went song leading at the Doulos. Thank God everything went on smoothly. As the hall was so hollow, the sound was not good. But what can I say? Cannot expect everything to be perfect. We had a great time with the team. The youths were awesome! Most of all they liked my song 'Bangkitlah'. Praise God. Now I know where God's heading me into. Please pray for me k. So that God would continue to lead me in writing songs in my own language. AS for me speaking in BM during the song leading...it was really an experience! But somehow, after a few lines, I got the hang of it & manage to lead the crowd. Learnt a lot la that night.

Received an invitation to song lead in a Youth BM service & Chinese service at Doulos. My BM is half past six. Chinese? I'm 1/4 Chinese but I don't speak the language. So..to do or not do it? Somehow I do have the burden to go for it. After all, I write & compose BM praise songs. Why shouldn't I? This would be a platform for me to get my songs out there. My intention is not just for the sake of putting my songs to public. Rather, I sense that God is using that song to impact the churches & to rally them for the new that He's going to do in the coming new year. I feel strongly for this. Well, do lift me up in prayer. Its this friday, at 7:30p.m. Come join us as well. Wish me all the best!

Hello friends & family, We've set up our tree. With the tree up, the Christmas feeling is oh so exciting. Underneath, you'll see gifts...from Khira & all of us. I hope Khira like my gift & I hope that I'll like hers too. Reminder to self: Its the thoughts that counts! God bless & glad tidings.

Just wanna share about a new fave food joint of mine. Its called Five Loaves Cafe. Its located along Jln. Keretapi. The same shop lot with my fave guitar shop, Lepo. FLC is famous for its breakfast goodies. Which is available for grabs for lunch, for tea time or any time of the day for that matter. My fave is the monte cristo sandwich. Its like french toast with a twist lah..beef bacon with melted cheese..sprinkled with powdered cinnamon which gives the toast a tinge of mild sweetness & savoury taste. Simply mouth watering! What I really really dig in FLC is the drinks. The cucumber lime juice is really refreshing...not forgetting healthy as well. Ridiculous right? And another must try is the banana smoothie with peanut butter. Ohh ...this is to 'die' for. I'm thinking about it even right now. So friends ..please when you're in Kuching, drop by our Marian sister's cafe..not just for support but to indulge in real good breakfast everyday everytime goodies.