Life, Travel, GRACE

On last March 13, Dr Jerry White was in town to minister a rally. The turn out of the rally was amazing. Just because the speaker is a foreigner, so people are eager to come? Anyway, he taught us about the life of Joseph from the book of Genesis. The title of the rally was "The Joseph Road". This is also a title of his book. I must say the book is well written. If you've missed out this rally, fear not, you can read the book instead. He delivered the same content but in a condensed way. The Joseph Road is about the choices that determine your destiny. He pointed out our life may not turn out to be the way we expect. This is certainly differ from our dreams and hopes. But what does God have to do with it?

There was balloon feast in Putrajaya last month. Been to this even last year but it was at day time. This time I took the opportunity to go at night; they were organizing a night glow event. Thought of practicing my night photography skill. It didn't turn out well for all. Probably the shutter speed was too long (I used 1 sec then reduced to 0.67 sec). Hope to go again next year.

Went back to Sibu last weekend. Attended one night of ceramah organized by the opposition party. This time around they came out with a mascot. And came out with a good marketing material - the Ubah bird. Well, can the bird make the change in this round of election? We'll know soon.

By far this is the best Chinese movie in the list. It tells a story of a bandit posing as a city major in order to gain fortune. At the end, the act becomes a war deal between the bandit and the warlord of the city. Many film critics thought the movie has numerous metaphor. They might be true but I find the movie quite entertaining and in certain scenes it's humorous too. Perhaps the best script from the movie is this: 張麻子：「你說是錢對我重要，還是你對我重要？」　 黃四郎：「我」 張麻子：「再想想」 黃四郎：「不會是錢吧」 張麻子：「再想想」 黃四郎：「還是我重要」 張麻子：「你和錢對我都不重要，沒有你，對我很重要」 This is the metaphor between power and money. Perhaps it's a reflection of China's struggle as world power and greatest economy house. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Hey, what's that? A birthday cake. Err... what am I supposed to do? Sing? Blow off the candle light? Let me touch it. Since they didn't allow me to touch the cake, I just broke down. Haha....

Last Sunday, we attended a teacher session by Teng Yang on discovering God from the life of David. The speaker brought us to see the content of the book of Samuel. Briefly we were told the life of David and his surrounding events and peoples. That was very brief and easy to follow. The history lesson led us to study Psalms written by David. Psalm 23 is somehow very special. It can be used in good time and bad time. The psalm was probably composed around the time when David was selected to be future king by Samuel (when Samuel went to Jesse's house). Each phrase in Psalm 23 has attribute of God. The audience were inspired to explore each of the phrase. And the session was indeed inspiring. Psalm 23 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, a]">[ a ] I will fear no evil,...

Over the weekend, we went up to Penang to attend a friend's wedding. Stayed one night in Prai. Then the next day crossed over to the island to savour the local delicacy. Of course in the eating list were Char Kuey Teow and/or Asam Laksa. Unfortunately, the Char Kuey Teow in Ayer Itam was rated average only. Our local tour friend then brought us for Asam Laksa, with fish meat in Farlim's developed shop area. Rating: below average. Next we sampled the hawker food in Jalan Macalister. Section 17's "Ample drink" is way much better. Another disappointment. Before we left the island, we stopped for cendol somewhere near the Komtar. That was ok; the taste was similar with the one in Melaka. Finally, our friends had prawn noodle. By that time, SY and I were full. According to our friends, the taste was somehow not as good as their previous visit. There's nothing to hype about the food. Probably I will give a credit for the wedding dinner on the first two dishes. No f...