Few Final Pages; Part 5 - God Chasers!

Out so many blessing that I received throughout my three years journey in Kuala Lumpur, having this cell group -God Chasers- was one of the best!

When I was starting my new journey of life in a new environment, it was hard for me especially being away from my family. I really thank God for this cell group! My cell leader, David Cheng and his wife, Kath and the rest of the cell members really helped me to cope well in the new environment, in addition, they also helped me to overcome my home sick.

I grown a lot when I was attending this cell group especially my walk with God and as well my thinking and my character. I was a late teenager when I was attending this cell group and I left the cell group as young -very young, I guess!- adult. As you can see, I was growing up in this cell group. Praise the Lord!

"Dear Lord Daddy, I want to thank you for this awesome cell group where I used to belonged. Thank you for blessing me with this awesome cell group! Lord, I pray that You'll continue to bless this cell group and continue to watch over this cell group. I also want to pray for David and Kath; Lord, bless both of them and grant them the encouragement, inspiration and as well as the Your everlasting strength to lead this cell group. And Lord, bless the members of this cell group too, pray that everyone will grow deeper in their walk with You and experience Your love in a greater way! Thank you Lord. In Jesus' name I prayed, Amen!"

Miss you all very much! God bless and cheerio =)

Few Final Pages; Part 4 - Mission Trips

I am so blessed that I was able to go for two mission trips in year 2007. Praise the Lord!

Children with their masterpiece; Orang Asli in Rompin, Pahang

Aborigines of Malaysia in Rompin, Pahang - This was the place where I went for my first mission trips. I went there with my cell group. It was challenging to me at first -the place where I was staying and doing our activities was dusty- I felt so uncomfortable. Then, God reminded me about my purpose for the mission trips. I changed my mind and stayed focus on Him. I ended up so much fun serving Him throughout the four days there without any distraction. Praise the Lord!

My team members and I together with the Orang Asli Pastor and his family

And my second mission trip was going to Cambodia! WOW, this mission trip was awesome! I was so blessed. God provided my whole trip's expenses! Praise the Lord! In addition, He also blessed me a group of great team members! I wrote a post about my Cambodia Mission Trip; check it out and see the awesomeness of God at www.jackyltroy.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-cambodia-youth-mission-trip.html

My team members and I; in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

All praises and glories to the Lord! Cheerio =)

Few Final Pages; Part 3 - MAHSA University College

Wow, I finally finished my course -Diploma In Medical Imaging- Three years are really fast! Last Tuesday was my last day at MAHSA University College and I had a photography session and a small farewell party with my friends and lecturers. Guess what, I cried when I said goodbye to my friends ='( and because I was crying, then it spread to all my other friends; they cried too! Oops, sorry, I couldn't help it...

Let's check it out this pictures slide show;
"I want to dedicate this video to all my course mates!"

"Dear Lord Daddy, thank you very much for blessing me a group of great friends who shared my ups and downs throughout these 3 years of my college life in MAHSA University College! I had so much fun studying together with them! Lord, continue to watch over them and bless them. Thank you Lord! In Jesus' name I prayed, Amen!"

"Thank you for filling my college life with lots of laughter and colors. Miss ya!"
God bless ya! Cheerio =)

Few Final Pages; Part 2 - Children's Church

"Jacky Lai" - My tool box for Children's Church =)

Yesterday, I had a great time worshiping the Lord during children's church at DUMC. It was so awesome! Praise the Lord! I had two sessions of worship on yesterday afternoon; first one was during the prayer meeting for pre-children's church and the second one was during the congregation of the children's church. Well done worship team and all praises and glories to the Lord! And God deserves all the high praises!

"Dear Lord Daddy, thank you for this wonderful ministry and thank you for the opportunity to serve at this wonderful ministry; children's church. Lord, thank you for my children pastor, Pr. Nancy and my ex-children pastor, Pr. Jennifer; thank you for putting both of them into my life to guide me well in this children ministry and helping me to grow to be a leader after Your heart. I also want to thank you for blessing me with a group of great children's leaders who never fail in helping me to grow in You. Thank you also for the children that I met throughout these three years in this ministry; thank you for using them mightily to ministered into my life and to teach me something so precious that known as Child-like-faith! Thank you Lord for all these awesome people and this wonderful journey in children's church. I love you Daddy, In Jesus' name I prayed, Amen!"

My ex-children cell group! These kids are awesome! Miss them very much!

Clowning - another talent that I received from God at Children' Church

Children's Leaders Retreat at Awana, Genting - I received a new tongue from the Lord during this retreat. Praise the Lord!

My second Children's Leaders retreat at OMF Bungalow, Cameron Highlands.

Miss you guys alots! God bless ya!
Cheerio! =)

Few Final Pages - Faithfulness of the Lord

Now, I am in the few final pages of the current chapter of my life. It is going to finish soon before I start a new one which is this coming 31st of July. Three years just passed me by so fast; like the wind slipping through my fingers which I cannot hold it.

Back in 2006, I came down to Kuala Lumpur to further my study. I was having doubts and fears and I was just like A BLANK MUSIC SHEET -because I don't know anything- But In these three wonderful years, I met a lot of great people who help me to grow and walk closer to the Lord; I met a lot great friends; I learned a lot of first hand lessons and gained a lot of fresh experiences. I will cherished all these things and I thank God for all it because all these things are the BEAUTIFUL MUSIC NOTES that God had fill into my life. And now, the blank music sheet is no longer empty but fills with beautiful music notes and therefore, a beautiful song is written and composed. Praise the Lord!

'Faithfulness of the Lord' is the title for this beautiful song. This song marks my three years journey with the Lord; through all ups and downs, climb all mountains, sail all the raging seas, surf all the waves and walk all the valleys. One thing that I know and I am very sure of is that in all these three years, no matter what I am going through, God is always faithful in keeping His promises and He never fail me at all. Praise the Lord!

Another Goodbye

Yesterday, I had a great time of fellowship with my course mates. We had farewell lunch at Seoul Garden, One Utama. Then, we went for bowling and snooker -pool- We had lots of laughter, foods, cheers and fun!

Wow, I couldn't believe it that three years already past us by so fast! Another chapter of my life is finishing soon. I thank God for all of them for making this chapter of my life so colourful and so much fun -Thanks guys!-

"I am surely going to miss you all very much"

We started not so close to each other at first but today, we are closer like never before. I guess, through all the ups and downs that we went through together, God bought us closer with each other. Praise the Lord!

After yesterday, I felt that I am going to miss them very much especially after this coming 28th of July 2009 which is our last day at college. "Hey guys, I want you all to know that I had so much fun studying and growing up together with you all in these three wonderful years. Thank you very much for everything!" Miss ya and God bless ya! Cheerio =)

Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs

Today, I found out that there is a mother who loves her son very much BUT somehow she do not trust her son because of one mistake that he made. Anyway, how can she loves him while she don't trust him and keep remembering the son's mistake? Is that really a love? I was so sad to hear that and I was really disappointed!

There is a verse in the Bible, saying that "Love keeps no record of wrongs" taken from 1 Corinthians 13:5. This verse came into my mind right after i recalled back the story about the mother. This verse really give me the reassurance and peace after all the disappointment that I had.

I thank God for His awesome and wonderful LOVE. His love for us is perfect! Too perfect until there is no words can really describe His awesomeness LOVE for us. At times when we fail Him or disobey Him, God will forgive us; when we sincerely -with repentance- come to Him to ask for forgiveness. In addition, He will remember our wrongs NO MORE! In other word, He will keeps no record of our wrongs right after He forgives us because of one simple reason; His great LOVE for us.

God's LOVE is simple and no complicated regulations. Let's us learn together on how to love the way like God love us! Amen!

Olympus PEN E-P1

"Not a Compact. Not an SLR... It's a PEN"

Yesterday, I saw an advertisement about this camera -above- and it really caught my attention. My first impression was like, "Wow, this camera look so retro! I like it..."

I like the retro feeling of this camera and the functions too. It is an 'old' design with 'latest' functions... That's so cool! But it is costly to me; if I not mistaken, the price for this camera is rm2999. ='( So expensive...

I found these nice camera wallpaper of older version of Olympus PEN from Olympus website...

'1959'

'1961'

'1962'

'1963'

Cheerio! =)

Empty Bookshelves

Mr. Smith owned a library in the town where he lives. He collected many books and he kept all of it in his library. Anyway, Mr. Smith is not a librarian, he don't work at his own library. He is a teacher; a music teacher. He is very talented in music especially in guitar.

Everything was going really well and Mr. Smith thought of expanding his library. Sadly, one day, his library was burned down by fire. All his books was gone in the fire and turned into ashes. All the bookshelves was badly burned and no longer can hold any books.

Mr. Smith was really sad; he was feeling unhappy and feeling bitterness. And he was feeling angry too! After this terrible and hurtful event took place, Mr. Smith has lost his purpose in life!

Mr. Smith have a best friend who is a carpenter; his name is Jay. Jay was the one who made all the bookshelves in Mr. Smith's library and Jay wanted to do that again; to rebuilt, to repair and to replenish the bookshelves for Mr. Smith.

Then, Mr. Smith's friends also offered to give some books to him to start the library again! However, Mr. Smith told his friends that the bookshelves in his library is not good enough to put any books. Therefore, he rejected all the offers!

And now, Mr. Smith's library only left with the broken and empty bookshelves which is not suitable and good enough to put any books!

The End

Do you have any questions to ask about the story above? I do... Here's are my questions:
Did Jay rebuilt back all the burned and broken bookshelves in Mr. Smith's library?
Or did Mr. Smith open up and allow Jay to rebuilt back all the the burned and broken bookshelves?
If yes, but why did Mr. Smith reject all the offers from his friends?

Are you asking the same questions too? Anyway, I don't have the answers! You can make a wild guess but that will not determine the right answers. Only Mr. Smith and Jay can tell us the answers!

Transformers: The Revenge Of The Fallen

Recently, my brother; Timmy, bought me three Transformers mini action figure from Petronas petrol station -Thanks Bro!-

These mini action figure is an original ones from Hasbro... Let's check it out...

Optimus Prime in the truck mode

Bumblebee in the Chevrolet Camaro mode

Starscream in the F-22 Raptor mode

Let's see the robot mode for Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Starscream...

Optimus Prime; "One shall stand, one shall fall"

Bumblebee; "The least likely can be the most dangerous"

Starscream; "Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies"

"Autobots; transform and roll out!" Hehe... Cheerio =)

The Climb

Yesterday, I received an encouraging message from my friend, Emmanuel...

"Trusting God won't make the mountain smaller but it will make climbing easier. Hope you will be able to climb all your mountains always"

Then, this message also reminded about the song that sang by Miley Cyrus; 'The Climb'... Here's the chorus goes...

There's always gonna be another mountain,

I'm always gonna wanna make it move,

Always gonna be a uphill battle,

Sometimes, I'm gonna have to lose.

Ain't about how fast I get there,

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side,

It's the climb.

Life is full of challenges, full of difficulties and full of problems. These are the mountains that we are climbing all the time. Sometimes, one after another...

As a Christian, there is no exceptional for me; I still need to climb these mountains! Some of the climbing are difficult and some are heartbroken which require tears and sweats. But what Emmanuel said is so true; if I trust God and allow God to climb together with me, every of the climbing will be easier! AMEN!

With His wonderful and awesome LOVE; it really helps me a lot in every of my climbing and make every of my climb worth because eventually when I reach to the top of every mountain that I climb, I will learn some valuable lessons and I will also learn to become stronger and wiser. God use every of the climb to shape my character; I learn to be more humble, learn to have self-control, learn to be patience, learn to trust and have faith in Him. Praise the Lord!

Are you climbing any mountain now? Let's invite the Lord to climb together with you!

"Be strong and courageous. Don't be terrified; don't be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go - Joshua 1:9"

A Good Pair of Comfortable Walking Shoes

On March 2009, I bought a pair of Crocs shoes. I wanted to buy one for very long time but because of the price, I failed to get one until this year March. My mum and I were looking for comfortable walking shoes for our Singapore trip. So, my mum bought a pair of Nike shoes. On that day, I was still thinking whether to get Crocs shoes or not... Finally I made my decision to get a pair of Crocs shoe. Guess what, I never disappointed by it and no regret at all for buying it.

Alright, I am not promoting for Crocs but seriously, Crocs shoes are really comfortable. Recently, I am walking quite a lot -walk to bus stop then to my college and then back to my aunt's condo- and I never feel any pain at my feet.

Do you know, I can also decorate my Crocs shoe with the cute button known as Jibbitz!

My favourite walking shoe =)

Say Goodbye

"Sometimes goodbye, THOUGH it hurts in your heart, is the only way for destiny Sometimes goodbye, THOUGH it hurts, is the only way now for you and me Though it's the hardest thing to say I'll miss your love in every day So say goodbye But don't you cry Because a true love never die..."

Say Goodbye by S Club

Last month and early this month, I had to say goodbye to many people...

Early last month, I had to say goodbye forever to my uncle; Uncle Steven who died of stomach cancer. Then, a week or two, I had to say goodbye forever to my another uncle; Uncle John who passed away due to multiple organs failure... I was so sad. Saying goodbye to both of my late uncles was really hard for me especially you know that you can never see them again!

Then, two of my friends are leaving to Australia and one of my friend will be going to Poland...

Wai Kheun (right) already left Malaysia to Australia to further his studies.

Fong Chu will be leaving to Australia soon to further her studies and last Tuesday, my friends and I organized a farewell dinner for her together with Yoong Wei.

Yoong Wei will be leaving to Poland soon for industrial training.

Saying goodbye is always hard especially to someone whom you loved dearly and someone who very close to you no matter how far or near they go... Or how long or short they will be away...

Let's cherish every sweet moments with your loved ones like your family and friends! God bless ya!

Andrew's Burger

Last Monday, my friends and I went to our friend's -Andrew- burger stall at Silibin, Ipoh to try his burger.

This is Andrew's burger stall -Andrew's Burger-

So, that night, Ummi and I had Chicken Burger Special...

Can you see the sauces flowing down?! Yummy!

While William tried the egg burger known as Benjo...

And then, Vaane had a normal chicken burger...

Andrew's burger taste so good is not because of some secret recipe or any special ingredient; he just uses some ordinary ingredient like everyone else. In my opinion, his burger taste so good simply because he cooks with his heart...

"Well done, Andrew! I prayed that God will use you, your skill and your wonderful burger stall mightily to touch that community at Silibin! I can see that your burger stall is a blessing to many people! Keep it up the good work that you're doing! God bless ya! =)"