Who knows?

Emm...this might be a little moribund and sad, so my apologies for breaking the mood in this blog.
But I guess this is something that has stuck in my mind; a reminder of how much we are not in control of our lives.

Being the crazy reader that I am, I often read other people's blogs; blogs of people I don't really know in person... :)
I regularly read Caryn (one of our senior's) brother's blog. He's quite famous in IMU cuz he's an imu super senior who made it good in the US and is now working in Mayo Clinic. (www.doctorslife.blogspot.com)
Recently he was blogging about his friend; a fellow Malaysian and ex-IMC (IMU at that time) student who was recently diagnosed with metastatic esophageal cancer.

There was a link from that blog to his friend's blog. And being the reader that I am, I went to his blog. And this guy is who we all long to be; a fellow (specialist) in oncology at age 28 at a famous teaching hospital in the US, in a great relationship, a Christian, someone who is a great example...judging from the posts his friends wrote for him.

Knowing what it's like to have a cancer diagnosis bombshell; I really do feel for this guy.
The hard work we as med students put in, to study hard, to become a specialist. To come out from a university no one has heard about, going to a far country. Furthermore this guy chose a difficult specialty, oncology. Finding the one and settling down in life. Being a good testimony to his patients/friends.

It's weird at times, when the most unexpected things happen to the most unlikely people.

But it also made me realize, gosh how little we can control our destinies after all.
God is good, but also to be feared.

I shouldn't be surprised. 1 of my granduncle's wife passed away this year because of pancreatic cancer. Another of my uncle's wife was diagnosed with bowel cancer (and she's below 40 years old). My own mother. (It's not hereditary as my relatives with cancer are related by marriage....I have my own family history of another cluster of illnesses).

I guess, life is unpredictable.
We better make the most of it.

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For all folks thats stressed or sian or no mood of studying, heres something to cheer u guys up.... Though its inappopriate to put it in a CG blog, once again i apologise :>

Well, recognise this???


Well in the game, theres a little thing called the Chicken


This is what I found from a friend's blog:


This is a fried chicken shop He saw in Segamat, Johor.... wahaha!!!


Remembering the old times when I normally go play Dota after mamaking with u guys!

It's Bowling!!

Hello everyone!! It's near the end of the week again... And hence my weekly notice...

TOMORROW(26/10/2007) CG IS GOING TO HAVE FUN!!!

We are playing bowling at Endah Parade at 9pm =)

However we'll be having dinner together first as a whole cg. Thus we are to gather at Vista B guard house by 7pm...

PLEASE let me know if you're going by tonight... Ok latest by tomorrow noon... Sms me yeah...

Note : BRING YOUR OWN PAIR OF SOCKS!!! Or else you have to buy... And pls keep your nails short if you dun want to break them...

Let's all have fun bonding tomorrow!! God bless everyone...

I am

I am enourmously touched by the word of God today in church.

When we were worshipping during the praise and worship, one lady came up to the stage and speak prophetic words about trust in God.

Who is God? God is not God's name. God is I am. It says in Exodus 3:13-15

"Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I shall say to them, `The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, `What is His name?' What shall I say to them?"

And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, `I AM has sent me to you.'"

And God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, `The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations."

So let God be what He is best for us; being the Provider, the Shelter, the Source of strength, everything... basically!

It reminds me during my days in IMU where we have our anxieties in not only passing exams but possiblys to scores s much A's s possible, trying to rely my own effort to study s my insurance in achieving the best results. N oh yeah, very tempted to skip church during exam weeks!

The thing is the answer is always in front of our face: Let God be who He is! I am blessed that often God tell me the essence of life is in believing in Him: giving me the BEST support system n friendships in KL (i mean u guys....:>) the bread and butter of learning life issues esp in church (DUMC, i miss Ps Dan sermons), and the lame jokes! :>

Peace be with u guys!

IMU

...reading this and this from IMU juniors encourages me of what's going on.
I am reminded of the things I learnt in IMU.
The great times with U guys; fun eating sprees...(SS2, Williams, Sri Petaling) but also serious discussions. I guess I really appreciate the honesty and openness of the CG.





I hope one fine day, when I'm old and wrinkly...if I have grandchildren, I'd be able to show them this video. :)
& I pray your lives would also be impacted in IMU!

Prayer Advance

Just received this messagefrom Richard this morning...

There will be a prayer advance this saturday (20/10) and Pr Daniel will be preaching and praying for impartation. They are praying for youth to raise up as prayer warriors.

Time : 8am - 12pm
Lunch provided
Venue : Dream Center

All those of you who are interested do attend it this saturday yeah...

Ps : No cg meet tomorrow...

Cg - 12/10/2007

Hello to all (including everyone who is not in Malaysia)!! Nice to hear from Kenneth all the way in Manchester!! Like Troy said, come back and visit us!!

OK as for this week's cg, the details are as follow:

Worship - Kiryu Yap
Ice breaker - Mark Saw
Word - Richard Tnew
Venue - B2-9-3
Time - 8.00pm

Let's all come together to worship God and learn more about Him through Word. See you guys then!!


Ps : There will be no cg next friday (19/10/2007)...

Greetings

Hi ppl,

The first thing I wanna say is : " What!!!! Since Sem 1, I heard about the Dream center and gave 100% support in it and its ready when I leave!" Haha, u guys are blessed to have not only a new building with bigger space, but its DREAM center where dreams come true!

Its been about 1 month plus studying here in Manchester, and I cant say how great is God for me when I have to transit in a another phase in life which normally transition sometimes takes an awful and nasty situations. Its like when u transit in Dubai International Airport and there were so many ppl that theres insufficient seats for transitting passengers that ppl have to sleep or sit on the floor!

Well, its also quite insecure when I have to leave u guys as my close and accountable mates to count on and build each other up other the umbrella of DUMC, and move to a half foreign land and start another new life, with different community and different values....

Despite of all the insecurity, the fears, the loneliness.... I'm settling well because God gave me the wisdom when I choose Manchester as 1st choice.. Manchester somewhat has a HUGE population of Asian ( particularly Chinese), so it is in relative to China Town, so I wouldnt get too home sick or craving for curries and tom yums.... Well, apart from being a vibrant modern city with its old fashioned Industrial era typed of buildings, I am glad that Manchester is a vibrant Christian city with many churches sprout like mushrooms! So within a week, I am attending King's church (http://www.kingschurch-manchester.org/)... Its a good church with strong values, and a pool of Malaysian student communities.

Well, just wanna share this: Transition in life can be quite difficult, but with God nothing is impossible... and everything is H-impossible! Well, its different now that every weekend Im not going DUMC, cause I miss it!

Cg this friday (5/10/2007)

Updates for the coming cg this friday (5/10/2007) :

Ice Breaker - Olivia
Worship - Lily
Guitarist - Kay Teck
Word - Pui Fun

Venue - B2-9-3
Time - 8pm

OK peeps, see you all this friday ya!! Please try to come on time k, coz it's not nice to let others who come on time to wait for those who are late... We need to get rid of the "Malaysian Time" mindset.

God bless!!