--life of an ordinary C--

It's not about me.

2007-05-16T19:42:00.000+08:00

I was complicated living in complications;
though I yearn to be simple;
I simply couldn't;
it was too complicated.

One day I found someone;
the simplest person I ever met.
Simple things he taught me;
Simple things he made me believe in;

What I simply couldn’t now I simply can;
life is simple when it’s not about me.
I am ordinary made extraordinarily;
Because of the one inside of me.

Some has much but never give thanks;
Some has little but never complain.
May I give thanks in all circumstances;
Counting blessings one by one.

2007-05-15T18:10:00.000+08:00

Have you ever before experienced this? Standing still. Eyes closed. And enjoy just the wind and the intimacy it brings as it passes your skin. And you can feel those tiny hair above being tossed around, back and forth, not vigoriously but gently, not hastily but in its own pace, not determined by anyone.

The breeze doesn't have much to offer, only hoping that it can sweep away some pressures off troubling hearts, refresh some tiring souls, and then it leaves, looking to reach another. It expects nothing in return.

I experienced exactly it, today. Wave after wave it approaches and leaves, while I listen to the whispering song it brings to my ears.

Again, it's about thanksgiving. I thank you my Lord, to be with me.

2007-05-14T19:41:00.000+08:00

The fog is over, and vision regained. www.curharist.blogspot.com is accessible once again from a small room in an might-be-blown-down-soon apartment in a BIG city called Shanghai. So surprised that it's been blocked for only a few days. Well, it just makes me believe that there's power in giving thanks. WOW. Thanks, God. It feels quite weird to just post stuff from blogger and cannot see how it looks like on the real page ya' know.

Working life isn't easy at all. Learning how to handle pressure can be quite a tiring process. But still, I wanna thank God for forcing me to trust in Him. It's really when you don't know how to do certain stuff, and you admit to God and ask for help, and there you will find God's grace.

Housemate's recovering. I saw him in the living room the moment I stepped into the house from work. He doesn't look like dying definitely. (",) "Hey, thanks Chris for being there yesterday!" "Nah, I didn't do much." "Yes, you did." "Maybe just a little." *felt quite sweet inside* =) Thank God that he's still alive, else I don't know what will happen to me. HA.

2007-05-13T20:28:00.000+08:00

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to mommy Bessie! I really wanna thank God for my mom. She's the greatest women in my heart. I can't help but recalling all the hardship that we went through together when I was still young, even before I could imagine I would have two cute sisters (coming along the way). We were really poor then. I remembered the best meal I ever had during my childhood was 2 fried eggs with baked beans, that was on my sixth birthday. Mum would say, "Xi4 wai3, xi4 wai3..." which means 'pitiful' in FuChao. I didn't understand what it means back then, so happy and satisfied with my eggs and beans. But now I understand that mommy was trying her best to provide for me. "I'm so proud of you, mommy neo!" Thank God for her. I hope she'll be happy the rest of her life. And to all the great moms out there, Happy Mother's Day, everyday.

"Chris! Help!" Suddenly, in the middle of the service, my housemate has a severe pain in his neck. While I was trying to pray for healing, he said he can't take it anymore, he needs to go to the hospital. So we went. Thank God he's better now, resting upstairs. Interestingly, he actually described the pain as, "I felt like dying!" He never ever came close to thinking about death before that incident, he said. Yeah, usually young people like us don't. It's pretty deep ya' know. Yet, it is very practical to think about death. What would you think about death? To me, death + salvation = hope in eternity. Thank God that he ensured to us peace though this hope. Receive Jesus, if you have not.

2007-05-12T19:49:00.000+08:00

www.blogger.com still works. Even though neither can I access http://curharist.blogspot.com nor http://pnwsongs.blogspot.com, I'm glad that I'm still able to post stuff through www.blogger.com. I'm trying to make it a point to count my blessings one by one each and everyday. It somehow gives the day a good end, doesn't care how bad the day might be. I thought that this would be a good way to encourage myself, ya' know. After blogging, I would say to myself, "Hey, today's not bad... He still there, watching..."

I'm very happy to see my cell group today. We shared food, yummy... stories from our May hols... and sang songs together. Some of us aren't feeling very well though, one has cough, another has spinal pain, the another down with flu at home. Doesn't sound very good right? Not to me either. But in some ways, I felt that people are starting to feel belonged here. We have people sharing their joy and also their problems and sufferings. We can openly do that here because it's safe. God provided the security, of course, and the promise of healing as well.

"Sorry, make way please, (revival) coming through..." I've heard good reports from my beloved wife-to-be that some missionary testified that some hundreds of (pastor lim) - ya know right? translate into chi then eng - came to Christ in a certain place in Malaysia. The reason wasn't because somebody preached to them, but they have (dream)ed about salvation and God himself spoke to them. How cool is that! I'm so excited after hearing this. And our nation really needs God. So many bad things are happening around us. As I walk in the streets of JB, crippled beggers everywhere. In newspapers, ridiculous crimes everyday. So many lost young people from broken homes. "Dear God, please come, I know you're still there, watching..."

2007-05-11T22:32:00.000+08:00

Thank God for His great strength that was like a big tree holding every single leaves together, preventing it from falling apart. Sleeping late produced a drowsy me, but was sustained.
Eating fried rice for lunch and daydreaming together with a best friend.
3 different people gave me 3 different kinds of chocolate bars. Haha.
My new electric guitar. Finally! The second guitar of my life! A childhood dream fulfilled during adulthood.

Just wanna give thanks...

2007-05-10T20:56:00.000+08:00

Safe flight back to Shanghai. There's a few time turbulence did come along and my heart sank with the little aircraft, but I knew in my heart that I'd be fine cos' the still small voice in me said so.
A great company to work in. In it, a great boss, great colleagues, unending supply of bubble tea every afternoon. So many times I'm faced with situations which challenged my pride, courage, faith, thought and EQ. Truly a humbling experience.
Dinner. A successful first-time experience of making egg sandwiches. Ingredient: bread, eggs, cucumber, butter, salt and pepper.

New Blog Launching

2007-04-23T22:56:00.000+08:00

59, 58,
counting down
53,52
working on a new blog
about this amazing love
that could make a person
be so crazy

25,24
coming soon
my blog
on pnws

11,10
a site with nothing
but songs
of faith
of hope
of love

3,2,1
its opened!

:: click here ::

FGC Dream

2007-04-22T15:38:00.000+08:00

This is what its gonna look like...
A fire spreading from JB thoughout Malaysia...
till the ends of the earth
Let all young ppl catch the fire...
The fire of the living breath and the HS of GOD...

Jump Around by Planet Shakers
Somebody get your praise on / There is one thing that I know for sure / How much I love You yet You love me more / You paid my debt a price I could not pay / So I will praise You each and every day / I'm not gonna hold back now / I think it's time to just get up / And jump around now
/ Everybody jump around / In the house of God / Hey, hey jump around / Everybdy jump around / In the house of God / EVERYBODY / When I say Jesus / You say praise HIm / Jesus praise Him / Jesus praise Him / There is one thing that I can't ignore / The power of praising You in one accord / Our praise goes up, the walls come down / Listen up people I can hear that sound / Praise Him, jump jump / Come on praise Him, jump jump / Praise Him, jump jump / Somebody get your praise on / Somebody get your / Some-somebody get your praise on

Health Reminder!

2007-04-12T23:18:00.000+08:00

Hi ppl,

Just came back from work. Busy day. Been carrying my coughing and sneezing everywhere I go for the past few days. Felt like an E.T. too - Big and heavy head =( Makes u wonder what is life like being an E.T.??? hmmm...

Thank God that I'm recovering now. Feeling much better after having nothing but porridge on my dining table, yeah (",)

Just a few quick reminders:

1) PLEASE PLEASE take care of your health! Esp. when there's a change of weather. Germs seems like to float around times like these.
2) BEWARE of who you are standing/sitting/existing with. Turn your radars on and run away from people of coughing and sneezing - like me - I know that they don't mind. Seriously.
3) LOTS OF SLEEP when you are feeling lots of pain.
4) EAT PORRIDGE. It works!
5) APPLES. Take them, a good way for keep the doctors away. (Valid advise in China).
6) Most importantly, PRAY!!! Ask for the good man above to protect you, and He will. Trust me.

That's all for now!

May we be healthy all of our days ya...

Beauty of Language

2007-04-04T18:53:00.001+08:00

Did you ever realize how beautiful language can be?
I mean sometimes when you put two of a different kind together, side by side, you can really find some interesting stuff.

For e.g. 最好的男人是谁? Most ladies would say their husband, boyfriend, daddy, the Father...
But actually it is 伴郎 in the wedding. "The-Best-Man". Which means even better than the bridegroom himself. Maybe that explains why the Western society has been the leader in divorce rates. They still don't know that they should marry "The-Best-Man" to have a happy life.

In English, 伴娘 is called "The Bride's Maid", direct translated as 新娘的佣人(for SEA) or 新娘的阿姨 (for China) - 打扫的。Not much dignity in it I guess. Haha.

However, the Chinese gives each a more balance name; 伴郎伴娘, looks more equal doesn't it. Quite surprising from a once female-discriminating society though.

For those who are enthu- about becoming "The-Best-Man" or "The Bride's Maid", please just ignore me and be one happi- and merrily. I'm just bored and trying to be crappy.

Don't mind if you wanna share share some beauty of language though...

Christian Hip-Hop Blogorhood

2007-02-13T10:55:00.000+08:00

Check up the my new blogorhood discovery...

me --> housemate --> only won --> tobymac --> the rest of them is unbelievable!

Check out how we all linked tru blogging...

Its the age of 6 degree of seperation... or should I say 4...

Pls check out Only Won's blog and his song "Glory verse 1and2" -- a combination of truth + inspiration + hiphop + cantonese... quite cool... my personal favorite - "Fellowship Continues" ... definitely not a Gangsta...

Enjoy blogging...

Nothing Much To Say + A Cool Song

2007-02-10T23:41:00.000+08:00

Nothing much to say today. Nothing but happy cos' I finally finish my yuckie homework. YEAY!!
Prepared to pack up and go back to sg/jb.
Lately been really crazy about this song. Think it'll be so cool if TEENZ can sing this. Muahaha... *continue dreaming*

忙里偷闲 Steal Boredness From Busyness

2007-02-09T18:59:00.000+08:00

Buried under piles of reading regarding Intellectual Property (IP) in China. Hoping to vomit out some report that sounds "intellectual" enough.
My cool housemate just corrected me that we have not 2, but 4 turn-tables at home. That makes our house even cooler (...ya its winter now...sigh...).
Realised that I've linked Alan Pang's blog wrongly to his brother's. Alan if you're reading this, this is my public apology to you. SORRY!!! (u knew it right? don' tell me u din know?! aiks!)

My Cool Housemate

2007-02-08T19:43:00.000+08:00

Hi everybody, I've just came back from my housemate's performance at 上海东方艺术中心。And he's so cool. Basically he's the lead engineer for General Motors, and he's heading the car body department. So if you see any Chevvy, or Buick, or any GM cars, basically whatever you can see from the outside, except the wheels is from this guys department.

His hobbies are cool! He like DJ-ing, rapping, and hip-hop dancing. For his freetime, beside reading the bible and having our weekly prayer meeting, he just scatches some turn-tables. By the way, we have 2 at home. So today, as his company is having the annual performance thing, instead of an engineer, he just became rapper and dancer.

But the coolest thing about him is that he loves God so much! He wants to share Christ love with everybody esp. those in his work place. Thus the rap song he's doin' today is about Jesus. And let me tell ya' how it ended, it ended like this "remember yo'... one way, one truth, one life, Jesus Christ..." through his mouth, into the mic, out from the auditorium speakers, right into the ear of almost a thousand people from his company. The best part... everybody clapped their hands...

Oh yah, he has a cool name too. His name is King, an ABC from San Francisco.

Here's a little clip from his practise. Just click the button 'play', but do not drag... Enjoy...

Feast

2007-02-07T21:13:00.000+08:00

Yup yup, PROUDLY PRESENT TO YOU.....*drum roll.... *roll... *roll somemore... *"kuuaannggg"... my very 1st 像样的, boleh tengok punya, mai4 hiam2 bui3 pai4, very very nice -- stir fried mutton with carrot + low oil low salt cabbage + rice...chinese name 山羊上山吃萝卜 + 少油盐清炒包菜 + 米饭... yummy yummy...so sorry only servings for one.

Thanks for Praying

2007-02-06T22:50:00.000+08:00

1. I wanna thank everyone who prayed with me. Tony is healthy again! And he has started to read the bible!! Yeay… Cheers and bottoms up… Good team work prayer partners! Please continue to pray cos' I wanna be sure that he is saved...

2. I found this near my office. Do you find this familiar?

--prayer works, life of an ordinary C--

I Need Some Prayers

2007-02-05T21:19:00.000+08:00

Yes yes, I heard your complains. I have been so lazy to write. I AM SO SORRY!!! Thank you for all your naggings... you deserve some nasi lemak tambah ayam for it... Ahhh... as you can see, I miss home and all the beautiful people in it... FYI, I'll be back home soon... Muahahaha...

Let me introduce to you a great friend of mine here. He’s name is Tony. Tony is my co-worker. We have been working together for so many projects lately. He and I are jokers. Working with him is such an enjoyment. He’s dream is to come to Malaysia this year to climb Mount Kinabalu with me. (Yes, Mount KK is still on my mind for some of you out there!)

Not sure what happened, as I arrived for work this morning, there sat Tony alone and looking so pale. He got a fever attack. Can you imagine that he went to hospital all by himself at 3am this morning? And even more, he came to office to finish up some urgent work! Wow… He went back after that of course.

BUT I wanna thank God to give me an open door to pray for Tony. Joy came to me because he asked me the name whom I pray to. I gladly answered of course. One thing I hope is for him to see God’s hand. Please pray with me for my best Chinese native friend.

-- salvation is here, life of an ordinary C--

week this week

2006-10-21T11:19:00.000+08:00

15/10/06 sun
start schoolwork. haven't pass up for 3 weeks. due tues. better do. or else don’t know what will happen. maybe pack bag and go back malaysia. reach church. 5 mins late. met with many friends. mostly uncle anties known from church retreat. shared gospel with a friend. arrived home. realized there’s really a lot of things to do. de-motivated by the load. no wonder is call ‘WORKLOAD’.

16/10/06 mon
reach office. work and do homework at the same time. reach fudan. didn't really pay attention to class. still reading. almost finish 20 pages. class dismissed. led meeting for seniors farewell party. realized time is very very tight for the next 2 months. went home. rush schoolwork. slept 4.45am next day.

17/10/06 tue
woke up 8.10am. class starts 8am. reach school super late. submitted homework. teacher still very nice. went back work. OT. reach home. start planning for farewell dinner. slept 2.00am next day.

18/10/06 wed
late for work. but boss too busy to see me. had meeting with client. boss happy. after work went carrefour. bought tread and needles. yeay. can sew my broken pants. dinner with housemate. had a good chit-chat. reach home. continue planning.

19/10/06 thu
after work stayed in office to plan. finally finish planning. whoo~

20/10/06 fri
shocked at how time flies. managed to get another potential client. play guitar whole night. watched Tanya Chai Jian Ya concert on tv. her songs super nice.

21/10/06 sat
listening to hillsong london. cool album. starting to write my spm testimony.

--everyday is different, life of an ordinary C--

manufacturer's recall notice

2006-10-07T22:29:00.000+08:00

Regardless of Make or Year or Tithe Amount, all units known as "human beings" are being recalled by the Manufacturer. This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units’ code named "Adam" and "Eve," resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units. This defect is technically termed "Serious Internal Non-morality," but more commonly known as "SIN." Symptoms of the SIN defect include, but are not limited to:

Loss of direction
Lack of peace and joy
Depression
Foul vocal emissions
Selfishness
Ingratitude
Fearfulness
Rebellion
Jealousy

The Manufacturer is providing factory authorized repair service FREE of charge to correct the SIN defect. The Repair Technician, Jesus Christ, has most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs. To repeat, there is NO fee required.

The number to call for repair in all areas is P-R-A-Y-E-R. Once connected, please upload the burden of SIN through the REPENTANCE procedure. Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair Technician, Christ, into the SOUL component of the human unit. No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, Christ will replace it with:

Love
Joy
Peace
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Patience
Self-Control
Everything He Has Is Yours

Please see the Operating Manual, HOLY BIBLE, for further details on the use of these fixes. As an added upgrade, the Manufacturer has made available to all repaired units a facility enabling direct monitoring assistance from the resident Maintenance Technician, THE HOLY SPIRIT. Repaired units need only make Him welcome and accept his Word and He will take up residence on the premises.

WARNING: Continuing to operate a human being unit without these corrections voids the Manufacturer's Warranty, exposing the unit to dangers and problems too numerous to list and may ultimately result in the destruction of the human unit.

--thanks to whoever that sent this to me, life of an ordinary C--

about cerebral palsy

2006-10-06T18:11:00.000+08:00

…"Cerebral" refers to the brain and "Palsy" to a disorder of movement or posture. If someone has cerebral palsy it means that because of a faulty development or damage to their brain, they are not able to use some of the muscles in their body in the normal way…

…Early signs of cerebral palsy usually appear before 3 years of age. Infants with cerebral palsy are frequently slow in learning to roll over, sit, crawl, smile, or walk. Children with cerebral palsy may not be able to walk, talk, eat or play in the same ways as most other children…

…Symptoms of cerebral palsy include difficulty with fine motor tasks (such as writing or using scissors), difficulty maintaining balance or walking, muscle tightness or spasm, involuntary movements, abnormal sensation and posture, impairment of sight, hearing or speech seizures . But cerebral palsy does not always cause profound handicap…

…It is important to know that cerebral palsy is not a disease or illness. It isn't contagious and it doesn't get worse…

..At this time, cerebral palsy cannot be cured. Children who have cerebral palsy will have it all their lives…

...With God, that statement could change...

--there's power in the Name, life of an ordinary C--

cerecare - a place of kindness

2006-10-05T17:37:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday, a fellow student of mine named FuCai brought me to Cerecare. This is a place where kids with Cerebral Palsy are taken care of. Finally! I’ve got the chance to visit them, after hearing so much and trying so hard to raise funds for them. Cerecare is very close to us as they are one of our beneficiaries under SHEN (Shanghai House of Entrepreneur) social welfare programs. We went to deliver their dinner—sponsored Christina bread.

As we stepped into the facility that houses 30 kids, it was deafening silence that welcomed us. “Where are the noises, are the kids all napping?” It was out of my expectation. After greeting Miss Liu, the teacher in-charge, we sent food to the kitchen. “This is my first time here”, I told Miss Liu. “Oh! Please let me show you around!” And there we stood, a long corridor ahead of us, and we meet with the kids, all of them, grouped into different rooms according to their abilities.

The kids were beautiful. Even though they don’t really smiles back at you; even though they don’t turn around and look at you when you call their names; even though they don’t run towards you and hug you, even though they are strapped around their small body structure, unto some equipment that suppose to help their muscle to relax, they were beautiful. Now I came to understand the quiet greeting of this place. Things are different here. Yet I believe that in their little souls, they were smiling, making faces, pulling your hands and Bermudas, running about with teachers feeling helpless. In their little souls, they are same with most other children. I really believe.

“Cerecare doesn’t only help kids with physiotherapy; we also help them in their emotions and thinking process…” “Cerecare is working hard so that these children can take care themselves…” “Cerecare is still looking diligently for sponsors…” “Cerecare is hoping that local schools will take in these kids into their classrooms…”

Suddenly I felt attached to this place…

-- there’s power in the Name, life of an ordinary C --

why am i in shanghai?

2006-09-27T14:59:00.000+08:00

yeah... so the link actually shows that i'm in this program call the 'nus overseas college', so for frens whom i've not updated, here i am in shanghai...

basically, i'll be here for a year to work and to study, to meet people and share the good news... and of course travel... then after that, i'm supposed to get a minor in 'technopreneurship' (chim word, i know) if there no 'accidents', that is...now i'm working for a company call AT Villa, italian firm that specialises in building lab facilities. schooling is in fudan... travel wise... hopefully go to as many places as possible... just been to huangshan... u all can see from my previous posting... the scenery is simply magnificient!

I could say that i'm really blessed to have the opportunity to come for this program. Y? cos is really an eye-opener for me to see the world... its really different here in shanghai compare to singapore or malaysia...

my hope for this trip is to learn as much as possible, especially in terms of what doin business in china is really like... and also to make valuable friendship... and to share the love of God with the people around me... and to expect that His will and His plan for my life to be reviewed to me more clearly...

till i see ya during CNY 2007... take care k?

-- new discovery everyday, life of an ordinary C --

a special day to my special 'J'

2006-09-22T20:07:00.000+08:00

hooray!
22nd September today;
a very very special friday;
for me...

remember those times of countless screenplay;
two quivery shadows along the river sideway;
faint whispers found coming from the stairs;
suddenly it feels like yesterday...

"Father, in Your name pray;
thank you for leading 'J';
out of the miry clay;
into your perfect way;
reflect on her your glorious rays..."

till i see you next holiday,
from the bottom of my heart i say,
happy birthday!
my lovely princess, 'J'...

-- with love and thanks, life of an ordinary C --

Whoo~~uang 山

2006-09-14T09:41:00.000+08:00

~五岳归来不看山，黄山归来不看岳~ more photos here...

--moving mountains, life of an ordinary C--

雨.伞

2006-09-12T21:17:00.000+08:00

今天不知真么搞得，下了一整天一整夜的雨。低雾黑云的，真让人有股莫名，沉沉的感觉。

“啊！踩到积水了！”眼睁睁看着渐渐湿透的鞋子袜子，好无奈...只愿不会感冒才行。今天冷风的时速起码有30km/h罢，竟然把我美美的伞都吹成杯子，可以装于水灌溉田野了...差点变风筝。还是抓牢点儿，瞄准了风向，杯又变回了伞。高兴。

下雨天真不好受，似乎世界都减速斯的，至少一倍。人慢、车慢、时间也慢。好不容易下班啰！好多人等车哦！还是赶紧到前面一点，酱就可以头前几位上到车。哈哈。

“咦？”就在总多雨伞遮挡中忙乱仰望车号之时，竟有个妇人没伞。这些人真是的，见到身旁有人全身被零湿了，也不会帮忙遮一下吗？我想。身材太胖了吗？雨伞太小了吗？真搞不懂。人会生病的！于是，把伞稍微移到那人的头上。她好像很惊讶，呆了半晌。

“谢谢...”我没说什么，只是在想，这人不知有多久没领受过陌生人的恩惠了？在这城市里很难找吧？“你在等什么车呢？”我知道你很难看得到，视线都被伞遮去了。“219” “怎么不带伞呢？” “今一大早骑自行车来，没想到，所以没带伞。”

哦...

“我的车来了，我看我的伞给你罢！” 这次她又惊讶了，但反应却很快。“不要不要！”从她坚决的语气中，脸上也不禁露出了感激、尴尬，看来我不好勉强。

上了车,看见了打在挡风镜的雨水，有点后悔...

--Be someone's angel, life of an ordinary C--

hi family & frens

2006-09-08T12:22:00.000+08:00

Greetings dear family, bro and sis and frens. It has been almost a month since I have left to Shanghai. How's everyone? I'm very fine here. Thank God. Most of the stuff - housing, work, studies, C fellowship - are settled down finally. Hope to give u all more updates of what's been happening to me.

So for today, please allow me to intro to you my neighborhood. Well, I hope that you still can see the map clearly even though this is the best resolution I can get. heh. So yah, our (me and 3 other classmates) place is in Pudong, 浦东, next to the Century Park (世纪公园) and is very near the Shanghai Science and Technology Center, 上海科技馆 (a place where you get to see very beautiful Pudong night skyline). The nearest bus stop which leads to my workplace is around 500m walk away.

So everyday, walk and take bus to work. Workplace is also very near, about 3.5km. But i tell u, in the mornin, its about 30-45mins of bus ride. haha. cos of jam on the road and "in the bus". tell you more about it nx time.

7 mins walk is all that needed to go to the MRT station which can lead you to almost all parts of Shanghai. They really have quite a complicated and advance transportation system here...

-- Fresh Joy Everyday, life of an ordinary C --

1st posting

2006-08-16T23:14:00.000+08:00

Hi... blogspot...
Thank God China have unbanned this website...
Good Government...
Dear family, frens, bro & sis...
This is Chris... Chris Neo...
The ONE...

-- bind the snake, life of an ordinary C --