Testing email blog

testing, testing.. see whether this really works, if can, then in the future will update my blog by emailing straight to publish, heh heh.

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how's work?

how's work?

not bad, 1st two days very stressed because need to learn so many things at the same time, besides my actual job, also learn the procedures in filing and correspondence, and learning to quick browse through very thick files for specific information.

not much time nowadays, tonight write blog then no time to swim, sad sad, cos swimming quite fun, get to exercise n its relaxing, pool light's out at 10pm.

job is good, now not so tired liao, but every night still need to read up on specific tax laws, really need to fight time to do devotion n other extra readings.

i don't want to check email after working hours anymore, take up too much time. thks to aaron's tip, now my gmail n fgcteenz email will automatically forward all to my company email.

i'm happy, cos i like to work, and i feel contented living a discipline life. besides living in orchard condo with a missionary. heh heh.

Will write again after 21 Aug.

Pray that company will approve my leave application so that i can go TnT Camp.

Starting time : 9.44PM

Name : Victor
Sisters : 1
Brothers : 1
Shoe size : 10
Height : 170++... somewhere.. over the..
Where do you live : In condo with the most interesting, ambitious & love-God ppl.
Favourite drinks : shandy, my JB home's plain water, 7up/sprite with lemon.
Favourite breakfast : no fav for breakfast, lately having coffee with bread & tuna..

HAVE YOU EVER...

been on a plane : once only, KL - JB. shad.
Swam in the ocean : yeah, nice but salty. now swim in condo pool almost everyday.
Fallen asleep in school : but never have dreams while falling asleep in sch, sad sad..
Favourite sleeping time : financial accounting, tax.
Broken someone's heart : Maybe, not sure. break lai break qu. lol, joking.
Fell off your chair : ya, haha, so fun.
Sat by the phone and waited for someone to call : ya, call for job interview ba.

What is your room like : speakers, psp (only music, no games), laptop, IKEA double-decker bed with condo pool view, vincent van gogh paintings.

What's right beside you : my psp, office bag, printer, linksys wireless..

What is the last thing you ate : ipoh wan tan mee @ somerset. not nice wan, so shad.....

EVER HAD...

Chicken pox: no.
Sore throat : once a blue moon. blue moon once every 5-9 weeks.
Stitches : yeah, face.
Broken nose : no.

DO YOU...
Believe in love at first sight : if i want to believe this, i will also believe lost of true love after second sight.

Like picnics : yay! thinking of teenz/tnt ppl having picnic at istana garden, frolicking in the sunshine..
~~westlife: we have joy, we have fun, we have seasons in the sun.... lol

WHO WAS...

the last person you danced with : woah, so long ago, can't remember. when i was a teen.
the last person who last made you smile : my super 'gao siao' hilarious colleague.
the last person you last yelled at : can't remember.

TODAY DID YOU...

Talk to someone you like : today ar, ya, but only God la. others no time. i busy, they busy.
Kissed anyone : no la. free kisses meh?!! anyway, yesterday got a few youths at orchard giving out free hugs.
nobody want to be hugged, hahahaahahahaa.


Get sick : no, today fine, but quite tired.
Talk to an ex : no ex.
Miss someone : yeah, a few ppl, those memorable times.
Eat : today did i eat? stupid, of course la.
Best feeling in the world : latest one ar, i guess when my best friend got his girlfriend ba. =)

Do you sleep with stuffed animals: no, stuffed bed, stuffed pillow, stuffed head.
What's under your bed : another empty bed, alan, when are u coming.......
Who do you really hate : nobody.

What time is it now :10.04pm

5 things I was doing 10 years ago

1. walking home from school
2. cycle to friend's house to play PC games, heh heh.
3. trying to fit in at TEENz
4. wonder whether did i make the right choice going to boys sch.
5. tennis, under coaching. advanced level, heh.

5 things on my to-do list today (now)

1. analyse client's financial statement before sleep.
2. read the very good christian book: the Sacred Romance
3. read bible
4. check email, blog - tie up loose ends.
5. bathe!

5 snacks I enjoy (if i got money, which i don't, ha)

1. starbuck/coffee bean
2. choco waffle.
3. jap octo balls
4. choco bars: mars/timeout etc.
5. good ice-creams

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire

1. buy house
2. travel world at least 2 months
3. give money to people close to me
4. find her
5. invest, both spiritual & material.

5 places I have lived in (stayed b4)

1. JB home
2. KL hotel
3. Shah Alam condo
4. Orchard condo
5. SP hostel



woah, 10.17pm liao!
bye bye

Death and the gunny sack

Though it seems (from reading my blog) that i have already started work, but no, but yay(!), just received email from my HR manager congratulating me on getting my S Pass approval from the government. Gonna start work this week! =)

I just finished chatting with Esther who happens to be online and it was nice, considering that i rarely go online for the past many months, not yet with job, the best thing I could do is to re-connect or catch up with my buddies before I slip and slide into boring exciting workforce. See the "boring exciting"? This guy (me) has clearly no idea how does working in an audit firm's office will feel like..

Had a late dinner 5 mins ago at 9+pm, prior to this spend some hours at my close friends' house and had fun playing congkak with their cute little niece. I was being told about my blog, to write something about death. It kept me thinking for a while while riding home, I'm not very old with lots of experience, i didn't just attended a funeral, i am thinking solely on my perspective....



Death.
or maybe, DEATH.
or, death...
death!


The times I have encountered death, when my bike meets the back of a car, when once it slides two-three feet and stop right next to an ignorant driver. When my classmates died a few years ago, or somebody's elderly relative or parents..

I used to wonder about what if I die early? Everything is in God's hands right, if I die early, might be good wad.. There are numerous things I should do, or could have done before i go. Once told God, if I am to die this year, let it be after Christmas, not that i want to drag until the end of the year, but cos I am chosen to be the drummer for the rally, I want to have fun playing, seeing myself being a part of the team, a part of the night when ppl come to Christ. Teach more drums, earn more money to invest in important things like ppl and the multi-storey carpark. Talk to friends, build solid friendships and just be there. Talk enough to my mom and dad, and my sister. Then I will die happy, and whoever who cried in my funeral and said how wasted is this young life & its potential - I will rise up fom my casket, grab the person's collar and say: "Do you know better than God?"

haha, sounded like a scene from a Tim Burton movie.


Thank God for death, because it urges us that before death we have to live a life. Death ends our "lao ya" body and upgrades us into eternity. Death creates time, death makes us do extraordinary things. Death defines love, defines sacrifice. Death turns into new life. Death shows us our true colours, death inspires courage. Death searches our souls for compassion and simple humanity. Death ends the temporary things. Death signifies the ending of the ultimate race, then you can finally go back to the father.

~

I remember when I was very young, my elder brother was participating in this kindergarten sports day. I was wearing an awesome t-shirt and simple pants, with my cap on. Bro was kinda sitting with his friends on the field, waiting for the opening ceremony or start of the individual races.

It is all a haze now, but I sure was with my dad and mom, and he is out there. One of the races is the "gunny sack race", where you have to put yourself in the gunny sack and keep jumping while holding the mouth of the sack at waist line, till you reach the end. Imagine the cheers coming from the crowd of parents and siblings, beads of sweat from young little foreheads, struggling and leaping another step forward, and the priceless gleam in the eyes of the champion. After the race, legs freed from the gunny sack, running towards daddy and mummy to be back with them; feeling proud, asking whether they have seen him, showing off the medal...


Likewise, in this life when we are born into temporary gunny sacks, I don't want to get used to being bound in rough patches, I want to learn to leap towards my final destiny with gusto. Yeah, gusto - vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment despite the mud and callouses. Not gonna earn money just to decorate my gunny sack, not gonna sulk about other people's advantages, not gonna complain about holding on. I will enjoy the wind pressing pass my face, I will hear my father cheering on louder than any grunts or rantings.

And when I push through the finish line, letting go of my gunny sack, my life, my love ones, my reputation, money, legacy, my all; meet death, receive my medal, feel my legs again and run back into daddy's arms.. then I will know why there is a gunny-sack race, and how warm is my father's embrace.

... so..and just..

Working - looking

This might be my final entry.
There might be a hiatus for a few days/months/years?

And if you are thinking how is he (me) now, he is most likely to be working, or working overtime, night swimming at the orchard condo, taking night classes, self-studying, chatting with his roommates, or listening to music. Nothing else, on the outside.

Inside, the mind just keeps thinking about life, how nice is the cool breeze, work, accounting issues/updates, trying to do his work well & impress the boss, wondering where does life go on from here, church ministry, how are my friends doing, how's family, little inner conflicts, finance issues, analysing the next batch of music, talking to God, learning to appreciate the deviation of dreams and little things in life..

And once in a while, smiling rather sheepishly. heh heh =)


I felt that this won't be the ending ba. After more than 2 weeks without the internet, having to check email at cyber cafe every morning & night (besides seeing young ppl indulging in cyber world & a mom ridiculously treating the place as a daycare), I lost the appetite to blog. Thoughts venture into conversations with parents, friends and mentor instead, which is healthier ba.

Lately God has spoken through dreams, interesting dreams, the latest one (few nights ago) is Morgan Freeman saying to me: "You must die to yourself." This dream i can remember for a long time..

When I think back of the past month it's like a huge but quick whirlwind: pressing on hard for exams, looking a job, finding one, and now waiting for the approval of singapore work permit.. Praise God for the amazing journey through it all and starting a new chapter in my life.


Looking at the survey at the upper right hand section, maybe at my age (23) is really a good time to enjoy life. When it is still a tad early to be anxious looking for a partner, when you're a freshie full of energy to conquer the world, when the phase of angst & hating your teenage life is over, when you have learned to accept and walk with a little more faith in God over circumstances.


There is less sentimental music.
aniticipate life, lah.

~la.



When living streams flow through the desert, even the most hopeless soul sings.




Desert Song

VERSE 1:

This is my prayer in the desert
When all that's within me feels dry
This is my prayer in my hunger and need
My God is the God who provides

VERSE 2:

This is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refine me Lord through the flame

CHORUS:

I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapon formed against me shall remain
I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my victory and He is here

VERSE 3:

This is my prayer in the battle
When triumph is still on its way
I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand

BRIDGE:

All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

VERSE 4:

This is my prayer in the harvest
When favour and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be emptied again
The seed I've received I will sow

why no blog

cos internet connection at home is too slow, can't even login to Gmail.
i think for more than 2 weeks liao.. TM dudes said they will fix it tomorrow...



anyway, I got the job at shenton way, signed letter of offer yesterday, gonna start work soon =)

waiting game

went for an interview at Shenton Way, gotten a very favourable response. Got a call from PriceWaterhouseCoopers in KL..

The waiting game is not fun. heh heh

Giving

It was yet again a happy, relaxed, anxious and busy week that passed by. 2nd week without any calls for job interview, with lots of important things to finally pick up again after the exam.

Morning service was good today, later found out that 2nd service was a different sermon, glad that i didn't miss out on the good food. then some things to do here n there, last night wrote in my phone's memo about little things to do before going for meeting n there's 7.. huh har~...


"When you are prepared, the job will come."


why..why.... when i want a clear answer, then you speak, too clearly..
sometimes i wish you could make life a little easier by giving a more natural/expected outcome, like occasional calls, some hopes, some ups and some turn-downs.

why have to halt everything and just give me a simple sentence??
i guess i can't be picky n want my God to act in a certain predictable way..

You win, ding ding ding..
guess who's the one to follow. it's nice.. but.. once in a while la, predictable a bit also good..



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I have dreams, little hide-behind, once-in-a-while-take-out-and-polished-then-put-back missionary dreams. Mark Geppert's sharing initiates a good clean out and I am challenged to give like i should.

few weeks ago God already told this and I like to hop around thinking i'm doing it before i really do it. heh. so this week has been a fruitful week as I took part & see how God abundantly blessed the people who gave sacrificially, in Salem's life.

And God did a neat little trick in my finances, being able to give excessively and able to pay my bills without asking money from my parents (though the last day of the week became doubtful n borrowed some money but end of the day the money was not necessary).
good to have Him remind that i have to give away the little i have so that in the future if i get rich, i'll learn to give a sacrificial proportion.


just now after dinner with Mark Geppert, after the so-gooood food, encouragement n sharing of evangelism & significant nation-building efforts in cambodia.. walked back to my bike and viewed the beautiful scenery of uniformed lines of waves across the whole surface of the strait, in an unsually cool cold night. dreaming about a career in finance in missions after some years of corporate battering. it really kept me thinking..

i have completed my 1st one-third of my life, and it seems like there is so much more in me to give to God. Maybe a normal working and living life wouldn't amount to much value, unless I do it for something that goes beyond myself, more than earning & experiencing more and turning into a product of selfish ambition, worldly expectations & social pressure; always sweating more in order to afford more sweat-absorbing shirts.

I want to aim for eternity. Keep my head in heaven, feet on earth.

Jobby & FGC Movie characters

amanda bynes - Wei Wan!!

sisterhood of the traveling pants - any girl bffs..

Donkey (Shrek) - Thomas Chen!

Grissom (CSI) - Uncle Koon!

Gandalf (Lord of the Rings) - Uncle Albert!!

Waiting and wishing, wishing and waiting.. When will they call/email?

Been a little busy though, helping out in doing accounts and being a runner for mom, teach drums..
Just finished watching Chuck, going to finish Pushing Daisies soon, heh heh.. Also lots of CSI, friend borrowed me 9 (!) seasons worth of CSI dvd, impossible to finish but it's nice seeing stacks and stacks of viewing options, hehehe.

Still gotha study accounts & tax daily to refresh my memory, to be adept n prepared when interview comes, and when i got de job, learning curve not too steep.

Watched Made of Honor, so disappointed! please don't waste your hard earned RM10 unless if u worship the ground that patrick dempsey walks on. Sigh, should have watched the Hulk instead n go punch danny while grunting loudly. ha.



hmm.. an ingenuous idea came: =)
(This is absolutely NOT an accurate depiction of ppl's character)

If Hollywood can only cast FGC ppl as actors/actresses.....

Veronica Mars
Starring: Shyanne!

The Hulk!
Starring: Danny Chen Tuck Tuck

Kung Fu Panda!
Voice actor: Alan the Pangi

Spiderman 3!
Starring: Philip Pang! (happy Bday!)
Venom: Me! haha!

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium!
Starring: Alvin Tan & Esther

MacGyver!

Starring: Benny Mun! (say it with a bassy voice: 'B'enny, the only tool u'll ever need..)

Nancy Drew!
Starring: Young sara khoo or angela kong!

Gilmore Girls!
Starring: Stella Pang & Nicole Ong


Napolean Dynamite!
Starring: Aaron@Chi En!!

Starring: [.............................]
(i'll leave this for ur imagination)

Let's be us

YAY!!
Exam over, for now =)
Haven't had a good rest though, résumé almost done, application forms to fills, dozens of web pages to read, ponder and dream over, some anxiety to sit through, quite a bit of strained neck to suffer through, and blah blaog blaooogg (foam over mouth zombie-ing around the house)...

thank God i saved lots of trouble in the housing department, yay-ness.

I wanna work by 1 July or earlier!!!


anyway, i realised that the way i read long emails or texts is a bit weird, heh heh. if top to bottom is 1 to 100, I read 1-5 first, then 70-80, and then followed by 6-20, 90-100, and finish off the rest.



tnt ppl fwd mail. The way kids talk to God is adorable & original. They talk as if God exists? Yeah, of course He does exist, but i wonder how many parts of my day and in my thinking that i forgot that he does exist....

So, let's be us, truly, and start talking to God..

what if..

yay, take it "all"..

pray until something happens..

if no thunder, likely to be ok..

u're so gonna be her, lol

sorry, i thought u would like an upgrade

it'll be fun bragging about it during the first 80 yrs..

sorry, can't do much about it, how about thanksgiving?

oh, i forgot, thanks..

can i show you my new ringtone?

had fun stapling baby bro's diaper to the floor eh..

amen

so that i can continue receiving questions like these..

oh, that's why he's dead now

yep, funny innit? Sometimes i replay those conversations to have some laughs

aww.. your parents are getting a raise tomorrow..