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Via Dolorosa

2008-03-22T20:48:00.004+08:00

by SANDI PATTI

Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day
The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street
But the crowd pressed in to see
The Man condemned to die on Calvary

He was bleeding from a beating, there were stripes upon His back
And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head
And He bore with every step
The scorn of those who cried out for His death

Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King,
But He chose to walk that road out of
His love for you and me.
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.

Por la Via Dolorosa, triste dia en Jerusalem
Los saldados le abrian paso a Jesus
Mas la gente se acercaba
Para ver al que llevaba aquella cruz

Por la Via Dolorosa, que es la via del dolor
Como oveja vino Cristo, Rey, Senor
Y fue El quien quiso ir por su amor por ti y por mi
Por la Via Dolorosa al Calvario y a morir

The blood that would cleanse the souls of all men
Made its way through the heart of Jerusalem.

Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King
But He chose to walk that road out of His love for you and me
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.

The Mission War

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

Another 2 days more will be our Logos Presbyterian Youth Fellowship Mission Trip to Segamat until 20th of Oct. I as a leader of the team have to carry up the big responsibility to guide the team. I really hope to see that all of us will learn to grow during this MT. Most of them are really new for the MT but I am so glad that they willing to let themselves grow and use by the Lord.

Walking in the path together with the Lord is not an easy way as well. Sometimes we have to face a lot of trial along the road in order to grow. Recently I faced a lot of trials. Last Tuesday, I was being summoned for the reason of cutting the queue. Still not yet pay the summon. After that on Friday, I was met with a car accident which my car was badly damage at the back. I was summoned again for the fault.

This week on Tuesday, I was being cheated by some strangers who claimed themselves from high court and also inspector from Bukit Aman. I was asked to attend the court for taking the "black money" and they said I have to go through an investigation. They are really good in lying which I was already being cheated by them. He asked from me my name, IC, house address, and also my bank name. At that time I was so busy with searching for customer place which I didn't aware of all this lying. After asking from my friends who is a lawyer, then only I found that I have been cheated by those people.

Then on today, Wednesday afternoon during the time on my way back to office, again I met with car accident. There was a very jam along the highway and all the vehicles were moving at about 0 km/h. Unfortunately, there was a car, drove by a Chinese lady hit my car. Even though it was a minor accident but it caused my sister car bumper damage as well. We solved the problem straight away after she paid me the money for repairing. I really don't know what to say at that time. Just feeling very sad after all the incident happened onto me.

Anyway, I still want to give thanks to the Lord for keeping me safe from all the danger. I am glad that there is a bunch of brothers and sisters who really care for me. I want to thank for their prayers and supports as well. From the bible book Psalm 119:71 remind me that "It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees". I will always hold my faith towards Him who keep on sustain me in every trials that I have to face.

Lamb of God! You now are seated High upon Your Father’s throne, all Your gracious work completed, all Your mighty victory known. Satan may win some battles, but he cannot win the war.

What is good and what is bad!!??

2007-10-06T16:54:00.000+08:00

After I came out to a working life, I'm getting to know more that the society is full of dark issue. Many things that we hate to see in the newspaper everyday will pop up with the news about murder, robbery, kidnapping, rapping, etc. We are getting more and more insecure with our society where we are living now in Malaysia. All of these dark issues are mainly on normal citizen. Then, how about on our government dark issue? It will never pop up in the newspaper because government will always try to cover it from our knowledge. However we will still know about it especially in bribery issue.

In Malaysia, the bribery issue is becoming a normal issue among the Malaysian either they are under private or government sector. In Malaysia, if you don't give bribe, either you will face difficulty with getting a job done or you will never get it done. Some people saying that giving bribe is just like a magic. Giving bribe mostly fall on the private sector while receiving bribe mostly fall on the government sector. That is already becoming their daily routine of life. Even though our government keeps on stressing that we should stop bribery but it will never get it stop. That is because they themselves are one of them. The more they keep on saying that we should stop bribery, the more bribery that will occur. Therefore, some people say that only rich people can survive and earn more money because they can give bribe while the poor can't.

In our country, there are 2 kinds of robbers. One is against the law while the other one is by the law. If you are being robbed by a criminal robber, we have police officer will get to help us to seize them. (But we will always get disappointment) Why the robbers are wanted by the police officer? That is because they are against the law. Meanwhile, we have another type of robber, and that is using the law to rob us. We know who they are. They used to always wear the batch which written "Saya ANTI Rasuah". (I think they are force to wear it) They like to use the power which the law giving to them to rob the money from citizen. Some will force you to give your money to them and some will use some tatics to pay money to them which seemed to be under law. They will always showing that you have no right to argue with them because they are the law while we are not. Only they can say what is right and what is wrong. If we don't want to pay little money to them, they will make us pay expensively and giving us troublesome in order to pay the large sum of money. Sometimes even though we pay the large sum of money, they will make it becoming their own instead of government. That is the robber under law. Who can protect us against them? Making a report police against them? Sure we will getting more trouble and will lose. They will make our life even suffer in the future if we are against them.

In Malaysia, we have plenty of beggars. There are also 2 kinds of beggars. We can often see them in the "Pasar Malam", KL city, bus station, everywhere also have them. We normally see them with torn shirt or half naked, dirty with sad look begging us for the money. However, we also have beggars who are wearing uniform begging us for money as well. They normally will show us a nice smiling face and nicely told us that we have done wrong. Then they will offer their help to us by asking some money from us after giving us trouble. Some of them never success in getting the money from us because we know that they purposely find some fault on us which we are not doing. I have faced it before. I am wondering why the government always has never enough feeding them which force them to beg money from the people. Are they too free? Then how about the criminals who are still out there?

There is another kind of person who is responsible and good police officer which is almost 0% in our country. Some people said that, 10 out of 10 police officer are corrupted. That means all are corrupted. How will our country get to develop with this kind of corrupted law? We seemed getting more and more develop but there are many who are getting more and more suffer because of this corrupted law but government only just keep silent. No wonder the criminal rate is getting increasing year after year. All of these are also because of the corrupted law.

Malaysian, do you think that it is right to give bribe? Will you not making those receivers getting worse and worse? All of those used to give bribe are normally a very selfish person because they only care on their own. The unity is not there when everyone is selfish. Therefore, nobody will get any benefit as those receivers will be getting more and becoming more selfish as well. Maybe one day the whole world will make the bribery as one of the enforcement law. Can you imagine how the world will become? Terrible!!

To live in this world is not an easy thing. We need to be alert all the times. This world is full of evil temptation and desire. Only the Lord can be trusted and always put your trust in Him as He is the only righteous in all His way. If we are not alert at all times, slowly one day we will become hardly to differentiate between what is good and what is bad since the law in this world itself is dead.

Car Accident

2007-10-05T23:19:00.000+08:00

Today after met up with a brother for getting the Mission Trip material, I met up with a car accident at 2.30pm while on the way back to my office. I was badly hit at the back of my car while the car that hit me was badly damage too. The incident was like this. The road that usually can let the car to come out from a junction to the opposite road is now become one way and I have to drive to the opposite direction to make a U-turn back to my office. While on the way to make my U-turn, I saw there was a car which was about few hundred metres away from me speeding up. Another thing was I saw that car was giving a signal light showing that he want to turn into the junction if I was not mistaken. Then, I just made the U-turn and right after the U-turn, after 1 second, I felt a big shock and started to slow down and stop at the side of the road. When I saw my back car, the bumper was dropped off and the oil tank was dented. One of the signal light was broken too. The back of the car also bended in which my car boot also can't get to open. Meanwhile the other car was broken down and the water was leaking out. I think it cost more to repair on that car. It was a Nissan Sentra while mine is just only Wira. He was an Indian and started to blame on my fault. I know I was wrong but the accident can't be said to be only wrong at one side. He was speeding at about 80kph while the road speed limit is only 50kph. If not, both of our car won't be that seriously damage. Very soon one of the car repairing people came over and asked whether I want to have a car tow and repair. Anyway, I already have my own insurance agent who has their own workshop. I was wondering how they come so fast and know the accident happened.

My 2 colleagues were coming over to support me. Thanks to them as well. If not, I will be alone and seem so helpless. After a long hour of waiting and calling for help, we finally went to make police report in a police station. His car was on tow while mine still manage to move.

After making all the police report, finally the police ended up with a conclusion that I was wrong and have to pay for the compound. Even though the police officer didn't said that I was wrong to make a U-turn because there is no signboard that cannot be U-turn, he kept on saying that I was hitted within 20m which by law, I was wrong. I said that the Indian guy was speeding but the officer said that anyone can said so and I don't have any prove to prove that. All they need is black and white. I was thinking that they also don't know how far that my car was already away from the 20m. At that time, I was so blur and don't know anything but just to accept the penalty. I admit that I'm wrong too.

After that, the officer just wrote the summon for me. He told me that I can pay before December. At that time my wallet only have less than RM50. Then he told me again that if I can pay to him by today, I need only to pay RM200 instead of RM300. Then I quickly went withdraw the money to pay to him. I thought that I was given a discount. After paid the money to him, he stappled the money with the summon letter that he gave to me earlier. When I asked receipt from him, he told me that I can only get the receipt after few days and by printing out through internet. I don't know why I forgot to ask him from which website. After being told by many people, I was only knew that the money was actually taken by him because he suppose to give me the receipt after I paid to him.

I don't know what's the wrong with me this whole week. Seems like many things gone wrong to me. I still have another summon that need to pay which I got it in this week for cutting queue. The police officer asked me "Kamu mahu bayar murah atau bayar mahal?" which means that whether do you want to pay cheap or expensive? I was shock of what he told me because I also saw the batch that he wore on his right shoulder saying that "Kami anti rasuah" which means "We are anti bribery". I just asked him to give me summon letter and he seemed not to be happy with me. He again told me again that he will write the summon and have to pay RM300 for that. Finally I got the summon. Even though I don't give bribe because I know it is wrong to do so but I still feel unhappy because I have to waste a lot of money.

Anyway, I still want to thank God that He still protecting me. Jesus, please continue to guide me in my daily life. May my days always glorify You, Lord.

Knowing God - Life's Major Pursuit

2007-09-10T01:16:00.000+08:00

" 'Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom

or the strong man boast of his strength

or the rich man boast of his riches,

but let him who boasts boast about this:

that he understands and know me,

that I am the Lord, who exercise kindness,

justice and righteousness on earth,

for in these I delight,' declares the Lord."

There is nothing more important for us than what we think about God. The reason I believe of God is so important is these:

Enhances our worship and prompts our praise.

Shapes our moral and ethical standards.

Directly affects our response to pain and hardship.

Motivates our response toward fortune, fame, power and pleasure.

Gives us strength when we are tempted.

Keeps us faithful and courageous when we are outnumbered.

Determines our lifestyle and dictates our behavior.

Gives meaning and significance to relationships.

Sensitizes our conscience and creates the desire to be obedient.

Stimulates hope to go on, regardless of what lies ahead of us.

Enables us to know what to reject and what to respect while riveted to planet Earth.

Is the foundation upon which EVERYTHING rests!

Never think that what you think about God doesn't make much difference. The reality is this: It determines everything!

I'm back!!

2007-08-22T14:10:00.001+08:00

It has been a long time ago since I stopped writing my blog. That was the time since I started my working life until now. I'm now currently working in a trading company for scientific instrument which the name is Interscience Sdn Bhd. It is a 5 working days. You can visit my company website here www.its-interscience.com. It is located in Shah Alam (near Kota Kemuning). Everyday I have to drive either to my company or to customer place. Oh ya, I am working as a service engineer. My work are mainly on installation, commissioning, repairing and servicing work.

Thanks God that I have a good working environment. I have a bunch of helpful and friendly colleagues including my manager and my group manager who are very kind to us. For the last month, I was sent to Tokyo, Japan for a service training. I went there for about one week. It was a very memoriable and enjoyable trip. I was glad that I was given a chance to go overseas.

Sometimes I need to go outstation to work. Most of the time I have to drive alone for few hours and it is a very tiring journey. I do fly as well. Anyway, I always enjoy the time I am at outstation.

Besides busying with my work, I also often busy with my church activities. I commit myself to many activities. Normally I will be very busy on Friday and Sunday. Only Saturday I'm able to spend my time with family but not on every week. Normally I often like to go to exercise with my family in the early morning on every Saturday. This is the routine of my life and I am still looking forward to spend more time on everyone that I love especially her because I know I often neglected her. I feel so sorry about that.

Finally, I want to give thank to God who often taking care of everyone that I love and in everything that I do.

Thanks God for my friends

2006-09-30T11:38:00.000+08:00

Next week will have to start my new life and new way of living. Everything seemed suddenly come so fast and so suddenly. I will have to fight a good fight in my work and also in my spritual life. Therefore I could only walk in the way of light. I know it will not be easy and I will keep on learning. I need to prepare to face many things in life, but all these I will just put my faith in the One who guide me all this while. For His Words will stand forever.
Starting from this moment, I feel missing my university life which a lot of friends surround me. They are my very close friends and we always went through our hard time together. This hard time is not only when facing the exam or assignment time but also when we face problem in life. I have a bunch of friends which I seperated them into few groups. They are CCF brothers and sisters, my close friends (5 guys), my classmate (Electrical group), a group of wushu members, my other MMU friends and of course my roommates especially Kok Chee Meng who had been staying together with me in the hostel for 3 years. Without them, I don't think my life will be so much meaningful. I really thanks God that He put them into my life. I'm going to miss all of them. Here I pray that may the Lord always bless everyone of you and also open your door heart and your eyes so that you too can see Him who is the Way and the Truth and also the Life. He is the Lord who is the Alpha (beginning) and the Omega (end). Through Him, everything was created.

CCF Brothers & Sisters

My 5 very close friends (Hui Hoong, Char Sen, Chee Meng, Kwok Shern, & me)

My Wushu gang (Mr. Woo our instrutor is in light blue shirt, don't play play ooo)

My Electrical group with Dr. Kartik

What a great joke from U...

2006-09-29T19:03:00.000+08:00

Lord, You have given me the best and after the 2 and a half hour of interview together with 8 others candidates, I finally being hired as a Service Engineer in Interscience Sdn Bhd. This is a big company. Even though I still being offered the same amount of salary with the 1st company, I finally made the decision to accept the offer from Interscience. I was the most youngest and with zero year of working experince among all the candidates. I was quite nervous when I was going to know the answer because I afraid to get the offer instead of didn't get it. This is because I feel don't really want to break promise or reject people since they have already offer me the job. I mean the 1st company. After some thinking were made and also prayer, I finally made the decision to accept the 2nd offer. I am going to start my work next Monday which is the 1st week of October. Thanks God that He has given me the best. And again, praise be to the Lord.

La charte de l'alliance

2006-09-28T18:18:00.000+08:00

1 Alors Dieu prononça toutes ces paroles:
2 ---Je suis l'Eternel ton Dieu qui t'ai fait sortir d'Egypte, du pays où tu étais esclave.
3 Tu n'auras pas d'autre dieu que moi.
4 Tu ne te feras pas d'idole ni de représentation quelconque de ce qui se trouve en haut dans le ciel, ici-bas sur la terre, ou dans les eaux plus bas que la terre.
5 Tu ne te prosterneras pas devant de telles idoles et tu ne leur rendras pas de culte, car moi, l'Eternel, ton Dieu, je suis un Dieu qui ne tolère aucun rival: je punis les fils pour la faute de leur père, jusqu'à la troisième, voire la quatrième génération de ceux qui me haïssent.
6 Mais j'agis avec amour jusqu'à la millième génération envers ceux qui m'aiment et qui obéissent à mes commandements.
7 Tu n'utiliseras pas le nom de l'Eternel ton Dieu pour tromper, car l'Eternel ne laisse pas impuni celui qui utilise son nom pour tromper.
8 Pense à observer le jour du sabbat et fais-en un jour consacré à l'Eternel.
9 Tu travailleras six jours pour faire tout ce que tu as à faire.
10 Mais le septième jour est le jour du repos consacré à l'Eternel, ton Dieu; tu ne feras aucun travail ce jour-là, ni toi, ni ton fils, ni ta fille, ni ton serviteur, ni ta servante, ni ton bétail, ni l'étranger qui réside chez toi;
11 car en six jours, l'Eternel a fait le ciel, la terre, la mer, et tout ce qui s'y trouve, mais le septième jour, il s'est reposé. C'est pourquoi l'Eternel a béni le jour du sabbat et en a fait un jour qui lui est consacré.
12 Honore ton père et ta mère afin de jouir d'une longue vie dans le pays que l'Eternel ton Dieu te donne.
13 Tu ne commettras pas de meurtre.
14 Tu ne commettras pas d'adultère.
15 Tu ne commettras pas de vol.
16 Tu ne porteras pas de faux témoignage contre ton prochain.
17 Tu ne convoiteras pas la maison de ton prochain, tu ne convoiteras ni sa femme, ni son serviteur, ni sa servante, ni son boeuf, ni son âne, ni rien qui lui appartienne.

Yeah...I got hired....

2006-09-28T16:53:00.000+08:00

Praise be to the Lord and thanks God that I've been hired by Power Kinetics Sdn Bhd as a Project Engineer. Next week will be my first day to go to work. Even though I feel excited but I feel some nervous too as this is my new experience of working after graduated from MMU. I've rested for about 4 months. I don't really know what should I prepare and what should I do and mustn't do on that day.
Before I got hired into this company, I've went through two interviews. The 1st interview was quite relaxing as I have the interview being done at a coffee house with a cup of ice tea. Meanwhile, the 2nd interview was quite tough and stress. I was asked with so many questions and also being asked to write out a project report which I never done before. I have to use my imagination on the project that I was required to do. I felt my stupidity after the 2nd interview. After the 1st interviewed, I was told that I already got hired but right after the 2nd interviewed, that interviewer told me that I still have to wait for 2 more weeks to know the result. At first I felt a bit disappointed and unhappy because according to the 1st interviewer, I already got confirmed to get the job just after one week after the 1st interview and it was about 2 weeks before the 2nd interview. Those who care about me always ask me about how my interview going on and whether I already got the confirmation. I always let the decision up to the Lord and trust in Him. I have done my part to put my best during the interview and the rest will be up to the Lord's decision. I know the Lord will choose the best that suitable the most for me. If what I have done is not under God's plan, maybe I will have to change my job in the future. Anyway, I still put my trust in Him. To seek the Kingdom of the Lord first in everything I do then only all those thing will be given unto me.
The whole process to get being hired was so long. The moment I was confirmed after the 1st interview, I stopped searching and applying for job but the moment after the 2nd interviewed, I started to search for job again. Tomorrow I still have to go for another interview in Interscience (M) Sdn Bhd. I look forward to more opportunity in learning something new through the interview. Before this, I've gave up one interview and this time, I won't give up any of these opportunity again since I still got time here. I did prayed and never give up with the Lord's plan which I believe He will direct me and always guide me in everything.
From here, I want to thank my family and Cynthia (my gf) who kept praying for me and cares about me. I also want to thank all my friends as well especially those Christian brothers and sisters who cares about me and often prayed for me. May the Lord bless all of you abundantly.

Convocation day

2006-08-17T16:08:00.000+08:00

Over the past convocation that I have been through, I have met back with so many friends which made me to have a good memory. During the convocation, I have to take care of many peoples feeling as they have accompanied me during the convocation. Among them were my family, my girlfriend, Cynthia, and her family, CCF brothers and sisters, church sister, secondary friends, convocation friends and other friends in MMU. I have tried not to neglect each one of them as I know that they also hope to get the attention from me and have pictures with them. It’s not because of who am I but as a good memories for every one of us. Anyhow, I still neglected a bit of my girlfriend feeling which I did not aware of it during my convocation. I really feel sorry for her. Here I also want to thank everyone that purposely come to my convocation and rejoice with me. Even though this convocation is ended with a tiring day, I still praise the Lord for the day and His guidance. I have been so many worried before my convocation day but all my worries were no longer a worry as He has leaded me the way through it.

Graduated and jobless

2006-08-17T12:35:00.000+08:00

Yeah... I have finally graduated from MMU. Actually I have graduated for the past few months ago but only after my convocation few days ago. Most of my friends already have their offered and already in their working world now. Meanwhile, I'm still jobless here. That's why I'm so free to write this blog here. Hahaha... Before my convocation, my friend told me that I will feel nervous that when others ask me "where are you working currently?" and I will always answer them that I'm still jobless. Yea, it's not a tough answered but an answered that make me feel so useless. Some of my friends told me that I have finally graduated but now jobless. I just replied them with a smile. I have tried to send my resume to many companies in KL, Selangor, JB and Singapore over the past few months but only one that giving me an interview. Such a failure person am I ya. If got any opportunity, I also do hope to get to work in overseas. I did hope to get graduated soon during the time I was still in MMU and now I do hope to get to work soon. But I do feel that study time is still the most enjoying, except that we have to face examination. Exam in school is only a small task compare to the real world which we have to face every trial from everything that we do. Maybe we can earn our own living without giving troublesome to our family. What I could do now is to go on ahead and keep on searching and applying for job. But I have one thing that I couldn’t explain that I still don’t know what is the will of God in me. I am still searching for it and waiting for His answer. I just couldn’t explain more on here, just some people know it and God knows everything. Very confusing right. Hahaha...

Money, money, money!!!

2006-08-17T12:17:00.000+08:00

Do you think that money the most important to us? Or should I ask do you love money? I believe 9 out of 10 peoples will say that they love it. As for me, I do like to have money because once I have money, I can do anything that I have planned and buy anything that I could buy. I have once hate the money because money has caused many people suffering and kill each other or even kill themselves (physically or non-physically). Sometimes we couldn't just blame all these to money because it is the men attitudes that caused to every problems. What I want to say here is because of sin. We let money to control over us but not let the Creator of us to have the control. Money is indeed important but it is not the most important in our lives that we should search for. I know some people won't be agree with me in this. I can understand that eveyone will have their own opinion. It is just that how you see the thing and how you deal with it. Some people willing to spend their whole life to earn money and more money but they will never get their satisfaction. This is because they still find for something that can really give them satisfaction. Grapping things on earth won't last long, except the things that are not from earth. A baby that was born to this world will hold tight both his hands, wanting to grap everything on this world. Meanwhile, a dead man will open his both hands leaving everything behind. So, what is the purpose of our lives here? We will still gain nothing in the end. I want to say here is searching for the real meaningful of life. Have you think about it what is your purpose of living? It would be wise to think of it now if you haven't. Don't be regret when the time you are leaving this world even though you are the most riches man in the world. You still will die one day, right?

LIFE!!

2006-08-08T15:10:00.000+08:00

My life is simple but yet complicated. Hard to understand huh.. I believe there are many peoples out there who have a life but yet didn’t feel what life is about. What is the true purpose of life? Have you think of that before? If you haven’t, you had better take some time to think of it now. Living in a life without having the purpose is meaningless. It’s like there is no existence of the living. Even though we can say that we have a great success life with great career, wealth, friends, family, but still can’t get satisfaction in life, it’s still meaningless. A great successful life is not measure by what we have or how many we gain in this world.

Alpha

2006-08-08T14:39:00.000+08:00

This is the beginning of my blog. I am not sure why I want to create my own blog. Besides, I’m not good in writing and also not so hardworking to manage with this blog. I just hope that I can post something to help someone who may need it. Some people said that my English is hardly to understand and I always replied with a joke that only smart people would understand. I hope you will not get confuse with everything that I write. Thanks for reading and viewing my blog. I hope you will enjoy it. May the peace of the Lord always be with you.

Psalm 23

2006-08-08T13:47:00.000+08:00

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.