M-A-S-S-I-V-E!!!

Bethany's M-A-S-S-I-V-E Carnival was AWESOME!!! I was too tired yesterday so I'm writing it today. Reached Sri Lethia a bit late at around 10.30. I was involved in face painting & i had Loretta as my first customer of the day!! Katrina & Jo Kym was next in line. Face painting went way better than I expected. Really enjoyed painting people's faces^^. Joyce, Felicia & Jason did an AWESOME job with the face painting and boy art!! Kids & adults alike love their awesome designs. Rebekah & her friends' nail painting was selling like hot cakes. Practically painting people's nails non- stop the whole day! WOW!!

The whole carnival was a success!! Many people came & we had loads of fun with the games, the food, jumble sale, face painting, nail painting & tonnes more!! Definitely the most fun I've had throughout my semester break. Well, except the part where I injured my leg halfway through the carnival of course. Thank God I bandaged it up so that it wasn't as painful & I managed to go through the whole carnival as if nothing happened!! Really grateful to God for granting us good weather, great fellowship & MASSIVE opportunities to serve Him in different ways!!

My models for face painting^^..(From left) Loretta, Katrina Jo Kym..thanks girls =)

Princess Becky & Kelsern (got run over by a lorry)

All the animal faces...Rawrzzz...

Love this pic wif Sarah^^

Becky & Joyce: The 2 bosses!!

(Nail & Face painting)

Jason & Felicia: Awesome help in face painting =)

The Pooping Cloud Clan!!!! ^^

Until next time,

-DaNiEL-

Happy Birthday Malaysia!! (To Zanne, Jordan & Sarah too^^)

A friend of mine said, and I quote, "Back when we were younger, the "RACE" issue was about who can run the fastest."

It is very true what he said. I could remember when I was younger, I don't remember having the "race issue" with any of my friends in school. I grew up in a national school, with lots of Malay and Indian friends & many of them were my best friends. Back then, we just seem to look at people as equals & the same. Sounds naive huh? Maybe being naive is not a BAD thing after all.

As I grew up, I start to see lots of stuff I've never thought of before about other races. All the commotion about the "race issue" by adults around me slowly but definitely causes a great impact in the nation. I see lots of my Chinese friends dreaming of leaving this country & start a better life overseas, away from this "unfair" country. All of a sudden, Malaysia doesn't seem to be as "perfect" as I've always thought it was when I was younger.

Sounds depressing? Well, I still BELIEVE that there is HOPE for MALAYSIA. Little gestures of kindness by people, the friendships between little children without a care about their races, & most of all, God's promises secures my faith in a better future for Malaysia. I truly believe that one day, we'll be able to see a Malaysia that is like how we see it when we were younger.

I have faith that as a Christian, if I, along with the rest of my brothers & sisters in Christ, would humble ourselves & SEEK His face, HE will surely come & heal OUR land. So, let's continue to have faith in this country that God has blessed us with. Be blessed, & have a HAPPY MERDEKA!!!

P.S: Happy Birthday to some of my friends too. A very Blessed Birthday to Zanne (on the 29th) & our Merdeka babies, Jordan & Sarah. Be blessed & continue to make a difference in this country with the testimony of LOVE that God has blessed EACH of YOU with. Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALAYSIA!!

-> HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU GUYS...LOVE U ALL =)

Wall-E!

Can't believe I've only just watched Wall-E for the 1st time yesterday! It was a very cute & thoughtful movie. Wall-E is just too cute with his sensitive gestures of love towards Eve. LOL. Anyways, there was one part of the movie that really caught my attention other than the devastation of human behaviour on the earth & all the sweet scenes between Eve & Wall-E. It was the scene where the Autopilot of the spacecraft tried to stop the captain from going back home, explaining how they would not survive on Earth. What really caught my attention was the captain's reply. He replied, "I don't want to survive. I want to LIVE!!"

That simple phrase struck me. There is much more to life than just surviving. Life is meant to be lived. Even in my Christian walk, I sometimes find myself merely surviving. It should be more than that. It's not just about reading the Bible, going to church, serving in church,etc. I should be LIVING, not just surviving; to have a real & living relationship with God, rather than just doing what a Christian should do. I don't want to survive, I want to LIVE!!

Awww,they're just too sweet. LOL!

One of fav characters from the movie. Just so adorable.Haha^^

CHANEL the Golden Retriever

Went to visit Katrina & Lyon's puppy yesterday with Calvin & Loretta. Her name is Chanel & she's SUPER cute!! She's a 4 month old Golden Retriever. Very beautiful fella, & very playful too. She was jumping on us, licking our faces, play biting, chasing the floor mob, even doing her "business" on the living hall floor.XD

Guess she doesn't really have much people playing with her. Maybe that's why when we went there, she was so excited. Poor puppy. Really made me realize how it may feel like when somebody don't receive enough attention & the love that they long for, even if it's a dog. Reminded me to care more about people who may need a little care from others. Well, this is one of the lessons I learned from Chanel yesterday.

Lesson no.2: Don't ever do funny faces to Chanel right in front of her face with your mouth OPEN!! That was how Loretta got French kissed by Chanel! HAHAHA, EPIC WIN!!!XD

Well, I guess that's all. Really wanna go and visit Chanel again soon. =)

Didn't manage to get yesterday's pics of Chanel yet, so this is a pic of her when she was 12 weeks old.^^

Beautiful puppy.=)

P.S: Loretta, please don't get mad for posting this up. LOL, mad abt the getting kissed part I mean.

I wanna be...

"I wanna be a BILLIONAIRE, so freaking bad..." Well, actually I don't. I would say that compared to most of my friends, I don't have much of a BIG ambition for my future. Most of them have ambitions of being successful & having big cars & houses, but honestly, I can't really imagine myself owning all that. What do I want to be? I wanna be an ENCOURAGEMENT. "What? You wanna encourage people for a living? What kind of ambition is that? How do you even plan to survive?", some people would say.

Well, surprisingly for a person who says "I know what God's will in my life is.", I honestly don't know what I would be working as in the future. One thing I do know, it's that I want to be an ENCOURAGEMENT to the people around me. To be able to lift people up when that are facing challenges in their live to the point that they think they can't hold on any longer. To testify that God LOVE all of us & that He is the STRENGTH that kept me going throughout the years. To be an instrument of God to make a DIFFERENCE in a person's life.To be there for a person in need. THAT would be my biggest dream.

Well, say all you want but however "small" or unambitious this ambition of mine may sound to you, it is the reason I wake up every morning, CONVINCED that no matter how weak I am, God has COUNTLESS miraculous things He wants to show me using my life. I'm still learning to allow God to work in my life & mould me into a person into that person one day, despite all my imperfections.

I just wanna be a "hand" that reaches out & lifts people up when they are down.

True LOVE

True love is something that can't be earned. It's not something that can be traded or bought. It is either GIVEN or RECEIVED; and of course the best when it's both ways.

Many times, however, I do find myself unknowingly doing things to "earn" the love of the people around me. My intentions may start off as pure; merely to encourage a person, but I slowly realize that deep inside me, I do expect to receive in return the love that I've given out. It may be in the form of wanting a closer friendship, attention, care in return. Well, it's nothing wrong to want all these things but I find myself giving CONDITIONAL love, rather than UNCONDITIONAL love; meaning I have "conditions" to how much love I pour out to a person (although unconsciously).

I am then very humbled when I realized the fact that God gave me LOVE freely, unconditionally & endlessly. That is TRUE LOVE. There's nothing I can do to earn more of His love, nor anything that will make Him love me less. This love is GIVEN to me freely for me to RECEIVE. Nothing I do,be it going to church, reading the Bible nor serving in church will make Him love me more. Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT saying that we don't have to do all these as Christians, I'm saying that NONE of these things will make Him love me more than He ALREADY has. Neither does any of my sin will make Him love me less (I'm not saying it'a ok to sin..You know what I mean).

With this knowledge of what TRUE LOVE is, I'm trying my best to show love to people around me WITHOUT laying down terms & conditions. I'm STILL learning to care for people around me without expecting anything more than the well- being of the person. This really encourages me to continue caring & encouraging people around me though they may not appreciate or even realize it.

P.S: Remember, NOTHING can make JESUS love you MORE than He ALREADY has; nor anything that will make Him love you LESS. You are EVERYTHING to Him.

Time's Up!

Teen Scene Fest 2010: Time's Up! just ended!! It was AWESOME!!! Didn't expect as much people to come. The performances were GREAT!! All the hard work for the hand mime paid off. They really did a great job, except for the part where I screwed up=(. It's been a really great time preparing for today. I got to know more of the youth through the practice as well. I still remember I didn't speak much to ppl like Mariana, Katrina, Wern Nee & Alice before the hand mime pratice started. So, I'm really grateful for this opportunity to know them better & encourage them (the best I can, I guess.)

The sketch team did a great job as well! Uncle Stephen Low later spoke after all the performances to wrap everything up. It was really true, what he said. Sometimes we just don't want to believe that it's just that simple to be saved. "Just believe in Jesus Christ & I'll be saved? Come on...It's not as simple as THAT!!" Well, the most MAGNIFICENT thing is that, it IS really that SIMPLE!! Jesus came down from His throne to die for US because He thinks that EACH one of us is WORTH dying for.

So, nothing we do can "save" us other than by calling upon the name of the Lord. I don't know how many people really did accept Christ tonight, but I really pray that they'll make a CHOICE before Time's Up! One thing's for sure, it's that we have planted a "seed" of the gospel in their hearts tonight.

TO GOD BE ALL GLORY!!