Belated Merry Christmas?

*snaps finger* aiyak...just missed midnight..not Christmas liau..anyhow~

Christmas can be everyday one way or another~ It's all about Jesus, hope we have in Him, all for what He has done, so CELEBRATE His greatness everyday n be THANKFUL!! so its tis' the season to be jolly every season~~ wakakakak...presents, iz nice... (compliments of http://icanhascheezburger.com)

been a while since i updated...few days after coming back KK, posting...few days before leaving to KL, posting..hah..funny...

a LOT has been happening during the weeks that i've been here, it has been somewhat LIFE CHANGING..day by day especially for the past two weeks have been MIND BLOWING...to describe it here, it would not be easy, can't find right words, but i would have to talk with you face- to-face, and...you'll have to allocate a pre-e-e-ty long amount of time to listen...so yeah..but it has been an interesting end of the year, and Christmas, as it has always n will always be a season of thanksgiving, love, hope and giving, was an AWESOME time. I've learnt a lot this year, and truly i look forward to 2008 with great expectations and new inspirations.

Coming back to KK around this time of the year has always been exciting but this year around, God has blessed me so abundantly, and I don't mean physically (although He could work on adding some kilos on me...jk God, i know i gotta eat more) or materialistacally (is there such word??) but He has blessed me emotionally and spiritually...this time around i'm so amazed at how the younger generation doing their part for God's kingdom and looking at how much God has done in the lives of the young people, seeing everyone on Christmas Eve celebration, worshipping together, fellowshipping, hanging out with one another, spending time with one another, "breaking bread" at 88..haha, encouraging and discipling one another, learning and obeying together, praying together..reminds me of Acts 2:42-47. It's a great feeling to be in His presence with His people.

hmmm..Yvonne Yapp juz messaged..Happy Boxing Day and realised ohyaoh...not belated Christmas but its actually Boxing day...when i was young i always thought that boxing day was a day where we get to see boxing competitions happening globally....i know...dot dot dot...but anyway..

The celebration is traditional, dating back to the middle ages, and consisted of the practice of giving of gifts to employees, the poor, or to people in a lower social class. The name has numerous folk etymologies^[3]; the Oxford English Dictionary attributes it to the Christmas box; the verb box meaning: "To give a Christmas-box (colloq.); whence boxing-day." -wiki-

..hmmm random post addition..doesn't seem to connect...haha..

so..reverse side-tracking..it was reli a blessing to be back in KK, it was like a retreat for me and refreshing, renewing, revitalising, and so much more r-words, and i've receive an impartation from God via His faithful servants and i'm excited to see what's in store for next year even though architecture thingys..yeah..hmm..haha..God is good, all the time...all the time , God is good..

sigh, KL here i come, as usual im gonna miss KK but i definitely am going to look forward and strive to be the very best of who i am for God and live the destiny He has for me.

SUMMARY: a lot has happenned in Dec 2007, God is good, I love Him, He loves you, watcha gonna do about your own life?

p.s. i've got plentiful pictures of events that happenned so that's gonna wait..its in various cameras so yeah...wait...

Merry Christmas!

Jesus is Our Hope!

Happy Boxing Day! XD

Vincent is currently:

Listening: Worship You for Real - Jaeson Ma & Mike Whang

Reading: Blueprint - Jaeson Ma

Feeling: Tired

copyright of Kelvin Vitus Tan XD

Asia for Jesus

phew this week has been AWESOME! i was attending a conference "Asia for Jesus" and it has been LIFE CHANGING. Ps Jaeson Ma and Ps Philip Mantofa, annointed servants of God came with passion for our nation and gave many relevant keys that point out towards bringing across the Gospel to the lost. I've never been so inspired by a man of God to go all out besides Jesus Himself but these two men of God have a spiritual connection with Christ Jesus so close, they show Christlikeness in their faith, attitude, speech, conduct and knowledge. I've learnt so much i dunno what to write...XD... but mainly the thing that strikes me most..that God has placed so dear in my heart is about REACHING OUT. evangelising. we did pratice rounds by just going out into the city to evangelise...and....its NOT EASY. they (ps jaeson n philip) make it seem easy though...

God has placed a conviction in my heart, for my friends who are yet to be saved...always i've wondered how to properly bring across the Gospel and effectively keep new believers on track with Christ...Matt 28:18-20 summarizes

1. GO
2. MAKE DISCIPLES
3. BAPTIZE
4. TEACH THEM TO OBEY

Ps. Jaeson taught us practical ways to achieve this and to get the discipleship...REAL discipleship cycle going on...2 Tim 2:2 mentions about 4 generations of discipleship...from Paul...to Timothy...to faithful men....and unto others....it goes on and on growing and growing and it multiplies. However i was reminded that one has to be prayerful and faithful.

A prayerful life leads to a life of great faith.
Faith without action is dead.
Revival. Reformation. Revolution.
Revival is God's Arrival.

This conference has been really life changing and has brought challenges to me in my walk with Christ. the Great Commission that God has COMMANDED us to fulfill. Winning souls for Christ. Being a radical Christian. Living a prayerful, righteous and faithful life. Literally getting on your knees and praying fervently. Crying out for the salvation of our nation Malaysia. the salvation of my friends and relatives. Loving people. Not converting. Loving. Effectively bringing the Gospel across society. Making disciples of NATIONS.

it makes you wonder....are you a believer? or a disciple of Christ?

i choose to be a disciple...you?

18 Then Jesus came to them and said," All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age."
Matthew 28:18-20

Happy Birthday

Vweee~~ im 2 more years away from voting

haha...today was kinda eventful...finished off last exam paper (20th) was feeling kinda sad knowing the fact that every1's going back home and im gonna b left alone for the week...however, our lecturer planned a class trip to UiTM (Universiti Teknologi MARA) for their portfolio exhibition so it filled up my afternoon....at night we went to 1 Utama for dinner then pre-arranged to watch a 7.45pm movie when the current time was 7.30pm...weee~ there goes all our lessons for time management..hahah...watched Beowulf...good movie...lots of "graphics" anyhow feel thankful and happy that despite my frens natural character that they would go home right after projects or exams, they all stayed back n spent time wif me knowing it was my birthday tmr (21st at time of posting) so yeah...reli appreciated it, thanks also to those who remembered and messaged me 2~~ for those of u who DIDN'T....BEWARE!!! haha...u owe me dinner... >=)

exactly at 12am (21st nov) - was cleaning house with housemates....
1.24am (21st nov) - aik? im 19...




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hmmm its morning (10am) *yawn* hmmm its my birthday...what should i do?

actually all i had in mind was juz to spend the whole DAY watching some movies from my ext hard disk or play games since most of every1 had left for their hometown...or so i assumed...

at 3pm a fren rang me up n invited me to go watch "Stardust"!! finally got to watch it...was good movie but that's another post...so yea, hung out with frens n had dinner n they bought a CAKE! hehe...although it had a moldy strawberry...a cake is still a cake...thought that counts..yea..the thought...haha...

so yeah felt very appreciated and im reli glad that God has blessed me wif so many great frens and this birthday,2007 i'll always rmber n cherish...

fellowship is important n crucial regardless whether its in a spiritual aspect or physical, scientists (heard somewhere) did research on babies who didnt hav the luxury of communication (ppl feed them but no talking..no interaction) eventually they all died...

so yea, spending time wif frens these last few days b4 going back kk has been great eventhough it was only for a short while but it was stil worthwhile... i love my friends =)...all of them kk kl whrever...forever

p.s. my birthday wish (altho not customary to tell) was that my friends WOULD come to know, accept and receive Christ as the living God and Saviour of their lives...hmm more like prayer then wish...haha

the "love" mentioned here is in the context of agape love...no getting wrong ideas... >=)

ArcHiTOrTurE....

fuh...been so so busy haven had time to update...don't even know whr to start..haha
the very recent thing was wilkins dropping by KL and it was truly encouraging to hav him around, lots of other stuff been happening but juz gonna point out that besides being super busy...till NOW!!! submission OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wahahahhahahahaha

anyway 2 things:
1. Homerun is a GOOD movie
2. an email that truly speaks to me and other "architorture" students...XD (only architecture students might understand some phrases)

Homerun is a reli good movie (got it from wilkins...haha) it tells of a story about a young boy and his sister who share a pair of shoes andthe difficulties along with it...by Jack Neo so if u got the chance do watch it! its NICE!!

The following applies (in general) to all architecture students:


You know you're an architecture student when...

...you know the janitors by name.
...your roommates say "good morning," and you reply "good night."
...you carry a toothbrush in your backpack.
...you total up 3 meals of the day to your breakfast.
...'Red Bull' is you favorite drink.
...all of the Christmas gifts you give are wrapped in tracing paper.
...you ask Santa Clause for architecture supplies.
...you ask Santa Clause for a sleeping bag.
...you have 3 or more cups of double shot coffee espressos in one night
...you hear the same song on the radio 3 or more times in one night.
...you know the different taste between UHU and Pritt glue
...you can stay alive without sunlight, communicate with people nor having foods but you would commit suicide if the plotter doesn't plot your work out
...you've lost your house key and u realized a week later
...you sleep more than 16 hrs at weekends
...you dance madly at 3 am though u aren't drunk
...you note smt with yr drafting pen
...you are an expert and Photoshop, illustrator and auto cad but u don't know how to use MS excel
...you spend more time in studio than in your own bed.
...your parents are complaining that you're not having enough fun.
...you only leave studio to buy supplies.
...you haven't taken a shower in a week.
...you see showering as a waste of time.
...you've ever dreamt about your models.
...upon hearing 'supermodel', you think of a nicely crafted-foam core model. (
...your parents have more of a social life than you.
...your 14-year-old brother has more of a social life than you.
...you consider using broccoli for your models.
...you know all the 24-hour food places in the area.
...your friends get more sleep in one night than you do in one week.
...the streetlights turn off.
...you consider 3AM an early night.
...you say "It's only midnight- I have plenty of time to finish."
...you confuse sunrise with sunset.
...you ask what time it is, then ask "AM or PM?"
...you strangle your roommate because she said she stayed up late studying.
...you know how much a cubic foot of concrete weighs (150lbs).
...you slice your finger, and the first thing you think of is if you'll be able to finish your model.
...you understand why architects have glasses and white hair.
...you call some great architects as if they are you friends.
...you can listen to all your CD's in one night.
...you can conceptually compose the food on your plate.
...upon hearing 'Weekends' you think of sleep.
...the 'Shop Cafe' closes when you arrive, and reopens before you leave studio.
...you have to wait for breakfast shops to open. (
...you go to the food shop, and order the "usual", and they understand.
...you use architecture tools to eat.
...you refer to outside studio as the "Real World."
...you confuse today and tomorrow.
...you tell time by when other people leave studio.
...you hear "Didn't you wear that yesterday?' followed by "and the day before that?"
...you count the number of days (not hours) you've been awake.
...you think days are 48 hours long.
...you start using words your instructor uses.
...your bed has collected a layer of dust on it.
...concept of time is not forward, but a countdown from the time a project is due
...you have a tent pitched in studio, but still don't go to sleep.
...you know the people in the studio better then your roommates
...you use your T-square or straight edge as a baseball bat.
....the day has 2 sunrises.
...when you tell people you major in "architorture"
...when someone says "icon" and you think of Frank Lloyd Wright.
...when someone says "eye candy" and you think of gratuitous details on a building.
...when you're not sure what day of the week it is
...when you have slept straight through a day and into the next day after a final review
...when any flat surface is seen as a place to take a nap (underneath the tables in the computer room
...when the books that you read consist primarily of photographs and not so much of words
...when you have three or more alarm clocks in your room.
...when cutting yourself with an x-acto seems like a good idea because it will give you an excuse for not having finished your work
...when professors for courses outside of the architecture school are lenient once they are aware you are an architecture student.
...you have given a final presentation with your fly open
...when you skip classes because you have too much work to do
...when you have an inexplicable mark running off your page because you fell asleep while drafting
...when you start measuring all time segments in terms of "projects"
...when you have nicknames for all your tools
...when you talk to all your tools like they're "real people" and use their nicknames
...when a triple shot espresso just doesn't have enough "kick"
...when you try to talk to another person and realize that you've invented your own language and nobody else understands you
...when a 102 degree fever or strep throat is to you no excuse to miss a crit.


well not all of it but MOST of it happens to me and my "colleagues" (haha sounds professional) but yeah~ God has given me the strength to overcome it all (Phil 4:13) and He has always, i repeat ALWAYS helped me thru when i need Him most..so architecture students! don't give up! Seek God! or if you don't know Him, ask ME! i'll intro Him with you...hehe

p.s. ARRIVAL TO KK: 13 more days (wakakakaka)

Being a SOMEBODY

A good reminder of God's Love. Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel Tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, aswell as pouring down rain.

The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, "OK, dad, I'm ready."His Pastor dad asked, "Ready for what?""Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out." Dad responds,"Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring down rain." The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, "But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?"Dad answers, "Son, I am not going out in this weather."

Despondently, the boy asks, "Dad, can I go? Please?"His father hesitated for a moment then said, "Son, you can go. Here are the tracts, be careful son." "Thanks Dad!"And with that, he was off and out into the rain. His eleven year old boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract.

After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wetand down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted. Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered.

He waited but still no answer. Finally, this eleven year old trooper turned to leave, but somethingstopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him thereon the front porch! He rang again and this time the door slowly opened. Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady.

She softly asked, "What can I do for you, son?" With radiant eyes and a smile thatlit up her world, this little boy said, "Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbedyou, but I just want to tell you that *JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU* and I came to give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about JESUS and His great LOVE.

"With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave. She called to him as he departed. "Thank you, son! And God Bless You!" Well, the following Sunday morning in church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit. As the service began, he asked, "Does anybody have any testimonyor want to say anything?"

Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet. As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from herface, "No one in this church knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before last Sunday I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that Icame to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live.

So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, thenstood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted I was about toleap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairsstartled me. I thought, "I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away." I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly.

I thought to myself again, "Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me." I loosened the rope frommy neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder.When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life.

His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had longbeen dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice,"Ma'am, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU."

Then he gave me this Gospel Tract that I now hold in my hand.As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more. You see---I am now a Happy Child of the KING.

Since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel Tract, I have come here topersonally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell."There was not a dry eye in the church. And as shouts of praise and honorto THE KING resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was seated.

He took his son in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably. Probably no church has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love & honor for his son...Except for One.

Our Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of heaven shouted praises and honor to The King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named. Blessed are your eyes for reading this message.

Remember, God's message CAN make the difference in the life of someone close to you.

"Faith is the affirmation and the act that bids eternal truth be present fact."

Just 3 Words
Three things in life that, once gone, never come back -

1. Time

2. Words

3. Opportunity

Three things in life that can destroy a person -

1. Anger

2. Pride

3. Unforgiveness

Three things in life that you should never lose-

1. Hope

2. Peace

3. Honesty

Three things in life that are most valuable -

1. Love

2. Family & Friends

3. Kindness

Three things in life that are never certain -

1. Fortune

2. Success

3. Dreams

Three things that make a person -

1. Commitment

2. Sincerity

3. Hard work

Three things that are truly constant -

Father

Son

Holy Spirit

In conjunction with that, two weeks ago we had Ps. Joakim from Sweden to come over to city harvest and he talked a lot about how we being young as we are, can MAKE a difference in our schools , colleges, unis, or workplace. He gave many testimonies of young people changing other people's lives by just being living examples of Christ.

3 Basic Things i learnt were:

we as the temple of God:

1. The temple of God is visible

2. The temple of God is holy

3. The temple of God is prayerful

God has called us to be the salt and light of the world and YEAH that's what we should be, bringing flavour into people's lives that has the sweetness of God.

Be a visible Christian, be bold in proclaiming your faith!

Be holy for God is holy!

Be prayerful for God hear's the prayers of a righteous person!

To sum it up here's one testimony that touched my heart when Ps. Joakim shared with us.

New Generation Youth has established lots of their members in CFs around Swedish schools. One of them (4got which one) had a fairly small group of young people from NGY who were on fire for God and were prayerful. Valentine's Day was coming up so they decided to do something that could be meaningful to all the students in their school

So, they came up with this idea that they would personally cut out heart shaped cards and write a personal message to over a 1500 students (i think not so sure exact figure, roughly there). So they began their daunting task with faith and courage. And so they completed it just in time for 14th Feb.

On that day, they stuck all the hearts on every locker in the school. Each one was different though a few were similiar examples like,"Have a nice day!", "Smile!" and all those positive greetings.

Then there was this girl that only after two weeks that this project was done, she emailed the director of the NGY group and wanted to express her thanks to them. (This sharing soon became the testimony).

Apparently on that day, 14th Feb, she wanted to commit suicide. For months she had prepared to take her own life by overdose and that particular day she intended to go to school for one very last time and look around one last time. As she was walking to school, not a prayer, she however uttered to herself that if somehow by any chance that she was to be given a sign that her life had significance, she would spare her life, according to Ps.Joakim.

So, as she walked to school, she went to her locker to clear her stuff, she noticed that every locker had these heart shaped thingys with, "Good morning!", "Smile" and all that. Wondering what were they about, she turned to her locker to discover that she had one too and when she saw what was written she was astonished. It wrote,

"Your LIFE has a meaning"

She paused for a moment and kept on staring at the heart cutout card, she went back home and threw away all the stuff she intended to use to kill herself with. After informing the director of NGY group, weeks later she gave her life to Jesus Christ! Amen! Ps.Joakim was informed of the testimony and when he asked the director about the project, the director said that:

out of 1500+ cards we wrote personally, ONLY ONE had "your life has a meaning" and it ended on that girl's locker.

the odds of that happening...only God could be at work. Hallelujah!

So, every1 of us is capable of doing something great for God, we just gotta have faith and obey Him totally. No matter how insignificant you think you are, God has BIGGER plans for YOU.

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future"

Galadriel, LOTR