Wild Party?

Haha =)

Blessed Birthday Sheng Giap!

This is an outdated post I guess. We celebrated his birthday long time ago and now only I got the time to post =) Sorry Guppy. Well here are the pics. We went there for a barbeque dinner and he had friends and family turning up for his party. So sweet.

Giap, I treasure the friendship we have made throughout the years. I pray that this will go on and you will leave more footprints in my life as I do the same. May you come to know your God personally. Love you, Giap! *hugs!

From left: Suba, Jolene, Yvonne and Sarah.

His happy family. God bless you all.

Sheng Giap's college friends.

Oh so happy =)

Flirting! haha.

His old school friends.

The close bond.

Man I don't know what is this hehe.

His room.

His gifts.

His um... baloney friend =)

He went nuts too hehe.

This is so x-rated. Sorry guys hehe.

Nerdy Ba.

And there was a wild party in his room that night...

It went on and on and on...

Till the girsl got tired...

And tired...

And finally they gave up...

Then they started again....

The end.... =)

Haha.

The Tragic End

Christopher Foster had it all. He was a self-made millionaire and a devoted family man. He had done so well for himself, building a life of material success from scratch: his luxury house with its outbuildings and CCTV cameras; his luxury cars; all the animals from the ducks to the guinea pig to the four adored dogs and three horses.
And of course his attractive wife Jillian and his 15 year-old daughter Kirstie. This was his life, his triumph and his identity.

Then one night, he set his house on fire and burnt his happy family.

On August 26, after coming back from a cherry barbeque with family friends, he took his shotgun and shot the horses, shot the dogs, shot his wife in the head and finally shot his daughter. He then barricaded himself inside his grand house and set on fire everything he owned. What a tragic end for a happy family.

Reports said that he had trouble in his business and was in debts. The creditors were about to arrive, his successful life he made for himself was built on the sands. He faced ruin, exposure and humiliation.

The trouble with Christopher Foster was that he thought that life was based on his success in gaining material wealth. He dare not face the humiliation that was about to come. He did not dare to let people know that his successful business was coming to ruins.

I cannot help but to pity this man and his wife and daughter. His daughter was just 15 year-old and there is surely a good future waiting for her. She was killed by her own father whom she placed her trust in to take care of her. His wife certainly did not expect this coming; the man whom she married and gave her life to finally took her life and destroyed it. How sad can it be? Christopher could have start from scratch again and build his life once more but instead chose to end it and give up.

Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall.

For Christopher, it may be because of his fear of losing his wealth that drove him to such madness. For the rich and those who do not know God, they think that their wealth is everything and when all is gone, there is no use to live anymore. For them, wealth is their fortified city and they feel safe. However for the man of God, they find their security not in wealth but in God. Take but a glance at riches and it is gone. God, on the other hand, will always be there.

1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

People are getting the message that wealth is everything and everything is wealth. They live to gain wealth. They would do anything to gain wealth. Look at the hit TV series Fear Factor, what was it that drives the participants to do crazy stuff? You are right, money and fame. The rich find their hope in their material possessions. Their identity is engraved in their luxury cars. Their heart is taken by fame. They love their wealth more than anything else.

Do not get me wrong here. I am not trying to preach against wealth and say that Christians are supposed to be poor. No! God did not call us to be beggars on the streets and walk around with orange robes asking for alms. Nor did God called us to isolate ourselves from the world and live in the caves. Being poor is not one of God’s commandments in the Bible. I am preaching against the love of money and the hope that people place in their material wealth.

Christopher Foster thought that life was over when he lost his wealth and his successful business. He thought that life was just that. But today I want to tell you that there is more to life than this! Place your hope not on wealth but in God!
Be rich but do not love money. Be rich but be even richer in giving than receiving.

Be rich but be ready to lose everything and still love God!

You will only be able to do this if you know that…

THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS…

The burnt mansion.

The Father.

The Mother.

The Daughter.

*Pictures compiled from the internet. Information taken from STAR Newspaper and also from the internet.

The Stage Is Set But Who Dares To Go Up?

The lights are on, the music is ready to go, all eyes are on the empty space upfront, everyone is expecting the unexpected (or the expected), all ears are ready to hear, their senses are ready to be touched… the stage is set.

The stage is where the performer takes the show and does whatever he wants. The audience has a choice as whether to pay attention to the one on stage or to turn the other way and walk away. This is their choice and no one can force them otherwise. They also have the choice to be open to what you say or to react with anger. Some even give the one on stage applause just because everyone else is doing so. The stage is a place where only one person gets to be heard aloud and seen by all. The stage is where the one standing there has the power to influence and convince.

After waiting and waiting and waiting and yet there is no sight of anyone on stage the audience starts to get restless. They chatter among themselves and bore one another. Finally they get up of their seats and the leave. And finally the performer comes on stage only to see empty chairs.

The world is the stage and the audiences are the people. You are the performer or the one on stage. Everyday of your lives you are the performer and you are also the audience. You can choose to perform and you can also choose to sit, watch and listen. Everyday of your life you are doing these two things. What you choose to deliver on stage is your decision and in this theater, no one forces you what to say. As an audience you have the choice to enjoy or hate the performance, accept or rebuke the words said and oppose or dispose the next performance. Also you have the choice to perform to others what you have just seen.

The ability to influence and be influenced are inborn within us. Some may be able to influence more and others may be able to be influenced more. The things you do onstage are important as people may follow in your footsteps or people may hate you. Who or what you choose to portray is important.

Still there are a lot of people who are stage fright and dare not approach the steps to the stage with a ten foot battle lance. Some tend to be nice and does something else on stage other than what they know they ought to do. Everything is set for them and the audiences are just waiting for someone to brave the stage but no one turns up.

It is time for you to brace yourselves and start to prepare for your show. There is no time left to waste and there is nothing much you can do except train and prepare yourselves for the show. Take the stage and do what needs to be done. Say what needs to be said. Tell what needs to be told. Bring to light what needs to be brought to light. Show your audience the way, the truth and the life. Show, do not only say, but show. The wonder of the stage is that there is only one performer and one thousand audiences. You need to be heard and you must be heard. However choose to say the right thing and give the right and important information.

Too many people are missing out on a very important stage subject. Those people that are missing out might not have another chance to hear it again. Therefore, those who know what needs to be said ought to quickly go up and say it.

The stage is set but who dares to go up?

My Camera Had a Good Time!

Last Saturday a group of us went to One Utama to hang out. It was really nice to hang out with them as I have not met a few of them for a very long time already.

Just a short sypnosis: we are at TGI Fridays. And yea it was my first time there. Just too unfortunate that I do not have the wallet size to be able to go there like once a week (ahem ahem) haha. Well I consider myself fortunate also because I am a rice-addict, that means if you give me a big plate of rice and a plate of veggie, I am satisfied. =)

Janielle and Shannon had a birthday treat at TGI. The wicked emcee made Janielle gave a speech (that was ok) and made Shannon sing (that's not ok) haha! And know what? Shannon couldn't sing! No offense Shannon hehe. But it was fun seeing them laughing and all. Blessed Birthday Shan and Jan!

We also enjoyed fellowshipping and taking lots of really cool photographs. So here are the pictures. Enjoy! =)

PS: All pictures were taken by me and my lovely Canon S3IS. =) also with the help of my faithful plastic Tripod haha.

The group: Janielle, Shannon, Aisha, Gaby, Kelly, Joyce, Sarah, Caleb and Me.

Here are the two birthday girls. Shannon's on the 18th and Janielle's on the 14th.

Shannon can't sing =)

TGI's entrance =)

Behold the Buddha... The Joyceful Buddha...

Attention grabber haha. People were staring at us =) Oh I love this kind of shots.

So nice! Any Magazines want to buy this picture? Hehe.

Caleb look so CUTE!!! Look at him!! Haha!

The wannabes.

This is a really nice shot. I love this one.

Kisses kisses kisses!

Sweet.

Sweet again...

Aww...

XOXOXO =D

Jump jump.

JUMP!

Modelling hehe. The JanShan modelling company.

Wakaka =D

Kelly and Aisha!

Shannon and Gaby. Gaby is a model by the way. Nice smile. And I couldn't believe that she was a camera shy person one year ago. See what money does to a person? Hehehe =) Gaby you rock!

I like Gaby's smile.

Caleb's da Man!

I feel so happy! =D

Jan, your eyes. Photographers should really say "1, 2, 3" before shooting =)

So sweet.

Aww... =)

The Mans hehe.

Caleb's smile is so cute!

That's all on my side.

To see more pictures, visit Janielle and Shannon.