Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Road Trip
So this chinese new year holidays ! theres so much of homework to do and so much of reading to do ! Why am i complaining i love reading ! Give me a good book to read and a couch and i will sit there for ages ! I went to PD yesterday ! yeah its same same but it was nice just sitting in the water and thinking how awesome it is that God created the sea ! How amazing it would have been if i was there when God created the earth seeing him at work .Anyone just sitting in the water and looking around would have thought the same thing, it was just amazing.when i looked ahead it was like the water would never stop flowing that was just so amazing to look at .Looking at the art piece of God ! Would u have ever thought to create water .I sure wouldn have ! Its just trully astonishing to see!If i could i would keep going to the beach just to sit around in the water and keep dreaming of the wonders of God !And when u block out the world from ur view its just inspirational ,I felt i could write a whole book just sitting there ! iTs awesome ! I just wish i could have stayed the longer but It was a day trip but it was worth it !
Thursday, January 7, 2010
3 Malaysian Churches Burnt down
Earlier this morning , 3 churches in malaysia were torched. What runs along my mind is what ? The government just approved and now this comes up . This is from the NY times website
3 Malaysian Churches Attacked in 'Allah' Dispute
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 7, 2010
Filed at 10:54 p.m. ET
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Assailants attacked three Malaysian churches with firebombs Friday, extensively damaging one amid a growing conflict over the use of the word ''Allah'' by non-Muslims, officials said.
The attacks sharply escalated tensions in the Muslim-majority country ahead of planned protests by Muslims later Friday against a Kuala Lumpur High Court verdict which struck down a 3-year-old ban on non-Muslims using ''Allah'' in their literature.
''I condemn these actions because they will destroy our country's harmony,'' Prime Minister Najib Razak told reporters. ''The government will take whatever steps it can to prevent such acts.''
Najib said he has told the national police chief to step up security at churches and other places of worship.
The Dec. 31 court decision incensed many Muslims, who see it as a threat to their religion. Hateful comments and threats against Christians have been posted widely on the Internet, but this is the first time the controversy has turned destructive.
The ruling was on a petition by Malaysia's Roman Catholic Church, whose main publication, the Herald, uses the word Allah in its Malay-language edition.
The first-floor office in the three-story Metro Tabernacle Church was destroyed in a blaze a little after midnight, said Kevin Ang, a spokesman for the Protestant church. The worship areas on the upper two floors were undamaged and there were no injuries.
Kuala Lumpur police Chief Mohamad Sabtu Osman told The Associated Press that a witness saw four people on two motorcycles breaking the glass front of the church and throwing an incendiary object inside before fleeing.
He said police found a wrench, an empty gasoline can and two scorched motorcycle helmets at the scene. The church occupies a corner plot in a row of shops in Desa Melawati, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur.
''We are still investigating,'' he said. He also urged Muslims not to participate in the planned protests.
Separately, Molotov cocktails were thrown into the compounds of two other churches before dawn, causing minor damage in one and none in the other, church officials said.
The Rev. Lawrence Andrew, the editor of the Herald, said many churches have employed extra security guards. ''Most churches are taking precautions. They are aware it may just blow up,'' he said.
The government has appealed the court verdict and the High Court has suspended its decision's implementation until the appeal is heard.
Muslims argue that ''Allah'' is exclusive to Islam, and its use by Christians would confuse Muslims and tempt them to convert to Christianity.
About 60 percent of Malaysia's 28 million people are Malay Muslims, while the rest are ethnic Chinese, Indians and indigenous tribes. The minorities follow Christianity, Hinduism and other religions.
The Malay-speaking indigenous tribespeople, living in remote states of Sabah and Sarawak, are the main readers of the Herald's Malay-language edition. Catholic officials say ''Allah'' is the only word they know for God.
Many Muslims in Malaysia have refused to accept the argument that ''Allah'' is an Arabic word that predates Islam, and that it is used by Christians in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Indonesia regularly in their worship.
The backlash against the court verdict has reinforced complaints by minorities that they face institutional discrimination by the government.
On Thursday, the Malaysian judiciary's Web site was hacked and defaced with an apparent threat to Christians, The Star newspaper reported. The site, however, appeared to be normal on Friday.
The Star said the hacker, using the alias ''Brainwash,'' defaced the site with a banner saying: ''Mess with the best, die like the rest'' and ''Allah only restricted to Muslim only.''
I guess theres nothing more we can do about this than to pray. Lets intercede in this time of suffering. If we pray and we mean what we say together this dispute can be stopped .Lets pray against it.That this wont be such a big issue anymore ,that no more churches would be burnt and no one would be harmed. PRAY AND INTERCEDE FOR OUR NATION AND MALAYSIA THE COUNTRY THAT WE ALL LOVE
3 Malaysian Churches Attacked in 'Allah' Dispute
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 7, 2010
Filed at 10:54 p.m. ET
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Assailants attacked three Malaysian churches with firebombs Friday, extensively damaging one amid a growing conflict over the use of the word ''Allah'' by non-Muslims, officials said.
The attacks sharply escalated tensions in the Muslim-majority country ahead of planned protests by Muslims later Friday against a Kuala Lumpur High Court verdict which struck down a 3-year-old ban on non-Muslims using ''Allah'' in their literature.
''I condemn these actions because they will destroy our country's harmony,'' Prime Minister Najib Razak told reporters. ''The government will take whatever steps it can to prevent such acts.''
Najib said he has told the national police chief to step up security at churches and other places of worship.
The Dec. 31 court decision incensed many Muslims, who see it as a threat to their religion. Hateful comments and threats against Christians have been posted widely on the Internet, but this is the first time the controversy has turned destructive.
The ruling was on a petition by Malaysia's Roman Catholic Church, whose main publication, the Herald, uses the word Allah in its Malay-language edition.
The first-floor office in the three-story Metro Tabernacle Church was destroyed in a blaze a little after midnight, said Kevin Ang, a spokesman for the Protestant church. The worship areas on the upper two floors were undamaged and there were no injuries.
Kuala Lumpur police Chief Mohamad Sabtu Osman told The Associated Press that a witness saw four people on two motorcycles breaking the glass front of the church and throwing an incendiary object inside before fleeing.
He said police found a wrench, an empty gasoline can and two scorched motorcycle helmets at the scene. The church occupies a corner plot in a row of shops in Desa Melawati, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur.
''We are still investigating,'' he said. He also urged Muslims not to participate in the planned protests.
Separately, Molotov cocktails were thrown into the compounds of two other churches before dawn, causing minor damage in one and none in the other, church officials said.
The Rev. Lawrence Andrew, the editor of the Herald, said many churches have employed extra security guards. ''Most churches are taking precautions. They are aware it may just blow up,'' he said.
The government has appealed the court verdict and the High Court has suspended its decision's implementation until the appeal is heard.
Muslims argue that ''Allah'' is exclusive to Islam, and its use by Christians would confuse Muslims and tempt them to convert to Christianity.
About 60 percent of Malaysia's 28 million people are Malay Muslims, while the rest are ethnic Chinese, Indians and indigenous tribes. The minorities follow Christianity, Hinduism and other religions.
The Malay-speaking indigenous tribespeople, living in remote states of Sabah and Sarawak, are the main readers of the Herald's Malay-language edition. Catholic officials say ''Allah'' is the only word they know for God.
Many Muslims in Malaysia have refused to accept the argument that ''Allah'' is an Arabic word that predates Islam, and that it is used by Christians in countries such as Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Indonesia regularly in their worship.
The backlash against the court verdict has reinforced complaints by minorities that they face institutional discrimination by the government.
On Thursday, the Malaysian judiciary's Web site was hacked and defaced with an apparent threat to Christians, The Star newspaper reported. The site, however, appeared to be normal on Friday.
The Star said the hacker, using the alias ''Brainwash,'' defaced the site with a banner saying: ''Mess with the best, die like the rest'' and ''Allah only restricted to Muslim only.''
I guess theres nothing more we can do about this than to pray. Lets intercede in this time of suffering. If we pray and we mean what we say together this dispute can be stopped .Lets pray against it.That this wont be such a big issue anymore ,that no more churches would be burnt and no one would be harmed. PRAY AND INTERCEDE FOR OUR NATION AND MALAYSIA THE COUNTRY THAT WE ALL LOVE
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Goodbye 2009 ! Hello 2010
Im so glad that new year is just around the corner ! this year has been so rough on me ! Its mostly about friendships being tested ! alot went on this year ! Like as if this year was the most important year of my meer high school life ! all in all i learnt o so many lessons ! both from god and my friends ! I learnt the true meaning of friendship , thanks too the o so helpful hands of my church friends Jaclyn, janice, mandy, selena, huei minn , eugenia, jonathan , John , ALEX, ZK, Jo Fann ! I just wanna really thannk u guys because without u guys this year would have been such a disaster ! It was just great hanging out ,going missions trip ! laughing so much during conference ! Its definitely a memory that i have captured and am gonna keep till forever ! Being a form2 this year was such a blessing and i owe this all to God who planned this thousands of years ago ! It was so awesome even hanging out wit the form 4s this year ! Now we are one tight bunch ! How amazing is that !We have a God who is master o all plans of our present and our future ! Our beginning and definitely not our end ! A God who can actually breathe stars out of his mouth ! That phrase starbreather is just so amazing ! And this year God opened my eyes to all his beauty and his majesty and love ! at the beginning of this year i was really dreading for this year to even come but now i am dreading for this year to end ! I am so gonna miss this awesome year ! This is gonna be my last post of the year ! Heres to an awesome awesome 2010 !!!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Live. Revolution Amplified , the sequel
Ok this might be a little late but who cares la ! So for me at the beginning i was so siked ! But some things happenened ! and when it came so close to my birthday which was on the 18th of December ! I couldn care less about my birthday i didnt really care anymore i didnt care anymore what happenend at the conference ! Even on my birthday my friends tried their best to cheer me up but it didnt work ! i guess for me i had been true alot ! in friendship terms ! but my birthday was a turni8ng point for me !
When rose had called out the myanmar kids during her message and her demonstration ! I just felt sad for them ! How bless we are and we didnt really appreciate it and how little they have and they make the best out of it ! and so i just started to tear endlessly ! and I figured out why eventually ! I felt as if God was calling me to help them ! Before this i felt like i can connect wit them ! I was just so easy making friends wit them and talking and playing wit them compared to with my everyday friends ! i HAVENT REALLY DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CALLING YET BUT AS I AM WRITTING THIS GOD IS GIVING ME IDEAS ! WHAT TO DO WHEN I AM WITH THEM ! WHAT TO DO WHEN I AM AT HOME ! so many things i can do ! that can help them even more and i was just so blind before that i couldnt see it ! bUT I am o so thankful now !
So after the message ! I was suprised wit a cake ! But wat u guys dont know is that i knew the cake was coming when i accidently turned around before u guys could circle around ! hehe i was just acting a long wit it hehe ! And now i am really learning the true meaning of friendship ! and i really am gonna try my best to continue wit it !I was just so surprised abouthow hard u guys tried to make me feel happy all over again and that just struck me !
Thanks u guys for all the encouragement that yal have been giving me true out this year ! and the awesome thing about it was that God specifically planned it on my 14th birthday ! How cool ! and the girl that i really am thankful for who just helped me so much to pull through my problems i Jaclyn ! You just really helped me ! Thanks for that =) i love u guys ! just like the bible says " and the greatest of this is love"
Love, Jedida ! God bless =)
When rose had called out the myanmar kids during her message and her demonstration ! I just felt sad for them ! How bless we are and we didnt really appreciate it and how little they have and they make the best out of it ! and so i just started to tear endlessly ! and I figured out why eventually ! I felt as if God was calling me to help them ! Before this i felt like i can connect wit them ! I was just so easy making friends wit them and talking and playing wit them compared to with my everyday friends ! i HAVENT REALLY DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CALLING YET BUT AS I AM WRITTING THIS GOD IS GIVING ME IDEAS ! WHAT TO DO WHEN I AM WITH THEM ! WHAT TO DO WHEN I AM AT HOME ! so many things i can do ! that can help them even more and i was just so blind before that i couldnt see it ! bUT I am o so thankful now !
So after the message ! I was suprised wit a cake ! But wat u guys dont know is that i knew the cake was coming when i accidently turned around before u guys could circle around ! hehe i was just acting a long wit it hehe ! And now i am really learning the true meaning of friendship ! and i really am gonna try my best to continue wit it !I was just so surprised abouthow hard u guys tried to make me feel happy all over again and that just struck me !
Thanks u guys for all the encouragement that yal have been giving me true out this year ! and the awesome thing about it was that God specifically planned it on my 14th birthday ! How cool ! and the girl that i really am thankful for who just helped me so much to pull through my problems i Jaclyn ! You just really helped me ! Thanks for that =) i love u guys ! just like the bible says " and the greatest of this is love"
Love, Jedida ! God bless =)
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Childrens Camp 2009
I was blessed enough to be chosen to go for the childrens camp on the 1st to 5th december at Genting Highlands ! I loved it ! it was awesome fun ! the worship on the last day was just amazing for me ! and im sure for everyone else to ! I made new friends and revived old ones too! hmmm juicy secrets were revealed ! haha ! and my phone battery got lost in the middle of all of it ! i have no idea how or who took it out of the phone ! hmmm I tend to loose my phone alot ! but after emoing about and also praying one of the teachers found the battery ! I loved every bit and part of the camp and wished it could have been longer ! I met alot of new friends and laughed alot and cracked lame jokes haha ! those who went will know winnie the shitt =) smiles ! Sorry to anyone i offended ! The helpers were great fun to hang out with ! i learned a few things about everyone ! hmm let me think ! haha rj is scared of popping balloons( i still dont understand why) haha and is crazy for junk food .Rj even had a few admirers who wanted his autograph and maybe his number haha! that explains why he couldnt or didnt really dare do those exercise thingy ! jon had a few admirers and a very merry indian enemy haha in camp and so did ben had a few supporters linning up to get his autograph! petrina was defined as angel in our dorm i think because everyone things she is innocent ! i personally dont think sooo !! hmm timothy was being stalked by cedric for his phone ! haha and nick was just plain funny la We had two team songs during the camp ! the chicken dance song and time to say good bye bye andrea bochelli and someone haha i 4got her name !It was just funny seeing all the teacher couples dance to these songs ! it was phenominal! funny right it was such a coincidence i heard this song today in the movie step brothers! It was like just awesome la ! i had loads of fun ! and hope next year i can go again =)below are the team songs! it was total funny seeing everyone dance to the songs ! the helpers were all denda'd to dance to the chicken song all because of aaron ! haha its all his fault ! we were all humiliated haha ! nah not really ! only charissa managed to get away ! for some reasons ! in the end it all worked out well ! and it was just so superb ! So sad i don have pics ! will get some soon !
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Misions Trip =)
Hey blog ! how are u ! i miss u ! haha ! hey peeps ! sorry i havent got down to updating it ! I just felt like it today ! so i had a total awesome tastic time in slim river perak !
Day1:
Had a great experience painting the church and having fun with the kids playing harimau dan kambing. Had good food and great bonding time=) playing upin and ipin and also mafiaaa ! some people just love to cheat huh ! haha not pointing fingers =)
Day 2:
Woke up at ermmm 7 i think went for a short walk around the neighbourhood ! Went to 2 villages hmm 1 i was not suppose to lead worship ! but bcoz of someone Which name is 4letters and start with a j and ends with an N ! just couldnt lead and made me lead just when the song started ! and i got my revenge when he had to pray in bm ! muahahaha ! =) I was a little insy bitsay nervous when doing my testomony but it went great! WE played games with kids and colored with them ! thanks to jans awesome artistic skills =) I was depressed after that because it didnt go as planned . tHE 2ND VILLAGE WAS COOL TOO =) I van got stuck in the mudd ! and the guys had to push the van. We had an awesome dinner at a chinese restaurant =)Had a great bonding time with jan sel and jac ! secrets were revealed =)and oh ya =) jon was high on sweets and got nicknamed by rose . The name is only known by the mission trip goers only =)I dont know how but he was practically jittering in his seat which ps was the floor =) janices or jaclyns praying place was replaced by upin the retarded pillow =)
Day 3:
Had a good devotions time.when to the next village and had a great time with the village and the kids at the same village we went to , to paint on the first day =) mandy got a little over her histeria of cats =) janice thought the kids to say sawadikap ! the older girls followed us to the next village where jac led worship ! it was good and the sharing by jon, jasmine and bernard was also good ! the kids had fun playing games with the prodigal son group !
Lastly we wnet to ipoh and met cute horseys at teh stud farm ! jon kept asking the vetenarian questions about whether there are any horses that are gay haha and more =) he just loved it ! some questions couldnt be answered we profisied that he would be the first person to find out the answer when he grew up .. lol ! the ride home was quiet in my persision for some reasons and delon just kept spam calling em ! i dunno how ! and then in the end i got over it and played mafia with the peeps and justin spoilt it by cheating =) and jons lousy mood ! In the end we played roses funny game called fuzzy wuzzy ! =) i and janice were the last to find out the trick !
Overal: it was the best trip i had been to ! will definitely go again ! secrets were revelaed but we all stood on the deal that wat we say in the van stays in th van and nicknames were made but thats all a secret that only the mission trp to slim river peeps know ! good luck trying to get it out of them =)
Day1:
Had a great experience painting the church and having fun with the kids playing harimau dan kambing. Had good food and great bonding time=) playing upin and ipin and also mafiaaa ! some people just love to cheat huh ! haha not pointing fingers =)
Day 2:
Woke up at ermmm 7 i think went for a short walk around the neighbourhood ! Went to 2 villages hmm 1 i was not suppose to lead worship ! but bcoz of someone Which name is 4letters and start with a j and ends with an N ! just couldnt lead and made me lead just when the song started ! and i got my revenge when he had to pray in bm ! muahahaha ! =) I was a little insy bitsay nervous when doing my testomony but it went great! WE played games with kids and colored with them ! thanks to jans awesome artistic skills =) I was depressed after that because it didnt go as planned . tHE 2ND VILLAGE WAS COOL TOO =) I van got stuck in the mudd ! and the guys had to push the van. We had an awesome dinner at a chinese restaurant =)Had a great bonding time with jan sel and jac ! secrets were revealed =)and oh ya =) jon was high on sweets and got nicknamed by rose . The name is only known by the mission trip goers only =)I dont know how but he was practically jittering in his seat which ps was the floor =) janices or jaclyns praying place was replaced by upin the retarded pillow =)
Day 3:
Had a good devotions time.when to the next village and had a great time with the village and the kids at the same village we went to , to paint on the first day =) mandy got a little over her histeria of cats =) janice thought the kids to say sawadikap ! the older girls followed us to the next village where jac led worship ! it was good and the sharing by jon, jasmine and bernard was also good ! the kids had fun playing games with the prodigal son group !
Lastly we wnet to ipoh and met cute horseys at teh stud farm ! jon kept asking the vetenarian questions about whether there are any horses that are gay haha and more =) he just loved it ! some questions couldnt be answered we profisied that he would be the first person to find out the answer when he grew up .. lol ! the ride home was quiet in my persision for some reasons and delon just kept spam calling em ! i dunno how ! and then in the end i got over it and played mafia with the peeps and justin spoilt it by cheating =) and jons lousy mood ! In the end we played roses funny game called fuzzy wuzzy ! =) i and janice were the last to find out the trick !
Overal: it was the best trip i had been to ! will definitely go again ! secrets were revelaed but we all stood on the deal that wat we say in the van stays in th van and nicknames were made but thats all a secret that only the mission trp to slim river peeps know ! good luck trying to get it out of them =)
Friday, September 25, 2009
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