My Passion Is Back!

Yup! That’s right! If you’ve followed me, you would know that I was not in a good condition during December because back then I lost my passion in almost everything. Now it has come back to me. =)

I’m happy that I started liking the things I do now even more than before. I appreciate every moment I have whenever I’m involved in it.

My passion is growing for…

DANCING!

SINGING!

PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS!

BLOGGING!

SWIMMING! (Though I still don’t know how to swim but I want to learn so much!)

ALL THE THINGS I’M DOING!

When you like the things you do, that is HAPPINESS!

Special Gift

When you look at these words, what comes to your mind?

A gift which you long for?

A gift that you never expected?

A gift from someone special?

Yesterday, I received a very special present from my best friend, Hwei. It’s actually a Christmas present. ^^ She bought something which she likes so much that she found joy in looking through its pages! I think by now you can guess what it is.

Bingo! It’s a lovely notebook. I love it! It’s so beautiful that every pages seem to have stories portrayed through its pictures.

I don’t think I could write any words in it because it’s just too beautiful to be filled up with my funny handwriting. Haha…

I gave her something that I like very much too and I knew she would love it! =)

P/S: We had our dinner together at my favourite mamak stall in KL – Nasi Lemak Ayam at Seapark. I miss it so much… Thanks, Hwei!

Best Joke Award Winner

A Chinese man walked into a bar in America late one night and he saw Steven Spielberg. As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushed over to him, and asked for his autograph.

Instead, Spielberg gave him a slap and said “You, Chinese people bombed our Pearl Harbour, get out of here.” The astonished Chinese man replied “It was not the Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbour, it was the Japanese.”  “Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same,” replied Spielberg.

In return, the Chinese gave Spielberg a slap and said, “You sank the Titanic; my forefathers were on that ship.”
Shocked, Spielberg replied “It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me.” The Chinese replied “Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you're all the same!”

Malaysia Vs Singapore

I was chatting with my brother yesterday and since he’s in Singapore and I’m in Malaysia, out of randomness we talked about some differences that these two countries have. The green coloured font is me while the black one is my brother.

Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover

Don’t judge a person by his/her look.

A person who is happy-go-lucky type might not be as happy as you thought.

A person who looks serious all the time might not be a fierce person.

A person who smiles all day might not be that friendly as you thought.

There are many things that you can’t see from appearance. Human beings are complex. Even theories can’t explain everything regarding humans. Before you judge anyone, take time to know and understand that person first.

Sadness With No Tears

I’m sad. I want to cry. But my eyes are dry. Why is it so hard to release my tears although I’m sad?

P/S: To my friends who are reading this, don’t worry. I'll be fine. Don’t ask me what happened because I don’t know how to express. Thanks.

Islam-Christianity

I read an interesting article here. Since the article is quite long, I’ll just touch on the main highlight of it. The author disagrees with Dr Ridhuan’s statement that our Prime Minister’s visit to a Christmas function was an act that dirty his feet or sole. The fact is, it is not beneath him to do so. It’s his social duty as a PM.

The rest of the article provides a strong argument for the disagreement above by the author. He also mentioned and provided some evidences on how the top religious leaders who actually respect other religions and acknowledge them.

Then I came across a few paragraphs here which drew my attention:

“It is known that in Islam, we are allowed to marry the ahlil-kitab (people of the book) without them having to convert to Islam. I would ask, if this is so, would our Christian spouse be required to remove her crucifix before we sleep with her every night? How would she pray in our house in that event?

Islam, from the very beginning - and I mean to say from day one - was inextricably connected to Christianity in many ways than we would even care to admit. On the very day the Prophet (peace be upon him) was revealed the first verse Iqra', he did not know what had happened to him. He ran back home in fear, trembling in shock. Do you remember who told him that he had been appointed God's messenger?

It was none other than Khadija's (the Prophet's wife) cousin, Warqa bin Naufal, a Christian with knowledge of biblical lore, who told Muhammad (peace be upon him) that he had been revealed a divine message, just like Moses before him. Such was the close association between Islam and Christian on the very first day of its existence.”

I never knew that actually a non-Muslim need not convert to Islam even if she or he is married to a Muslim. Why then in Malaysia anyone who is married to a Muslim need to convert to Islam and NEVER get to convert back to its own religion even after a divorce?

Does this show freedom on us, the rakyat? The fact here is that we are actually being controlled so much by the government that all those freedom mentioned in the laws are actually not fully applicable. Not only in terms of freedom to choose own religions, also freedom in other aspects as you can see from the cases like Teoh Beng Hock’s and Atlantuya’s death.

Has our government been cheating on us all this while? If they are truly clean, then why didn’t they just reveal the truth?

Effort Pays?

A giant ship engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man in his eighties who had been fixing ships since he was a young man. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully from top to bottom.

Two of the ship's owners were there watching this man and hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!

A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars. "What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!" So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer............... $2.00
Knowing where to tap..................$9,998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!

Daddy

At age 8, your dad buys you an ice cream. You thanked him by dripping it all over your lap.

When you were 9 years old, he paid for piano lessons. You thanked him by never even bothering to practice.

 

When you were 10 years old he drove you all day, from soccer to football to one birthday party after another. You thanked him by jumping out of the car and never looking back.

When you were 11 years old, he took you and your friends to the movies. You thanked him by asking to sit in a different row.

When you were 12 years old, he warned you not to watch
certain TV shows. You thanked him by waiting until he left the house.

When you were 13, he suggested a haircut that was becoming. You thanked him by telling him he had no taste.

When you were 14, he paid for a month away at summer camp. You thanked him by forgetting to write a single letter.

When you were 15, he came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked him by having your bedroom door locked.

When you were 16, he taught you how to drive his car. You
thanked him by taking it every chance you could.

When you were 17, he was expecting an important call. You thanked him by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18, he cried at your high school graduation. You thanked him by staying out partying until dawn.

When you were 19, he paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus carried your bags. You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 25, he helped to pay for your wedding, and he told you how deep he loved you. You thanked him by moving halfway across the country.

When you were 50, he fell ill and needed you to take care of him. You thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to their children.

And then, one day, he quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART. Love him and let him feel be loved before it’s too late.

Insomnia

Gosh! I can’t sleep. Worried? Excited? Anxious? Happy? Sad? I don’t know. Anyway, I’m not going to write anything about insomnia.

Law of Attraction

I have been thinking of 2 people in my mind a lot during the holidays. I truly admire them but chances for me to see them is like less than 10%. On new year’s eve, I went out for countdown with friends at Jonker. To my surprise, I met both of them on the same day at the same street and I even managed to talk to one of them (both of them don’t know each other and are not connected).

Conclusion? Law of Attraction is powerful! If you’ve read a book or watched a movie entitled “The Secret”, you’d be familiar with this.

Things will work out your way or in another phrase, your dreams will come true if you have faith in something fully.

To change your life, change your mind!