Blessed 3rd Sunday of Advent

Yes, I am smiling genuinely. I don't know if it's due to the McD effect or because I finally found a young adult prayer group here. Though some speak very little English and the prayers are generally in Spanish, but it's a young adult group!! My 3rd family... Last night I attended for the first time the gathering, and this photo was taken as the post-prayer gathering makan-makan session. Haha. McD!!! The first mcD after Gibraltarian McD with my Malaysian delegates to YAI.

Last night, the priest spoke about constancy in prayer life. I have to admit it's not easy to be consistent in prayers... The whole praying daily thingy... I really salute a friend - Joanna Chai - for the constancy she had shown as an example during my uni days. I really miss my friend, but we have lost contact since... two years ago, and her email address is no longer working. I really hope to know what had happened to her since our last email contact early 2010.

Hope God will provide a way for us to contact again.

Blessed Advent. Joyous Sunday.

Another 4 hours before Forensic Botany Exam...

Yups, another 3 hours plus before I face my first final examination of this Masters course... Kinda unsure if I should abandon the last part of the classes in lab - Wood and also Fruit and Seed - I also meant to revise again the techniques for Pollen Extraction --- Or I should just try to close my eyes and enter into dreamland. Well, after the grande Nescafe in the middle of the night... I better try to cover the rest of what I haven't covered. Oh well... I only have myself to blame... All the hibernation I have done when the polar bear me starts escaping into reality.

Let's consider I'm taking a break to relax my brain by blogging. I've just shared my blog URL on the Moodle platform which UCO is using as virtual classroom. I wonder if this is a good step. Maybe not-so wise. At this moment, I'm inviting stalkers to my site. Until further notice... Maybe in few days I will take down the URL. LOL. Not that I don't have a possible bunch of stalkers who love me enough to check me out. LOL. A little self-flattery is needed to keep me awake now.

So, WELCOME, to all first timers.

Oh yeah, I'm looking forward to Saturday night. I'm invited to another church for a gathering... there will be a few English-speakers there. It was good that I persevered and attended Adoremus just now. I attended the first day of obligation of this year after Advent! It's the Feast Day of Immaculate Conception. Attending Adoremus is one of the activities which I truly rejoice in, though many-a-times, I struggled to get on my feet to walk there. It lightens the burdens I felt as they accumulate when the week starts. Adoration and receiving Eucharist are always good food for soul.

So, God is good. And time to get back to studies...

Happy 2nd Sunday of Advent 2011

Blessed 2nd Sunday of Advent! I haven't written much these days - been a bit occupied with negative thoughts due to the coldness I face in where I am living. How I wish we're using normal room heater rather than central heating!!! I have to bear for another 3 months and LIBRE!!!! Yes, all these pent-up emotions have found their ways to kill my joy of awaiting Christ's coming this Christmas. So today, I want to prepare the way for the Lord to enter into my life once again. Even when it is tough, but my Jesus is tougher than the enemy.

So, my friends, let us prepare for Christmas together, even if it means we have to move mountains and cross oceans to clear the path to our hearts for Christ.

Yes, the TRUTH (JESUS) PREVAILS.