As We Entered the Mid of July...

I sometimes seemed to have neglected this blog. I'll try to update more frequently, but looking forward for the times I couldn't do so because I'm deep into my PhD work. I've been sick for the past one week and it had been a torture to miss going to the department every morning. Initially I thought it was mere upper respiratory tract infection, then I'd be up and running within two three days. Unfortunately, after being in bed for three days, it worsened where my nose was blocked and cough sounded horrifying. GP to the rescue indeed! I saw the GP on Friday, and the initial diagnosis is throat infection which didn't need any antibiotics. I did double-check with her to ensure it wasn't due to my previous history of acute sinusitis. Her reaction changed totally when I mentioned I had acute sinusitis and she went through my medical history to eventually decide to prescribe me with antibiotics. My GP is on maternity leave, so this lady GP is taking over her patients for the next 6 months. I have no idea why she had such a big change in her decision, but she said that it could be that my sinuses are infected and the coloured phlegm came from the sinus rather than the throat since my lungs are clear. Praise God! If not I'd be still half-dead rather than half-alive.

A friend of ours will be going on a pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, so I plotted and planned with his girlfriend (also our friend) to give him a surprise farewell. I suddenly had the whim of wanting to bake, so I searched and found the butter cake recipe on Rasa Malaysia website. Made a few tweaks, including changing the usage of only AP flour to a 1:1 ratio of AP flour to self-raising flour, melted the butter slightly using the microwave for less than a minute then mixed with caster sugar by hand (since I didn't have an electric mixer), and accidentally added the milk before I mixed in the flour instead of after.. It all went well and my friends loved the fluffiness of the cake, which I slathered with Nutella on top to cover the imperfections.

Speaking of surprises... This was one of the tinier ones.. Ewa and I planned that somehow they would come over and I shall take the cake out. Simple surprise. Matteo and another friend were to come earlier to my place, and they were supposed to "happen to be there" when Ewa and Pol turned up. It happened so the other friend couldn't make it, so it was just Matteo. It all worked out well. Everyone was happy and Pol was delighted to have the cake.

So all the best in his pilgrimage of the Way of St. James! Mission accomplished.

Looking forward to watch finals of World Cup 2014 later, and yeah, to go back to work on Monday!!!

From left: Yours truly, Pol and Matteo; far right Ewa.

Lisbon, officially.

I'm officially in Lisbon, but due to the hectic schedule during weekdays (and not-so-hectic during weekends), I haven't really had time to sit down and ponder over the happenings of these few weeks. The ups and downs are causing my body to give out frustrated signals to people around me, making me someone hard to deal with. I really appreciated that my group mates are sort of understanding ones. Oh well... I have to sort out how I feel inside asap as it is going to be "inhibiting" my studies progress.

Lisbon - the Portuguese metropolitan capital city. I love the city public transport, and the fact that many shops and tourist attraction spots are opened on Sundays. It's like returning to normality, after 6 months being in a place where everything is closed on the day that I have time to travel or explore. I was frustrated that I couldn't do anything, visit any places or just to buy food in the supermarket because the supermarket was closed on a Sunday too. I like the professors there, but the living condition ain't what I like, and being 29 turning 30 this year, I discover that I have preference of what kind of living environment I want to put myself in and the preference influences my hostility towards the place. Despite not knowing Portuguese, I still like the new city I'm being introduced to live in at the moment.

It isn't easy being the only few Asians in the campus... It's obvious I'm different from the rest - besides the age factor - all other factors too. Yet, I know what is important now is to obtain as much knowledge as I can though now everything seems so disorganized and too many researchers are teaching us the same subject at the same time. Some are really good lecturers too, but some are terrible on imparting knowledge in their brain to people who know nothing about their deep wisdom of their subject. Teaching is a gift, and not everyone possesses the same gift from God. That makes life interesting by the diversity of human race. Yet, it is important to discover what we're good at, and ideally, work in the field which we excel and passionate about. For the professor who doesn't really impart knowledge to me, maybe I have goldfish memory, and that I'm not interested in the field he's trying to teach, hence my lack of luster in his part of the subject. Apologies. I probably would learn better if I understand him better. Hopefully he will improve...

The spiritual part of me is still in crisis, and yeah, I need a great deal of prayers. It's Lenten season now, and 3 weeks into Lent, I'm still unprepared for Christ's resurrection on Easter. I'm in a limbo condition right now, and there seems no one whom I can share spiritual stuff who is near enough. I feel alone journeying in the darkness right now, though I know Jesus is near. I miss going to cell group, bible sharings, and worship sessions. I need to learn to pray once again, from deep within my soul and not just lip service on Sundays...

Time to return to the journal paper I'm reading... Time to do something concrete.

When 2009 Bade Goodbye and 2010 Said Hi!

My testimonial is dated 31 December 2009, Thursday, 18:05 @ Secret Recipe, 1Borneo. I wrote on the only piece of paper that I could find since my journal was left at home.

"This is the last day of year 2009. To recount what had happened in my life, it'll be an exhausting task, and with the limitation of paper now, I wouldn't want to waste by recounting every single event. There were ups and downs, so much of sorrows and joys in the whole year, so much of realization and painful times. But indeed, it is the year of the Lord. Nothing but God could have brought me through the events that happened. Letting go of ministry leadership, realizing that God has a better task fo me, ending the whole "hoping" process of a friend, getting help from Life Coach to sort out my life, to learn to love again, to have met a really sweet person, my dad's death, starting the sisters CG finally...

Only God could have led me through the darkest nights of my soul. When I felt totally lost, abandoned and rejected, He brought me people who strengthened my innermost being. Not only that, He brought me angels who love me for who I am, never letting me go and keep on praying for me when things were harsh and I became neurotic, cranky and all. When I was broken, He came straight to me, held my hand and led me straight to the wooden bench under the tree where He would cradle me and loved me with His gaze and His Word. He will always tell me He loves me and will be with me when things are tough and I seem to be not able to go on. He never lets me down. I love Him so much not because of the gifts He has showered me or the things He has done for me. I love Him because He loves me. Yes, just because He loves me to the ends of the earth. And I'm secure in this love relationship that will last forever because He promised me that, and I know He never breaks His promise.

Again and again I was tested into unbelief and into the world of doubts which brought darkness into my life. But, again and again He made things real enough so that I can come out from the world of unbelief into the world of truth - sanctified truth. And because of this, I'm set free from my chains of lies and untruths. God really made all things possible and He's continuing this project to transform me to be the wonderful woman He wants me to be, whether I like it or not.

I cherish every moment of my life with Him in it, because that part of my life becomes unexceptionally special. That is really a magical moment when He leaves His footprints in that path of mine. More often than not, I could not understand and I was blinded by tough times that His grace was not the thing I saw. Yet, very often, in fact, every time, when I sit back and looked through my journals to see my struggles with life in life, He was there, so obviously present. And that's when I sobbed real hard because I could contain no more the grace He has poured out into my wretched life!

Who am I that He should move mountains and empty the ocean for me! I'm His beloved. In His eyes, I'm flawless. And I, in moments of gratitude for Him and love from Him, am softened and I know I'm glowing in love because I'm secure and I've finally found the One who makes me feel complete."


I'm just an ordinary girl who has an extraordinary God who loves her completely and unreservingly. And I hope you, who has found Him waiting for you and accepted His love, also finds hope in Him who loves you abundantly, even when things are difficult and many important decisions to be made. And you who are still searching for Him and finding that the burdens of the world are bringing you further and further into the swirling darkness, I pray you'll meet Him by first letting down your guards about Him.

Disclaimer: This is edited from the version I emailed to my friend.

Life as a Single Young Adult

I carry my heart at the tips of my fingers...



Traveling is a passion yet to be achieved...


These are things I hope to be able to afford one day...


Getting a BioJob and postgraduate degrees remain my dreams...



Enjoying the freedom of ogling at hunks... (oh, so worldly me!) But the fact is, Rain and Leehom are good looking and definitely heart-throbs!!! LOL! ^^


Eventually I have to return to the origin... God is where my heart belongs to... That's what singles are called to be, until further notice in God's time...


And this is definitely my favourite-st picture - Divine Mercy!!!


And again, if God wills it... I want sunflowers in my bridal bouquet~~~ Hahahaha!

Ok... I look forward to know what He has in mind for me... BUT...
Being single at this point is simple GREAT!


God always remembers His covenant! :)

P/S: I finally "murdered" that annoying mosquito flying around me since this evening!

Reflection: Psalm 139: 13-14

Do you know God loves us? Do you accept His love? Do you love Him? Do you want to be loved by Him? Do you accept Him? Do you allow Him in your life? Reflect upon it... Seeking God is a journey of a lifetime. Make that decision to start NOW! God Bless!

His Grace is Sufficient for Me

This post is in fact a follow-up of my previous entry... I'd say God works in miraculous ways and never ever say never to anything because we'll never know how things will turn out in the end. God is greater than just this, thus it is hard to fathom His steps and plans. Yet, His plans are always to bless us, to give us joy, to love us. Even at times when He performs disciplinary actions on our wild and erratic behaviours. That's our God.

Today is the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus, and I had been looking forward that our first Life Mass of the year would be celebrated by Archbishop John Lee since like Thursday... Thank God for answering my needs and desires! He was the one... Hehe! I was more than happy not to serve in worship but to sit quietly in the VIP seat of frontest pew. If we refer to Joanne's entry, the title for Archbishop is His Lordship... One point of his homily truly affirmed me of my fear and my uncertainty about the path I should take as I continue serving my students in the form of teaching them Religious Knowledge... He mentioned that our mission is to go out and tell the whole world that Jesus is the Son of God.

"Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."
~ Isaiah 55: 6-7 ~

His Lordship also gave an explanation on these two verses which struck me in the form of affirmation that He is with me in this situation I'm facing in school now... He mentioned that many have gone far away from God and thus we should "seek the Lord while He may be found" because there will come a time when He'll not be found. Also, regarding "let the wicked man abandon his way" is a call for us to conversion and new direction in our lives. We have to know our mission to live in this world... It seemed that as I continue seeking the Lord as this is my season to seek God first above all things, I too have to seek a new direction in the things I'm assigned at this moment. I see it as a sign of affirmation that changes should be seen to with regards to the RK teaching for MN students.

The second affirmation came from Derek when we met him after mass for breakfast... I was listening to his conversation with Joannes about knowing our calling from God... He mentioned about writing down things that give us joy in our lives daily and what areas that cause our anger... The joy in our lives is what God is calling us to, and also God will always call us in a way that will prosper us and not harm us. It affirms me of my calling, which I seemed to just know as a teenager years back. As about faith formation for youth, he mentioned about connecting with them, building relationship with them as the first importance. Syllabus and reference are also important, but we also need to understand that all that we do must eventually lead this group of youth closer to God. We ourselves also need to reflect in our lives the presence of God, our relationship with God.

The third affirmation came when Mirina, Von Koh, Jocey and myself went shopping in Karamunsing. God is so amazing and He made me speechless and filled with joy in Salvation Bookstore. It was direct answer to the dilemma I had on my mind since my first clashing with the "Baby Boomer Generation" of RK teachers. It was a book entitled: "Be the Change: Your Guide to Freeing Slaves and Changing the World". Not that I've never experienced God's direct answers, but I still am filled with awe and amazement of how He affirms us, His beloved children.

After three affirmations on the same day, I'm happy and joyful to know where I am led to by the Spirit of God with regards to this "worry". Thus, His grace is indeed sufficient for me...

"Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would leave me, but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me."
~ 2 Corinthians 12: 8-9

The Gift of Self

Today is Epiphany - the day when the three wisemen from the east paid homage to little Baby Jesus in the manger. As usual, I was busy jotting down the points of homily during mass this morning. I was filled with joy when I knew that the mass was to be celebrated by Archbishop John Lee. I'm always in awe with his homilies, knowing that it is a call to grow deeper with God. Last time I used to dread his homilies... Now I'm always anticipating his homilies... I guess the biggest impact Bishop had made in my life was the sermon he gave somewhere in July. I remember his question was simple, yet so difficult to answer - "What do you bring to offer to Jesus at mass every time you attend mass?" His explanation was exactly how the song "So You Would Come" by Hillsong is... "Come to the Father, though your gift is small, broken hearts, broken lives, He will take them all..." All we need to bring to Jesus everytime we attend mass is ourselves, our desperations, our disappointments, our joys, our happiness, our sorrows... Everything in our lives is what Jesus wants from us... Yeah, from that day onwards, I knew my life changed. Well, at least my perspective towards Mass changed.

Today, the call is to recognize and follow Jesus. The readings for Epiphany are Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Ephesians 3:2-3, 5-6; Matthew 6:1-12. You can click here for the readings... One part of Bishop's homily that struck me most was about the gospel reading of today... Here's a rough idea of the whole part...

... Many times we talk about ourselves attending pilgrimages. How many times did we also tell others about the quarrels, fights, criticisms, etc. right after the pilgrimages? Like us, the wise men from the East who went on a pilgrimage to find the little baby also have problems on their journey, yet they choose and try to see the signs and follow the star. When they entered the city of Jerusalem, the star disappeared. Being at loss, they went to Herod for help. Apparently, King Herod wasn't really the right person for help, because he didn't know much. At the same time, what Herod did when he heard about the birth of the new King of Jerusalem was to refer to the scribes who were the experts in scriptures. Based on the word of prophets, they predicted that the little Babe will be born in Bethlehem. Thus, the wise men followed the Word, left Jerusalem. Once they left the city, they saw the star again, and they were filled with great joy. When they met with the Baby, they fell down and worship Him. Only God will be worshiped in such a way. Besides that, the wise men gave him everything they have - frankincense, gold and myrrh. After paying homage, they went back to their countries using a different road after being warned not to return to Herod in a dream...

As Bishop continued... He disclosed that the lives of the three wise men were changed. In our current times, as he put it, "when we encountered God, our whole life is transformed and we don't go back to the old life again". We're on that journey, through Christmas, the feast of Holy Family, and now Epiphany... We pray that we can recognize Him and offer ourselves to Him.

Bishop's call to us was this: "Do I have anything to offer to Jesus today?"

He concluded that we should let go of our whole life to Jesus so that we can live in Him and Him in us...

I guess what really struck me hard was that our lives (the wise men) will be transformed after encountering Jesus (paying homage to Baby Jesus in the manger) and thus we should never return to our old self (returning to Herod) but to take a new route back to our home (alternative route back to their home country). It is very symbolic to me, the whole gospel reading, after listening to what Bishop said during homily. In fact, there are so much more in the homily which struck me, but this is what I would like to share with others at this moment. My life is no longer mine, but it is Christ who lives in me and I in Him... I think it is a verse written by St. Paul... It is really true to me now~

So, do you have anything to offer to Jesus today?

Thank and praise God, whose hands are in my life. Amen!

Time Flees, Love Stays

I wonder if I had a similar entry when I first started this blog... Well, this is just another of my ramblings before nesting in my dog nest. Anyway, tomorrow is Epiphany!!! Although it is the end of Christmas season, but it is the brand new start for us. Hence, this entry symbolizes a brand new start of the year... So MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY EPIPHANY!!!

Year 2008 brought me great joy, great sorrow. I wouldn't say I didn't receive the same amount of blessings as everybody did from God, but I would say this road had been a real tough one. I lost so much, gained as much too. This year (2009) is another year of the Lord. I don't know what lies ahead of me, but I know who holds all the tomorrows I have on His hand. Yups, beautiful Lord, wonderful Saviour. Sometimes it is hard to believe in His real presence, but at this moment there is no way I can doubt His presence in my life. Though great sorrow after great joy, I know the love that He brought to me will never change. People may not be able to understand what I had gone through or what I'm going through, but He knows me best. All that are happening is according to His will I hope.

I pray that you who read my entry at this moment will be blessed with a year of love, joy, hope and peace in the Lord, and that all that you do is according to God's holy will... The peace we receive in our hearts is the greatest treasure that one can keep within us. I pray that year 2009 will be a year to remember for us. Just like how year 2008 was. I know, time will pass, memories will be created, but this love that's been given to us from God, it will stay forever. And all I can do is to continue believing in Him, trusting that He will bring me to where He wants me to be, and to continue to grow deeper with Him. Amen.

Psalm 46:10

"Be still, and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth."
~ Psalm 46:10 ~

It had been a while since I had the nudging of "to just be completely still" in the preparation of the coming of our Saviour, yet I've chosen to brush it off. This year was a complete roller coaster year for me. After reading the entry from Emily Sutherland's Blog on "This Ain't Prettyville", I looked back on the year 2008 and realized how much this ride had brought me to this point where I'm sitting in the midst of my "still-messed-up" room, listening to Christmas carols on my blog, and this verse "Be still, and know that I am God!" suddenly came to my mind like a nerve impulse running too strong over the synapse and thus causing a sudden jolt on my mind. Ok, it is super long sentence, and I know it's not supposed to be so, but isn't this a mind-twisting sentence? LOL! I somehow remembered that this phrase IS from the bible, so as tech-savvy as I am, I entered the phrase on my search engine and ta-da!! the verse popped up in thousands of search result. Thank and praise God! I feel so delighted to find His favour on me at this point... A low point in fact... but thank and praise God!

The first of the incessant nudges from God which I didn't really take concern on was during the prayer by Lena, Uncle Jason Soon's wife (I hope I got her name spelled correctly...) when she spoke out loud, as though in front of my face (my eyes were closed when she was praying for us), to sit at the feet of Jesus to listen to Him like what Mary had chosen to do when Jesus visited them at their house. It was a blunt call to be still... And yet I didn't heed the word of prophecy from her. Then came the sharing with MelNic, where after explaining to her why I didn't complete the "assignment" given during my two-week break at home, she too mentioned of the same thing - in the midst of preparation for Christmas, we tend to busy ourselves with so many things that we forgot to slow down and be still. The challenge of Advent is to be still in the midst of busy-ness. Then when we had our choir practice, somehow the similar version of "be still and pray" came up. As I prepared myself for the Sacrament of Reconciliation just now in church, the hardest of all is to "be still and pray" too... One of the advices that the priest given to me, which I'd gladly share with all here, is to pray unceasingly... Also a call to "be still and know that I am God!". Then as I read the sharing of Emily, she not only reaffirmed all the calls God had made (which in turn He receives the dialing tone of "the number you have called is currently unavailable, please try again later"), but also reminded me of His promises to me, despite the fact that I'm a sinner unworthy to be called His child. But God takes me back freely, as long as I'm willing to return to Him. Oh! How difficult it is to be "the Father"!! Indeed, our God is the greatest Daddy ever!

As I searched on the world wide web, I was linked to this page about "Hebrews for Christian" regarding the verse... I love the reflection they had given... So here's the ctrl-c of the reflection:

AS THE CLIMAX of Psalm 46, this verse is not so much about meditation as it is about the mediation of God’s kingdom in the heart of faith. The command to “be still” comes from the Hiphil stem of the verb () rapha (meaning to be weak, to let go, to release), which might better be translated as, “cause yourselves to let go” or “let yourselves become weak” (in poetic contexts, the noun form rephai’im was sometimes used as a synonym for “the place of the dead”).

But to what end are we to “be still,” “let go,” “surrender,” and even to “die to ourselves”? In Hebrew grammar, the emphasis of coordinate imperatives (“be still!” and “know!”) is on the second imperative. In other words, we surrender in order to know that God is in control as Ribbono Shel Olam – the Master of the Universe. We “let go” in order to objectively know the saving power of God in our lives. We give up trusting in ourselves and our own designs in order to experience the glory of God’s all-sufficiency (Ex 14:14).

When we confess the truth about who we really are – weak, feeble, and ineffectual, especially in light of the cosmic movements of history – we can surrender our desire to control outcomes and entrust the care of the world to God. Indeed, even though the present world be shaken (v 2), with the nations raging and the kingdoms of men tottering (v 6), we will not fear, since we know that God is our present help in time of trouble (v 1).

The city of God will one day be established upon the earth (vv 4-5), and the schemes of the “princes of this world” will all become desolate (vv 8-9), but in the coming kingdom the Lord Most High (el elyon) will be exalted among the nations, and Jesus will forever be exalted among His original covenant people Israel.

Meanwhile, “set your minds on things that are above, not on things on the earth; for you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you will also appear with Him in glory” (Col 3:2-4).

Yes, “be still” – in order to know that the Lord God of Israel reigns!

Indeed, this is a reflection that speaks dearly to my heart... I shall continue other reflections after I finish watching TV...


Till then... Pax et Bonum.

30 Minutes before Stepping onto a Journey of Faith

Excitement is looming in the air. Last night sms-ed Edmond and he was telling me that things are getting kinda excited over there in KL. Somehow, things are also getting excited for me here in KK too. In another half hour or so, Von Koh will be fetching me and we gonna have lunch (that's exciting as well, ok?) then send me to SHC to wait for Uncle Serjius. Brenda and myself will be following him to Bundu Tuhan...

Alright, time to go... Von Koh is on her way... Please pray for me and all others who are attending the retreat... Pray that my heart will be open to what God wants to heal and may I be able to receive the joy and peace of God through the retreat. Amen!

The Age of Movie Days

There was a period of time since 2007 to 2008 where watching movies was like going shopping for me. There was a friend, my constant companion for more than 365 days, who would be crazy enough to watch movies with me. All genre I'd say, unless it was a super-bad reviewed movie, we'd go for the movies for sure. I'd say my favourites were "Ratatouille" and "The Game Plan"... I remember watching "Blacksheep" somewhere last year, a movie on bioterrorism and genetic mutation and weird sheeps being vampire-ish. It was sort of a scary movie for me, I think I had lots of sound effects also. Somehow I sort of regretted not watching "Evan Almighty" instead... But God had a greater plan than just movies for me about "Evan Almighty"... But of course, "Blacksheep" is much better than "Quarantine" as there was an ending to the story, with the promise of a sequel (which I might not watch it if I were to go alone~~~)

Okay... What was the gist is this... I met some new friends right after the movie that day... My friend's friend and his girlfriend. Surprisingly the gf and me sort of struck a chord together and kept in touch up to this point... Ok, what's the other point? Few days ago she sent me this sms (guessing chinese characters making a sentence) which I couldn't decipher. After figuring out for a day plus, I gave in and asked her for answers... Well, sms went after sms... So she mentioned about watching movie together when we are free since we hadn't been watching any movie together since June if not mistaken... My friend, myself, her boyfriend and herself. Names were mentioned specifically! Haha! Great... At a point... I was a bit stuck as I didn't really know how to reply... I could only answer the typical "See how la when I get back" sort of answer knowing that chances are we probably wouldn't watch movies together until further notice. What a fib I am!! Sorry, gal... Too many things happened recently... If only you knew, but I don't you would... LOL! Sad tale, but I believe more happy tales will come for us soon~~~ Readers dearie... Pray for us! (those who know what story I have now and those who don't know...)

Now I can only ask God to provide me with the strength to carry on today... Another long and interesting day later~~ Can't wait to go to the beach with my colleagues~~ Yaya!!! I want good lunch also with Mirina... Hahahahaha!

Counting down... 28.5 hours to Inner Healing journey...

A Visit to the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park with SHC English Choir

Yups... It was a super impromptu trip, initiated by my sifu, Christine and the rest on 24th night. Hehe! I had always wanted to go to the zoo... Somebody should be able to remember what I said and how disappointed I was when I was brought to the entrance of the zoo and deprived of entering it! Hehe! ^_______________^ I'm so happy that I finally got the chance~~ THANKS A LOT, GALS!

Let me briefly summarize the whole trip via photos~~

Dot n me at the entrance... Pinky with pinky... ^^

Jo and me at the pond thingy stated Lok Kawi Wildlife Park (oh well, you know... the kind of pic I'd take when I go to a new location in life~~)

Cutie pose (as usual~~)

The Hawk (kununnya penjaga pintu I think...)

Sleepy Civet...

Clouded Leopard in action... Basically this cat started pacing from the tree bark to its cage when I tried to take a nicer photo of him/her... -_- Cute kitty kitty~~

Doe a deer a female deer... Ray a drop of golden sun... Me a name I call myself, Far a long long way to run... Sew a needle pulling thread, la a note to follow so, Tea I take with jam and bread, it will bring us back to Do-oh-oh-oh... ^^

Elephants, the largest land mammals... Cutie cute cute super cute cute~~

Small is big!

Helping out to fix the umbrella...

Can you spot a deer in the photo?? (Leave in comment please!)

A hornbill sesat on the man-made bridge~

Sleepy sun bear: "(Yawn) Oh~~ Boring! Yet another endless group of crazy humans snapping and flashing and yelling and shouting and jeering at me... I just don't want to talk to them, can't they understand English, my goodness!!!"

Some sort of cow family type of species...

Is that another "species" of the same cow? Try checking out that stones with leaves sticking out from it...

Another species of mammals with long, pointed horns... Kinda cute in fact~~

Jo, Dot and me... On our way somewhere???

Camwhoring at Botanical Garden... Good angle I'd say!~ (HOHOHO!!)

Dot and Jo... Busy~~

Everybody busy~~

Jo and me... Over the other side of the bridge... LOL!

Flying kicks??~ Cool, man~ Jo~~

As usual... SS~~

Exit of Botanical Garden~~

Ponies... Mommy and child~~

Proboscis monkeys (indigenous to Sabah I think...)

Another shot of them... Haha! My digicam no zoom bah~~ :)

"Welcome to my Summer Palace~~ Do you know me? I know you... I'm King Julien~~ Ooh~~ How d'ya know I love taking pictures??~ Ooh~~ I'm so good at this!!!"

Can you spot a tiger?? (You can answer in comment~)

Close-up of another species of deer~

Ostrich looking at us~~

Green snake? Something something viper I think...

I have no idea what's the name... But I'd like to call it a gecko... Anybody who knows what's that, please let me know okie? Thankies...

Two sumandakz at Reptiles House~~

Can you imagine that this is what they have in the Children's Zoo? My only disappointment in the Wildlife Park... Only Rabbits??~ Sigh! Can't they have little lambs and also hamsters??? Even tiger cubs will be nice...

This is Batman trapped in the body of a bat... LOL! Nocturnal creature doesn't seem to care even if I take 100 photos of him/her at different angles if it's during daytime!!!

My Alto Sifu and me

Last photo before leaving the park... ^^;;

Entrance/Exit of Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Alright, that's all for my report... I shall look forward to see some squels from you all~~ LOL! Basically after that we went home, I managed to stop by Stella Maris blessed sacrament for a few moments of silence with God. In fact, I became so in awe with God the moment I stepped into the wildlife park and started seeing animals in front of me. Seeing how the youngs were being taken care by their mothers... The love that even animals would shower on their offsprings... What more us, as humans, to God? Besides the verse, "Lord I'm amazed by You...", there were 101 things on my mind at that moment. I thank God for all that happened... because I know all occurred for a reason... And I choose to believe He meant business when He broke me into pieces... Business which will prosper me and transform my life into what God calls me to be. Till the day comes... Only one single word I can use... PERSEVERANCE.

At night I drove to Servay after daily mass to buy Tenom coffee (my mom's instruction) to be brought back to Johor next week, and then decided to drop by 1Borneo for some shopping spree. Managed to grab some lovely coloured undergarments at Tune Store, a black, really really formal dress and a working blouse in Niichii. All up to 70% discount. In between that I bought Zane's wedding gift (since I couldn't make it for her wedding due to my scheduled Inner Healing and Transformation Seminar from 27-30 November) and also something for Sislady.

Then I came home and finally bought my air tickets for CNY. Phew! Spent more than RM800 in a day! What a record for myself!!!! The tickets cost me RM500++. I wish AirAsia would be more considerate in increasing the price of the tickets as the time draws near to festive season. As a teacher, I feel the pinch whenever I feel like flying home during school holidays and festive seasons... Ouch!!!

Overall it was an achievement for me to get many things done in a single day. Now what is left is tomorrow - wrapping Zane's wedding gift, meeting Mirina for lunch and an outing with my colleagues in Tanjung Aru... Then it'll be Thursday... Where Brenda and myself will travel with some people to Bundu Tuhan for our retreat... Can't wait to taste and see God on the mountain... I wonder how Elijah felt when he felt the presence of God in the gentle breeze and how Moses felt when he worshipped God at the mountain top that his face glowed until he had to cover with a cloth? I want that experience. I know I will.

Hehe! I shall share about the Prodigal Son in tomorrow's entry...

Till then... God bless us all!