I had a wonderful time im Camerons last weekend with our worship team. There was so much food. So much laughter, too little sleep and so much of His Grace.
We were filled with the Holy Spirit for the entire weekend and cried buckets during worship, prayers. It was an awesome time.
There were a lot of things that happened over the weekend that left a deep impact on me. It has, in many ways, changed my life. I also receive a prophecy, from 3 brothers who prayed for me seperately but consecutively, talking about the same thing. That will be another entry altogether.
Above all else that I learn from camerons, Ive been inspired and humbled and awed by brothers & sisters who have served MWM faithfully. I feel that I'm so far behind them, and feel great privilledge to be able to serve beside them so that I may be able to learn from them.
The 2 very impressive traits that stood out from them was :-
1) consistency
2) humility
(I wouldn't have swore that I could have figure that out a logn time ago... but... )
It hit me really hard when i observe that it was consistency that earned respect and gives confidence to the ppl around us. That's leadership. And a humble attitude that allow us to go far in life (in many aspect).
For the first time, I saw it differently. The effort put in to do the small things, consistently over the years speaks GREAT volume. So much volume it nearly knocked me over unconscious! My brother Ricky Liew sets the standard for consistency (he is a super meloncholy). He is always early, always prepare, keeps himself neat and tidy be it 5am or 11pm, print out immaculate score sheets...etc And Janan, whenever I missed a sermon, I'd look for his email detailing an accurate summary - all typed before work starts.
I'm amazed at all these ppl. (I only mentioned 2 here because it would take a book to write them all down). Consistency like that really translate to 'dependability'. I would be comfortable knowing that such responsible individual is my leader.
Reflecting on myself, I'm embrassed to say that consistency is almost, (almost!!!), non-existent in my life. Perhaps the only consistent thing I do is being inconsistent.
As for humility, James See says it like this when we complimented his leadership style (esp on his approachability and 'realness'), ".... truly, I don't feel that I'm coming down to your level to talk to you when I'm leading you in this team. I feel honoured that I'm leading you. Really, I feel that I'm looking up to you all when I'm talking to you because I'm so far behind you in so many things....."
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Monday, January 17, 2005
ppl i meet
It's been about 5 years since I've been attending my current church.
I'm still being surprised by the people I meet there. Extraordinary people who shocks me out from my chair. You never know who you're talking to in church really.
There's this guy, who often comes very early to help arrange chairs. Pick up rubbish... etc. In fact, I don't remember a time when i don't see him. Mind you,my church is about 2000++ in size. So there's a lot of chairs to be moved and he is not young either. He is usually jovial, and full of candor. I nearly fell off my chair when i saw that he is a president of a large organisation here.
There's this dude, who is always helping out with the traffic. We have a lot of cars moving in and out. Being a tropical country and all, hot sun and humid weather really add on to the discomfort. But he is always with a smile. Rain or shine. Joy of the Lord must be.
(don't have much time now.. so i have to cut short)
There are some really successful man who when I talk to them remains so humble, that literally puts me to shame at my own boast.
Like I said, I never know who I'm talknig to in church. Praise God for these men and women who really earns my utmost respect with such humility.
I'm still being surprised by the people I meet there. Extraordinary people who shocks me out from my chair. You never know who you're talking to in church really.
There's this guy, who often comes very early to help arrange chairs. Pick up rubbish... etc. In fact, I don't remember a time when i don't see him. Mind you,my church is about 2000++ in size. So there's a lot of chairs to be moved and he is not young either. He is usually jovial, and full of candor. I nearly fell off my chair when i saw that he is a president of a large organisation here.
There's this dude, who is always helping out with the traffic. We have a lot of cars moving in and out. Being a tropical country and all, hot sun and humid weather really add on to the discomfort. But he is always with a smile. Rain or shine. Joy of the Lord must be.
(don't have much time now.. so i have to cut short)
There are some really successful man who when I talk to them remains so humble, that literally puts me to shame at my own boast.
Like I said, I never know who I'm talknig to in church. Praise God for these men and women who really earns my utmost respect with such humility.
Thursday, January 06, 2005
love hate relationship with Teh-o-ice-Limau
I found out quite recently that if i drink tea at night I would be awake for most of the night... and I foolishly drank the strong cup of Teh o ice limau last night. Somemore the one i had last night was quite 'kau' i think.. because it's 1127am now that I haven't been able to sleep.
This is one of the worst feeling ever, tired but can't sleep. It wrecks my whole system and timing. I wanna work but I'm like 3x slower. I wanna sleep but I kinda just lay there. It's horrble. No wonder soldiers goes crazy when tortured without sleep for days.
This is one of the worst feeling ever, tired but can't sleep. It wrecks my whole system and timing. I wanna work but I'm like 3x slower. I wanna sleep but I kinda just lay there. It's horrble. No wonder soldiers goes crazy when tortured without sleep for days.
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
When life hands you a lemon, try to make lemonade
the most important thing in life is not to capitalise in gains. any fool can do that. the really important thing is to profit from your losses. that requires intelligence and it makes the difference between the man of sense and a fool.
Monday, December 06, 2004
My ipoh trip
Hey all!!!
I'm back! from a wonderful wonderful weekend in Ipoh. It was just great to get away from KL for awhile to enjoy the easy-slow pace of ipoh, the good food (at reasonable prices), the ipoh-leng-lui (who is with me -- my gf! muaks!) and great companies of friends.
I also attended a friend's wedding and it was a blessed time to see everyone celebrating with him. It would be one of those occasion ppl will be talking about for years to come esp the early morning session where the bridgegroom have to 'prove himself worthy' at the door before he is let into the house of the bride.
This entry is about food really. I think it's a passion that has been recently unlocked and I'm all out to map out all the delicious yummies in ipoh.
There are 2 very outstanding makan session is noteworhty here. The first is the police-station-curry-mee. It's so yummy!!!!!! It has got this spice in it and taste very different from the 'normal' curry mee I've had. The blend of spices, chilli... etc makes whole event unforgetable really. Even Chou Yun Fatt came to the shop to taste the food between breaks during the shoot of 'The King and I'.
The other occasion, which i failed to document any picture with my digicam is me having timsum with Lawrence at -Tai Thong Restraunt on Sunday. Both of us ate rm40 worth of timsum! That's alot for Ipoh really! Muhahahahaha... The porridge and the carrot cake was mediocre but the other timsum tasted real fresh. They weren't over steamed so the juices was filled with flavour. The mixture of fillings in the tim sum was also done in good proportion.
Finding these great makan places is easy in ipoh. You tell your driver, or your friend who is taking you around the name of the food. For example if you want to eat the beef noodles in rainbow-city just say 'rainbow city beef noodles' or 'police station curry mee'. I've been to ipoh a few times. So far, my mental map of ipoh is landmarked by all the eating places... hehehe.
I'm back! from a wonderful wonderful weekend in Ipoh. It was just great to get away from KL for awhile to enjoy the easy-slow pace of ipoh, the good food (at reasonable prices), the ipoh-leng-lui (who is with me -- my gf! muaks!) and great companies of friends.
I also attended a friend's wedding and it was a blessed time to see everyone celebrating with him. It would be one of those occasion ppl will be talking about for years to come esp the early morning session where the bridgegroom have to 'prove himself worthy' at the door before he is let into the house of the bride.
This entry is about food really. I think it's a passion that has been recently unlocked and I'm all out to map out all the delicious yummies in ipoh.
There are 2 very outstanding makan session is noteworhty here. The first is the police-station-curry-mee. It's so yummy!!!!!! It has got this spice in it and taste very different from the 'normal' curry mee I've had. The blend of spices, chilli... etc makes whole event unforgetable really. Even Chou Yun Fatt came to the shop to taste the food between breaks during the shoot of 'The King and I'.
The other occasion, which i failed to document any picture with my digicam is me having timsum with Lawrence at -Tai Thong Restraunt on Sunday. Both of us ate rm40 worth of timsum! That's alot for Ipoh really! Muhahahahaha... The porridge and the carrot cake was mediocre but the other timsum tasted real fresh. They weren't over steamed so the juices was filled with flavour. The mixture of fillings in the tim sum was also done in good proportion.
Finding these great makan places is easy in ipoh. You tell your driver, or your friend who is taking you around the name of the food. For example if you want to eat the beef noodles in rainbow-city just say 'rainbow city beef noodles' or 'police station curry mee'. I've been to ipoh a few times. So far, my mental map of ipoh is landmarked by all the eating places... hehehe.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Segambut Fried Chicken Rice - awesome!
It tasted so good.. i decided to write a quick blog on it!
The shop is only open on wednesday and saturday. The shop which really is a bigger hawker stall is situated beside the road with zinc roof. It was already crowded when we got there at about 1245pm and by 1pm they are already selling out fast. Suprisingly i didn't feel too hot sitting there and the hygiene is pretty okay for a place like that, ie. no bad smell, no rats..etc
What so special about the chicken rice? first the service is so fast. You sit down. You order, it's there. The chicken is fried but not overly done. It's very juicy and yet the skin remains crispy. Added to that the chicken taste so flavourful. The kind after you finish with the skin (it's a must!) and meat, you 'suck' on the bones to get the juice out.
The 'oil' rice that comes with it also smells so good. Nicely done, not too oily and they manage to get the 'taste inside the rice'. Cantonese call it 'yap meh'.
The chilli is AWESOME. Dont' have much time to describe it but between the three of us, we finish about half a bowl - not rice bowl but noodle size bowl!
With such great chilli sauce, the dish is just isn't complete with 'spare parts' ie. the liver and the 'kai kan' (what is it call in english?) .
Between 3 of us we spent Rm26. 1 BIG plate of chicken + 1 small plate of 'spare parts' + extra chicken. 5 rice. 3 drinks. So the price is reasonable.
I haven't had such a lucn for a long time and I told my friend - the makan guru - Vincent Kwok - we gotta do that again next week. But first, the need to exercise.....
The shop is only open on wednesday and saturday. The shop which really is a bigger hawker stall is situated beside the road with zinc roof. It was already crowded when we got there at about 1245pm and by 1pm they are already selling out fast. Suprisingly i didn't feel too hot sitting there and the hygiene is pretty okay for a place like that, ie. no bad smell, no rats..etc
What so special about the chicken rice? first the service is so fast. You sit down. You order, it's there. The chicken is fried but not overly done. It's very juicy and yet the skin remains crispy. Added to that the chicken taste so flavourful. The kind after you finish with the skin (it's a must!) and meat, you 'suck' on the bones to get the juice out.
The 'oil' rice that comes with it also smells so good. Nicely done, not too oily and they manage to get the 'taste inside the rice'. Cantonese call it 'yap meh'.
The chilli is AWESOME. Dont' have much time to describe it but between the three of us, we finish about half a bowl - not rice bowl but noodle size bowl!
With such great chilli sauce, the dish is just isn't complete with 'spare parts' ie. the liver and the 'kai kan' (what is it call in english?) .
Between 3 of us we spent Rm26. 1 BIG plate of chicken + 1 small plate of 'spare parts' + extra chicken. 5 rice. 3 drinks. So the price is reasonable.
I haven't had such a lucn for a long time and I told my friend - the makan guru - Vincent Kwok - we gotta do that again next week. But first, the need to exercise.....
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