Feel so blessed..

Dorcas sent me a few sms-es since yesterday..
and said a prayer for me to God.
Few times in my life I've been so sincerely touched.
Its so unexpected to find that in times of need..
You find people you never expected to come forward with a soothing word.

I believe God puts people in my life for constant re-assurance and comfort.
I'd like to thank her..but above all I'd like to thank God
because i know he is listening to me..

and that he will relieve my troubles soon...

chris

NICKED BY THE COPS!!!!!

Today while driving to get lunch..I was going along Kent Street. Kent ST has a speed limit of 70..i was doing like 80, by no means endangering anyone's life..but still breaking the law. ANyway...i reached down to change my CD track and looked up again and i saw my speedo at 84km/h. Looked infront of me..and i saw a policeman standing right in the middle of the road telling me to stop

I thought to myself...ITS THE END...MY FLAWLESS DRIVING RECORD IS COMING TO AN END!!! The cop took a look at me..and told me to pull over by the side of the road. In addition to speeding..i didn't have my P-plates on as well...Double whammy.

He was like "Going pretty fast there eh mate?" I was like "sorry, didn't realise". He thought about it for awhile..I didn't bother to smile or whatever, because i know I'm not a girl and it won't get me anywhere (Mish can get off it by smiling)

In the end, he just gave me a breath test and let me off!!

HAHA..sooooo lucky man...

Sooooooo relieved..

Praise GOD...I think its because recently started going to church again..haha..

chris

Me and some ahbeng...somehow forgot his name... 

4 Years Ago this picture, next to the canteen in CJC..seems like only yesterday. From left (Andrew, Jinyuan, Jeremy, Yixiong, Mun Poh, Jimmy, ME, Jason) 

Me and my beloved baby back home in s'pore..this picture software thing is quite cool 

Some of my year guys from CJC in Perth 

A FEW USELESS and UNDESIRABLE HUMAN TRAITS

AGGRESSION
Seriously, what for? You're not fighting to save your life. Only in sports is alittle bit of aggression is needed. But not too much, or you'll end up getting charges pressed against you like Roy keane.

IMPATIENCE
I have alot of this, because of useless UNI grp mates and terrible drivers on the road. These two really get to me. But sometimes you have to be generally understanding.

SNOBBERY
This is a trait common among MANCHESTER UTD fans. If you aren't a Man Utd supporter, you'll know how it felt like to be in school and being cruelly taunted by Man utd supporters in the 90s. Cause they won everything, they were sooooo smung about it. ARgh..this trait is also common among french peeps..as well as some of the English.

TEMPERMENTALLY CHALLANGED
Basically, this refers to people who are easily pissed off. Flare up for little things and behave like the whole world owes them something when things don't go their way. Grow up..there's nothing macho about losing your temper and you'll lose some of your friends who aren't willing to put up with childish tendencies.

INCOMPETENCE
In the army, if you are incompetent you will be labelled afew things..namely 'buai gan', 'buai zai', 'champion' and in extreme cases, 'champion of the champions'. If you set your heart and your mind to things, no one will really call you incompetent. In fact, I believe no one is naturally incompetent...well at least ALMOST no one.

CHILDISHNESS AND BRAT-NESS
You can only be excused from childishness if you ARE a CHILD. And you are NEVER excused for being a brat. They're under the same category for me because the two words are principly used together...ie.(childish brat). Its quite amazing how you still meet people like this, its terrible. When i'll deal with brats in real life, I try to be understanding, but usually, i just tell em off.

BITTERNESS and GRUDGE BEARING
When it comes to this, i'm not totally innocent. Sadly, I do have a thing or two against certain people. But they're extreme cases. Sometimes, its not that people are intentionally out to hurt other people. They're just too dumb to realise, and stupidity is natural, so how can you blame them?

All these traits I have mentioned are undesirable, so if we have any of them. Its best to hold your hands up and try to delete them off our agendas. I myself have some of these traits and I'm still trying to improve myself as a person.

ABOUT MEEEE!

01] wad's ur mood now?
Tired,happy, pretty normal lah

[02] wad are u thinking about?
Work, moving house next sem, changing car

[03] wad do u think ur character is?
I would dare to describe myself as a nice person, cause I do care for people in my life, but for one, i'm very impatient, i can't stand people who waste my time and i can't stand ppl who don't listen, afew slacker grp mates in uni have already felt my wrath.

[04] how many ex bf/gf do u have?
single digit..not disclosing for personal reasons

[05] are they all serious relationships?
no comment, potentially fatal question.

[06] are u always the one crying for the
relationship?
I wouldn't use the word cry, cause i don't cry. But then again, I'm usu a giver..

[07] any guy/girl cried for u b4?
Cried for me? no. Cried because of me..yes

[08] wish to have a long term relationship or
just wanna enjoy urself now?
I would like a serious relationship, not say i'm going to fling myself into the first one that comes along. But just gradually ease into one and see how it goes.

[09] do u have a crush now?
I don't have crushes anymore, I'd rather go to a car showroom

[10] IF one day ur best fren and and ur
beloved boyfriend/girlfriend fall into the sea, who would you save?
I would check if they could swim first before deciding, if I really had to choose, and if it were too hard..i'd just jump in and drown myself

[11] do u think now is the age for u to start a
relationship?
I think 22 is fine. Being single at this age is good, being attached is not bad as well. Its not really the age but the maturity on both parts.

[12] wad will u usually do when ur
boyfren/galfren breaks up with u?
Go fly kite, what you want me to do...nothing I can do what.

[13] can u tolerate Boys/Girls who always
stick with u?
It depends on how much i enjoy their company. Even if I enjoyed it alot, there is a limit. When that limit is breached..well....thats why i have a two seater car..ha

[14] are u willing to give in everything to ur
partner?
Everything as in feelings,heart and emotions..yes..everything including money and cars..no..i dun think so..

[15] does looks matter? .
It does matter to a certain extent,of course she can't look like something out of a horror flick. But after awhile, when there novelty of appearence wears off..there has to be something underneath to supplement her looks.

[16] lastly, if u have a relationship now.. will u
treasure it?
YES, i treasure all relationships because at this age, before you get into one, you'll seriously consider before you start one. It depends also if the other party treasures it or not, if she doesn't, den i don't think i will.

Under a tree in the pouring rain,
Raindrops coursing and searing down my face
Lying motionless in endless pain
My heart beats in agony, it gathers pace

If i promised you my heart
would you take it and break it,
If i gave you my soul
would you smile, say 'no' and fake it.

Deluded by hope and disillusioned by truth
Searching for meaning in this life i call mine
Said you loved me and where is your proof
this day forth i'll step out and say, your life is your life...this is the line.

HARD TIME 4 ME

Hi people, for those of you that know me, its not been very easy for me lately. I feel like my body is falling apart, I can't sleep properly. I've never felt so sick in a very very very long time.

But I'd like to thank the various peeps from all over the place with their support. Esp from my cell grp..thanx for the prayers people. I hope God can give me the strength to finish what I've started.

chris.

Today, I feel insignificant...

Don't know why, I'm not depressed or anything like that but I feel like a speck. Put here on this world for a purpose, still don't know what. The world itself is a speck in the universe. The universe is infinite...

So I've come back to the topic of LIMITS..

What is limited.

Time, money, space, food, petrol....stuff like that...Time is not a physical entity but we're bound to it and we live and breathe with it. Our time here on earth, is limited.

What is limitless..

God's love, the universe....can u think of anything else? Well I suppose in some cases that i've seen, even stupidity can be limitless *laughs*

Well if you guys know what else is limitless...

pls get back to me

A little bit of history (journey)

1982- Baptised as a baby

1983 to 1995- Went to Church but never really understood my faith, never understood what it meant to be a catholic.

1996- Went for my confirmation camp with Youth Alive and started to understand my faith.

1997 to 2000 - Was a wonderful journey exploring my own faith and understanding my GOD.

2001- Left Church and never went back, disappointed with how certain things turned out.

2002 to early 2004 - Nvr sought GOD's help, Faith was as weak as the glowing ambers of an extingusihed fire.

mid 2004- Now rebuilding my relationship with GOD, the journey that ended for awhile has begun again.

Praise GOD
Amen.

WEIRD happenings.

I woke up for school today and as i stepped out of the door. I saw a single tyre rolling down the street, it was being chased by 3 black guys..how weird. We have the donkey chasing the carrot, guys chasing girls..and now..we have 3 black guys..chasing a tyre.

This gave me inspiration to write about all the funniest moments in my life.

1) In canoeing, i built a reputation for not capsizing..something I was proud of, and i capsized because i dozed off in my canoe.

2) Laughing at my clumsy friend who dropped his keys on the floor, i walked straight into a lamp post.

3) My team making fun of a teammate's small "pecker" in the shower.

4) Stalling my car at KFC's drive thru. ( the girl found it funny )

5) kicking a tree, which retaliated by dropping a branch on my head.

6) Uncovering my friend's porn collection, who then proceeded to blame his dad.

7) Getting a slight knock from mish's car..(it is funny after awhile)

8) Mel goh trying to drive off with my handbrake up. (that was funny as well, but i don't think my car really appriciated it)

9) Trying to use my mouse for 15mins, almost threw it out because it wasn't working, den i realised i hadn't plugged it in.

10) Not realising Leong chun and leong kiat were twins..i was wondering why they could change clothes so fast.

11) My cat falling off the TV.

12) Waking up for a morning tut, walked to sch and realised it was in the afternoon (actually this isn't very funny when it happens to you)

13) A suzuki swift challanging me to a race (it wasn't mish, it was someone else). I was so tickled I just let him win.

14) Reading about Malaysia's national service, which is 3 months long...how tragic..to see all their parents tearing when their kids left..give me a break.

15) This one is one of the funniest..but i can't reveal it..u have to ask VAL...

chris

What is the point..

Whats the point of having all the money in the world but only yourself to spend it on. Whats the point of having all the cars in the world to drive when there's no one to go with you for the ride. Whats the point of having a joke to tell, but no one to share it with. Whats the point of having alot love to give, but no one to give it to.

Real happiness cannot be gained with material goods.
Money gives you joy, but it doesn't bring you happiness forever.

You know,perhaps humans are too complicated. We strive hard, we succeed, give ourselves a good lifestyle. But our complacent needs and desires serve to make us unhappy with what we have.

Looking back on my life, I think GOD has been trying to teach me alot of lessons, some which I learnt instantly, other's it took me quite awhile.

Ideally, I have everything a 22 year old guy could want. But something is still missing.

EVEN a woman dying of cancer showed less grief than me, showed less pain than me. She showed me that happiness is in the palm of your hand, not in the deeper reaches of your pocket.

I know now what i want....

Did you know...

1) It is physically impossible to lick your elbow

2) Napolean lost the battle of Waterloo partly because he had hemerroids and couldn't observe the battle from horse back.

3) Lighting does strike at the same place twice.

4) It snowed in the sahara in 1979. The only time in living memory

5) Spiders can get caught in their own web.

6) Your sneeze moves at the speed of a hurracaine.

7) One hurracaine generates enough force to equal all the nuclear weapons in the world.

8) In psalm 46 of the bible...if you count 46 words from the start and 46 words from the end..you get "shakesphere"

9) You can't kill yourself by holding your breath, it is physically impossible

10) A normal person would weigh 2 tons on the sun.

11) Oil will run out in our lifetime.

12) A man was struck by lighting 7 times on seperate occasions..he's still alive

13) Carnivores don't eat carcesses of other animals struck by lighting.

14) You can't outrun a crocodile or alligator on land, but you can out manovere it running zig zag.

15) A kick from bruce lee generated 700kg of force

16)Before he died, bruce lee collapsed on the set of his movie "game of death" but refused to be taken to hospital.

17) Landmines now explode 0.3 seconds after you step on it. It is not possible to continue stepping on it and wait for help.

18) A man speaks about 2000 to 3000 words a day...a woman speaks 5000 to 7000.

19) Studies show that men are more likely to get into a motoring accident than women.

20) Sharks don't like the taste of humans, but only after they bite, do they find that out.

21) The first parachute was tested on....a dog.

22) The best way to eliminate spiciness is by drinking milk.

23) The animal that kills the most human beings are....brace yourself...hippos

24) The fastest car in the world is the Mclaren F1 doing 100km/h in 3.2 seconds..and it was built 14 years ago.

25) Humans are the only mammals who can sleep on their backs.

chris

Unconditional Love

As the prodigal son returned, his father embraced him, forgave him and kissed him. Despite wasting all of his inheritance on wild living, disappointing him, leaving him...He was forgiven. This is unconditional love. Loving without doubting, suspecting and giving, without expecting anything in return.

As jesus died for us, he gave his all, suffered, died and was buried. All for us, the imperfect people, we are all sinners, we have all broken his heart at one time or another but he doesn't care. He loves us all the same. This is unconditional love.

Are we capable of unconditional love?

Can we continue loving the people who have hurt us, disappointed us, left us, persecuted us?

Is it possible to embrace your enemy in your heart and forgive him?

I know i cannot, but i will keep trying. It will be a goal in my life..

chris

Rewarding Test-drive..

Yesterday i felt like doing work, but i knew i couldn't cause i couldn't think. Sat infront of my big stack of notes and felt rather dejected. Yet i knew, i still had time..so i decided to take the day off. So instead of doing work i brought Yingzi (mish's neighbour) to test drive cars since she is considering buying one.

Went to Vic park..parked alittle too far away..heh..(sorry hor)..walked abit and looked ard. Didn't like the service at one of the showroom's where they had Audi TT's and boxsters, got really condecending looks. Oh well, their loss. In the end, the lady decided she didn't like skylines, wrxs, mercedes, saabs or most japanese cars..

Except for Evos and the mazda Rx-8

I couldn't think of any place off-hand to test drive the EVO so i brought her to the mazda dealer and there it was..Actually in the mag when i first saw the Rx-8, i thot it looked rather ordinary, but you see all the little design details better in real life..it was above average looking..

After talking to the dealer and letting him i knew enough about the car to let us test drive it, he gave us the keys..heh..that was that..First he drove us to some secluded carpark..den he let Yingzi take over. She drove around for abit..she didn't look very comfortable though, she was extremely close to the steering wheel.

After that i took over and the drive was excellent, it was quiet, comfortable, spacious, sporty and well equipped. Then begged the real question...is it....Fast?! Warning the dealer before hand i dropped it down a gear and floored it..You could hear the rotary engine whine as i pushed it up past 5000rpm, 6000rpm, all the way until about 9000rpm and we were doing about 100km/h (slightly more i think) in second gear..not bad not bad.

I concluded it is a phenomenal car to drive, light, responsive and decently powerful. However some doubts still remained...

1) The pedals are far from the seat, which means shorter ppl like yingzi or other girls have to move the seat very far forward, which is fine, until u realise ur super close to the steering wheel..which affects the visibility u get in your side mirrors.

2) The handbrake is on the driver's side of the gear...its abit awkward and it does get in the way.

3) It works alot like a vtec, powerful at high-end revs..not so impressive at low end...so if you've been driving turbo cars your whole life and are used to the low down turbo torque...prepare to be disappointed..

4) The boot is big..but it might struggle to fit a full size suitcase.

5) High petrol and engine oil consumption..plus rumors there's an occasional rev choke at 5000rpm.

Chris ..all in all..still a wonderful car.