hehe...

it's confirmed. From next year onwards,

- No more looking around for free parkings
- No more hunting around for good deals on mobile phone
- No more working on assignments or tests or exams
- No more compromising on food
- No more complaining on petrol consumptions

It seemed hard from the beginning. It's even harder in the middle. It's as hard as it can get before the rainbow appeared.

A symbol of His faithfulness, even when I am faithless at times.
A symbol of His providence, not something I can work for.
A symbol of His everlasting grace, which I am not worthy of.
A symbol of His love, which I have no capacity to love Him as much, and as constant as He can.

Whatever I prayed for, He multiplied.
He even gave extra, with a smile.
He gave people - my ex-colleagues, my thesis supervisor, even the international office head
He gave more than everything I wanted
He gave comfortable environment
He gave free massages
He gave good location

The most important thing is - The dressing code is casual!
He gave one free friday every fortnight.

He even give another job interview
But oh well, its not about where I wanted to go, but where He wants me to go
But...again, its a big woohoo.

He gave His son.
The greatest gift one could ever have.


Now I can go back to Malaysia for summer break without carrying any burden
Woohoo...

OKOK still have my thesis plus three more units.

Some recaps of the hillsong conference 2008.


SUNDAY - Weekend service, Hillsong City campus

<"Grace empowers you to do what you can't do - it is an extended capability way beyond your own ability" > John Bevere


MONDAY

Evening Rally 430pm, Acer Arena

<"Wherever God has put His investments upon, He will always come back to collect the fruits or wages"> Gary Skinner


TUESDAY

Main Stream 9am, Acer Arena

<"Pride keeps you admitting you have become religious; Religious covers up your pride by spiritual behaviour"> John Bevere

Combined Elective 11am, Acer Arena

<"To move things from the predictable to the unpredictable; from the known to the unknown"> Brian Houston

Elective - Youth Pastors & Leaders, 2pm, Sydney Showground Howie Pavillion

<"Challenge your assumptions; It's time to go cow-tipping! Take down some sacred cow blocking on the way"> Paul Andrew

Evening Rally - 430pm, Acer Arena

<"You will not be judged according to what you did, but rather according to what you were called to do"> John Bevere


WEDNESDAY

Main Stream 9am, Acer Arena

<"When the law is removed, grace comes in; The law is holy and righteous but it can't make you holy and righteous"> Joseph Prince

Combined Elective 11am, Acer Arena

<"We are summoned to be fishers of men, not keepers of the aquarium"> Christine Caine

Elective - Youth Pastors & Leaders, 2pm, Sydney Showground Howie Pavillion

<"Be there for the youths; Lay your life for the interest of them"> Phil Dooley


THURSDAY

Main Stream 9am, Acer Arena

<"Jesus would never critise those who tried but failed; He will judge against those who were given the opportunity but yet they do nothing about it"> Jen Franklin

Combined Elective 11am, Acer Arena

<"Be wise to pick which battles you are called to fight; and pick those that matters most to God"> Donna Crouch

Elective - Youth Pastors & Leaders, 2pm, Sydney Showground Howie Pavillion

<"It is important to spread and teach them (the youths) the significance of doing what they are doing; to reinforce our christian cultures and values into the young generation"> Chrishan Jeyaratnam

Evening Rally - 430pm, Acer Arena

<"Focus on the love of Christ for us, not on our love for Christ; We obtain righteousness that we do not deserve because Jesus was hung for the sins He did not deserve; It is His righteousness and not the things we do, that justifies us righteous"> Ps Prince

Night Rally - 730pm, Acer Arena

<"Doing the right thing at the right season is the only way to produce Godly results; Reposition the way you think or say, and do not stay in the parameter of others' visions"> Bishop T.D. Jakes


FRIDAY

Main Stream 9am, Acer Arena

<"God will never supply the full details of what you want to know, because He knows there is an uncertainty in your heart that will result in humility; Let go of who we were, and move towards becoming who were are going to be"> Bishop Jakes

Elective - Youth Pastors & Leaders, 2pm, Sydney Showground Howie Pavillion

<"It's time to turn our church into the hospital of grace - to retain the broken, lost souls"> Ron Luce

Evening Rally - 430pm, Acer Arena

<"He (Peter) is not after the blessings (fish), but after the blesser (fish giver). It's like saying you can have the whole wide world, but give me Jesus. Or I don't care what you say about me, but give me Jesus. When Peter got out of the boat and followed Jesus, on the other side of the shore, Jesus had already prepared the cooked fish for him (not raw, but cooked)"> Bishop Jakes

John 10:10 - The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) have come that they may have live, and have it to the full.

John 1:17 - For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Knowing that we are redeemed by His blood. Knowing that we are no longer been tied down by the law, but by the grace of God we are set free.

Gal 3:13 -14 - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." He (Jesus) redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the spirit.

"Arrested by a truth and righteousness

Your grace has overwhelmed my brokenness"

(Extracted from Hillsong/Saviour King/To Know Your Name)

AMAZING GRACE!

Hillsong trip this time had indeed given me new revelation from the word of God, which are spoken out from the mouth of God Himself straight to my heart. I thought it would just be another series of sermons to encourage and perhaps, target to bring more salvations to the kingdom of heaven. But NO. I believe I would never be the same anymore.

Apart from the conference, I got to know a few good people whom we can share everything together - most phenomenonly, the word

Yes, Guy Sebastians was there! Hoo...nah thats not the reason why I went.

The backpackers boys (Nigel is MIA).

With Adeline. Apparently she's always on look-out for foods.

Lastly, one thing I should say is - PREACH IT BROTHER!! PREACH IT!! PREACH IT...YEA! THIS IS IT...PREACH IT! AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HEARS IT!

Romans 8:32 - "He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - how will he not also, along with him, GRACIOUSLY give us all things?"

I thank God

I give honour for the time, efforts, respect, care, love and trust that my cell had given me during the semester. It is indeed a privilege to serve together, and thank you all for trusting me at all times.

Witnessed growth. As I looked back from the beginning of the semester until today, I realised one thing - growth - growth in the word, value and character. I am indeed proud of you all.

Continue to be rigid - and let not our God given values be compromised or taken away from. Know where to set your focus upon, and know where your boundary and limits are.

I give the second greatest honour to these people. The first greatest honour should be given to the Father.

Michelle Lau
Junie Ling
De Xin Chia
Nian Chee Tey
Joshua Chin
Jay Chin
Kenneth Tan
Leong

Oh i went down to Margaret River with my parents last weekend. It was awesome - i got to spend more time with my family, celebrated my dad's 58th birthday and got to drink a bit with my siblings.

The weather down south was great, and really enjoyed the company. We din get to move around much, but that was a very relaxing break for me before moving back to uni.

One of the BP stations between Busselton and Bunbury

I was really in need for that rest and God provided with my mum, out of a sudden, suggested that we do a trip down south. But too bad adeline couldn't make it because of church events and stuff, but it was alright. I clocked 700km in 2 days, thanks to my reliable civic that brought me through smoothly - she's da bomb!

Busselton Jetty

Sandy beaches, wineries, lighthouses, sunset and sunrise. It was truly a rest, and setting apart to rest for a while - to spend some time alone with Him. Nevertheless, i really enjoyed myself!

Family photo (Extra: Aunty at the top left end)

Apart from the trip, i am still trying to shift back to uni life, which is of course more slack and more sleeps. I kind of miss my colleagues - the jokes we made about each other, the laughters, the funs, the sleep-during-worktime and got caught, the beer sessions, the never-ending meetings, the projects, the sound of the jammed printer, the irritating phone calls, the greetings on answering machines when we were too lazy to pick up the calls, the toilet bombing issues, and so on. I miss the people, my generous boss and his secretary, my supervisor, and everyone in the engineering department.

One of my marine warranty review letters

My boss is extremely generous and friendly, and i was given a lot of opportunities to do proper engineering work. I was relieved from doing spreadsheet 2 weeks after i started my work, and was shifted straight into project management. It was indeed a privilege, and i wasn't contributing a lot to the project team except some stupid random jokes, but my boss, being who he is, was encouraging enough to always assured me that I am doing a good job.

Strawberries (The Berry Farm, Margaret River)

I learned a lot for the past 4 months, not too much on real life engineering application, but on the soft skills like communicating with my colleagues, and how to blend myself into the industry and the people. I learned to love the people, to bless them with practical things, to encourage and help them in every way i can. I constantly reminded myself that I am not only a naval architect in the office, but I am more of a person in there to bless and to love the people - to spread His word and His presence in there. And to bring joy to them.

Dunsborough beach (in between Busselton and Margaret River)

So now, no more review letters, no more huge chuck of blue prints/diagram to follow up, no calculations to be done, no spreadsheets to play around with. Seriously, I prefer to work rather than studying. I miss my work place to the max. I am going back tomorrow to collect my wages, and also for the project closing.

But oh well, life goes on. Things changed for good. And its time to move on onto greater heights!

Oh by the way, whoever knows anyone who is pursuing Offshore Engineering, Naval Architecture, Structural Analysis, Oil and Gas Engineering and related fields, and is looking for a placement, you can ask me for my company's contact. They are very keen in looking for placement students. They pay well, and we are indeed a NON-SMOKING COMPANY!! hehe...at least in australia office we dun have any smokers.

Imagine something like:

- a sunny windy day
- a comfortable picnic chair
- a huge icebox filled with beer and liquors
- a battery-operated radio
- a huge umbrella
- a beach

Hehe...yeaps i need a break. And its coming soon! hehe..going down south Margaret River this weekend! Hooo...gonna stay in this really luxury house with my family and soon-to-be family member - with spa, beach house with personal barbeque facility plus more.

And I am very desperate to get a kite. I called up kite-selling companies but their kites are freaking expensive - like $1600 for a titanium light-weighted confirmed-will-fly those kind. I asked for catalogues to be sent to me, so can consider upon investing in one hehe.

I know its Monday, but i am so looking forward to the weekend! Hehe...oh and also crabbing plus some water sports. I am so going to fall in love one more time again.

Been trying to keep up with swimming but i am just too lazy. But everything's been good so far. Chinese new year is just like normal working days here - no holidays, but still prefer to get back to work because i would just get bored staying at home doing absolutely nothing.

Its like when your age is catching up, you tend to think and plan more ahead. My parents are getting older, thats one thing for sure that I have noticed. Me being the youngest, cant wait to graduate so that they can retire and spend some quality time together. ONE MORE YEAR. PLEASE MAKE THIS QUICK.