New fish tank

Today just bought new fish tank. keke.... now my study table but I do not have enough overnight water... tml it will be full. Keke

Xmas present

Finally managed to wap finish all my xmas gift.. keke

This is part of it. Should have taken all the presents before giving out. =)

Found bed bug.....

For the past few week, I been living with bed bug... no wonder my whole body have the bites left by the bugs...

It so itchy, it getting worst and worst... yday night saw the bed bug.... sob sob....

Completed my 1st 10km SCSM......

I have managed to run 10km. First time in my life.... now muscle aches.... never train enough... =P

Sick again =(

This morning when i wake up, i was feeling terrible... I keep wanted to vomit out all the water in my stomach. I been feeling like tat last night after dinner. Recently, i always not able to digest food, specially dinner food. =(

My stomach will be vy bloated and keep wanted to vomit out the food. Now stomach sill a lot of wind plus having bad headache. Cant do much at home but to rest only.

Serve Him NOT His temple

Seek God, NOT abilities

Love God, NOT responsibilities

God values your attitudes, NOT capabilities

Weekend over

Time passes so fast. Wkend over, tml back to work... it seem like i didnt do anything, holiday are over. =( holiday is always not enough

stretch and bend

Today very happy. i managed to touch the floor. this is the first time i am able to do it... i did it without knowing it. =)

Eipa baby "Michelle Yi Mon"

Today just went to visit Eipa baby. This is the little gift prepare for them. Hope she like it. ;)

headache

this few wk not sure why...specially on wkend, i always have headache... i hate it, cant enjoys my wkend......:(

Finally wkend coming

This whole wk to me was vy bad.... was sick since mon but till fri i never have a proper rest... been going home late everyday......

my running nose n sore throat are not recovering even i took medicine daily... it just not working, i guess it because not enough rest.... =( hope sat after lesson i can have a gd rest n sunday too... i can fully recover on the coming.... i really feel vy tired n sick for e whole of this wk...hope next wk will be better....

Tired

I really feeling very tired..... trying to maintain my energy by going jogging... this wks i went jogging on tue. managed to run 1Km ++ abit... so happy....

When i start jogging few mth back i only able to jog 200m..hehe... now improved a bit.... still a long way toward 10km.... hoping to increase the distance soon...but look at the rate i working late... i really doubt so...

yesterday reach home was already 9pm+. no more energy to do anything liao.... haiz... look like today i need to work late again... hope not... i going home later n later each day... when i reach home i don even feel like eating my dinner... yday i skip my dinner.

Individual Discouragement And Personal Enlargement

¹¹ One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

Exodus2:11

We have to learn that our individual effort for God is an impertinence;our individuality is to be rendered incandescent by a personal relationship to God. We fix on the individual aspect things; we have the vision - "This is what God wants me to do," but we have not got into God's stride. If you are going through a time of discouragement, there is a big personal enlargement ahead.

Just back from malaysia

Over the wkend went to my cow sister place to stay... didnt really rest well now i feeling vy tired when i back to work.... His sister children, switch on air-con 24hour... at temp 23 plus a fan... at night i keep wake up due to very cold...

How i wish i could take one more day off from work... no choice... as work are going to start busy.... no choice.... cant take leave anymore.

Precious Moments' Inspirations clips

"If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles."

MATTHEW 5:41 NIV

SECOND MILE movie: http://www.thesecondmilemovie.com/

Bus 960

Haiz... today I wanted to reach office at abt 8am slightly. Wake up early, reach bugis mrt station at abt 8.30am. Too bad i miss miss 960 i guess... no choice but to wait for the next bus...as the arrival board stated 960 will be arrival in abt 16mins... then the board reflect bus 960 arrival but the bus nowhere to be seen... nvm this is not the first time it happen... the board reflect 16 mins. waited another round the bus was not in slight again... the board stated 960 arrival 2 times but i never see the bus at all... next round another 16mins...lucky this time waited abt 5-10mins bus really arrival.
I waited nearly 30min+ abit.. should be the waiting time for bus have cut down... but the waiting time is still so long...

I wake up early wanted to reach office early but ended up i reach office abt 8.30am. I am only abt 15mins early only.... usually i reach bugis abt 8.15am. What the point of waking up at 6am+ ended i reach office only 15mins early. Really very angry about this kind of bus service they are providing....

Best Seat in the House by Bonnie Kidder, Lafayette, Louisiana

I almost hadn't come to the class at church that night. With four kids and a full-time teaching job, I had plenty to do.

But my 11-year-old son, Brady, was having surgery the next day. I hated to think of him alone in the operating room. I'd been praying for weeks, asking God to be with Brady and his doctors during surgery, but it didn't feel like enough.

Standing in the doorway of the church hall I couldn't believe how many people had showed up for this class. It looked like more than a hundred were seated at the tables scattered throughout the hall-but not a familiar face among them.

No one I can ask to pray with me for Brady. I sat down at a table next to a dark-haired man, but the instructor immediately asked us to move.

"Let's fill in all these vacant chairs up front," she said. The dark-haired man got up to look for another seat. I crossed the room to an empty chair. But just as I got there, someone else took it. I spotted another chair at the next table. The same thing happened again. And again.

I did not come here for a game of musical chairs, I thought as I made a beeline for another chair. I flung myself into it and turned to see...the same dark-haired man I'd left behind.

"We meet again," he said as the instructor stood to speak.

"Tonight I thought we'd talk about our lives outside of church," she said. "Everybody share with the people at your table how you work your faith into your daily life."

The dark-haired man said, "I'm an anesthesiologist. Before I put a patient under, I pray for him. I ask each patient if they'd like to pray too. I used to be embarrassed about this..."

"I think it's wonderful!" I interrupted. "My son is having surgery tomorrow. I'd feel so much better if his doctor could pray with him."

"Where is his surgery?" he asked.

I mentioned the hospital. "Dr. Duplechain is doing the operation."

"Then I can assure you that your son will be surrounded by prayer," he said, "because I'm the one scheduled to be taking him into the operating room."

In a room full of strangers, God had seated me - twice! - next to the one man who could pray with me tonight and my son in the morning.

This story first appeared in Guideposts magazine.

flu again

I been having slight flu since Monday morning. sad... recently i keep having flu. This is the third or 4 times having flu within 3months plus.

My body are getting weaker... if not why my flu keep coming back... i really hate the block nose feeling...plus i been feeling sleepy all the time this week.

Punggol residences Q number relased

My Q number is 03517 and we won’t get it. Haiz.... resale flat so expensive, new HDB is never my luck.... no need to get flat liao...... =(

Will try my luck again to apply Apply spectral. Buy new hdb flat is like buying toto.... if u dont have luck, u will never be able to get house to get married. this is the current situation we are facing....

$$$ HDB

楼市如沙滩上的城堡
许丽卿　(2009-09-06)

　　拥车证和新车价格大跌、各种新款轿车纷纷出炉，可是却无法掀起买车热，昔日周末车行大排长龙看新车的热闹场面不复见，恰恰与周末看房挤爆示范单位的场面成了强烈对比。

　　弃车购房抗通胀，是明智作法。通胀是你的资产最大敌人，它会逐步蚕食资金的购买力，尤其是现在各国以不同手段刺激经济，有些国家拼命印 钞票，结果造成通胀问题加剧，俨如埋下一颗计时炸弹。要对抗通胀，最佳办法是投资一些随通胀上升的资产，例如房地产。购房抗通胀，本来就是正常的心态，可 是，抢购房子就很不健康了。

下一代恐怕连组屋都住不起

　　在“买涨不买跌”心态下，人们竞相进场不落人后，唯恐越迟进场就买到越贵的房子，这就造成本地房地产越卖越贵的原因。令人关注的是，私宅价格飙涨也连带推高了组屋价格。最近就有人抱怨，房价再这样没理性地涨下去，他们的下一代恐怕连组屋都住不起了。

　　政府一再强调，组屋价格再怎么涨，也一定是人民负担得起的。怎么样的价格才是人民负担得起的呢？一般的看法是：每月所付银行贷款不超过 家庭收入的30％，就算是负担得起。我想，应该接受一个事实，就是当然有部分新加坡人负担得起，但对一般工友而言，不断上涨的组屋价格仍然是遥不可及的 “天价”。

　　负担得起或负担不起已不是唯一问题，更令人关注的是，组屋价格继续飙涨，对新加坡人会是个越来越沉重的负担。让我们以上世纪七八十年代的三房式组屋价格和现在的价格作比较，测试一下现代父母担心孩子将来住不起组屋的想法是否有理。

　　70年代，大巴窑一间三房式组屋的价格大约8000元，当时大学毕业生的平均薪水是1000元，房价是薪水的8倍。80年代，宏茂桥一 间三房式组屋价约4万元，当时大学毕业生的平均薪水是1600元，房价是薪水的25倍。当时价格便宜的一个最大原因是组屋贷款还未“市场化”，价格被人为 压抑。现在，市场化后，宏茂桥一间新的三房式组屋转售价就要27万元，而目前大学毕业生的平均薪水是2700元，房价是薪水的100倍。

　　从这些数据得出的结论是，组屋价格飙涨30倍的同时，大学毕业生的平均薪水只涨2.7倍。薪水再怎么涨也追不上有如火箭般涨势的组 屋价格。这也证明了，父母担心孩子将来买不起组屋的想法是有理的。最近新私宅出现抢购热，其中大部分的“抢手”就是这类父母，当中有些是手中握有现金的， 也有些是省吃俭用的好父母，他们希望趁今年通胀还未完全浮现时，赶快出手为孩子“抢”一间。

楼市已经透支了未来房价

　　照买家这种“早起的鸟儿有虫吃”的抢购心态看，本地私宅价格继续攀升是毋庸置疑。尽管泡沫论不绝于耳，但私宅价格预计将继续上涨，前 天，有个发展商就说，私宅价格还会再涨5％至15％，他认为这是合理的涨幅，如果涨幅达到30％，就算不合理。炒卖“楼花”现象屡见不鲜，不管你承不承认 市场已出现炒作，本地房市似乎已进入一个不理性的境界，还管他合不合理？　　最近公布的一些乐观经济数据，或许会更加壮大投机者的胆子。例如美国正在逐渐 摆脱经济衰退、8月份美国的消费者信心指数达54.1，比7月份高了6.7，超出市场的预期，创下5月以来的新高。在本地，新加坡经济今年将萎缩 3.6％，这远小于之前经济师预估的萎缩6.5％，以及贸工部预估的萎缩4％至6％。

　　高烧不退的房市，已开始将病菌传染给集体出售活动。上一轮制造无数“百万”富翁的集体出售，近日开始出现“感冒”症状，马林百列中 等入息公寓礁湖园（Laguna Park）上周推出市场集体求售，要价至少12亿元。有发展商批评，屋主受火热市场刺激，胃口大开，以为每个新私宅单位都可卖到120万到130万元，所 以开出“天价”。如果按照12亿元的要价计算成本，新公寓的最终尺价可达1500元至1600元，而这个尺价在该地段是毫无吸引力的。这样的分析是有道 理，但是，纵观近期买家毫无理性的抢购举动来看，再一次出现毫无理性的抢购也不足为奇。　　

　　“天价”是怎么来的？是以未来的经济趋势、未来的发展计划、未来的需求等等很多未来因素定下来的。也就是说，人们一厢情愿的幻想这 种种未来都会实现，所以才会毫无理性地愿以高价购买未来。购买房地产本来就是长期投资，靠贷款来作短期投机，必须面对一定风险，万一你对未来的美好幻想破 灭，只好自食其果。香港艺人钟镇涛借巨款“炒楼”炒到破产就是一个活生生的例子。他在1997年亚洲金融危机前，向银行贷款1.54亿港元，“炒买”几个 豪宅项目，没想到金融危机出现，香港楼市崩溃，他所购买的项目大幅度贬值，债权人即使没收房产，仍无法还清债务，落得破产下场。

　　正是因为有许多人存有不切实际的幻想，本地房价才会大幅度上涨，不仅高过房市高峰期的价格，甚至已经透支了未来房价。尽管一些经济体率先走出衰退，全球未来经济增长仍是个未知数，美国经济仍然十分脆弱，我国经济会怎么发展？没人说得准。

　　没有明确的指标，只有一厢情愿地对未来抱持美好的幻想。而由“幻想”堆积起来的本地火爆房市，很壮观，但其基础十分不牢靠，如沙滩上的城堡，突然一阵风吹过就会瞬间轰然倒塌，变成一堆泥沙

Back to office

Wah today weather are so good. how i wish i could sleep the whole day. The best weather to stay in bed... but too bad, need to go to work.

Today back to office then heard from co-li that yesterday after the light went out in and the switch got a black burn. so scary.....

Cat got knocked by car

Today on the way to work, saw a cat laying at the traffic junction. It was knocked by a car, on the road there are still fresh blood of the cat.

Passer-by just stared at the cat. Cow forget to bring his mobile phone, therefore I company him to get it. If not i will not witness it.

On the way down from flat, I dial 100 to get SPCA contact no. I wish to stay with the cat but i was already late for work. Therefore I didnt wait for the SPCA ppl to reach.

When they reach the accident area, they can't find the cat. The person told me, maybe the cat was dead, therefore people have clear it bodies. I am sad when i heard it. I know that the cat was very badly injure when i leave the accident place. I just hope the person stay with the cat, buried the cat body and not throw it in open space. A sad day to began.

MTV for WCC 5th anniversary

Another wk passed....

Wah time really passed vy fast, my birthday are just round the corner.... keke... taking leave on thursday. Still have no ideas how should i spent my time on my birthday. ;)

Till now i have cut 2 birthday cut. keke...

feedback on my planner

Actually, I really don't like to give -ve feedback about ppl but no choice.... I think I just have to feedback accordingly... I shouldn't feel bad doing it. What I feedback are according what I observe. Just do it.

Precious Moments' Inspirations

Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. Proverbs 9:9 NIV

Inspirations movie: Even Eagles Need a Push Movie

"Why does the thrill of soaring

have to begin

with the fear of falling?"

Click the URL to view the movie: http://www.eaglesneedapush.com/

Forgiveness and Healing

Her husband seemed revived after speaking with a mysterious visitor.

By Melissa Deal Forth
Atlanta, Georgia

Six years after we were married, my 29-year-old husband was fighting leukemia. Pain dulled Chris's blue eyes; he was barely able to move without help. Doctors offered little hope, and for months I slept on a cot alongside his bed at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

At 3 a.m. one morning, I was shaken awake by an alarmed nurse. "We can't find Chris!" she exclaimed. My eyes darted to his bed. The sheet was turned back; the bed empty. How...?

I jumped up and raced past the nurses' station outside the room, then ran down the hall. As I passed the glass-paneled chapel door, I glimpsed Chris sitting inside with someone. I burst in, crying, "Chris, we were so worried...."

He turned and smiled. "I'm fine," he said. I stared at the young man who sat with him. His skin was smooth and clear, and he had short white hair. He wore exactly the type of clothes Chris liked: checked flannel shirt, crisp Levi's and lace-up work boots.

The young man looked up at me and my heart caught. As I stared into his crystal-blue eyes, I felt stunned. Chris broke the spell. "Melissa, please leave us," he asked. "I'm OK. I'll be back."

After reporting Chris's whereabouts (no one else in that security-tight hospital had seen his visitor), I went back to our room. About 30 minutes later Chris returned exhilarated, merrily rolling his IV pole-walking on his own! And he didn't look sick anymore. "Who was that man?" I gasped, not sure what to ask first.

"You'll never believe it," he grinned. "It was an angel-my guardian angel."

Chris sat down on the bed. "I awoke with an overpowering urge to go to the chapel," he explained, "and I was able to walk there easily. As I knelt at the cross I heard a voice behind me, and I turned to find him standing there. He asked if there was anything I wanted to be forgiven for.

"I've always hated my stepfather. The angel said I was forgiven, and you know, for the first time, the hatred I had harbored for so long was truly gone. Then I told him I was worried about leaving you. He said you would be fine, that all my prayers were answered."

The next day with Chris was unbelievable. He ate well and visited patients on our floor, buoying their spirits. I thought he was healed.

Two days later Chris died. But in a very real sense I know that he had been healed-healed of fear and pain, ready to go on to new life.

The deepest secret is the life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation.

You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew.
Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, Seek to determine Who You Want to Be.

Do you agreed? It seem so easy to understand, but can I really do it.... or I think too much. :P

Psalm 138:8 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.

Ah Beng Joke

Why did Ah Beng go to a movie with his 18 friends?
Because below 18 not allowed Lah !


Ah Beng goes to a store and sees a shiny object.
Ah Beng : ' What is that shiny object ? '

Salesgirl : ' That is a thermos flask. '

Ah Beng : ' What does it do ? '

Salesgirl : ' It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold '

Ah Beng : ' I ' ll buy it '

The next day, Ah Beng goes to work with his thermo flask

Boss : ' What is that shiny object ? '

Ah Beng : ' It ' s a thermos flask. '

Boss : ' What does it do ? '

Ah Beng : ' It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold '

Boss : ' What do you have in it !? '

Ah Beng : ' Two cups of coffee and one cup of ice cream'


Why can ' t Ah Beng dial 911?

Because he can ' t find the number 11 (eleven) on the phone.


Ah Beng had just bought a new computer and was using it.
When he encountered some problems. He decide to use the ' Help ' command after some tries.
Soon after, he became very irritated and called the computer retailer for support.

Ah Beng : ' I press the ' F1 ' key for help lah, but it' s been over half an hour and still nobody come and help me Lah ?!'


Ah Beng with two red ears went to his doctor.
The doctor asked him what had happened to his ears and he answered, ' I was ironing a shirt and the phone ring, lah - but instead of picking up the phone, I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear, lah ' ' Oh dear ! ' the doctor exclaimed in disbelief.
' But. What happened to the other ear ? '
Ah Beng answered : ' That stupid dumbo called back, lah!!!! '


Ah Beng talk to a long-distance telephone operator.
Ah Beng: ' COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE TIME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN Taipei and LAS VEGAS ? '

Operator: ' JUST A MINUTE... '

Ah Beng : ' THANK YOU lah ' AND PUTS DOWN THE PHONE.


After completing a jigsaw puzzle he ' d been working on for quite some time, Ah Beng proudly shows off the finished puzzle to a friend.

' It took me ONLY 5 MONTHS TO DO IT ' , Ah Beng brags.

' FIVE MONTHS ? THAT ' S TOO LONG ' , the friend exclaims.

' YOU ARE A FOOL. ' Ah Beng replies, ' SEE THIS BOX, IT IS WRITTEN ' FOR 4-7 YRS ' .

Falling again :(

This morning when i wake up, my throat are in pain... sob sob... i think got flu again... this year, i really keep falling sick again n again... why like tat... haiz....

sore throat again

Oh no... started to have sore throat again.... cheong wee just recover... now it my turn... what happen.... this year, i keep falling sick... sob sob... dont like the feeling of falling sick... =(

To help ward off dementia

Implementation of some of these ideas may help!

To help ward off dementia, train your brain. Timing is everything. It's also important when it comes to taking care of your brain. Yet most of us start worrying about dementia after retirement - and that may be too little, too late.

Experts say that if you really want to ward off dementia, you need to
start taking care of your brain in your 30s and 40s - or even earlier.

"More and more research is suggesting that lifestyle is very important
to your brain's health," says Dr. Paul Nussbaum, a neuropsychologist and
an adjunct associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine. "If you want to live a long, healthy life, then many of us
need to start as early as we can."

So what can you do to beef up your brain - and possibly ward off
dementia? Nussbaum, who recently gave a speech on the topic for the
Winter Park (Fla.) Health Foundation, offers 20 tips that may help.

1. Join clubs or organizations that need volunteers. If you start
volunteering now, you won't feel lost and unneeded after you retire.

2. Develop a hobby or two. Hobbies help you develop a robust brain
because you're trying something new and complex.

3. Practice writing with your nondominant hand several minutes every
day. This will exercise the opposite side of your brain and fire up
those neurons.

4. Take dance lessons. In a study of nearly 500 people, dancing was the
only regular physical activity associated with a significant decrease in
the incidence of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. The people who
danced three or four times a week showed 76 percent less incidence of
dementia than those who danced only once a week or not at all.

5. Need a hobby? Start gardening. Researchers in New Zealand found
that, of 1,000 people, those who gardened regularly were less likely to
suffer from dementia. Not only does gardening reduce stress, but
gardeners use their brains to plan gardens; they use visual and spatial
reasoning to lay out a garden.

6. Buy a pedometer and walk 10,000 steps a day. Walking daily can
reduce the risk of dementia because cardiovascular health is important
to maintain blood flow to the brain.

7. Read and write daily. Reading stimulates a wide variety of brain
areas that process and store information. Likewise, writing (not
copying) stimulates many areas of the brain as well.

8. Start knitting. Using both hands works both sides of your brain. And
it's a stress reducer..

9. Learn a new language. Whether it's a foreign language or sign
language, you are working your brain by making it go back and forth
between one language and the other. A researcher in England found that
being bilingual seemed to delay symptoms of Alzheimer's disease for four
years. (And some research suggests that the earlier a child learns sign
language, the higher his IQ - and people with high IQs are less likely
to have dementia. So start them early.)

10. Play board games such as Scrabble and Monopoly. Not only are you
taxing your brain, you're socializing too. (Playing solo games, such as
solitaire or online computer brain games can be helpful, but Nussbaum
prefers games that encourage you to socialize too.)

11. Take classes throughout your lifetime. Learning produces structural
and chemical changes in the brain, and education appears to help people
live longer. Brain researchers have found that people with advanced
degrees live longer - and if they do have Alzheimer's, it often becomes
apparent only in the very later stages of the disease.

12. Listen to classical music. A growing volume of research suggests
that music may hard wire the brain, building links between the two
hemispheres. Any kind of music may work, but there's some research that
shows positive effects for classical music, though researchers don't
understand why.

13.. Learn a musical instrument. It may be harder than it was when you
were a kid, but you'll be developing a dormant part of your brain.

14. Travel. When you travel (whether it's to a distant vacation spot or
on a different route across town), you're forcing your brain to navigate
a new and complex environment. A study of London taxi drivers found
experienced drivers had larger brains because they have to store lots of
information about locations and how to navigate there.

15. Pray. Daily prayer appears to help your immune system. And people
who attend a formal worship service regularly live longer and report
happier, healthier lives.

16. Learn to meditate. It's important for your brain that you learn to
shut out the stresses of everyday life.

17. Get enough sleep. Studies have shown a link between interrupted
sleep and dementia.

18. Eat more foods containing omega-3 fatty acids: Salmon, sardines,
tuna, ocean trout, mackerel or herring, plus walnuts (which are higher
in omega 3s than salmon) and flaxseed. Flaxseed oil, cod liver oil and
walnut oil are good sources too..

19. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Antioxidants in fruits and
vegetables mop up some of the damage caused by free radicals, one of the
leading killers of brain cells.

20. Eat at least one meal a day with family and friends. You'll slow
down, socialize, and research shows you'll eat healthier food than if
you ate alone or on the go.

phillipians 2:14-15

Do all things without complaining & disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault.

Note: Am i able to do that....sometime I feel so directionless. keep doing n doing

Got a new mobile phone

I got a new mobile phone, Samsung Preston on sunday... hehe... cheong wee do a msidn pop over from starhub to singtel... He doesn't need to change new phone, so he let me have the choice of the new phone. I got a light purple... But the only bad thing about this phone, i cant find much phone application online

Oldest New Testament Bible heads into cyberspace

By Dave Graham

BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 1,600 years after it was written in Greek, one of the oldest copies of the Bible will become globally accessible online for the first time this week.

From Thursday, sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament, will be available on the Internet, said the University of Leipzig, one of the four curators of the ancient text worldwide.

High resolution images of the Gospel of Mark, several Old Testament books, and notes on the work made over centuries will appear on www.codex-sinaiticus.net as a first step towards publishing the entire manuscript online by next July.

Ulrich Johannes Schneider, director of Leipzig University Library, which holds part of the manuscript, said the publication of the Codex online would allow anyone to study a work of "fundamental" importance to Christians.

"A manuscript is going onto the net which is like nothing else online to date," Schneider said. "It's also an enrichment of the virtual world -- and a bit of a change from YouTube."

Selected translations will be available in English and German for those not conversant in ancient Greek, he added.

Dating from around 350, the document is believed by experts to be the oldest known copy of the Bible, along with the Codex Vaticanus, another ancient version of the Bible, Schneider said.

The vellum manuscript came to Europe piece by piece from Saint Catherine's Monastery by Mount Sinai after German biblical scholar Konstantin von Tischendorf found a number of folios there in 1844. He was allowed to take some to Leipzig.

Tischendorf returned to the monastery in 1859 with Russian backing and acquired the biggest section of the Bible for his imperial sponsors. It remained in St. Petersburg until the Soviet Union sold it to the British Museum in 1933.

"The first section was clearly a gift to Tischendorf, but that's not so clear in the case of the second portion. The monks all signed a contract at the time, but the rumor persists that they were given a raw deal," said Schneider.

"And there is probably some truth to this."

Subsequent discoveries meant that the original Codex, missing roughly half the Old Testament, is now housed at four locations in Europe and the Middle East.

The project, launched in cooperation with the Russian National Library, the British Library and Saint Catherine's Monastery, also details the condition of the Bible, believed to have been written by early Christians in Egypt.

"I think it's just fantastic that thanks to technology we can now make the oldest cultural artifacts -- ones that were once so precious you couldn't show them to anyone -- accessible to everyone, in really high quality," said Schneider.

(editing by Ron Popeski)

Read the article from http://www.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20080722-78019.html
Cool man :)

cheong wee fall sick

Today cheong wee fall sick... he been not feeling since Friday. I guess must be that night, he company me to hospital the whole night... not enough rest. hope his virus will not spread to me...

this yr, i supper easy to fall sick. sore throat, fever n etc... Hope he will recover soon... his company doctor gave him 3 days MC. as today news report, 2 cases of flu, 1 is H1N1. Hope he will have a speedy recovery.

Trip & fall down at home

Yesterday night, i am very tired..about 9pm+ i fall asleep at my parents room. about 11+, I walk back to my room rest awhile, went to kitchen to wash up. just when i about to go toilet at my parents room, i didn't realise that my mum was sleeping at the floor... there was no light too... i trip over my mum and fall down...

it happen so fast i didn't know what happen, i am already on the floor... i feel the pain on my elbow but i try to bear the pain... as my dad scold my mum.... i don't want them to quarrel because of me...

I quickly walk back to my room... but the pain was so bad, tears roll down my cheeks... cheong wee wanted to help me apply medicine on my hand, as i had a cut. then he realise that i keep holding my right hand.... there are bit swollen, he scare that i might have bone crack, he suggest going to hospital....

just when i about to leave the house, i began to see star.... then my face went white and i faint for awhile.... i only hear my mum n cheong wee voice... they were so scare.. cheong wee quickly call for ambulance... then when i begin to open my eyes... i vomited.... i vomit all over the floor and my skirt.....

When i reach hospital, when i took the first set of x-ray... doctor saw a crack on the elbow, he ask me to take another set of x-ray, lucky second set of x-ray confirm there are no crack... so i able to go home... by the time i reach home and settle down was already 4am+ in the morning. Doctor gave me 2 days mc.. only muscle pull... my right hand cant really use much strength... the muscle pull have spread to my left hand too when i wake up this morning... when i try to raise my right hand straight i will feel the pain... hope the pain n swollen will go off soon.

Harry Potter And The Half-blood Prince

I want to watch Harry Potter... hehe... Have been a fan of Harry Potter since the first movie, and have completed reading all the books.

Preview Harry Potter And The Half-blood Prince

coughing

Oh no... i seem to be developed coughing...at nite, it seem to be more easy for me to cough. haiz...donnoe why recently i seem to be vy weak... keep not feeling well....

sat after lesson, when i back home, my hand was shaking so badly, it could be due to the can of coffee i drank during ccna lesson break time... it cause me to be feeling weak the whole sat, wasted saturday. i stay at home whole day,couldnt do anything...

whole body aching

wah...today i been feeling vy sleepy n body aching in the class... can't wait for the time to reach 5pm. hope able to reach home early today.

On course for 4 days

On the coming wk, I will be on course for 4 days at vendor site. Hope by the end of the course, i will be able to understand my new system better. hehe...

Attending this course, i will miss tue ccna. hope i dont miss out much.

Finally Grad liao

So happy yday...finally grad, but sad too, cheong wee lost his camera... the photos we took in the afternoon, all gone... :(

Precious Moment Graduation figure

Hehe... My sister are giving me this figurine as a gift for my graduation tml. This is the new figurine of 2009. As she know that I love Precious Moments Figurines.

On course

Today going for my ccna course. now surfing the net while on the move... hehe... because i using Singtel BOM (Broadband on mobile). It feel great, surfing while i am travelling.

Today i miss the previous bus, i don't think i have enough time for my lunch. I am feeling very hungy. Lesson start at 2pm, 1.21pm i am still on the bus, havent taken my lunch... haiz...the traffic are slow moving.....

Today weather

Today weather look good.. making my mood feel good too :)

Traffic jam in express way

Today as usual took train to bugis to change 960 (bus) to Bukit panjang. Usually in the morning, i am lucky never met any traffic jam. if i reach the bus stop at 8am, will reach abt 8.30~8.45am.

Today, reach the same time but reach office at 9.20am. Slow traffic on the express way.. hope i will not always meet with this kind of traffic condition.

Looking for HDB flat

Yesterday went to view a flat at AMK area... When i reach the void deck, i don't really like it. It near to the MRT, location was good. but i feel not enough light in the block.

When i reach the unit, wah... the owner rent it out. the whole house condition was very bad. It really not worst to get it. Will need at least 40~50K to recondition the whole house. just not worth the price.

Hope i really no need to spent every weekend looking for houses. Able to get a beautiful house that no need to spent a lot of money on it. I think the most important are the price. Nowadays the price are all so expensive. At least 300K+++ for a 4 room flat.

Lewis birthday card

Meiping birthday card

MRT very packed...

Everyday taking mrt to work is a pain... the train always so packed and the worst, ppl are not moving inside. They always occupied a lot of space, able to read newsapaper. n i was being force to stay near the door, plus i need to bring notebook therefore my bag are big, and being force to put on the floor.

When i put on the floor, when the station door open, i will have diffcult to move inside or out. Today even worst, a lady keep moving vy close to me, and i have to support her weight... haiz... this is how bad when i travel to and back from work. it getting worst nowadays....

sometime i prefer to take bus, as i able to sit down... but too bad, i not able to take direct bus to work... travel time too long, mrt is still the fastest...

having headache....

I think it because of late night sleep this wk... i having headache now. This wk monday slept late because of watching movie, tue night because of remote working from home from 1am ~ 3am+

Now i having be able to recover... i think tonight i will sleep early also.. same as yday night around 10plus i already went to bed... haiz... i don't think i even able to escape from this kind of lifestyle.. up-side-down sleeping pattern.

The seed

"...The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God's word,
but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, and
the lure of wealth, so NO fruit is produced..." - Matt 13:7-22 or Luke 8:11-15

Weeds and thorns in our hearts choke out good things and pose a threat to righteous and fruitful living.
(i) When I complain, I choke out contentment
(ii) When I worry, I choke out peace
(iii) When I judge, I choke out mercy
When I finish weeding, I offered thanks that through God's power,
I can experience victory over things that would otherwise choke His truth.

Just for Fun ;)

有一美女下夜班 , 被一好色男子尾随跟踪 , 美女很害怕 , 正好路过一片坟地 , 好色男子正要下手 , 美女走到一座坟墓前说 : " 爸爸 , 开门吧 , 我回来了 " 。吓的好色男子狂奔而去。

美女为自己的聪明得意地笑了起来，哪知笑声未落，从坟墓里传出一个阴森森的声音说： " 闺女，你咋又忘记带钥匙了呢？ " 吓得美女尖叫著跑了。这时，一个盗墓者从坟墓里爬了出来，说： " 影响我工作，吓死你 " 。

突然发现墓碑前有一老者，手拿凿子在刻墓碑，就好奇地问： " 你在干吗 " ？老者生气地说： " 这些不肖子孙把我的墓碑都刻错了，只好自己来改啦 " 。盗墓者一听，吓得撒腿就跑了。看著盗墓者的背影，老者冷笑道： " 跟老子抢生意，吓死你 " 。一不小心，凿子掉地上了，老者正要弯腰去拾，却看见从草丛中伸出一只手，同时还有个冷冰冰声音： " 啊，敢乱改我家的门牌号 " 。吓得老者连滚带爬地跑了。一个拾荒者从草丛中爬出来，捡起地上的凿子，感叹道： " 这年头，捡块烂铁还得费这么大神。

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Doing night job from remote

Today having night job again. this time will be doing it from home. no need to travel down. Hopefully everything will be a smooth one. i able to complete it fast. hope can complete everything by 3pm.

Today weather are too hot, been having headache the whole day. during lesson today, i keep falling asleep. cant help it. i wanted to take a short nap but i couldnt sleep....

i feel today my voice are getting worst again....it been more than a wk but i still havent recover. haiz....

Play badminton on sunday

Yday, manage to play badminton with Zhiming, ping jie, pat, elise, yixin, mark & cheong wee. had a fun time together. keke... sweat a lot and i feel a bit of aching when i wake up this morning.

Hope we able to have more regular session but it really hard to book the court. It really great to go out with friends that i noe for so long. 20yrs. hehe...

yday nite finally, i can sleep better and my voice are not so sore liao. My friend, zhiming are so gd, know my voice sore, offer to help me buy chinese herb and help me boil and pass it to me tonight. This is what i called my real friends, they always there whenever i need them around. :) I didn't really cough whole nite throughout. for the past 1wk, i cant go into deep sleep...keep coughing n coughing, specially at nite =)

still stuck in office

today was suppose to meet xiuru and the rest for dinner but i still stuck in the office...look like i will not be able to leave office vy early... now still troubleshooting with the vendor and HP engrs. hope they will be able to resolve the power issue on my new server.

cough non stop

oh no...my voice haven't fully recover, now i start with non-stop cough...cough till i feel breathless... haiz... hope i able to recover fast...

Xiuru birthday gift

Tml meeting xiuru for dinner together with eipa and cheong wee to celebrate her birthday. This yr her birthday gift is diy. hope she will like it. ;)

deco my wooden box

Repaint of my plain wooden box which i use to keep all my make-up ;)

Nite job tonight

tonight i need to go back to office to do nite job. Tonight need to come back to power up 2 new server racks. Yday the server just arrival. I hope tonight will be able to quick one. hope able to settle everything around 3am+. then i able to go back n rest.

Having sore throat

Sob sob.... sick again... since friday evening, I am having sore throat, cough & blocked nose... still haven't recover.

I got no choice but to skip sunday school... but i still prepare sunday school teaching material and email to lewis. hoping that will help him to be less stress, if he really have to teach alone.

Just check with lewis, only 2 kids attended. +2 baby, total only 4 students. therefore all the material i prepare are of no used. haiz... it not the first time this kind of situation happen. we took the time n effort to make the class interesting but no kids turn up. i guess this is just part n puzzle of life.

Sequel to "Enlarging you soul" - Horatio Spafford

Horatio G. Spafford was a successful businessman in Chicago in the late 1860s. He heavily invested in real estate along the shores of Lake Michigan. The disastrous Chicago fire of 1871 wiped out his holdings. He immediately worked to rebuild the city and assist the many that were left homeless. He had a son who died shortly before this disaster.

He and his family desperately needed a rest from all these. In 1873 he arranged to take his family to Europe. He was close to D.L. Moody and Ira Sankey and planned to attend their evangelistic meetings in England, then take a vacation there. At the last minute, urgent business kept him home, but he sent his wife and four daughters ahead, and they sailed on the S.S. Ville du Havre. He planned to soon follow later.

The night of November 22, 1873, the ship, Ville du Havre, was struck by an English iron sailing vessel. The ship sank in 12 minutes. Of the 273 people on board, only 47 of them survived. Mrs. Spafford was found nearly unconscious, clinging to a piece of the wreckage. Her last memory had been of her baby violently torn from her by the force of the waters. Their four daughters did not survive. Nine days later, Spafford received a telegram from his wife (when she reached Cardiff, Wales). It read: "Saved alone, what shall I do?"

Grief-stricken, Horatio immediately sailed to Europe to join his wife. En route, the captain pointed out the place where he believed the Ville du Havre had gone down. Returning to his cabin, he wrote, "It is well..." He later wrote the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul", based on these words, a hymn that have brought comfort to so many till today.

Spafford in his hymn tells of the comfort that God gives, no matter the circumstance, such unimaginable loss and suffering. In the third stanza he directs our attention on Christ’s redemptive work on the cross, and in stanza four, anticipates His Second Coming. As we through faith understand these things, we too can say, "It is well with my soul."

Scripture: Psalm 22
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from the words of my groaning?...
In you our fathers put their trust;
They trusted and You delivered them...

Prayer:
Abba Father, I admit that I am often afraid and embarrassed to openly tell you all that is going inside me - even though I know you know it all anyway.
Teach me what boldness in paryer looks like as I draw near your throne of grace. Enlarge my soul.
In Jesus' name, amen.

Click this link to listen to the song:
http://sandi-patti-it-is-well-with-my-soul-mp3-download.kohit.net/_/342805

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Chorus
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

Chorus
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

Chorus
And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

Chorus
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Hatha Yogo (Elementary) 22July09 -23Sep09

Finally register myself for the elementary yogo. Wanted to join the previous class, but that time, couldn't make up my mind. therefore by the time i want to sign up, the class are already fully booked.

Before i even sign up, i have bought the yogo mat at $9.90. Sale at suntech wastson hall. i have sign up the course but not sure, if i really could i make it for the lesson. Currently, due to project started, everyday i would be at Bukit panjang area. Hope i could go off at abt 6.30pm during the lesson day. So i could reach Katong CC before 8.15pm.

Sunday school teaching

This coming sat evening, i will be teaching the sunday school. This wk lesson topics are 1 kings 21:1-29.

Still have no ideas how to conduct the coming lesson... sometime i feel i really need a lot of wisdom to teach the kids... to make them interest in the story and hope they will understand what we trying to teach them through story-telling. Craft & games that are related to the story-telling. Link all the story-telling, craft, games to the story is the best, but sometime, i cant link the game together.

Naboth's Vineyard

¹ Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. The vineyard was in Jezreel, close to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. ² Ahab said to Naboth, "Let me have your vineyard to use for a vegetable garden, since it is close to my palace. In exchange I will give you a better vineyard or, if you prefer, I will pay you whatever it is worth."

³ But Naboth replied, "The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers."

⁴ So Ahab went home, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." He lay on his bed sulking and refused to eat.

⁵ His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, "Why are you so sullen? Why won't you eat?"

⁶ He answered her, "Because I said to Naboth the Jezreelite, 'Sell me your vineyard; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.' But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.' "

⁷ Jezebel his wife said, "Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I'll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."

⁸ So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, placed his seal on them, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth's city with him. ⁹ In those letters she wrote:
"Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. ¹⁰ But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death."

¹¹ So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth's city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them. ¹² They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people. ¹³ Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth has cursed both God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death. ¹⁴ Then they sent word to Jezebel: "Naboth has been stoned and is dead."

¹⁵ As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, "Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite that he refused to sell you. He is no longer alive, but dead." ¹⁶ When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of Naboth's vineyard.

¹⁷ Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite: ¹⁸ "Go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He is now in Naboth's vineyard, where he has gone to take possession of it. ¹⁹ Say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?' Then say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth's blood, dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!' "

²⁰ Ahab said to Elijah, "So you have found me, my enemy!"
"I have found you," he answered, "because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD. ²¹ 'I am going to bring disaster on you. I will consume your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free. ²² I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked me to anger and have caused Israel to sin.'

²³ "And also concerning Jezebel the LORD says: 'Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of ^a]">[a] Jezreel.'

²⁴ "Dogs will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds of the air will feed on those who die in the country."

²⁵ (There was never a man like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife. ²⁶ He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the LORD drove out before Israel.)

²⁷ When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.

²⁸ Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite: ²⁹ "Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself, I will not bring this disaster in his day, but I will bring it on his house in the days of his son."

Footnotes:

1. 1 Kings 21:23 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 9:26) the plot of ground at

Start the day with a laugh! Enjoys

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Project starting

The project are about to start liao.... today my vendor engr will be on-site... starting to do the configure. my new hardware have been power on more than 24 hour. I think will need to work hard on this project liao. Really hope i am able to gain and do a gd job out of it. As this is the first project i am handling... of course i have a suspervisor to seek for advice when i need it.

New PM figure

This is the new PM figure called"May Your Spirit Always Soar"... so cute... oh no... i have more n more wishlist of the PM figure.

I am still waiting for the graduation figure, which i havent see in local.
cant afford to buy so many figure... hehe

Camera for wendy

Yesterday was suppose to meet up with my primary school gang for supper... but i am too tired yday. i fall asleep at 9pm+

Wendy have lost his handbag at AMK hub recently. Inside was a brand new camera, she just bought, specially for the hongkong trip. she is real sad. We all surprise her, share $$$ buy one for her early xmas gift. Wanted to see her expression but hor.... haiz.... really too tried to go and meet them.

Diarrhea :(

Sob sob... i dont know why, since yday after mid-night i keep going to toilet. Just reach office... really dont feel like taking mc again. Last thur just took mc, as that day also go toilet, stomach bloated, and slight fever. Friday was on leave.

it like many days never go to office. now resting awhile at office and replying email. Going to see doctor near my work area soon. now my stomach still feeling vy upset. =(

actually, only yday i took 3 full meal. On thur, i skip meal, as got slight diarrhea. friday was prepareing my ccna, so i start to take solid food. sat after ccna, i was sleeping most of the time. Only 1 meal also. I wonder is it because of sunday, i took most of the food outside, and thus upset my stomach. haiz... i hate seeing doctor and taking medicine....

Passed 1st module of CCNA

Today I managed to pass CCNA first module... lucky man, passing mark was 70%, I managed to passed with 83.7%.

After the online exam, I am so tired...I slept from 2pm+ all the way to 7pm+. totally knocked off. maybe it because i haven't fully recover... Thur I am having fever, friday also cannot really focus on the study too. Manged to pass, i think i am really lucky. =)

CCNA module

wah!!! time passes very fast, i have completed attended all the lesson on the first book of the ICND. yesterday, just did a trial test of 51 qns. i didnt really do very well. I only got 65.7%. I need 70% to passed... oh no.... i would need a lot of practisal but till now havent settle my emotional to study. i have only try to do the lab quiz.. manage to complete.

Now need to do all the online quizes. hope i able to do trial test again. =)

Lunchtime is Lunchtime

During Lunchtime, the office phone rings... One of the employees picks up and says:
"What kind of an idiot is it that dares to phone me in the middle of my lunch break?!?"
The caller shouts back:
"Do you have any idea whom you are talking to...? I am the CEO of this company!"
The employee replies:
"Do you have any idea whom YOU are talking to?"
Perplexed the CEO mumbles: "NO!!!"
The employee heaves a sigh of relieve and say: "Thank goodness for that!!" and hangs up.

Hahaha.....very smart employee!!

Day after night job

On the 27th May 09 morning was back to work. after work about 3am+, went to meet another co-li who is doing working at another venue.

After meet up, we went to eat prata. by the time i reach home was about 5am. Compiled all the test cases and sent out email. By the time i went to bed was after 7am. Wake up around noon time, watch a bit of online drama, about 4pm sleep all the way till 6pm. Read and replay a bit of email, ate dinner, the day was almost complete... i have wasted another day in my life doing nothing.

This morning wake up, till feeling the tiredness on my eye lid. I think i will be feeling this for the rest of the week... No matter what, tonight i need to force myself to do some ICND reading, as the coming sat, there will be a revision (51 qn), next sat will be the actual final online quiz for the term1. Till now i havent really start doing my revision at all. blur blur on what was being taught from chapter 1 ~ 12.

Jogging on sunday morning

Yday, finally force myself to go jogging...but i think i only jog very short distance... i nearly faint... i think i am really too weak liao... i am feeling aching all over now....

everytime, give excuse that work bz no time to work out. Reach home too late.... but it true, by the time i usually reach bedok, it already 7+8pm... need to go home put notebook. everyday go to work carry so many stuff, till hard to bring exercise clothing out.

How i wish i no need to bring notebook to work....so i can go exercise stright after work...

keep feeling tired....

wah...last wk had 2 wk of night job in a row... till now i keep feeling vy tired... on n off i will sudden doze off for a few sec...
whole body aching, and my stomach keep produce a lot of gas. morning will sure want to vomit... i hate it...whenever i don't have enough rest, all this signs will come out....

Precious moment figures for graduation 2009

This is the new 2009 graduation figures. I prefer the second figure. look so joyful.

Patient....

“Patient waiting is necessary that we may fulfill what we have begun to be, and through God’s help, that we may obtain what we hope for and believe.”

ST. CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE

Two Choices

What would you do?.... you make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: 'When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does, is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other chi ldren do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?' The audience was stilled by the query. The father continued. 'I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.' Then he told the following story: Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, 'Do you think they'll let me play?' I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps. I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, 'We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.' Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw my joy at my son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field,&nbs p; grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat. At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher. The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown t he ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game. Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, 'Shay, run to first! Run to first!' Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, 'Run to second, run to second!' Catching his breath, Shay awkward ly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. B y the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball . the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home. All were screaming, 'Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay' Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, 'Run to third! Shay, run to third!' As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, 'Shay, run home! Run home!' Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team 'That day', said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, 'the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world'. Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

Working now...

I am at work now... waiting to do a delete and remove route on my server... follow by simple test cases... guess it will about 5am+

Now at office doing some troubleshooting. gathering the logs to do analysis. It all about work, recently...haha

Designing poster @NUS

Today, show my sec friend, Zheng Gao on the posters that I did during the period when I was working @NUS. Kind of miss the period of doing poster design and etc... hehe..

Gallery on my poster creations:
Poster that created on NUS

Feeling tired....work, work work...

Did a night job this morning. the lucky thing, i am able to do remote into my server and all the people are easy to work with... i didn't sleep long as my mum wake me up at nearly 10am... slept only 4hr+....

Tonight there will be another night job.... at first, i thought i am able to go to office later but they have no access, therefore i need to be there at 12.30am... work till 4~5am... i think i will be supper tired after the 2 night job straight... haiz....

My sunday school class on 9th May 2009

It was a nightmare to teach them on last saturday.... they are making me very tired after the class... This coming satuday, I will be teaching them again. Hope they will be more "guai" hehe....

Blessed By A Stranger

By Joan Wester Anderson

It was winter when Nancy Williamson answered the door and found a friend, Barb, and her daughter, Anna, standing on the porch. Happy to have company, Nancy fixed coffee and the women talked of vacation wishes.

"Someday I'd like to take my daughters on a vacation to Prince Edward Island," Nancy said.

"Why don't we go?" Barb asked. "I'd love to see that area."

They had plenty of time to save money, and plan a two-week trip. "But two days before we were to leave," reported Nancy, "I noticed a grinding sound when I turned the steering wheel of the station wagon."

She had already had the car checked out, and knew the noise was coming from a small steering fluid leak, which would cost several hundred dollars to fix. But, instead of cancelling the trip and fixing the power steering, she bought several bottles of steering fluid instead.

It was an adventure from the beginning. "Every day we had to add a bottle of steering fluid," Nancy said. But the journey continued without a breakdown, and on the fourth day of driving, they reached their destination, a campsite on Prince Edward Island.

The area was beautiful, and perfect for relaxing and enjoying the sights. But the leak was getting worse every day.

Every day required a trip to a service station to buy more steering fluid. Uneasily Nancy wondered how they were going to get home. Were they going to break down at night? Or on a dangerous stretch of road?

God, she prayed. Please take care of us, even if we don't deserve it.

Their departure morning arrived. The women stocked up on bottles of fluid, and headed for the ferry to return them to the mainland, New Brunswick, Canada. Barb drove off the ferry but almost immediately they realized that she had made a wrong turn. Barb pulled to the side of the road, and took out the map.

Just then the car behind them pulled up and a nondescript man got out and approached their station wagon. He put his hand on the back of it. "God bless you," he said. "Can I help?"

Barb explained her confusion, and the man gave her directions. As he turned to leave, he said again, "God bless you."

It was a four-day trip back to Michigan, and every time the women stopped the station wagon, they checked the steering fluid. "Not once after we left that man in New Brunswick did we have to put a drop of steering fluid into the car," Nancy said. They arrived home safely.

The next morning Nancy went outside and started the station wagon. The grinding sound was back, and there was a large puddle of fluid under her car. But a final miracle awaited her.

"I had enough money left from vacation to pay the entire repair bill," Nancy said.

The angels think of everything.