30 August 2007

Merdeka! Sungai Rambai Version..

NST today have an article on this Anugerah Impian Malaysia aka AYA Awards. Its mentioned a name Elaine Sia Ling Ling who is a Training Coordinator with The Beautiful Gate. Ling Ling was the receipient from the year 2006 and when interviewed by the journalist, this was what she said:

"It’s a life changer," said Sia Ling Ling, a winner from last year’s awards in the category of Most Outstanding Youth of 2006. Sia is stricken with muscular dystrophy, an incurable disease that causes her legs to collapse if she stands for over 10 minutes. Her fingers are also bent to a perpetual claw but the 27-year-old has never stopped fighting.

Before this, Sia claimed that she never thought a person like her would be able to win any award let alone be hailed as an outstanding youth. "It was such an encouragement to me. Winning the award was like a sign from God for me to keep on going on," said Sia who works as an administrator at Beautiful Gate, a foundation for the disabled.

"I am now convinced that there is much more in store for me — more people to encourage and changes to bring about. "Thanks to the award, I was also able to continue my studies." Sia had won a scholarship to study mass communications from one of the award’s co-sponsors, Life College.

For a record, Ling Ling grew up in this small town called Sungai Rambai! That is what I called Sungai Rambai Spirit! Oh Yes!!

(FYI, her sister Ps Sia Siew Chin was awarded the "Outstanding Young Malaysian year 2000” by the Junior Chamber Malaysia under the category of Humanitarian and Voluntary Service before this award “Outstanding Young Disabled in Asia Pacific Region” by the Taiwan Disabled Association.) Read more about them here and here.

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!
she is no more a disabled! She is more able than the "able"!! She is more than Merdeka - in her body and her soul!

Merdeka! Koreans version


After much prayer for the shameful act and anxiety on the families, The Taliban finally release 12 Korean hostages and the others expected to be released on Thursday.

"The families are rejoicing at the news. They are busy calling other family members and friends at the moment to pass on the news," Bang Yong-kyun, pastor at Saemmul Church, told Reuters. As reported by Christian Today.

Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

The sad thing is "NO MERDEKA" for the Agfhans particularly the Taliban who will continue to be in the dark and in spiritual bondage.....as South Korean Churches also agreed as part of the deal "Not to deploy anymore Aid and Christian Groups" to the country....

26 August 2007

Birthday: then and now...

Warning: Lots of Photos!
Do you still remember how you celebrate your childhood birthday? I do, this was all I got
and it normally got "settled" in 2 minutes!!
and me with my smiling face, so contented with the two eggs!
That also if mum still remember the big day

But NOW, they get this for their birthday



And these as birthday's present:
and lots of gifts

They play "animals game":

...when we were playing the "game with animal" (see the biawak in the picture?)


Not only that, their mother prepared this to belanja the whole gang of friends:

MEE HOON KUIH!!



Group 1 came at 2.00pm


Group 2 at 6.30pm

Group 1 who came in the afternoon came back for the second time at 9.30pm

**PEW! So famous ar? but so tired oh!


Not finish YET!! got one MORE!!

And finally:

is LUCAS's birthday! (pre-celebration as his b/d is on 30/8)

Although it is the Big Brother birthday, but I guess Joyce enjoy the most!


I must admit, birthday nowaday is so "syok" compared to birthday then.
Happy Birthday Lucas! Merdeka!!

More photos here

24 August 2007

Don't Know What Chicken!? :p

In Return to my wife's Pan Mee, I prepared this for dinner.
Sweet and Sour Chicken? Not really...Lemon Chicken...Orange Chicken...may be...
Lucas called them "Don't know What Chicken!?" :p















p/s Kenny, Kevin, James, Robin: This one 4 U! Supper time lor!! EMERGE!!

21 August 2007

Emerge-mania!!

Have you heard of Emerge Youth Conference? Well, if you haven't, then you might want to ask them here, and take a look here. And I am sure our friends NiztheKid, James, Kevin and their friends can tell you more about "this conference"!!

At a brief, EMERGE is more than a "conference" as it emcompass
most of the things the youths do most of the time, like sport, games, creative art, media, entertainment, and most interestingly these: Beauty Peagent/Man Hunt, PS2 Challenge,
Arm-Wrestling, Preaching Challenge, Word Power and Who wants to be a Missionary.

Wow! looking at the list of competitions, it's great conference for youth to participate, especially YOU (and ME?) who have the talents and potential to EMERGE as one of the winner!!

But, wait....

**Organiser (O): how old are you?
Me (M): 38, why?
O: sorry..too old lah!
M: Huh?
O: Youth Conference Mah!
M: 38...still young what?
O: CANNOT!
M: Like that, got cooking competition or not?
O: Nope!! I know u r good in that! ***me: paiseh lah..
M: then....I can play futsal!
O: Nope!
M: I can sing!
O: Nope!!
M: I can run!!
O: Nope!!!
M: I can act, see this...
Me in this 1976 talent time in the School, I EMERGE as best actor playing the wolf in The Little Red Riding Hood!!




Organiser: Nope! That won't help either!!
Me: ...eerrrr how about Spelling Bee! see this, I graduated and EMERGE with a Scroll, sure can EMERGE one!!




O: Still cannot!!
Me: Why lah!!
Organiser: Only FOR YOUTH!! And BELOW 26 years old only lah!!

Me: Say-Lah Early!! I can send my son!! See this photo whether they can EMERGE? Dancing?



Err....

Joyce 4 Beauty Pageant




O: Tak Boleh lah!!
M: Okay! Okay! wait, wait, see these video first:

Audition Video 1, Audition Video 2

O: Errr...boleh tahan....but...
M: Okay? Okay?
O: Can kua! In Emerge Budak-Budak may be kua....next year!!!
Me: