Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

Hey, to all my friends, and blog-readers, Happy Chinese New Year one and all!!!

Hmm...this year, CNY was not as 'Chinese' as always...*duhh, Joel, ur not Chinese!!!* But still, this year, being the second year I'm away from my hometown and all, but at least last year, I got some ang pows, and invitations over to ppls hse, to EAT! This year, not a single 'ang pow', but lots of money from my aunts...hehehe...

But that didn't mean it was really bad...my family came down from Penang, so we were hangin out, talkin, etc, etc...dat was pretty fun...

All in all, was a pretty nice break, well needed one too!

Oh...I had a 'reunion' dinner with my cousin & some friends, at TGIF - FIRST visit in my life!!! I guess theres a first for everything eh? It was great fun, meetin all of 'em, catchin up & jus foolin arnd...






That's: (From left) Sharon, Asha, Ajay & Mua...





Gong Xi Fa Cai once again, and oh! if your married, 'Ang Pow Na Lai' hahahahaha.......

God Bless!

True Love DOESN"T Wait?! (Valentine's Dinner)

Valentine's Day has come and gone...honestly, I didn't expect much from it, being SINGLE and all. The day started of a lil' monotonous, at the same time stressful, coz a lot of us students were going to have a mid-term test (Business Law) that day...not a very fun start to the day...

Towards the night, I hoped to be a lil more relaxed, as our uni CF had a special dinner thingy...basically we eat, then we dance!!! I tot I was gonna pee in my pants!!! Still, I wasn't expecting very much la...

The night finally arrived!!! I started off with the task of being a deejay, but very relaxed kind of job...then we ate...food was OK....worth our money, I have to say...then came the 'pee-in-my-pants' time...DANCING!!! Since I was the deejay, I thought I'll just play songs, and not dance...I put some songs on a playlist, and sat far away......but guess wat! A GIRL asked me to dance!!! Nothing wan la, she's a friend of mine, who I met in UTAR, but happens to be from Penang....I said, 'This is soo wrong, its not whats supposed to happen!!!' But anyways, we danced, and we both learned some steps...Thanks a lot Clarene (& Simon who was teachin) then, I danced with a few other girls (and uhh...guys...eww!!) So, now the thing is, I can DANCE!!! yaay! So, if a girl who turns out to be my future wife kinda thing reads my blog, pls remind me that I got no excuse to dance with you, OK? *VERY High hopes here* hahahah.....

Anyways, all in all, had loads of fun, my Valentines Day 2007 will be quite memorable one...Thanks to all who made it so enjoyable!!!

P.S. Will try putting some pics up soon...all depends on de ppl I took pics with.

True Love DOESN'T Wait!?

Im sure some of you are going 'uh-oh, Joel sesat dee...must pray for him!!!' Hahaha...thanks for the concern, (If you actually were thinking about that) But, I just wanna state how ironic it is, that we are told to wait when we start a relationship (with another human), as in:

1 Corinthians 13

The Greatest Gift

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails.

Then, we use this, when we are told of how God loves us:

Romans 5

Christ in Our Place

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Ironic, but true...God loved us first, He didn't wait for us to be perfect like Him, yet He calls us to a relationship with Him...cool...I'm happy I' not the one who made the first move here!!! Hahahaha....

Let's let God love us first, coz He's de ideal person!

Lonely......But Never ALONE

Was supposed to post this up before Valentine's Day, but been busy...hehe

With this being the season of 'Valentine' and all that, where everyone is all lovey dovey...can't help to feel so alone......but please note; I'm single, but NOT available...*wink*...I purposed in my mind dat I'll not start a relationship till I actually turn 21 (22nd November 2007), and I'm willing to wait longer, as long as I get the 'right one'

Things are not so easy being patient tho, coz all my frens (peers, actuallly) are so called 'taken'...OKla, maybe not ALL, but theres definitely a lot!!! The people who said they'll wait, I think couldn't wait any longer, and have started a relationship. Then theres others who say they don't think they want to be in a relationship (beacause of past experience) then, they find a special someone, and are nice and 'bahagia' (happy). Theres also some who don't want to be in a relationship (not celibate,or gay or anything) these people just wanna get 'laid'. Well, even these are on the way to get into a relationship...

As for me, I think I know who I like la, it hasn't changed for many years anyway...but even if things dont work out, I'm not gonna settle for any gal who would 'fall into my arms' yea, yea, I hear people goin, *dream on, Joel!!* but seriously, I'm not gonna simply go for anyone I 'think' is right...hmmm...maybe dats why I'm still lonely eh? Hehe....

Like I said,lonely, but never ALONE!!! I've got loads of friends and relatives who genuinely love me, just coz I'm Joel, and thats simply amazing...thank you ALL!!!

God Bless!!!

P.S. A bit 'mushy' my post this time eh? Oh well, its Valentines, can't help it!!

L.O.S.T.

Whoa!!! Its ben a really long time since I blogged eh?
Well, been reeaally busy wit uni stuff....but of course, still got time to do other things...hehe...

Just last Sunday, all de boys of College Zone (CoUz) of SIB went for a pre-Valentine outing thingy with some Young Adults...it was called 'LOST' la...basically coz we went in de jungle & did some cooking & all. Generally was wat boys normally wud do in scouting...

One thing I learned from de whole day wasnt really learning how to start a fire (literally) or how to read a compass, but that as boys (now gonna be...MEN!!!) we need to learn to be 4 things all at once!

1. King - Provider
2. Warrior - Protector
3. Mentor - Teacher (to our kids, others)
4. Friend - this speaks 4 itself...

Another thing I learned is dat altho it may be good to look to our peers for advice, we must always remember they are PEERS-they go thru similar things, so we cant put all our trust in what they say...wat we gotta do is look 4 a person more mature (both in age & wisdom) to 'mentor' us in the right way...

Its a pity how we are rebellious as teenagers, then only much later in life learn to appreciate our parents...OK...maybe not true 4 all reading this, but it was definitely true 4 me!!

Let's all learn to listen to the sound advice of others ya?

P.S. All my 'peers' who take my advice seriously, Thank You!!! But remember, I'm just your peer...get someone older or more mature for a different perspective...

Reset la......

Been havin dis feelin ON & OFF - wud it be possible to 'press reset' or, (for the sake of my tech savvy frens) Clear CMOS......in our life!? Do you go thru some days where u can just go back, not say or do de things you wish you hadn't, and so-called 'rewind' and 'replay' your life better??

Just a feelin...dunno wat 2 do abt it....

Watched a movie - Munich...
...quite controversial, I think dats y they din show it it Malaysia......basically de main character struggles wit de same thing; except dat he murdered like lots of people, for de sake of his nations peace...and feels de guilt of it....

Oh well....guess dats why we're not a computer; we're humans!!! No such thing as reset here, unless u got alzheimers la...hahaha!!!

So, let's just live, pressing forward, forget de past, just like Timon in 'The Lion King' said, 'you gotta leave your past behind you'

Philippians 3

12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead