He

This is a beautiful song which I wish to share on this beautiful day of rest. This song touches me so, where He full of selflessness accepts us the way we are and become our greatest gift. He has paved a way for us to God for He loves us so, this song is a touching interpretation of His love for us. Going to sing this song one as a special song before I finish up my semester. This song is available in the celebration songbook number "50".

"He"

Verse 1:
A                       C#m  
He can turn the tide
                D               A
and calm the angry seas
Bm           F#m                               
He alone decides
                   Bm7         C#7
who writes a symphony
D                      Dm
He lights every star
                         A    C#m   F#m        
And makes the darkness bright
G#7                           C#m
He keeps watch all through
                   Bm7      E  
The long and lonely night
A                     F#m
He still finds the time
                Bm7               E
To hear a child's first prayer
Bm                     E
Saints or sinners call
                        A
And always find Him there
F
Tho it makes Him sad to see
       A        C#m
The way we live
                  Bm7   E7   A 
He'll always say, "I'll forgive!"

Verse 2:
He can grant a wish and
make a dream come true
He can touch a cloud and
turn the grey to blue
He also knows where to find
the rainbow's end
He alone can see what
lies beyond the bend
He can touch a tree and
turn the leaves to gold
He knows every lie
that you and I have told
Tho it makes him sad
To see he way we live
He'll always say, "I forgive!"

Happy Sabbath. Peace be with you.

Beauty of Sunsets

Figure 1: Sunsets at the beach.

Sunsets is a beautiful phenomenon when the sun sets under the horizon as a result of the earth's rotation. The sun sets on the western part of the horizon, the dazzling light is distorted by the atmosphere which causes the sunlight can still be seen and only dark when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon.

Sunsets to me are very beautiful and it is different at different seasons, where the earth is also at different angles and axis, the serenity and beauty of the sunsets shows that a beautiful day is about to end. Sunsets to me also signifies satisfaction if seen when a work is done and its beauty is indeed a glorification of God's creation.

Romantic relationships can also be started at the sight of a sunset, it will then produce a special marking feelings when a couple go to witness the sunset together. I remembered my first sunset together with my sweetheart, it wasn't as romantic but to me the sight of seeing such a beautiful phenomenon together, produces a very special and natural feeling of being together.

Sunsets produces photos which are very extra-ordinary and beautiful at the same time, at certain part of the day before sunsets such places may not look the best as it is when a sunset occurs, there is such picture which I have taken, at midday, the place looks so normal, however when taken at sunset, a certain eerieness and mysteriousness of the place is embossed.

A sunset is a time to behold the beauty and glory of God's creation, after a tiring day studying, there is nothing more special than to be away from the computer and all those books, and take sometime to pray and thank God for every single blessing and take sometime to release the stress watching the sun set into the horizon.

Welcoming the Year 2011

I've not been welcoming the New Year 2011 well enough, so it takes me a few days to feel the coldness of the month of January to actually feel the New Year, as I had a fruitful holiday with little or no progress for my final year project, I've decided to spend the first day of New Year to comeback to my university.

Figure 1: My university in one of those evenings.

Am not actually in a mood, still the urge to graduate played an important role to motivate me to come early to university. Whatever my mood is, should not be put forward as an initial excuse for anything as my principles should come first. Last semester in universtiy should be filled with strive and perserverance.

While practising this year with NEWSTART, which is an acronym for N-Nutrition, E-Exercise, W-Water, S-Sunlight, T-Temperance, A-Air, R-Rest, T-Trust in Divine Power. This is something definitely big for me, as I am no health lifestyle person, I'm going to make it my immediate lifestyle as I believe health is more important than money. If interested, you can view the program here, NEWSTART Program.

Back at my university, I really haven't got much rest, as I've been very busy studying and completing assignments and projects. These tasks hasn't been kind to me throughout my university studies. So, as an average student, this year I am going to get my rest, but of course with a really packed day and weekend schedule.

Going to the gym should be one of my efforts for exercise, due to the air outside the place which I'm staying, lots of cars and noise, it does not provide the air quality that I require for my exercise, so I have to make extra effort to actually go to the gym and burn those calories, as I am overweight and my cholesterol level and uric acid in my body is bound to give me health problems.

Figure 2: My School, School of Engineering.

So, university life is supposed to be filled with happiness and healthiness, instead of stressful and sickly. There are people with lots of different experience but I am going to fill the remainder of my time at university to the best I can be and of course giving and spending time sitting at the feet of Jesus.

Before I step deeper into 2011, there's a few mentionables about 2010

Since I've been very busy during the holidays, I've been unable to blog due to the lack of connectivity at Kota Belud. There's been a lot of movement during the course of my holidays, still not much real progress for my final year project, which I'll be struggling for during my last semester. Now I'm still in my first week of lecture, so there is a few mentionables which I've reserved just before I really step into year 2011.

Figure 1: My parent's 25th anniversary special.

The most special highlight of the holiday is my parent's 25th anniversary which is held in church. A special ceremony is held up for all the married couples for my family and it is a coincidence that my family is back to Kota Belud, so decide to join up, so I went through the task of being the honourable driver to do errands such as looking for my mum's bride dress at the bridal and up to photographing the event.

Marriages are meant to last and it's no on-off relationship which we can just make up through feelings, it takes principle and a lot of effort to build up. Lasting marriages is getting really rare these days. So I as a Christian, am also hoping to get married and have a lasting marriage as have my parents. They are my role models.

Figure 2: My steady girlfriend.

It's almost 3 years since we've started a relationship, and I feel that things are going to get better, there's a lot of experience that we've spent together, lots of studying together are among those bitter-sweet times. She has always been a motivation for me when tough times come, especially if there is set-backs during my final year project and also when facing tough tests, assignments and project. 

It's been fun to be able to sit together in a class with a special person, it makes me super concentrate during classes (not sure if this works for everyone though). I felt that meeting her was God-sent and that God knew that I need someone to strengthen me spiritually and keep me strong during the whole course of my challenging undergraduate.

Most of all, she loves sweet goodies, especially ice cream and also dark chocolate. Sweet girl, she is one.

Figure 3: Jump into the river, blurred.

Another notable feat is of course river jumping, well it's not such a proud feat but bathing in the river is something my brother has been looking forward to when returning back to the kampung. The river at my kampung which is Kg.Gaur, Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia is really clear river and has been a very famous bathing place. So I had a very enjoyable time with my little brother, I've spent little time with him, so it is something I also look forward to.

Still there is always danger when bathing, due to its strong current and at different times cold, cramps can occur. This happened to me recently during the semester break last year 2010, I actually went down into the water to check the depth but I can't reach it, it is really deep and when I tried to go up, the current below the water mixed with cold water caused me to lose stamina.

I got tired as I surfaced the river, my cousin was nearby luckily and it is still far towards the shallow part, I guess if he wasn't there, I could've drowned and not survived the year. God is indeed watching over me. Praises to the Lord.

Figure 4: Cloudy day at the tip of Borneo.

This is a recent trip to the tip of Borneo last December 2010, the day is cloudy and there is drips of rain falling, so the view isn't breathe-taking as it supposed to be on a sunny day. The year 2010 is filled with ups and downs and also struggles with self and there are goals which I haven't been able to achieve. Maybe the cloudy day might signify the year 2010 for me. It could have been better, yet I am thoroughly thankful for all the blessing which has been showered. 

God has indeed blessed me and I should be more open hearted in offering service to him.

New Year Resolution

The new year 2011 is now and 2010 is history, there's a lot that I haven't been able to grasp and achieve I will continue in this year and more new improvements will be soon implemented. Still there is an important part of me which I really have to improve which is my selfness and pride which always been a big problem for me to overcome.

Figure 1: Pride, one of the deadly 7 sins.

It will be challenging to overcome these humanly weakness, Pride is especially hard due to the fact that it is one of the 7 deadly sins. Pride is an inordinate love of the self, which results in super confidence as well as distorted self-esteem which ignores one's shortcomings. Pride exaggerates one's abilities and accomplishments while ignoring one's imperfections and failings.

In order to overcome pride requires humility. Humility is not false self-deprecation which is usually shown in a way of insulting yourself so others can say otherwise, rather it is recognizing that all gifts and talents come from God and acknowledging as such. Illustrated in a situation, if someone were to compliment your good singing voice, a prideful response would be, “You’re right, I do have an incredible voice, it’s about time you noticed it.” A self-deprecating response would be, “Oh, no, I can’t sing. My voice is terrible.” However, a humble answer would be, “Thank you. I’m grateful that God has blessed me with this voice and I’m glad I could share it with you.” Humbly giving God the credit He deserves is the antidote to pride.

Pride is a sin due to one's preoccupation with self, which is very fitting that the middle letter in the word is "i". Pride is all about me, myself and I, so the word pride is centered upon a letter "i" while the sin itself is also centered upon "I".

Another way to determine whether of pride preoccupies within self is to evaluate the motives, an example is my pursuit of knowledge. If I studied hard because that is what God wants me to do and that I'm obedient to Him, and it is God who empowers me, then that's good. Or if I study hard because I would like to help the society or teach and help others, that's good too. For the Love for others is there. However if I studied hard just for the sake of amassing knowledge for myself, just so that I can say that I know more than everyone else, I guess something is not right. For the focus is upon myself and my own glory.

Humility is a must, I must be able to control myself and never be controlled by pride, it brings me great sadness to know how much pride has caused me to fall and hurt others. I must be humble and this is a great challenge for me.

Figure 2: Carnation is also a beautiful flower which signifies pride.

Prayer is needed daily.

My Adidas Superstar 80s OT-TECH

It's been some time since I've blogged, been struggling to balace my time with final year project as well as family as well as building up my relationship with the Creator. Since I've got a sometime to burn, I'll just write a simple review on one of the newer superstar 80s in my collection which is an original by OT-TECH, this pair of shoes inspired me that even vintage designs can be implemented in this modernized world.

Figure 1: Superstar 80s OT-TECH (Front).

This is definitely a pair of shoes for those who loves streetwear, it's simplicity definitely suites my personality, where all my favorite colours are defined in every part of the shoes, the main colour which is black is defined in the leather upper, which shows the toughness of the shoes. The leather is really tough and durable.

The white colour is defined in the white EVA sole which provides the grip and sawtooth style which is really a eye candy for an electrical engineer such as me, as I'm only used to seeing those sawtooth waves in digital signal transforms and such, really sophisticated styling which is also simple in a sense of design. These styling is rare.

Figure 2: Adidas Superstar 80s OT-TECH.

Blue which is my favorite colour is defined on the laces and also on the back part of the shoe, definitely striking and interesting contrast and mix of colours, I've only had those shoes for about a month, yet they are easily break in and are very comfortable to wear.

The Adidas Superstar 80s OT-TECH is a wonderful addition to my Adidas superstar 80s collection, shelltoes may not be everyone's cup of tea, still due to it's definition of toughness, timeless vintage design as well as an entity of art in these modern days, I've decided to collect these shoes for my personal wear and collectibles.

Figure 3: Adidas Superstar 80s OT-TECH (Hind).

The Adidas Superstar 80s which has been an original since 1969, it hits my theme of vintage collectibles and for sure more, art savvy and theme shoes of these type will be coming into my collection  .

Key for releasing stress..

Figure 1: Keys of truth are important for opening the mystery locks of life.

These verses made me strong when I was facing great challenges in my current uni life, but I believe that through anything, big or small tribulations, God is good to me. All the time.

Psalm 46:1-11,

God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
He says, "Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth."
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.

Amen..