Saturday, April 21, 2007 @ 11:47 AM
I Timothy 6:6-10 "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
In regard to a post made by another friend, and of my own personal experience while attending another church. There its sometimes preached, that by faith in God, one can expect to reap financial wealth. As in the verse above, it is obviously not true. There then comes the danger, of believing God simply because we expect a reward from it. Yes, there is a reward, but its certainly nothing monetary, and certainly far greater. That is what we know we have, and what we should look forward to.
We all work to earn a living.We want to buy cars, material possesions, food and the like. Wanting to earn more in a sense isnt really wrong especially since many of us do so to pay just for necessities like school fees. But when start to equate money as a means to living the good life. thats when we start to serve the other master. And no one can serve two.
On another note..several things have happened over the past days, im just feeling lazy to blog about them all. Photos lying in the memory card waiting to be uploaded, things stuck in my head i want to put down. The irony of it..right now I have all the time in the world.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007 @ 11:15 PM
Kl day 4
Now for the final day in KL.Think it was the most eventful of all the days actually..
We decided to try the Nyamuk wall, which literally means mosquito. Like the name says, theres plenty of them, and more so since the place is kinda in a jungle.
You have to walk a short distance through a small settlement, great view of the whole wall from here. We were headed to the base through a path between 2 houses.
Theres plenty of routes here, and if not for the mosquitoes and the short hike up, would be comparable to damai. Lucky my cous brought a tube of saf repellant (one of the more useful items from there) and i used tissue paper to make a mosquito coil. I must say that thing is really strong, and only doesnt work in lim chu kang. The mosquitoes there are like in "god mode"
So off began climbing in proper. Most of the photos I took were from the wall itself, quite cool but had to be careful not to drop the camera, while holding on to the wall. The day was pretty relaxed, as most of us were tired from the 2 previous days climbing. At one point 2 of us even walked out to buy milo from the shops. Carrying the packets back through the jungle trail.
And the view from up there
And down below
And look at the puny thing that holds your life to the wall
Well till i get more pics from the others, this is it for now..
We all made our way back to the road to catch a cab back to the hostel. And what has to happen? As im approaching a cab in the middle of the road, on a red light, a motorbike that squeezed in between cars rammed right into me. Im not sure how fast it was going, but the wind got knocked out. And in a instant, the bike was in front, and i on the floor. Interestingly , I got up immediately, headed to the driver, and was trying to babble sorry are you ok or something. He was quite pissed that his mirror was dented, but got up and drove away. Later in the cab back, I realised only my ankle was sprained. Praise the Lord. Not a SINGLE other scratch.truly amazing..
Went back washed up, and ate a quick dinner. We said our goodbyes to Erin, who was staying on to fly to bali the next day. The rest of us were all headed to sg.
The bus journey back was one of reflection..God's protection throughout the trip, the evenings incident in particular. All the climbing..What started out as a trip i didnt forsee as enjoyable, was one of the best ive had.
Equator Hostel , KL, Feb 2007.
@ 11:44 AM
Kl - Day 3
KL Part 3
Finally, lets get to this long overdue post. Might as well use this time at work, while the photos scan. Hm day 3, we decided to go to the Comic and Roadshow wall.And after being swindled
by taxi;s yet again, we found ourself by the road, looking for the stupid place. The only think in front of us was a limestone wall with rubbish piled below. Little did we know we were looking at those walls we intended to climb. They were so overgrown and decrepit, we scrapped
the plan altogether, and headed back to damai wall again. So much for what the "climb malaysia" guidebook said.
Here we are back at damai, which wasnt really a bad thing, theres so many more routes to do. Plus damai is actually
one of the most well kept climbing areas. Thanks to some locals..
Erin belaying me i think..
some of the more doable routes
What one would look like after climbing a route
My cous and brent trying a multi pitch route (where the route is so long you do it in 2 parts and both people end up at the top)
Try and spot them. Theyre above the cave, which from the previous pics, lets you know how high that is.
This is what everyone looks like at the end of the day.
Dinner was nothing fantastic, as usual we all randomly walked into a place. This time it was
a chinese coffeeshop, which already ran out of food. So whats the first thing one does? order beer.
Stupid me, i thought they were ordering cans.It came a bottle each. Ah what the heck. One bottle does
wonders to your brain on a empty stomach, which after i tried to fill with the wanton soup the shop cooked impromptu.
We visited the Time square mall later, hoping to sit on the roller coaster indoors, but it was closed.
Such a pity its closed, look at that thing..
Thats it for day 3, day 4 when i get home tonight..got to upload more pics
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 @ 11:58 PM
acceptance..
Well from that song in the previous entry..I guess one can already infer. No regrets, ive done what i should have done.Maybe a little late, but I have an answer. Sad no doubt, the kind of sadness that eats deep into you.The kind that comes to you as night falls.Yet things can only get better from here..As long as each new day dawns, God intends it for something. Its his gift, and im guessing drowning myself in self pity isn't the best way to accept it.
Jer 29:11 (NIV) "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
and my prayer this evening :
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it;
trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
forever in the next. Amen.
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
its time to let go perhaps..time to let go..
@ 11:44 PM
congratulations
BLUE OCTOBER LYRICS"Congratulations
Is that seat taken
Congratulations
Would you like to take a walk with me
My mind it kind of goes fast
I try to slow it down for you
I think I'd love to take a drive
I want to give you something
I've been wanting to give to you for years
My heart My heart, my pain won't cover up
You left me..
My heart won't take this cover up
You left me..
I came to see the light in my best friend
You seemed as happy as you'd ever been
My chance of being open was broken
And now you're Mrs. him.
My words they don't come out right
But I'll try to say I'm happy for you
I think I'm going to take that drive
I want to give you something
I've been wanting to give to you for years
My hearts My heart, my pain won't cover up
You left me..
My heart My heart won't take this cover up
You left me..
And I can't change this
I can never take it back
But now I can't change your mind
And I can't change this
I can never take this back
But now I can't change your mind
can't change your mind
Can't change you mind
Go away Make it go away Please.
Monday, April 2, 2007 @ 2:43 PM
so many things..
Ah..sometimes i keep wondering why people have this big gap in the dates that they blog. Now i know why..sometimes you just get so lazy to add to blog.And the things pile and pile..I better get to it soon before i forget..
But theres just so many steps to get the photos from camera -- com --image host site-- blogspot.bleh. Posts without pictures just get boring sometimes..
