School Holidays Mood Once Again

Have you (for those who are already working and not studying) ever felt that your company should officially allocate some holidays just like when we were still studying in our days?Don't you just wish you could have a week off without having your personal leaves deducted?Don't you envy those who complains to you that they have nothing to do during their holidays and bore you with their total freedom + time when you have none for yourself to even watch the latest movie in the cinemas even though you know you deserve some time off?




For all this years..


Have you ever felt that you are starting to have back pains and cramps after working for some time and you never had that when you swing around the monkey bar, run around with your friends to the nearest shopping mall even though it's 10km away, you'd still say it's near and come back without any pains or cramps? (Seriously, I did that when I was still in Hamid Khan.Ran to Gallery to buy a pack of Magic cards booster pack! :p )


Remembering those times that I once had when I was young that I can practically do anything with my time and yet get 'ok' results in school (Thanks to all my friends that diligently taught me in my studies).Those were the golden era.Fortunately I enjoyed my study life instead of burying myself in books when time was still available to me to 'waste'.Haha..poor students nowadays..they need to go to so many tuitions and suffer..after studies come out to work lagi suffer..If I were that generation, I would have already drop out from school.haha


Well in a few hours later, I will be experiencing this once again! Today will be my last day at work in ASE after 2 and a half years service there. I will be having a 10 day holiday before I start working in my new company on the 11th of February so it's time for me to party~!Finally, the Bing can have 10 days holidays without any distress or worries for this short period of time!What to do,what to do??What should I do??Where am I gonna spend all my free time??




This is how I'm feeling right now!Who wants to ride with me? =P



Hmm..This is the greatest moment I have yet to savor ever since my uni days.I have to get a good rest from work, catch up with my friends, go meet some old friends, watch all the CNY movies (CJ7 and KungFu Dunk!), go KL and lepak!(hopefully), and of course spend time reading! Can't believe I read leh...Recently found out this new hobby nia.Hopefully it will last..Maybe when one is getting older, reading becomes an interesting hobby then.:)


Just like what John says in John 8:36.. "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed." (Although this can't be used literally in this sense, but close enough.:P)

~Set Me Free~

Coincidence or Providence?

Year 2008 blasted off with some suprises and new challenges in my life as I looked back the past few weeks in the month of January.Many things happened, some are subtle, some are eventful, some are out of expectation, and some required a little patience. Let's see what happened:

1) Assigned to be Youth Chairman to replace Richard. (still struggling to be one..)
2) Went for 2 job interviews since I find no more motivation to work in my current one.(Not appreciated at all by manager..*sad*)
3) Received 2 offer letters from both companies. (Choice dilemma..but solved within a day!)
4) Gave 2 new year messages within 1 week. (Tough call, but with God all things are possible!)
5) Preparing for 2 huge events for this quarter: a) Ang Pow night on the 16th of Feb b) Youth Retreat on 8th till 10th March.

Well, I think that's all since I can't think of anything else for now.That's alot of events happening in one month alone! I believe I have talked much on being a youth chairman in my previous post so I won't be talking about them any longer.In this post, I would like to highlight more on the shifting job experience.

I told myself last year that I will definitely change my job because things are really getting out of hand since I had to handle 3 person's tasks + support! It's a mad house here.The manager don't see a need in hiring people to support me.I can't even afford to be sick!I have no backup support at all! There's no help coming so I thought to myself, "That's it lah! No point working here anymore..plus I had to work on weekends if there's any calls or issues." Sometimes I had to work on Sundays when I'm in church or whenever I'm in camps or vacations, I still have to work since they required me to standby at every moment.

So I prayed about it, whether I should change job or not.Even if I want to change job, there must be vacancies in other companies as well or else it's useless right.So I prayed that if it is God's will that I should change, then grant me those opportunities to apply.After some time, I updated my resume and posted it in JobStreet (an online job application service), hoping that some companies will call me for interviews.

I waited and waited for JobStreet to reply but seems like its taking forever.Si liao lah..No hope d..forever stuck in ASE already lah..Then I tried to send my resume via my friends.Then Motorola called me for a job interview after waiting for a few days.I was delighted and nervous at the same time since I haven't really been through many interviews before.As I packed my certificates for my interview, suddenly my mum accidentally found my SPM certificate which I thought it can never be found ever again ever since form5.I applied for my first job by using the SPM result slip instead of SPM Certificate! Imagine that crumpled piece of result slip can secure me a full time job! Hmm, never throw away your SPM result slip because you may never know when you need them..kekekeke..The funny thing was why would companies still need your SPM cert if you already have a degree in a certain field.Without a SPM cert, one could not apply for any Malaysian universities or colleges.Imagine I applied for my diploma and degree using that crumpled piece of paper.I don't know where my SPM cert went since after form5.Suddenly I found it back.Coincidence?I don't think so.

More importantly, Motorola required me to provide them my SPM certificate and the night before that interview, I found it.Coincidence?Ok, fast forward.Then Motorola interviewed me and planned to hire me after the interview.I was happy of course but was abit reluctant to go there since I had to re-learn everything because they are not using the same platform that I was trained in.Plus I had to be on call 24/7 and had to attend for conference call at late nights with the US party.Anyway, I didn't expressed my regret about it since they are paying me more and I will be able to work flexi hours (can start work at anytime from 8 to 9).

However, after 1 week, I had another call for interview at First Solar located in Kulim.To cut the long story short, after 2 interviews with them, they decided to offer me! And this time, I get more benefits, and I'm much more familiar with the systems used there.I call Motorola and rejected that offer and gladly accepted First Solar's offer.Coincidence?I don't think so.

Not only I am getting a new job, I'm going to US as well for training provided by First Solar! Wow.I didn't think that I would be able to go this far for training.Coincidence?I really think all this is due to God's providence instead of a pure coincidence.God knew my heart and answer my prayer just to show how much He cared and showed me that He can just bless me like that because He can.Everything happened in the span of 2 weeks and I couldn't even catch my breath till now.

Not only that, I placed my faith in God by tendering my resignation letter to my boss even before I receive the offer letter from any company! All I needed was that oral confirmation thru phone and I trust God will look after everything for me.Indeed He did! Blessed be the Lord God for He is my salvation, my strength and my song! Throughout all these experiences, I grew in faith to walk with faith rather than by sight.I place my surety and trust in God because I know I will never walk in darkness or lose my way in life.

Now I can truly understand that phrase in Habakkuk 2:4 ,

“Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith. "

Chairman Yaks

Last year, Richard came to me and told me that he's leaving for good to KL since his job requires him to be there.Chances of saying no: totally 0%. Which means that there will be a change in the youth leadership since he was our Youth Chairman.What makes it worse was that everything had to be in a hurry because he will be leaving for KL in one month's time! Great! Less time, less prayer and most of all, no appropriate candidate for a chairman post!Seriously, our youth workers weren't prepared for such a thing.



The last commitee meeting came, Richard dropped the bomb and highlighted me to be the successor of Sungai Nibong Gospel Hall/Sungai Ara Gospel Hall's joint Youth Chairman.I was obviously shocked and stunned as I didn't expect that to happen since I expected Andrew to be the Youth Chairman because he's the youth deputy.









It seems that Andrew was assigned to be the advisor instead of chairman so I was elected to be the chairman and Jeff the deputy.I told Richard that I needed time to reconsider such proposal since it was last minute and I needed time to seek for God's approval.Problem was: How do you know this is God's will or not?Even if I pray about it, how can I get the answer?Am I supposed to test God just like how Gideon did in Judges?Or am I supposed to hear some direct voice revelation from God?Or get my confirmation through dreams and visions?



I was in a difficult position because I need to decide quickly as time is short.The youth needed a replacement and it is very important for the youth group to have a leader to head this ministry.I wasn't prepared for such huge responsibility role and every youth was supposed to look at me as a leader now.How can a childish person like me since I still play alot of arcade games/computer games be a youth chairman and lead 30++ young people?I consulted with some of close friends and tried to get some feedback from them.They encouraged me to go if I want to take up that lead and ensured me that I was ready for that role even though I'm not convinced like them.



There's so many things to consider before I take up this role.What if some kid followed my footsteps by starts playing Marvel vs Capcom 2 and starts to ponteng school for it, what if some kid gets lost in a Youth outing to Muka Head or some sort like that, what if the safety of the young people are jeopardized in an event or camp.How would I be able to take these responsible up and face the parents, the elders of the church, and most importantly myself.How am I able to face myself if such cases happens during my leadership.I know that I will be the first one to be in parent's list to be blamed as well as church members if something like that happened.



These kinda title kinda puts you up there and makes you feel proud for a moment and then when trouble comes, I would be the first to be blamed regardless of what happens.When things don't go right, people start to point their fingers at me and starts mocking me behind my back.Such unpopular position with such heavy responsibility at hand and most of all, I don't get the credit for the things that I've done for the youth.Richard told me his experience and that doesn't seem nice at all.



As I was thinking of all the negative thoughts, I realized that I'm putting my own strength and experience for this post.I didn't realized that God put me in this situation to prove how great He is in my life.I began to think of myself, how can I be adequate as a 'Chairman' but honestly, there's nothing different from serving as a normal commitee worker.The title was assigned to me was just a name sake.Everyone was important in the youth work because we are not serving ourselves but God.God has given me this opportunity to lead the youth to honor Him and this is my chance to make that happen.It has been my dream to see this vision come true, to form a generation of youth that have a heart for God.



Then I realized that Richard did what he could to make the youth to be united as one.He did what he was purposed to do and God led him through.God used him to carry up this responsibility for 9 years and indeed He blessed the work.Now, it's time to pass the torch.In the end, I decided to give it a go.I don't know how it will be like but I know that God is always before me.He is always there for me when I needed strength, He is always there for me when I am lack of faith, He is always there for me when I am full of burden and He will carry these burden for me when I cast those burdens to Him.


The Lord is my salvation, and I shall not be moved.Hopefully God is able to use me to prove how great He is in my life.Amen

Terminator Vs Robocop 2

This is the sequel..Enjoy

Robocop vs Terminator

Samuel sent me this link quite some time ago and I felt that this is good stuff if you happened to be in the Robocop and Terminator era.Enjoy.Hopefully this will remind us of those action packed movies when we watch in our childhood.Maybe it's time to take out those vcd's and watch them back.Hehe

Movie Review : The Warlords

Last month, I managed to catch this hebat film in the cinemas with a bunch of my church friends.I didn't expect much from this film since most Chinese films are so-so and they rarely produce any movies that requires a huge budget or invested much in computer graphical animation. Some chinese movies are so cheap that when you watch them, you would be viewing too much familiar scenes when they run out of budget.Copy and paste (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V) was that method to save cost. That's why most Chinese films are NOT supposed to be watched in a cinema unless you are expecting something good out of that movie (99% sure disappointing one) or you are too free and there's nothing to watch at the moment (must have the cash too).



What appealed me in watching this film was the actors that are involved in this movie.I always liked Andy Lau (wished to be like him, he never grows old even though he's the same age as my mum.Keng.Ju lai Ju En Tao) and Jet Li (for his martial arts moves, not for his acting skills..).The funny part was I didn't really took in consideration who directed the movie.Usually I would be picky on who the director is for a movie.If it's Johnnie To/Benny Lau/Stephen Chow/Wong sumthing sumthin.., then I'll be ok to watch it since they are quite creative and experienced in producing a worthy movie to be watched in a cinema.



However for this movie, I didn't quite bother who directed it because when I watched the trailer, "Hoh, got war wan.Like LotR.Must watch".Yeah, I know I'm easily conned but I like war flicks.Not because I like the violence there but I like story written for this kinda setting.Most of the time it teaches me to appreciate what I have now and boost the courage to defend the things that matters to me.Something like that.


As for The Warlords, I would rate it 5 out of 5!This epic movie does not only stresses on war alone but speaks much about life as well.The humanity of man is clearly depicted in this film that when I watched it, I felt that there's so much in common facts that happens today but just in a more subtle manner compared to the past.Why?Because in those times (around ancient China times), people reveal more in their actions without much 'hidden' actions but revealed them outwardly without self control. A few examples would be there was some junior soldiers in the army went to collect the spoils of war, they met up with a few civilian girls.Immediately what fills their minds is to gratify their hunger for sex after being deprived so long in war.They raped them on the spot.They treated these girls like the 'spoils of war' that they deserved to have.This scene indeed shows how barbaric a man can be when he's controlled by his emotions alone.There's no right and wrong.What makes him feel better is right, whatever makes him suffer is wrong.Everyone in those times did whatever that is right in their own eyes.(Familiar?Hmm..)

A person's values will determine his/her decisions in doing anything and they are influenced by their leaders that taught them these values.In the movie, in that same scene that I wrote about earlier, the junior soldiers were once thieves that was led by Andy Lau (Thief boss..sounds so MMORPGic..) who taught them to do whatever that makes them feel good instead of a proper understanding of what's right and what's wrong.When Jet Li decides to punish the junior soldiers, Andy Lau tried to reasoned with him but Jet Li stressed that they must hold on to a principal as soldiers,no longer thieves any more and soldiers protects the civilians not robbing them.In this scene, we see a sharp conflict in values between them but as of now, I would have agreed with Jet Li tho if I was given the choice to choose sides. Men who do everything according to their desires are no different from animals. The only difference that makes men and animal different from one another is that men have moral values and animals don't.Animals do as what their instinct tells them to do.If we are to do what our instinct tells us, then we are eligible of being animals instead.Forget about mankind.Welcome to the Planet of the Apes.

Another breath taking moment I enjoyed watching is when the 3 of them (Jet Li,Andy Lau,Takeshi) led a small army of 800 people or so and attacked a force that consists of 5000 soldiers (Sounds familiar?All war films are like that.Small number vs big number and the smaller number always wins..).There was a part when 3 of them along with their army was surrounded by the enemies and 3 of them sworn to take down as many soldiers possible as long as they have breath in their body.3 of them looked at each other and then had a battle cry to indicate that they will fight till the end.It's amazing to see people when they work together towards a common goal and they would not turn back until they drop dead.The unity that held them together was so marvelous that it moved me.

There was one particular controversial part which kept me thinking about who was right about their decisions.In this scene where the three blood brothers laid siege on the city of Su Zhou, that city was impenetrable.None could go in and none could go out due to the siege.This went on for 8 to 10 months and that left many soldiers starving in hunger.There was a rumor about a miracle worker inside that city that was able to produce piglets as food every single day and that's how the civilians and soldiers lasted behind those walls.Some of them was so caught up with such rumor that they sneaked into the city to look for food but none ever came back.Hunger and starvation fell upon the army of the three warlords.While Jet Li went back to the head quarters and begged for food rations, Andy Lau managed to sneaked into the city in attempt to capture the city by his own means.

When he was in there, he met up with the enemy's army commander who turned out to be one of his fellow gang member in the thief gang last time.The commander agreed with Andy Lau if he would release their soldiers, the city would gladly surrender.He paid the price with his life when he thrust his own blade into his chest.Andy Lau was shocked at his decision and took up that promise that he would release the enemy's soldiers plus providing them food rations. But when Jet Li reaches the scene, his first reaction was to kill all the enemy soldiers in fear that they would rebel against them.Plus these food rations are for his own fellow members that have been starving for months.He is not going to share these rations with the fellow enemies but Andy Lau tried to fulfill his promise to the fellow commander by giving them food.Both men were equally right in their stands.Both had their rational reasonings.Both was right at the same situation and time.Who was right and who was in the wrong?I was torn between the two. That is why there's the third party, Mr Takeshi, he had to place his vote on either one of them and he chose Jet Li because he was thinking for the whole army instead of siding with the enemies.Who would you support if you were in his place?

There is much to talk about in this film but I will stick to this one as my last point, the fall of man.In this film, it depicts how man is so prone to betray their buddies for the things that they love even to the point of death.The ugly face of men was shown throughout the film and these are facts of life.Every man has a price and he would do anything to attain what he wants.When one is in need, one doesn't mind what kind of situation he's in just as long as he have buddies alongside with him.When one gets a lil big headed, he would look on something further to please his desires instead of appreciating the things he had in front of him.When pride gets along the way of a man, that's it.It's the doom of all men when they think that they are 'God' in their lives and will subject to no one considering themselves to be impeccable in the sight of men.

I guess this is a lil too long for a movie review cuz I've been writing this for the past 8 days! hahaha..I was too busy and sleepy to get this updated and published due to the hectic schedule that I'm in now.Well hope you enjoy reading this and go watch this movie if you haven't watch it yet.God Bless

Blessed belated New Year 2008

On the eve of New Year, I went to work as usual even though my company was officially shutdown for the day.There were only a few of us working on that day and most of us laze around like a pig in a pig farm.Most of us hanged around in our office and started playing facebook and trying to challenge one another in flash games or racing fluffs. It was really unusual for me that day as I walked along the production floor and this is what I saw:




Wow..so empty..no people at all..looks like some scene in a korean horror movie..maybe next time there's a horror movie called 'The Factory'..



Creepy...(imagine as you walk down this aisle, and then you look afar, there's someone with long hair covering her face standing at the end of the corridor and then shrieks as she flies towards you from the other end with two hands stretched forth towards you..such a 'gai' thought)



More creepy corners...



Unmanned machines operating itself!!



I wonder if I'm able to play hide and seek in the midst of these machines.I think it would be a fun activity to do during shutdown.Or play paint ball in this place...hehe

Well, I guess I was too bored that day that I decided to make stupid stories to entertain myself.Oh yes well, I guess the mind can do such things to me when I'm desperately bored in office.



Blessed belated New Year 2008 everyone! :)