I knew this was coming but even still..it doesnt make things any better. Lets say Im not for it but Im not against it because Im thinking from the person's perspective.
IM to blame too but I know I cant behrate myself to the max because we all make mistakes. To me..its time to master enough guts to make a change to what Ive done.
Alot of us tried to make a change but maybe its time we sat back and watched them in our situation. Doesnt mean we will sit and do nothing...but at least now, they will understand without us nagging or lifting a finger.
Will miss ya because theres 1 les joker in the club. Hahahah
Happy New Year to all! Its especially at the border of the years that time feels like itsw flying tooo fast.
God Bless
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Rifqa Bary
http://www.newsweek.com/id/215100/page/2
So I was surfing the net 1 day and I came across an article about a girl who is running away from her family because she is convinced that her family will kill her (honor killings) for converting from islam to christianity.
Because of the sensitivity of this case, alot of the public were posting their viewpoints about both religions.
So many mixed comments and insults on both religions, people arguing with others, misquotes of both religions etc. In fact the more I read it, the more I irritated I was.
Its atrocious how they can argue on such things when they havnt even got their facts right. Its so easy to misinterpret the Quran and the Bible because alot of hteir ideas are the same and they both stem from the same time period. BUT neither of them says to kill people. If ever it is that says to harm people, it is in defence.
But because of the misinterpretations of both books, we have radical christians and radical muslims. Some radical muslims will believe that it is right to conduct honor killings for certain reasons..or all the other things that Osama has done as well. Radical Christians take certain verses int he wrong context and believe that it is wrong to mingle with other people who are of incorrect lifestyle etc..thus ostracizing them. Or they condemn others who do not believe in Christ the way they do.
Both radicals have given Islam and Christianity a bad rep. And because of this, people who dont understand either religions, take in the most commonly known bad reps and conclude that all christians and muslims behave in those same manners. Which ends up being an endless circle of misunderstandings. So Christians blame Muslims and muslims dislike christians etc...
Dont forget that Jesus in Christianity is also 1 of the prophets in the Quran. There has to be a reason why He is valued in both books despite the religion. And that reason would most probably be because of His knowledge, beliefs and practices that go with the Quran's beliefs. So if both religions value what Jesus has to say, then why are we still having misunderstandings with each other's religion when they both take about peace and love?
Dont let the misleadings of 1 or a grp of christians/muslims...spoil the entire population of believers. Dont forget there are alot more believers in the world than that group.
And as for Rifqa's case, Im more inclined to believe that her parents will not harm her but some of her neighbouring muslim friends who belong to the same mosque might harm her no matter how the parents might want to protect her still.
God Bless
So I was surfing the net 1 day and I came across an article about a girl who is running away from her family because she is convinced that her family will kill her (honor killings) for converting from islam to christianity.
Because of the sensitivity of this case, alot of the public were posting their viewpoints about both religions.
So many mixed comments and insults on both religions, people arguing with others, misquotes of both religions etc. In fact the more I read it, the more I irritated I was.
Its atrocious how they can argue on such things when they havnt even got their facts right. Its so easy to misinterpret the Quran and the Bible because alot of hteir ideas are the same and they both stem from the same time period. BUT neither of them says to kill people. If ever it is that says to harm people, it is in defence.
But because of the misinterpretations of both books, we have radical christians and radical muslims. Some radical muslims will believe that it is right to conduct honor killings for certain reasons..or all the other things that Osama has done as well. Radical Christians take certain verses int he wrong context and believe that it is wrong to mingle with other people who are of incorrect lifestyle etc..thus ostracizing them. Or they condemn others who do not believe in Christ the way they do.
Both radicals have given Islam and Christianity a bad rep. And because of this, people who dont understand either religions, take in the most commonly known bad reps and conclude that all christians and muslims behave in those same manners. Which ends up being an endless circle of misunderstandings. So Christians blame Muslims and muslims dislike christians etc...
Dont forget that Jesus in Christianity is also 1 of the prophets in the Quran. There has to be a reason why He is valued in both books despite the religion. And that reason would most probably be because of His knowledge, beliefs and practices that go with the Quran's beliefs. So if both religions value what Jesus has to say, then why are we still having misunderstandings with each other's religion when they both take about peace and love?
Dont let the misleadings of 1 or a grp of christians/muslims...spoil the entire population of believers. Dont forget there are alot more believers in the world than that group.
And as for Rifqa's case, Im more inclined to believe that her parents will not harm her but some of her neighbouring muslim friends who belong to the same mosque might harm her no matter how the parents might want to protect her still.
God Bless
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas everyone! Happy Birthday Jesus!
To those I love:
Merry Christmas! You know how busy people are. I am one of those. And Im not one who is able to keep track of friends easily. But I always treat anyone I know as a friend and I value every friendship I start.
Its only on special days that we (because we are humans) remember to think of every single person we know.
Whatever it is...Im sorry if I havnt been the best person. And I truly appreciate it when you take the time to understand and tolerate. I am blessed to know you because my life is pathed by the people I meet who shape my mindset. You are precious. And in case you didnt know..you are precious in God's sight.
To Jesus:
You are the most important person in this world and in history. I appreciate you for your birth, your teachings and your death. I know it isnt jus Christmas that I should be appreciative of all you've done and I do want to get to know you more and more.
You know my heart and you know that without your righteousness in me, Id be full of imperfections and sorrows, worries and unhappiness. Without you, Id have gone in other directions that I wouldnt be who I am now. And you have given me the heart I have now. To do whatever I am doing now. I give glory to you on this day. Its cause of you that Christmas is so extra special to me.
Thank you Jesus for everything, for those I know and love, for your righteousness and wisdom and love.
No matter what life is for me, I thank you for all of it. I thank you for closing n opening doors for me.
You are my security in life that I will never be brought low to the depths of despair. I will mentally, physically, emotionally stable because of you with me everywhere.
Love you Jesus because you first love me. :)
Please look after all those I know and care for. Coz i know you love them too and I pray for them to know you and love you.
Love
Ning
God Bless
Merry Christmas! You know how busy people are. I am one of those. And Im not one who is able to keep track of friends easily. But I always treat anyone I know as a friend and I value every friendship I start.
Its only on special days that we (because we are humans) remember to think of every single person we know.
Whatever it is...Im sorry if I havnt been the best person. And I truly appreciate it when you take the time to understand and tolerate. I am blessed to know you because my life is pathed by the people I meet who shape my mindset. You are precious. And in case you didnt know..you are precious in God's sight.
To Jesus:
You are the most important person in this world and in history. I appreciate you for your birth, your teachings and your death. I know it isnt jus Christmas that I should be appreciative of all you've done and I do want to get to know you more and more.
You know my heart and you know that without your righteousness in me, Id be full of imperfections and sorrows, worries and unhappiness. Without you, Id have gone in other directions that I wouldnt be who I am now. And you have given me the heart I have now. To do whatever I am doing now. I give glory to you on this day. Its cause of you that Christmas is so extra special to me.
Thank you Jesus for everything, for those I know and love, for your righteousness and wisdom and love.
No matter what life is for me, I thank you for all of it. I thank you for closing n opening doors for me.
You are my security in life that I will never be brought low to the depths of despair. I will mentally, physically, emotionally stable because of you with me everywhere.
Love you Jesus because you first love me. :)
Please look after all those I know and care for. Coz i know you love them too and I pray for them to know you and love you.
Love
Ning
God Bless
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Christmas is near!
I nknow I havnt finshed logging down the past few days in HK but just waned to take this time to wish all a Merry Christmas!
Its always a special time for me and I hope that for all of you, that you would have family and friends to celebrate with. Even if you dont have relatives around you, dont forget your friends. The best of friends are family as well.
You dont have to shower each other w gifts. Most importantly, let htem know that you love them and treasure them.
I waas thinking abt Jesus for the past few days and how Christmas really marks His life. And how Christmas should really be a day to send our greatest love and respect and worship to Him. But then smoething in me said that it shouldnt just be Christmas that we do this for Him. We should be doig this all year round! Christmas should be every day! And its only then that I understood why that phrase was said.
But aside from this...from a non-christian perspective...we should be treating everyone we love the same way. We dont shower those we love with gifts only on their birthdays, New Years, Christmas etc only. We should be treating them w love, respect and etc every day we are with them.
Something for all of us to think about.
Heres wishing u all a merry christmas! I love all of you and miss all of you! And I pray God keeps His angels on watch, by your side.
God Bless
Its always a special time for me and I hope that for all of you, that you would have family and friends to celebrate with. Even if you dont have relatives around you, dont forget your friends. The best of friends are family as well.
You dont have to shower each other w gifts. Most importantly, let htem know that you love them and treasure them.
I waas thinking abt Jesus for the past few days and how Christmas really marks His life. And how Christmas should really be a day to send our greatest love and respect and worship to Him. But then smoething in me said that it shouldnt just be Christmas that we do this for Him. We should be doig this all year round! Christmas should be every day! And its only then that I understood why that phrase was said.
But aside from this...from a non-christian perspective...we should be treating everyone we love the same way. We dont shower those we love with gifts only on their birthdays, New Years, Christmas etc only. We should be treating them w love, respect and etc every day we are with them.
Something for all of us to think about.
Heres wishing u all a merry christmas! I love all of you and miss all of you! And I pray God keeps His angels on watch, by your side.
God Bless
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Hong Kong! day 1&2
Day1:
We got to HK around 1.30pm. My cousins and our niece and nephew went to fetch us. We dropped our stuff at the house (which is uber dope!!) and went off to see meet the others. Dropped by the mrt station and had some snacks. Eg: fried octupus, dried chewy fishballs, fried Yong Tau Foo etc Delicious! :)
Stopped by at the local 7-eleven and found a durian flavoured Hi-Chew!!! Hahahaha Not bad lah. Not very durian-y.
Had a huge-ass dinner at a huge-ass restaurant with huge-ass aquariams full of huge-ass seafood! Seriously ate till we could barely walk. Haiz thing about chinese culture...can not waste food...another thing about chinese culture.....always order more than we can eat.....mostly to make things look nice.
got a headache before the night was done. Ate panadol when I got back to the house but the pills only made it worse. Almost threw up all the good food. Note to self: Trick is not to eat so much when you know you're going for a very big dinner. No matter what...resist all temptation to much/snack 4 hours before the meal.
Slept early.
Day2: Woke up had breakfast at one of those hong kong cafes. The real hong kong cafe breads is nto as thick but it does have condense milk and butter/peanut butter. Their luncheon meat and egg sandwich is made of steamed bread. :) I like.
BTW..I saw alot of pretty dogs today, :)
We then had lunch at some Maritime clubhouse. Ate Dimsum. :)
after that we went to see Gu Ma's grave. The cemetary is huge and its a christian cemetary. The statues are quite interesting and its atop a hill so the whole tip of the hill is a cemetary. Like a terrace...
Then we went to the mountaintop. The temp was 10-15 DegC. Yet the skies were blue and the clouds were pure white with a tinge of orange sun. Very nice! (in HK accent)
Then bought myself 2 shirts! :) 1 red shirt w Mao Zhe Dong on it and another white shirt w I love HK on it.
Had dinner at a hotpot place. Beef was good, pork liver was good. Stomach was have civil war.
Now Im back at the house. dogs and niece running over the place. hahaha
K gonna shower now. Pics will be out when Im done w HK. Till then...
God Bless
We got to HK around 1.30pm. My cousins and our niece and nephew went to fetch us. We dropped our stuff at the house (which is uber dope!!) and went off to see meet the others. Dropped by the mrt station and had some snacks. Eg: fried octupus, dried chewy fishballs, fried Yong Tau Foo etc Delicious! :)
Stopped by at the local 7-eleven and found a durian flavoured Hi-Chew!!! Hahahaha Not bad lah. Not very durian-y.
Had a huge-ass dinner at a huge-ass restaurant with huge-ass aquariams full of huge-ass seafood! Seriously ate till we could barely walk. Haiz thing about chinese culture...can not waste food...another thing about chinese culture.....always order more than we can eat.....mostly to make things look nice.
got a headache before the night was done. Ate panadol when I got back to the house but the pills only made it worse. Almost threw up all the good food. Note to self: Trick is not to eat so much when you know you're going for a very big dinner. No matter what...resist all temptation to much/snack 4 hours before the meal.
Slept early.
Day2: Woke up had breakfast at one of those hong kong cafes. The real hong kong cafe breads is nto as thick but it does have condense milk and butter/peanut butter. Their luncheon meat and egg sandwich is made of steamed bread. :) I like.
BTW..I saw alot of pretty dogs today, :)
We then had lunch at some Maritime clubhouse. Ate Dimsum. :)
after that we went to see Gu Ma's grave. The cemetary is huge and its a christian cemetary. The statues are quite interesting and its atop a hill so the whole tip of the hill is a cemetary. Like a terrace...
Then we went to the mountaintop. The temp was 10-15 DegC. Yet the skies were blue and the clouds were pure white with a tinge of orange sun. Very nice! (in HK accent)
Then bought myself 2 shirts! :) 1 red shirt w Mao Zhe Dong on it and another white shirt w I love HK on it.
Had dinner at a hotpot place. Beef was good, pork liver was good. Stomach was have civil war.
Now Im back at the house. dogs and niece running over the place. hahaha
K gonna shower now. Pics will be out when Im done w HK. Till then...
God Bless
Monday, December 14, 2009
Back to good old Diaries
Ive gone back to hardcopies! Yes I will keep blogging but as we all know you cant really say all that you want to say on blogs. It,s diaries that make the most sense. Doesnt mean Id stop blogging..coz its good to update others...
Anyway...am just counting down till hong kong trip. Cant wait! Sorta feel bad that I wont be spending christmas w students and family and stuff but i do need break...
Not much to say now...talk next time!
God Bless!
Anyway...am just counting down till hong kong trip. Cant wait! Sorta feel bad that I wont be spending christmas w students and family and stuff but i do need break...
Not much to say now...talk next time!
God Bless!
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Just stating viewpoints...
Random thoughts:
- I now know what it feels like to be a judge...or a prosecutor. Thats why I didnt want to be a lawyer.
- Believing hurts.
- Loving hurts too. Especially loving too much.
- The easier 1 loves....the easier it is to be upset. The moment one cares abt something toooo much..the easier it is to be upset when something happens
- But drawing hte line is not easy yet it is crucial for survival. at least emotional survival
- Nobody really knows what you're doing or what you;ve done. So there's no point expecting everyone to fully understand you but it doesnt mean you dont try to make them understand
- Nobody can be superwoman/superman..only God can.
- Not everybody thinks, feels and acts like you
- Never cloud your judgement with an overflow of feelings. It sometimes steers you away from the light
- It takes 2 hands to clap. If you wanna clap on your own, by all means please do but dont complain
- You wont like everything that happens in life..but if you take it within your stride, you;re sure to come out of it a better person
Im past feeling like Ive upset the whole world. Not coz I dont care..but if I cared too much, it affects everythingelse that I care for. So while i wish I cud explain tot eh whole world...a whole load of explanations will only work if people actually accepted it. If not...then all the more "no point"
K lah back to work
- I now know what it feels like to be a judge...or a prosecutor. Thats why I didnt want to be a lawyer.
- Believing hurts.
- Loving hurts too. Especially loving too much.
- The easier 1 loves....the easier it is to be upset. The moment one cares abt something toooo much..the easier it is to be upset when something happens
- But drawing hte line is not easy yet it is crucial for survival. at least emotional survival
- Nobody really knows what you're doing or what you;ve done. So there's no point expecting everyone to fully understand you but it doesnt mean you dont try to make them understand
- Nobody can be superwoman/superman..only God can.
- Not everybody thinks, feels and acts like you
- Never cloud your judgement with an overflow of feelings. It sometimes steers you away from the light
- It takes 2 hands to clap. If you wanna clap on your own, by all means please do but dont complain
- You wont like everything that happens in life..but if you take it within your stride, you;re sure to come out of it a better person
Im past feeling like Ive upset the whole world. Not coz I dont care..but if I cared too much, it affects everythingelse that I care for. So while i wish I cud explain tot eh whole world...a whole load of explanations will only work if people actually accepted it. If not...then all the more "no point"
K lah back to work
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