Monday, April 13, 2009

Life is so GOOD that I don’t mind dying

This is my post EASTER post…










I was having lunch today with Jenny & Daphne,
when Christina & her husband Larry joined us…

Christina has came to deliver the Omega Fish Oil that Jenny has ordered.

Larry is a very enterprising man…
Now he is now a wholesaler for Omega Fish Oil, Barley Green and Wheatgerm.

In other words, he sells health food supplements…
All these supplements help one live longer, gain youthfulness, etc…

I don’t usually take health food supplements…
(I do not have the discipline to pop pills everyday)



In the midst of our conversation, I said
I live naturally, I eat naturally, and it’s only natural that I die naturally.

This may sound morbid to you as a subject over lunch, but I really don’t mind dying.
Christina asked if it’s because life is too stressful/painful for me, that I don’t mind dying.
I reply" NO". So, I just said Life is so good, that I don’t mind dying.


If the life that God has given us in this temporal world is so good;

and because He has promised that He has gone to prepare a place for us, and will come back for us;

Life must be even better after death… that is eternal Life with GOD.

Jesus said “…I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”



First, let's take a look at the word "life". In the Greek it is "Zoe" referring to the principle of life in the spirit and soul. Distinguished from "bios", which refers to duration, means, and manner of life.

So we find that the life (zoe) that Jesus referred to are the things of the spirit, the things which are not seen.

Not the things of the flesh or of the world which are seen.
Jesus here is talking about eternal life.
It is not about having good things on this earth, or in abundance, and prosperity in this world.


I have more than my fair share of a good life on earth…
It’s time to lay claim to the “zoe” that GOD has so given…

Do you want to die here and live eternally,

Are you prepared to die without claiming “zoe” that was given to you in abundance…

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Response to the new cabinet lineup


Have been hearing a lot of comments on the new cabinet line up the past few days...

So here is my two cents worth...

This is NOT my original idea...


Thanks to Mr Nice Guy...

Rukun Negara ... 1. Kepercayaan kepada Tuhan

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“A nation without God's guidance is a nation without order. Happy are those who keep God's law!” Proverbs 29:18 (Today’s English Version)


In response to : The Malaysian Insider's report Najib chooses BN over Country

“A nation will prosper when its ruler is mature, and its leaders don't party too much.” Ecclesiastes. 10:17 (Contemporary English Version)

The Key word is PARTY... doesn't matters whether the political or the yam seng one... ha ha ha...


What about the PM and all the PM's men(and women alike)

“When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily; but with honest, sensible leaders there is stability.” Proverbs 28:2 (The Living Bible)


I don't mind if...

“Leadership gains authority and respect when the voiceless poor are treated fairly.” Proverbs 29:14 (The Message Translation)


We wish that...

“When good people run things, everyone is glad.” Proverbs 29:2 (The Message Translation)


I always believe this should be our response...

Do we? Can we? Will we?

“Makes Jesus your Lord proud of you by being good citizens. Respect the authorities, whatever their level; they are God's emissaries for keeping order. It is God's will that by doing good, you might cure the ignorance of fools... Exercise your freedom by serving God, not by breaking the rules. Treat everyone you meet with dignity. Love your spiritual family. Revere God. Respect the government.” 1 Peter 2:13-17 (The Message Translation)


Our CALL to ACTION...


“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chron. 7:14 (New International Version)

Monday, March 23, 2009

Hammer & Screw... You CAN be PERFECT!

We always hear this...

Nobody's perfect...
Only GOD is perfect...
While we are still on earth, we are all not perfect...

Well, today I'll say YOU CAN BE PERFECT!

My perception of being perfect is like this...
When you need to get a nail into the wall,
a hammer is the perfect tool...

Then the hammer is PERFECT no matter how ulgy or stained it is.
It doesn't matter if it is a $2.00 hammer, old hammer or a $1,000/- state of the art NASA hammer.

On the other hand, if you use a screwdriver to whack it in,
it may work but that's just NOT perfect.

Need another example?

A philip head screwdriver is PERFECT when you need to fasten a cross head screw.
And now if you use a hammer, even though you may force the screw in, it's just NOT perfect!

Hey, let me tell you a story...

Malathi is a school teacher in a suburb...
She teaches Biology...
It is not every year that Malathi gets to be a class teacher for the better classes...

Sometimes she gets students who are from the poorer background...
students who are academically challenged...
and all the sorts that a normal teacher would just give up as hopeless...

Malathi would call the parents, talk and counsel them...
offers solutions that would not necessary be that from a teacher...

She goes beyond her normal call of duty,
so that her students who have no hope to do well academically,
would find a place to do well in society...
She has recommended many to vocational studies,
helped solved their problems at home, etc...

Just recently, Malathi shared this with me...

There was a boy in her class many years ago...
To protect his identity, let's call him Roy.

Roy has difficulty passing most of his subjects in class...
One day, Malathi took him aside...
she asked Roy what he wants to do, what does he wants to be when he finishes school...
Roy replied " I want to be a policeman"
Malathi said " Why don't you find out what does it takes to be a policeman. What are the subjects that you need to pass in order to be a policeman"
Roy went to the career counsellor, and came back with the information.
Malathi advised "Now just concentrate to pass these few subjects, forget about the rest."

Just recently, (a few years later) Malathi met Roy again...
This time it is police constable Roy...

Malathi, not just teach... she reaches out and INSPIRES her students...
I know of many other stories about Malathi that could be compiled into a book...

Malathi, YOU ARE PERFECT!
Just as what God has called you to be...

I believe if we just do what we are suppose to be doing...
doing it right...
doing what we are called to do...

then we can be PERFECT!

I salute you ... PERFECT mothers...
I salute you ... PERFECT fathers...
I salute you... PERFECT clerks, teachers, waiters, managers, pastors,
Most of all, I salute you... PERFECT children...
Just be who you are, and do right whatever it is you doing...

YOU are just PERFECT, my friends!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator? Reality Check

You are a hunter in an African jungle.
But you don't kill animals...
One day, you caught an elephant. Now...
How do you put the elephant into a refrigerator? Answer : Easy, open the door, put elephant in, close the door.
It's a simple and uncomplicated way of solving a problem.

Then you caught a giraffe...
How do you put the giraffe into the refrigerator?


Since this is a well known riddle...
You would probably answer: Open the door, take the elephant out, put the giraffe in & close the door.

Sorry... You just can't do that
I don't think you can put the elephant into the refrigerator in the first place...
Life is not that simple... You just cannot fit the elephant into the refrigerator...
Now you've got a second problem... the giraffe...

OK... OK...
Let's move on...
There is an animal conference in the jungle. All the animals attend... except one.
Which animal does not attend?

The well known answer is : The giraffe... Ha! Ha! everybody knows that... The giraffe is in the refrigerator...

Think again... in the first place... you can't fit the elephant into the refrigerator...
Now what about the giraffe... It's much taller... and I don't really think it'll fit into the refrigerator either...
So you would probably have to let them go... (Remember you don't kill animals)

So, all the animals would be there... Ha! Ha! LOL!

Fourth question... No not the river with crocodiles...

Now fourth question...
During the conference, at tea break... did they have cold or hot drinks?


Think.... think....
and think again...

COLD?
with ice...

HOT? ....

The answer... the answer is...

They have neither cold nor hot drinks...


THEY DID NOT HAVE A TEA BREAK!


What??? cut budget... you may say...

NO! NO!

WAKE UP...
Stop dreaming...

There is no such thing as a conference in the jungle...
You are not a hunter in Africa...


Ring!!! Ring!!!

The alarm clock sounded!
I woke up...
got out of bed...
and wrote this in the blog!!!

Monday, March 9, 2009

Freedom vs Well Fed













Tiger in the Wild
vs Tiger in the Zoo.

"It's so unfair, why must they have a quota system" says Jeremy."Are we not just as deserving?After all we fulfill all the other criteria, just that we are not mmmmm"

This happened about a year and a half ago...
that was when I came up with to this explanation to my love ones.

Imagine a tiger in the zoo...
Well fed... No need to hunt...
Well taken care of... No worries...
All that seem well may NOT be all well...

It becomes dependent...
It loses its predatory instinct... unable to hunt...
It grows complacent... unable to compete...

Worse still ... it is caged...
It loses it's FREEDOM!!!

That is how I see it...
Don't be bitter, just because they are given all the privileges...
Do feel pity for them, for they have became like animals kept in cages in a zoo.

For us man, apart from food and shelter...
it is the FREEDOM to think...
it is the FREEDOM to profess our faith...
that separates us from being just a human being(a biological entity) to being a civilised man.

Even God has given us the FREEDOM to choose whether to believe in Him...

To enjoy these "privileges", our friends have to give up this FREEDOM!
What a pity... What a pity...
In getting what seems to be their "rightful" benefits
they would have to give up their rights to choose to believe in whatever they feel is RIGHT!

So next time, think of them as being the victims...
They did not make us less... but make us MORE...

We have inadvertently became better,
more diligent, more competitive,
more capable, more resilient,
We have became stronger...
in spite of the disadvantages being heap on us.

Reach out to them, our friends...
many do not know that they have been victimised...by their political feudal masters...
LOVE them... as GOD has love them...

I LOVE my friends..., do you?

Thursday, February 19, 2009

No More Economic Crisis

Just about everywhere you turn...
the subject today is ECONOMIC CRISIS.

I've heard enough of this and is sick and tired of hearing it from
...the church pulpit...
...the coffee shop table...
...when long time friends meets...
...at sales and annual conferences...
...in the office...
...in the news...
...even my wife...

Enough is enough...

We gotta stop harping about it...
(I am not suggesting denial)

Seriously...did it affect you...really badly?

Are you going hungry(starving...?)

Are you driven to a point that you're sleeping in the streets?

Are your selling off your only house... yet?

Do you or your children have to stop school...?

Are you selling all the clothes including the one you have on your back...?

If you are a Malaysian... living in KL & PJ...
I don't think many have come to that point... yet.

Then can we stop spreading a gloomy tone when we talk...

Let spread a POSITIVE NOTE...

When you meet up with friends...
Start with saying ... (If you can)

I am alive and healthy...

Jobs still a plenty in Malaysia,
(that's why we have overseas expats working in the restaurants, factories, etc...)
If you're unable to find a job, then your are the problem, not the economy.

Heard Barack Obama said this today...
"I am not saying today is the end of the Economic Crisis,
but today is the beginning of the end of the Economic Crisis."

Yeah, let's put an END to the Economic Crisis...
by starting to Focus on what we still HAVE...
by starting to Do what we still CAN...
by starting to Say, HEY! It's not really that bad...

If you are alive, it's not the end...
If you have a live, then live it today...
If you seek to live, then making a living would not be a problem...
If you want to live, then breathe... (yes, suck in the air and breathe)

Yes, take a deep breath, and look at LIFE and shout out,
HEY! I am still alive...

Friday, February 13, 2009

LIFE ... HAPPY & WELL IN TIME

Happy Valentine's Day

Not that I celebrate it, (Oh No!)
Just for all of you romantics out there.
But seriously, I BELIEVE IN LOVE.
After all GOD is LOVE;
I believe in GOD, therefore I believe in LOVE.

That's just starters, not really what I am going to write today.

Just met a friend during lunch yesterday afternoon.
He just got news from the doctor that there's growth in his back.
Scary, isn't it, especially for him, being a cancer survivor.

I once heard Chuck Swindoll says,
... It's not how many Days you have in your Life,
but how much Life you have in your Day that really matters.

So today I am rattling off a series of my Life's prespective...

I often say to my LOVE ones, especially my wife
... It doesn't matter whether I Live Long,
but what really concerns me is that I Live Right.

... Don't know when the world would end,
don't really need to know,
don't really need to find out,
because this world ends when YOU DIE. (GAME OVER)

... Live Today like there is no Tomorrow,
for Tomorrow may never come...
Live right Today for Tomorrow,
for Tomorrow may last forever...
Live responsibly Today for Tomorrow,
for you need to wake up and be on the go at it again...
Live well today for tomorrow,
for Tomorrow would be a better day...

So just LIVE & LET LIVE...
Celebrate LIFE...
Whatever the situation,
I wish you be HAPPY and WELL in TIME!!