Perspectiv

My first meal today

joreen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:15:16 +0000

I slept very late last night and awoke extremely early today. An ungodly hour of 5:15am! @_@ If only you can imagine how it feels like to be sleep-walking and stayed in a subtle hibernating mode for the most part of the day.

The night before ended well with a good crowd of 2000-3000 turned up for the Ceramah Perdana PR.

After tidying myself and some packing and washing, it was close to 1am. Boohooz.

Woke up at 5:15am to fetch Steven to the airport, he’s flying off to KL for a meeting. Lucky thing they are flying with Firefly and not Air Asia. They managed to check in even tho we arrived there 15 mins late. Thank God for that!

Then at 7am after seeing Steven off, I wandered to Sunshine market for breakfast. I ordered something my late paternal always ordered when he brought us out for tea during my very much younger days.

The feeling is not quite the same tho. It must have been the toast, it’s butter-and-sugar toast, and not butter-and-kaya toast. Hehe. Or could it be, I used to share the drink with Grandpa? He would pour the drink from the cup onto the saucer and lil me would drink from the saucer. That’s how the older generation always managed to find a way of utilizing everything!

I enjoyed the egg and the sudden gust of wind very much. At one point, a voice in my head told me “It’s going to rain, run to the car and grab an umbrella!” then the voice was interrupted by another voice “Oh well, let’s just walk in the rain should it really rain, the car is not that far”.

In the end, it did not rain. Sigh.

Found something lovely…

joreen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:43:02 +0000

I found this yesterday! It’s real LOVELY!

Brother NV-50

135 stitch types
F.A.S.T needle threading system
1 step automatic buttonhole
7 Point feed
Drop feed lever
LCD display screen
LED sewing light
Quick start bobbin
Stitch length/width adjustment
Automatic bobbin winding
Hard casing

Brother NV 10 ~ RM 1,099

Brother NV 30 ~ RM 1,299

Brother NV 50 ~ RM1,499

How would you choose? I will take the most canggih one!

Alrite, will consider a while more. Wakaka.

Declutter and Simplify

joreen — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:00:45 +0000

I have just learnt this two words lately, in a much deeper sense.

I shall start from the beginning. I have never moved house before from my earliest recollections. And my earliest recollections started at the age of 3 years old. Haha. Mum told me we moved from Bayan Baru to our previous house when I was 1 year and 7 months old. No memory whatsoever.

The home that I have stayed in in the past 2 decades + was situated in a flood-proned area. The worst time, the water level actually got up to the waist area, but that was many many years ago, when I was slightly shorter. It actually flood lesser over the last couple of years, then it got worse… 3 times in 2009. Yes, the final time I actually have to clean up the whole place by meself (because the whole family had decided to move to a higher area, and I have decided to stay back because I am so attached to the home and surrounding)!! :Sobs:

The moment came when I finally have to move away, the new owner is coming in! I find it really difficult to pack up my 2 decades of life into boxes (thank God Steven was there to keep me sane!)! It is pretty literal. I have many clutters all over the places. I packed all the things from my room into boxes and moved myself and necessities into the master bedroom when my parents moved away. When the moment came, it was slightly easier to simplify the things I want from the things that I thought I want. The months of separation, have some sort detached any feelings that I have towards most of them. Haha. It’s time to let go and move on. So, I ended up with lesser stuff. I believe by the next time I move again (pretty soon, I believe), I will have even lesser stuff.

I am going to declutter and simplify more often now. The zen feeling is much better than having so many STUFFs around. This sentence has stucked to me: The more you move, the lighter you will be! It goes for both weight and belongings!

Live lighter on the Earth and in your life by letting go of the excess baggage, organizing what you do keep, and passing your “stuff” on to others who need or would love them. I might even start to practise the one in two out rule.

Hobby: My latest craze!

joreen — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:29:01 +0000

I found a new hobby. Due to lack of accessibility to refrigerator over the last couple of months, my craze for making Konnyaku Jelly has cooled down.

I have been thinking real hard, how I even found this latest craze. I think it is after Steven and I got back from Ikea. I learnt the word quilt and started googling for it and there comes my obsession and finally decided to seriously just do it!

I found a tutorial class very near my place! It’s a God sent! Ask and you shall receive! ;D Thank you, dear God. The shop opened the day after I googled for it, literally! Now, you see what I mean? I even managed to go to the opening ceremony of the shop! I believe I am most probably the first student after the shop opened!

Anyway, please see my first project below. Not too sure, if I can keep the interest for long. But I will definitely go for a few more classes and projects before making any hasty decisions… like getting a sewing machine! Hehe. ;D

Yeap, I sewed it for Steven as Valentine’s gift. Hehe. And he is using it! So sweet of him! ;D

Chinese New Year Carnival 2010 @ Bukit Mertajam

joreen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:56:43 +0000

Come one, Come All!!!

Date:Friday, 19 February 2010
Time:18:00 - 23:00
Location:Pusat Perniagaan Maju Utama & Insa Dunia, Bukit Mertajam

I got a new Toy! ;D

joreen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:44:24 +0000

Steven got me a new Toy for my Birthday. ;D

My previous phone had served me faithfully for 4+years, Sony Ericsson’s Clamshell phone.

This babe had gone through thick and thin with me. I will keep it with me for memory’s sake.

With my new toy, I can now log online via my mobile anywhere, anytime! Thanks Stevie Dearie!!

This lil baby can take absolutely beautiful pictures. Just to prove my point, I will post a couple of pictures here. ;D

(In conjuction of Chinese New Year Celebration, the Penang State is going to have a Chinese New Year Celebration in Bukit Mertajam for the first ever time!

Date:Friday, 19 February 2010
Time:18:00 - 23:00
Location:Pusat Perniagaan Maju Utama & Insa Dunia, Bukit Mertajam)

The touchscreen is super sensitive. Ooo, I love it!

Hehe! Yes, I am excited! Thanks again Steven! Muaks!

May God Bless You Exceedingly (a sonnet for the sweet and humble) - By Nordette Adams

joreen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:35:10 +0000

Today has been a very heart warming day. The wife of a friend has finally waken up from a deep deep sleep that lasted a full moon and starting to gain memory of the people around her especially her dear husband and baby son.

“Friends, may His grace and mercy shine sweet light
upon your lives this day and times beyond.
May His wings shadow you when you take flight.
With your fresh dreams, let not a thief abscond.
Let love from dawn to dawn reign in your world.
Let peace know home within your heart always.
Let no vile creatures crush your precious pearls.
Let joy join you and keep you all your days.
When you take rest upon each day’s relent,
may He whose gift is sleep bless you with dreams,
with this your rest is fully heaven sent,
so may you rise with wisdom in full streams.
I send this blessing to your door because
you’ve shown me you seek love and not applause.”

My dear friend, may God continue to bless you and keep you well.

Gabai Waterfall Retreat 29 Aug 2009

joreen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:04:09 +0000

Steven and I stepped onto KL grounds at 6:30am on Saturday. While walking towards the Pasar Seni LRT, we bumped into a neat little hotel and checked in… unplanned. 6:45am.

Got an SMS from Daud at 7-ish am. By 8am, we were on our way out from the hotel and hopped into Daud’s car to Gabai Waterfall.

The Entrance

The steps: 350 steps of meditation

There’s a baby and a superboy in the retreat with us.

The adventurous CG in CDPC.

Daud did the slide.

Steven and I

It was indeed fun. Thanks Big Bro Daud.
(Pictures courtesy of Stevie and Daud)

As we walk down the place while enjoying the beauty of nature… we sang and hummed the hymm “This Is My Father’s World”. The next day at BLC, very conincidentally this hymm was part of the worship song as well, I was totally overwelmed by the music and the power of the lyrics, tears dropped from my eyes…

This is my Fathers world

This is my Fathers world
And to my listening ears,
All nature sings and round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Fathers world,
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas,
His hand, the wonders wrought.

This is my Fathers world,
The birds, their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white
Declare their makers praise.
This is my Fathers world,
He shines in all that’s fair.
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me everywhere.

This is my Fathers world,
Oh let me neer forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is my Fathers world,
The battle is not done.
Jesus, who died, shall be satisfied
And earth and heaven be one.

Book: Till We Have Faces - C. S. Lewis

joreen — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:06:21 +0000

I am currently reading “Till We Have Faces” by C. S. Lewis (One afternoon, I went to Borders, wanting to buy “The Great Awakening” but in the end I walked away with this book instead). Honestly, I have tried reading “Mere Christianity” and “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C. S. Lewis, but this is the one that kept me turning the pages. C. S. Lewis was a superbly descriptive author, as I am reading the book, every once in a while I will relate the story to Steven. He asked whether it was the book that was that descriptive or I were that imaginative. Lol. It’s the author, babe. I felt as if I were there!

Till We Have Faces

Marcus Foster

Bradymusic2003

I was born with an ugly face

Sister came with a Goddess grace

Loved her so

More than anything else

More than anyone else

They blamed her for the rains that year

Then meant to sacrifice her there

On mountaintop

Become the wife of a god

Shadow brute whose devouring love

Nothing could ever stop

Hear me out gods above

You never had enough of our blood

You don’t just kill our joy

But you steal their hearts away

I searched the truth with all I had

You riddled it well your darkened path

But all you ever took

Was all I ever wanted

So I went to put her bones in the ground

Her still alive was all I found

She thought she was

The wife of a god

That, I had to stop

Gave her light made her see “the truth”

In spite of promises made to her brute

But her god was real

And in the end I was wrong

What else could I have done

Trapped by them all along

First They Came…

joreen — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:46:39 +0000

Exactly a year ago today, I shared the below Poem with a bunch of friends in an Email discussion. At that time, we felt some kind of anger over some injustice that we saw. But nothing could compare to the injustice that we saw yesterday. My deepest condolences to the family of Teo Beng Hock. I really really wonder what happened…

My fiance and I are dedicating our 29th month anniversary to TBH and fiancee, we cancelled our dinner and movie date to attend vigil.

I had a discussion with some colleagues over lunch on the state and recent political issues. I can see that there’s still a lot of ignorance and “don’t care” attitude in many people. Thus the below poem kept popping into my head since lunch. Here’s sharing it again…

Original
Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Jude.

Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte.

Translation
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not protest;
I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.

Let’s cry and shout for justice now, or forever remain silent…