I try to put as short as i can...
Today, me and my friends were talking about the moment we left our parents in airport...
That was the moment that i will never forget it in my life and i don't like to recall it when i'm away from my parents.
It's not a sweet memories for me, but it make my heart melt...
I admitted that i still didn't feel homesick yet...
But whenever i think of the moment when i was in the penang airport.. i miss my dad and mum a lot....
That make me homesick....
I still remember how it felt, when i last saw my dad and mum reaction when i said "goodbye..."
I still can remember the moment, the feeling....
I miss you, ba and mummy.....
I miss you~
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sharing Time ~
While the photos that show up here will not appear in FB or other place...for those who read my blog, have the privileged to see my photo..hehe...
Those photos are randomly taken...i lazy to put on my blog to describe it one by one, so i do it in one shot....hahah....basically is this two week event...
below are the photos....
Those photos are randomly taken...i lazy to put on my blog to describe it one by one, so i do it in one shot....hahah....basically is this two week event...
below are the photos....
this is taken during the Malaysian student gathering
heheh...funny...
me and Megan's couple
random~
Malaysian society in Carbondale
volunteering in the basketball match to sell food..
SIUC basketball match...yuhoh~
wow~
the stadium is big!
watching basketball macth..*peace*
he is trying to study before service..*no no*
me and some of the children in church..they are cute~
we're washing dishes after dinner.. recognize this girl? She is Charity~
me, stevenney and rose... stevenney is from BM too~, one of the great leader...
Plan to take more photos of my campus and REC center...
it's really a big campus and a good facilities of sport center(REC center)..hold on guys.. =D
Monday, January 25, 2010
Summary of the week
wow, it has been almost a week that i didn't post anything...
Sometime i do feel lazy to write...haha =p
This week i already started my classes....
It's quite different from M'sia...
The very first thing that i found out was, the lecturer and students is very very punctual...
Lecturer will never ever late for class...they will be in class 5-10 minutes earlier, and they start class exactly on time, no delay....
And the student over here also very punctual...it's hard to find student who late for class over here....
Besides lecture start on time, the class also end on time...
No one minutes delay of dismiss the class...
One funny thing i found out was, in one of the class, the lecture time is about to end, but the lecturer keep talking, he did not know the time. While i'm paying attention on the lecture,suddenly the sound of student start to packing their stuff filled the whole class, n i was curious,"wat happen?" then i looked up the clock... Oppsss...is time to end the class. The lecturer didnt stop talking n the student already ready to leave...although the lecturer did not finish the outline, but he had to dismiss the class. without delay....I found this was very interesting...It's will never happen in M'sia, i guess..haha
But, i have a hard time to be on time, because i used to Malaysia't time already..used to late for 5-10 minutes and is fine, coz lecture hvt start yet... right now, i have to be really really on time....
It's a good thing to be punctual. ^^
Besides that, when i received all my syllabus, i want to faint already...almost every week have paper due, exam and quizzes...and i have to study everyday, i cant study last minutes where i used to do that in M'sia...
Here, u have to be consistent, if not, u going to fail the subject...one subject have at least 4 exam, and 4-5 pop quiz...somemore u have to write reaction paper or project.....wah, the work load is a lot....
In addition, i went to REC center almost everyday....to tough up myself...haha
It's hard to sweat in winter time...
But at least i got exercise...i think right now i m healthier than when i m in M'sia...haha
the sad thing is, the meal plan that i take is nt good...
they over cooked the vege...the food over here is high in calories and is very very sweet.....
I miss Nasi pattaya and my mum's cooking.....
And today ( sun) i went to REC to play badminton too....
The "coach" almost killed me...
we had fun time over there....
The highlight of today was, i went to Ps. Bruce house. He and his family blessed us lunch...
I had a good talk with him....He brought up the issues of Christianity and Psychology and how the nation is far away from God, we also talked about homosexuality, and divorce. He also encouraged me to attend the class that is useful for a psy student. If i not mistaken is about Spiritual healing.... i think is useful for my course..looking forward for that. ^^
From the conversation that i had with Ps. Bruce, i felt that there is a reason God place me here in US, in Carbondale , in this church, surround with brothers and sisters...
In US, psychology and spiritual is never come into one line, in psy, spiritual is kind of like taboo....
And i strongly feel that I have to do smtg with the degree that i pursing right now, there is something god want me to do....bring Christianity and psychology together..that's what i feel right now...
I now it's hard to do that....but i will pray, need wisdom from Him....
For example the homosexuality issue. As a psychology student, u have to be neutral, and sometimes u have to agree that it's normal for a person who is homosexual.
But, in the Bible, homosexuality is a sin. then if i m a counselor or clinical psychologist, what should i do?
Should i bring Christianity in, allow Jesus to change the client or i have to accept who he/she is and help he/she to face the community? what should i do?
I think, that's one of the reason i m here...It will be a long journey....
pray that He will give me wisdom to handle it.......
vs
oh, i should take pictures of what and where i'd done....arg...always forget to take picture...
oh ya, sat, being able to watch my uni basketball match live in the stadium( actually i m volunteering to help out in the stall to sell thing)...wah, the atmosphere is extremly high...is almost like NBA, the audience shout, yell, clap....
N my next target is go to Chicago watch NBA..hehe....i m waiting ^^....
Sometime i do feel lazy to write...haha =p
This week i already started my classes....
It's quite different from M'sia...
The very first thing that i found out was, the lecturer and students is very very punctual...
Lecturer will never ever late for class...they will be in class 5-10 minutes earlier, and they start class exactly on time, no delay....
And the student over here also very punctual...it's hard to find student who late for class over here....
Besides lecture start on time, the class also end on time...
No one minutes delay of dismiss the class...
One funny thing i found out was, in one of the class, the lecture time is about to end, but the lecturer keep talking, he did not know the time. While i'm paying attention on the lecture,suddenly the sound of student start to packing their stuff filled the whole class, n i was curious,"wat happen?" then i looked up the clock... Oppsss...is time to end the class. The lecturer didnt stop talking n the student already ready to leave...although the lecturer did not finish the outline, but he had to dismiss the class. without delay....I found this was very interesting...It's will never happen in M'sia, i guess..haha
But, i have a hard time to be on time, because i used to Malaysia't time already..used to late for 5-10 minutes and is fine, coz lecture hvt start yet... right now, i have to be really really on time....
It's a good thing to be punctual. ^^
Besides that, when i received all my syllabus, i want to faint already...almost every week have paper due, exam and quizzes...and i have to study everyday, i cant study last minutes where i used to do that in M'sia...
Here, u have to be consistent, if not, u going to fail the subject...one subject have at least 4 exam, and 4-5 pop quiz...somemore u have to write reaction paper or project.....wah, the work load is a lot....
In addition, i went to REC center almost everyday....to tough up myself...haha
It's hard to sweat in winter time...
But at least i got exercise...i think right now i m healthier than when i m in M'sia...haha
the sad thing is, the meal plan that i take is nt good...
they over cooked the vege...the food over here is high in calories and is very very sweet.....
I miss Nasi pattaya and my mum's cooking.....
And today ( sun) i went to REC to play badminton too....
The "coach" almost killed me...
we had fun time over there....
The highlight of today was, i went to Ps. Bruce house. He and his family blessed us lunch...
I had a good talk with him....He brought up the issues of Christianity and Psychology and how the nation is far away from God, we also talked about homosexuality, and divorce. He also encouraged me to attend the class that is useful for a psy student. If i not mistaken is about Spiritual healing.... i think is useful for my course..looking forward for that. ^^
From the conversation that i had with Ps. Bruce, i felt that there is a reason God place me here in US, in Carbondale , in this church, surround with brothers and sisters...
In US, psychology and spiritual is never come into one line, in psy, spiritual is kind of like taboo....
And i strongly feel that I have to do smtg with the degree that i pursing right now, there is something god want me to do....bring Christianity and psychology together..that's what i feel right now...
I now it's hard to do that....but i will pray, need wisdom from Him....
For example the homosexuality issue. As a psychology student, u have to be neutral, and sometimes u have to agree that it's normal for a person who is homosexual.
But, in the Bible, homosexuality is a sin. then if i m a counselor or clinical psychologist, what should i do?
Should i bring Christianity in, allow Jesus to change the client or i have to accept who he/she is and help he/she to face the community? what should i do?
I think, that's one of the reason i m here...It will be a long journey....
pray that He will give me wisdom to handle it.......
vs
oh, i should take pictures of what and where i'd done....arg...always forget to take picture...
oh ya, sat, being able to watch my uni basketball match live in the stadium( actually i m volunteering to help out in the stall to sell thing)...wah, the atmosphere is extremly high...is almost like NBA, the audience shout, yell, clap....
N my next target is go to Chicago watch NBA..hehe....i m waiting ^^....
Monday, January 18, 2010
A blessed day again
yes, it's another blessed day...
I got a wonderful Chinese lunch in a church member house.....spend time with them....
Meet my new roommate...thank god that she is a nice person...
According to her mother, they also pray so hard for a good roommate, and her parents were satisfied with the roommate that she has...haha.
I also thank God that she is not a party person....she is quite clean also....
Hope that this semester we can have a wonderful time in this room,1133.. ^^
Highlight of the day is my dorm have a fire practice, i have to walked all the way to ground floor then used staircase to go back my room, it's 11 floor.... and when i went down , i m not wearing down jacket or any wool t-shirt, just a simple t-shirt that usually wear at home....and the temperature at that time is very very cool...i stand there for around 15 mins...almost become ice...haha....
well, it's a blessed day. Hope that tmr will be a good day too~
I got a wonderful Chinese lunch in a church member house.....spend time with them....
Meet my new roommate...thank god that she is a nice person...
According to her mother, they also pray so hard for a good roommate, and her parents were satisfied with the roommate that she has...haha.
I also thank God that she is not a party person....she is quite clean also....
Hope that this semester we can have a wonderful time in this room,1133.. ^^
Highlight of the day is my dorm have a fire practice, i have to walked all the way to ground floor then used staircase to go back my room, it's 11 floor.... and when i went down , i m not wearing down jacket or any wool t-shirt, just a simple t-shirt that usually wear at home....and the temperature at that time is very very cool...i stand there for around 15 mins...almost become ice...haha....
well, it's a blessed day. Hope that tmr will be a good day too~
Saturday, January 16, 2010
A blessed day~
Today is another normal day...need to go to university because have "International Welcoming Party"...
I woke up with a normal mood....before went in to the place of gathering...i had a good talk with Ps. Juan...
well, the Last day is coming...pay attention to what happen in the word right now...pay attention to Israel...
All is in the Scripture....
After that, the program goes every well, but boring...i almost asleep when the speaker is talking...oppss =p
then during the lunch time, Aaron brought me a good news that my tuition fees is fixed in the right amount...
it's really a good news for me, coz before that university charged me the normal rate, not the discount rate, and i suppose to get the discount rate. All of my friends got the discount rate, just me not get it, n i very worry about this yesterday.
N today, Aaron showed me the discount rate of the tuition fees, everything is fixed!
Wow, that time i really thank God for that....
the story not end yet...
During the lucky draw, i got the 1st prize! is a DVD player...
wow...it's definitely a blessing from God...
Praise God...
I might not using the DVD player, so i gave it to pastor, as they are looking for DVD player also...
you see, how God can bless His children with little little thing....
I really thank God for everything right now...the people that helping me up, fetching me, bought me meal and so on...
really thankful for everything thing and people in my life...
Well, tmr going to move into the dorm, pray i m getting a good roommate~
Pay attention to the thing around you, you will be amaze by how God can surprise you in your daily life... ^^
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Because of my lovely sister want to see my "snow" picture so i have to uplaod some over here....
YOu know who i m talking about...wakakaka....
I woke up with a normal mood....before went in to the place of gathering...i had a good talk with Ps. Juan...
well, the Last day is coming...pay attention to what happen in the word right now...pay attention to Israel...
All is in the Scripture....
After that, the program goes every well, but boring...i almost asleep when the speaker is talking...oppss =p
then during the lunch time, Aaron brought me a good news that my tuition fees is fixed in the right amount...
it's really a good news for me, coz before that university charged me the normal rate, not the discount rate, and i suppose to get the discount rate. All of my friends got the discount rate, just me not get it, n i very worry about this yesterday.
N today, Aaron showed me the discount rate of the tuition fees, everything is fixed!
Wow, that time i really thank God for that....
the story not end yet...
During the lucky draw, i got the 1st prize! is a DVD player...
wow...it's definitely a blessing from God...
Praise God...
I might not using the DVD player, so i gave it to pastor, as they are looking for DVD player also...
you see, how God can bless His children with little little thing....
I really thank God for everything right now...the people that helping me up, fetching me, bought me meal and so on...
really thankful for everything thing and people in my life...
Well, tmr going to move into the dorm, pray i m getting a good roommate~
Pay attention to the thing around you, you will be amaze by how God can surprise you in your daily life... ^^
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Because of my lovely sister want to see my "snow" picture so i have to uplaod some over here....
YOu know who i m talking about...wakakaka....
i personally love this pictures very much..hehe
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Cookies~
I never bake cookies back in my life..
today i give my first try to bake the chocolate cookies....
I have a teacher to teach me bake cookies...and she is just 11 years old...
today i give my first try to bake the chocolate cookies....
I have a teacher to teach me bake cookies...and she is just 11 years old...
this is my baking teacher, Charity Juan...
before we start we have to prepare the ingredients...
this are the ingredients...
and then we mix the ingredients...
the three girls is mixing the ingredients
hehe...stirring..
it become like this
then put it to the tray, wait fro bake...
Natalie was thinking" can this work?" haha...just kidding
Charity was taking it to bake...
14minutes Later
thada~ this is the cookies..
the taste of the cookies is good!
Before this, i thought that baking cookies is a hard work....
After i did, it was pretty easy....
It is an easy work...haha
But, the hard one would be the cleaning.....
most ppl don't like to clean.... ^^
Before this, i never thinking of wanting to bake the cookies...baking cookies never come out from my mind...
After seeing Melody and charity bake the cookies, i found out that when everyone is involving in doing something like baking cookies, cake, cooking, is a good time to bond, and know each other...
N the relationship will get much closer, i think is a healthy activity...
When i c Melody and Charity baking cookies, Natalie will probably join in, oi lin will be aside helping them and even ps. Juan will helping out also...so this can be one of the way that bring family members together....
Natalie is trying the cookies....
the three kids of Juan family from left, Charity, Melody and Natalie. Jonathan is infront of the computer. =D
Melody, me and Natalie
Charity, me and Natalie
me and the girls, the pic is blur, coz is taken by Natalie who is 8 years old. haha
he is a cute boy~
Cookies~
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Finally I'm here
I found my dad's other side...
Finally, i reached the land of liberty and justice....
It took me hours to get to the city....sit in the limited place for 10 hours + in a short, then waited flight for 3-4 hours, stay in the airport for one night, awake for whole night, then waited again...then sit in the limited place...
repeat and repeat again....i really don't like it...
Thank God that i m going to St.Louis, not other state like Madison, Wichita...if not, i have to take more flight.
Right now, i have the phobia of taking flight....and i'm glad that i survived....
He is a soft person i think....
He is not good at expressing himself....we didn't have heart to heart talk...even i m going to US....
On the day i fly from Penang, only i know how much my dad care and love me....
He didn't talk, but when the time i wanted to get into the gate, he tears...
That's the time i can feel the love...
I don't know how he felt, "bu se de" or happy that i m going to pursue my dream....
But, i don't know, i was touched by that....
From that, i told myself, i really have to do my best to honor my parents...
That's the way that i can do for them for now....
Finally, i reached the land of liberty and justice....
It took me hours to get to the city....sit in the limited place for 10 hours + in a short, then waited flight for 3-4 hours, stay in the airport for one night, awake for whole night, then waited again...then sit in the limited place...
repeat and repeat again....i really don't like it...
Thank God that i m going to St.Louis, not other state like Madison, Wichita...if not, i have to take more flight.
Right now, i have the phobia of taking flight....and i'm glad that i survived....
Airline that i took from Penang to Taipei, then transit in Taipei to LAX
that's one part of Los Angeles airport( LAX)
i stayed one night over here...
one thing make my eyes open was the boarding pass was done by electronic devices...
After taking so long of flight, finally i reached St.Louis...
St.Louis is snowing when i reached...
it's my first time to see snow...
All around is cover by snow.....that's what we can see in the TV...
It's cool!
I don't know how to explain, but it's really cool...
well, i 'm really thankful that I come to Carbondale, coz i have senior over here, he will take care of me...
And i'm staying with the Malaysian family for temporary, which everyone is very nice to me...
They are really helpful....they even treat me a dinner....
that's the first chinese meal i had...
it taste ok, not that bad....
but, M'sia chinese food is the best!
Come to an advance country...a country that's different from my country...
everything is new to me....
It opens my eyes a lot...there's a lot for me to learn....a lot to discover
I can compare what is the differences between M'sia and US...
It's really a good journey...
A new life for me....
Hope can adapt to the cold weather quickly~
p/s: they pay 20 US dollar for the tips in restaurant, and almost everyone do that, the money that they pay for tips is really high~ that's really really a lot...
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