Flowers of Cameron

Cameron Trip

Went to Cameron for a refreshing trip last weekend. Doing nothing much but rest.
Surrounded by bunch of pets and beautiful flowers.

This is MinnieChristy
Phoebe, 9-years old dog, very adorable dog
Ricky
God's beautiful piece of work
Multi-layered cob web
Superb food by our host, Mrs Chye & AliSuperb scones...Waited few hours just for these before we went home...

Graffiti KL (IV)

Some updates...

Makaaaann at my place

Hosted an open house for a group of close friends last weekend.
Try to cook two new dishes. Though it didn't turned out perfect, but what the heck...it's my own cooking.Wakakaka.. In my opinion, the best food is the one cook by yourself, no matter how it turns out.

"Cacat" Potato with rosemary

Spicy Italian-style Cauliflower
(Ingredient: Cauliflower, garlic, capers, chilli flakes, salt, lemon zest)Chicken Ham & Tomato Tapas by my wife
Tomato Meat Sauce Tapas

Asparagus & Prawn TapasTomato Meat Sauce
Salad by Larissa
Big Wok Fried Rice by big wok of course..not myself
Chickenmas by Rachel & Guan

Special guest Kae Lynn : What do you looking at mister? Gimme my food...and I want it fast!!!

Unanswered Prayers

Many times in our life, we came across time of difficulties, despair and disappointment.
Sometimes, it really makes us think: Is the God, whom we believe is listening to us? Some blame God for this kind of thing...Some keep their faith strong and pray till something really happen...
Below are some of the quotes that I found quite encouraging during difficult times.

*If God doesn't seem to be giving you what you ask, maybe he's giving you something else. (Frederick Buechner)

*Trusting God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for your life. (Rick Warren)

*The deepest level of worship is praising God in spite of pain, thanking God during a trial, trusting him when tempted, surrendering while suffering, and loving him when he seems distant. (Rick Warren)

*Be patient with God and with yourself. One of life's frustration is that God's timetable is rarely the same as ours. We are often in a hurry when God isn't You may feel frustrated with the seemingly slow progress you're making in life. Remember that God is never in a hurry, but He is always on time. He will use your entire lifetime to prepare you for your role in eternity. (Rick Warren)

*Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe. (Saint Augustine)

*God often deals with our problems & difficulties, not by removing them, but by giving us a greater vision of Himself. This may not remove the irritating circumstances, but it deepens our convictions that God knows what he is doing. (Selwyn Huges)

*Where is God when it hurts? He is in us - not in the things that hurt - helping to transform bad into good. We can safely say that God can bring good out of evil; we cannot say that God brings about the evil in hopes of producing good. (Phillip Yancey)

*When we stubbornly cling to God in a time of hardship, or when we simply pray, more - much more - may be involved than we ever dream. It requires faith to believe that, and faith to trust that we are never abandoned, no matter how distant God seems. (Yancey my man)

*We must never forget that God's silences are not his rejections. They are preparation for a greater revelation of him. (Carolyn McCulley)

*God does not keep a man from trouble; He says:"I will be with him in trouble." (Oswald Chambers)

Papers and Journals - Soren Kierkegaard

Just finished reading a book from Soren Kierkegaard. He's a Danish author whom work has inspired modern Protestant theology and existentialism. But find some of his articles quite deep...

This book is mainly consist of excerpts from his writing. Some quotes that I like:

*Faith has hopes, therefore, for this life, but note well, on the strength of the absurd, not on the strength of human understanding; otherwise it is only good sense, not faith.

*Longing is the umbilical cord of the higher life.

*Most people tend to have two advisers, one for the moment of danger when they are afraid. The when things are going well they would rather have nothing to do with him, for the sight of him reminds them how weak they were, and now they would like to think that they succeeded through their own strength – not God’s.

*Many think at bottom that the Christian commandments (for instant loving your neighbour as yourself) are purposely made too strict – rather like the clock which rouses a household being put half an hour fast to prevent them getting up much too late in the morning.

*'Consecration' in its first definitive form, the inner condensation of them individual. When an individual begins on some endeavour in the consciousness, or fully realising that, instead of leading to the achievement of a finite goal, it is actually going to prevent him from doing that, he becomes introverted in a redoubling of the self. This is merely human. The religious depends on how far the individual now refers everything to God.

*Christianity does not unite people - no, it separates them - in order to unite every single one with God. And when a person is able to belong to God, he has died away from what unites people.