Merdeka ....

2 more days and Malaysia will be celebrating her 52nd of Independence Day !

It doesn't matter from which political party you are from or what ethnicity you may be, WE are going to celebrate this TOGETHER. 52 years has come a very very long way and looking back, Malaysia indeed has grown from nothing to be something.

This soil of land is a blessed land from our Almighty God and He has us special in His heart. God shelters us from all natural disasters and we live in unity despite being multi racial. We eat together, we laugh together, we wear each other traditional costumes and at times, we are even confuse with the languages we use coz everything jumble up.

I know i have been very dissapointed with what is going on with Malaysia but this week is not the week to grumble. This week is Malaysia week for you are celebrating your 52nd birthday. And am so proud to be around to see this.

Malaysia, you are very unique and always will be in my heart no matter i go. Malaysia, it's your imperfection that makes you so perfect in my eyes.

Malaysia, i'm proud to be called as Malaysian and be part of you.

Malaysia, i'll always love and stand up high with dignity when i hear your name.

Happy Merdeka my beloved nation, Malaysia. May God continues to be merciful, gracious and slow in anger with this nation. One day ... one day ... all knees will bow down, all tongues will confess, all eyes will see, all ears will hear when the Kingdom comes.

L

Unwell

Hmnnn ... am sick .... not well ... abnormal ....

Been sick since Sat morning. I don't remember eating anything weird the night before except roti pisang and milo with Miss P. Couldn't talk at all during Sat morning meeting coz voiceless.

Doctor gave me face mask and one plastic bag full with medication. Thot things will be better but no ... my body was super hot that i can feel the hot air coming out from my ears like want to explode anytime ... i can't remember when was the last time i ever felt this HOT.

Anyway ... i went back to see doctor this morning to change all the medication coz i seem to be getting worst. Everyone at the office ran away seeing me with the mask walking around like ninja ... voice sounded like a man and hardly can speak.

And now ... am super high on drugs ....

L

Feeling annoyed

I'm feeling so annoyed now ....

Really annoyed with my work or should i say with the people am working with? It's very true working with idiots kill or rather killing me slowly. It drives me up the wall working with pretentious freaks that write and ask 1001 questions and talk all the time.

1) Talk big and no actions especially in front of bosses
2) Pretend to know everything but in actual big head with no brain - i dislike this kind of freak the most !
3) Drama king with bombastic words - oh please .. this is not theatre
4) Ask stupid questions and expect intelligence answers - my foot !
5) Create own rules which only freaks like you can understand
6) Laughing when you are not supposed to .. what's so funny?

Gosh ... am really annoyed !

Temperaments Test - Not a surprise

I had 2 times of survey for the past week to determine my actual temperament or rather who am i.

1st survey was done with my Nepal team so that we understand each other better and not to press the dangerous button in us when we are in Nepal.

2nd survey was with my boss and my peers to know our dynamic in order to work together in the same organization.

For the 1st survey, we used terms like Choleric, Sanguine, Melancholic and Phlegmatic and below pic will illustrate each term means

Choleric natures - leader, aggresive, loud, task oriented, bold, dominant, strong.

Sanguine natures - Friendly, extrovert, compassionate, rules breaker, caring

Phleg natures - Relaxed, steady, friendly, slow, competent, follower

Melancholy natures - Perfectionist, emotional, persistent, behind scene, difficult to work with.

For the 2nd survery, the term that we used are D.I.S.C - Dominance, Influence, Steady and Compliance with i believe it's the same with the 1st survey. The only different is the term we use but nature wise should be the same.

And below is my result ...

From the above graph, basically you can see am the D (natural) and I (adapt). Basically what it meant is am a dominance or choleric by nature and influence or sanguine by adapt. How true is this? I think it's pretty true and your call to judge.

Below also some of the general characteristics from the results ...

Don't think you can read it but basically from the results can see clearly am very task oriented person. Hmnnnn ... nothing new right? Haha

It's really good to know who we are in order to nail down the weaknesses and use the strengths we have to further improve.

L

My birthday

Last Monday was my 2* birthday.

And the birthday celebration was one in a kind, special in every way and wonderfully planned and prepared by my cell members + family.

This birthday celebration is very special because 1st time in my life i got "tricked" into it - total surprise party. I used to be quick in figuring out if it's a surprise party but not this round coz the culprits planned it real well. Sigh ... am not that smart after all.

Let's look at the photos ....

I guess the reaction from my face is enough to tell you i was indeed caught by surprise. Look at that two happy culprits.

Forced to wear the birthday cap by Lis ... made me look like retarded.

Vietnamese salad by Thom ... too tasty and yummy to the point birthday gal also no chance to eat one bite :(

Curry chicken and fried noddle from my dad

Chicken rice from Thom - i tell you this is excellent

Can you believe it if i tell you Thom cooked this pork belly? Indian man cooking Chinese food? Gosh ... he surprised me

Chai kuih from dunno where but it's very smooth and nice

Some of the culprits that planned and prepared the surprise birthday party.

My two old buddies

Me with some of the culprits

Me and Miss Pie

Me and cousin sister - the head of the culprits. Thanks for the kindness to open your home and to host this party.

Me and my pressie :D

My favourite plain cheese cake. Thanks for buying the correct cheese cake Lis.

Hereby, i would like to express my gratitude again to all for the time spent on planning and be present on that day. This year birthday itself is special enough because it's my last year celebrating my 20's birthday but you guys and gals made it more special by simply being there. Love you all for the remarkable effort !

L

Remember no more

Once a while, we received "reminded" word from God that meant to edify and keep us going. And i received one yesterday which i would like to share with you all.

"I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more"(Isaiah 43:25, NIV).

Basically, the above verse is telling us not to remember or to remind ourselves of our sins once we have repented and surrender the whole thing to God. Many of us are good in repentence but always come back to square one because contantly glued in the past.

God never intended for us to dwell into the past and wish for us to move on. It's very important for us to acknowledge that God is a God that forgives. It's the work of the devil to remind us of the past and self condemnation. In God's presence, there's no condemnation as long as we repent and repeat no more.

Don't be fooled by the enemy aka devil. Sometimes, flashback does happened but be quick to surrender to God. He knows and He understands. Don't dwell in the past and learn from it to become a better person. If you need to avoid someone/something, go ahead. It's not true that avoiding is running away. I would say avoiding is needed sometimes for certain situation in order to give ourselves some space to move on.

L