Weed and the Wheat

4th August 2011

A few weeks ago, I heard the sermon about the weed and the wheat and wanted to share about it, but was held back due to my busy-ness. It was a parable in the Bible and it goes something like this.

An owner of a farm planted good wheat in his farm. At night, his enemy came and planted weeds and left. The following morning, a few servants came and said to the owner "Sir, weren't the seeds that you planted good seeds? Why are there weeds among the wheat? Should I go and pull it out?"

The owner replied "No. If you pull out the weeds, the good wheat might be uprooted together with the weeds. Let them grow side by side until the time comes when I will gather the wheat into my barn and burn the weeds"

So what is the moral of this parable? Why wouldn't the owner pull out the weeds? Wouldn't it be easier if the weeds were all uprooted and only the wheat were allowed to grow?

It seems that wheat and weeds look alike when they are young. One could easily be mistaken a weed for a wheat and vice versa. If let's say the owner would want to pull out the weeds, he could be pulling out the wheat by accident.

Moral 1: Whether or not a person is a weed or a wheat can only be determined at the end of his/her life. It is only then that we can clearly see the fruit of their labour.

Now let's talk about the servant who suggested to pull out the weed. Is this servant doing the right thing? On the surface, the servant might be concerned, but he could also want to make himself 'smart' by suggesting the weeding out of weeds.

Moral 2: We should not be the one to judge whether a person is a wheat or a weed. Let us not be like the servant who would want to act all righteous and weed out the weeds. Only God should judge, and what's more, whether a person is a weed or a wheat will only be ascertained when his/her time has come.

If we were quick to judge whether a person is a weed or a wheat, the church would be lacking of so many saints.

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Short update on my life.

1) I am going Lang Tengah tomorrow. Naice :D

2) My love the kids at my centre. Although they do drive me crazy sometimes, but I love them. Some of them are 'OMG' so cute.

3) Awaiting anxiously for Fulbright shortlisting.

God Bless~

Dreams and musings

10th July 2011

I had a very strange dream this morning and inside the dream i actually cried. Drama isn't it? So what happened in the dream?

I remember seeing someone (my friend) doing some strenuous exercise and it she was doing the exercise really really high up. She was doing and doing until she fell down. I guess it was about 16 floors high. I got a shock of my life and ran to see her. When I got there, I saw some paramedics carrying out a girl whose legs were already severed. I was stunned.

Then I saw another person who was walking and talking on the phone. It was my friend who fell down. She was perfectly fine. I ran to her and shed tears of joy and relieve.

In reality, falling so from such a height... you would not come out uninjured. In reality, i might not have shed tears. But this is a dream, so everything is possible.

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I wonder why I always have this urge to 'save' people from their sorrow. Well actually that's not true, I only have this urge on selected people. XD what is my motivation i wonder. praise? intrinsic motivation? :x

God Bless~

Work

One of the main reasons for me being busy would be work. I am currently working in a child enrichment centre as a mentor. Started work at the end of April. As for these 2 weeks, I have been working for 13 days straight now. :p

I always hear about people who talks about bad working experience. Although I had had bad working experience, my job is really good now. I enjoy my job and it's nice when you get to do what you like. I like playing with children and being childish at times, so I suppose this job suits me well. It's a plus that your colleagues are funny and they share the same wavelengths :)

SOME of the kids there are REALLY CUTE. I have a few personal kids which I like very much. This 1 kid gave me presents for Teacher's Day. So nice isn't it? I feel so loved.

The front of the card, together with the cookies.

Inside of the card. Although the drawing is not very nice,

I still thought it was very lovely of her.

The back of the card.

Kids there are smart, and they are frank. It is nice to be with kids.

God Bless~

Convocation Post

My convo was on April 4th 2011. Clearly this post is long overdue but I just got the mood and the free time to blog about it. So here goes.

So after finishing and passing both GRE and TOEFL, I am eagerly waiting for D-day to come. Mainly, I would want to take photos with all my friends which I have made throughout my undergraduate years. Before my convo, I did invite some of my friends who were not convo-ing to come together, namely people from the volleyball club, but I guess none came except for Bobo, who was there because of Cha cha.

Even those who went to the convo, I didn't manage to get photos with them, because everyone is just everywhere. And there's no reception as it was in LG, which makes it hard for people to call each other.

But there are photos to make me remember this day.

Welcoming Banner

My family who have supported me throughout my journey.

Mr. Lam

Jian, my private pilot. XD

Ah Bit

Lynnette Chai whom I RARELY see these days

Family Photo 2

All the above photos are taken inside the hotel. Now for some outdoor shots (which I think are nicer)

Ms. Too

Lam and me and the bushes.

Evie Teh joined in.

My lovely juniors who came and see me. Really touched.

My juniors gave me 2 presents. One is this pen.

Another is this cert. So sweet of them right?

Main reason for outdoor shots? Throwing the mortar boards of course!

Take 1

Take 2

It's a day to be remembered. Although there's regret that I did not manage to take photos with all of my friends, I suppose we cannot be too greedy in life.

Time to move on in life.

God Bless~

Science and Life

Science attempts to make life quantifiable, but is in itself is an oxymoron

It's maxim of empirical research is at loggerheads with the intangibleness of knowledge

Science will never be able to quantify life, for it cannot quantify death

Life

May 17th 2011

Life is not about money

Life is never about money

Life is about relationships

and how we use money to maintain relationships

Life is not about the tangible things in life

More often than not, it is the intangible things in life which are precious to us

We fight for peace, truth, justice, love, ideology and many more intangible things

Knowledge is life's eyes,

For it helps one to discern between good and bad

Feeling is life's skin

For it gives sensation to life and is as important, if not more important than knowledge

What good is it to be able to discern between good and bad but unable to feel for one another?

I'll tell you what life is about.

Life is about death and how we humans struggle futilely to avoid death.

Without death, there would be no life

and life with death in mind, is a life lived without regret, for that is when one will not waste life.

Written by Terence Yee

God Bless~

Spectators VS Actors

April 08, 2011

Generally, I had had a hectic week, and I am enjoying my time chillaxing now. It had been a pretty good week so far since I finished my TOEFL and GRE. Although it probably isn't awesome results, but it's adequate for me. At least, I will be able to go to the US with such a score. And I was worried I won't pass my GRE. Took it while I was having flu, fever and cough. Gung ho max la.. Thank God for his guidance and Spirit. Finishing my GRE was the best news so far.

Sunday is my convo. I am pretty excited about it actually. Not excited about going on stage, but rather taking photos with all my buddies buddies as it marks a significant milestone in life.

Owhkay, so that's a little update on my life so far. Now let's get to the topic of the day: Spectator VS Actors.

Most of us, I believe, are spectators, rather than actors. We like to see things, comment, talk about it, spread it, but do not do anything about it. For example, we watch soccer on tv, and someone missed the goal.

People will shout " WHAT LAH... EVEN MY GRANDMOTHER CAN KICK BETTER THAN THAT" Seriously, your grandmother can kick better than that? Why isn't your grandmother playing in the field then?

Another very popular phenomenon. Politicians. Malaysians LOVE to criticize politicians. Corruption la, traffic light rosak la, road filled with potholes la, low wage la, high inflation la, almost everything under the sun, we can complain. But are you doing anything about it? Why don't you take action and go complain to the relevant authorities? Write letter or call or go to their office? "Cause they won't listen lah" Maybe they won't, but have u tried?

Let's say u tried and they really didn't listen, then what's the point of saying out loud? Is it educational in purpose? So that people surrounding you knows how bad the government is? Or is it done so that people surrounding you know how concerned you are for the country? Or how smart you are? Or is it just a cathartic expression?

Parents sometimes take for granted their child's ability to study. AIYO, no 100 ar? No A ar? No first class honors ar? You so smart, you go take the test lor.

Oh oh.. the recent tsunami in Japan. I suppose many people say "let's pray for Japan" or something like "poor Japan", but are you doing anything substantial to help? Did you donate money for example in order to alleviate their sufferings? If you did not, then maybe you should ponder why didn't you. Why only pity and not help?

I suppose many of us do this is because it's so much easier to appear that we have done something, namely saying things, rather than doing things. When we need to act on something, it is a burden on us. It becomes INCONVENIENT. And therefore, we only say things to appear as if we are concerned, but we don't really lend a hand when it counts.

In order to move forward, we need to start acting, and talk less bullshit. When you see things, instead of saying, keep it in your heart and make a resolution to change. Trust me, you will feel that your life is a lot more significant when you know you have changed someone's life or the world for the better.

God Bless~