Exams

Just to keep u all informed that the Sem2's are having the finals tomorrow, and the Sem3's will have theirs in 5 weeks time. Keep them in your prayers.

Congrats to those who are in the Dean's list =) as well as those who have passed their exams recently (Adeline, Amelia, Anabelle, Vanessa)

Oh yea.. not to forget, hope Dr Ignatio's project goes well.. Maybe he can give us a short presentation about it when he gets back =)

There's CSS this Friday at 1pm at PBL 10 as usual. Kevin will be leading the sessions.. Hmm.. wonder what's up his sleeve..

Eunice

Eunice wants to be pretty. So here it goes =)

Convo

Right, it was a lonnggg day, I don't think I ever woke up at 5.30 am in my entire life. It was tiring, but fun. I thought I'd upload a few photos here so Daph can start feeling jealous and regret for not attending convo. These people are my closest friends, also my future flatmates in Glasgow :) Thanks Iggy for capturing the moment and for your scroll, hehe!! Love this shot.

Right, so this Bryan thought he has taken enough photographs for the day and returned his robe the moment he came out of the ballroom.. AND I had to drag him away from his plate for this shot. Anyway, thank you Bryan for the piggy, loved it!

Finally found Iggy chatting with Dr. Chu Wan Loy after walking round n round searching for him!

Oh yeah, did you guys know that our names appeared on New Straits Times (26 May)? Hehe, I just found out. By the way, lets congratulate Bryan, Iggy and Nikki for making it to the Dean's List! *clap clap clap* so we have so many smart people here in CSS :)

Doing the impossible

Daph, I know.. I know.. you're really busy till you have no time for packing. I'm not too bad either.. heheh just came back from Johor :P Well at least you don't have to go headache over what to bring and what not to bring. I'm only allowed 20kg of check in baggage! My bag's exploding already.

Convo's just a day away.. yay! Remember your camera, Iggy :)

So, where shall I start?


Just a post to let you guys know that I'm well and alive. *grin* I just realised yesterday that I only have two weeks left. Two weeks then I will have to leave. Sigh!!!


I havent even started packing. I should get it done by tomorrow or today actually, since I have to bake for Gawai (Ibans celebrate this harvest festival remember?) on Wednesday n Thursday. Friday I'll be flying off to Jogjakarta to visit my younger sister, who's studying medicine at the Gadjah Mada Uni there. From Jogja, I'll be going back straight to my longhouse (yes, a real longhouse). I'm only going back to my own home on the 2nd of June, just to get my stuff, and fly off to KL the next day. So, yeah, I'll be in KL 3rd to 5th June. My flight to Heathrow is at 5.30pm on the 5th.


My classes will be starting on the 11th of June. Sob.. No time to settle down or anything. From what I heard from my seniors, the schedule is pretty bad. Looks like I'm in for a scary final year. And I dread the homesickness that's going to come. But then again, I'm thrilled by the amount of shopping that's coming my way. Books and CD's n clothes are pretty cheap if I dont convert. I've got a feeling that I'll go crazy buying books there. *Drools*


I'm getting lazier. I've been an absolute bum. 10 hours of sleep everyday is now the norm. When I do wake up, you'll find me in front of the pc; youtubing, watching csi, playing on www.runescape.com. Sheesh. I need to get a life. Do something productive or something. Hmm..


Anyway, see ya! Take care all.


Love,
Daphne

When God Doesn't Make Sense

When God Doesn't Make Sense Part 1
In 1961, Dr. Carlson had joined a relief agency to serve as a medical missionary in the Belgian Congo. It was only a 6-months commitment, but what he saw there changed his life. He could not forget the hopeless people when he returned to his hometown in California. He said to his colleague, "What you saw there would make you unable to swallow a thing." So, he moved his family to Africa and set up a makeshift clinic. His salary drop to $3230 per year, but money didn't matter.

However, 2 years later, he became a pawn in a bloody confrontation between rival revolutionary factions in Belgian Congo. He was among a small band of Americans held captive near the battle zone. They had one fleeing opportunity to escape by climbing up a wall and drpping to safety on the other side. Dr Carlson reached the top of the barrier and was seconds away from safety when a burst of bullets tore through his body. He fell back. He died.....

That humanitarian commitment cost Dr Carlson his life. Unfair, eh?

That left us to ask, "O Lord, why didn't You have distracted the gunner for another instant?" Even some sweat in his eyes could have prevented a good man's death.............

For times in our lives, we face many agonizing tests and incidents, happening to ourselves or to the people close to us. And we always ask the same questions, "WHY ME!!!???", "What have I done to deserve this from the Lord???", "The Lord doesn't like me and He is trying to punish me and send me to hell when I die.."

We expect the Lord to explain His motives behind all the painful incidents. We try to understand the Lord's intention of letting us suffer. Some vulnerable people start to fall, start to blame the Lord, start to fall into Satan's temptation which always come when they are on their weakest point. Don't we act the same too when we questioned,cursed and blamed the Lord, knowingly or unknowingly?

Maybe we are getting used to a seculiar mind---God loves you and offers a wonderful plan to your life. This statement is certainly true. However it also implies that a believer will always comprehend "the wonderful plan" and that he will approve of it. That may not be true.

In his book Letters to a Young Doctor, Dr Richards said that most of us are protected by an invisible membrane that shields us from horror. We walk in and through it everyday but are hardly aware of it. Then, one day it happens. Without any warning, the membrane tears and terror strikes a person's life...

So, some may ask, "Is our heavenly Father unconcerned about his vulnerable children?" It is almost insane to write such nonsense. Every description given to us in the Bible depicts God as infinitely loving and kind, tenderly watching ang guiding the steps of the faithful. You want proof? How about the great love that led Him to send His only Son as a sacrifice for our sin?

We seem to be struggling with circumstances that don't make sense. We may find it frustrating when things happen that seem illogical and inconsistent with what we learnt from the Bible. Then, if the Lord does not rescue us from those circumstances, some will feel abandoned, and soon his spirit begins to wither. It is logical to think: "If God is all-powerful, why would He let such a terrible thing happen to me? He must hate me."

To be continued..

Movie Night

phew...it reli took me a while to figure o this blog thing. y cant all the com stuffs be easier, they need 2 understand tat sum ppl r juz com illiterate (not me, of cos..). ok..wadeva la..

Neway, juz dropping in a note to ask if ne1 is interested 2 go 4 a movie on Wednesday nite. Its movie nite so the tickets wil be 6 bucks only. We'll be watching 'Next' in Times Square. Oh, im not too sure bout the price...but...im..kinda...sure its 6 bucks only on wednesday nite. hehe..We'll be having dinner there too.
So, for those of you who are interested, juz sms Iggy or me (012-9700802).

Online Privacy

Hi guys. Just wanna voice out a concern about internet privacy (blogs, chatting, friendster, facebook, etc). Yesterday I registered for tagged.com and I accidentally send to everyone in my email address book and it really did send an invitation to all my address book including my parents. So they also opened it up and joined it. After much scrutiny they emailed me and reminded me about internet privacy and how easily it would be for someone to just take your photo and use it against you. It is not a very large probability and also these things might not happen at all. But think of it, there IS a small chance that this might happen and a few simple steps might make a lot of difference in the way we view the net. Who knows in the future you might be some hot shot or become really famous and they might use your old photos to do something bad to you. I am just saying... Those are just a few things that might happen. Just my view though.


Who else going for the convo?

Mass at SFX 12 May 2007

Hi everyone. We will be going for mass this coming Saturday to SFX. Meet outside IMU at 5.30pm sharp on Saturday and we will be going there by taxi. Please text me at 016-8191517 if you are going. Adeline would be smsing you guys too for those that do not check this blog. Have a blessed weekend and


HAPPY NURSES DAY!

Praise & Worship Songs + Chords

Hi there everyone! Good news. My good friend Yewin passed me a Microsoft Word document containing all the latest Praise & Worship songs and their respective chords. Anything from Hillsong to Delirious. Most of the modern songs are inside the file. So those that want the file do email me and I will promptly email it to you!

Cheers!

11th May

Hi all, there will not be any meeting this week, as most of us will not be here.

Hope all those who are having exams are holding up well, as well as those who have just finished exams (hoping you are still sane).

Any of the sem2's n 3's who need help with your EOS, don't hesistate to let us know ya? Help is only a sms/email away =)

See you all in 2 weeks, will be back for Repro, with the rest of the Sem4s.


Jeremy

Adding members to the CSS Blog

Since everyone who is invited gets promoted to "admin" status. You can add your friends who are in the CSS by following the steps below:

1. Log in into the blog.
2. Click on "Customize" on the top right.
3. Click on "Settings" on the top left.
4. Click in "Permissions" on the top middle of the page.
5. Scroll down and click on "Add Authors".
6. Type in the emails of the people that you want to invite to join the blog. For example, aaron@gmail.com, bryan@gmail.com, etc.
   
7. Click "Invite".
8. Done.

CSS Blog

Hi everyone. I was thinking about how we could inform each other better, briefer, and more interactively no matter which part of the world we are in when we run through our every day lives. Well... The power of the internet has made it all possible and I would like to see whether by running this blog we would be able to get to know one another better and keep in touch by just posting something up on the blog instead of emailing or sending mails etc. With the blog, you can upload pictures, audio, and even movies so that every CSS member would be able to see what's happening to you. Let us say that you are in the UK and you want to tell all the CSS members at BJ what you have been up to. You can blog it on this page and we can comment on it and we can also forward people to this blog so that the information need not be written twice. Well... Hope this pilot project works though. Do lend a helping hand and give us some comments ya!