Trip to Muka Head

On the 4^th June 2010, the MYF and Community Tution of the Wesley Methodist Church organized a trip to Muka Head, Penang. This trip was participated by 9 adults and 35 youths from the MYF and the Community Tuition. The objective of the trip was to have fellowship between the Community Tuition students as well as the MYFers.

The participants gathered in front of the Church Sanctuary at 7 a.m. in the morning. We boarded a bus KAE 5218 and started our journey at 7:15 a.m. A brief instruction was given by the organizer of the trip, Mr. Yeoh Ti Pheng followed by a prayer of blessing by Pastor Lee Peng Chiat. At 8 a.m., we stopped at Gurun to have our breakfast. We continued our journey and made several stops for toilet breaks as well as to purchase tidbits. On the bus, a light lunch was distributed and the video “The Bridge” was played followed by interesting point of views from both the youths and the adults.

At 10:45 a.m., we finally reached our destination. We were joined by Barnabas Yee and family there. We were given a short briefing and started our hike at 11:05 a.m. The hike was indeed a tortuous trail filled with small crevasses and dangling vines. We encountered a wide variety of flora and fauna and made several respite at beaches before reaching our destination. The whole group was exhausted by then. We rested at the Muka Head beach and carried out some activities such as collecting sea shells and having our lunch.

A small group of participants was willing to take up the challenge to hike up another trail to reach the lighthouse at the peak of Muka Head. This time, hiking up this trail required a lot of fitness and perseverance from us. By the time we reached the lighthouse, only a handful of participants remained. We had a opportunity to have a panoramic view of the verdant valleys below. It was indeed a magnificent vista that we relished every moment of it. We hiked back the trail and the whole group was divided into groups of tens before travelling back to our starting point by motorboats.

We bathed and changed before departing from Muka Head at 4:40 p.m. We then arrived at Queensbay Mall to have our dinner. Divided in groups of tens, we were then given free time to walk in the mall until 8:30 p.m. We had an enjoyable time until it was time to leave for home. We boarded the bus once again and headed for Alor Star. We arrived at the Church Sanctuary at 11:30 p.m.

The trip was indeed a successful one. The objective of the trip was reached and the participants enjoyed themselves tremendously besides gaining extra knowledge. The MYF and Community Tuition look forward for more trips like these.

Happy happy CNY

You know, it doesn't always have to be a massive and grand celebration to make an occasion meaningful. Like this year, I'm sure many of you noticed the lack of atmosphere of the CNY celebration. But, I considered it as a time well spent, cauz it is the time spent with my families adn friends, which matters a lot to me.........

My grandma's house in Penang

Some random shots I took from the house

This flower planted by my grandma finally boomed after 25 years!!

My grandma

My friends and relatives preparing for the dinner

Our Reunion Steamboat

My bowl

My favorite Steam Chicken

Seems like a simple meal rit? It isn't no super delicious food or high-class cuisines. But the very thing that make me miss the meal to this day is the intimate fellowship that we had while eating the steamboat. The kind of love bond between the members of families that never could be expressed by words.

Now back in Alor Star ,I went to my Grandma's sister house............

Again the kind of happy reunion and best wishes from everyone that can only be experienced once a year.

All kinds of cookies

All kinds of food

While everyone was busy talking, joking and laughing,I silently slipped away into the porch and took some random shots.......

And I looked up into the blue sky.......

And I thought to myself : How many times do I forget the feeling of this kind of love bond in families? Life is short, like a flower quickly fading, a vapor in the wind. And I should try to cherish this special occasion, cherish this love in our families. Shouldn't you do the same?

Peace

If you think you are struggling with a lot of problems, all you need, I'm telling you, is peace. Peace can make you content, and that's all you need

Form 4

I'm Form 4 now, 16 years old. And live isn't as kind as it used to be to me. Dozens of works from schools, responsibilities, temptations, masks of hypocrisy ,and a growing hunger for fame. I hope it's just part and parcel of growing up. Form 4, sixteen, not numbers to kid with anymore. It's just a couple of years before I emerge from the cocoon of adolescence into adulthood. Life seems to be breaking out of me, and when it's time one day, I would spread my wings of the newly emerged butterfly and venture into the unknown.

This year, my mind seems to have a mind of itself, it's beginning to see the real world. And it isn't always easy to accept the things it sees. Yet through all complications, I still have a people who I can talk to and rely on. Parents and familes, they understand because they went through those things first. Some brothers and sisters in Christ, because they (are supposed to) have loving pure hearts that sincerely want to help others.

And yet, last but not least, everyday when I enter my room close the door behind me. He is just there, waiting patiently for me. To pour out everything to him. All frustrations, all responsibilities, and I just cry out everything to Him.

Everything.

And he listens, patiently and nodding his head. And after I finish, he says,"I have some words for you, would you mind?" He speaks with a gentle voice. And assuredly He says to me that He has plans to prosper me and not to harm me. That he went through teen life too, and nothing will be given beyond what I can bear. And I can always rely on Him, because all things work for good for those who love Him.

And lean on Him.

That's why until now, I'm pressed but not crushed, struck down but not destroyed. It's because my Heavenly Father will never leave me or forsake me. Never.