Coca Cola : The Friendship Machine

This is a absolute brilliant idea by Ogilvy & Mather. Pure genius.

Recap: Price Tag - Love Currency

In my church, youth camps are held one in every 2 years. This year is that year again and so this year, the Bethany Chapel Youth Camp was held in Seminar Teologi Malaysia, Seremban for 4 days 3 nights on the 9th December - 12th December. It was definitely a good camp whereby the younger ones were able to open up and I believe that they have been growing closer to each other ever since.

As for me? The camp serve as a good reminder to myself about obedience. The camp verse was taken from the book of Galatians 2: 20. It says, ' I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body , I live by faith in the son of God , who loved me and gave himself for me.' One of the main questions throughout the camp that I was asking myself was, ' Are you living a life worthy of a price tag?' It was a good 4 days of not just having fun but to be reminded as to how we should be living our life in Christ.

Introducing the 4 groups for the camp. Each team were named after a currency from different countries.

Naira from Nigeria

Dirham from United Arab Emirates

Kyat from Myanmar

Peso from South America

Camps are always fun. It was just sad that it had to last for only 4 days. 7 would have been good :P but like how it was shared in camp. After 4 days of staying together, being all close together .. is certainly not the end because as we return back to klang. That's where it begins :) You must understand one thing. The youth in Bethany chapel are a quiet bunch of people. Sorry. I meant .. was. This camp was a breakthrough to so many youths. Even the team leaders who had their first hand on experience on leadership.

The youths are growing again :) Not just in numbers but spiritually. It is the prayer of the church that the youth will one day grow up to be people who are passionate for the Lord. That they will live for His namesake!

Pray with me.

To God be the Glory.

The moment when number 2 is looking at it's own reflection.

Yup. And just like that I'm finally 22. Just a quick update i guess. 3 down. 1 more semester to go before ... this whole new life that is gonna take place. The final leg. At this point of time. I am just excited to be out of school. Although .. yeah .. I know some day I might regret what I said but ... it has been way too long for me. I'm done studying :(

So on a side note.


Whenever I see "Music Speaks" .. AJ Rafael comes to mind. Sounds very gay? I know. But I admire what he does. A lot. I mean we're both the same age and he studied in Berkeley School of Music. Just to summarize his life? Father pass away. Had a father as his inspiration to share music to the world. Started with Myspace and Youtube. Had his first album recently and now having his first ever Asia tour. Yeah .. He's coming to Malaysia on the 14th of January next year.

WAIT?! SAY WHAT?!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOO!!!!!

Yes I am that excited! I know I wasn't as excited on Facebook or Twitter but that's because I was just keeping myself calm not wanting to make such a big deal out of it. BUT IT IS A BIG DEAL SO YEAH! :] To all who doubt that i was still a fan of Aj Rafael. Heh! You're wrong ;) Cause I'll be trying to get myself some media passes. Well not really me but I'll find my way :D What a start of a new year ;)

I'm gonna let him sign my ukelele.

Tae guk gi

First it was the oldest one in my family, and I had to bid my farewells to my sister. Five years later, i'm doing the same thing with my brother. I guessed it's pretty sucky I must say, to bid farewell knowing that the person dear to you is going to leave to some foreign land. Don't get me wrong, I am happy for them but well .. that just makes me a regular visitor of KLIA. I go there. Say your goodbyes and then come home. (I've been doing that each and every friend's or family I know) Hah! Whom am I kidding, I can't complain right? I had my time whereby there was a moment in my life where I needed to make a decision? and I made the choice to stay, so yeah ...

It's not that i'm not happy, maybe I'm just regretting a little.

So a lot of people has been asking me if I miss my brother and I think I have been pretty cold with my answers :S I mean my respond would go like, " Well I'm too caught up with my assignments so I don't feel anything. Maybe later when I'm done with my work ... " or I would go like, " Nah. It's for the best for him. He SHOULD go ... " And well, though I still agree with my second answer? Truth be told, I miss my brother.

Why?

Well he has been my roommate for over like 22 years of my life and no, we don't have the same bed. I guess things are more quiet. Nobody to mess with, nobody to go crazy with. I need to keep my insanity .. Yeah you heard me right. It's my insanity. Maybe one day you should try it too. It's fun to just let loose sometimes .. well at most time. Life's too short to be serious all the time. Where's the fun in that?

So to my brother who is in India right now, God bless you. I know that it must be tough but you will get it through.

Yes. for those who has not seen my brother at all. He happens to be my little brother and yes, he is the 'hot' one. I know ... I know ... don't worry .. I'm not being bitter about it ...

.....

I'm not ....

Blessings :]

Cause one day we need a roof under our heads

Hey all you people :)

So sometimes I can't help but to think where I would want to stay in future. Should I start saving money for a my own crib? Having that said, reality checks in and I realized that houses nowadays are not cheap at all. Like seriously :( Comparing to the days when my dad said that people could afford to buy a house that cost RM 124, 000 and now is valued for RM 1 million. No kidding :O

True Story.

So I know there are moments in each of our lives that we wonder what would be the ideal place to stay. Do we want a house or an apartment? What kind of house it's gonna be like? I'm pretty sure there were moments in your life that you came across, wishing that you could live in those huge mansion or that beautiful home around such as Eco Park, Setia Alam Lagoon Perdana, Bandar Sunway or Ambang Botanic, Bandar Botanic. Well if we actually work hard for the money, why not? :) And even if we may not have such huge amount of $, we could always start out something more simpler. By the way houses like below do catch my eyes, I'm a sucker for architecture designs.

As I was looking through the site, I realized that Propwalls, a Malaysian property website really helps me search for any house that is vacant. The best part of this site is that it has details to the house and the pricing to it. Not forgetting the photos for some help to picture how the house it's like, some that furnished and some that are just empty spaces to let you have your own creativity in how you would want to decorate your own home.

To all who are about to get married, to all who are interested to have their own crib, to all who would like to live nearer to your workplace, this is the site for you :) Sometimes it's hard to find out about property. May this site be able to help you in that area in searching for your dream home.

No harm trying to just plan and see, have a look to see how it's all gonna be like in the near future :]

Blessings :)

Malaysia - my home

Here in my home, no can ever tell me that I don't deserve to be in this country. Just like an egg that hatches from a mother hen, I was born and raise in Malaysia and will always be a Malaysian. For those who says that all the chinese should go back to China and that all the Indian can go back to India. We forgive you ....

I forgive you.

* Despite the conflicts that we have, I'm still persevering for the country that I love. To-the-people-who-loves-to-find-troubles, to the BN, to the Perkasa, to the Menteri's, stop breaking us apart. We were meant to be unique. That what makes us special. Why that that away from us?

Remembering Malaysia. Happy 54th year.

What is your passion?

It is what I do whenever I don't really seem to have any conversation with a person I just met. It is a question that I usually ask, hoping that whatever they want to do in life would inspire me. Obviously we only have one life to live for, the question is - What are we living for?

From time to time I have never fail to question myself about the things I want to do with my life. One thing is for sure. I am not gonna let my life go drifted by without doing anything. It is totally unacceptable. Listing out the possible passions that I once wanted to do in my life.

Football studies. School of Performing Arts.

Okay. Let's be realistic here, I'll scrap football. First off, I suck at it but it concerns me when I think about the arts. I love dramas. I love musical yet I don't think I can sing or dance or even act properly .. but there is just something about the art scene that I'm so madly in love about. Something about backdrop, the lightings, the props - sometimes the simplicity in creating an atmosphere in the surrounding. The message that one is trying to bring across. One that instill certain values or to share a life of a public figure once more to those who are of a different generation. One that inspires.

And what do I settle for? Communication.

Remembering the wise words from my father who said, "Colin, every man should be able to earn a stable income to support not only himself but his family", and so Advertising came to mine. I guess, it was the closest thing I could ever gotten into bringing a message across to people and to try and continue to inspire. Because we only live once in a life time. Don't we all want to make the best out of it?

I have seen with my own eyes, the trouble that one has to go through day by day, convincing her own self that she (she* is anonymous) has to do what she has to do on a daily basis as a doctor because it is what her parents want, it is what she had achieved years in the medical field, a doctor-in-a-making yet if she has the passion to open up a cafe, why not go for it? why be a doctor just because one is told to ...

Aren't we more than that?

Of course .. I'm in no position in telling someone about he or her life that they should not be listening to their parents and certainly "all talk" can just be really easy .. but when it comes to the real deal, say to go for one's passion. It is never easy. But hey? It's a start, "Because no matter where you are in life right now, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are - it is never too late to be who you are meant to be." - Esther & Jerry Hicks