Thursday, October 1, 2009

Help Us!

It's been a while since my last post...I haven't blogged for ages coz I was sooo damn busy with work, relocation, fam problem... but I guess I still want to keep this blog alive :)

So many natural disasters lately in Indonesia...not only natural disaster but also terrorism :(
Thank God, things seem to get better in our effort to catch all terrorists...but a few days ago, Indonesia was shocked again by a big earthquake in West Sumatra (Padang). So many victims, mostly killed by collapsing buildings and houses.. TV reported 1,100 victims killed thus far and I really hope it ends now...



My heart is in pain when I watch those programs that shows the condition up there...
The electricity was cut and we need more decent equipments to save those who are trapped in the ruin of buildings... Only a few could be saved... and may the rest is in peace right now...



I can't help much from here and I do worry myself, when will this kind of things end? Are we reaching the end of the world? I can only pray and I hope (and be certain) that our prayer would be heard :)

Monday, December 29, 2008

Hospital Angel Caught on CCTV

This news was taken from Nine News.



Chelsea Banton, 14, was fighting for her life after a bout of pneumonia, a collapsed lung and subsequent infections saw her breathing with the aid of a ventilator at Charlotte Presbyterian Hospital.

As her family gathered to say their final goodbyes and mother Colleen faced the decision on removing her life support, hospital staff noticed a mysterious bright light outside her room.

"On the monitor, there was this bright light," the Daily Mail reported Mrs Banton as saying.

"And I looked at it and I said, 'Oh my goodness! It looks like an angel!''

When nurses then took off her oxygen mask, Chelsea's vitals returned to normal.

A fortnight later, she returned home in time for her 15th birthday.

"The nurse practitioner who saw the image in the monitor said, 'I've worked here 15 years, and I've never seen anything like it'," Mrs Banton said.

Chelsea's mother captured the baffling light on the CCTV monitor with a digital camera.

"If [people] doubt it, that's fine ... but I know what I saw, and the picture's untouched," Mrs Banton said.

"I didn't make it up.

'I look at things differently than I used to, because I know God is in control."

Amazingly, it wasn't the first time Chelsea had escaped a brush with death.

Doctors reportedly gave her 36 hours to live after she was born five weeks prematurely, but she recovered to lead a relatively normal childhood.

"I'm learning that every day she's alive is a miracle," Mrs Banton said.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Pay thousands and owe millions

This is what I'm afraid of when buying shares these days...
You can't just believe in a corporate offer anymore... like managed fund, they always try to hide the fees eventho they'll charge you an arm and a leg >,<

Read this article

In that article, the investors can buy large slabs of the company for small amounts of change. The investors can only pay 0.1 cent (yes, it is not a typo!) for a share. Doesn't it sound too good to be true? Maybe... but it turned out to be this kind of agreement:

For every security purchased for 0.1 cent, security holders still have to fund the next two $1 instalments in the company

Apart from the appearance of two retail shareholders with a collective 20 per cent stake worth about $80,000 with a further $160 million of obligations, BrisConnections has found itself with several highly distressed security holders on its register.

Man... I'd feel the same if I were them... I think it's a lesson for me too... coz I don't normally read the whole document when I bought shares >,<... should I call my self a risk-lover? or just a stupid investor? -___-

Anyway, that's something important to share with all of you...

Thursday, November 27, 2008

God will always be with us until the finish line

This is a great article that was brought up during the last retreat...

- taken from http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/94 -

Unlike Carl Lewis and Daley Thompson, Derek Redmond is not a name that conjures up memories of Olympic gold medals. But it is Redmond who defines the essence of the human spirit.

Redmond arrived at the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona determined to win a medal in the 400. The color of the medal was meaningless; he just wanted to win one. Just one.

He had been forced to withdraw from the 400 at the 1988 Games in Seoul, only 10 minutes before the race, because of an Achilles tendon injury. He then underwent five surgeries over the next year. This was the same runner who had shattered the British 400-meter record at age 19. So when the 1992 Games arrived, this was his time, his moment, his stage, to show the world how good he was and who he was.

Derek's father Jim had accompanied him to Barcelona, just as he did for all world competitions. They were as close as a father and son could be. Inseparable, really. The best of friends. When Derek ran, it was as if his father were running right next to him.

THE MOMENT
The day of the race arrives. Father and son reminisce about what it took for Derek to get to this point. They talk about ignoring past heartbreaks, past failures. They agree that if anything bad happens, no matter what it is, Derek has to finish the race, period.

The top four finishers in each of the two semifinal heats qualify for the Olympic final. As race time approaches for the semifinal 400 heat, Jim heads up to his seat at the top of Olympic Stadium, not far from where the Olympic torch was lit just a few days earlier. He is wearing a T-shirt that reads, "Have you hugged your foot today?"

The stadium is packed with 65,000 fans, bracing themselves for one of sport's greatest and most exciting spectacles. The race begins and Redmond breaks from the pack and quickly seizes the lead. "Keep it up, keep it up," Jim says to himself.

Down the backstretch, only 175 meters away from finishing, Redmond is a shoo-in to make the finals. Suddenly, he hears a pop. In his right hamstring. He pulls up lame, as if he had been shot.

"Oh, no," Jim says to himself. His face pales. His leg quivering, Redmond begins hopping on one leg, then slows down and falls to the track. As he lays on the track, clutching his right hamstring, a medical personnel unit runs toward him. At the same time, Jim Redmond, seeing his son in trouble, races down from the top row of the stands, sidestepping people, bumping into others. He has no credential to be on the track, but all he thinks about is getting to his son, to help him up. "I wasn't going to be stopped by anyone," he later tells the media.

On the track, Redmond realizes his dream of an Olympic medal is gone. Tears run down his face. "All I could think was, 'I'm out of the Olympics -- again,'" he would say.

As the medical crew arrives with a stretcher, Redmond tells them, "No, there's no way I'm getting on that stretcher. I'm going to finish my race."

Then, in a moment that will live forever in the minds of millions, Redmond lifts himself to his feet, ever so slowly, and starts hobbling down the track. The other runners have finished the race, with Steve Lewis of the U.S. winning the contest in 44.50. Suddenly, everyone realizes that Redmond isn't dropping out of the race by hobbling off to the side of the track. No, he is actually continuing on one leg. He's going to attempt to hobble his way to the finish line. All by himself. All in the name of pride and heart.

Slowly, the crowd, in total disbelief, rises and begins to roar. The roar gets louder and louder. Through the searing pain, Redmond hears the cheers, but "I wasn't doing it for the crowd," he would later say. "I was doing it for me. Whether people thought I was an idiot or a hero, I wanted to finish the race. I'm the one who has to live with it."

One painful step at a time, each one a little slower and more painful than the one before, his face twisted with pain and tears, Redmond limps onward, and the crowd, many in tears, cheer him on.

Suddenly, Jim Redmond finally gets to the bottom of the stands, leaps over the railing, avoids a security guard, and runs out to his son, with two security people chasing after him. "That's my son out there," he yells back to security, "and I'm going to help him."

Finally, with Derek refusing to surrender and painfully limping along the track, Jim reaches his son at the final curve, about 120 meters from the finish, and wraps his arm around his waist.




"I'm here, son," Jim says softly, hugging his boy. "We'll finish together." Derek puts his arms around his father's shoulders and sobs.

Together, arm in arm, father and son, with 65,000 people cheering, clapping and crying, finish the race, just as they vowed they would. A couple steps from the finish line, and with the crowd in an absolute frenzy, Jim releases the grip he has on his son, so Derek could cross the finish line by himself. Then he throws his arms around Derek again, both crying, along with everyone in the stands and on TV.

"I'm the proudest father alive," he tells the press afterwards, tears in his eyes. "I'm prouder of him than I would have been if he had won the gold medal. It took a lot of guts for him to do what he did."

Friday, October 24, 2008

Sugar Hit @ the Shangri-La's Lobby Lounge


It's been a long day for me...but TGIF... :)

I went to have a drink after work with 12 other colleagues, went to Night Noodle Market @ Hyde Park and then ended by a nice desserts at the Shangri-La Hotel...
It was a good number ei hahaha I love it when a lot of people turned up to my event :P lol



There was a good food month deal where you can spend $20 to get 3 types of desserts and a glass of dessert wine/cognac..
I chose a dessert wine for sure.. it was soo good :) but it was too little to last :(

It was a happy ending but it really kills me... I wore high heels today and I walked soo far from Suncorp to Hyde Park and back to Shangri-La :( mannnnn
I organised this thing but I ended up being the last person to turn up :S sooo embarrassing hurhurhurhur... and if you look at my feet now, they look disgusting coz it's red everywhere :(

I hope everyone enjoyed it coz I did :)
Gnite peoples...

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

You will never walk alone


Along life's road
There will be sunshine and rain
Roses and thorns, laughter and pain
And 'cross the miles
You will face mountains so steep
Deserts so long and valleys so deep
Sometimes the Journey's gentle
Sometimes the cold winds blow
But I want you to remember
I want you to know

(Chorus)
(Chorus)
You will never walk alone
As long as you have faith
Jesus will be right beside you all the way
And you may feel you're far from home
But home is where He is
And He'll be there down every road
You will never walk alone

never, no never

The path will wind
And you will find wonders and fears
Labors of love and a few falling tears
Across the years
There will be some twists and turns
Mistakes to make and lessons to learn
Sometimes the journey's gentle
Sometimes the cold winds blow
But I want you to remember wherever you may go


(Repeat Chorus)

Jesus knows your joy, Jesus knows your need
He will go the distance with you faithfully

(Repeat Chorus)

Passion Concert 21.10.08

Hey all

I watched a great concert yesterday... it was by Chris Tomlin's Passion band whose aim is to make Jesus name famous in our generation...
and I really need to say this...he did his job really well :)

2 Corinthians 5:21
"God made Him (Jesus) who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God"


check this out...




I love this song: How Great is Our God...

To give you a little background, that was my first praise & worship concert I've ever attended...
I came from a Catholic family background and I was baptised since I was really young...
I normally go to church every Sunday and I've always had my faith in God...
I just wasn't someone who likes to listen to gospel music and I'd probably go to church for the sake of fulfilling my duty being a good Catholic...

My life was pretty decent...so it's not that I came from a broken family that would put me into a really bad life... but I wasn't that happy before... I always felt that I'm lacking in something... like I haven't achieved anything... I always wanted more and more and I barely can say to myself "You've done a great job Deb!"

Just last year I was always touched when I listened to the songs sung in my local church... it made me want to be involved more in their local community... but I was never able to attend to one of their bible study or I wasn't brave enough to commit...
Yes, I was still with my x bf at that time... I also studied part time at uni and did full time work... it might actually scare me a little bit.. so I ignored that feeling...

After coming back from my 3mths holiday, I came to Sydney and I thought well I have no bf anymore (since we broke up last year) and I only have work to focus on...
I started to think that I needed to contribute back to my society or at least share the talents that God has given me with the people around me...

Then I met my friend who just migrated to Sydney and he told me I would always be welcome if I want to join this church community...
And since then, I tried to give more of my time for God and try to know Him better...
I tried to change the way I used to be and try to be the person He would like me to be...

Sorry if my story is a little off topic here but I'd like to share a bit of my life story...
I'm not a good story teller but what I'm trying to say is that God has changed me little by little...
I could see the difference between my old and new life...
I've been happier and appreciate my life more than before... I believe that He would give what I asked at the right time...

I still don't know what I wanna be in my life... but I know that I want to be happy and by appreciating every little gift in your life and being thankful for that little thing that happened in our life, we would feel happier in our lives...

That was my little background why I started to be involved more in a church community... hehe

Anyway...
I honestly still think I'm too far from being a good person...
But when I think God has given A LOT to me, I think I should always try hard to be a better person every day and try to please Him :)

Thank you Lord :)