tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73516782011-04-22T04:27:14.165+08:00Our journey together as one going through the many facets of life.skng74http://www.blogger.com/profile/07581874858158631104noreply@blogger.comBlogger1281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7351678.post-58376111394699287752008-03-11T22:48:00.003+08:002008-03-11T23:00:01.018+08:00

Bukit Beruntung, also better known as Bukit Takuntung because of the high number of properties being auctioned off by banks and liveless town, lies an underprivileged children’s home run by a pastor and his wife. Our whole family visited them 3 weeks ago to see what these 2 people are doing there.All these while, SL and I have been talking about doing something of outreach nature together as a

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Of late, our little 3rd bedroom seemed to be like a hotel room. For the past 2 months or so, we’ve been having 4 guests.The first was my mum who from time to time will put up a night or 2 so that she can spend some time with the kids.The second was SL’s cousin who needed a place to stay following a fall-out with her boyfriend (she lives together with the bf).The third was my grandma because my

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“The more you earn, the more you’ll spend”. This is usually true to most of us who are earning a living. Recently, my younger colleagues and I had conversations on moving on to “greener pastures”. They were complaining how it is so unfair for them to get so much lower than their peers. Therefore, one of them contemplates on moving on to a job which pays better. She said that she badly needed a

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We had the privilege of having our LiFE Group and my aunts and parents celebrate my birthday and our wedding anniversary with us on Saturday and Sunday respectively. With 3 kids to cope with, we had to opt for a simple celebration at home. It was my 33rd birthday and our 6th anniversary.Late Sunday night after all the guests were gone, SL and I contemplated on our 6 years together and agreed that

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We got a new tumble dryer right before EN was born which is about 2 weeks ago. It’s been some time since we bought a machine to help make our lives a little easier.If there’s a chore I hate doing most, it has to be laundry, especially the part where you’ve to hang them out to dry, 8-P. Not to mention the lack of space in a condo, the dust in the balcony and a little one to contribute more to the

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These 2 days I’ve been thinking why I would want to have 3 kids. I don’t even look old enough to be a dad in the first place. People are shocked that I’m even married, let alone a dad.Some earlier generation folks may want kids so that they’ll be well taken care of when they’re old and frail. Some may have kids in the hope that they’ll be given monthly allowances when their kids turn working

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Last night before going to bed, I was up for 40 hours straight. To say that I’m exhausted is a gross understatement. Furthermore, NN was having high fever after coming home from visiting SL in the hospital. I had my hands really full but thank God for my in-laws who were around.It all started when SL and I were about to go to bed on 13/11 around midnight. Then, the contractions started to be more

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I’m surprised to hear more and more people are trying to “explore” abroad, or should I say get out of Malaysia. I’ve heard all sorts of reason ranging from better paying job to girlfriend to greener grass to getting out while you can.I’ve also had my fair share of people asking me about my life abroad since SL and I had been very privileged to have the chance to live, study, and work abroad for 6

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Time flies and it’s coming to the end of NN’s year 4 schooling at Powerkids. I got a pleasant surprise last week while dropping her off at school. Her class teacher came up to me and told me that she got the Best Improvement award and ask me to attend the Awards’ Night with NN.I feel the award implies that our attention, energy, patience and communication with her teacher all paid off, not so

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Recently, I advised my mum to surrender her life insurance policy. I told her that it’s no longer necessary to pay for it. It’s because all her children are grown-ups and self-sufficient now, so why pay for something which is not needed anymore. Being a sacrificial mum as she is, she wanted all the proceeds to go to her children upon her demise. I told her that she only needs one if she still

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My greatest joys are when...1) ...the day we stepped on Malaysian soil 6 years ago after being away for 6 years.2) ...SL and I got married, ending 8 years of courtship and beginning a life-long journey together.3) ...God gave me a wonderful Christmas gift of a baby girl, NN.4) ...SL and I get the chance to lay down in bed and just talk about life and each others’ day after putting the kids to bed

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“We are not earning enough to have kids yet”. This is a common reply I get when posing the question to married couples without kids yet that when they would want to have them. SL and I have previously also had the same mindset, i.e. money always comes first when thinking about family planning especially after we have 1 child. I guess all that changed when God decided that the NGs should be a

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I just realized how far behind am I from my last entry...._______________________________________________________Grass is greener on the other side. This is often the excuse for seeking better opportunities or rather better paying jobs. I am in my 8th year of my career life since getting my paper degree and currently in my 3rd job. In fact, I’m closing in to 4 years in my current employment in a

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Last night, I had the privilege of watching a cleaning product demonstration by a friend. After watching it, I was left amazed by the ability of mankind to invent such a great machine. On one hand, I was immediately made a believer of the product. On the other hand, great products come with a price, one which I’m neither able to afford nor willing to pay.In my limited knowledge and humble opinion

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As year-end approaches, I begin my reflection for 5 important roles that I hold.My role as an employee…My significant contributions have been quick turn-around problem solving and new initiatives to fine tune our Business users’ processes. My growth in terms of knowledge acquiring seemed to be plateauing after 3 years+ working on the small-medium application system in this company. My greatest

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I was previously very skeptical about investing in the stock market after hearing countless stories about how people have lost a great deal of money during the 97/98 Asian Crisis. As I studied and read more, I began to be aware of the risk and how to manage it. One of my colleague is an avid and knowledgeable investor of the local stock market and have been advising me as well.I took the first “

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The first time we had an event (more of being guest in their Christmas event) with the Rumah Hope kids was last Christmas.This time around is better since we had more interaction with them. At first, I was hesitant of going on Saturday morning because it was pouring at my place. However, I decided to just go and see what happens after all I’ve promised NN to bring her along. We were glad that the

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A nasty virus is on the loose. I got sick mid-week last week but have since recovered. Unfortunately, I’ve passed on the virus to some people around me, 8-(.I didn’t realize how bad I was until I actually passed out for a while, long enough for me to take fall. I only realized that I had “blacked out” when SL and kids came dashing for me. Felt really bruised on my forehead, knee, and lips but it

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Leisure time has been quite different for us now with an infant around. Right now, our entertainment is the one-eyed box, yes, the TV. Thankfully, I’ve a colleague who is gracious enough to burn us DVDs of current TV series from the US which he constantly download from the Internet. Some shows which we’ve the privilege of watching are CSI, CSI:NY, Lost, Smallville, etc, all the latest! So, forget

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We’re fast approaching the 3rd month SL turned homemaker. Apparently, I don’t think any of our concerns/worries about going this route really materialized. So, we thank God and are glad that we heeded the prompting to make this turning point a reality.We were encouraged by positive words from friends. Most recently is a friend who told SL that she admired our courage to embrace this change. Some

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Recently, someone had asked me “How has parenting changed you?” and it has stuck to my mine since. So, I thought I should put down some thoughts.It has given me a chance to experience a very little of what Jesus has experienced when he selflessly gave up His life so that we could have life. Yes, it has given me a chance to learn to be more selfless and more outward looking (going single-income

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More shots taken by mum...

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Shots by mum...

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This past week has been a verbal war week between me and a colleague in the office. All these started because of a faulty software release which originated from my colleague’s work. That caused some ripple effect on the system which I’m supporting.Even though, she admitted to the fact that she made a very silly mistake, she still tried to shift the blame on me or hoping I would share some with

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It's indeed heart-warming to see my dad desires more to see his grandchildren. Apparently, this change came about after NN2 came. Whatever it is, I'm glad to see him more involved as a grandpa in the kids' lives.This was during yesterday's Lantern Festival.

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Looks like a piece of gold coin but it’s a pendant my late grandpa got for me when I was born. I guess it was a big deal then when one has a grandson as old Chinese folks used to treasure greatly.I never realized about this piece of gift until last week when my mum returned it to me. She has always helped safe keep all my valuables from birth until recently.When I saw it, the first thing I had

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It’s good to have almost everyone back to our Wednesday LG meeting. These past 2 months have been crazy for the Wongs and Ngs, therefore attendance dropped to the lowest in these months.We’ve been studying on the topic of “Building Your Mate’s Self-Esteem”. At first, I’m not sure if this’ll be helpful to us. Now that we’ve gone through session #1, I think it’s totally applicable not only to our

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From last week’s message (No Perfect People Allowed), I had a flash back on our LG several years ago. To say that I was discouraged by it is an understatement. It wasn’t what it was “supposed” to be. What is it “supposed” to be anyway? I thank God that I’ve moved away from this notion that Christian/Church/Small Groups have to be in a certain way. It’ll never happen. I’ve learned it the hard way

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Today is SLs last day of “work”. Well, more of last day of her maternity leave. However, she is not returning to work anymore. She struck a deal with her MD to allow her to resign at the end of her maternity leave and still get paid for it. TG!SL has made countless sacrifices throughout her life, sacrifices which many women of this time and age would not make, not even for their spouse or

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Last week’s worship session was particularly refreshing on my soul. I appreciated the song selections, space in between and within songs that allowed for reflections & meditations. Good job on the worship leading, Sky! I’ve been spiritually quite moody lately, not even sure if there’s such a thing. During that time, it seems nothing else matters but just simply giving praise & worship to our

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Yesterday, I got very angry because services to install our kitchen countertop, which I had paid for in full, was not rendered on time as promised. This has caused great inconvenience as we’ve moved into our new home with no stove to cook and no kitchen sink to wash up, multiply that by a new born and it equals havoc.I was so hot-headed yesterday that I demanded to talk to their higher management

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Last night while we were busy unpacking, NN was in our room looking after NN2. We’ve told her before that if NN2 cries, she need to come get SL or myself and she had done so many times before. When I heard sounds of NN2 crying, I turned around and saw what gave me cold sweat. With the bedroom door ajar, I could see NN had her arms wrapped around NN2s neck as though carrying her but instead NN2

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My brother-in-law and SL’s youngest sis just flew back to the US last Thursday. The night before I had a casual conversation with my brother-in-law and it steered towards God and Christianity.He was expressing how churches are going after money and how priests are abusing their “powers” in the name of Christianity. He was making a lot of sweeping statements which I thought was unfair, especially

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** Disclaimer: I’m not promoting this Harry Potter book. **The new Harry Potter book, The Half Blood Prince, is out barely 24 hours and it sold over 2 millions copies. Man, I just don’t understand what makes something so sought after. Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars, are some shows/books which commands extremely high number of viewers/readers. I’m never a fan of any of these. I haven’

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This has been a crazy week for me. Not only did I do a lot of running around because of the birth & registration of NN2, the reno works for our new home, and re-admission of NN2 due to jaundice on Friday, but need to go back and forth during meal time because the hospital (more like a medical centre) where NN2 was re-admitted don't provide meals for SL.Nevertheless, I give thanks to all prayers

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"7-11 baby Natasha Ng checked in @ 4.30pm...".This is the message I shouted out through SMS to some of our friends and relatives. Certainly, it's a great relief to SL who have suffered tremendously from bloatedness the past 3 months. To make matters worst, she had high blood pressure for 1 week and we didn't even know about it until she went for her final check-up yesterday. That's when the doc

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Yes, 13th July 2005 will be the birth of NN2 (at least for now). How’d we know (I hear you say)? Well, we’re no psychics. SLs doc told us that it is a good idea to induce because SL is really suffering terribly from bloatedness and numbness on both arms.There is some worry about this induction thing but I guess for ease of planning purposes it is good for us. Otherwise, if SL were to go into

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Feels like this 2 months will be crunch time as we’ve 4 events (SL’s delivery & confinement, take care of reno coordination of our new home, move to new home, look for tenant to rent existing apartment) so called happening simultaneously. I pray that I’ll still be sane at the end of this 2 months. As always, we’re grateful to SL’s mum who will be coming to help out for a month during SL’s

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Another thought on money. My colleague told me that he was called upon about an opportunity with a foreign bank in Singapore during lunch a few weeks ago. His dilemma is to go or not to go because he had just started a relationship with someone recently. He asked me for my opinion.My 2 cents to him. Long distance relationships are fragile even though Singapore is not very far away but far enough

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We concluded 1 & 2 Samuel last night. We were all very disturbed by the fightings & killings portrayed here. I guess we will if we only focus on them. Some interesting points we’ve drawn from our study: 1) God seemed to be cruel in punishment even at the slightest inkling of sin but God and sin don’t mixed at all. Analogy of water and oil don’t mixed helped us see why God is so intolerable of sin

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I guess there are many families who can’t afford living on single income. There are also families who can afford but wanted the extra income for whatever reasons. Here comes the irony of the latter.Parents who work need to pay babysitters (those who are lucky, will have their parents to help out) to take care of their kid(s) while they’re busy making the extra bucks. That’s what they think. How

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IMG_0016Originally uploaded by ngoy. This past 2 weekends the 3 cousins got a treat as we brought them to the Royal London Circus on the 1st weekend and the National Zoo on the 2nd weekend.IMG_0021Originally uploaded by ngoy. However, to our surprise the circus wasn't very entertaining to them. So, as you can see here they're having their own show in the corner.IMG_0022Originally uploaded by ngoy

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I just realised that this month marks my 1st anniversary of blogging. Time flies. It has indeed helped me to reflect on our lives by thinking. It has also helped me put my thoughts down when I find it hard to verbalize them.

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Pastor SK said someone mentioned that it’s really difficult to be a Christian at work when one is so bogged down with work. That is why I don’t have the intention to climb the corporate ladder. Generally, the higher you climb, the more responsibility you’ve to shoulder. I’m sure some may think that I’ve no ambitions (in the eyes of the world or maybe Christians too!). Frankly, in the corporate

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After Sunday morning’s message, I thank God that SL and I are going to take the leap of faith in an area where we could just go with the flow. After all, everyone is doing it. Well, just because a lot of people are doing it that doesn’t make it the right thing to do, does it? (Wide gate, narrow gate??). I do agree very much with Pastor SK that we in the city are too comfortable and yet still

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IMG_0001Originally uploaded by ngoy. One of the very very few times I took on the kitchen and cook a meal. A very simple dinner this is, but still beats eating out. Eating out 5 days a week can make you "sick".IMG_0003Originally uploaded by ngoy. And by the way, this is originally an experimental dish. SL called it Daniel's Cheezy Scrambled Egg.

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IMG_0026 Originally uploaded by ngoy. Yesterday was the PTM (Parents’ and Teachers’ Meeting) of NN’s school. So, we went to have a chat with the teacher. Below are some things the teacher pointed out about NN:1) Not afraid to try new things2) Like to participate in activities & singing3) Obedient in class4) Easy to handle her5) Talkative and very articulate at her age6) Can be moody once

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We had a great time at the "beach". This is the closest you can get to clean water as far as PD beaches are concerned. Click on the picture below for others.

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“Love God, love people.”. The greatest commandment is such a simple instruction, yet so hard to practise it.SL and I were having our usual bedtime talks last night. She told me that her Finance/Accounts Manager is leaving the company after only less than a year working there. SL talked to him and found out that the boss wanted him to manipulate some accounting figures. We don’t know the details.

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"...when something catastrophic happens, people question where God is in all these...".The statement is an excerpt I've got from Mr Liew Tong Ngan's message to us on Sunday morning. If someone ever ask me that question, I think I'll say, "To be fair to God, did you give thanks to Him when good things were going your way?". People have often make God the scapegoat of all bad events which occurred,

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Hair Originally uploaded by ngoy. Guess who that is in the picture. Yeap, it's me. Surprise? I thought it's about time I change my hair do a bit since my previous one lasted me 30 years...8-0.It wasn't really planned. After SL, NN, and I had dinner last night, they accompanied me to the barber. A picture on the wall caught my attention. Before I know it, voila! My new hair do. It's weird

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stevesmithMDOriginally uploaded by ngoy. Just bought this in MPH yesterday. I was hesitant at first because of the price but after watching it, I'm glad I bought it.Even after watching the beginning part, to say that it's an eye opener is an understatement because I'm questioning if my very basic foundation of drumming is wrong. Not sure if my late drum instructor shortchanged me 15 years ago. 8-

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A conversation I had with SL through email..."Actually I am amazed with what Fun Gates System is doing to bring out the creativity in NN. She is now more imaginative in her play and in her vision of things. At this age I should say she is doing quite advance. I am not boasting about her abilities but I think the system is helping her.No matter what system we put the kids under, there are bound to

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These days, I have been hearing quite bit about home-schooling. I think many people have been complaining too much about the M’sian education system so much so that it propels them to think about this option.However, I don’t think home-schooling is a solution to the problem. In my opinion, home-schooling itself has its fair share of problems. Lack of interaction which others stands out clearly. I

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The time has come for SL and I to begin thinking of the kind of school to send NN to. We had visited a public school near our soon-to-be new home and were told that we can only register her name next year.I must say that there’s pressure to choose a Chinese school, as more and more Chinese parents do so for various reasons.Recently, we asked ourselves, “why do we want to choose a Chinese school?”

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Had an interesting conversation with my colleagues over lunch 2 days ago. We talked about our National Service, Chinese people, and people who serves the country. Our conversation is as follows…When the National Service first took off, many people were not receptive to it (I am sure there are still). It is a good thing for our youths, who are more and more segregated in terms of schools (public

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Symptoms of readiness, that’s what we hope it is we are seeing in NN, which will help her usher in the new baby soon. This would mean easier handling for us too.Nowadays, she has been helpful at home. We noticed that she is a particularly orderly person. She would close any doors which are ajar, arrange things which are not in place, and after doing so she would ask us why aren’t things put

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This past Sunday, my parents, siblings, and I went to pay respect to my grandparents on the annual event of Ching Ming. I am, again, reminded of the path which they had paved for us so that we are what and where we are today.I am especially emotional when I think of my paternal grandpa. He had always been the advocate and catalyst to my parents in sending me abroad for studies. He was also the

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I have been fretting a lot about how my boss has been too lenient on some of my colleagues who have violated the companies' policy. I often thought that he should be more firm in dealing with this kind of issues. However, sometimes I do remind myself that I may one day need this kind of grace shown to me as my boss has shown to my colleagues.Yesterday, God spoke to me again regarding this through

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Can't remember when was the last time I see clear skylines out of my balcony. So, I couldn't resist capturing these shots as I could see the Petronas Twin Towers and KL Tower clearly.I hope I will see some "clear" skies soon in my walk with God. Often times I feel directionless with my discipleship.

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Another Good Friday and it is easy to fall into the attitude of BAU (business as usual). Unfortunately, I somewhat felt that way. Fortunately, these (Crucifixion, Death, Resurrection Stations) helped me focus on areas of my life which I need to crucify and put to death in order to let Him be alive in me.

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love Originally uploaded by ngoy. Got this through a forwarded email. I like this description of love.

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Hong KongOriginally uploaded by ngoy. People, people, people. They are all over the place. In Malaysia, we widen the roads to make way for more cars. In Hong Kong, they widen the pavements to make way for more people 8-).People tell me that Hong Kong is a shopping paradise. But, nothing much seemed to interest me. In fact, I didn't buy anything except for some "low poh" biscuits. The only other

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mum & daughterOriginally uploaded by ngoy. For me, it is the 1st time being away, for several days, from SL & NN since NN came into the picture.It took some time for me to fall asleep last night, thinking how they are doing. A message from SL on my handphone at 6.54am this morning..."We mis u dearly. Nat wokeup midnite askin 4 u w eyes closed."Hmm, feeling a little miserable in HK without the

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girlOriginally uploaded by ngoy. It's official! Our 2nd child will be a baby girl. The doctor informed us during our monthly visit to the clinic.I asked the doctor if she's 100% sure. She said of course there are no 100% guarantees but she said she's 90% sure.

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Something interesting I came across through email....IFA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZIS EQUAL TO1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26THEN.......Hard WorkH+A+R+D+W+O+R+K8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%KnowledgeK+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%LoveL+O+V+E12+15+22+5 = 54%LuckL+U+C+K12+21+3+11 = 47%Then what makes 100% ?Is it Money ? ... NO !

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booksOriginally uploaded by ngoy. Today's papers reported about a student who achieved 17A1s in her SPM examination. It is a national record. My first reaction is "WOW! WOW! WOW!". During my time, the maximum number of subjects for the SPM examination is 9 (for Chinese schools is 10). That already is one too many. 17 subjects!! I can't imagine. It's crazy.At first glance it's definitely a great

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I have never been close to my father. I can hardly remember him being a part of my childhood. I guess that explains why we hardly talk, not because I hate or dislike him but because I feel he’s more like a stranger to me than a father. Nevertheless, he has been providing, like any father should, in monetary terms for my upbringing and tertiary education. But as far as relationship goes, it can be

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Picture this...Scene #1: Your neighbour's son is playing ball. Suddenly, there's a loud crash. You realised that your front window has just been broken by a strayed ball from your neighbour's son. You grabbed him and went to your neighbour's house and demanded for punishment for his son and the cost of replacing the broken window.Scene #2: Your neighbour's son is playing ball. Suddenly, there's a

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Well, SL's MD kept to his word and reverted right after the CNY holidays. I don't believe it and I still don't even as I’m writing this. It goes against any logical or normal company policy. However, we know that His workings are beyond our logical minds. So...I must say that we're very much shocked and surprised that the MD is willing to set a precedent to allow SL to work on a part-time basis.

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Excerpts from our LG meeting last night...The Israelites did not have a king during the times of the book of Judges. Therefore, they did whatever seem fit to them because they don’t have a king. This is mentioned several times in the book. We were disgusted by the things done by the Israelites during this time. Having said this, I think the people of God haven’t change much, i.e. still doing

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About a month ago, one of my colleagues nearly went over to a foreign bank in Singapore to work when he was offered a job there. I felt privileged to be the first one to know about his intention when he informed me and wanted my opinion on his potential move. First thing I asked him is what his reason is for wanting to leave and go there to work. Though he had told me before that money is not the

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Natalie in Bangkok Originally uploaded by ngoy. I can't resist to post this because she have this too-mature-looking face for her age.This is taken when we were in Chinatown, Bangkok.

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CACS TeamOriginally uploaded by ngoy. Today, I've just lectured one of my colleague in the photo. I've refrained from doing it for quite some time but I thought I've to for the good of the person. Being a freshie, the person hasn't shown any drive to learn at all and expects hand-outs.It's no wonder our local graduates are finding it tough to land a job, especially when graduates are everywhere.

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I couldn't ask for more than a great family for Valentine's Day like the picture below. Unlike previous years, we didn't have anything special planned (partly also because of CNY exhaustion). However, I thought I'd put down some thought for this day.BLC Christmas 2004 As I was driving home this evening while listening to the radio, a caller responded to some Valentine's Day question by saying

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After such an eventful CNY a few days ago, we've resorted to a very simple celebration. Furthermore, it's a mass celebration of 4 birthdays (myself, LKS, LL, my mum-in-law) which all falls in February.It's a quick 4 years for SL and I. With His strength and guidance we survived the highs and lows of the "Life Together as One" journey. Our hope & prayer for many years to come..."Lord, may our love

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I seldom leave my handphone on at night, however last night I just felt the urge to leave it on just in case someone need to reach me. I got a call at 5.40am this morning from mum informing me that my grandma has just passed away.We had to pack up quickly and get ready to return to KL for the funeral. As I was about to start the car, I found out that it won't start and the problem was with a dead

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SL just tendered her resignation yesterday citing the work overload and constant sickness from her pregnancy as the reason. However, her MD didn’t accept her resignation. Instead, he told her to hire 2 more executives to assist her in the department and her pregnancy would be over in 6 months. Last night, SL and I deliberated about the offer to stay and the assistance provided. I told her that

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Last night, the passage of Joshua 22 caught our attention during our LG. Temper, anger and tension flared when the 9 ½ tribes of Israel heard that the 2 ½ tribes had built an altar, assuming it to be for idol worship. The 9 ½ tribes were determined to prevent another provocation of God’s wrath and therefore were at the verge of war. Fortunately, they gave the 2 ½ tribes a chance to explain

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Today’s my last day as a BLC council member. Not sure if it’s a good feeling or not, but I do have a sense of relief. As I’ve said during the AGM, it was a pleasure sure to have worked with the others in the council. I may not be perfect as a council member but I think through it I’ve learned a lot. I believe my struggles through the tenure of a council will come in handy when serving in other

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“The LG is so organized”. This is what PO & JN mentioned about our LG during our worship practice prayer session on Thursday. PO and JN have started joining the group since beginning of this month. PO was saying how scary that both of them were so quickly being put on the LG duty roster. However, he also said that it’s a good thing. I believed that everyone in the LG should be a participator in

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Phews! Just touched down late evening today. I'm surprised that I can't wait to be home. We were totally exhausted because the whole time when we were out of the hotel, NN would want to be carried almost all the time. We were both taking turns to carry her causing both of us to be extremely tired. Right now, SL is also knocked out in bed. Nevertheless, I had a fruitful meeting with some of my

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This is not an interesting picture but better than none since my blog hasn't got a lot of pictures. Road Trip to Thailand This is my 1st business trip since starting 2+ years ago with my company. It's exciting that I'll get to meet my Thai users for the 1st time after having communicated with them over the phone for so long now. Even more exciting is I get to bring along SL & NN. It's a very

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Tell me if you can believe this…be lazy and enjoy long life! That’s exactly what this article in Star Section 2 says. So, I guess I should stop my every Monday badminton affair, 8-P. We’re always at the mercy of all these supposed scientist who did whatever studies to come up with unbelievable claims. Whatever their claims may be, I’m still a believer of well-balanced life. To me, the extreme

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Last Monday was NN’s first day in pre-school. We were worried if she’ll be ok as she is quite “sticky” to SL, so we let the babysitter take her to school on the first day and we observed her from a distance. On the 2nd day, she cried a little but was ok when a teacher escorted her into the classroom. To our surprise, she was completely ok on the 3rd day when the babysitter dropped her off at

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New year, new hope, new alignment. Our journey together as one is fast approaching the 4th year. Thanks to Him, we’ll have a new member soon to be added to the fold. With what is still going on until this day from the day after Christmas, I can only thank Him for our lives & the relationships, which we’re still enjoying. I would often need to hold back tears reading about children losing parents

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I’m always suspicious of the motive behind any business corporation stepping out to make any donations. Most of the time, their donations are accompanied by news, publicity, limelight, etc. Donations for this very recent Tsunami Disaster is no different. To date, there are quite a number of local banks making donations already. No doubt, there are no business corporations which wouldn’t want

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Our second child in the making is giving SL a hard time in terms of morning sickness. I shouldn’t even categorize it as morning sickness, should be called whole day sickness for her. She would feel tired the whole day and vomit anytime of the day. It’s so different with when NN is in the making. In fact, it’s totally opposite. Her first experience was totally pleasant with no sickness at all. SL

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It was a frightening sight on the Star newspaper front page today about the Tsunami disaster. Worse still, it happened on a weekend holiday where many were at the beaches in the region. I got an sms from my boss on Sunday morning asking if I felt any tremor as I live in an apartment building. At first, I thought my boss was in the joking mood during the holiday season. However, after watching the

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This is what I heard from radio the other day. Believe it or not, a celebrity said that. She said that her growing wealth is giving unnecessary pressure when all she needs is to cover her and her children's basic needs. She also fear that it'll give pressure to her children when the wealth is passed on to them. I've to admit that it's a statement that I've not heard from a celebrity before. But

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I was joking with some that it’s not my work that SL is expecting again. I counted the days (those married will know what I’m talking about), I made plans, etc. But, I know very well that our God don’t play by our rules. That’s why, I wasn’t to shock to find out the good news. Furthermore, I think the timing is just right so that NN will have someone to take care of and play with. With the

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This is written some time ago..... ______________________________________________________ THE PLUNGE I took the plunge when I made the decision to study in USA with DN. Why PLUNGE? Because I was going to be promoted to be a Team Leader in my company and the MD advised me not to go but to stay on to build my career. I took this “PLUNGE”. THE RACE I came back after 6 years in USA and got a little

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I had a conversation with a colleague yesterday about Christians. Apparently, her circle of friends are mostly Christians .However, she’s not one. Even her boyfriend is a Christian. I’m quite surprise with a comment she made about Christians. She thinks that Christians are a friendly and nice bunch of people. After getting receive a negative comment about Christians from another colleague some

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Just got a call from this particular headhunter for the 3rd time and finally she has made an appointment to meet up with me to talk about some career opportunities. Recalling more than 2 years when I got my current job through a head-hunter also, I can’t help but wonder where this is going to take me next. As usual, there’s some fear to even think about change right now because I’m truly

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There’s much talk about the need to engage people in conversations when doing evangelism in this age. However, I think generally people don’t want to talk about things like these. Most of the time or the time I spent when my non-Christian friends, the impression I get is they’re not interested in talking about those stuffs. So, what do we do then? There’s time for us to engage in conversations

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We use to hear that “money can’t buy everything”. Certainly not love, is it really? I read about an article of a lonely unmarried businessman, in his 50s, marrying an 18-year old Vietnamese girl through what they call match-making tour. It’s a concept whereby a man looking for a wife would pay a sum of money for everything ranging from the tour, wedding package, dowry, etc. to the bride’s family

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First of all, I'm just in the mood of blogging. Don't know why, maybe because I just had some chocolates to suppress my hunger 8-). The Ultimate Drumming Machine ever invented!! Anyway, since Mr. Sky is always talking and crazying over Apple products, I thought I'd like to share my craze as well. The machine that you see above is the most real electronic drums and the closest to the real

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We've got a surprise that SL got an early confirmation after 4 months on the job instead of the stipulated 6 months. We got even more surprised when she got a slight increment with that but she also got something else...another division to manage! I was sarcastically kidding with her saying that how great China-man companies are when it comes to returns on their investment. They give you

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