wat a joy...

to be home.. (besides being near to my loved ones)

after work... dinner is always prepared..
hot water bath is prepared..
internet (broadband) 24/7...
own study table...
a "trained" dog to play with...
astro every nite...
washing machine..
great iron...
good quality bed & comfy blanket...
there's someone to wake me up if my alarm clock fails to do so...
nites are always cool..

it's my home.. ;)

handphone with a bible installed

yep, tats wat im looking for.. bz surveying now for the most suitable one.. but i think i'll get nokia.. not sure which model yet... and not sure which bible software to install..

anyone got any idea? if possible free installation one la.. free online update la.. i'm eyes are stuck on olive tree now..

any suggestion? can email or sms me.. :)

fatigue!

saturday nite we had an emergency c-sect case - stayed back till 9.45pm i guess.. and whew! were not we tired!

the next day was just as tiring.. i didn't know why.. it was my rest day, but i couldn't stop yawning and my eyelids were terribly heavy.. didn't have enuf sleep? so i got into bed before 12am.. sleep 8 hours, sure enuf?

but tis morning i woke up with the same yawning & heavy eyelid problem..

wow... if only i can get another 1 week holiday.. spend it in a beautiful, pollution-free place...
admiring & inhaling the beautiful mother nature...

if i were still a student, all i need to do is to ponteng... and study at home at my own free time..

wat a difference - a student, and an employee.

direction-blind

Being direction-blind has always been me, n i took it for granted all these while, until now. I've been in KL all my life, and honestly, i can agak-agak tell you the location of certain places, but i can never direct you how to get there.

Even if i've been to tat place more than 20x, i still dun remember. Places like bangsar, sunway, subang, pj, sk.. even menjalara, maluri, segambut, sri sinar! It's so unbelievable. But this lameness didn't really bother me until now.

I was driving my sis n bro home from bangsar just now, as usual, i didn't know the way, and my brother directed me the whole way until a part ( i think jalan duta roundabout) he told me i was supposed to turn left. I heard him, but it never occurred to me that i'm already at a roundabout! I was in the centre lane..

So i was still driving at 60kmph n didn't even slow down on reaching the roundabout. Suddenly my sis yelled from the back, "sis, the lorry!" I pulled the emergency brake and to my horror, a huge lorry just sped past my right in the roundabout. It was just a split second.

Had my sister not yelled in time..
had my brake been a second slower..
had my driving speed been faster..

I thank God for his divine protection..

coach carter

lately i watched a very terrific & uplifting movie: Coach Carter, starring Samuel Jackson as Coach Ken Carter, who oversees the direction of Richmond High School's basketball program in Calfornia.

In 1999, Carter found himself in the center of controversy when he locked out his entire Varsity basketball team in order to motivate and push them to improve their academic grades. You see, in the rough, urban California setting of Richmond High, only 50 percent of all students graduate. A measly 6 percent go on to attend college. Six out of 10 male students end up jobless, while a whopping 80 percent wind up in jail.

Not only did the coach close the gym, but he also banned any and all basketball-related activities. He was even prepared to cancel his entire season after 15 of his 45 players failed to live up to the classroom standards (to score at least 2.3) they agreed to in a contract they had signed earlier in the semester.

This drastic action aroused rebellion in many of his players, especially Cruz, who was also involved in drug trafficking. Cruz rebuked Carter's action, quit the basketball team and continued drug trafficking. Few days later a fren of Cruz was killed after some dispute with some gangster (probably due to drugs also). Watching his friend dying right in front of him shocked Cruz to the core.

That same nite, Cruz went knocking on Carter's door, asking Carter to accept him back into the basketball team. I had thought that Carter would say some harsh word, or reminded Cruz of his rebellion the day he quit the team, but Carter did none of tat. Instead, Carter hugged & comforted the shocky+teary Cruz.

Watching this i felt my heart shrank & tears started pooling in my eyes. I was like, "Wow! This man has the heart of Jesus! He truly knows how to love!" Immediately his action reminded me of the prodigal son & how God had forgiven our sins while we were still rebellious sinners on earth!

oh wow.. i wonder when will i ever know how to love like Jesus does?

i like this, got it fr the net

Lessons in life - logic

If your father is a poor man, it is your fate but,
if your father-in-law is a poor man, it's your stupidity.
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I was born intelligent - education ruined me.
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Practice makes perfect.....
But nobody's perfect......
so why practice?
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If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?
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Since light travels faster than sound,
people appear bright until you hear them speak
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How come 'abbreviated' is such a long word?
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Money is not everything.
There's Mastercard & Visa.
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One should love animals.
They are so tasty.
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Behind every successful man, there is a woman.
And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.
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Every man should marry.
After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.
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The wise never marry.
and when they marry they become otherwise.
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Success is a relative term.
It brings so many relatives.
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Never put off the work till tomorrow what you can put off today. ........................................................................
'Your future depends on your dreams.
So go to sleep
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There should be a better way to start a day.
Than waking up every morning
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'Hard work never killed anybody.
But why take the risk
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'Work fascinates me'.
I can look at it for hours
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God made relatives;
Thank God we can choose our friends.
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The more you learn, the more you know.
The more you know, the more you forget.
The more you forget, the less you know.
So.. why learn.
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A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk, I have a work station....
what more can I say........

She'd left

it was a solemn day. I had hoped for so many days that Feeb would survive the canine parvo virus ordeal, but as i stepped into the clinic that morning, Feeb was motionless. Dead. Immediately i felt a pang in my heart, what i had feared most for the past few days has come. Tears started rolling uncontrollably down my cheeks.

I hurried to do other stuff in the clinic to divert my focus, but then i remembered then i had to inform the owners. The owners who had come faithfully to our clinic every day and nite, to encourage Feeb. I remembered clearly how Feeb would stand and wagged her tail enthusiastically each time... but each day she got weaker as she started to lose the battle...

"Hello Ms Ern... I've got bad news..." I called the owner.
"What bad news?"
"Mm...erggh... Feeb..." my throat clogged up as i started crying uncontrollably. I was wondering, shouldn't i be the one tougher here?!
"I'm on my way, to the clinic." And the line was dead.

I stood hidden behind the walls, unwilling to believe that this was happening. How could Feeb had lost the battle? Few minutes later, all 5 owners of Feeb reached the clinic. I couldn't look at them in the eye. My eyes were badly swollen. And I knew for sure that if i ever glanced at their sad faces, I would cry and make the entire scenario even worse.

Then the dad came to me. "Can't do much, huh? You tried your best... I guess this is it..." I just nodded. I couldn't speak. He seemed tougher than me. He continued, "Feeb was a very smart dog, each of us loved her so much.. each morning she'd run into our rooms, wake us up... and if we do not wake up, she'd run into another room...never soil the house.. she's such a darling to us.." and he broke down. Everyone of us broke down that morning.

A beautiful dog had just left the ugly world.

halo at kk!

this is a halo in malaysia! i can't believe it! it's in kk.. today (or yesterday 11am)... so far away from where i am now... i wished i was there to witness this beautiful phenomenon.. wow.. if only i was there gazing at the sky, n saw this halo... i guess i would fall back flat and smiled in awe...

wat's a halo? i'm lazy to explain.. cz i dun understand it myself, hehe.. sorry.. for more info pls refer to http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/12/nation/19148844&sec=nation. got the pic n story for you to better understand..
btw.. is the light in the centre the sun? does anyone know?

very courteous

When you heard of canine parvo virus, you can well visualize the splashes of bloody stools sprawled all over your clinic floor, together with the never-ending vomiting episodes. Canine parvo virus is a very deadly viral disease which usually affects unvaccinated puppies.

We had a dog B, recently hospitalized, and she was unfortunately down with canine parvo virus. Today, when the owners came to visit her, the bloody stools splashed out from her anus, all over the floor and parts of the wall of my clinic. Immediately, as usual, i'll clean & disinfect the place. The normal scene was, i'll rush to the stools, while the owners, holding the dog, will step back and allow me more space to do my cleaning job alone.

Surprisingly today, the owner was exceptionally courteous. When he saw me cleaning up, he immediately rushed to help me clean. I was like, "huh?" At first i told him to step back, easier for me to do my job. But he kept coming back with the paper towels, "I'm so sorry for the mess... let me do the job.. " & no matter how i politely told him to step back, he insisted on coming back to help clean n disinfect. This "very-courteous" attitude broke my face into a smile, and i almost laughed, had i not seen the many wasted paper towels.. haiyo.. i sighed quietly, "why waste arr? need money to buy err.." but all the same smiling.

after that he offered something that really took me by a big surprise - he offered to wash & disinfect the dirty/contaminated towel which we used for his dog! oh my my.. i've washed towels for clients before, but never before had a client offered to wash our towels! he's just so nice!! but not wanting to abuse his courtesy, i explained to him that it's our job to clean the dog.. keep the clinic clean.. wash towels.. bla bla bla..

Later the day, I reflected back, hey.. for a year plus i've been practising - he's the first client that has offered to help so much in cleaning his dog's mess. really a nice person. =)

if only all clients are this nice.. we won't need washing machine in our clinic anymore. hahaha.. an abusive thought. reject reject it!

a trip to sarawak - summary

it's been a week since i last updated my blog, so sori for the MIA, hehe.. been.. up to somthing.

nevertheless, i'd like to end my "trip to sarwak" posts here. All in all, I'm very grateful tat God was there with us through out the trip. He answered our prayers. or at least, my prayers. =)

here are some of the answered prayers..

1. Flights: We had good weather during our flights. Even our flight from miri-kuching, it started raining when we starte descending. =)

2. Flights: Many people complained of airasia doesn't follow schedule. Late, delays, cancelled flights. We had 2 consecutive flights - airasia at 7.25-9.45am, then FAX at 11.30am. if airasia is delayed, even for an hour, we would not have made our FAX flight. all 5 flights we took were perfectly on time.

2. Garden of Eden: Tho' KY wanted to give up exploring the caves, she continued on.

3. Garden of Eden: When we went to garden of eden, unexpectantly we had 5 GUIDES (normally just 2)! & we needed them, coz ky & jo had some difficulties in the caves. Praise God he knew our needs before hand, and prepared the extra 3 guides for us. =)

4. camp 5: my fren told me tat on the way trekking to camp 5 at mulu national park, we're bound to get lotsa leeches. I didn't get any leech bite during the treks.

5. camp 5: i saw 2 hornbills!!

5. pinnacle climb: Our guide told us the day before the climb, tat if it rained at nite/morning, the climb is automatically cancelled. It rained heavily the nite before the climb. But early next morning, the weather was beautiful, & the supposedly-cancelled climb got the green light from the authority! a miracle. best of all, though it rained heavily/thunderstorm almost everyday at mulu, during our climb, there was no heavy rain at all - just drizzling & mist. The weather was wonderful!

6. climb pinnacles : Though climb was very very dangerous, all 6 of us participants reached the pinnacle & down the mountain, unhurt. How can it be possible? I thank God for his protection. =)

7. pinnacle climb: jun got exhausted even before we reached half the climb, and she became very pale & i worried. The guide asked her a few times, "Are you sure you want to continue this climb?" & guess what? she continued the climb, & Praise God, she finished the climb, all satisfied!

I knew tat all these were God's strength & grace...

9. Best of all, a big prayer of mine was answered in sarawak! this one i can't share with you. It's p&c. all in all, i truly loved this trip to mulu, more than any of my other trips - simply bcoz God was so real to us. amen. =)