pain

pain is your friend

Do not be afraid of him
He reminds you how weak
or vulnerable you are
or can be
without even trying

He keeps you grounded
dependent and humble
even if you don't want to
People hear you in your pain
see you in your weakness

Pain forces onto you Choices
to decide
what's impt and what's not
Pain forces you to think consequence
and Sacrifice

Pain brings Perserverance, his friend
Easily absent when pain's not there

Pain precedes growth
sometimes in ways tangible
to others
sometimes to you
alone

Pain is your friend

Do not fear or ignore him

Thank you and now you can go away.
please

My Dictionary always updating

Here are a list of words that surfaced during a trip to Frasers' Hill.
Feel free to add in some more. I have a poor memory.

"Gor"(2nd sound), verb, to stick on or to apply.
-You can gor the strawberry jam on the scones, it'll taste better!"
Used also as a noun, glue or elder brother.
-Gor, pls don't use finish my gor to anyhow gor your stuff hor!

"Hoot"(4th sound), noun. 1. Quantity, usually used to describe durians.
- Got one more hoot of durian there, quick finish it!"
Not to be confused "Hoot"(3rd sound), verb, to beat up.
-You see what see, want to get hoot by me is it?

"Kiap",verb, 1. to pinch or to hold onto tightly
-You can use the tongs to kiap the food lah.

"Cim"(3rd sound), verb, to soak or to immerse
Not to be confused with "Cim"(2nd sound)- noun,crab
-The vegetables must cim longer in the water before can take out

"Nuar"(3rd sound) 1. adj, soggy,criticism that could lead to a quarrel.
-Your pasta very nuar leh.
2. verb, to laze around
-If everyday we can come Fraser's Hill to nuar also not bad hor
3 .nuar lai nuar ke, proverb, to laze here and there
-You don't always nuar lai nuar ke, please go pack your room!

"Or"(4th sound) , verb, to dig deeply
-There's some more noodles here, cau use your spoon to or it out.
Not to be confused with "or"(1st sound), adj, black.
-Why his face or or?

"Lau Kwi", verb.,adj. embarrassing, shameful
-So simple you also dunno, don't lau kwi leh!
Not to be use literally, which means leaking gas.

"Hiam"(1st sound), adj. spicy
-The stingray is not hiam enough lah.
Not to be confused with "hiam"(2nd sound), verb, to think lowly of
- I cook the pasta never sleep, you sleep you some more hiam the food not nice.
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Caption Contest!! Sec One camp

This was my opss swan song
For my bunch of restless, energetic sec ones.



Alert! Alert!!
Contest Alert!!

ok..i decided to open these photos(excellently taken by kathy) for all sec one OPSS students to add in your captions(comments)
Feel free to view and add comments.
I will publish the funniest and the best captions after 1 week and if it's really good, then i'll treat you to swensens ice cream(only 1 winner!!).
If you happen to get here, tell the rest about it!



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Fraser's Hill 06

This is my "mecca"-16 years ago.



This is Gillian's account of our trip.


Went to Fraser Hill from Sunday (30th July) to Wednesday (2nd August) and had great fun. Tried playing Carrom, darts and ping pong for the first time. Not forgetting Balderdash (it is Bangladesh in my version). The scenery is breathtaking and the cool weather is rejuvenating. I tried imitating how a typical Malaysian would speak in Mandarin. I distorted the pronunciation of scones and strawberry (called them Si Co Nee and Si Do Bei Lei respectively). We managed to ‘punk’ Simon too, big time!

The journey there at night was fun. Simon told a few jokes but poor Justin slept throughout because he was not feeling very well (all thanks to the Chendol he had on Sunday). Upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur, we had wonton mee for breakfast and then a few of us went to get food for the BBQ on the first night. James drove us up and if I am not wrong, we made two wrong turns. When we reached, we unloaded our luggage and went to have lunch while we did a little exploration around. After getting back, the guys took a nap while the gals prepared the food for the BBQ. We had fun while doing this! We marinated the chicken wings, washed the prawns and stingray, peeled the longans and cooked the pasta.

The guys started the fire when they were hungry and ready for dinner. We had the pasta first as it was hot and that was when the action began. James and I pretended to quarrel. He grumbled about my poor cooking skills (but continued to eat the pasta nonetheless), and how unreasonable and quarrelsome I was. Of course, I went crying and locked myself in a room. The gals came to persuade me to go out and have the food but I replied with “Unless that stupid guy apologises!”. With the excellent acting crew, Simon was so convinced and upset that a wonderful time of dinner could turn so ugly. Next thing, James came to the door and shouted at me. “Gone!” thought Simon. I walked out and the whole drama ended. Simon teared. Big time! Haahaa. He said he almost wanted to scold James if not for the presence of others. See, we are all gifted! Even Wei Chin could help to convince Simon that I was really upset.

Everyone had a good laugh and we continued to enjoy the fabulous fresh seafood! The prawns tasted so sweet without any seasoning. The stingray was so tender. Missed marshmallow though (could not purchased them there). The chicken wings were good and the two variations of sausages were kind of cute. We also had orange squash and longans were for dessert.

I was a big loser that night when we played Balderdash. Could not manage to con the others. Picked up the skill and scored better the next night. James came up with his Pogo position and there was lots of other crap as well. I was laughing that night on bed before I slept when I thought about his Pogo crap. Even dreamt about it!

Went trekking on the second day in the morning after breakfast. Wei Chin enjoyed the scrambled eggs and most of us loved the chilli there (meant to be eaten with the nasi lemak). The walk was most wonderful. How many chances do I get to walk in the arms of nature and surrounded by greenery? And in such cooling weather! Was bitten by a leech for the first time in my 26 years of life! Datong, Eileen and Simon were bitten too and we all happened to be punctured by these creatures on our left legs.

We had lunch and after that, back to our cozy nest for a break. Simon needed to change out of his blood-soaked sock anyway. We made our way to a high class restaurant for our tea. Simon was talking about it long before we got there. We had imagined that we would have to act ‘class’, speak with an accent and take care of our body language. Blar blar blar. We ordered our ‘Si Co Nee’ (scones) and other food which sound very interesting. One of the waiters resembled Danny Sum. We had fun playing Scumbag there too. Justin was the ultimate Scumbag of the day! It got dark and we went back ‘home’. How time flies when we have fun!

Had dinner cooked by Simon that second night. Instant Mee Goreng. I fried the eggs (Sunny Side Up) and cooked the leftover pasta. Then we played Charade, guys against gals. I laughed until I almost flipped. Wei Chin looked like a mouse when she wanted to act out the word ‘wicked’. When she mentioned that the particular word is unfair to the gals and while acting it out by pointing to the guys, I shouted out ‘scumbags’. There was a huge uproar. Haahaa. Then she made a further distortion by doing what seemed like a movement made by fishes and I guessed ‘sperm’. Everyone laughed hysterically.

Could not sleep that night. Think I laughed too much and got too excited to switch off mentally and physically. Slept at 2 plus in the morning after chatting with Karen. Could not bear to leave the place and back to reality.

Now we are back! Zapped and back to reality! Had so much fun! See the pictures at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gilliantpy/album?.dir=/9e85scd&.src=ph&.tok=ph8SXSFB33Q_JJvp

Team LZ 06

Our team had an incredible journey.
There was a bit of everything.
What really hit home, straight to the heart was walking through these narrow lanes and alleys of the slums.
The Father walks with the poor, and He speaks to us as we walk these lanes.
He pours His heart out.
On us
For us



Their clean faces and fair complexion mask the poverty and gloom.
I think this trip was so timely and Dad is showing me what compassion is all about again.
Sometimes we lose it. When we think we know or have seen it all.
Sometimes it's so easy to center life around the self.
When Dad tingles the heart, you just want to can it and make sure some of it stays there.
It's scary when compassion runs out or away.

"here's my heart
Lord take and seal it
seal it for
Your courts above..."