- 2 Timothy 1:7

“ Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” – Colossians 3:12-14

Seriously, I don’t know how some people do it.

But they do…

and so must I

– Elbert Hubbard

If this was how a group stage victory was celebrated , imagine if they won the World Cup.

Then again, the fans may well have thought things through – in a very rational and realistic manner – and felt that England’s chances of going far in the tournament were very slim. In other words – Celebrate! Have fun! Go crazy and enjoy yourselves… for very soon the time of mourning and despair will come (which it did).

Germany, here we come!!!..... not

On another note:

Newcastle is BACK in the BPL. And they’ve put last week’s defeat firmly behind them by trashing Villa at home yesterday. Carew blasted his penalty wide (thks John!), Barton scored a cracker, Andy Carroll bagged a hat-trick (prompting comparisons with Drogba’s playing style), Nolan tucked in a couple more and Harper kept his sheets clean. So far, no other team has scored more in one match this season. It was a good day at St. James.

As they say, ‘not everyday is a Sunday’. Celebrations may not last beyond the next match and plaudits thrown in may well be premature. After all, it is still a long journey ahead in the league. Nonetheless, yesterday marked the dawn of a new beginning and hopefully (*fingers crossed*), a sign of better things to come.

Pop-pop fireworks

The entire house plunged into darkness and I was momentarily stunned. Papa headed to the switch box, groped around and flicked on the circuit breaker. Power was restored and everything went back to normal.

Except the CPU.

I don’t know what caused the POP but I do know that we’ll have to send the PC in for repairs – the 2nd time we’ve done it in a month… haih

I’m hoping it would be just a minor problem, e.g. power surge killling off the power supply but leaving everything else (especially the HARDDISK) in working order.

=|

Gearing up to dive into the big blue sea of complaints, problems, solutions, servers, updates, patches, downtime, alerts, meetings, ym, buzz! buzz!, monitoring, lame jokes, political ramblings… just to name a few.

View of the big blue sea from Ibiza Island

=)

Engines hum and bitter dreams grow
Heart locked in a Gran Torino
It beats a lonely rhythm all night long
It beats a lonely rhythm all night long
It beats a lonely rhythm all night long

Dedicated to the soon-2-be-wedded couple Jason & Ruth.
The story reminds me of her golden rule blog posts.
Scene in 1:03 reminds me of his remote control car, though i doubt he is in anyway obsessed over it  =)

**thanks CW for the link! ;-)

“Since different faiths have traditionally used “Allah” in this country, the government’s edict is in fact a signal that one community’s cultural traditions must take precedence over another. Worse, it’s indicating that it is the majority’s traditions and practices which are far more legitimate than the minority’s, driving yet another wedge between Malaysians.”

http://thenutgraph.com/for-allahs-sake

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This reminds me of Sejarah in secondary school – zaman jahiliyah.

“…what’s stopping the Umno-led government from wanting to educate the ummah? Islam, after all, brought enlightenment to those who lived during zaman jahiliyah — the age of ignorance. If Umno is such a champion of Malay Muslims, why is it perpetuating this age of ignorance instead of educating Muslims while simultaneously respecting the rights of non-Muslims?”

http://thenutgraph.com/allah-issue-who-started-it

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Apabila fikiran terbuntu, saya berdoa kepada yang Maha Esa…

“Sebagai seorang Islam, hati kecil saya merasa bahawa sekarang kita hanya melihat wajah Islam yang penuh dengan kemarahan dan dendam. Dan saya memang buntu apabila berfikir bagaimana untuk mencari jalan keluar daripada kontroversi ini.”

http://thenutgraph.com/demi-allah

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A message to the PM…

“You couldn’t have asked for more perfect opportunity to prove that you are more than just a string of clever words. It was your chance to leave a legacy by uniting the nation to stand up against the real enemies – ignorance and fear.

Instead you did nothing, and by doing that, you turned us against each other.”

http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/48953-pm-you-have-failed-me–stephanie-sta-maria-

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An appeal to Christians…

“Did Jesus not teach us to go beyond the letter of the law in our daily lives? Did he not tell us to do away with personal revenge? Did he not model his ministry base on love, care and empathy? Can you not find a compromise?”

and Muslims…

“…we need to stop being like a “katak di bawah tempurung.” Get to know the larger world of Islam and understand that in the middle-east even from the time of the Prophet, Jews and Christians call God, Allah. We must learn not to monopolized Allah or the Arabic language.”

http://letusaddvalue.blogspot.com/2010/01/oh-muslims-oh-christians-what-is-wrong.html