3 miracles in 3 days!!!

Here I am back to KL after a very long and tiring trip but all AWESOME!!! I will post about it in my next post. Today I want to share about something great beside back to classes. Well I have to post about that also anyway. hehehe... Ok back to the main topic, 3 miracles in 3 days!!!

DAY 1

Monday, the first day I went back to school after 2 months of holidays, my wardrobe was locked for many days. So when I came back, I had to open it. Once I put the key in, the lock broke!!! I tried to open it so many times but in vain. Then I got an idea. Since my wardrobe was not completely screwed, so I seperated it into half so that I can open the lock from inside. But unfortunately I couldn't find my screwdriver. Then I realised that I borrowed to Linet last time. So I had to ask somebody else who stays nearby. So I asked Caleb instead. As I got the screwdriver, I had to screw the lock out from inside. As I did it, it didn't come out. I don't know why it didn't come out. I tried all my best but in vain. :( Now read this properly! I prayed and made a simple prayer, "God, help me to open this wardrobe's lock in Jesus' Name!" Then I pushed the lock inside, pushed again and I heard a 'click' sound! I pushed it again and it came out!!! Wow!!! PRAISE GOD!!! :D

DAY 2

During the whole day I was doing well. Good weather and I eat properly. That morning I even did my big business in the WC and I could digest all well. That afternoon as I came back from school, I don't know what happened that I had a stomach ache and I got diarrhea within seconds. Okay I know it's disgusting but keep reading first. My stomach was so pain and I was suffering terribly. Then I prayed, "God, help me, take away this pain from me!" Few seconds later, the pain was gone, totally gone!!! Can you believe that? I had no more pain! PRAISE GOD!!! :D

DAY 3

Today, I went to Giant to buy some stuffs for breakfast. Then I saw the Corn Flakes and I wanted to buy. But the problem is that on one shelf it's RM9.36 and on another shelf it's RM8.99. How can it be? Usually if my mum was there, she'll complain and everything. Well I got confused myself, should I buy or not buy? I checked at the price machine and it was RM9.36. Hmm... how can it be? They said got BIG DISCOUNT there. I was still walking by and taking other stuffs and I don't know how but I walked nearby the cashier where there's the manager counter. So I walk by that counter and said to the guy there, "How much is this?" Then he checked and said that it was RM9.36. Weird right? Then I told him that there it's written RM8.99. So he went and check and I went together with him to show him. Then he told me, "Take the price tag and show to the cashier, I give you discount!" Wow!!! Praise GOD!!! :D Then I got the discount with any problem! AWESOME!!!

Well guys and girls out there, God does listen to prayers. I really praise God for 3 consecutive days there was a miracle in my life after I prayed. Well for the manager counter encounter, I really didn't expect it. I didn't even know this was even there. But I believe God led me to walk there! :) I've learned a great thing today, although I'm faithful in praising God in those small things, God will continue to be faithful in the greater things that is yet to come! All glory to GOD! :)

Good news and Bad news

Hey hey hey!!! I have a lot of things to share for today. Well a lot of things happening to me, good and bad. Let's hear the bad news first...

Emerge, as I said in my last post, was great! Before Emerge, I had to go through a lot of problems with the renewal of my visa. If I don't renew my visa, I might be deported from Malaysia. If you don't understand the word deported, it's like being kick out of the country in a literal way. I'm not sure how they will do that. Maybe pay me a ticket to go back, or just throw me into the oceans; which is very scary. Anyway none of these has happened. I had to renew my visa and there were a lot of procedures to be done. I had to go to the Records Office and count my attendance of the past 1 year in UCSI. So I had to look through all the piles of files of attendance sheets from 2007 till now. To tell you the truth, it's such a waste of time. Like Malaysians will say, "Haya very mafan lor!!!" (which means it's very troublesome). Yes!!! Very mafan!!! Not only that, I had to the finance office there so that I can chop from them and come back to the Records Office. The problem is that I haven't paid the school fees yet for the next semester(which is this semester), so they won't give me the chop. I told them I can't get an amount any sooner and I really need to renew my visa. Guess what was their answer??? You try to guess. This was the worst answer that I could ever get from someone that I really feel like punching. The answer was "Sorry you have to pay the school fees, I can't help you in that, it's not my problem!" WHAT??? NOT YOUR PROBLEM??? So all you think is just money and money and money??? I tell you, I wanted to slap that lady but I didn't because I don't usually slap ladies ok? I'm a gentleman!!! hehehe... Anyway in the end I went to Immigration department and explained to the malay lady there and guess what was her answer. It was also not her problem according to what she said. Well I'm quite disappointed with the attitude of some Malaysians. They don't really know how to speak to people, especially foreigners.

After few days, I could finally resolved this problem. I had to talk to the Senior Director of Student Affairs to help me to solve this problem without having to pay for any late fee fine for the renewal of the visa. He talked to the Senior Director of the Immigration to grant me a plead for not paying the fine and giving me time to pay for the school fees. Well it will only be granted if I would write a letter of appeal. Indeed I wrote the letter and all the problem was solved. I tell you, I really praise God because I don't have to pay any fine for the late renewal! :)

Ok another bad news is that I was sick for one whole week, which is quite sad to hear. I had all sort of sickness such as Flu, Fever, Coughing, Dizzyness, then I felt very weak throughout this week. Well I was struck by all these kind of sickness since Sunday. That's why I couldn't make it to church on that day. I tell you, if you were struck by all these sicknesses in one day, you would definitely stay in bed for one whole day, which happened to me. From morning till night, until the next day, I was in bed. I almost didn't eat because I didn't feel like eating. Just imagine how weak I was. So you pity me or not? haha!! Well you shouldn't because now I'm fully recovered already! hehe... Praise God! I just got fully recovered today! :)

Oh... oh... why am I ending the story? Actually the worst thing that happened during my illness was that I was sick one day and then other day I'm recovered and the other day I became sick again, which I don't know why it came back. So I had to see the doctor. Usually I don't like to see doctors, well who likes it anyway? During the consultation, I told the doctor that I felt very weak, which I don't know why. So he said that it might be Dengue Fever, which Ray, who brought me there, was afraid of it. So I did a blood test, just in case. As a result, no Dengue fever, Praise God! :) The latter came me antibiotics and told me not to drink tap water, etc... So from that time onwards, I buy my own water to drink to fight against any dengue that comes my way!!! AWAY ALL DENGUE!!!

Last but not least, this is a very super duper good news to announce to all of you!!! I GOT PROMOTED!!! Wohoo!!! I'm so happy!!! Today I went for choir practice and this was so unexpected. My choir leader told me that I was promoted to be the Sub-Team Choir Leader. Wow!!! Since our choir is very big now, we had to divide into sub teams, where I am the leader. Wow wow wow!!!! I still can't believe it. It means that I have few peoples under me. I can't believe it because I've joined choir ministry not so long ago I must say. I just joined since May of this year and now it's September already!!! 5months only then I get a promotion!!! How could it be??? I'm overjoyed now I must say. I may sound a bit crazy but that's the way I'm feeling now. But I must really praise God for that, to give me this opportunity to be a Sub-Team leader. This encourages me also because I will have small disciples under me to take care and it stirs me to set the right example to them in everything I do. It tells me that I have a big responsibility now! It may sound insane to you but it's really a privilege for me to serve in the choir ministry in City Harvest Church. Indeed a blessing!!! :)

Some Updates before exams

Hello!!!!

Well I know that I haven't been writing blogs these days. I'm just back for a while then I'll be busy again. hehe... Pretty busy these days!!! (Why Robin is always busy???)

First I was busy with my cousins who just came for their honeymoon. Actually they went to Bali first then afterwards they came to KL to meet me and do some shopping! Well I enjoyed a lot during their visit here. I was really blessed by the food and clothes that I've received from them while shopping. It's really amazing how God blessed me with such cousins. We went to eat at Outback Steak House, Madam Kwan, Sushi and Secret Recipe. Just imagine, it's all very expensive and I don't go there often. I did manage to take a few pictures and here they are. (actually only in Madam Kwan as that's the only time I had the camera)

Me, Joyce and Voon

3 in 1 Food!!! Lucky Joyce!!!

Chicken Wings - Delicious and Crispy!!! Yummy!!!

Fried Sotong!!!

Beef Rendang!!!!

Set the Beef Rendang on my plate together with Nasi Lemak!!!

I've set everything on my plate now!!! Ready to eat!!! Banzai!!! :D

The food was so delicious!!! Well I couldn't take picture in the other places as it's on the other camera and the other camera is with my cousin!!! haha!!! But I really enjoyed all the food. Some of it I've never eaten before like Madam Kwan! First time going, but really worth going! :)

As you can see on my sidebar, my final exams is starting from next week Monday onwards. So that's why now I'm really busy "studying" in library so that I don't get access to the computer. There are 2 things that I get very tempted when I'm at home. First it's my bed and second is my laptop. To get ready of it, very easy, just go to the library! haha!!!

Well time to take off now! Ready to fly? FLYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! (the song I will fly is resounding in my head)

A day of a new beginning!

Yesterday I went to church like any other weekends. This time it was not a usual weekend. My life started to transform and it's a day of a new beginning. I've never experienced such thing before. It was so powerful and indescribable literally. Sunday is not a usual day for me to go to church. I usually go on Saturdays but this Sunday I went because I really couldn't make it and I missed my cell members at that time. But I think God has a reason for me to go on a Sunday.

Throughout the beginning of the service, I keep thinking of my hometown, my church and my youth ministry there, which I don't know why at this particular time only I think of such things. When I was in the van on the way to church, I didn't have a single thought about it. It all started the service started.

Pastor Kevin was preaching on Unleashing Your Potential. It was indeed a very good peaching. While I was listening to it, it seems that every word that is being said, it is directly related to me. I felt like God was talking to me directly! Even during the preaching, I don't know why I'm having this thought about my church back home and about the youths there. Every time when Pastor was stating out his point, a new revelation started to come to me! Suddenly the dream that I had before I come to Malaysia started to rise up! This is dream is, deep inside of me, I just want to go back to Mauritius after my studies and bless my land. God revealed me that I should do Psychology in Malaysia. I didn't know why but I just obeyed as I know God has a plan for me.

Back to the preaching. The greatest tragedy in life is not failure but failing to see the potential on the inside of us - that one dare not even try! This is how the preaching started and while listening this reveal me something. In the past I used to be a failure, a failure in my studies. I was really weak in my studies in my secondary school. I would fail and repeat the class again. The greatest failure for me was my A Levels. A lot of people don't know about it, but now you know it. I was really depressed of this failure. I had a choice, either to repeat or find a work, but to find a work it's very difficult if I don't have a minimum of A Levels. My parents were putting the pressure of me. So I went to think, and I felt like fasting and praying for 1 week. After 1 week of fasting, God started to reveal to me that I should go to Malaysia. Then here I am in Malaysia, God has given me another chance to prove myself worth. I was trying to go through shortcuts of doing a degree directly but it was impossible for me, no matter how I try to get out of it. God wanted to build my character, especially in my studies. So I did the foundation in UCSI and I don't regret it.

Since I started my degree after my foundation, I joined choir ministry and I started to get lots of responsibilities in cell group. I'm kind of being promoted in my cell group. From arranging the transportation for my cell members, I do more than this now. I prepare the bulletin for our cell group every week and I do games and warmth time. For me it's a very challenging thing for me because I've never done the cell group bulletin before. It was Edi who was doing it and the job was passed to me. I had to use my creativity and originality to make this bulletin better than Edi's. So I started to do something new. Now each of the bulletin that I design is different from week to week and it's getting better and better.

So Pastor was also sharing that our Potential is realized within God's appointed leaders. Hendra is my cell leader and Kristy is my subzone leader. I learned a lot of things from them. They taught me and I obeyed them. If I want to prosper and have the anointing of God to keep increasing in my life, I have to position myself in the presence of God's anointed leaders and serve the man and woman of God with a pure heart! Until now I don't regret that I joined City Harvest Church and I have great leaders above me to serve them.

When the service is almost ending, God started to awake this dream that I have deep inside of me again. I started to feel different. Pastor then made an altar call to all those people who wanted to position themselves to unleash their potential. I wanted God to use my potential, all that I can do, I just wanted to do more than what I'm doing now. At the same time this big dream of my heart is bursting up! So I went forward for the altar call. Ok what I'm going to tell you is very freaky! So prepare your heart and get ready. Once I stepped forward I was paralyzed but at the same time I was trembling!!! Don't ask me how, I don't know how to explain that to you! I felt the Holy Spirit touch me from head to toe. It's like a mixture of hot and cold plus being electrocuted. Maybe that explained why I was paralyzed!!! Then pastor was praying for everyone when suddenly he stopped at me and gave me a word of prophesy. He said that since the beginning of the service that he felt that God is gonna use my potential and just to let Him to take control. From that time I couldn't hold myself and started to cry.

From that time the dream that I had came to me so true when Pastor prophesied on me. If since the beginning of the service he felt that, it means that God gonna use me back in Mauritius. But now it's only the beginning. Now I have new strength and I feel my potential unleashed and it's time to get ready to face new challenges ahead of me! This is just the beginning of the revival in me! :)

Another blessed day!

Today is just another blessed day! I'm starting to count my blessing now! hehe... Wow I feel so blessed today. This morning I went to the last session of "Does Fairy Tale Love Exist?". As always I learned something new and it helps me in my future relationship with my partner. I'm happy today also because I brought in 2 new friends to church, Jane and Jason. Then Matthew & Pat brought another Matthew also. Wow! I always like to meet new friends and it's such a great joy for me to see them come to church and at the end they just tell me that they were very blessed.

Just now, the while I'm typing, my new housemates, PamPam and Fitri blessed me with 2 bottles of water. You may sound like "Cheh", but since I moved in to this new house, I have to go and buy water all the time. There's no filter water here. I stayed in this new house for 2 days now and I tell you that I'm really blessed that they bought these bottles of water for me.

Well that's all that I want to say for today. I finally packed up all my things and now waiting for friend to help me up to bring it to my new house! :)

A blessed week!

This week was indeed a blessed week. Actually it all started from Monday onwards that I can see the blessing of God pouring out on me. Last Saturday, Felix Hew was sharing the Offering Challenge and indeed I felt challenged. He shared that there was this guy who wanted to make a difference in changing lives of people but he said that he had no talent. So his lecturer told him what he can do best. He said that he can do press ups! He then asked the fellow young man, "How many press ups can you do?" He replied, "30 sir!" The lecturer then asked him to do 100 press ups. He said that he never tried but he will do it. At first it was hard to go one shot of 100 press ups but with time you don't feel the pain anymore. Well it's same like giving an offering. The more you give the same amount, you won't feel the pain of giving again but instead you would want to experience more and give more. After hearing this story, I decided to give a sacrificial amount that I've never given before. The following week, I was really blessed, not in terms of money but in terms of relationships with friends. Here as follows:

Monday - went to Chilli's for the first time (although expensive but i enjoyed myself)
Tuesday - Pst Robb Thompson Conference - Indeed I need to listen to his sermon again, he's WOW!!
Wednesday - Went to Dinner at Monte Restaurant in Bangsar with Pst Robb Thompson - although expensive, it's not a money matter but it's about being different to strive for more of excellency.
Thursday - Made some new friends
Friday - I went to watch a play with friends and I enjoyed it.
Saturday - I finally went on stage for Choir!!! Wohoo!!! I then blessed my cell members with dinner.
Sunday - I was blessed to have Caleb and Silvia for lunch.

Well to conclude, it's not about having a lot of money or to be rich or not, but it's all about the heart of giving that determine the person you are. To tell you the truth, I'm not rich but my God is rich! (that's what I told Ivy last time). I thank God because He improved my relationship with my friends and I'm really blessed to serve Him in choir ministry. Yeah Choir Ministry is just a fun ministry. I enjoyed myself and every week I learn a lot of things from them. :)

There's no such thing as a free lunch

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

This is very popular expression heard by many especially from adults. Do you all know what does this mean? It means whatever I give you, you shall give me back in return. I heard of this expression again yesterday during a conference in my church over here. Well actually for me it's partly true. Somehow I don't expect anything else when I treat somebody lunch or dinner apart from saying the magic word, "Thank You!"

Today I went to Caudan Waterfront to meet Kayne and Irene. I didn't know that I'll meet a bunch of our friends there too but it was great seeing them all. Soon we met Elsie, Irene's sister, there as she would join us for lunch. In the end there were only Kayne, Irene, Elsie and myself for lunch. We were quite struggling what to eat because there's nothing much special to eat in the food court of Caudan. Therefore we went to eat McDonald's, the only one in Mauritius, which I don't really like to eat there. I prefer KFC 100times more than the McDonald's in Mauritius. Anyway we went there and I treated them lunch. At first they thought that I was joking when I said that I'll treat them lunch but I really did buy them lunch and I didn't expect anything in return.

Some pictures of Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis

Actually treating people food is not very common in Mauritius, especially among the youths. But I learned this culture of treating people food in City Harvest Church. When you buy them food, you're showing love towards your friend. Sometimes it's true that friendship costs!!! Yes! It's the same as you're going on a date. If you don't have money to treat the other one, how can you go on a date? It's very shameful if you can't even afford a date, especially a first date. Money plays a big role in the lives of everybody. Money cannot buy love but it is a catalyst to increase the level of your love. Even the Bible says so in John 15:12-13, "Love one another as I love you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." Laying down your life is a sacrifice, and a sacrifice costs!

I'm pretty blessed that I've treated my friends today but I love them all and I believe that they were pretty blessed as well. I hope that after reading this, you learn that the love of your friends cost and that it encourages you to reach out for more friends.

Tomorrow I'm planning to go out to the beach with some friends. Hehe... You know how to beach of Mauritius are! Yeah I will get tanned! :P haha

Backstreet boys Concert

Alright! This post is not about the IPOD TOUCH yet. I'm supposed to post it already but I was quite busy over here. Never mind this post is about BACKSTREET BOYS CONCERT!!!!

Yeah BACKSTREET BOYS is here in Malaysia and they are giving a concert at Sunway Lagoon! Guess what??? I GOT FREE TICKETS TO GO THERE!!! WOHOO!!! I'm so blessed man! I really praise God for this because I've never got any free tickets to go to a concert before. Although i'm not a big fan of backstreet boys but I grew up with their songs. hehe...

BACKSTREET BACK ALRIGHT!!! :D