Despite the rain and the jam,
I suddenly found myself being grateful to God.

When you are not moving,
that's when you start looking at things around you.

First off, I thank God I have a car.

On the highway, I saw many motorcyclists
stopping by the side and putting on layers of
jackets. Not only they will definitely get wet but
they must be freezing cold.
When you're wet and the wind hits,
that has to be cold.
So they put on layers and layers of jacket.
And I pity those who did not bring theirs.
Cause they had to stop under a bridge, drenched.
I mean, that has to be frustrating especially
when you're rushing off to work.

And here I am grunting about the jam
moving so slow when they don't even get to
continue their journey. God forgive me.

When I finally reached the city,
I saw this Japanese like girl who
was talking to her friend on her hand phone.
She was drenched as well and now she's under the
monorail track. The thing is, she was smiling away.
She was laughing and then she turned her phone
over showing her friend how wet she was.
That is what I assume lah.

And here I am dry and I thought,
"what a morning".
 She's drenched
but took it as something to laugh about.

As I continue driving I notice some were
running together with their friends,
and  many with the umbrella but
they seem happier than us drivers.
All the faces in the cars were like as if
they/we want to punch someone.
Guess that is what getting stuck in a massive jam
can do to us drivers.

So I thought to myself.
I should be very grateful for what I have.
There's always someone better off than us and
there is always someone worse off than us.

So, you wanna know why I want a back honk so badly?
Cause when I'm about to cut lanes, motorcyclists
always tries to get closer and closer and sometimes
you just never know which lane they are on.
Plus, some cars just love to suddenly cut you
when you're cutting to another lane,
when clearly you're already half way through.
If I had the back honk, I would have honk
them as a warning that I'm cutting lanes. Lols! 

But nah, if it exist, the road will be a havoc.

-Slug-

credits: Julia Arielle 

Today was the day I remembered why I wanted a 

back honk so badly. 

It was pouring and the rain looks like it is never

going to stop. The perfect weather for sleeping in.

I woke up anyway,

anticipating Human Comm class 

(at the same time not so). 

I thought that it was better if I left a little

later than normal. Since it was raining, 

I thought I should wait till the pouring

rain turned into drizzles. 

No luck, the rain ain't stopping. 

I went down, ate breakfast and got my books with

every minute hoping the rain would stop

(Cause God knows how jam would the roads be).

It went from a downpour to somewhat a drizzle - 

only heavier that I needed an umbrella. 

So yeah, I went out took an umbrella, 

got into the car and headed for the roads. 

Jeng Jeng Jeng! 

Jam. All the way jam! 

It wasn't even bumper to bumper. 

It was, stop - wait for 5 to 10minutes and 

move forward a few inches. Stop. 

 Was stuck in Ampang for an hour. 

When I finally reached the highway, 

you could see me smiling and then

it turned into a frown. 

The highway was jam! 

I was driving at 20km/h on the highway. 

Later, it slowly picked up and 

I managed to drive at 60km/h on the highway. 

Phew. Thank God. 

But. Today I was taught an interesting life lesson. 

Read part 2. =D 

Time to return this book.

Characters in this book made me reflect 

on my high school life. It's like there's a mixture 

of my 3 best buds here.

There's Jennifer, 

The calculative (mua) and business minded (Jen)

 girl who claims that she has to be the bad girl and

take all the blame (Jen) and the one who people call 

party popper (mua). 

But honestly, I hated Jennifer in the book.

 She's this self-centered person that

must abide by the rules and plans without understanding

her friend's feelings. And a coward. 

Then there's Amy, 

The girl who is in between every conflict

between her other 2 best friends. She's the peace maker.

She's also the one who will agree and goes

with anything (Cher).

She's also left out when 2 of her best friends fight. 

(Me/Cher). 

But as quiet as she is, she's a great listener. 

Finally there's Chelsea. 

Straightforward. The annoying (B****) - book said it. lols. 

She's the kind of girl who must have things 

goes her way. (Jen) 

That's not the annoying part though. 

It's the fact that she must be with her

boyfriend 24/7 and all she ever talks about is her boyfriend. 

And blames everyone else if she doesn't

get to spend a day with her boyfriend, Noah. 

She's however the party starter. 

And, she's the type who says what's on her mind. 

She's strong but weak when it comes to love. (Yeng)

Jennifer and Chelsea always fights. 

(If you know my life long enough, you will know

how this relates to my high school life.)

 Still, they are like best buds. 

Dylan, Jennifer's found lover is the 

worse guy fictional character. For me that is. 

He has these lines that makes my hair rise. 

Too much mushy stuff in one book. 

I liked Amy and Alex. 

Cliche as it may be, 

it's ok on the friend side of the story. 

(But not liking the romance though). 

I was so happy when Dylan left!
Finally! was what I thought and
he had to come back! (Grrrrr.....)

Think it's my fourth book this year. 

Read it, if you like Cliche.

-Slug-

It's Movie Time!

Human Com's project requires us to 

watch several movies that is related to communications. 

Out of the many we've watched, we'll have to decide 

on one that shows the four principles of communication. 

Since it's a group project,

we've decided to split the movies.

 I think, I'll be watching The Dark Knight or maybe

Inception (again).

credits: ifeelfireworks

(this is reality) 

Lessons I gave myself: 

1) What is said is said, words can't be taken back. 

Live with it, fix it or move on. 

2) Everyone makes mistakes. Do not judge others

for the mistakes they made yesterday. 

We're all learning, we're all humans, 

we're all striving to be a better person. 

3) Respect others. They are not me (you). 

then again, I'm a hypocrite to myself (at times). 

forgive me. 

-Slug-

Somtimes, I'm a simple person. 

I want a simple (yet adventurous) life. 

I don't wanna do something so huge like create a company

but I wanna accomplish something and success differs to everybody. 

Just a thought. 

You know, sometimes we forget that we can

serve God in our daily life without being somebody big,

like a pastor or a missionary. 

Our mission field is where we are. 

Whenever a pastor ask, 

"Do you want God to use you?" 

What is the first thing that comes to your mind? 

I don't want a calling. (not like anyone does. haha!)

I don't want being someone bombastic, like a pastor
or anything close to one. 

I just want to be me, and living my daily life,

being me while serving God. 

 Sometimes I love dipping my feet into the Ocean, and do nothing

I'm not going against anybody, but different people

have different opinions on what's best for them right? 

 I like spending time with my friends and family,

and spending time alone at home or out for a little community work

rather than pushing myself in church duties. 

Because they are my ministry. 

Making them know that you are there for them always. 

Making them know that they can always, Always! lean on you. 

Even if I don't bring many non-christians to christ,

at least, they know that the love is there. 

I spend more time with Christians. 

God, is a miracle worker,

you never know that through you, by spending a normal

day with your friend can actually use you into saying

the right thing to them. 

So, I spend most of my time with Christians. 

Shocker! haha! It's the truth, but at least, 

I know God can always use you and me to 

encourage one another. I am not suited to do

the saving non-christians bit,  but at least I can do it indirectly. 

Despite how much pastor have been pushing us into joining church activities,

it's different than doing what makes you feel comfortably peaceful
(if you get what I mean, in short - a feeling of have to rather than want to). 

Because, whatever you do that is in the will of God will 

make you be at God's peace.

Another thing is, I need rest. 

We all do, God said we can find rest in  him as well as strength.

Rest helps you to grow in the lord. 

Rest helps you do things not emotionally or robotically

but willingly.

I love children. 

I almost joined the Children ministry but in 

the end I joined the Youth Ministry. 

It's sort of stressful because the senior leaders and pastor

expects a lot from you. Like being "holy" at all times

and to teach and guide them the right way.

No matter how "holy" we try to be,
we're humans, we fall and ask umpteen times for forgiveness.
But, because we fall, we know how different ones are going
through and that way we can help them.

Yeah, it's stressful compared to taking care of Children,

but you know what makes me happy? 

When they talk to you, you know they trust you and

you find the better side. You feel like you're needed.

. Like friends! 

So, whatever you do, know that,

nothing is too little in the eyes of God. 

-Slug-

My schedule for College is a current mess.
I hate being indecisive. Not only do I
annoy people, I annoy myself.
So, I took Human Com and Tourism at first.
Sat for my first class, and well... it's not really
what I thought it was, so I decided to change my electives.
Thus, I sat in my friend's PR (public relation) class.
I was pretty sure of taking PR next sem,
but after one class, nah, PR is not my cup of tea either.

So what now?
I've eliminated anything related to Business
and almost anything related to Technology. 
Now I've eliminated Tourism and PR.
All there's left is Legal and Calculus. Bingo! haha!
So, I've decided. I'm enrolling for Legal.
(or so I thought. I'll be attending the class on Tuesday).

Now I have to rearrange my english class.
Praying that I can enter lecture C. Please oh please!

Oh and my Moral Lecturer is hilariously sarcastic!
She speaks her mind real well.
I bet having Moral with her would be interesting. =P

-Slug-

My family can spend to about RM100 on 

Japanese snacks alone and all from one place,

(Isetan) because every year my mum would win few 

hundreds worth of Isetan vouchers. 

So, Rocky's from Malaysia, 

Pepero's from Korea and

Pocky's from Japan. 

Biscuit wise, Malaysia imitation of Pocky wins 

but Chocolate wise, Japan's Pocky wins. 

Japan's other flavours like Choco Crunch and 

the Strawberry (with real strawberry on it) is worth trying. 

DE-E-LI-CIOUS. 

Give it a Try! =D 

oh and be prepared to weigh another KG after 

all the snacking. =P 

-Slug-