Conversation Filled With Grace

Let us converse with Grace...

Words are powerful! They can cut deep and leave scars that will last a lifetime. Careless jabs can hurt een more than intentional attacks. Our world needs conversations filled with grace. Rather than practicing one-upmanship, offer a compliment. Instead of correcting every little mistake, offer grace and let teh mistake pass without correcting it. Consider dropping sarcasm in favor of encouragement. Anyone who offers grace is a breath of fresh air in the world!!

Investment Plan

Investment is a form of good keeping for our cash if we know the right ways to get good returns. There are many forms of investment and for those who loves collecting gold, silver and other precious metals. As we all know, gold prices have soared sky high, those in gold investments for many years can laugh all their way to the bank. Well, for those who have not invest anything yet, do not worry, this is not too late to invest now.

As written here in their website, Monaco Rare Coin is one of the Monex family of companies, a trusted leader in hard asset investment which offers an unique blend of expertise and experience in assisting you to find the best rare coin value the market has to offer. Interested in trading your coins online? Well, according to Monaco, their Account Representative is always in hand to keep their clients up to date with the latest breaking news and opportunities in the rare coin market.

Hope this information helps and for more details, do go to their website.

Discipleship

Growing To Be Like Jesus

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too that God may open a door for our message so that we mayproclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders, make the most of every opportunity.

Let our conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4: 2-6

Best Vision In iLasik

My sister just came back from her eye operation this evening. I pray that her eyes will be healed and her vision will be back to normal again. Before this operation, she has been having blurred vision due to some disorder in her eye balls caused by her diabetes. After this operation, she might opt for a laser vision correction if the doctor permits. I really hope she can have a normal vision once again on both of her eyes.

From what I read here in Abbot Medical Optic Inc., they are a leader in laser vision correction and they are having a "You Gotta See This" video contest. The rules are very simple, all you got to do is to submit your video in one of the following categories.

1. “My contacts are getting in the way of my good time”
2. “My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision”
3. “You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure”

For those who submits, you will have a chance to win some grand prize $5,000 selected from all submitted videos. There are three First and Second Prize winners as well that comes with an attractive package.

In fact, people have already submitted original music videos, videos on boxing and swimming, and videos about how their lives have improved laser vision correction. Once you have done submitting your video to the iLASIK Video Contest, you can get your friends to vote on it.
The votes are important in determining the winners, so show your video to as many friends as you can, and make sure they vote your video.

For submitted videos, viewing and voting, you can go to this website www.GottaSeeThisNow.com

This is a great aopportunity! Do not miss out the grand prizes!

My Pastor Came...

Just came back from cell group meeting. Tonight Pastor came to our meeting for the first time, in the beginning we were quite conscious of him being with us. But praise God, as the discussions started off, most of us felt very at ease and comfortable and started to ask him questions we have never ask any other pastors before. Oh, that was what I felt, actually, but after having him in our group tonight, I look forward to him attending our next meeting again.

I posted a question to him tonight for this has been in my mind. I asked, "if i were to drop dead tonight, pastor, where would I "land?" Everyone was quiet, he looked at me... for a moment.. then he answered, "U will be in heaven." Wow.. that was a very reassuring answer and I love it! Then he continued on explaining that our souls/spirits will ascend up to heaven and WHEN Jesus comes again, our Bodies will be resurrected as well. But until then, first our souls... But if Jesus comes when we are still alive, then we will be resurrected in "one piece." Isn't that Great?

Medical Profession

My girl is going to be 16 next year and she has to choose her subjects carefully. After some discussion with me, she plans to take up a career that has something to do with medical. At first she was interested in dentistry but whatever it is, she needs to know some medical background before she ventures further. What made her interested in medical line? Here is her story.

When she was 10, she was chased by a dog and running fearfully for her life, she fell down unfortunately. She had a deep gush on her knee, thank God that it was nothing serious and we quickly took her to a surgery clinic. The doctor in charged was not around and the one who attended to her just washed up her wound and gave her an injection. I was ignorant as she was and now my girl grew up with a deep scar on her knee. If only she was stitched up by the doctor then, she would not get such a scar. That motivated her to take up medical line, I suppose. She told me that if she cannot become a doctor, she wouldn't mind being a nurse, at least she can learn how to stitch up wounds and will not leave scars behind for life!

Serving Our Lord..

Joshua:24 : 15 says... Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve... But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

In our lives, we often make our own choices instead of talking over to our Lord, we tend to decide there and then on important issues. I for one, do that all the time. I do things too fast at times, never really sitting down to ponder over, there and then, I do it and it brings negative feedbacks at times. I am trying to slow down before "jumping the gun" , I am learning how to and will do. Drastic actions will bring about consequences which might not please us... so why not sit back and talk to Him before we decide? As the Bible says, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.. serving the Lord means letting Him have a hand above all things...

Willpower To Stay Healthy

Health is wealth, this is one saying we need to remind ourselves about. People of all ages nowadays tend to be more health conscious. Being healthy like a gold mine invested. We need to be more particular in our daily intake of food, cutting down on oil and fried foodstuff. But apart from food intake, I believe that in order to be healthy, our bodies need to be exercised too. Not just our limbs but all parts of the body.

Exercising and food intake stands side by side. If we tend to exercise more without paying attention to our food intake, then all our efforts to maintain a healthy balanced weight will be not effective. By exercising and losing sweat does not mean we can increase our food intake of calories. By doing so, the result will be more weight gained rather than losing weight.

Another factor about losing weight effectively is not only by exercising for a short period of time. Meaning to say, exercising should be regular, on a daily basis, if possible or at least 3 or 4 times weekly. Brisk walking for at least half an hour regularly and consistently is good for our body system. Most importantly, we need to have the willpower. Willpower is only one part of the answer, the rest is up to us and if there is no willpower, we will not be able to stay healthy as much as we want to be.

Well, thinking of what to do in the garden in November? Perhaps start by doing some landscaping in our own gardens can keep us busy and at the same time, healthy too!

Japan, Here We Come!

My family is planning to go to Japan this December, in fact, my brother has made a booking with a tour agency. Ten of us are going and this will be the first time we are going abroad as a family, praise the Lord! Hope this will be a wonderful trip for all of us, a good time to share and fellowship with one another.

According to the tour agency, it will be a eight days trip to Japan that includes Tokyo and Hokkaido. From the feedback I gathered from my friends and reviews, eight days is definitely not enough. It will be winter in December and being from a tropical country, I wish experience the cold climate as much as I can afford. Well, I guess this extra stay will be made possible now... guess what?Accor Hotels 3-Day Super Sale Asia Pacific is on again! What a wonderful and right timing it is! From 27-30 October, 2009, we can take advantage of their super savings online booking during this period. It not only applies to Japan but to one million hotel rooms at amazing rate across Asia Pacific! Furthermore the traveling period is from December 2009 till April 2010, the best time to travel!

Well, I am going to "furnish" this news to my big brother, I am sure he will agree with me if we can book our extended stay at super cheap rates during this promotion. So, how about you? Where are you planning to go? Do book early to avoid disappointment!

Worship Practice

Just came back from church practice with my sister. It was a wonderful time getting together with my sis and the whole worship team, though it was just an hour of practice, the time of worship is always refreshing. OH... I forgot again... the hymns are my weakest point, yes, I dont know much about hymns and what I should do is to record it while singing so that I can practise them these few days before Sunday service. Next time I must remember to use my hp to record it.. Lord, help me to remember...

Bath Robe

There was a warehouse sale in Penang a couple of weeks back. My son reminded me to get some towels for him before he leaves for his training course out of town. I bought a few for him there and he kind of complained that the quality was not good at all. The towels seemed not to absorbing the water when he covered himself. Something is definitely not right with the towel quality. I shouldn't have saved money from buying the cheap ones and ended up not being practical usage at home.

Maybe if I bought some towel wrap from this website, it would be more worth it than spending and not using the cheap ones I bought in the warehouse earlier.
Now I am interested to get a terry bath robe for myself and a waffle bath robe for my daughter. As for my sons, I will ask them which color they prefer to have, they are more fussier than I am! lol...

Last night sermon by Pastor Jeyakumar was another overwhelming one... my friend who is not a Christian yet, was touched by his sermon. In fact, it was very crowded and I believe God is moving in this church and ministering through our pastor. He spoke on families, God gave him a verse in Isiah 64, if i m not mistaken, to build the ruins and help the desolate. Pastor felt that IPOH has many broken families in need of God's intervension, marriages that fail is plentiful here. He seeks us to help those in dire need... seek some consultation from the church courses... there is a marriage course for married couples, happy or unhappy couples, all are welcome to attend this short 2 days course....

An Overwhelming Victory!

When I heard that news of Obama is elected President in United States on the 5th November 2008, I was overwhelmed over his victory. My church pastor and many of us were feeling joyful too, prayers were made during the night service in church. Obama has made history being the 44th President in the United States of America.

Though I did not follow too closely during his campaign, nevertheless, on and off, I enquired about the turnout and how his techniques work during the election. My friends told me that the most effective technique is through the social media and utilizing the viral and democratic nature of the Internet, which I feel it works for most elections.

From what I heard, Obama is a very smart man, utilizing fully and focused on inexpensive resources and yet effective to capture the hearts of the people. He became very popular and greatly liked by most people, his campaign and popularity became organic in the Internet. Even countries nearby and from afar rejoiced with his overwhelming victory, they feel a closer bonding to him through the connection of the web.

Ever heard of Obamanomics? There is a study on this landslide victory, how and what the Internet landscape can do. Through the social media, supporters from all over the country connected together to give Obama a great victory, through blogging and writing articles about him, can be effectively leveraged and help to build a true community. Some of the various strategies used to promote ourselves are on YouTube, Facebook and of course the blogosphere that we bloggers are using. This is the most effective way and it is not costly at all. Connecting people from all over the country, this is a worldwide phenomenon.

To God Be The Glory

I have not posting for many days in this blog.. realized I have indeed been neglecting this blog as well. It reminded me that Jesus said, no man can serve two masters, either we love one and hate the other. I have 3 blogs and having a difficult time managing them. Blogs are not human... but what happens if we humans have to love 2 or 3 persons at the same time? Either we end up loving one and neglecting the other.... oh, am I talking right?

I hope from today onwards, I will manage this blog as well, if not everyday, but at least each and every other day... giving and praising God all glory!

Silver Investment

Have we ever wonder why we need to invest? Investment is a good form of savings, that is for our future, our family so as to secure a better foundation as we grow older. But there are many types of investment, some can be at high risk and some can be very low to make money grow. So we need to analyze properly before we commit ourselves in the the commodity market.

What I read here in this website about silver, it is a form of a steady, durable, divisible, convenient investment whereby it is commonly used today as an industrial commodity. Demands in the industrial market is high, mainly because silver has many unique properties unlike its fellow monetary metal, that is gold. Silver has its many benefits in addition to its industrial uses and qualities, it can also be used in numerous health care products especially its unique antibacterial characteristics that it possesses. It is not surprising that silver is used for wound dressings and other wound care products to avoid bacterial infections in burn victims.

For more information with silver investment, you can read all about it in the links, including the news article on silver increased in 2009. Written that there are reasons we should have long term investment for the rest of 2009. With all high silver prices last year, it will continue to strengthen its price for this year too. But above this, we need to have experienced professionals to seek advise from before we invest. Though this is a better time to buy silver bullion, it would be wise that that there is experienced people to assist in this investment. As the world demand for silver, whether for industrial, medical and investment uses, before we commit ourselves, let us seek for more details before making any agreement with the selected companies. You can seek some advice from a Monex Account Representation to discuss how to make your silver investment works with your money.

Honesty...

I received a tag given by Ladyviral and I have been putting it off for a few days already. Thank you, Ladyviral... this is an honest tag and I believe it is well suited here in this blog.

10 honest tips about myself.. i have to crack my head a bit... lol...

1) I love to blog immensely, sitting for hours and neglecting some housework.
2) I love to eat, but I dont eat much, that is the problem, I love to nib here and there, a bad habit.
3) I don't like to wait for others nor allow others to wait for me, if I can help it.
4) I worry unnecessarily at times which is not a good habit too.
5) I like to blog for money but I will end up stressing if I cannot finish them in time
6) I am a lazy lady, don't like housework nor exercising at all
7) I have 3 kids which I adore immensely...
8) I am lazy to go for cell group meetings
9) I like to watch tv till wee hours in the morning
10) I want to have more money to take my kids for a wonderful time overseas..

oh, are these honest tips about myself...doesnt sound too right, do they?

John 3:16

In John 3:16, the scripture says "For God so loved the world"... But what about His love for individuals? The reest of the verse reveals the central purpose behind God's sacrifice of His son, "That whoever believes in HIm should not perish but have everlasting life." Therefore, without exception, every person may interpret John 3:16 like this "For God so loved me!"

The above words were taken from my Daily Bread, excerpts which has a deep meaning in our lives. How much God love us, How deep, How wide.... His love for us is so deep that He sends His one and only Son, Jesus, to die for us on the Cross, to save us from our sins and granting us eternity through His death on the Cross... That is Father's Greatest Love!

Achieve Your Degree In Capella

Education is endless, no age limit and now no distance problems anymore. For those who cannot leave their homes to further their studies in colleges or universities and yet you want to aim for a degree, there is an alternative where you can achieve that. A fully online university degree for all who are interested to pursue their studies can be achieved in Capella University. Capella University provides Bachelors, Master's or PhD degrees for all who meet with their requirements, especially working adults. In Capella University, you can achieve your education to a greater level at your own convenience of time. From what I gather here, it is the only university that offers master's degree program with a state-approved specialization in reading and literacy. Besides that, Capella University also offers good accreditation, assuring the students and the public that it has meet or exceeds the standards in terms of quality of faculty, curriculum, learner services and fiscal stability.

For preview on interviews with Capella students , faculty and staff sharing their online education experience, click on to their website for better understanding.

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Changing The World

Lately as most of us know that disasters are happening around our neighbourhood countries, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan.... with the tsunami, typhoons, earthquakes lurking nearby, it is indeed very distressing, especially for those who are strickened by these tragedies. It makes me wonder whether all these are human mistakes... due to man's advanced technology, changing the world, global warming, they are not phenomenoms, I believe man's fault is at hand.

While I was watching a program in Discovery Channel last week, it depicted about a country's aim to build 300 islands around the nation, the sand from the seabase was tragedically dug to achieve this man's dream. Billions of tonnes sand were dug from the seabase... creating man's dream to have the islands, to beautify his country, so to speak... it makes me sad....

Creation is by God, not by man.... perhaps those tragedies happened were the consequences of man's own greed of power over the world!

Give Grateful Thanks

I want to give my praise unto my Lord God...for His continuous supply of blessings upon me and my family. He is indeed my everlasting Father who takes care of us and loving us unconditionally. Though many time I have not done His will, I know I have not for many cases but whenever I need Him, He is always there to decide for me....what to do, where to go, how and when.... It will falls in nicely, though I tend to worry and stress unnecessarily.

God is great... God is loving.... God is good all the time... He is my stronghold in life on earth and through eternity! Thanks and praise unto God...