Birthday......#2.......Time zones!! woo woo!!

It's finally Friday! Time goes by so fast, One moment I can see myself getting off the plane first getting into Malaysia. I reflect back and see my friends today, and just thank god I have such caring friends. It really makes a HUGE difference, when being away from home. Well for the second year in a row I am in another country for my birthday! That's a pretty cool story in itself!

Today went bowling with Justin and the gang, it was fun, since i haven't had the chance to bowl for fun lately, This one chick that was next to our lane was super hard core!!! Like a bazillion strikes!! I treated everyone to 2 games each, which was slightly more than 50 bucks. Its ok though, they have been really awesome! Plus as everyone played they all had a good time, and i didn't let them pay for bowling since i didn't tell them how much it was. Muahahhaha I had fun to, by winning at bowling and more importantly winning the bets and coming from behind to a super victory! After bowling we went to McDonald's and had ice cream sundaes. They bought me a green lime one, it was ok, but i much rather have had the simple hot fudge since I was having a chocolate craving moment. I started to feel really hungry because it was almost dinner time, and I started to think about buying an apple pie from McDonald's, but during that time I was looking around at the McDonald's counter, my other friend Shi Ni and Darren came out of no where with a cake in their hands and candles already lit. Right on the spot they started to sing Happy Birthday at the mall McDonald's! I was quite surprised and enjoyed the thought. These guys are really awesome friends. This is now cake number 3 1/2 because the first cake was a slice, then there were 2 cakes from my cell group because one of the cakes were dropped, but still delicious. Finally this is the third and final cake! I had fun cutting the cake in an odd manner because i was cutting around the outside of the cake and left all the nice fruits in the middle, still a nice cake though. We couldn't finish all of it so we packaged it up and walked around for a bit and then in pyramid I saw little Shin Chan things, that Sue and Rin would enjoy, I'm thinking about getting it for them for being awesome.

After walking around for a bit went and dropped off the cake at home, then off we went to SS2 for the mamak called Murni's. After getting through the traffic we made it to Murni's, and as we were looking for a table. We had good timing and found a table that would fit everyone right in front of the mamak. Too bad Justin and Kay were not there yet, because everyone seemed kinda quiet. I started to really appreciate my Sue and Rin a lot since I always enjoy their conversations until it gets super Chinese, since i understand about 5 words.... :-( haha

Anyways I had a Roti Hawaiian, and a drink called mango special (blended mango, ice, lychee, watermelon, and coconut jelly) then later I wanted a coconut special but they didn't have anymore, so i got daring and tried DURIAN special. I mean I like sweet durian, but man bitter one is nasty, and I figured there is no way they are going to make a super crappy drink, so everyone had a go at it and some liked it some didn't. I thought it was good enough to try it again some other time! Moving on later Justin called and he was with Kay, and they were trying to find the place, but ended up getting super lost and frustrated because they were so lost, i felt bad that they had to leave on a negative note like that, but Wen Yee and Candy had to go home so they took off after hearing Justin won't be making it. My birthday celebrations started to come to a close, but then out of no where, Arthur suggested to go to Laundry Bar.

Next thing you know we are driving to the place called the "Curve". There are lots and lots of food shops, shops, and a movie theater at the curve, a lot like a small little row of the Irvine Spectrum, being a no roof mall- like place. Arthur insisted on buying a "Flaming Lamborghini" its a shot that has an upside down Champagne glass on top of a flat metal piece, that is resting on a martini glass. The waiter lighted the sambuca, swirled it around a little bit and then poured it over the champagne glass which enters the other shots of galleno and something else that i forgot. Anyways the whole thing was flaming which was pretty sweet, and tasted fine, although I was a little scarred my hair was gonna burn some! hahha Then I had one pint of Kil Kenny, which was the first drink in about 3 -4 weeks! When i go back home I need to promise not to drink much! Ok moving on, so after Having some causal drinks, and talking we all left back home, and that was the end of the birthday celebrations. I had a good time, I really didn't need much more than that. The only thing i would have liked to change was the timing of my day compared to exams. And oh my friend Shi Ni wrote me a funny IOU a b day present gift. It's not about getting so I didn't really mind so yea... Whatever i spent my 20th birthday in Malaysia! Sounds pretty cool huh! haha

The things that I want to change now that I am 20 yrs old will be not living in the past so much wishing and wanting the past fun things that happened to keep happening like so, and to become more responsible for my actions. To prioritize activities that revolve around god, family and then friends. I know in the past I have placed friends and family higher than god, and this year I will change that and maintain it. It is my promise to myself.

Also to find the passion that I will be able to serve the lord, and be passionate about to make a successful career around it. Finally, to be always able to bless my friends, family, and people I meet in the future. I pray to become so blessed that I may be able to bless others with ease, and continue to bring people the lord's house.


May 26th- 27th, 2007

By now I have checked my face book and myspace and received a truck load o happy birthday greetings. I need to reply to them accordingly soon within a week to show my gratitude for their 20 seconds to write happy birthday. Today was a super just chilling day with some studying and some (lots) of watching shows and movies, then work, badminton, and then dinner with Michelle and Chaw and their ACCA friends. I had the green onion fish that was rather nice. Anyways, I have become accustomed to soy milk! It is half the price of milk so i figure when i go home, I might become an expensive eater due to the price of soy milk back home.

Anyways stayed up for a super long time, I don't understand why, but after very little studying, one after the other I watched show after show, until 6 o'clock in the morning. I'm surprised I woke up around 8:20 and then made it to Church for bible study a little late, but better than never. I felt bad letting Wan Yeng down by not remembering the bible verses perfectly and let alone only remembering 4 out of the 7. I felt a little bad since study should be a valid reason why i couldn't remember it, but really there is not enough study to not allow me to remember the verses. Next time I'll get 100% and make myself happy, and her happy by getting that 100 %. In church today we learned more about prayer. Thing to remember is that prayer is the reward, one can not ask to hang out with you and then after devoting all the time to hang out still want a gift in the end, isn't the time spent together enough. This is the key point of the service, that being able to spend time with the lord through prayer is the REWARD from prayer. Yes Asking for god for things is important, because everything can not be done by our selves, but if there are things that are important one must keep praying for those things and do not stop praying until the prayer has been answered. This takes time so I need to be consistent, and patient to have my prayers be answered. Overall time is still flying by so quickly, I miss my friends a lot, but I know they will always be there. Always!

Tomorrow I need to call the folks, see when to change my flight to or at least find out how to change it, watch pirates of the Caribbean, clean my room, study, study, study, and by the Shin Chan things for Rin and Sue. That is all for now... next time I promise the post will be much shorter and make a lot more sense!!!