Yohanes 14

This is my first post about faith. If you have a bible, turn to that page and you can see that chapter talks about Jesus say that God will send Holy Spirit to people when Jesus goes back. During Alpha course I attend today, the speaker tell us that Jesus promise holy spirit to those who believes Him. That makes me wonder, so how about those who don't believe? They don't have holy spirit?

My dear friends, it's not I'm querying my religion, I'm just asking and wondering. God cannot be understand. If you trying to understand, then stop. You'll be crazy. Our human minds limit us to understand more. Taking examples from the speaker, if you read the bible, there is a chapter which talks about Paulus, who hates God. When Jesus show himself infront of him, he turns blind. Our human nature cannot see the glory of God. That's how awesome our God is. Cool eh? But then, my question about holy spirit is something that can be answered.

When I was baptized, my teacher ask all of his student including me.

"You receive Holy Spirit when you are baptized. How about when you are not yet baptized, does the Holy Spirit is not with you?"

I don't have the answer. Yet in my opinion (just my opinion, it's not teaching. Do not quote), the holy spirit is among us, within us since we're born. I believe that. Correct me if I'm wrong. So back to my question, does the holy spirit is with people who believe only? How about those people who believe that Jesus exist, but not following Him? How about those who don't believe, but follow His teachings? I've got a friend, Muslim, he follow us 'berpuasa' during Lent month. Does the holy spirit with him?

According to the speaker, Christian beliefs cannot be understand using logic. It cannot be compared to other religion, cause we are not the same. So if you want to comment this post, please use bible quote to comment. Don't give your own piece of mind. I don't want to know how you feel or what you are thinking.

Are you 'Melatah'?

(FYI, i dont know what melatah is in English)

Everyone seems to have this symptom nowadays. Including my boyfriend. According to Kamus Dewan Fourth Edition, melatah means:

 Seseorang (biasanya wanita) tidak sedar apa yang dilakukan, mengikut perbuatan atau suruhan orang lain tanpa disedari, mengeluarkan perkataan atau membuat sesuatu secara tidak sengaja kerana terperanjat.

Meanwhile according to American Normal book called Hyperstartle Syndrome, Lawrene Osborne said " If American is popular for its aneroxia, and Nigerians have problems with tired minds, while Malays have 'latah' (hyperstartle syndrome).

The famous Malaysian psychologist/motivator, Dato Dr. Fadzilah Kamsah, once quote;

Only the malays, eskimos, and one or two african that "Melatah."

I wonder if this is true. I mean the melatah thing. I've seen people who pretends to melatah, and it is purely annoying. But then, I've seen some which undoubtedly saying things they don't want to speak, and acting things they don't want to do.

But then, I believe when you melatah, you only say short sentence like,

"Mama ko lapan"

"Opocot ko"

"O mak!"

"Amen!" (This 1 is mine)

Long sentence like,

"menari-nari, terbang-terbang la engkau"

"kepala dia sudah ada empat ditambah empat lagi"

"Saya mau makan KFC banyak-banyak sampai gemuk macam Sanchez"

In my opinion, long sentence like that is not melatah. Sometimes, I saw them acting like they are melatah, and again i want to stress this, I got annoyed. Why do you want to act like that anyway? To be funny? Coz it doesn't seem to entertain me.

I remember a priest prayed for the melatah people during a Christian Camp I attend last year. He pray God bless them so they stop their melatah disease. Notice I bold the word 'disease', he call melatah a disease. Wikipedia define disease as abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism.

So to think about it, why do some people proud of their melatah? It can directly means they are proud of their disease. Like I'm proud I have flu or something. Weird. But anyway, (I wanna say 'sometimes melatah is funny', but  I dont feel like that, so drop it out) try to stop melatah if you can. It makes you tired if you say/do it again and again. And its a disease. If anyone of you out there pretends to melatah, drop it out, it aint cool. Melatah happens to women, not men.

When tsunami come

Tsunami hit Japan. Its a few days ago but i just remember i have a blog to talk about it. Anyway lets be quite for a while to respect them. (SSsshhh..)

I'm confuse about something though. Japan/Jepun is an advance country which mean high technology more advance than other country, and again i want to stress this word again. "Japan is an ADVANCE country". I underline it and capitalize it so you got that i really mean it.

Even such advance country like that couldn't even expect such tragedy like that. I wonder what will happen to Malaysia or Sabah if things like tsunami happen. Sabah may end up like Acheh,dead body everywhere.. (jauh palis..touch wood). Im not saying Acheh is not advance or any negative words okay.

Please Malaysia, and to any state in Malaysia (especially Sabah coz i live in here), do something. We are facing terrible tragedy nowadays. Almost every year we have terrible tsunami or any great disaster. And its because of climate change (tiba-tiba). Anyway, plant more mangrove trees near the beach. It can hold on from tsunami. Plant more trees coz it lowers down the Earth's temperature. People, dont be stupid. Dont put time limit to your life. We all will die, but dont make it faster stupid.

Being OLD & FORGETFUL

Yes, I know as you become old, your brain starts to work lesser because you brain-cell is rotting. So stops thinking that you are somewhat young (sometimes when you feel like you say the right things) coz its not!!

How many times should you repeat the same thing again and again, then after that telling someone (me) that they cannot do the job? Rotting s%%^^$##$$@.

Some people aged beautifully, or cutely, or whatever to make the process seems beautiful, but you are not. My papa aged cutely, i admit that. But it only miraculously happen to some people.

You ask me to do this and that, you even write it to my laptop (you idiot) then i meet you again and you treat me like im a fool saying "you dont even know what you're doing right? How come? what are you doing actually? everything wrong." then you start to type what i have been writing all along, Then i meet you again and you say im wrong again and the cycles keep going on and on. You forget things! I have been te
rying to tell you that!!!! But you just too old to listen, i think.

Happy New Year!!

Happy new year every1!
Wah! 2011 odi! I look forward to 2011. muah! with all my love.

Wish you all a very prosperous year and blessesd days looking ahead. God bless.

Forest Camp! (OMG)

FOREST CAMP - every forestry student should endure that (yaiks!)
It's HARD. i mean it. i cry before entering it. i cry after i finish it.

This year we(student of Forestry UMS) camp for 2 weeks in Kawang, Papar. Without electricity (!), without no clean water (!!), without handphone (!!! sh*t %$#%^$), and without my dear boyfriend (!!!!). Life is Hard there.

I know he will be praying for me there..

Anyway, for the first week i did cry a lot. From heels to Adidas Kampung, no girls can cope with that easily! But for the second week, i manage to live a LIFE there. i can actually climb slopes higher than 75 degrees. Amazing! (yeay me!) Of course i didn't forget my roots. Padini is still in my mind. I manage to put some cute stuff on me. I only pick cute patterns of leaves to put on my hair so that i look like Jane (remember Tarzan wife?)

One of my choice of leaves to put on my hair

The thing is, I learn a lot there. I found many unexplored gifts i never knew i have which im still amazed until today.I hate Forest Camp, but i love it at the same time. I wont do it again though. But im proud i had endure it.

Me (red) with my 100Plus group

So next time when you feel like you need someone to help you ways in the forest, dont call me. Im busy buying shoes. :)

Unduk Ngadau a.k.a Beauty Peagent

Since my family is an ordinary KadazanDusun family, they must at least send one of their children to join Unduk Ngadau a.k.a Beauty Peagent contest. It's not like an ordinary beauty peagent you see in the TVo (you will not judge by your height and your beauty). To be an Unduk Ngadau, you have to be smart, soft, and posses the characteristics of Huminodun (KadazanDusun believe she is the daughter of the gods' who sacrifice herself for the sake of human being).

But unfortunately, the competition nowadays are being exploited by the image of models and all. It seems like the competition loss the essence of the traditional feelings. But whatsoever, can you see me? I'm contestant number 6. yes. the short one. I'm wearing outfit from the Rungus clan (if i'm not mistaken).

I've join Unduk Ngadau twice, not including the one i join when im young like....kindegarten age. Some of the contestant really bothers me. Staring me like i owe her money. She stares at every contestant actually. She and her "Wannabe" groups of friends (The contestants are divided into 3 groups : the Wannabe, the LoneRanger-No friend, and the "Down to Earth and Pretty" where im at). She always talk about how many competition she joins (yet, she still lose.boohoo!). And i'm strongly convince she feels irritated when i answer the question correctly and in full KadazanDusun language.

I didn't win though. But my friend did.1st runner-up also goes to my friend. Both of them from the "Down to Earth and Pretty" group. Boohoo Wannabe! I got third place, which im quite surprise since im short.Hooray to "Down to Earth and Pretty" group! We win three places!

Anyway, it's not the result that matters. In my family's eyes, I WON. :)