Hello all!

Greetings from Sitiawan!

As you guys can see from the photos from facebook, I went to Cameron for MMU CCF camp for 3D2N. Oh ya, CCF stands for Chinese Christian Fellowship. The camp theme is Super Love 爱在我行. It means "show your love through actions".

Did u notice that it's a love instead of an S inside the box?

So basically, the activities are bible sharing by the speaker, games, camp fire, barbecue, singing sessions and etc. I have learnt a lot in this camp, and realized there are so many things i have neglected, which i think it's a really good refreshment camp for me. Besides, i have met some new friends, and our bonding among CCF members have grown stronger and closer.

This is my first ever experience to play water gun in highlands, it's fun and cool! :D

And by the way, we can only feel the coldness during the night and early morning in cameron, the temperature during daytime is just so-so.

On the last day, before we departed back to Cyberjaya, we hung around in Brinchang and visited some farms.
Here's my pic of eating strawberry to end this post. LOL

Blog's first week

Did you notice that we have reached 232 hits since the first day of the blog?

Probably the hits came from us, probably they came from some random people (based on Google results), and probably some of us shared the links to family, friends and acquaintances. Probably probably probably. PROBABILITY. Can somebody calculate the confidence interval? LOL. Okay, just so you know, as for now, the blog is open to public to read.

Move on to Labels. The setting of the Labels here, as seen on the right column ---> is 'Cloud'. Other blogs might use 'List'. Cloud is more fun, for me. Label with the most entries and posts will be the highlight of the cloud. As we can see, Darryl is the champion of publishing new entries so his name would appear the biggest (that's because we put our own names for the labels). If you're wondering how Labels work (probably you're new to blogging), you can hover your mouse to a label, and if you click it, all the entries tagged with the label will appear. I think this is useful if you want to share your entries to those outside the team, you can simply give link, example is like this http://pagesofourledger.blogspot.com/search/label/Yvonne%20Goh . That is Yvonne's post list's label, and she can give this link to her mother maybe, or her childhood friend for them to read. It would be all about her posts, and her mother and childhood friend does not need to scroll through other author's entries (they might not be interested). If they also want to read, not a problem.

Probably in the near future, we might add some varieties in the blog contents, by choosing a topic and every members will have to create an entry about it. In example: My current favourite song. Every members will write something about it, and we will tag a label to that: "Current Favourite Song". So next time you wanna read all the entries about that, you can simply click on that label and read all the listed songs by Team IX members. You can make comparisons!

 Lastly, did you know that you can share a specific link of a specific post? Probably you know, probably you don't. You can simply hover your cursor to a post title, right click it and copy the link address. Example: http://pagesofourledger.blogspot.com/2012/10/first-post-of-esthar.html. That is Esthar's first post's link. Share the link and the person clicking the link will directly be directed to that one specific post. This is useful when you really want to share something to somebody outside the team (that does not know the existence of the blog) and you don't want to scroll through all the newer posts, simply copy the link's URL and give it to the person who might need it. I hope you can understand all these lengthy explanations, and if you do have doubts and questions, hit the comment box below! :)

Ps: Blogger.com also allows authors to schedule the publishing time of a post. Let's say you composed a post at 8AM, and you only want readers to read / know about it later at 6PM (but you will not be handling your laptop/ smartphone to publish the post), you can schedule it. Cool? COOLIO. LL COOL J. LULZ

Ps2: The blog is mobile friendly too.

Ps3: I just won't stop, right? LOL. Okay. Let's see, whether somebody can beat Darryl's label size in the cloud.

First post of ESTHAR?

First of all, one week of our Lovely holidays was gone! My first week was not as FUN or SPECIAL or HAPPENING as the other authors but it was a TIRING but GOOD experience. As for those who closed with me or knew me for quite a long time, I'm sort of 'MONEY FACE' in my personality. So, the most popular activity that I would like to do during my holidays is earning money with some part-time jobs.

Well, it was a little bit different for this time because this event was kind of huge compared to my old experience. My usual agency didn't call me up for any job in the first week so I found another job in the website. (For those who wants to search for part-time promoter job can go to LIKE Above100-Freelance Jobs & KK Event/ Roadshow Management Service or you can also go to asiaparttime)

Ok, the event that I worked is titled 'Enfagrow Kids Camp'. Obviously, it was a KIDS event. Forgot to mention that I did went to training for this job on last Tuesday in Midvalley. (*OMG, the training took for 5 hours and my dad had waited me there.) The training flow divided into 3 sections: Client introduce the product story, Advertising company-Bates explain the mechanical event and followed by promoter agency supervisor brief for the responsibility. But this do let me learn something new in their presentation.

Sorry for no photos to be provided about the camp because my 'cheap' phone cannot take photo due to mechanical problem.haha. But I can say, all of us had repeated for 1million times for the same sentences for these three days camp. There are four stations in the game department. The manager had appointed me to the first station due to my good answering skill during the training. (HAHAHA, THIS WAS MY HAPPY MOMENT BECAUSE IT WAS A COMPLIMENT FROM A POWERFUL GUY!) My job was telling kids about the story line of the concept of this camp to start the game. SO, MY VOICE WAS VERY SEXY NOW AFTER THREE DAYS EVENT. (Darryl, I assure you will compliment it to me!)

"Listen kids, now the Professor Owl is missing, you need to find him out for me ok. Before you find it, you need to drink MILK MILK for JieJie( Sister). Come, be ready with your one finger and point the MILK MILK out for me. (WITH A VERY VERY LOVELY SMILE)"
This is sort of a version of my description to the kids.


HAHAHA, that's my first post here. Do comment if any mistake in my writing. I'm waiting for IT!:)

Pleases and Thank Yous

'The small courtesies sweeten life; the great ennoble it' - Christian Nestell Bovee

'Courtesy is a way of life', what is your take on this?

I was driving at the highway yesterday noon and my car was running out of petrol so I stopped at the Shell petrol station near Sg. Besi. Despite the irritatingly hot weather, the counter personnel was really friendly and he greeted every single customer with a warm smile, which I find impressive. I smiled back and greeted 'thank you', as a recognition of his effort in providing service at his best. I was filled with a sense of contentment through a stranger's warmth and goodness.

Just as I was about to be convinced of the idea of courtesy still being practised in today's society, something happened and failed me. An old Australian couple was filling petrol into their car parked in front of mine. And there was a huge double-decker bus parked next to their vehicle. The bus driver sat in the driver seat with the bus engine on, so I guessed he had pumped petrol and was ready to leave. Unexpectedly, an incredibly loud and lengthy car honk was released from the bus out of nowhere. It was so disturbingly loud that some of us jumped to the sound and everyone turned their heads towards the bus to catch a glimpse of the happening. I caught a sight of the old Australian man looking like the loud honk scared the living daylight out of him. I was puzzled for a moment as I question the reason behind this irrational and inconsiderate behaviour of the bus driver. It turns out that he was honking at the bus passengers who were buying things inside the mini mart, signalling them to hurry up and get back into the bus. I pitied the poor old man as he stood nearest to the bus.

That wasn't the end. In less than 3 minutes, the bus driver honked again, this time even louder and longer. The old man jumped again to the sound of the intensely loud honk. He turned to the bus driver and said 'Hey! Stop doing that!'. And then the bus driver scrolled down the window and shouted back at the top of his lungs 'Shut up! You've got a problem?? I do what I want! This is my job! F*** off!'. Everyone at the petrol station were stunned by the bus driver's words. The poor old man was in silence as the bus driver continued to scream at him with nasty words. The bus driver's impudence was humiliating and disappointing. What happened to his morality? Where are the values as promoted by the government's campaign of ''Budi Bahasa Budaya Kita / Courtesy is our culture''?

I'm sure most of us have come upon road bullies. I'm referring to those drivers who drive way too fast, come way too near to the back of your car, then overtake your car. BUT, that wasn't the end, they just had to pull off some filthy moves as they overtake, such as flashing their middle finger, or screaming foul words.  I've had countless encounters with road bullies and I find them very very disgusting, simply because I don't get why it is so hard for them to act like decent human beings.

I strongly believe that courtesy is a way of life. Courtesy is being respectful and considerate towards others, and that's what makes us a civilization. Everyone wishes to be treated nicely. The act of consideration starts from ourselves if we desire the same treatment from others. Courtesy is as simple as a warm smile, or an acknowledgement like 'thank you', or apologizing when we make a mistake. Often we are overtaken by our emotions and let it get in our way. If we could be thoughtful of what others are going through, negativity can be eliminated from our lives.

A man may fight fiercely in a war, a business, or in a court, but he does not need to fight to get ahead of everyone else in a queue. No one is too big or too busy to practice courtesy, as it is one of the little things that could change the world. Random acts of kindness bring you a lifetime of happiness.

After all, is it really that hard to say 'Please' and 'Thank You'?

Let us all practice kindness and pass it on. Go put a smile on someone's face today. =)

"Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with." - John Wanamaker, entrepreneur.

Sincerely,
Yvonne

The “Real” Essence of Chicken Soup

        

        Chicken soup is a random dish in my house. I treated it so normal until I didn't really appreciate it anymore. However, ever since I come back hometown this time, I truly understand the hidden meaning of my mum real essence of organic chicken soup. Part of it is because I had left hometown for more than 4 months, missing home badly when looking at people went back home every weekends, mid-semester breaks, Raya breaks and some public holidays. I always tell them they are so blessed even when their mums scolded them and nagged at them, it shows that mums care for them so much, especially when they can have hot mummy’s home-cooked food. When my feet stepped down the newly renovated Sibu Airport, I knew my mum was waiting outside the immigration hall, and the warm feeling just rushed up to my mind.

               

          The first thing that noticed me was the chicken soup on the table. Mum told me that " Daughter, you must be tired."Mum kept saying that it’s the chicken that she reared for xx months and started her stories again. I looked at her and smiled. I started to appreciate every single moment with her as I really don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Of course, both of us know that how difficult to wait for us to meet again. Mum changed a lot when she started her career as service advisor for a funeral corporation. She treasures and teaches me to spend my day to the fullest. Unnecessary sadness and anger will just waste the happiness of the day. The chicken soup is cooked with her love- the motherly love that can never be substituted.  

              

               Mama, thanks so much. <3 

A trip to Gua Tempurung,Perak

This is going to be my major trip during the semester break(if i am not getting to Terengganu to visit my eldest sister).This vacation was planned by my family members during my exam week and I was extremely excited and looking forward for this since ALL of my closest cousins are going to be there...Although we rarely visit each other (actually that is what makes this trip meaningful to me)because they are staying at Perak and here I am in Shah Alam but we know exactly what is happening there and they know what is going on here.

So, back to the trip, the whole journey was very tiring and exhausting. I will simplify the whole excitement to a much shorter story here. If you would like to find out what this cave is all about you can easily savor all the information available in Google but I am here to share the experience and feelings that I went through. There were a lot of up and downs. I mean real up and downs..! We were told by our supportive tour guide to climb up the steep stones and glide down the slippery ones. My family wouldn't have made it to the end if my father and cousin brothers weren't there to assist us to pass through the tough areas. Trust me, I was almost helpless when it comes to the slippery gigantic rocks because we were not provided with anything to hold on and my shoes were not doing much help. Not to mention that my sister sprained her ankle in the process. But I will have to admit that the challenge wasn't really complained by the male group although they were asked, maybe forced, to go through the obstacles by themselves without having anyone to hold them if they were to fall off.


The journey got more thrilling when we entered the dark area. We were told to solely depend on the only light source we had which was from the torchlight. We brought only three torchlights which we thought was enough but we were proved to be wrong when we were told to cross certain passages individually. Some part of the cave was very low which required us to do duckwalk. Some of the tourists were shocked by the need to travel down the low rocks but they should have noticed that they might be stuck in there if they were to decide not to travel the way as shown by the tour guide. These are some of the pictures we took inside the cave.

ALMOST THE WHOLE GROUP

MY SISTER AND MY ELDEST COUSIN BROTHER

MY JOYFUL EXTENDED FAMILY

Thats all from me for now. Hope you enjoyed reading.

Smiles,
Dursharl

I watched Superman fly away.

Sometimes in life, there's just so many things I want to fit in a short period of time. 3.15 AM and I'm still busy with DC Bodybuilding Clothing. One week of Sem break has passed and I could have been in Palembang now or even Medan.

For what it is worth, I hope that I could see the effort and investment being paid off in the near future. And so it is, I wish you all the best in your public launching tomorrow Beh. May you be a successful entrepreneur.

As for now, my friend Superman even told me that he is tired already. That makes the both of us. Tonight, I watch Supeman fly away.

With warm hugs & a smile,

Darryl 'Ashton' Chin