A Massage Therapist cum Pastor...

Acupuncture Needles

Cupping Treatment

"Tuina" (push and take) Massage

Some of you might know that I have long history of back ache since I was young (well, i'm still young now!) , I thought I should go for a treatment, a real chinese massage. So near by my house at Subang Jaya USJ8, I saw a small shop with lots of feet hanging on the front door, so I press the bell, "Ding Dong!". Then I saw a 40 years old looking man approaching the door to welcomed me, he was quite nice I thought. I entered the shop, there was a tea corner, lots of massage chair for foot massage, a karaoke TV and a nice looking chinese musical instrument Gu Zheng. He sat me down, shown me a catalog of available treatment for my sore back, there was no one in the shop at all. So I browse through the catalog, and he suggested a package including acupuncture, some back sucking tools treatment and a real chinese massage, and it's only cost RM90. So, I agreed.
First he asked me to wash my stinky feet, and he require me to stripped and lay down on the massage bed. (I forgot to put on my underwear today, I never put it on when I'm wearing jeans. ) So, instead he borrowed a pair of underwear for me and it's fit well. (ha ha....) He start the treatment by inject tiny acupuncture pins in my body, it was about 14 pins in total, felt like ants bite really. He said it's for regenerate my body energy, sort of like a recharge batteries as he put it. After a while lying there naked with pins all over my body, suddenly a flow of electrical flown through my body, and it's funny feeling.
After about 15 mins or so, he pulled out all the pins and rubs some kind of oils on my back, then he plugged the tiny sucker on my back, to sucked my meat in the tube and leave it there. (It was OUCH!!!) I think he plugged in about 15 to 20 suckers, it was real pain but it feels good once the pain subside.
So that was another 15 mins again, then he unplugged all the sucker things from my back and begins the massage process. He rubs his hands with some oils and start with my shoulders, he run his fingers through my muscle and bones, the force were so strong that I was aching with agony. (Ouch...aiyo....ouch ouch) He works through my whole body from head to toes, every inch of massages. After the whole process, my body felt a bit overworked and light weight, sort of like I could fly up with wings attached. (It's true!)
He sat me down again and asked me to fill in a forms with my personal details, then he asked where do I work. (Huh...how do you tell people that you are working in a Christian Organization??) So I was thinking of a better answer and said I was working in OM whom famous for her ships MV Doulos, then he stares at me with delight. (I was like ???) Then he gave me his name card with "Rev" as his position. (What!?) I was so surprised to know about his identity and a pastor running a massage center, that was odd I thought. (That's interesting!) Then we have chit chat about why I'm here and we talk much about singing and music, and he invited me to attend his church for Sunday service. That was his ministry to reach out to the community as he put it, I thought that was really cool, and I love the ideas with karaoke and tea corner to mingle with peoples. (No wonder his shop have such setup!) I will visit him again for another treatment after ten days......

My Big Fat "Chinese" Life......

Manus Island, Papua New Guinea

My korean friend

Old buddy on Doulos

Nagoya, Japan (Painting the church)

Celebrating Christmas on Doulos

Life takes a spin once in a while! Sometime I felt like a contestant on the "wheel of fortune", you win some, you lose some in life. But what surprise you that, you actually make it to the final round. And there you are thinking of a smart answer to the blank, and clock keeps on ticking..... (ummmmmm.....) it is that feeling again, am I giving the right clues? Am I able to answer it? Will people boo me if I lose? Am I making a fool of myself thinking I can do this? Am I? Am I? I bet we will never know the outcome till the clock ring!!!

This last week in church office, I was packing my mess, thinking about my last three years working in this place. Sad, happy, angry, sorrow, joyful..... emotional feeling strikes me up and making me depressed. I will be moving out, working in another office, step up to something I once like, involve myself to mission works. I can't believe working in church actually limits my service to the community, the church put boundaries upon my ministry. That's why I need to move out, I need to breathe, I need more freedom in serving.

Thanks God for the opening, He enables me to return to OM (Operation Mobilisation, famous for her MV DOULOS and MV LOGOS ship), I can serve inter church and reach out to many more in the community.

I know I win if the Lord is on my side, He have all the answer for me.

Cross Keychain

Materials needed: A pair of scissor, UHU glue, some felt cloths, plastic bead, keychain ring & barn yarn. (You can choose your own favorite colors.)

Instructions:

1. Tie the barn yarn on the keychain ring, bring down two loose end to stuff in the plastic bead.
2. Cut the felt cloth into a small rectangle, copy it in another piece of felt cloth, the other one cut it into a cross shape.
3. Drill a small hole on top of the rectangle cloth,tie the beaded keychain ring in the holes, use UHU glue to stick the cross and VOILA! Simple as that!

I am going to teach my Sunday school children to make this craft on sunday. Have fun yet!?

Me, myself & mimer

Took a snapshot before my performance

I'm gonna eat you alive.... ha ha ha

I love mime, it helps me to express my thought and connect with the audiences. The silence of sound with movements created to speak, that fascinated me how human communicate with each other, in a new tones, new forms.

Turning Point

Since last June, I was having the roughest time of my life. I lost my wallet with all my important documents such as ID, Driving license, some money & my ATM cards. On top of that, my GF's mum just passed away, and I have a horrible fight with my colleague, and plus my mentally sick brother is coming to visit and I have to take care of him. To sum it up......Life is stink like hell! I hate June!
I never felt so depress with all the terrible twist and knots strangling me, it was a real hard time.
I asked God, what's the purpose of all these sufferings in my life?
Why me?
Why the troubles always approach me in one go, and leaving me breathless? (I really can't breathe! )

Some old man said," In life, no pain no gain! We all learn from our struggles and sufferings, there is no easy way or short cut!"

Well, it was true! As I am looking it back now, I can really see the pain and the gain.

I've been writing story and articles for ten years, and I never really did sent my stuff to the editor, because I don't think I've got what it takes.
One day, it was in that same month June, after all the bitter experiences, I got a phone call from the Bridge Christian Publisher in KL. The editor told me that, my articles will be published in a local Chinese newspaper. You can tell how excited I was when I first heard the news, and having that approval from editor. It was this bittersweet experience, makes me wanna come back to God once more, and allow Him to mold, to fill, to use, so that in the end, I am ready to serve Him more!

If right now, you felt like nothing is right with your life? Don't give up, hang in there, because our good God knows what He is doing, and be completely honest, only in sufferings that we felt God is ever so near to us! Praise God for that insight!

My Camping at Ostrich Village Lodge.......

My Old Friend......

Nostalgia

It's funny how time play tricks on us, when we are least expected, no aware of those people we met along the way, and they are suddenly grow up and appear right in front of your eyes. (Amazing how much they change, and how long have I lost contact, I never any good in keeping up with long distance friends.)
So, today I log on to my e-mail, and found one e-mail attach in my inbox with name I find foreign. (Who is this guy?? Kong Yong?? Who is Kong Yong? Do I know anyone by that name?) Then I clicked on it to read the content, "Kong Yong has a special message for you......" with a picture of a chinese couple attached. It's one of those site for people to link-up and chat, I never really bother much about it! (Who's there to chat?) So I stared at the picture wondering Kong Yong a boy or a girl, can't really figure it out. Well, the only way to find out is to dig in deeper, so I log on to my account and read my special message under "friendster". Kong Yong wrote in my inbox:

"Do u remember me? I'm Foo Kong Yong
Ur full name Chai Zhen Yi, right?"

Who is Foo Kong Yong?? And he (so it's a boy!) got my name spelled wrong, it's Chai Ching Yee! I look further at his profile and image gallery, (I'm gonna find out who is this guy!!) and suddenly I found a light bulb above my head! (Ding!)
HEY! I know this man! My GOSH! How long was it since we depart? 10 years? 11 years? I think it's almost 12 years! He was my school mate in high school, and we were in the same class for almost all my years in the high school. Then, we sang Auld Lang Syne, greet each other good bye and left our separate paths toward different lifes. I remember it all now, with mental picture became visualize right in front my eyes, the nostalgic moment suddenly hit its "play" button......

I was in my green and white typical high school uniform, hand carry my black color batman school bag to the school, sitting in my familiar classroom. I could almost hear the mango drop on our ceiling while teacher scribble chalks on the blackboard, and how little chit chat and passing little paper among the classmate.
Kong Yong was my good friend, he is so smart and always so hard working (I was rather lazy and unattentive in school!), and every year end his results would always makes me felt ashame of myself, for not trying harder. (But I never any good in study, I have choose another paths instead!) I remember her mum own a little cafe at the town hall, and everytime I pass by there, the picture of him studying and doing homeworks so clearly stucked in my mind. What a shame I didn't pick-up his good quality at all. (How rotten! Ha....) And of course as I expected, he continue to study and attending different schools (as listed in his profile), no doubt he would be reaching the dreams of his life.

Just then, I would love to wish my friend Kong Yong all the best in his life and found joy and success in everything he ever and will achieve! Cheers Mate!

Make-up, make-up, make-up......

Hi! My name is "Dong Dong"....(I reckon it's a stupid name!)

My clown buddy, "Ding Ding" & "Dong Dong"...... sound like a bells apparently!

Last week, I've been putting on so much make-up on my face (Two clowning mask and one pirate mask.). There were three children party where I am playing the clown, entertaining the little one to enjoy their celebration of easter. It was a pretty tired and busy week for me! (My eyes was swollen the next day, it was the size of a golf ball! My gosh.....)

Children now a day just not that childlike anymore, they can't just simply have fun, and always asking why we doing this, why we doing that......Oh kids! Don't act like an adult yet! Have plenty of fun! (I guess our kids are growing too fast!)

One of the party was a birthday party, I requested the host to dress-up as pirate, to match the theme of "The Pirate of the Caribbean". I was dress according to Captain Jack Sparrow, with a little moustache, a hair cover, with some Papua New Guinea shell necklace that I received when I was there, plus lots of knitted sword balloons. (It was a cool party! I get paid for playing pirate in this party!)

It has been one of my dreams to venture into a creative arts ministry, creating performances such as drama plays, clowning, miming, dances and etc. I always likes to be refer as the creative person, an artist, it's all about entertainments! (Geez.....A man under the moonlight......what a daydreamer!)

Sometime I would think, to achieve something in life, all it takes was to dreams......and of course to grab it with butterfly nets! Whooooop......

Being Naughty....(tee hee hee^@^)

Psssst pssssst pssssst I'm gonna bite you!!

Opppps......the snake turns evil....

You smile....you get A star!!

ummmmmmmm......

BOOoooooooo........

Spirituality......

Glowing Night

Culture

Quiet Corner

Meditation Hour

Views of Color.....

Nature Aurora

Wild Life

Nest

Reunion

Hidden Story......

Cowboy

The People

Street

A dog's life

Sometime when we're looking at a photo, or a picture...... what is it that capture our eyes? The object? Expression? Colour?
Do we realized that even though a photo was taken beautifully, but the story might haunt us.... it was beauty capture in deep suffering, and we called that Arts!

Can we enjoy Arts whilst looking at cold body in the war being taken beautifully by camera man?
How can we respond in staring at these picture?
What do we really care? The arts? Or the objects?
Do we want to know the hidden story?
Can we still appreciate it after we find out?
Sometime I like to think that, a bunch of dead body being decorated in an artful manner, are we still able to claim it as a piece of Arts?
Is it human that we see, or the beauty in Arts?
Is it a shame, or just merely being artistic?

I'm sadden by the thoughts of this......

What does the music talk about your life?

I copy this quiz from Shirley Booth's blog today....it's really funny!.....Try it too! (Post your answer in your next blog entry...)

RULES:
1.) Put your music player on shuffle
2.) Press forward for each question
3.) Use the song title as the answer
4.) NO CHEATING!!! What you get is what you get!

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1) How am I feeling today?
Breathing the breath - Matt Redman (huh......)

2) Where will I get married?
Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton (What!?)

3) What is my best friend’s theme song?
Warning Sign - Coldplay (ummmm...)

4) What is/was high school like?
Rock with U - Alicia Keys (Cool!)

5) What is the best thing about me?
Take me where you are - William Duane Clarke (Pushover!?)

6)How is today going to be?
You are my sacrifice - Ken Mullis (sound like a death row)

7) What is in store for this weekend?
Fresh Air - Tradewinds (good to know...I need that!)

8) What song describes my parents?
Whenever you call - Mariah Carey (with Brian McKnight)

9) How is my life going?
A rush of blood to the head - Coldplay (Gosh.....)

10) What song will they play at my funeral?
Nocturne In E-flat - Chopin (Ha..... that's a great idea!)

11) How does the world see me?
New World (Deep element mix) - Bjork (Oh! Just what I have in mind, being "new", and Bjork it's my favorite artist!)

12) What do my friends really think of me?
The Prayer - Celine Dion (with Andrea Bocelli)

13) How can I make myself happy?
82 Horses - KWs Sound Cafeteria (Experimental Jazz...... I do love Jazz and they cheers me up!)

14) What should I do with my life?
Worthy You are worthy - Matt Redman (Obviously telling me to honour God with my life and make His name worthy!)

15) Will I ever have children?
My Irish Moment - Leina D (ummm...... I think the answer is "no"!!)

16) What is some good advice?
Troubles - Alicia Keys (Expecting "troubles"?)

17) What do I think my current theme song is?
Frosti (Across the lake) - Bjork (so true.....)

18) What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
You light up my life - Debbey Boone

19) What type of men/women do you like?
Superwomen - Karyn White (tee hee hee......)

20) Will you get married?
Fallen - Sarah Mclachlan (!!!)

21) What should I do with my love life?
Thinking you over - Melissa Forbes (how sad...)

22) Where will you live?
Beautiful Girl - Jose Mari Chan (does it mean... living with!)

23) What will your dying words be?
Grandchild - Hal Weaver (a native flute player...which apparently does sound like a funeral song)

24) How’s your day going so far?
Butterfly - Mariah Carey

25) How’s your love life?
Close - Tim Watson (hee hee....)

26) My epitaph? (on the tombstone)
Cymnop Edie no 1 - Satie (great! Some alien words that nobody understand!)

Mother Nature......

Sandy's dreams

Intimacy

Keeping me alive......

Today, was one of those day, feeling rather numb, bored, not mobilise to do anything at all.
So, I guess I'm just surfing around in the net, reading blog posted by my friend....these people in blogger that I barely know or met.
This internet it's a strange kind of connection, that connected us together in ways that are beyond words......sometime I stepped into a blog, I just knew it in instant that this blogger would be my friend, whom I can connect and share; but of course most of the time I just "touch and go", not impress with the blogger at all.
I always thought that I have to do something to impress somebody, trying to be cool, funny, being the kind of person that people like.....but the truth is......we only have ourselves to offer, the rest doesn't impress people! (Not a bit!....)
Soooooo......what am I trying to say? (Climax speech....) What's keeping me alive? (beside oxygen) Is it God? Is it something I fancy? Is it my family or my girl friend? (Don't think so....) I guess while thinking about this, it probably keeps me alive for sometime...... (whilst tickling my brain!)
Life is strange, who can fathom its meaning?.... Who can define what's life? While you thinking about it, I'm gonna take a nap!.....zzzzzzz

How much life experience do you have?......

You've Experienced 61% of Life

You have a good deal of life experience, about as much as someone in their late 20s.
You've seen and done enough to be quite wise, but you still have a lot of life to look forward to.

(Haha.....I'm glad to know that, I still got a lot of life to look forward to!) (c:

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Speechless......

Brothers

Organizer

Carpenter

Being Happy

Ahhh.....feeling sick today! Fever, coughing, flu..... I need some rest and keeping myself cheerful. I pray the same for you too! Be a blessing for someone today!......

Chinese Calendar......

Ha.....it's so chinese! We chinese do have our own Chinese Calendar, and our new year is not celebrate on the 1st January according to the Western Calendar, but falls on 18th February. (Confused yet?)
In China, the traditional calendar is known as the "agricultural calendar" (農曆 nónglì, 农历), while the Gregorian calendar is known as the "common calendar" (公曆 gōnglì, 公历), or "Western calendar" (西曆 xīlì, 西历).
The Chinese calendar (農曆 nónglì) is a lunisolar calendar whose date indicates both the moon phase and the time of the solar year.
Every year, we chinese label the year according to the Chinese Zodiac which made up by the Twelve animals (十二生肖 shí'èr shēngxiào, or colloquially 十二屬相 shí'èr shǔxiàng) representing the twelve Earthly Branches are, in order, the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep (or goat), monkey, rooster, dog, and pig (or boar).
And I think this year is the "Piglet" year! (Tee hee hee.....it's true!) And I was born in the "sheep" year. (blahhhh blahhh.....black sheep) Don't we chinese just have our own "interesting" way!? Wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year!

Night Classes......

Ummm....I didn't update myself much huh! Recently, I just applied for a weekly friday night classes about Missiology at STS, Sabah Theological Seminary. This course will last until end of June; conducted by an American Professor "Dr. Phil Baker", a very old man (around 70) but amazingly zealous person.

So, Missiology huh! What's that? I was scratching my head the first day I seated in my class. My class-mates were mostly pastor, seminary students, professional people...... not very friendly in deed! (I can't imagine how rude for somebody not smiling back when I put up my "celebrity" smile! What a bunch of "HOLY" people! huh.....) I guess my long dye hair with funny hat, allows them to categories me.....the nerd, wacko! (I love being wacky!) Ummm....who cares about them! I'm here to upgrade myself about mission!

Funny story, I was talking to the guard in the gate, who apparently got the job in this seminary few months ago. He was not a Christian, and no one talks to him about the gospel of Jesus, and he wasn't invited for the chapel service. (Gosh.....that's really get me! Piss off!) Well, here I am studying about mission, and the professor said that God's love is for all the people of the world, not only exclusively to special people (such as Christian) and we need to spread it out; and all the students nodded their heads. (What a bunch of phoney!) I don't see their interest in being a missionary, but just plainly academic.

Sometime I really don't understand how human can behave in such a way, studying the topic about saving mankind yet not practise it! Looks serious in front of a professor, but take it lightly outside the class......Please practise what you preach! (Good Lord!......)

Something to ponder...

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