My LPF

Lately I have been an addict of basketball. Okay, I know that I am going nowhere with that, simply coz I am not that tall. But then the people I am playing with are not that tall either haha... So it doesnt really matter. Anyways, yesterday after the game I attempted a crazy stunt myself. You see on the court there are two 60-cm spaced electric pole. I was tempted to dribble past the two poles. Which I did. It was quite a successful one. I managed to dribble past the poles. Just that my flailing left arm accidentally banged twice against the poles. As a result, my left pinky finger was bent somehow. It was quite painful but I ignored it since I was 'high' on adrenaline. And the above mentioned finger is now on a cast (just a simple piece of wood I used to immobilize the finger).

Anyways, this incident aroused a thought on my brain. You see, pinky finger is the smallest finger. And we have 10 fingers for God's sake. However, that injured finger giving me quite a lot of trouble. One, the pain is there. Two, I can only type using 9 fingers now. Three, the cast is making the finger straight so if I flash a 'three' it looks like I flash a 'four'. So, this is what have been appeared on my brain: Never ever underestimate small things.

It is indeed true that over and over again in the history of the mankind, small things have been used to put heroes to shame. One simple example I can think of. David was a young guy when he was sent to the battlefield. He was there not to fight, he was just a temporary kopikia. Moreover, he was the youngest kiddo in the family of Jesse. But then holy cow, he was the same historical slayer! Another example. Peter was just a uneducated fisherman wasnt he? I have no doubt that he has ever studied on Jerusalem Theological University circa 0. And I myself doubt the existance of the above mentioned uni haha... Anyways, he was often described as idiotes (sounds familiar eh?) according to a Bible scholar I happen to know. However it is the same Peter who preached in front of the Sanhedrin (supposedly they were the top scholars at that time) and made them speechless.

You see, God can use anyone to do great things, no matter how small you think you are. Now, what do you consider as your innate weakness? Overcome it, dream high. Never ever let your weakness becomes an obstacle to your success. Well, as I have said earlier in the post, I am born short haha. I was the shortest in my class when I was still in my hometown. Subconsciously, I lost my confidence then. You see, if you are short, quite a lot of people ridicule you. I am still not that tall. But I have overcome the stupid mindset of 'small = lousy' now, haha... And oh, I am still the shortest guy in most of my classes now.

New 'Revelation'

Hmm... Today I read this book entitled 'Berhasil Karena Iman' (Success Caused by Faith) by Maqdalene W. Kawotjo. Erm, this book is an autobiography book which tells a lot about the importance of faith in someone's life. Anyways, what struck me is this thing on page 71. This following paragraph is talking about Matt 6:25, 31-33.

Banyak orang Kristen yang suka mencuplik ayat terakhir dari pasal di atas tanpa mengetahui konteks bacaan di ayat-ayat semelumnya. Mereka meng-claim Tuhan dengan gaya "otoritas" mereka untuk memenuhi semua keinginan mereka, termasuk mobil dan rumah mewah, suami yang tampan, istri yang cantik dan uang yang berlimpah. Itu tidak benar. Tuhan memang senang memberkati anak-anak-Nya yang berdoa menurut kehendak-Nya. Bacalah sekali lagi ayat-ayat di atas: apa yang hendak kamu makan atau minum, tubuhmu, apa yang hendak kamu pakai! Itu adalah kebutuhan pokok, kebutuhan utama. Tuhan tidak akan membiarkan kita kelaparan, kedinginan atau kehausah jika kita mencari kerajaan-Nya serta kebenarannya lebih dahulu, sebab semuanya itu (yaitu kebutuhan-kebutuhan yang sudah dijabarkan di ayat-ayat sebelumnya) akan ditambahkan kepada kita!

In English (self translated):

A lot of Christians like to quote the last verse from the above-mentioned chapter without knowing the context of the reading on the previous verses. They claim God with their "authority" to fulfil all their wants, including exquisite cars and houses, handsome husband, beautiful wife and everflowing money. That is not true. Well, God is glad to bless his children who pray according to his will. Please read the verses mentioned above one more time: what you would eat or drink, your body, what you would wear! That is our primary need, basic necessity. God would not let us starving, freezing or thirsty if we seek his kingdom and its righteousness, because all of those (that is, all the needs elaborated on the previous verses) would be added to us.

Well I have talked about the 'pray according to his will' part. I am interested on the added meaning of this verse. I have never thought before that the word 'all' may refer to all basic needs. Interesting. Oh well, I learned that from my experience. Truly God would never ever ever leave his children starving if they ask him for it. From writing this article, I also realized something. It is so tiring to quote from book hahahaha....

New Month

Pardon my language, I am rushing before I have to return the Tecra to Asec. First of all, TLO officially welcomes these three people Bung Nugie, Gab n Lisa. Oh mann... Now this blog is almost fully publicized hahhaa... Not even reaching 80 posts yet.

Well.. Its November... At last, the exam month is here... And how far am I from being prepared for the exam? Zero percent. Hence, I declare this month as the Month of Ketchup (read aloud then you can see what I mean). This semester I have been quite busy with 3 stuff: CCA, play, work (in that order). And looking back to this semester (I've just read my prev posts) I am generally satisfied with what I've done although I have a little bit of regret in this few areas:

1. Should have not cram all the tutorials on Mondays! If I KO on Mondays that means I skip 2 tutorials. And the vicious cycle goes on and on. Miss tutorial - gap in my progress - dont understand - dont feel like attending next tutorial - miss tutorial.

2. I skipped few FA sessions. Three to be exact. Jess' Bdae, two weeks before that, n two weeks before today. This, I regret a lot. Coz if I skip FA, that would mean I skip the Sunday service. Oh I still come for they YRC Sat, but then yeah, no good skipping service eh?

3. I would not postpone doing lab report! Now I am paying the toll. I have 3 half-done lab reports stacking before me. Oh well, no escape! I have to do it quick.

Well given the chance to turn back the time, I would like to reverse these two things. But then no such thing as save - load mechanism in life. So yeah, got to move on. Try to to corrective steps. One of which, I am currently starting to vise (since 'revise' means studying again, so 'vise' should mean studying, isnt it?) my subjcts. I have started with Visualisation thingy last night. Well worth it I believe. Alright, today CT5 and unseen CT... Up to now I dont know what CT stands for. All I know is that CT is the comp lab session to design stuff.

PS: I temporarily leave the Facebook CS world. Just now I checked I am #61 hahahaha... Drop a lot of rank.
PS2: Note to self, Dank bdae 4 Nov. Dank if u read this, watch out! I am buying eggs soon.