Working on it ...

Its a constant battle for me to seek the Lord's mission/purpose in my life. Personally, I know what I want to do and I work towards achieving my personal goal. However, I do wonder whether my personal goal is what the Lord wants me to do. What is His calling? What is His purpose for me? These questions at times leave me puzzled, and at times I do realize there might have been situations where its My Purpose Vs His Purpose! One thing I do know is that - I shouldn't be AFRAID, as He is with me!

Second thing I do know (or think I do :D) is that He wanted me to be involved with Women Ministry whereby He 'drag' me to serve, filled with lots of fear & uncertainty. Since that fateful day in 1990; He has placed me where I shouldn't be, He has connected me with people whom I shouldn't know, and He has equipped me where I am clueless! Thank You Lord for your continual presence and guidance!

With Bishop Hwa Yung & the GCMW EXCO members on 8/2/2012

Lubuk Lembak, Sarikei on 11/2/2012 doing Women Ministry

Over the weekend, I visited two (2) longhouses at two (2) different areas ie Lubuk Lembak, Sarikei and Ng. Assan, Sibu and having to deal with different groups of women and challenges. It took me almost 2 hours driving to reach this beautiful longhouse, crossing many mountains (small) and rivers to reach Lubuk Lembak. I was expecting to meet up with several of the Methodist women; and these women remind me of the 'bent woman'. How to resolve? How to 'free' these woman? Its interesting to see how the Satan works within our women, our church, and our community. I will be returning to the same place next month; so pray for me so that I would have the wisdom and His grace to resolve/handle the situation!

The next longhouse I visited is Ng Assan, longhouse sweet longhouse! I am so thankful and happy to see the women growth in their faith! Alleluyah!! I want to hug each and every single women there!!! However, I didn't - I didn't want to shock them!! haha That's how happy I am! Not only have their faith grown and strengthen; it has transmit to the children ie their children!! Children Ministry had started in the longhouse, again!! The Children Ministry was in place decades ago; but it stopped - the why? Don't know :) In this, I want to thank the Ipoh church for creating the interest for the children!

This women ministry outreach will form part of my activities for this year and please pray for me as I venture into this. Pray for the strength, good health, wisdom, and the finances - so that I could do it well with a heart full of love, joy, and peace.

Setaun udah berlalu ...

Enda berasai, setaun berlalu;
Enda berasai, pengarap, pengerindu, penyayau bertapak tegap;
Enda berasai, pengidup mansang!

Taun tu nyangka nuh lubah nulis alam blog tu; laban ke nuh ngasai ke pejalai pengidup enggau pengawa nuka sama setiap hari. Taja pia, endang bisi ngah pemansang, pengaga, pengerindu, penyaum ... ke lain nyadi! Nya alai aku semina nulis serta berkongsi ke berita ke ulih nyadi ke pengingat aku ke taun-taun siti.

Taun tu kami ngintu hari pengada anak ke disayau di rumah aja. Sembahyang serta makai enggau diri sebilik aja (nya pen enda semua dikagau; sigi bisi ringat sekeda - minta ampun auk! ).

Kek ke dipilih iya empu Chocolate Cheese,
sedap amat serta 1/3 digalau iya ke bala kawan di sekul ke hari siti.

Susah endal ngah mikir ke nama utai ke diberi; bala anak laban nuh udah besai udu ka milih utai ke diri empu. Ngena idea baru - meri 'gift certificate' 4 iti ke meli utai ke dikerindu ke iya empu. 1. Cert 1 - meli accessory ke dikerindu. Kemari iya minta accessory nya ditukar ke kasut flat warna putih.
2. Cert 2 - lunch date enggau mummy (sorry ... enggau orang bukai empai diasoh!!), diatu nganti iya milih hari enggau endor aja.
3. Cert 3 & 4 - cuti Autumn Sonata & duit kena meli utai din ila! :D

Selamat Hari Jadi, anak ke disayau amat. Besampi ke Allah Taalah ngibun serta merkat deh selalu.

Indeed a year had gone by, filled with memories; and another year of adding to these memories continues.

Valerie celebrated her birthday in January. We had a quiet family celebration/prayer at home and just had a wonderful time of fellowship. She chose a chocolate cheese cake from Secret Recipe (her desired choice was not available). I could not figure out what to get her, and so decided to give her personalized gift certificates of an accessory of choice (she chose to buy a flat white shoe!), a lunch date with mummy with her choice of venue & menu, and an Autumn Sonata holiday plus shopping money! Yes, she's officially a TEENAGER! Lord, please help me to be a good mother! Lord be her guiding light!

December News ...

Firstly, wishing all of you a Happy New Year!! May the festive season & new year bring lots of joy, peace & love for all of you!

Keterubah iya meri Selamat Taun Baru ngagai semua bala kaban & pembaca blog aku tu; besampi ke Allah Taalah selalu meri berkat & pengasih ke semua kitai.

Bulan Disember tu kemari mayoh endal pengawa ke dikerja, nya meh nuh enda tentu bisi hari nulis blog. Kami sebilik taun tu sempat ngintu Krismas begulai di Kuala Lumpur; terima kasih ke berkat Allah Taalah ke ulih ngasoh tu nyadi. Bulan tu tadi, kami mega berasai ngaga amat ati ketegal anak menyadi aku ke tuai, Braxton, udah tembu pelajar Saujana Muda iya ari Lim Kok Wing University; lalu convocation iya di-intu kena 17 Disember tu kemari.

December had been such an eventful month with so many blessings/happenings to the family. We're celebrating Christmas together this year, its something that we try to do more often than Gawai (due to varying school schedule, its harder to arrange) ... all 13 of us!

I felt so overwhelm and heart warming and emotional seeing the eldest nephew graduate with his Bachelor! Wow, it felt only like yesterday that I was struggling with aunty-hood haha yes!! I had to do everything from changing diapers, feeding, bathing in his first 2 days (his mom was feeling weak) and my brother and I (and my best friend, Jennifer), were doing most of the things including cooking!! Praise the Lord we're still 'healthy' and its more due to Jennifer's cooking and her mother's advises! haha I might add, I did a GREAT job! See how he has grown. The whole family (minus his parents who had flight scheduling problem and couldn't fly into Kuala Lumpur in time) were there to celebrate with him. He earned his Bachelor of Business (Honors) in Entrepreneurship and was amazingly also awarded the Industrial Excellence Award! Congratulations darling!!

Braxton's convocation with B. of Business at Lim Kok Wing University in Cyberjaya.

Kami sebilik mega sempat kemisi ke luar negara, taja enda jauh - semina ke Macau. Tang pejalai nya chukup manah serta ngerindang ati. Ketegal mai apai & indai bejalai, enda tentu bendal kami sebuat raun - enda tan bejalai! Tang sehari-hari, endang bejalai berlubah-lubah - ngetu ngirup ke mayoh agi! :D Kami din 4 hari aja.

We also holiday in Macau for 4 days; and it was a wonderful trip with the family (partly) and really enjoyed the time very much. It was a relaxing trip with lots of walking as well as lots of resting time at the cafe'!! (Unable to upload pictures into here).

Val, Karl, and I

Blessings ...

There's been so many blessings in the last weeks. Praise the Lord for his blessings abundance and love!

These two events happened on the same day, of all days ... it must be on the 17.11.2011!! I had been informed a month ago that I was one of 5 successful applicants for the Sarawak Convention Bureau International Scholarship to attend an international conference; and was awaiting for the official award ceremony. Then they choose the exact date that the UPSR (lower primary school) examination results were released! It did took me a few minutes to ponder on which to go to; in view that one was in Kuching. If in same city/town; it would have make things easier to attend both! Anyway, hands down it was the my daughter's event! I am so proud of you my darling daughter!

Yes, I am attending the Water Congress 2012 in Seoul, Korea and thanks to Sarawak Convention Bureau for this opportunity! Its a partial scholarship and I am blessed that my office had agreed to take up the balance of the course. So, I will get to promote goodwill etc for both - not that I could split either! Am I excited about going to Korea? Not really as I've been there many times! Am I excited about attending the Congress ... for sure! It's my first Congress.

Unfortunately, I am not presenting a paper at the Congress; otherwise, I really could put Sarawak Convention Bureau on the map of the happenings! That's part of SCB expectations of its recipient ie promote them! :) Maybe, I will do that at my other paper presentation gig ;)

My darling girl get her moment also in the newspaper! Thanks to reporter Watt for doing the wonderful article! So she's now relaxing at home, AND doing her homework!! No, I am not 'torturing' her with homework :D but we went to register at her school next year, and she was given about 100 pages of work to complete during the holidays! Yes, 100 pages of homework/exercises covering English, Mathematics, Bahasa Malaysia, Science, Geography, History, Civic! So those exercises/texts that we bought earlier are becoming handy! So this sort of keeps her occupied for most of the days!

BTW she did get an iPOD, a holiday in Macau & Singapore (coming soon), and some spending money to buy what her heart desires .. as her present for the 5As. Thanks to aunties/uncles also for their angpows (these are giving her big smiles as it would mean she get extas to spend on whatever she wishes).

Congratulation my darling daugther ...

On Thursday 17.11.2011, I think I was more anxious and nervous than my daughter awaiting for her UPSR result ie Primary 6 public examination result! I was one of the many anxious parents looting around the school compound by 9:30am and the result was only available after 10am!!


Luckily, with a recognizable face ;) , the security guard lady let me inside the compound to anxiously wait for the posting of the result or my daughter to come down from class with her result slip! That 30mins or so felt like hours!! Finally, at about 10am, teacher Shadon came down from the staff room. Teacher Shadon is one of school's teachers and a blog reader! I was given a sneak peak at the result slip for the Board - Thank you!

It was only about 10:20am when Val came out excitedly from her class to show me her result slip! I am so proud of her accomplishment and its sweater as only 4 students managed to get full As from the Bahasa Malaysia medium (ie about 75 students) and they have an 80% passess!

Val showing her 5As result slip.

(Other parents were still outside the compound and

I had been helping them to read their childrens' result from the Board inside!)

Val & her BFF Olivia showing love & friendship!

Congrates Olivia on your 4As!

Other good friends: Olivia, Nathan, and Elson (another 5As student) with Val.

Other friends too: Brenda (tears of joy for getting 4As!) and Vivian

Congratulations to all UPSR students and remember that you are just starting your journey and pray for continual success!

Happy 21st Birthday Darling Kimberly ....

My sweet darling young lady ... Happy 21st Birthday!!!

May you always find Joy, Peace & Love!

Love always, Aunty & all at home!

Methodist Women ...

Ujung minggu timpoh aku dibagi ke Gereja/Bala Indu; Aum Betaun Bala Indu Methodist, Sarawak Iban Annual Conference serta masa nya chukup 'berkat' endal aba aku.

Bala BOD benong ngulu ke aum, ninga report Pemegai Wang.

Sebedau kami baum kena hari satu (7.11.2011), kami bisi pemalatih sehari ianya ke besangkut enggau tema gereja Methodist seMalaysia. Ngeremai ke Jaku Tuhan, Ngubah Raban Mensia (Spreading Spiritual Holiness, Transforming the Nation). Lalu sehari - hari kemari kami ninga ke ajar ke chukup manah ari Rev. Thomas Lau, siko pengajar/paderi ari Methodist Theological Seminary di Sibu ditu. Iya mai ajar:-

1. Ngubah Diri Nengah Jaku Kristus (Transforming Self Through Christ Words), enggau
2. Ngubah Bala Indu - Perampa (Transforming Methodist Women (Iban), the Way Forward)


Sekeda bala BOD begulai enggau Rev. Jonathan (penyalin) serta Rev. Thomas Lau (kena kot)


Ajar iya negu amat aba ati aku alam mayoh pekara, tu sekeda pekara ke agi di ingat ke aku:-
1. Berati ke diri lalu betati ke pengubah nengah/nitih ke siti bup ie Bala Indu of One Book (Bible),

2. Belajar ke bup kudus kena konsep PELITA, ie cara-cara macha bup kudus,
P - Puji
E - Elak
L - Lantang
I - Ingat
T - Taat
A - Aksi

3. Belajar ke 5 K ie cara kitai mansang, kitai ngembuan -
Kasih - pengasih dalam ati, semengat, pikir, pengering
Kudus - pengudus alam ati & pengidup
Kitab - tetati serta belajar ke leka jako bup kudus
Kukuh - alam pengarap
Kaya - bulih semua utai ke ulih, nyimpan semua utai ke di-ulih, udah nya mega meri seberapa ke ulih

Siti dah ajar ianya ari Pn. Winnie Chan, ke ngemantai ke nama reti nyadi indu Kristian ke meruan.

Sebedau aum tu kemari, aku mega selalu besampi nama utai ke patut disebut aku maya aku bejako ngagai Bala Indu. Aku tu tadi Vice President Bala Indu Methodist SIAC, lalu kami bisi pengerami lemai ke terubah kena ngiga belanja. Pedis aku betati ke bakani jako aku enggau sida bala indu Kristian. Enti iya bala Sarakup, enda iboh di sedia - aku endang selalau bersebut ke pemansang kitai indu Iban. Aku besampi ke utai ke dibai aku ie jako aku. Pengasai aku leka ke selalu pansut di ati serta di runding aku ianya leka jaku tu - garam, pelita/api, bent woman - nya alai nya meh mesej aku malam nya. Lalu pengudah nya ditambah aku enggau - teamwork, penyaum, pengampun.

Enda mukai-mukai, semua bala paderi ke bejako pengudah nya pen lalu ngerembai ke jako aku nya.

Bala Paderi-paderi gereja Methodist belagu enggau Aksi ... Jesus Kayu, Aku dan iya etc etc ...




Bala BOD mai siti lagu - Pengerindu Nuan Tuhan - kedua-dua Bala Indu ke megai mike nya kira ke penyanyi terkenal ke dia meh nya! :D


Puji Tuhan semua pengawa mujur, lalu aku berasai chukup lantang.


It was a long weekend - Saturday to Monday - I was involved with the confrerence of Methodist Women of the Sarawak Iban Annual Conference. It was really fulfilling and I am so inspired, touched, and motivated after listening to two papers presented by Rev. Thomas Lau (preacher/lecturer at the Methodist Theological Seminary. His mesages were right on spot on Transformation!