STMT Japan

From 7/11-22,
I went to Japan on a short term mission trip.

Actually I was planning to go to China with my friends this summer...
But after thinking it for a while...this might be my only chance of going on a STMT....

At first I wanted to go with my church to Ukraine and Russia because it's cheper...but the problem was that I don't know the language. So after some consideration, I signed up for a STMT to China (through CCC)
However..it seems that China wasn't God's plan for me...so in the end I ended up going to Japan..

Japan's Christian is less than 1% of it's population...yet seing their passion and love for God, I'm quite ashame of myself...
Furthermore, the Japanes Christian (like the Korean Chirstian) has a vision of evangelizing to all their race..
Well of course I have the heart to reach out to my fellow M'sian as well, but the race barrier seems to be something that's keeping us M'sian Christian back...

Back to my trip..
the whole trip was good....we went to Hokkaido, visited two cities - Sapporo and Hakodate.
We stayed at Hitzejikaoka Church-- meaning hill of the lamb..
Visited an old folk's home nearby and held a performance there..
We joined all the service and gathering held by the church during our stay - dawn prayer meeting, ladies fellowship, wednesday prayer meeting, sunday school etc...
The members of the church was very nice to us..brought us out to eat and invited us to their homes.
The pastor also brought us to a few tourist spot near the area.
And on the last night, we held a Korean night. Cooked some Korean dish and had a few performances.

Campus Mission 2006

Held from 6/26-30 ,
It's a summer conference held my CCC (Campus Crusade for Chirst).
About 10,000++ students attended the conference. 8000 from Korea and 2,3000 from USA, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, UK etc
We had morning gatherings (praise and worship and usually talk by CCC worker/staff), then we go to different rooms and have lessons on LTC (Leadership Training Course)- about how to share our faith with others using the Four Spiritual Laws.
We had 2 special class than we can choose-- there were a lot of choices, and the two classes I chose was New Testament and Islam.
Then we had rallies at night.

few of us in the room

We cook our own lunch and dinner

Raw materials~

The small gatherings are held in the rooms~

3 months~~

Wow~~~ didn't realize that I haven updated my blog for such a loooong time~
Sorry to my few fans who come to this site once in a while~~

In order to make the update quicker and to give better insights to how and what I was doing, I'll post of some photos within the next few days~

June 2006

I have quite a few things planned up for this month~~

1. 1st I have my final exam from 12-21 June....

2. Then I'll have my 2006 Summer Conference from 26-30 June.....something I'm looking forward to^^ Organized by KCCC (Korea Campus Crusade for Christ).

3. Then my aunt is coming....she told me she'll be coming from the 30 of June till 10 of July...but I heard from another of my aunt that she'll be coming on the 14...hmm...still need to conform...

Christian Student

^^
Haven blogged for a long time....had some interesting things that came up the past 2 months, but was either too busy managing my cyworld or was rushing my report or playing lineage, which I plan to stop playing from now on...

As mentioned in my previous post, I joined CCC, which I'm glad I did. It's helps me stay connected with God and my fellow brothers and sister in Campus.
Am attending the morning group devotion (though they call it prayer meeting, it seems more like a group Quite Time to me^^)
Went on Campus Evangelism once, but wasn't prepared yet....but have decided to join the Evangelism group~

Had my mid-term exam 2,3 weeks ago. It wasn't as hard as I had expected (except for one subject), and haven did any revision or study after the exam.
Like what my seniors says, studying a week before the exam is sufficient (with a few exceptions of course~)
However, though we don't have to study that much, I have lots of assignments to do every. 2 reports to write each week. And it takes me 4-5 hours to complete one.....
Because of this have been sleeping 5hours a day for the past whole week....

One thing that come into my mind quite often these few days is my role as a student and a Christian....
Well, as a student we attend lectures, 3-6 hours a day, we spend another few hours doing our assignments and projects, and during exam period we spend more that 10 hours a day studying.....to most of us students, that's just something logical and natural to do...and I think I'm being quite sucessful as a student (in Dong Yang Technical College that is^^)

But when I consider my role as a Christian, my heart is hurt....aren't we suppose to be seekers of God? Isn't God the most important person in our lives? Haven't we dedicated our lifes to God? Haven't we say that we'll live for God?
Yet the time I spend with God, the time I spend reading His word; the time I spend praying; the time I spent sharing Jesus with my friend, is less that half the time I spent studying....

Is not God the centre of my life?.....
How can such a life be called Christ centred?

I'm in a lost....
I just feel that I've failed being a Christian.....

VIPS~

Went to Yeoido with my CCC friends after our 1st Semester mid-term exam (April 21).
On our way home we say this VIPS sign and decided to go in for a try~
The food was great, and the salad bar was buffet stlye~
but the price was "great" as well~
About RM90-110 per person~
the most expensive meal I ever had~

Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC)

Joined the CCC on my college campus. I first heard about it from a senior, who told me that there's such a Christian group. He himself, however, didn't join it.

So, after entering the college, on one afternoon when I was going home, I poped into the room, and met the people there and have "formally" joined the 동아리 (club?).

Met lots of people there, some living nearby, some who came from far south of the country and currently staying together, some who travel 1 and a half hour to school everyday etc...and the common thing that we all have besides studying in the same college is that we are all bro and sis in Christ.

In CCC, there's Tuesday evening service, Friday evening's gathering and Devotion in the morning, which I only went once. Am quite use to go and lepak at the room (each club are given a room) whenever I'm free or in between lectures.

One thing that "horrifies" me is that every Tuesday noon, there'll be gathering in front of the campus and sing praise and worship songs. Something I'm not accustomed to in doing.......singing Christian songs publicly openly in front of so many non-believers.
So when I joined them for the first time last Tuesday, I was really nervous. I mean, it's something I like, I enjoy doing, but doing it on campus, where lots of people that I know walking around is a bit.....

But will try my best^^ I'm taking it up as a challenge^^

Dong Yang Technical College.

Started my engineering course in Dong Yang Technical College. Well, actually not an engineering course yet, it's Applied Chemistry Course.

Some of the things our seniors tell us about this college:
1. Most of the students here are those who's result aren't so good and can't enter college.
2. The students don't study a lot....they spend their time drinking at pubs and singing in karaoke
3. The lecturers are of high qualification but they need to teach according to the student's level,
which is quite low.
4. It's relaxing in this college.
5. The teacher will tell you what will come out in the exams.

So, after being in here for 1 week, I agree with most of the things the senior said, except that I HAVE quite a LOT of HOMEWORK. 2 reports to write each week, one report costing me around 5 hours, that's 10 hours gone a week just for 2 reports.

And the things that I need to memorize is a little more than what I expected.....

But anyway, haven't really mix with the students in my class. We 3 Malaysian always stick close to each other in class, not talking much....yet.
The most playful and noisy student in our Applied Chemistry Department is in my class, and because C class was the "worst" class last year, our assistant teacher has a bad impression about us.

Went for an interview to join a study group, which I now regret. Thought that it would be fun, doing experiments in labs, helping the lecturers, staying in campus from morning till night and getting some allowance as well.....

BUT after going to CCC (Campus Crusade for Christ) a few times, I feel that that's where I belong. And although unlikely....I fear that I'll pass the interview and become a member of the study group....which will leave me absolutely no time for CCC......seeking God's will......

Alright then, will stop here....for the mean time.....

Graduation

Had my graduation ceremony on the 16th of February. However, this photo was taken 3 days earlier. 1 and a half year........quite a meaningful period of time I'd say.....learnt lots of things....met lots of people....was taught by several teachers......all coming to an end now.....

As I was one of the editors for our Batch's magizine, was quite busy 2-3 weeks before our gradution. Collecting essays, article, designing the background of each article, adapting to the use of 2 software, Corel Draw and Microsoft Publisher.....but it was fun. The teacher bought us dinner (nearly) all the time when we stayed back^^


We had our Level 6 Korean Language exam on the 13th and 14th of Feb. The exam wasn't as hard compared to the mid-term exam, so was quite ok. Got around 96%......


The 5 editors for our batch's magazine and the 3 advisor^^

Reunion Dinner^^

Reunion Dinner, a must for most of us chinese on the eve of Chinese New Year. 2nd Chinese New Year for me and my friends here in Korea, this year we decided to gather all the chinese in my batch and have a reunion dinner together.
My friend's sister, who's also here in Korea, joined us, and so were 3 other juniors. Two of my friends and I went hunting for a chinese restaurant the day before our dinner. We thought of going to a one near my house, but the menu was a bit expensive and there are not many entertainment places near my house. Furthermore the "feeling" isn't there if we went to a shop too close to our house.

Two out of the eight dishes that we had. As the place that we went to didn't have round tables for us, we sat at a rectangle table.

So the food shown in the pic is for 4 people. We had two soups, whick included a bowl of (fake?) shark fin for each of us. The food was quite good, and the atmosphere of the place was good as well. The decoration of the place gave it an antique feeling. One of the table that we use was an antique as well^^ (strange owner...he has another shop with the same name downstair, but the decorations are modern design)

After diner we went to sing a few songs. Though this noraebang isn't as luxurious as the one in Hongdae, it has its own unique design. All 22 of us managed to squeeze into the room and had a great time. 6 of them went back ealier as they didn't want to spend the night outside (girls) and another wanted to phone his family. All in all spent 2+ hours there.


After midnight, we went to a pub. As we wanted a brighter atmosphere, we chose the outdoor part. Ordered some snacks (sausages & chicken) and 3 3000cc beer. As the place didn't have soju(a type of distilled liquor), my friend smuggled it in from a convenience store. Made cocktail out of it^^

We played a few games from 12+am till 3am. Drink, play, eat, talk. We had quite a good time there, though one or two almost got drunk....
Our plan was to kill time at the pub till the 1st subway operates, around 4.45am. But the store closed much earlier that night, at 3pm. So we moved on to the next place...............................

.....a dvd bang(room).

I've heard about DVD rooms in Korea before, but never actually been to one. And my first experience was great. The normal rooms can fit 2 person at a time while the biggest one could fit 4. Consifering the facilities provided, the price was also quite reasonable, at 5000won (RM 18) per person (A normal ticket at the cinema would cost around 4000-6000won.)

We booked all 6 rooms, and chose 6 dvds that we wanted to watch. My friend Hock Siang and I chosed "Fantastic Four" while others chose movies like "Saw", "Monalisa Smile", "Chainsaw Massacre" etc

After watching the dvd, it was already 5.30am . Got on a subway and headed back......tired, sleepy but enjoyed ourselves^^