Not bothered to think of a title...

I'm kinda all out of sorts at the moment.
It's the end of college term time (which translates as assignments season) so been pretty busy with that. Ooh, plus quite a number of things happening in and out of church recently, as well as more things to come... so... yeah.

And it doesn't help that I'm down with this bug that makes me wanna blow my nose every ten minutes... resulting in me panting for breath every 50 steps or so... light-headed... dizzy... (that's D-I-Z-Z-Y not D-I-T-S-Y!)... so my thoughts are kinda messed up and non-flowy at the mo. (Ok, fine... so it does make me ditsy. BUT, I blame the bug! Or Cerlyn. Whicever works! Hahahahah! Only kidding la! Jangan marah ye.)

Last weekend, I had a great time in Ipoh! I was part of Bible College's Evangelistic Team (E-Team for short) that went there to minister at Emmanuel Assembly. Thoroughly enjoyed it! The ministry, the food, the team members, everything! AND, we took hundreds of photos! Haha! Like 500+ to be exact... and most of them were of food! Wahahaha! That was L.M.C.'s doing tho. Ipoh food... mmmmmmm... I like.

This weekend was really good too! (Except for the buggy bug) This weekend was Missions Convention Weekend at church. So we had a fun little carnival with information about neighbouring nations: the people, the clothes, the games, the food, etc. Mmmm... food. (Notice how good times seem to revolve around food!) *Hyuk!* Oh, we even had a clowning seminar!!!
"How to be a Clown!" Can you imagine that? I can already think of a few people who need to go for an UN-CLOWNING seminar! Wahahahaha! *rofl*

I didn't attend tho. My pastor says I should have. It would've suited me well, apparently. *WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN??!!!* Ah well, at least I didn't miss the Durian fest!!! *Wheee... see? There's the food again!* Thanks to the generosity of Uncle Albert and Auntie Angela who sponsored two truck loads!!! DIDJA READ THAT RIGHT??!!! TWO TRUCK LOADS OF YUMMY, CREAMY... err... yellow? Ok, I can't think straight anymore... *snort!* I need to blow my nose.

AND, you don't need to know about that. ~END~

brummies!!!

Please meet Keith and Ruth Holt.

I blogged about them sometime back about smiling, and seeing their picture just makes me want to smile again! They're a really sweet couple and hope one day to be able to meet with them again.

And I actually got their pic from here: (Thanks Joyce!)

This is the brummy gang at Joyce and Mr. Ma's wedding! Joh, they all look soh happy... wish I coulda been there la really. Congrats again to the happy couple!

I miss Birmingham... the uni, the friends, the church, the housemates... the weather too! hee... I really really wanna go back one day, but I'm a bit apprehensive. The last time I tried (that was about 4 years ago) I had some trouble with the immigration. They wouldn't let me in... (maybe it was the hair)(I knew I shoulda had a haircut!!!)

They took me into a room where they took my photo and even gave me a card with some seriel number to hold up too! CRIMINAL! And then they made me wait... alone... for what felt like forever... an endless forever. But then, someone did come to get me (no, it wasn't the second coming of Christ... *phew* I wasn't sure if I had done anything that needed repenting yet. Haha!) Okok, bad joke. It was an immigration officer. Two of them, in fact. And they had come to tell me that my entry had been refused and that I am being "REMOVED" from the UK.

Shocker! What on earth did I do wrong?!! I felt like some criminal. And yet, they let me through the gates to enter the city freely. However, they did hang on to my passport. Now I felt like a convict. No identification, no documents, no nothing. I tell you, that was a serious moment of vulnerability! They told me I had to return to the airport the following day to catch the first flight home. *speechless* Birmingham had been my home for the past four years. I was being kicked out of home. T_T

So that's why I'm back in Malaysia. *shrug*. This is the short version. Haha! The long version is way way way longer. Too much details. But I have to really thank my housemates (thnx JM!) and also Ps Maldwyn who helped and supported me then. Heh...

I haven't been back since. I met up with some brummies who have come to visit, but still... I miss Brimingham. *sigh*

Brimingham University campus. Kind of a distorted pic.

Ferret

/ferrit/
• noun a domesticated albino or brown polecat, used for catching rabbits. (www.askoxford.com)

*Nuts!* Why didn't I think of this earlier?!! Now Jared's already left us... :(
(Jared the ferret! Get it? Get it? It rhymes!)

(Ferrets) have been perceived to have caused damage to native fauna, perhaps most notably in New Zealand. As a result, some parts of the world have imposed restrictions on the keeping of ferrets (as pets). (en.wikipedia.org)

Hmm, well at least he's in Australia. Don't worry Jared, if Australia won't have you, Malaysia is waiting with open arms! (cue: "Awwws...")

On Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, Malaysia lost another one of its young talents.

But our lost is Australia's gain.

Take care, Jared! We'll miss you loads!