Thursday, September 25, 2008
Fung Fung's Wedding
Nothing to say for today, but would like to display some pics taken a week ago. What do you guys think? More to come..
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Can Love truly endure all?
I admit, I do have the tendency to be a pessimist. I can brag about how hard life was, bla bla bla, yadda yadda yadda, and how I came to be who I am today. Recently I've had quiet a tight timetable, from my daily work routine at Dell, then followed by house chores, 'pak toh-ing' (dating), the 3 weeks in a row of wedding shoots, entertaining some requests from friends and neighbours to fix their computers, I felt truly lost in all the tasks I ended up holding. Looking back again, I felt like I've lost my time with the Lord. Additionally, heard about people and friends losing the grip on faith etc, didn't actually help. So I decided to not sit there and wait for my faith to germinate. I took a step forward to find some encouragement in a very GREY adult world. Already tired from work and another round chores, I pushed myself for Friday night meeting at church, it was just so easssy to not go la. But I did, and boy I'm glad I did.
I was late as usual, and ended up sitting close to the speaker that evening, a pastor from Korea, whom I knew the model of his camera and not his name. Gosh, I STILL don't know his name and his camera a was Samsung GX-10 digital SLR camera, a UNidentical twin to the Pentax K10D. Sure call me crazy. Since I was half way in the talk, it was about God's goodness. Yeah, yeah yeah, God is good all the time... same good ol boring stuff i've heard in church camps and meetings. My eyes started to work on autopilot, my breathing steadied and i was about to be Zombified, tempting to grab another chance to doze off with my eyes opened.
Then he started to share something important, perhaps. I was de-zombified. He took a really really deep breath, which means he's collecting his guts, so to speak lah. He asked, if anyone of us, actually felt hungry. I tried to reason lah, but I ended up realising that I've never truly been in hunger. Yup, the kind of hunger because you don't have the money to buy food. I actually never had. Well, he was in Cambodia, church wasn't able to reach them to send money, so he had to live on Rm150 for 3 months. To survive, he just drank water. And then we went "God is good?" and answered to himself "All the time". Despite starvation and lack of support, many lives were changed. To me, yes I knew, being a pastor and all, it's part and parcel of life, so great on him to depend on God to provide for him, but like I said, it's not something I've nver heard of.
Just 2 weeks ago, his borrowed car was broken into. Happened in Tesco Penang. He hurriedly went to the toilet, then came back with the car windows broken. Yes, his pricey Digital SLR was gone, 2 laptops and his wallet was gone. He was especially sad that his camera was gone. Well, it was silly the point was that he had nothing with him again, no wallet mean, no cash for a while. He's in penang on his own wallet, so it's quite a hastle to lose your passport and wallet in a foreign land. Of course, I beleive he had the support he needed after that. And he the audience in the hall 'God is good?" and we all replied, "all the time".
Still in the topic about 'God is good' he started to mention that many have asked him why he's in Penang. That's when he took in a deep breath. He said because he lost something precious in his life. He lost his wife. In fact, he was barely married for a year when she passed away. Sadly, she was also pregnant with their first child. I was just baffled la. Silence flooded the hall. He cried out WHY, why did the God that he suffered so much for, has taken his world from him? Honestly, I don't blame him, I'd probably be worse off. Anyway, he described the moments he had to face and his unwillingness to live. Well, he lived on. Seeing life the way many of us dont. He then understands how terrifying losing a loved one is, and how to relate to people with similiar experiences. I've learnt that he's in Penang because he just went to buy a ticket as long as it was away from home, for a while, to heal. And then he cried out again, "God is good??"... "all the time!", except that this time, this time it took on a whole new meaning. He's still standing there, in front of us, a pastor, a believer... and yet a man. I guess I had an idea about what he had, Faith and an amazing one at that.
Yes, Love for whatever is it, to a loved one... to God, can endure all things. Can mine and really, can yours?
I was late as usual, and ended up sitting close to the speaker that evening, a pastor from Korea, whom I knew the model of his camera and not his name. Gosh, I STILL don't know his name and his camera a was Samsung GX-10 digital SLR camera, a UNidentical twin to the Pentax K10D. Sure call me crazy. Since I was half way in the talk, it was about God's goodness. Yeah, yeah yeah, God is good all the time... same good ol boring stuff i've heard in church camps and meetings. My eyes started to work on autopilot, my breathing steadied and i was about to be Zombified, tempting to grab another chance to doze off with my eyes opened.
Then he started to share something important, perhaps. I was de-zombified. He took a really really deep breath, which means he's collecting his guts, so to speak lah. He asked, if anyone of us, actually felt hungry. I tried to reason lah, but I ended up realising that I've never truly been in hunger. Yup, the kind of hunger because you don't have the money to buy food. I actually never had. Well, he was in Cambodia, church wasn't able to reach them to send money, so he had to live on Rm150 for 3 months. To survive, he just drank water. And then we went "God is good?" and answered to himself "All the time". Despite starvation and lack of support, many lives were changed. To me, yes I knew, being a pastor and all, it's part and parcel of life, so great on him to depend on God to provide for him, but like I said, it's not something I've nver heard of.
Just 2 weeks ago, his borrowed car was broken into. Happened in Tesco Penang. He hurriedly went to the toilet, then came back with the car windows broken. Yes, his pricey Digital SLR was gone, 2 laptops and his wallet was gone. He was especially sad that his camera was gone. Well, it was silly the point was that he had nothing with him again, no wallet mean, no cash for a while. He's in penang on his own wallet, so it's quite a hastle to lose your passport and wallet in a foreign land. Of course, I beleive he had the support he needed after that. And he the audience in the hall 'God is good?" and we all replied, "all the time".
Still in the topic about 'God is good' he started to mention that many have asked him why he's in Penang. That's when he took in a deep breath. He said because he lost something precious in his life. He lost his wife. In fact, he was barely married for a year when she passed away. Sadly, she was also pregnant with their first child. I was just baffled la. Silence flooded the hall. He cried out WHY, why did the God that he suffered so much for, has taken his world from him? Honestly, I don't blame him, I'd probably be worse off. Anyway, he described the moments he had to face and his unwillingness to live. Well, he lived on. Seeing life the way many of us dont. He then understands how terrifying losing a loved one is, and how to relate to people with similiar experiences. I've learnt that he's in Penang because he just went to buy a ticket as long as it was away from home, for a while, to heal. And then he cried out again, "God is good??"... "all the time!", except that this time, this time it took on a whole new meaning. He's still standing there, in front of us, a pastor, a believer... and yet a man. I guess I had an idea about what he had, Faith and an amazing one at that.
Yes, Love for whatever is it, to a loved one... to God, can endure all things. Can mine and really, can yours?
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
World Rainforest Music Festival 2008
Yeah,
As usual, I'm at one of those blue moons where I'm here updating my blog. Heck, A LOT has happened since the last time I added anything here. So what happened? 2 great weddings and a booth opening, that's what happened.
Business truly is a tricky thing. Randy Jabeng, Sadat Foster and I found exactly that. We had out first 'toe-dipping' into business making and we started off with Zero_One Photography booth at the annual Sarawak World Rainforest Music Festival 2008, a worldwide music festival that I'm proud to say being copied by Penang and KL organizers alike. Well, both the latter weren't even close compared to the original one of course.
We did for it exposure, a reminder of reality and maybe even profit from it. All photos were taken back in July when the event was held.
I'd like to thank Randy Jabeng for the front-end work or liasing with the organizers, Sadat my long-suffering partner, my only sister Eva, my sweetheart Ruth, Sadat's sweetheart, Sze Hwei and what would we do without Danny Jabeng!
Besides taking pics of tourists and locals dressed in traditional outfits, we spent our time watching people go by (other than trying to pull them in for a shoot of course), drinking red with with half cut mineral water bottles, taking silly photos of ourselves, cat napping on the mat and occasional food during work.
Everything was improvised! It was my first try at studio-like shooting, we literally hand-made the dressing room and white background. One thing i've learnt, personally of course, is that, anything's possible, with a little help from God, great and patient friends and encouragement from your loved ones.
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