Pure Heart

Just wanted to share some thoughts and ideas from church (yesterday@SIB) and how I view it

*Blessed are the pure in heart*
We have to see things in God's perspective.
- Often in life we do not see it that way. We see things in our view. We choose to see what we want to see. As the saying is a half cup full is also a half cup empty. Perception is different for each individual according to what I learned in Psychology. If we always see things from our point of view we become skewed. Sometimes you know we get mad easily and get judgmental like some people but if we take time to look in others shoes we become more understanding. We often blame God when things go wrong especially after we conclude to see it in our way instead of God's view.

- Mathew 5:3-10 (incase you lazy to search so I put it below)
³"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
⁴Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
⁵Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
⁶Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
⁷Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
⁸Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
⁹Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God.
¹⁰Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

- I notice one thing that I can associate in this sermon. It's about integrity and authenticity again.

"What you are in private is what you must be in public" says Pastor Dr. Chew
- This is what I've been trying to practice and am practicing now. Not to boast or whatever, what I'm trying to say is that if I can do this why not you? Of course it is tough at first. Transitionally allow yourself to do that =)
- It's kinda scary to know someone and when you get more involved with them they are not actually what they seem to be.
- Often this causes breaks in marriages =) so I heard and read about

How to Keep a Pure Heart and be Right with God
a) Keep small accounts with God
b) Be single-minded with God

Things that cause Moral Lapses. Meaning we can be close to God but we are sinners we do give way to sin and temptation sometimes. How do we identify them?
1) Is it a SLIP?
2) Is it a SYMPTOM?
3) Is it a STRONGHOLD?

- To explain it, SLIP = sin you know of. If you don't tackle it now and get it right it will move to the next step which is? SYMPTOM. If it becomes a stronghold you are not aware of it anymore.
- When it is still a SLIP, you know you want to change. When it starts to manifest into a STRONGHOLD, YOU don't want to CHANGE.
- In simple terms, when you have a SLIP all you need is repentance and forgiveness. When it becomes a STRONGHOLD you need deliverance.

BOTTOM-LINE
1) If you do slip, don't allow your slip to manifest into a SYMPTOM (start doing it quite often)
2) Have a partner, buddy, cell leader, pastor to be accountable to on your life in terms of Walk with God
3) Pure Heart is associated with Holiness or Holistic living
4) Be Real, Be Honest, Be Authentic
5) Have a Good Rest day and start doing small accounts with God on your life

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Some Greek words to learn
Blepo = To see and to observe
Thereo = to see and consider
Horao = to see and to be aware of
Optomai = to see and to understand

Since a friend of mine is writing about Love topics I want to write something =p
True love is unique blend of attraction, intimacy, commitment and romance. It's utterly personal and happens a little differently for every person and maybe differs for different individuals. Sometimes it is easy to pinpoint and sometimes it is less obvious. Emotional people tend to admit love more quickly than their more rational counterparts. Most of the idea comes from what I read and I want to cite it more from Nicholas Boothman.

Lets talk a bit of nutrition

I am actually quite knowledgeable on nutrition.

So today I guess I want to share a little on Fibre.

Do you know that you should have around 20 to 35 gram of fibre each day. A week would be around 250 grams. Leading health organisations say that anyone over the age of six should get between those numbers I gave you. Sadly to say none of us are actually eating near to that amount.

Fibre helps maintain good digestive health. I guess this is kinda general everyone learned that in high school. Do yo know it can be helpful in managing healthy weight?

How is it so that it can help manage your weight? Fibre actually slows down the digestion of food at the upper end of the digestive tract and speeds them up at the lower end. Fibre actually makes the food harder through the entrance but makes it easier to pass stools. In between that, fibre makes food more satisfying because they are bulkier and remain in the stomach longer. These characteristics of fibre helps you mange your weight.

If you do start to eat a lot more fibre than you normally do, normally you will feel bloated, cramps or gas. Therefore if possible add fibre to your diet gradually. Water is a must to drink with fibre especially when you increase the intake (8 glasses a day).

What if you over consume fibre?
A diet high in fiber normally causes decrease in absorption of minerals like iron, zinc and calcium. This can increase risk of deficiency of minerals in one's diet.

If you thinking of a cheapest way to detox your body.
Take psylum husk and apple cider.

Just a friendly neighborhood information ^^

Sharing Is Caring

Today at cell group, you know the feeling when you hear something then you can relate to it? Well today is one of those days for me. Topic in the cell was about idol and temple of God. I admit about relationships, I did in the past made my ex or first love my idol. I can talk to her like hours over the phone and can just talk 24/7 everyday. Other things are quite personal to share but will share with you if you ask =)

It's funny man, I feel like at that point of time I want to write so much of what I'm thinking and feeling and when I'm home wanting to type it out I can't seem to feel what I want to write. Is it called writer's inspiration? What writer's do is voice record rite?

Had a nice talk at Murni's with thepippo. Sorry couldn't answer a lot of your questions. Really wanted to answer some of them but am just not fit at the moment to answer them. Should had just shut up and say dunno hor? Have not been that close to God lately.

Something I recall saying that I learn from my experience. If you're a manager or CEO or a leader my understanding is this. If there is a problem ONE)Fix it, if can't be fixed then TWO)Ignore it, if can't be ignored also then THREE) Terminate it, endz.

You can follow me on twitter @patrickho4ever see you

Want to see something interesting if you're in Subang go check out Festival Of Magic at Subang Parade this weekend.

As today is TGIF, have a AWESOME weekend.
To buddies who are having exam soon GODSPEED on work & All the best =)

ps: Do share ideas among your friends. We can learn a little something from everyone. CHEERS!

Something about this one is just great. The other ones are hard to understand

Just some pondering

Something to ponder about. Listened to Bill Gates on TED talk @ February 2009 http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html

Does the market drive people to do the right things now of days?

Bill Gates was talking on two simple problems and said that any problem can be fixed just what are we doing about it. How can we change something?

Two questions that he talk about
1)How we stop a deadly disease?
2) How you make a great teacher?
He gave a general idea but for more info listen to the talk.

The average life span according to him has gone up and the number of kids who die has gone down. What does this mean to you?

If you're good at something transfer it to someone so it can be spread to benefit others. The education system does not reward teachers who are good. Even so the good teachers are not used as role models to help other teachers to be at around the same standard. In the end of all, everything is SYSTEM. If you want to have a good business method/plan Have A SYSTEM. In my existing job I learned that making a PROVEN SYSTEM and USING/FOLLOWING SYSTEM makes life easier and yet efficient. How is your 24 hr SYSTEM?

If you create a proven system everyone will want to follow that system. Apparently when I did some marketing research it is all categorized into 3 things -
PRODUCT - what type it is, who is your target for this, easy to make? target market?
BUSINESS PLAN - expansion, wellbeing of employees, career advancement, how you market the products etc.
COMPANY BACKGROUND - your goals of company, your philosophy, what you actually stand for

In my own understanding I agree that parents need to teach their children:
-SELF DISCIPLINE
-SELF ESTEEM
-SELF CONTROL
-MANNERS
-BEING GRATEFUL & APPRECIATIVE
-BEING LOVING, KIND & HELPFUL
-GIVING BACK TO OTHERS LESS FORTUNATE
-BEING RESPECTFUL OF THEMSELVES & OTHERS

TEDxKL

Technology, Entertainment , Design
TEDxKL is when an event is organised independently of TED, but with license and permission.

Selected Profile of Speakers.

Yasmin Ahmad is a movie director of films such as Sepet , Gubra and most recently Talentime.

Kid Chan is a renowned photographers of celebrities in Malaysia.

Dash is the founder of Warisan Global, Host of Global Entrepreneurship Week Malaysia.

Roshan Thiran is currently the CEO of Leaderonomics, one of the fastest growing consulting firms in Asia

Dr Bernard Leong is the founder of Singapore premier entrepreneur site, SgEntrepreneurs.com

Devan Singaram is a co founder of the Unreason movement and co-founded the social enterprise Elevyn.com

Krishnakant Mane is sight impaired open source accessibility advocate from India.

Just some photos below =)

taken from mengwong Can U spot Me?

taken also from mengwong Can U spot Me?

Taken from Niki Cheong Thats my head lol

Some funny quotes

1)In your left brain, nothing is right. In your right brain nothing is left.
2) Whats more scary than bungee jumping? Asking a girl out!
3) There are some questions you cannot answer. One of them is "Are you sleeping"
4) All knowledge will be digitised into two characters: 0 and 1

Bottom-line
Overall all the talks were interesting. Can actually learn something from all the speakers even from Dash (always be ready, Semper peratus). Obviously TED is interesting. If you don't know what is TED look it up www.TED.com

Obviously because it is the first run, there is bound to be Murphy's law. Next one will be much better no doubt. Can't wait for the next TED talk.

Everyone in the vicinity was twitter-ing. Guess twitter is really the next best thing to sms yeah? I started twitter-ing too.

Showed Jennifer around Monash (promise is promise rite? See don't doubt me k), apparently she haven't been there before. Was driving out of Monash and going to go park in the other Monash car park. Bumps into police and not wearing seat belt. Test of integrity starts on me, to bribe or not to bribe that is the question. Jen was like speechless and worried haha. Thanks for the test Lord. The police let me go cause I didn't want to bribe =)

Had a long drive around 1-2 hours. Was driving slow and just sight seeing using DUKE and Guthrie Highway. Just wanted to drive alone in my car to organize my thoughts.