Guess Who's Back

I'm back and it has been a long time since I've blogged. Some say I've just got out of jail and I'm ready to kick some ass. All we know is that he is out and he is known as Patwick. So he learns to quote like The Stig's introduction.

Feels great to be out of National Service. My early views about National Service is that it was a waste of time. Timing for National Service can never be better (so call better). Bugging me when I started college, bugging me when I was in UNI and even bugging me when I was working in SG. Thus I'm happy that I got over with it.

As a 24 yr old going to National Service and letting go of everything for approximately 3 mths, I guess you would agree with me that it SUCKS big time.

For those who don't know my camp is in Semenyih called Setia Ikhlas. According to many it is the No 1 camp in Malaysia. There are only two camps in Malaysia that has ISO, mine and the other is in Sepang called Princess *something*.

In camp I met all sort of people. In some ways I felt so blessed because there were so many people who were drop outs and didn't even have a complete primary education. There aren't many people who could speak English. My Cantonese and Mandarin wasn't fluent but some how I managed to adapt. Don't say English, Cantonese or even Mandarin, many couldn't speak Bahasa Malaysia. It was suffering that I had to be people's personal translator when some could even speak better Mandarin and Cantonese than me.

Most of the time, people there didn't care to participate, they just decided camp sucks I'm here and I want to go home so make it quick. Despite how much I try my best to get them to do things, they wouldn't bulge. So I decided I'm just going to do my best here, be happy as possible and think positive. The teachers were quite strict but actually they were super nice, they have to be strict so that discipline is maintained as well as instill some fear into mischievous people.

Plenty of stories and pretty long ones. To summarize I would say National Service really had a good impact on me. Some might say brain washing but honestly the modules and the structure of the camp was really good. I have a better understanding about our country, culture as well as being more patriotic. If you have a chance to go for National Service I'd say make the best out of it and enjoy it while you are there, be positive and see what you can learn from there.

Yes probably there are many things that National Service can improve on but I guess how much we enjoy camp and how much we can gain from it is as good as the trainee him/herself.

I'm glad that I managed to bring something back which would mark a milestone in my life. I won the Best Overall Trainee Award aka Wira Keseluruhan Terbaik.

=One of my favorite songs from camp=

Back from camp and L4D2 still Rocks and Starcraft 2 =) [protoss still my fav race]

Unforgiveness is Wickedness

Today's sermon at CHC was kinda touching.

Pastor Kong Hee talked about the topic Forgiveness.

Forgiveness seems to be a general topic that we hear but some how the way he preached, it feels so different. There are 5 points that he focused on which are :-

#1 - do not curse it

#2 - don't rehearse it

#3 - don't nurse it

#4 - disperse it

#5 - let God reverse it

What he meant was live each day with no grudge in your heart. Learn to forgive. In the bible there was a parable in Mathew 18:21-24

There Peter asked how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Jesus said seventy seven times which in olden times it means unlimited.

Then goes the story of a guy who owed the master a huge amount of money then the servant A who owes him begged him as he is unable to pay. The master took pity and cancelled the debt. This servant A then went out and found his fellow servant B who owed him a small amount and grabbed him as well as choked him for it.

The fellow servant B begged but the servant A showed no mercy. He threw the Servant B into prison till he is able to pay his debt. The other servants told the master and the master called servant A and turned him to the jailers to be tortured until he paid back what he owed.

Therefore this is what is important from the sermon. Our Heavenly Father will treat each of us the same way unless we learn and forgive our brothers and sisters from our heart.

Therefore summary comes in the 5 steps. Don't find reasons to be angry at someone. Release all grudges and let God handle them personally with those responsible. Learn the power of forgiveness =)

tata for now

There is always something in the way

There's always something
In the way
There's always something
Getting through
But it's not me
it's You

Sometime's ignorance
Rings true
But hope is not in
What I know
Not in me
It's in You

It's all I know

And I find peace
When I'm confused
I find hope when
I'm let down
Not in me
But in You

I hope to lose myself
For good
I hope to find it in the end
Not in me
It's You
It's all I know

This week I had problems with MOM (ministry of manpower) suppose to collect my card but I didn't have my SPM cert with me. Currently waiting for the courier to arrive on monday from my mom. Fridays here are like holidays in work. Cross fingers =) going to have a badminton friendly match competition on sunday lets hope our team Badminton Buddies kick some ass. Manage to catch a movie yesterday called Date Night. Was quite interesting in terms of how the storyline goes. The actor's expression was really good that we laughed till our stomachs ache.

See ya for now.

Hey from SG

I am in Singapore. Things here are good.

Highlights of the week:

-Meet nice ppl at work

-played badminton for 4 hours

- watched Clash of Titans on Thursday

- went to City Harvest Church Easter service

Work here is pretty much fun despite all the talks about here being very stressful. The thing is actually they have high expectations of your work here. That should be the phrase people should say instead of the latter.

Not many here actually know much about Malaysia. They are pretty much like us under a nut shell.

Clash of Titans was so generic. Nothing special just the common generic Greek Mythology. In my opinion it is almost like the game God of War that you play on the ps3 n psp. The most fun part was the journey to watch the movie. The MRT station was already closed at that time so we had to walk from Admiralty station to Woodlands. So we had a fun run =)

Badminton wise here the courts are much better maintained. Imagine a court with nice flooring, nice clean toilets and air conditioned. Yes most of the courts in Malaysia are air conditioned but wait till you see the courts here. I can hardly sweat in the courts here unless I really exert myself. Oh shuttlecocks here are way way EX!!

Yesterday it was my first time at City Harvest Church. The service was HUGE !!! They have a newspaper for a bulletin lol. Pastor Kong Hee was talking about the new location. He made it CLEAR that if any case you wish not to contribute you can do so. He also apologised that he didn't reveal much to the public on the matter due to the non-disclosure agreement which was stated in the shareholders agreement otherwise they will lose the deal to the location. The decision made for the location was made in the Extraordinary General Meeting by voting members of CHC.

I have to say that their presentation for Easter was something really different. They did a modern personification of how God died for us. They sang lady gaga's Bad romance but changed the lyrics into Jesus terms haha. All thanks goes to Jason for the invitation and extremely VIP seats.

Tata for now.

If you are calling from Malaysia my mobile number is 0291419443

Things to do later:

1) open a DBS bank account

2) go for badminton at 12 and 7

3) catch the Man U vs Chelsea Match (really looking forward to some thrashing -Best man wins)

4) finish up my research for my work

The last photo of me taken before alighting to Singapore.

I don't wanna be *PINGS*

I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately....

All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I've got to do or who I'm supposed to be

I don't want to be anything other than "what God wants me to be"

Where Ever You Are I'm Think Bout You.

Well if you really know me I really treasure friendship. I'm kinda a person who needs to be preferably occupied 24/7. If it's work you would call me a workaholic if it's alcohol you would call me a alcoholic. Recently I've been trying to organize on what I can do to fill up my time slots.

I've not been twittering, facebooking, blogging because I've been trying to organize my life as well as work (as well as I have nothing much to comment). Close friends and friends alike I feel everyone has to move on, I can't stop them but I start to feel the pinch. Some how friends are leaving overseas and outstation I start to feel a little lonely. I feel like I'm pushed to a corner (is like I can't breathe but have to be forced to breathe) but I guess it's all good. I've to start to build my masterpiece as well.

Just let you know that you're not in this alone there is always a place in me where you can call home! The first thing on mind to who ever may concern is that Where Ever You Are Rest Assure I'm Thinking Of You & Sincerely Hope You're Doing Well. Glad to have you as a friend =)

God Bless & Do Keep In Touch
ps: let me know if you need me to keep you in prayers

Love
Pat

Farewell to Melvyn

I guess I can say that I hardly knew you Melvyn but I believe we have spent enough time together to be friends. I just want to wish you all the best in your endeavors. Will remember the tricks you taught me in pool. Will visit you soon in Singapore =)