Living to Make Your Name High

Been wanting to write this post last week but my internet at home kept disconnecting. Just found out that the house phone line hancur for quite some time already. Didn't notice because nobody calls anyway LOL LOL LOL! (its really funny wat =.=). But I did have 5 minutes to spare for that Emergency Post in the office just before leaving for KL on Friday. To be honest, when I got back home I was quite surprised to find that there were no comments regarding that post. I guess nobody cares about Zhou, and here was the indisputable evidence, if any was really still needed, that nobody reads my blog. Guess I should stop writing like....right NOW! But its okay, at least it allows to me write whatever I want e.g: "Yong got shot in the arse during paintball coz he is too FAT!"

I went up to Sunway on Friday for my 2-day CPA workshop. But firstly I must say that things have changed. The first thing that has changed is my driving speed. Those of you who have sat in my car before on the highways will testify that I drive pretty fast, but the thing is I actually drive considerably slower when I have passengers on board. You know that long stretch just after the Ayer Keroh toll that has the 90km/h speed limit? There was a time when I would run on that track at 170km/h LOL! Which reminds me: I really thank God that I have yet to receive a speeding ticket in my life. But on Friday I was barely reaching 120km/h on that stretch. Sure I was purposely driving slower granted that my sis was on board, but even she noted that I drove considerably slower that day. I think I only peaked at 140km/h during that journey. Dunno whether its because I chicken already or whether I'm just growing old.

Miss Malaysia World 2009: Beauty is Power 

Met up with Yong at Sunway Piramid and we had dinner at Kim Gary. To our surprise, Miss Malaysia World 2009 was being hosted at Piramid.One would think that Miss Malaysia World events would be more posh right? Naturally you must be wondering whether the candidates were really that pretty. Well, if beauty is power (thats the official theme, not I made up wan ok =.=), then most of those candidates were not powerful at all. Seriously, I have friends that have friends that are prettier than them. Eh wait a sec, I actually DO have first-degree friends that are prettier than them. You know who you are ladies =)

No more Delifrance T_T

One of the other things I noticed was that Delifrance has been replaced by Popeyes. Probably doesn't mean anything to you guys, but to me its very significant. I'm boycotting Popeyes for this very reason alone. Anyway, the next day at the CPA workshop I met Yong's 'roomie', Melissa Leong. I actually went up to her and introduced myself, which as you guys know, is extremely rare. But the way she reacted gave me the impression that she thought of me as some pro stalker. A stalker I may be, but pro I am evidently not. I even blundered when I introduced myself. I said something like: "Yea I'm Yong's fren and Melisa's sister...." Haiz. Really fail man. Anyway thanks again for participating in the Losers Outreach program.

Saturday night I met up with Garry and Alvin for dinner. After that they asked me to go cybercafe and play DotA but I told them: "Too lazy". Then they suggested that we go cinema watch movie but I replied: "No mood lah". So what did we do at the end? We went grocery shopping LOL! I guess really growing old already.

So anyway what I've really been wanting to write about all this while is the changes to my blog title and hopefully, and far more importantly, to the contents of the blog itself. For quite some time now I have felt rather disappointed in myself for some of the posts I have written, which have failed to testify God's presence in my life. All I do is complain and whine and while letting these stuff out of my system is good, I do not think that this is the attitude a true Christian should have. Mariel also wrote a similar post regarding this and it was an affirmation to what I was feeling at that time. Romans 8:37 says: "In all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." We are supposed to be conquerors, but yet we live our lives as if we are defeated by the troubles and adversities that we deal with. And when you consider the fact that our very own lifestyle is the best testimony one could give to our non-believer friends, it is not good at all. Why on earth would they want to join us Christians when we are seemingly more pathetic than they are?

I remember that a few years back, Fleur sent me a sermon message CD entitled "Living a Life of Excellence" or something to that effect. It was basically about how Christians should excel in whatever fields they are in  to bring glory to God. Among my circle of friends, I am synonymous with depression and emo-ness. I just got a random message from my friend Budi saying:

Wy. The song The Day You Went Away by M2M is sooooo you!

.....was my reply. That's really just sad. Therefore I have resolved to no longer shame the beautiful name of Jesus, I want to do all I can to bring Him glory. Praise and worship has always been my passion, so I thought it appropriate that I name my blog based on a song. At the moment I have been spamming the album This is Our God by Hillsong. One of the songs I really like is the opening song, Your Name High. I just can't sit still listening to that song, which is rather 'distracting' when I'm trying to study really.

Anyway, several people have come up and asked me: "Come lah I intro some girls to you. Whats type of girls you like?" Most of the time I'm too lazy to give a proper answer so I just shrug it off with some lame reply. Truth is ever since I was young, I already had an 'ideal girl' concept in my mind. It wasn't just some generic list with all the usual good stuff people want. It was in fact very detailed and specific, and I actually did find her. But what God has been revealing to me this past month is that basically there is no way that my tiny, puny brain could ever really figure out what kind of girl is ideal for me. Only He knows. Maybe the girl that I want, isn't the best one for me. Therefore I will choose to trust in Him in this. 


I fully agree with Mariel when she said, "Work on being the ideal guy first, instead of trying to find the ideal girl." At the moment, I wouldn't say yes to myself either. I am flawed in ways beyond description. I do like this quote from Max Lucado though: 

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Therefore I hope that as I turn my life's focus unto Jesus, he will eventually reveal to me the 'ideal girl' that was meant for me. On the other hand maybe......maybe I won't ever experience the true love of a woman, but I sincerely hope that I won't die before having made known that I have experienced the everlasting and unconditional love of my personal Lord and Saviour.

P/S: Happy Birthday to all my fellow Librans! And one more thing.....ROFL @ Yong!