RGBC Penang - Down Memory Lane!

SNee,

Finally on 12 October, I took a bold step to visit one of your former churches - Reservoir Garden Baptish Church, Penang. I'm glad that I made the visit.

Rev.Koe Choon Huan, spoke of Death for his sermon on that day! Of course, I was attracted to the topic and I did learn a lot from him, that :-

"Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, and today might be your last chance to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it all today?

For if tomorrow never comes, you will surely regret the day, that you didn't take the extra time for a smile or hug or kiss.

And you're surely too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today and whisper in their ear. Tell them how much you love them and that you'll always hold them dear.

Take the time to say "I'm sorry', 'Please forgive me', 'Thank you', or 'It's okay', and if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today."

This really rings a bell when I thought of you!

( Click here ) to view a video presentation of snapshots captured by my lens during my recent visit to RGBC Penang!

Further Extracts from Pastor's sermon:

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you walk out of the door, I would hug you and kiss you and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray to the Lord.

If I knew it would be the last time I heard your name lifted up in praise, I would videotape each action and word, so I could play it back for days.

If I knew it would be the last time to spare an extra minute or two, I'd stop and say 'I love you,' instead of assuming that you know I do.

SNee, If I knewwwwww.....................................!

Thank you Pastor CHuan for giving us further insights into the death of loved ones.

SNee, whenever I looked at your ballet costume hanging in the closet, I could visualise vividly how you danced away gracefully at one of the Christmas celebrations organised by RGBC many years ago. You also danced for Green Apple Ballet Academy and Terpsicore Ballet Academy when you were young. You even had qualified certificates to coach ballet dancing and piano playing.

Full frontal view of your ballet costume

Front View: Upper portion of costume

Front View: Lower portion of costume

SNee, mum will take good care of your ballet costume, it's so precious to us!

Shieh Nee - Remembering Your Final Writing!

SNee,

Before you were sick, you were enthusiastically working on a research article together with Dr.Lesley Land. You were very excited over your first project and was always talking about it. Even though we didn't understand what was written on it (full of technical terms) but we knew that it meant a lot to you. The finished writing was published finally on 02/01/2008! But you were not in any mood to talk about it at all!

This book contains a compilation of several writings and Shieh Nee's work is found in (Chapter 5) - Impact of a Value-Based Approach to Training Software Inspectors: Empirical Results of a Controlled Software Inspection Experiment; pp. 143-159 (Lesley P W Land, Shieh Nee Cheah, Univ. of New South Wales, School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, Sydney, Australia)

Even though the article was (published) two weeks prior to your passing, you were too sick to take note of it and we felt sad that we didn't have the opportunity to get the book and to let you hold it and browse it through. We were too preoccupied and forgot to grace the article with your signature signed against it as rememberance! You are very precious to us, Mum will definitely get the book!

Her name can be seen clearly printed on the front page in big bold text (Click here ). Thanks Jack for sending us this webpage link, you've been so supportive all this while.

SNee, we are so proud of you and miss you sooo...............much!

Numerology - Free Online Predictions!

SNee,
Recently, Mum met a lovely lady who's very professional in her specific field of study. She is Marina Ng Wai Leng, a noted numerologist who was once under the tutelage of MASTER DR OLIVER TAN, (PHD MASTER OF NUMEROLOGY RECOGNISED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA).

Marina Ng Wai Leng
Numerologist
Water colour potrait by artist Van Mike

What did I learn?

That we are surrounded by numbers :

- credit cards, debit cards, identification card

- mobile numbers, telephone numbers, fax numbers, passport numbers, flight numbers, bus numbers, bank account numbers,

- company address, home address

So what's the connection with numerology, and what is numerology?

This is where numbers with mysterious symbols come into play with your life!
Numerology is the study of numbers, their combination and their interaction in your life.
Numerology predictions can provide you with keys to explore and discover your own potentials and destinies.

What's the purpose of numerology?

The purpose of numerology is not to foretell the future but is a way to communicate with your inner self, your tastes, your aspiration, your approach to the world, your family, friends, the career that you will be comfortable with, your compatible life partner, a harmonious profession, how to be happy in your life, which dates and days will bring you blessing, your favourable colour and the types of people you are likely to meet and form relationships with.

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Family Funtime With The Big Bear!

SNee,

Recently your Cousin SYee received the biggest teddy bear (as her birthday gift) that I had never seen before during my younger days.

Wanna guess? Received from whom? Of course - her latest beau!

It's a huge bear, bigger than I am, and kind of heavy too! It costs about RM700 and he wears a little cute T-shirt that read 'The Great Bear'. I feel so envious when compared it to my little palm-sized old-looking teddy bear that I received when I was a young girl! You are such a lucky girl!

Seen here sitting lonely by himself on the sofa when everybody else is too busy to play with him.

The birthday girl's brother is his constant companion or rather his regular 'punching bag' whenever he gets into a tantrum.....I wonder?

The small little boy seemed to be able to carry such a huge teddy with ease? Don't be tricked by it as his mum was supporting the bottom of the big bear (hiding at the back)!

Ooops! Over here I had to struggle to hold him up without any other support. Seemed to have strangled him by 'accident' - my apology as this was my first experience in handling such a big heavy teddy!

Getting a loving embrace from The Great Bear!

Cousin Fei and Cousin Yuan were having fun wrestling with the big fellow! It was full of fun - punching, bending his arms and legs!

Now Cousin Shawn(Fei's second brother) has joined in the leg and arm wrestling!

A lovely candid pose when your cousin nestled comfortably on him - treating that fellow like a cushion bed eh? ......so relaxing...a lovely place to unwind!

Cousin Shawn seemed to be having a bear-to-boy talk! He looked so serious! Are you thinking of getting him a pair of matching pants....he looks kind of bare...ha....ha?

Look at Aunty PSee (Cousin Fei's mum) accidentally strangling him while trying to pull him higher up the couch!

Uncle PKai (Cousin Fei's Dad) felt contented by just touching his furly chest.

Both Mum and daughter cuddling him lovingly before they left home for Kuala Lumpur!

Another lovely pose in the comfort of the arms.....oooops....sorry..... the legs of The Great Bear?

Still playing with the big bear-not enough of it yet cos she does not have any more big bear playtime when they go back to Kuala Lumpur!

This is Cousin Liang (Fei's elder brother) who has grown into a lovely teenage boy who felt comfortable by just leaning against him as support!

Mother and daughter are still at it...ti tou kau pun (to play until they're fully satisfied)!

So much attention was given to The Great Bear that Mr.Bean's teddy bear was neglected. Poor thing, Cousin Yuan had to console him!

Finally, here's the sweet pretty birthday girl having having a tete-a-tete with Cousin Liang whom she had not seen for few months.

SNee, how we wish that you were here to join us for 'The Great Bear' experience too!

Last Will and Testament

Does one plan to die?

Of course not, no one in his/her right sense of mind would ever plan to die early?


But tragedies like September 11 and tsunami have awakened us to face reality that we can 'go off ' anytime and anywhere! It might happen at the snap of our fingers and is beyond our control! Thus it is only normal in such situations when we are forced to think about unexpected death.


Do you assume that your assets will automatically go to your loved ones when you pass on?
You better not because when a person dies without writing a Will, your loved ones might go through Hell while you are in Heaven. How?

• your loved ones may face more hassle, stress, time and money to distribute your assets:


• takes longer process of distribution of the estates, higher fees will be charged by lawyers, may take 6 to 12 years or more, to complete the process


• endure hassle of finding 2 trustworthy guarantor
  
• all your assets will be frozen, face cash flow problems - desperate to pay bills?; what if your spouse is unemployed?; or what if both parent died together leaving behind only young children?
  
• your children might be taken care off by someone/various relatives that are not of your choice
  
  
• what if someone you don’t like, might take possession of your assets through
  family feuds ?
  
• the possibility of your assets being mishandled

So, do not hesitate to create a Will now, it is no longer a taboo but
it's a wake up call to :

Ensure the person you intend to benefit inherit from your estate planning

Appoint someone you trust to carry out your assets distribution

Get your Will carry out without further delay

Make provisions for special cases like elderly parents, special children & others

Avoid frozen assets - financial/banking accounts

Avoid family disputes

Avoid long and painful process of getting a Letter of Administration

Get enough cash flow to settle utility bills, daily expenses and to finance the children's education

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