Updates on Saturday

Hi, There are also other Christian songs and hymns that I have missed out in my previous post:

1. What Child Is This
2. Away in the Manger

In the afternoon today, I read the Bible and covered a lot of chapters in 1st Chronicles. I read from 1 Chronicles 13 until 1 Chronicles 21 and a few chapters of Isaiah. Since I do not have much things to do today, I can cover quite a lot. Most of the Chronicles talked about the genealogy of Israel at that time. It also included how God had been with David when he was the King and fought against the Philistines and Hadedezer, King of Zobah. Went for lunch at Thai Express with my room mate. It was a nice one. I ordered a Beef Hor Fun Thailand style. But a bit on the more expensive side. I also have the opportunity to meet some of my Indonesian friends here that I met in Monash University. We will be meeting up next Saturday. Good to meet them. There are three of them. The others are in other parts of Indonesia. My cold and sore throat are much better. Nose is not as blocked now compared to the past few days. Sore throat is almost healed. I went downstairs to have a look the Taman Anggrek clinic when I went for a short walk just now. It is very windy today. May have slight rain later. It is good to hear that Taman Anggrek has a lot of facilities here which includes a clinic. Very convenient. There are a lot of movies broadcasted on TV these few days and this week. It is the older movies though such as Superman Returns, The Hulk (First), The Santa Clause 2, Rocky I - V. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Lord of the Rings III: The Return of the King. There will be a documentary on China Rising on Discovery Channel next week at 7pm South East Asia. It will showcase how China prepared themselves to host the Olympics this year in Beijing. I think it lasts for five days. Will be attending the Gereja Bethel Indonesia church service tomorrow evening. That's all, Rogerkoo

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Hi, I would like to wish all readers and followers of my blog a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!. May God continue to bless you in 2009. The actual significance of Chirstmas is that Jesus was born on this day about 2000 years ago. It is a time of celebration for all Christians in the world. I actually fell sick two days ago with sore throat and cold. The sore throat is getting better now. My nose is quite blocked still. May see the doctor tomorrow. Need to drink more water and eat more greens and fruits. This morning, I attended the Gereja Bethel Indonesia (GBI) Christmas service at Taman Anggrek. Communion was part of the service as well. The worship session was good. It suprised me that the song by Chris Tomlin, How Great is Our God is sang here as well. At the end of the service, everyone receives a door gift containing a Breadtalk bread, a 330 ml Danone Aqua Drinking Water and a GBI 2009 Calendar. Of course, it is in Indonesian. Here are some of the Christmas songs and hymns that we normally sing during Christmas:

• Joy to the World
• Silent Night
• O Holy Night
• O Come All Ye Faithful
• Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria.....in excelsis Deo)
• Hark the Herald Angels Sing
• The First Noel
• God Rest All Ye Merry Gentlemen
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas
• Jingle Bells
• Let It Snow
• Santa Claus is coming to town

At Jakarta Now

Hi Everyone, I am at Jakarta now. I can get used to the environment now. I currently live in Taman Anggrek Apartments. Quite a nice place. Just below it, there is the Mal Taman Anggrek, one of the biggest shopping centres in Jakarta. Been watching a lot of Discovery Channel & Discovery Science recently. The tv channels here are limited. I also attended a church service today at 1700. It is in Indonesian though. Worship is slighly different but it's ok. The message is quite good today. The church is Gereja Bethel Indonesia. They have a two hours service. I had a gift exchange with my friends here yesterday. I got a vacuum stainless steel flask. Quite a good gift. This is my first vacuum flask. During my cell group's Christmas gathering, I got a water bottle. It is at the right timing because the handle of my previous water bottle broke at that time. Had some food with them too. Please note that I will post the pictures after my trip back to KL. I will not post any pictures now. Thanks. That's all.

More Christmas Decorations at Cheras Leisure Mall

Hi, I have three entries posted today. This is the latest post. The two other posts are:

1. Bolt
2. Christmas Decorations at 1 Utama and Parkson

These are the photos that I have taken at Cheras Leisure Mall. The theme for this year is Jilly Poppins' Musical Christmas. The decos are quite nice.

Bolt

Hi, I went to GSC Cheras Leisure Mall on Wednesday to watch Disney's latest animation movie, Bolt. It is about a dog named Bolt who is a dog that has superpowers in a TV series. Bolt acted along side a girl called Penny. They were very close together when they acted in the TV series. The adventure starts when Bolt was obsessed with saving Penny's life went out into the whole world. During this time, he discovered that he did not have any superpowers in the real world. As he journeys to find Penny, he made friends with a hamster named Rhino and a cat named Mittens and they taught Bolt to become a hero in the real world. It is an educational movie. It encourages us not to give up easily and strive to do the best that we can in the things that we do. Bolt is voiced by John Travolta and Penny is voiced by the star of Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus. I give this show a rating of 8/10.

Christmas Decorations at 1 Utama and Parkson

Hi Everyone, 1Utama has put up a beautiful decoration to welcome the Christmas and the New Year season. Here are some pictures that I have taken in 1 Utama and U-Parkson:

Christian Living

Hi, These few days, I tried to find something about holy or christian living. There are a few passages in which I found useful and I aim to have some of these characters: Colossians 3:5-12 ⁵Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. ⁶Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. ⁷You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. ⁸But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. ⁹Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices ¹⁰and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. ¹¹Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. ¹²Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. ¹³Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ¹⁴And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. (NIV) Galatians 5:19-23 ¹⁹The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; ²⁰idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions ²¹and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law. (NIV) I find these two passages really show me the life that I should live as a Christian. In the Bible, in Matthew, we are called to be the salt and light of the world. (Matthew 5:13-14) Of course, I am not perfect but these are the standards that we should follow. In Mark 12:30, The Lord told us the greatest commandment of all, Love the Lord Your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all you mind and with all your strength. In Mark 12:31, it says Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than this. These are some of the Christian virtues and character that we should follow and emulate:

1. Love
2. Forgiveness
3. Joy in knowing God and Jesus as our Lord and Saviour
4. Patience
5. Kindness
6. Generous but not to the point that we suffer in our part. We should be cheerful givers.
7. Goodness
8. Faithfulness
9. Perserverance
10. Positive Attitude
11. Prayerful Minds
12. Gentleness
13. Self Control

I hope to be able to have all of these. God will help me to achieve these through the Holy Spirit.

More Christmas Decorations at The Gardens

Hi, I went to The Gardens this afternoon by using the KTM Komuter. It is only 10 minutes away from Tasik Selatan. It links to the North Court 1st Floor of Mid Valley Megamall. Very convenient. KTM Komuter has done a good job here enabling people to get to Mid Valley easier. These are some of the pictures taken when I was at The Gardens this afternoon:

The KTM Komuter Ticket

Christmas Celebrations at 2 of the Biggest Shopping Centres to Malaysa

Hi, These are some of pictures that I have taken while shopping recently at Mid Valley Megamall and Suria KLCC: