Malaysia's rising debt...in the past decade

FWD: The Power of Perception

THE SITUATION

In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About 4 minutes later:

The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

At 6 minutes:

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

At 10 minutes:

A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly.

At 45 minutes:

The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After 1 hour:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the D..C. Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities.

This experiment raised several questions:

*In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?

*If so, do we stop to appreciate it?

*Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made . . ..

How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?

Enjoy life NOW ..

it has an expiry date !

Malaysian Style: Asking questions that states the obvious

Malaysians love to ask questions that states the obvious, enjoy this video clip from Youtube...too funny and the word "Abuden?" is a Malaysian slang that means "What else could it be?".

I gotta love the lady that answered "I am bathing the caterpillars"....HAHAHAHA...please enjoy.

Joshua

The time is near: Semarak Reformasi

God is Good All The Time

When you are in doubt that whether God cares, remember this song that God is good all the time...:) Enjoy the song and know that God is always there for you.

Unanswered Prayers

I recently read an article by Anne Cetas entitled "Unanswered":-

"One of my biggest struggles is unanswered prayer. May be you can relate. You ask God to rescue a friend from addiction, to grant salvation to a loved one, to heal a sick child, to mend a relationship. All these things you think must be God's will. For years you pray. Yet you hear nothing back from Him and you see no results.

You remind the Lord that He's powerful and that your request is a good thing. You plead. You wait. You doubt- maybe He doesn't hear you, or maybe He isn't so powerful after all. You stop asking- for days and months. You feel guilty about doubting. You remember that God wants you to take your needs to Him, and you tell Him your requests again.

We may sometimes feel we're like the persistent widow in Jesus' parable recorded in Luke (Chapter 18) of the Bible. She keeps coming to the judge, badgering him and trying to wear him down so he'll give in. Yet we know that God is kinder and more powerful than the judge in the parable. We trust Him for He is good and wise and sovereign. We remember that Jesus said we "always ought to pray nad not lose heart"

So we ask Him, "summon Your power, O God; show us Your strength , as You have done before" (Psalm  68:28). Then we trust Him... and wait"

Delay is not denial, so keep praying and not lose heart. This also personally reminds me of my dear friend who was suffering colon cancer for 4 years before he went home to be with the Lord. The friend is none other than Terry Gallagher which I have mentioned several times throughout my blog, Terry is definitely to be included as in Hebrews 11: 13 &16 " All these people were still living in faith when they died...they were longing for a better country- a heavenly one. There God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepare a city for them"

Therefore my friends, please never lose heart in seeking God's answer. At the end of the day, we live in faith that our hope will be fulfilled by the Almighty who delivered the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, who perform miraculous wonders that no one else is or will ever be able to perform other than Him alone.

Faith is a journey and not a destination. If we know every single thing that will happen in the future, then we would not need any faith in our lives.

Some atheist are so sure and convinced that God does not exist but they themselves are not even sure of their own future.

God bless us all.

Joshua

People's Power the heart of Democracy.

While the mainstream media in Malaysia like RTM 1, RTM 2, TV3, NTV 7 (TV channels) and newspaper like Utusan Malaysia, The Star, Berita Harian, New Strait Times playing over, over and over of the violent acts of  the 0.001% provocateurs/ saboteurs of the worldwide and nationwide rally for free and fair election in Malaysia. Let's have a true glimpse of the rest of the 99.99% crowd for free and fair elections. The spring of democracy and unity have arrived in Malaysia. There's no tyrant nor dictator in any civilizations in prehistoric era to the modern-information era in the world was/ is able to stop the arrival of spring. Please have a look:



May God almighty clean the country from corrupt and tyrant leaders!