DAMN Dam!

Ever heard of Kaiduan Dam? Read this article below; though it's an old one, yet this case is still ongoing and 11 villages might be the victim of the government's monopoly game that is so undemocratic.

Monday, 05 October 2009 10:37

STATE PKR Treasurer and Deputy Chief PKR Penampang, Sabah, Dr Roland Chia urged the government immediately to stop planning and implementing the most talk about RM2.8 billion Kaiduan Dam Project that is affected our community in Upper Moyog, Penampang. The dam as claimed is suppose to provide supply of fresh water and generation of 37MW electricity to Kota Kinabalu at the expense of the villagers . The view of the 2,000 villagers of at least 11 villages have been repeatedly ignored and sidelined. If the proposed dam project were to carry on , it would flood 11 villages, including their community which has been in existence for hundreds of years. They welcome and appreciated the community work by NGOs PACOS in providing micro-hydro electrical power but not big conglomerates taking over their lands. During a visit to Kg Timbangan Laut Sugud, with Penampang PKR leaders and members, Dr Roland Chia heard the plea and cry of the people, and the villagers wants an outright rejection and also demanded the government and the elected BN MP concern, a senior party leader of a component party to protect the residents’ rights over the ancestral land. They claimed, they voted for him is to protect their rights and their land and not to rob them of even their ancestral land. Dr Roland Chia and entourage was suppose to move on to Kg Babagon Laut and Kg Timbayasa but was hampered by very bad road conditions. To make matters worst, there is totally poor planning and outright arrogance of the implementers of the project because the proposal to build the dam at the Ulu Papar river where there are 11 villages in its vicinity, instead of the Mandalipau river, where there are none. The two rivers are the main tributaries of the Papar river. One of the villagers claimed that the dam, when constructed, would submerge 12 sq km of forest, houses, agricultural land and even the burial grounds of their ancestors. "The dam is said to be three times larger than the Babagon Dam that was completed in 1997," he said, adding that in the process, the waters would submerge the ancestral lands of at least 11 villages. The kampungs affected will be from Terian, Babagon Laut, Timpayasah, Tiku, Buayan, Pongobonon, Kionop, Timpangoh, Kalanggaan, Kaiduan and Bisuang. Of the 11 villages, three are reachable by dirt road on dry days, while the rest are only accessible by foot. This definitely does not augur well with the Prime Minister slogan, “Rakyat didahulukan dan pencapaian diutamakan’. Friends, i urge u all to sign this petition, do surf upon it later, thanx: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-kaiduan-dam

Stressed

Life can be so stressful at some time. When stress comes slamming and banging (Mr. Stress, why don't u just knock, eih~) on our busy door, we start to panic, perplexed, and our happy hormones start to flow unevenly. We start to shriek in silent disguise, seeking for some type of virtual aspirin that would make the stress-syndrome go...go...go... Agh, I want mine to go! Take a vacation to some remote island! Ih... I have to skip class, due to some 'poorly-disorganized' matter that force me to go back and forth from Dewan Kuliah to my dorm. Here I am, stuck inside my room with my silly bloggie named Black Cat.

(AFTER A BRIEF SILENT~)

I'm wondering, why on earth did I wrote my feelings here??!! Guess this is my aspirin, *sort of~ It cools down the uprising temperature and dwindles the stress hormone. And I never know that by typing and posting my lame and despicable complaints here would be so...um...what ah, so refreshing~ *Refreshing???? Hahahha, gilaks. No lah, just that I have no one to stab with a blunt knife and I don't have a fluffy punching bag to aim my kicks and boxes... So seriously YES, complaining and whining here 'refreshes' my conscience and help me to DOUBLE CHECK my problem and situation. After reading this, I'm nowhere near to being angry, annoyed or stressed. And that is GOOD kan, my madness is gone; and pouted lips turned into a quarter smile, kekeke...

"We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed..."
2 Corinthians 4:8-9

God is good, all the time.

Re-Born!

I once read a book entitle Mutiara Hidup, *language is in Indon; (somehow I can’t understand some words, haha!) that shares about LIFE itself. So I wanted to share one story which I ‘plucked out’ from the book… It goes something like this… Urm… Where to start~

There was an egg- inside was a little yellow chick waiting to get out from its shell, and the egg was lying between her mother’s legs. The mother was so fond of the nature that she tells her son (the egg lah) how beautiful her surroundings were. The conversation goes like this:

Mother: “U know, it’s so pretty here…”

Egg: “I don’t believe it.”

Mother: “Well Son, you see, God made all sorts of things out here! Example, the flowers- lily, tulips, carnations… Wow, what a joy to see all these COLOURS!”

Egg: “U r wrong mami! I don’t see anything beautiful! I see BLACK everywhere!”

Mother: “But Son, when u get out from your shell, the first things you’ll see is the beautiful bright LIGHT from the Sun, and that light shone sweetly on the flowers, grass and trees, allowing them to grow well…”

Egg: “U r wrong again-lah mami! If the sun truly exists, why am I in the DARK??! I don’t believe in such things like u said just now. There is no Sun, there is no LIGHT!”

Mother: “Why won’t u believe in all these simple things?”

Egg: “How can I believe there is light when I’m in darkness? How can I see those beautiful things when all I see is a black wall surrounding me?”

Jeng Jeng Jeng!! After a period of time (less than 2 weeks), the egg hatched and a little yellow chick came out from its shell.

Chick: “I’m no longer an egg! I’m a chick! Soon I’ll be a chicken like you Mami!”

After saying these, he opened his eyes and he immediately saw all those beautiful things his mother once said when he was still an egg. And he was amazed!! Seriously, he flapped his wings hard and he jumped so high until he’s at the same level with the donkey! (Can a chicken do that?? Haha, bidaa~) Now he believed that God did create such beautiful things- butterflies, flowers, trees, green grass, donkeys, roosters, ducks, dogs, cats, rocks, the river, the sky, the wind, the sun; including the LIGHT.

All those who did not know God is like an Egg. Being surrounded by that ‘darkness’ and ‘gloomy black walls’ avoids us from seeing and hearing The Truth about Jesus. It is hard for us to accept The Truth if we are not yet re-born in the Spirit. To be re-born into another New Life is to accept Christ Jesus into our lives is. All we need to do is open our hearts to the Good News rather than opening our eyes because: “Happy are those who believe yet do not see” kan… Hehe. You know, unless we demolish that stupid black wall (Our sins and bad habits) that keeps us away from Him, we are not able to see Him coming to us in His radiant light!

*So Brothers and Sisters, to be re-born into a new Life like that chick felt after cracking open his shell, what must we do? Easy- DO THE SAME! Crack open our ‘walls’ that had kept us in darkness for years, and let His Light sip thru’ the cracks, and after we gain enough energy to move on, tear down the whole wall with His help, and let yourself be surrounded by His full LIGHT!! Every time u open the shell of the hard-boiled egg kan, remember to praise God for all those wonderful things around you, and pray that U will no longer be surrounded by dark walls that keeps you away from His love. Peace-Meow! Jesus loves you! =P

2 Corinthians 5:17

Friends in Christ!

( Random pics of those who went for RSS-Farewell for Gerl and mandi sungai at Bruno's place)

Truly i say to all, thank you for making my bright day brighter, funny moments funnier, and happy hours happier than ever!! For good friends are the ones that accept me in my sweaty and stinky moments, yet able to keep up with me. CSG family lasts forever~ These are some of my friends that are splendidly created in a wacky and unique way. Children of God...

While you were sleeping By Casting Crowns

*If only all can listen this song (one of my favourites!), all might be able to stay 'wide awake' til' His 2nd coming. Yepp, people are dozing off into their deep slumber and some are not aware the hints/cues God is trying to show to us. We can't stop sinning, but we can repent as many time as we like, so make a commitment to Him and try not to nail Jesus on the cross-again. Let's be good. Let's be kind. Let us LOVE! Let's do charity...or..or try help one another by praying for them (the simplest thing we can do). Do not doze off. HE might be knocking on our doors while we're dreaming of cotton candies and fresh green dollar bills.



-While You Were sleeping-

Oh little town of Bethlehem
Looks like another silent night
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
A giant star lights up the sky
And while you're lying in the dark
There shines an everlasting light
For the King has left His throne
And is sleeping in a manger tonight

Oh Bethlehem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
For God became a man
And stepped into your world today
Oh Bethlehem, you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King
While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

Oh little town of Jerusalem
Looks like another silent night
The Father gave His only Son
The Way, the Truth, the Life had come
But there was no room for Him in the world He came to save

Jerusalem, what you have missed while you were sleeping
The Savior of the world is dying on your cross today
Jerusalem, you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King
While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

United States of America
Looks like another silent night
As we're sung to sleep by philosophies
That save the trees and kill the children
And while we're lying in the dark
There's a shout heard 'cross the eastern sky
For the Bridegroom has returned
And has carried His bride away in the night

America, what will we miss while we are sleeping
Will Jesus come again
And leave us slumbering where we lay
America, will we go down in history
As a nation with no room for its King
Will we be sleeping
Will we be sleeping

United States of America
Looks like another silent tonight

EQUAL

"People were made in the image of God. I won't judge any. Won't think about our differences. Black and white, all the same. =3"
-Elvi-

These sweet and loving people were my foster family (together with Jayronna and Nico; in white shirt) during National Camp 2 (9th-25th May)... And wow, a brief 3days stay at migrant's settlements really opened my eyes, WIDER than wide!! Ow man. No one should ever ever create such social standards in the 1st place. Even God made Himself equal by coming down to Earth to be one with us as homosapiens, then why not WE do the same? Let's be EQUAL with one another, regardless of our religion, ethnics, culture, country, beliefs, skin colour and so on... After all, "the tears of the red, yellow, black, brown and white man are all the same." (~Martin H. Fischer)

Salad...with a bit of God's seasoning.

"Def: Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes. They include a mixture of cold and hot menu, often including raw vegetables and/or fruits..."

Well... My blog is kinda' bit like salad. In Malaysia, our salad version is..."ROJAK". Haha... Blogging was soooo popular and people were so 'clingy' on their blogpage, and some say I should start my own (that was 5 yrs ago!), yet, me, a 21st century technology-user never show any interest in blogging... WHY? Due to the neuron-lacking inside my brain which makes me unable to generate good reading material for my fellow readers, that's why! However, i find blogging quite interesting 'cause many bloggers complain and swear sh*tty words in their blog page, yet their computer screen just smile and the typing board still do its job, type-type type-. So Brothers and Sisters, what am i goin' to lose here? None bah kan~ I know my lappy won't shut down by itself once i submit a lame article, and i know you all can't throw rotten eggs at my face for posting a 'so-yesterday' stuff in my blog. Haha! Oklah, i know people can still judge my posts but thats the worst thing that may/can/will happen to me. The rest, i won't care much~

So my rojak/salad menu will comprise much crappy stuff that no1's ever gonna read, still i know my lappy won't sneer at me if I'm out of extravagant words.

Apart from all those excuses why i decide to own a blog, the main reason was: I just know that I'm able to share God's Word here, FREELY without charge. I just want to be the SALT and the LIGHT, by spreading on the Faith. Aren't we instruments? So I'm acting like one. Go and be a disciple if u haven't started spreading anything yet. DOG-Depend on God! Love Jesus to bits!

Ok, change d topic. Here is one of the facts which I found during reading a book... Sometimes we wonder whether we have received any gifts from God today. Yalah, sometimes you wake up in the morning and you yawned, the first thing you do is what? Check your Facebook profile? Pulling up d window curtains? Hearing your mum yelling, asking you to wake up? OR u pray for the gift of LIFE that God gave to u? Every day is a gift from God, no matter how lousy your day will be or how gloomy your mood is when you woke up in the morning (sometimes evening)... every flower, every sunrise, every giggle, is a gift. U have gifts all around you-so start noticing them. St. Paul tells us, "What do u possess that u have not received? U have already grown rich."
So if u’re so rich, NJOY it! God gave u LIFE. He gave u d WORLD- and all the wonders of the earth and the sky and the sea. So what do u do when somebody gives u a gift? Bah, enjoy it, appreciate it-and say TQ~
Question: What would be the greatest gift u could get? A bike? Mansion? A new car from parents/spouse? A million dollars??? (That is too much if u convert it into Malaysian Ringgit, huwooo!)
But…NOPE!! The greatest gift are LOVE & JOY; and BEING SMART enough to know that those are great gifts. Are u smart? (Read 1 Cor 4: 7-8)