Happy Easter Sunday

t started with Maundy Thursday and yesterday was Good Friday where Jesus suffered the agony at the Garden of Gethsemene before he was crucified for our salvation in exchange for our sins. 3 days later, he rose from the dead to Heaven on an Easter Sunday – marking the new birth for all Christians. We are finally redeemed from our sins and have eternal life in heaven. Today is Holy Saturday.

Now is the season where fellow Christians reflect on this holy week to mark Easter Sunday, the very purpose where Jesus came down to earth as a sacrificial lamb and atonement for our sins. He left the confort of heaven to be born in a lowly manger of Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem, Jerusalem. This is the love story of our saviour Jesus Christ who loved us so much to come down to earth to die for our sins. Now, as Christian, we have hope in Jesus on His finished work at the cross. Instead of perpetual condemnation, we now have grace from our Heavenly Father.

Bad Kids

Posted by Heriberto Fuentes

My kids are misbehaving a lot lately, and I don’t know how to handle it. I know they are just kids, but I have to figure out a way to punish them so they know they can’t run amok. I feel bad because I think my bad parenting is causing their misbehavior. My husband keeps on telling me to stop being so hard on myself, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to until things get better. We started by taking away all of their video games as punishment. I was shocked when that didn’t work. I thought that would whip them right in line. Next we cancelled all cable services so they don’t have access to any of the channels they like to watch. I hope that they will start getting better before I have to take something else away. I don’t even know what I would take away next. I think these two things are pretty important to them and it hasn’t helped taking them away. I feel terrible depriving them but this is what we have to do to make sure they understand there are consequences for their actions.

Received my 7th Nuffnang Cheque

I have banked in my 7th Nuffnang cheque a few days ago and it was just over RM 50.00 after a few months, about 2 or 3 at the most. Now, I am no longer Glitterati status, so it will take even longer to see the amount accumulate since I could no longer post in innit of Nuffnang being a normal member. Thank goodness, I still have my full time employment to work in a home office that I can solely rely on for my financial income. Now I work extra hard to phone clients for payment and to remind them to pay us after emailing the invoices.

AlertPay Cash

I have some cash in my AlertPay account for completing micro jobs online. Just yesterday, I ordered my AlertPay debit card for USD 20.00 plus or so which I will receive in 2 months time at the latest for countries outside USA. I had to scan my latest bill statement and my IC to email them for the confirmation. In the meantime, I will continue with the micro jobs so that the earnings will accummulate for withdrawal every month. 'Sedikit sedikit lama lama jadi bukit." The idiom means a bit at a time and it will become a hill. So, I am expecting my AlertPay debit card for ATM withdrawal of my US cash in May 2012 at the latest.

Georgia/Florida game

Thanks for the post, Kathy Shelton

Even though I graduated from the University of Georgia, we ended up settling in Jacksonville, Florida. As everyone knows that is where the most famous Georgia/Florida game takes place each year. All four years that I went to UGA I travelled south to attend the football game. Some of the most fun times I had during college were when we would go in a big group down to the game. We would always start tailgating very early the morning of the game. I was in a sorority and my boyfriend, who later became my husband, was in a fraternity. We would hang out with all our friends and have such a great time. Now that I live in Jacksonville I don’t have to travel for the game. In fact, most of the time it is really hard to get tickets so we just watch the game on satellite television that we got through direct tv Jacksonville. That is the time of year that a lot of our old friends show up on our doorstep. They are mostly in the same boat as us with no tickets to the game. So we just have our own tailgate here at our house and try to relive the days when we were young and didn’t have a care in the world.

Living from Hand-to-Mouth

In Malaysia, many people are living from hand-to-mouth, without any emergency funds to tide them through in case of unemployment or retrenchment. Others live from pay cheque to pay cheque and before the end of the month is up, their savings are almost empty. It can be stressful living at subsistence level with just sufficient to cover the month. Therefore, we need to look for alternative source of income to supplement our coffer. To say the least, education is very important and is the only way to bring us out of poverty.

Don't be Lazy

We should always do our utmost best in whatever endeavour we are put in - be it our job, vocation or anything else in life. In fact in the Bible, we are told to work until the day we die - as long as we are capable and healthy. Therefore, do not lament why other race is prosperous and are richer! Because it is ingrained in our culture as a Chinese to work hard, be diligent and always find something to do to gain financially the legal way. We don't expect handouts from the government and can survive in any place we migrate to - for business.