Know you by heart.

Ham ham Ham ham...

Hammy here. Jim wants me to share about this. He told me that he was browsing around blogs here and there and stumbled upon this youtube video. Cheers to Calvin, hehe, thanks. Yes, Jim fell in love with this song and wish to share it with you all. It's a beautiful song, with a beautiful melody to go with it. It takes you inside the song, and cause you to soak in it's .... Haha, I don't know how to explain. Same goes to Jim also. Just listen. Enjoy.



Jim Brickman on the piano, Dave Koz on the alto sax.

Immanuel

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Hi all. Hammy here . Here is another song written by Jim entitled "Immanuel". A little history about this song. This song was written as a christmas song for his church in Batu Pahat in December 2007. It talks about the God with us, thus, Emmanuel. You might be wondering why the title is spelled Immanuel. "E" or "I", it's the same, just different spelling, that's all, but still have the same meaning. It's the second christmas song that Jim wrote for Christmas. Now, this song had became more than a Christmas song but a song that sings about how close Jesus is wherever we are, whenever we are. Here the link to the song in youtube.com. Enjoy and may you be blesst. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBERE4H3nY
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Immanuel

Many years ago

You came down to us
As a little babe, in a humble manger
For this, heaven and earth rejoice
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Now a saviour is born, and He lives among us
He is King of kings, Lord of lords of nations
Worship Him lifting up our voices

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To God be the glory, coz You had sent Your Son Jesus Christ
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Immanuel God with us so close
My friend when I’m alone,

Jesus my very own
Immanuel God with us so close
Always there beside me,

all the time around me
Jesus , Emmanuel
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Lost like sheeps we are, without a shepherd
In the dark so blind, couldn’t see ahead
Without a guide who do we turn to
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Turn to You we do , our guide our shepherd
Jesus we obey everything You say
Just with Your light we know now what to do
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Jesus draw me close to Your heart
You never let me go though I grow so old
Jesus hold me close in Your arms
The warmth and peace I feel
This is just, so real
This is just so real

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Written for His glory,

December 2007

Jim Wu

Through Jesus' Eyes

Hi all. Hammy here again. Yup. Jim wrote another song and this one is called "Through Jesus' Eyes". The meaning of the song? I will let him explain it to you hiimself.
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Hey, Jim here. Here's the meaning of the song. It's basically to see and look at everyone through Jesus' eyes. If you were to see a beggar on a street, what will be the first thing that you will think of? If you see a criminal, an ex-convict, what will be the first thing that you will think about? It's difficult , I know, coz, I too have difficulty but take Jesus as an example. Though Zaccheus cheated people's money as a tax collector, Jesus saw him as someone that He loves. The women who commited adultary, Jesus saw her as someone that He loves, as someone that needs God's love. That same thing we, as Christ's ambassadors in this world, we are to show God's love to these people , no matter who they are, or where they come from. Enjoy the song. Written for God's glory, God bless!!. Link to the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRPFi71HMb4
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Through Jesus' Eyes

Verse:

Hearts that are hungry
Souls that are thirsty
Desperate for something
That can fill them make them whole

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These are the people
That needs our God eternal
Regardless who they are
We are told to love them whole

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Pre-Chorus:

They are people that God loves

People whom Jesus died

People He can change

People just like you and me
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Chorus:
Won’t you see their hearts
Through Jesus’ eyes
If you see them from afar
Tell me now what do you see
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Won’t you see their hearts
Through Jesus’ eyes
Don’t see them as they are
But see what they could be
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Won’t you see their hearts
Through Jesus’ eyes
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Bridge:
Everyone deserves a second chance
No matter who they are
We’re told to love them as we love ourselves
That’s how we show God’s love to them

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Written for His glory,

December 2008

Jim Wu

That's my Jesus

Hey all. Hammy here. Come come. Jim wrote a song, titled, "That's my Jesus". Unfortunately, I can't upload it on this blog because it's taking too long to upload. So, I put it in youtube.com instead. Watch his video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spGXpUelCHI . Here is the lyric. God Bless!!!
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That's my Jesus

I woke up one Monday morning

After 24 hours of dreaming

Sitting up and thinking of what You did

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A bright sunny day it is

I thank the Lord because it's His

Wonderful to see it all together

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He doesn't care if it rains or shines

Big or small He just don't mind

As long as you call He will come

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My Saviour and Redeemer

My friend my God my Father

Tha's my Jesus

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My world my life my future

My strength my shield deliverer

That's my Jesus

That's my Jesus

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No matter how far away you are from Him

He's always there beside you

No matter how long you take to find Him

He had already found you

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Written for His glory

August 2008

Jim wu

Backie..!!

Hi all. Hammy here. Yeh, I'm back. Ya, I'm back from my extended holiday. Yes, I was in UK, for a diplomatic reason, and then, I was in Russia, and now, back. I actually wanted to visit China but nah, changed my mind because I heard that the chinese people eat anything. You get what I mean.

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I was in a hotel reasonly. I ordered a cup of tea and surprisingly, I drank the whole cup! Yummy. Jasmine tea. I like!! Now I'm home, I can now type again for Jim. Got a lot of catchup work to do. So long people. God bless!!

Exams...and here's the results.

Good day people. Jim here again. Yup yup. I just want to share something with all of you. Yeah, it's kinda like a testimony too. Here goes.

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First of all, all the credit goes to God. Yup. Why? Because, without Him, I wouldn't had got what I got. Alright. This semester, God had blessed me with satisfactory results in my recent final exam. It was scary, stressful and painful at the same time.

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At the beginning of the semester, I told God that I will trust in Him no matter what happens. Yes, I made that promise with Him. Well, God heard it and guess what He did, me tested me, to see whether I really meant what I said. So, as you all know, I never fail any test in my entire life. Well, as long as I can remember, I don't fail, except for those compulsory chinese test that I gotta sit, other than that, I never fail. Hm...ok, not never la, but very very seldom. Even if I do, it's like once in a blue moon. So seldom. Anyway, as a uni student, of course, tests are inevitable. So, I had the normal test as usual. Ok, the results were not bad. Then, came math. I had like 6 tests. Yes, and I figured, if I pass all the tests, all the tests, then I will pass the unit. You see, I can't fail in any unit. Why? Because, if I were to fail, there goes my scholarship from my government. Then, too bad, I can't study in Australia anymore. So, yes, a little desperate to not fail, and pressured to perfrom well in uni. It's my first time that I'm expected to do well. Back in my high school days, as long as I try my best, it's alright. So, back to my math tests, I had 6 of them. I passed 2 of them, and failed the rest. Now, that's not good. I kept of failing till a point I felt that failing is a norm for me. I was a little scared. Scared that I can't pass the unit. I was like almost prepared for the worst. I was thinking over my options you know. If I fail, which other uni I can go and all that.

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Then, it came to me that I once told God that I will trust in Him no matter what. This is a test from him. He told me this :

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"Jim, you once told me that you will trust in my no matter what. Well, what about now? Do you still trust me? ".

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No matter what , I still have to trust in Him. I surrendered my results into His hands. No matter the results, may His will be done in my life and of course in my exam.

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Not only my maths, but I failed one of my electronic unit. It was sad to see yourself fail paper after paper you know. You are like, " what is going to happen to me ar? " . The exam period came and I studied my best. I thank God that He gave me a hardworking spirit to be able to study long hours almost everyday. I stayed in the library from 10am in the morning till 10pm at night. It was the longest that I had ever spent my time in the library. Haha. He gave me encouragement, telling me that it's ok. just try your best, and God will do the rest. He gave me friends so that when I study, I do not need to be lonely. You know how stressful it is to study alone. It is. I've been through it before..hehe.

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Exam came, and I sat for the paper. I answered all teh questions with satisfaction. I felt more confident again. Then, came the results, and guess what , it was more than I had expected. 3 Distinctions and a Credit. Wow, it was amazing and all the credit goes to Him. Without Him, who knows what results that I will obtain.

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A few things to learn from this. When you tell God that you want to do this and this, be prepared, coz, He will sometimes wants to test you to see whether it's genuine. Another thing, no matter what happens, continue to trust in Him because He is the one that plans your life, and knows you better than you do. I always have this analogy. See, God, He has this big big big picture of your life and He shows it to you. But , due to your small human eye, you can't really see all of it. Maybe just a small part of the picture but definitely not all. So, sometimes, when things happen that doesn't go your way, you blame God or something like that. Guess what, God loves you and He had planned everything out for you. He knows what is best for you. Same thing like a father disciplining a child. The child may not like it but the father knows that it is for the good of the child.

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Isaiah 55:8-9

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways , declares the Lord

As the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts than your thoughts. "

Back from me holidays

Hi all. Jim here by the way. Yes yes, I just came back from a place, somewhere in Asia. Okay, I cut the suspense. I went to Hong Kong actually. So, here are some of the highlights.

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Alright. Guess where this is? Hehe, If you are guessing Pooh's house, you are ABSOLUTELY wrong...No la, how on earth can I even enter his house. So sticky and honey-ish. Speaking of sticky, I got a riddle for you.

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" What is long, brown and sticky? "

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If you are thinking about shit, you are wrong. It's a long brown stick. Haha. Okay, back to the pooh thing.

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So, yea, where was I ? Yes. This is Hong Kong Disneyland!!! I myseld would never imagine that I will one day come to a Disneyland. Really. I thought I will never be. Considering my age. The big '20'. haha, I had fun. The rides are nice. So many nice things to see and to enjoy. Of course, you pockets will burn, as in, you spend a lot, but it was worth it la. All the way to Hong Kong, and seeing spectacular and 'magical' stuff. The last and closing act given by Disneyland was superb. It was a 15 minute fireworks display. It was breath taking. It was really breath taking. It was bright but was superb. You should had seen it. It was the most spectacular and beautiful firework display I had ever seen so far, other than the Beijing Olympics. It was breath taking I tell ya.
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Then, I was in China, Shen Zhen. I was at the cultural village like place. To simply put it, it's like a place where you can see miniature stuff, like a mini Great Wall of China, mini Fobidden Palace...etc. Yea. And this picture, I hold a pagoda in my hand, hahaha.
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I wonder whether this 'great wall' will break if I push harder.

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Then, I was in Macau. Yes, 3 countries. This is the Venetian. It's a casino, hotel, shopping place. 3 in one, like 3 in one coffee. They built it in such a way that it looks like Venice. Well, not bad but still, the real Venice is better. (of course la) Behind me is the Grand Canal, where they have this little boats you can sit on and the rest, you should know.
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The ruins of St. Paul . This is 'the' place to be. If you had never been here, you had never been to Macau. This used to be a church. Somewhere long long time ago, before the ayam bertelur, the taifun came and destroyed the church. Most of the church was destroyed, leaving only this. This is what was left. This church was actually built by the Japanese when they were in Macau. If you look carefully, you can see Jesus, mother Mary, the cross, and , surprisingly, a dragon. Ya, built by the Japs what...Interesting eh..hehe.

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Well, that's my trip basically. It was more of like a sight seeing trip la. Learnt a lot of things about Hong Kong, Macau and China of course. Ya, I get to here the Chinese chinese and the Hong Kong cantonese. The cantonese does have a significant difference than the ones spoken here in Malaysia. Really. Then, I also learnt that I understand mandarin more than cantonese. Oh ya, I was going through immigration many thousands of time still I was a little reluctant to go through it. Well, although Hong Kong and Macau are under China, they still need immigration. Do not ask me why. It's just like that.

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Some of other things that I learnt:
1. air polution...
2.people smoke alot over there...a lot!
3. RM 1 = HK$ 2
4.Macau airport is just by the sea
5.Do you know that one of the official language for Macau is Portuguese?
6.Macau has 28 casinos. 5 more coming.
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Yup yup. That's all about it la. Nothing much but was interesting in a way that I learnt a lot of things, about the place. Nice. Alright. That's all. Tata. Take care everyone. Will try to update this blog more often ...hehe.

It's different now

Hi all. Yes yes, it's been a long time since I last blogged. Jim here by the way. Hammy? No idea where he is. I think, still on the way back. Don't worry, when he's back, you'll know.

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Alright, so what's this "It's different now" post about. Haha, nah, just want to say a "few" words, and to also to keep my blogging momentum going. If not, you know what it will become.

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I recently attended a church retreat organised by my church in Batu Pahat. Being away from this church for such a long long time, many new faces that I come across. Old friends of mine are either away on a holiday, still studying, or, disappeared. (The latter was a joke, haha). Yea. so, technically, I have no 'gang' there. You can say that most of the time I was alone. Yup, Jim, alone. Because, I don't really mix well with the "younger" generations of youth. I'm considered the older generation. Haha, not a surprise.

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If I were to reflect back to my old self, my "younger" self, everytime when I feel lonely, I will always turn to my handphone. Yes, my saviour (at that time). What about the handphone? I will take my handphone out, and start texting(for those of you who are not sure, it's sms'ing in other words). Texting who? This and that lor...(aiya, you know la). I find great joy in doing that. I'd rather text than fellowshipping with others. That's back then.

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Now, it's a little different. After becoming "single" again (not that I had...anyway...) , it's different now. Hence, the title for my post. Now, it's different. I told you that I was feeling a little lonely in the camp right? This time, I'm not so much of "I-need-my-handphone-to-text-people" anymore. This time, I don't need to because, there's no need to. Why should I? I'm like, more, liberated now. Haha, off with the burden or the "obligation" of needing to text people or to satisfy my "emoness". (Hey, I realised that I used a lot of quotation marks). It's different now.

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I always salute this friend of mine. She really inspired me alot. Everytime when she's lonely, she talks to God. Everywhere she goes, she talks to God. Even waiting at the airport for her flight to arrive, she talks to God. That goes to show her closeness with God. Amazing! Awesome!. I had since tried to do so, and I'm still trying.

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Haha, now the BGR part. Hehe. I had learnt it well, and had learnt it the hard way. It's so easy to be tricked by the devil and yet you do not know it. When you are attached, becareful. Do not be too focused till you lose focus on God. The devil will trick you and telling you "hey hey, you Christian, she christian, haha, it will be a wonderful relationship. It will surely work out well". Ain't that sound soothing to your ears? BECAREFUL!! This is where you must be aware. In my opinion , so what? So what both of you are Christians? If you were to think or ever thought of this "when I wake up, she will be the first that I'll think of, and before I sleep, she will be the last that I'll think of", you better think twice. Please think over your priorities again and where God is in your life. I learnt this the hard way. One of my leaders told me that if you don't even care to fix your mistakes, God will do it for you, and it wouldn't be that pleasant.

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Looking for mr or mrs right? To do that, you'll first need to BE mr and mrs right. How? PUT GOD FIRST. Exactly!! You put God first in your life, He'll surely reward you. That's a promise sa found in the book of Luke "..seek Ye first the kingdom of God and it shall be added unto you..".

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You want my opinion about BGR? Haha, one phrase :

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"Let emotions be emotions, and let God , be God"

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Now, what is this jim talking about? We are humans. It's natural that we have chemistry with the opposite gender. Agree? God created us this way . Of course, emotions will be stirred up, but, I will just let my emotions , be my emotions, and not let it interfere with my relationship with God. At the same time, I will let God , be God. May His will be done in my life. Whoever He wants me to be with in future, may His will be done. I will not think with my own mind, but will think with God's wisdom and to learn to see things through His eyes.

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Yes, I think I talked too much. Surprised that I typed so much. Alright, I shall now, er...haha, go and do other things. By the way, I'm going to HK for holidays. See you all soon. Take care and God bless.

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jim

On my way back...

Hi everyone, Hammy here. Yes yes, whatever Jim said was true, well, almost. I'm now on my way to UK, again. Yes yes, after witnessing the US presidential election myself, I was quite tired. Why? I dunno, maybe probably the walking around. Anyway, I met some of my friends..hehe.
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This, ladies and gentelmen, is Bugo. He likes to stay on the dashboard, and counting how many trees that he sees. He will go like "one tree, two tree, three tree, four tree....". And on he went. It was so hilarious at first but it was very very irritating after you like hear him saying that for half an hour. He's a nice hamster. He offered to share some of his food in his pouches. For those of you who do not know , hamsters have pouches, which are our cheeks. See, Bugo had huge cheeks, that's because he had food in those. He always has food in his pouch, because he thinks that the world is going to end and what happens if the food supply ran out. Ya, right, like he can survive for another month with that amount of food.
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Then, this is a hamster whose name I do not know , because he only speaks japanese. No, not related to Hamtaro at all, trust me. Very talkative. Never stop talking until you say Wasabi. I do not know why but apparently, some other hamsters told me that wasabi was this hamster's lover or something, and was eaten by a cat. Eeew, sad, I know. Well, that moment of silence only lasted for like a minute, then, he goes back to his japanese chattering again. Don't ask me why is a japanese speaking hamster doing in the US? No idea. Oh ya, he likes sushi. He let me eat one . To tell you the truth, not very tasty cause instead of rice, he used corn. er...hm...But , all in all, he's a nice hamster. Friendly and helpful too. I was at his place, and I have like free food everyday. So, ya, I shouldn't complain. hehe..
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Anyway, that's it for now. Yes, I have to go soon. My flight is like , in 5 minutes time. See ya soon.
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Hammy.

Again, he goes....

Hi there everyone. Jim here. Yes, I know that this blog had not been updated for ages, so , I thought of dropping a post here just to keep this blog updated. Oh well, as you can see in the picture, Hammy is on the run , again. Where? To the States? Why? I have no idea. Don't ask me. Ask mr Hammy over here. Man, he didn't even tell me that he was going there. I mean, hey, I had always wanted to go there . How in the world this hamster get all the money to fly to the States? I wonder....
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Yeah, ask you all had guessed, the main reason about why this blog was so unupdated(if there is such word) is that mr Hammy here haven been updating it and had been away, without my knowledge. Looks like, at the end of the day, I have to do the blogging instead. Well, I can't, as I'm now busy with my finals. Cannot lah(so typical Malaysian).
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Up till now, I'm still wondering why Hammy go to the States. What business does he has over there? The US elections? I sure hope that he comes home safe and preferably in one piece please.
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The UK, now the US. I wonder which place is he going to visit next. Jamaica? Who knows. Alright, I gotta go know. Study....
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jim

A date during sunset...

Alright. This isn't fair. Jim obviously went somewhere and did not bring me along . It ain't fair. Just because I'm a hamster and I'm small and everything then I can't come along is it? Hey, I wanna go.

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Haha. Jim here. Hi guys. Ya, the reason why I didn't bring Hammy along is because I do not want Hammy to be eaten by dogs. Do you know there were many many dogs at Cottesloe beach? F.Y.I Hammy, you didn't even take me to UK when you were there. What do you have to say about that? Haha, anyway, straight to the point. Oh ya, I went to Cottesloe beach yesterday by the way. Here is my story.

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I was chatting with a friend and suddenly she mentioned Cottesloe beach. Then, an idea came to me. I mean, I had heard of Cottesloe beach for a very very very long time already. I had been here for like almost a year and I had yet to pay a little visit to Cottesloe beach. Besides, I'm staying in Claremont. It's like a 10 minutes bus right from where I stay to the beach. It was also kinda like an impromptu decision to go. I thought about it on Sunday and I went on Monday. With no plannings and anything...I just went. Of course, I didn't just go there for nothing. That Monday morning itself, I told God that I want Him to be there as well. To spend alone time with Him. So, what did I pack in my bag?

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1. Bottle of water

2. Bible

3. Biscuit

4. Pen and notebook ( in case a song pops up in my head)

5. My good old faithful boxy camera

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Alright. I came back from uni and I was so excited to get there. I packed everything and all. I was really really really excited you know. So, I prepared dinner first. The time was 5pm and I finished around 5.30pm. Sick, I am a little late. I'm supposed to reach the beach at 6pm ( as suggested by my friend) but I arrived at my Claremont bus stop at 5.44pm. I missed the 5.43pm bus and the next bus is 6.02pm. Oh no. I was a little impatient. There were thoughts of going back to my apartment and go to the beach another day but I told myself, I'm already out, just go. Hm...well, what if the sun already sets when I reach there? Isn't that like a total waste? So, I told God to hold the sun for me so that I can see the sunset cause I really really really wanted to see it. My hopes and expectations were high. 6.02pm, the bus is still not here yet. I can see that the sun is quite low already and is preparing to hide behind the horizon. Oh no, quick, where's the bus?!!! 6.05pm came and yes, finally, a familiar sight. A sight where you will say, 'yes, finally!!! ' . The bus arrived and I boarded it with full of joy.

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I kept on looking at the sun to see whether is it going to set or not. Every time the bus stops for a person or a red light, I will go 'come on, faster faster'. I didn't even have any interest in knowing the time. I just looked at the sun. 10 minutes later, there I was, Cottesloe beach. I didn't even stop at the Cottesloe bus stop. I got off like 3 stops before that because I just can't wait. That's how impatient I was. So, yes, here I was, and I quickly took my camera out and started clicking away. Here are the pictures.

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The sun, already touching the sea.

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Another one.

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I like this. The sun's reflection on the beach. Cools...

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This is how the beach looks like. See a figure at the far end? He's fishing.

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Simply nice.

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The sun starting to go down. Wait for me....

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I still managed to carved my name on the sand. Right after taking this picture, the water in front came rushing in and my name got washed away. The water almost got me you know. Good thing I was quick to run away. Hahaha...

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The sun, now gone....

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Bubbles...blooop bloop blooooop...

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Well, it was just breathtaking ain't it.. Words couldn't explain it but the pictures will tell you everything. While taking those pictures, I took my bible out and I randomly fliped it. Guess what was the title of the passage... " The sun stood still". It was about the sun!! haha..but wait, I'm just witnessed a sunset. The sun went down...but, stood still?

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12 On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel:

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"O sun, stand still over Gibeon,

O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."

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13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar.

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The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.

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14 There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the LORD listened to a man. Surely the LORD was fighting for Israel!

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15 Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

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I looked up on the internet about the meaning of this post. On the theological side, it's a little complicated. Until now, I'm still figuring out what God meant about this passage that He had revealed to me and what He wants me to learn. Then, this led me to recall about the Jewish time of the day. A jewish day actually starts when the sun sets. Yup, not in the morning like we do, but when the sun sets. This is because, during those times, there is no watch or clock. So, the jews looked for something to refer to, something that is accurate and universal - the sunset. Why sunset and not sunrise? This also has to do with our origin. We humans , we started out life in our mother's womb, in darkness. Then, we came into light, into this bright world. As we passed away, we return into the earth, which is darkness. Thus, a complete cycle. Get the meaning.? Interesting.

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Anyway, I will continue to ponder upon this . Alright then, I got to go now. I will definitely come back to Cottesloe beach to find out more. This time, I will go there without my camera, and to concentrate more on Him, who created such a magnificent sight. People, if the sunset is already beautiful, how much more beautiful is the creator?