meanwhile..i've revived our facebook group! haha let's be active there hahaha
have a good week! =)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
2Nd PiCNiC and HiKinG pictures Up. FAcEBoOK GroUP ReVIVEd!
hey people! the 2nd picnic+ hiking picutres are up! just click on the smiley face on the right to go to the web album to see it alright!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Picnic in the Rain
the pictures of the picnic we had last saturday are up. not many pictures though thanks to the rain =( ...hahaha anywayyy... enjoy! =D
Monday, May 31, 2010
photography jargon simplified
Beginner, don’t be dismayed! It can be really easy to understand your camera and how the settings in the exposure triangle work the way they do. This explanation is the way I personally think of my camera as an eye:
- The sensor in your camera is the brain. It receives data and information.
- ISO is how sensitive the ‘eye’ is to the light. The higher the number, the more sensitive the eye.
- Aperture is like the pupil. The wider it is (the lower the f/stop number), the more light is allowed into the eye. Over exposure is like when you’re inside where your pupils are more dilated to compensate for lower light. When you step outside, everything it too bright and your pupils have to get smaller to compensate for so much light. Then when you go back in, everything is too dark (under exposed) because your eye’s aperture needs a moment to open up and let in the light.
- Shutter speed is like blinking. The faster it blinks, the less light is allowed in and vice versa.
How about everyone else? If you had a total beginner ask you to explain how a camera works, what would you tell them?
http://digital-photography-school.com/for-beginners-your-camera-explained-in-plain-english
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Auto-Bahasa
We all know that Google translate is a powerful online translation tool. Unfortunately, it has some issues with BM, especially bahasa pasar.
Click the following picture to have a look:
Once it loads, scroll down to see the auto-translated comments :)
Try posting some comments there, perhaps in BM or in Chinese..test Google's translating ability =P
Click the following picture to have a look:
Once it loads, scroll down to see the auto-translated comments :)
Try posting some comments there, perhaps in BM or in Chinese..test Google's translating ability =P
Monday, May 10, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Hello people!
i believe all of you have received the message from ripples number regarding mother's day this sunday..and i agree with the message that WE are the ones to make our moms happy =) well not just this sunday but everyday..haha
but anyway...regarding this sunday,
the celebration will be after service. bring your mothers down to our usual meeting place! i am estimating it to be like around 12p.m. when you all bring your moms down...and then we will have some refreshments for them and a little game i would say... yup the activities are all planned out! and we are also gna present a gift to our moms! =) so come with your mom alright! and do let us know if ur coming cause we need to prepare the gifts!
yeap..so see ya this sunday!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Loving Your Enemies
Taken from Delve into Jesus
Love Our Enemies
By Michael Lane, Executive Director, Delve Christian Ministries
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1 John 4:20
"If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?" Matthew 5:46-47
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
There are many different types of love, each with many sides and aspects. One of the many flaws of the English language is that we have a single word to describe them all, so it's understandable that we may fail to distinguish between that which we feel for our husband or wife, and that which compels us to feed the poor. This linguistic limitation has the most impact when it tricks us into believing that love is a feeling, and worse, one over which we have no control.
We don't usually choose whom we love romantically, and we may fall in and out of love at the whim of our emotions. Since this is the kind of love with which we are the most familiar (and perhaps the most comfortable), we struggle when we hear Jesus speak of "loving our enemies." A contradiction forms in our mind as we think, "How can I love them? I don't feel a shred of sympathetic emotion for them at all!"
The love of which Jesus speaks is not a feeling in any sense of the word. It is a decision resulting in action. It is a choice you make that has nothing whatsoever to do with how you feel, and quite often, occurs in spite of a feeling to the contrary. This kind of love judges the needs of a person but never the person themselves, and responds according to the gravity of the need, never the character of the person.
Understand that you must absolutely restrain whatever you feel for a person and treat them with as much compassion and kindness as you would show your own mother or child. This is the kind of love that Christ demands - not a feeling, but rather a spirit of service, selflessness and humility. It is the ability to give to others with no regard to what they can do to repay you, what they feel for you or what you feel for them.
This kind of love is extremely hard. Unlike romantic love, which naturally drives us to do wonderful things for our spouse, loving our enemies goes against what our sinful nature desires us to do. It is far from effortless. Very often, when we stand at the brink of loving our enemies, our sinful nature cries out, "I don't want to do this!" and stands poised to halt our progress. We have to push through it. We have to resist the notion that something so difficult and so contrary to our natural desire could be called "love". It is, in fact the greatest kind of love. It is the kind of love that God demonstrated when He saved us while we were His enemies. (Romans 5:10)
There are opportunities for each of us to put this kind of love into practice every day, but it takes extraordinary courage and faith to even recognize these opportunities, let alone act on them. Imagine a coworker that you simply cannot get along with who is on the verge of making a huge mistake that will get her fired. Our sinful nature revels in this, and tells us that it serves her right. Let her get fired! Yet, if we are to love as God loves, we cannot let this situation unfold. We must intervene and prevent her from making that mistake despite all objections from our emotions. This is not at all what we will "feel" like doing, and that is why it requires such courage and faith. And what reward will we get? Perhaps she will thank us, or perhaps she will tell us to mind our own business. Yet, our love does not expect her appreciation. Our motives are simple and pure - love her as God loves her.
Remember that this kind of love is not about emotion, it is about action. Never stop looking for these opportunities to act in your life, and don't give in to the nagging voice which insists that love must always be easy and rewarding. Don't stop when you are on the brink of kindness because it doesn't feel right, for it often doesn't. This kind of love can be hard and uncomfortable, but it is the most important of all, for it is by this kind of love that others will know that Christ lives in you.
Love Our Enemies
By Michael Lane, Executive Director, Delve Christian Ministries
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1 John 4:20
"If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?" Matthew 5:46-47
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
There are many different types of love, each with many sides and aspects. One of the many flaws of the English language is that we have a single word to describe them all, so it's understandable that we may fail to distinguish between that which we feel for our husband or wife, and that which compels us to feed the poor. This linguistic limitation has the most impact when it tricks us into believing that love is a feeling, and worse, one over which we have no control.
We don't usually choose whom we love romantically, and we may fall in and out of love at the whim of our emotions. Since this is the kind of love with which we are the most familiar (and perhaps the most comfortable), we struggle when we hear Jesus speak of "loving our enemies." A contradiction forms in our mind as we think, "How can I love them? I don't feel a shred of sympathetic emotion for them at all!"
The love of which Jesus speaks is not a feeling in any sense of the word. It is a decision resulting in action. It is a choice you make that has nothing whatsoever to do with how you feel, and quite often, occurs in spite of a feeling to the contrary. This kind of love judges the needs of a person but never the person themselves, and responds according to the gravity of the need, never the character of the person.
Understand that you must absolutely restrain whatever you feel for a person and treat them with as much compassion and kindness as you would show your own mother or child. This is the kind of love that Christ demands - not a feeling, but rather a spirit of service, selflessness and humility. It is the ability to give to others with no regard to what they can do to repay you, what they feel for you or what you feel for them.
This kind of love is extremely hard. Unlike romantic love, which naturally drives us to do wonderful things for our spouse, loving our enemies goes against what our sinful nature desires us to do. It is far from effortless. Very often, when we stand at the brink of loving our enemies, our sinful nature cries out, "I don't want to do this!" and stands poised to halt our progress. We have to push through it. We have to resist the notion that something so difficult and so contrary to our natural desire could be called "love". It is, in fact the greatest kind of love. It is the kind of love that God demonstrated when He saved us while we were His enemies. (Romans 5:10)
There are opportunities for each of us to put this kind of love into practice every day, but it takes extraordinary courage and faith to even recognize these opportunities, let alone act on them. Imagine a coworker that you simply cannot get along with who is on the verge of making a huge mistake that will get her fired. Our sinful nature revels in this, and tells us that it serves her right. Let her get fired! Yet, if we are to love as God loves, we cannot let this situation unfold. We must intervene and prevent her from making that mistake despite all objections from our emotions. This is not at all what we will "feel" like doing, and that is why it requires such courage and faith. And what reward will we get? Perhaps she will thank us, or perhaps she will tell us to mind our own business. Yet, our love does not expect her appreciation. Our motives are simple and pure - love her as God loves her.
Remember that this kind of love is not about emotion, it is about action. Never stop looking for these opportunities to act in your life, and don't give in to the nagging voice which insists that love must always be easy and rewarding. Don't stop when you are on the brink of kindness because it doesn't feel right, for it often doesn't. This kind of love can be hard and uncomfortable, but it is the most important of all, for it is by this kind of love that others will know that Christ lives in you.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Ripples this week
Hello guys and girls
This week youth will be on Sunday. Topic would be "Being Nice" or "A Caring Heart ". So, i hope all of u have been showing care for others and have recieved kindness from others as well :)
I'll see all of u this Sunday the usual place and usual time :) and I hope it'll be more fun haha.
Have a great week people....Be Nice :)
- Andy
This week youth will be on Sunday. Topic would be "Being Nice" or "A Caring Heart ". So, i hope all of u have been showing care for others and have recieved kindness from others as well :)
I'll see all of u this Sunday the usual place and usual time :) and I hope it'll be more fun haha.
Have a great week people....Be Nice :)
- Andy
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Photography 101 - Summary
dear Teens,
hope you all enjoyed the short photography session today and learned something to bring home with you.
there are many technicalities in photography which are impossible to cover in only a few hours, and i do not expect you to remember all of them, but here are few that you can always keep with you:
1. ISO: use higher ISO settings for dark or indoor shots to get higher shutter speed and lesser blur pictures
2. White balance: to get photos with natural colours, set it according to the environment where you take the pictures e.g. daylight/cloudy, tungsten, etc.
3. Rule of thirds: basically, stay away from the centre of the screen
so please share what you have learnt today with those who could not come, and i hope you are all on your way to taking "the perfect picture" :)
..Lee
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Photography 101
Saturday . 3 April 2010 . 3pm - 6pm+
@ CDPC (and around it)
Bring your cameras along! (DSLRs, compacts, handphone cameras, etc.)
Bring your cameras along! (DSLRs, compacts, handphone cameras, etc.)
Topics covered:
Composition
Exposure
White Balance
Tips
Editing
Video viewing
Please post any photography questions you would like addressed in the comments.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
RipTreat - the Photos
Click here for solo portraits.
"That means we will not compare ourselves with each other
as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far
more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of
us is an original."
Galatians 5:26 (The Message)
as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far
more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of
us is an original."
Galatians 5:26 (The Message)
Monday, March 22, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Tongue Tied about the Gospel?
Here's a creative evangelism seminar that you may want to go to ! =)
Date: 27 March 2010
Time : 9.00 a.m.- 12.00 p.m.
Venue :MYFC office
Cost:RM 10 inclusive of CReative evangelism materials,notes and light tea
Check out the leaflet to find out more! =)
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
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