I was browsing on one of my Facebook friends' Wall Post. I saw this video and I thought I want to share with you all. Credits to Brother Gregory Chan.

Congrats Tongkin! (Now kena panggil dia Fr. Rayner suda. hehehe) It was only last year's (2008) December that he was ordained deacon and now, he is a Priest! This makes the total priests (from Penampang area) into 10.





Pax.

I Look To You

I got this from an e-mail forwarded by a friend. It's worth a try.


It’s just a mix of water, brown sugar and yeast!

1. Cut a plastic bottle in half, keep both parts.
2. Take the lower portion of the bottle. Dissolve brown sugar in hot water. Let it cool down to room temperature.
3. Add yeast. A small amount of carbon dioxide will form (this will attract the mosquitoes).
4. Place the top portion upside down like a funnel into the half part of the bottle.
5. Cover the bottle with a dark wrap. Place it in a corner in your house.

In 2 weeks, you will be surprised by the number of mosquitoes killed.


Pax.

I got this from a friend in Facebook. Credits to Uncle Richard. :-)

HEADACHE? EAT FISH!
Eat plenty of fish -- fish oil helps prevent headaches.
So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

HAY FEVER? EAT YOGURT!
Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season.
Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.

TO PREVENT STROKE, DRINK TEA!
Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea. (actually, tea suppresses my appetite and keeps the pounds from invading....Green tea is great for our immune system)!

INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP?) HONEY!
Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.

ASTHMA? EAT ONIONS!!!!
Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (when I was young, my mother would make onion packs to place on our chest, helped the respiratory ailments and actually made us breathe better).

ARTHRITIS? EAT FISH, TOO!!
Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (fish has omega oils, good for our immune system)

UPSET STOMACH? BANANAS - GINGER!!!!!
Bananas will settle an upset stomach.
Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.

BLADDER INFECTION? DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE!!!!
High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.

BONE PROBLEMS? EAT PINEAPPLE!!!
Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME? EAT CORNFLAKES!!!!
Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.

MEMORY PROBLEMS? EAT OYSTERS!
Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.

COLDS? EAT GARLIC!
Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)

COUGHING? USE RED PEPPERS!!
A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate your tummy.

BREAST CANCER? EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage
Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels.

LUNG CANCER? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES!!!
A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.

ULCERS? EAT CABBAGE ALSO!!!
Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.

DIARRHEA? EAT APPLES!
Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are good for this ailment)

CLOGGED ARTERIES? EAT AVOCADO!
Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL!!!
Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure.
Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.

BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!!!
The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.

Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E &fiber. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants &flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits &protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young.........blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field........they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies)

Orange: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients
found in watermelon are Vitamin C &Potassium. (Watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from those darn SUV rays)

Guava & Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation.

Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good for gas and indigestion)

Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those prostrate problems from invading their bodies.

Pax.

I'm back! I know, I know. Long time didn't update kan? Guess what. I participated in the KK City Tourism Treasure Hunt 2009 together with 2 of my friends - Harold and Adrian. This is the first time I joined in such hunt. This event was part of the program in Zoom! Malaysia.

We attended the briefing on Saturday February 21st (first time juga la masuk Auditorium Pejabat Pentadbiran ni. Very nice that venue). When it comes to the explanation part, my head started to lose its fuel. Mmg bikin pening tu contoh-contoh soalan dia. How should I say, my brain was so 'hungry' after the briefing. Then I started to feel a bit of fear because I don't know what will the questions look like the next day.

We stayed at my family's weekend apartment in Bandar Sierra so that we don't have to wake up so early to get to Nexus Karambunai Resort - the Hunt's flag-off venue. That Saturday night, we put on the sponsor stickers on the car. We also configured 3G connection using my sister's cellphone and Adrian's laptop. In the end, we don't use Adrian's laptop at all (sorry Addy, susah2 ko bawa, last² nda juga terguna. Tp because of your laptop, I know how 3G connection looks like. TQ TQ). We slept a bit early, somewhere around 11:00pm because we need to get up at 4:30am on Sunday. The registration of teams started at 5:40am at Nexus.


There was some cars by the time we reached Nexus Resort Karambunai at 5:40am. We're not too far from the starting point. We had a good workout exercise before setting forth, much like those we do at Core Fitness. The Flag-Off was a bit late though (7:45am).


(Prior to the race, the 3 of us made an agreement that whoever quarrels will eat the 'Cili Padi'. hahahaha..). Our team (Team No.3 out of 120 teams) flagged off at 7:48am. The race began.

First part of the Leg - We were given questions to solve, venue guide together with a Treasure Hunt passport. Plus, we need to find 'treasures' - things that we need to look for to bring back at the end of the hunt. There are 6 places we need to go to get the passport stamped - DBKK, Gaya Street, Terminal 2 Airport, Mari Mari Cultural Village, Inanam, Sabah Tourism Board, and Hyatt Roundabout. We missed getting a stamped at Mari-Mari Cultural Village in Inanam because that place was quite far (9km from Inanam Town) and the time doesn't allow us to go there. Besides getting passport stamps, clue findings awaits us in Api-api Centre.

We searched for an item that will be used for the 1st challenge (at Teluk Likas beach) firstly at a sundry shop at University Apartment. We were needed to get 600ml of Spritzer water bottle refilled. But no luck there - they don't sell Spritzer Mineral Water. So we went off to Kingfisher Park's 7-Eleven's. Yes! They do sell Spritzer 600ml. We got off quickly and went straight to Teluk Likas beach to do our 1st challenge - one person pours water to the cupped palms of the 2nd person, and the 2nd person pours into another bottle which the 3rd person is holding. Happy juga la bila dorang kasi tau yg team kami yg first sampai utk bikin tu challenge. Ahaks..

We splitted in Gaya Street - Harold doing the passport stamping, Adrian finding treasures at 7-Eleven, and I, parking the car and wait inside. Driver kan. Hahaha.. Upon reaching Api-Api Centre we need to find clues. The clues given during the race are in many different forms - Anagram, Knowledge-based, missing letters, complete sentences, etc). Completing clue-findings in Api-Api, we went to Double-Six at Sembulan. There are not so many clue-findings here, yet the questions are not that easy to be solved. Some answers are founded on the menu - so small that you really need to look closely.

Next, we went straight to Terminal 2 airport where we need to get a passport stamp. We dropped Adrian at somewhere near Tg. Aru Plaza to search for the wanted treasures while Harold and I drove to Terminal 2. We picked up Adrian on the way back.

Next - Petagas War Memorial. The clues are very straightforward here. You just need to fill in the blanks and answer a general knowledge question. Done with Petagas, we went to KDCA to check in. We need to get there before the time limit of first leg of 10:45am. There's also a challenge in KDCA - finding the cultural houses names by referring to snapshots on aclue paper given.

For the 2nd leg, we headed to Lok Kawi Animal Park. RM5 is the entrance fee for a team (mo bayar juga oh..). Not really difficult for us because we've been here before. The clues are not that difficult except for the Bornean Gibbon and the 'No KK gang beats up this creature' question.
After Lok Kawi Animal Park, our next stop is at Alamesra - finding clues on one row of a shoplot.

Then, we head to 1Borneo. We splitted up here to do the question - quite a challenge here because we need to find specific kinds of shoe to answer the Adidas challenge, the Cultural question challenge which involved SMS-ing the answers in 90 seconds, and clue-findings on 1Borneo main driveway.

We reached Nexus Resort Karambunai at exactly 1:48pm - 6 hours after we set off. The high tea was good, our team didn't get any lucky draws (ouch!), we didn't place in the top 20 (sigh..) and we're extremely exhausted. But we've gain so much in this treasure hunt. We also managed not to quarrel during the hunt, though there are times when we're in total dispute among each other. As for myself, I learnt how to drive fast (kidding!!). nda ba.. I learnt to work as a team - I've often work in teams, but this challenge really shows what teamwork really means. I'm glad to have both the navigator and the passenger. Next year kita try bikin sejarah k? hahaha..


Pax.

I went to a Brothers' Camp at Kionsom Baptist Retreat Center at Inanam organized by Lifeline Ministry of Sacred Heart Cathedral on January 16th-17th. This camp is to gather all male members who were serving in Sacred Heart Parish of Kota Kinabalu where they will get to know each other and learn how to journey together with other brothers from different youth Ministries. During the night, there's an unexpected guest, resting in front of one of the hostel dorms. Mhmm..a snake! Black in colour with bright yellow stripes. I learnt that the brighter colour (e.g. yellow, orange, red, etc) of a reptile/amphibian, the poisonous it is.



We had to kill it though. Otherwise, one of us might got killed during the night. (Sorry mother nature..) huhu..