Chapter 2

Being a university student is a crazy/busy job.


You study everyday;


and you feel like having fun at the same time. I mean, all the time!


Anyway,

Life has been great here. Realized that time passes so fast. It is already half of the semester, and it has been a week since Spring Break.

Did nothing much during the break. Went to SixFlags in Dallas, TX, and to the zoo in OKC. Other than that I was just lying around and being lazy, not forget to study a little bit.

Somehow I did so much better in my tests. Getting A means scoring at least 90. It seems impossible but I put in the same effort like how I did back then, and somehow I did much more better.

I thank God for all the great people that I met here. Many people are surprised that how fast my network/connection grows, given that the period of my stay in a foreign land is just about 3 months time . I guess sometimes I just can't stop meeting new people. For those that know me well, this is part of my life principle: Meet new friends.

Riding $5 camel with Brynn

Pastor Buck is a cool dude

Jackie made us steak for dinner

from France, Kansas, S.Korea, Colombia, Chile, M'sia

Everyday is a new day and I am super-blessed. And I am so happy these days. In fact, the days when I felt sad were merely 10 or less than that. I guess. I can't remember when I was sad. Well, except days that I were a little stressed, because of exams.

I have a story. I called it,

"God's way"

So, I was asked by my lifegroup leader to give a lesson on the Thursday Lifegroup after the Spring Break. I have no confidence at first, but somehow I decided to take the first step and see how far can I go, with God by my side all times. I came up with a topic about problems that we have to face in our lives, and a few scriptures from the Bible. I prayed for wisdom and just waited til the day arrives.

Of course, I doubted my ability and wanted to give up, Mr SA Tan will try to talk you out of doing God's work. Somehow I manage to hang on, persevere, and have faith in God.

I included scriptures like "If God is for me, who can be against me" (Rom 8:31) and "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Phil 4:13) and one of my all time favorite quote "Don't tell God how big is your problem, tell the problem how big is your God."

I am not sure whether it will be the right message for everyone in lifegroup. On Wednesday night I was still nervous about it, still have the thought thinking canceling my lesson. Right at this time during worship session in church, MJ (worship leader) just stop and started to talk about problems in life. This is unusual because WE DO NOT STOP A WORSHIP SESSION. He asked us to sit, and said he found it unusual but he has to say something.


You know what?

He said everything that I have written last week. The message that I have prepared. Nobody knows about it, only God knows. MJ uses the exact bible scriptures and my favorite quote. This might be a coincidence for you. But I take this as confirmation from God. And I am so confident that I'm going to do good.

Thursday, time for my biggest challenge, because I never teach anything "religious" before. It turns our great. And I know that why God has given me the wisdom to preach about problems in life. Apparently one of my friends is facing a big problem and feeling very depressed. So depressed that anyone could see it so clearly. And I thank God that I have helped me, to hold on to God and hang on in life. I'm sure he is much more better now.

This is my story. And it is only one of the amazing stories that happened in my life. I experienced God more than before. And it is a good thing. A good feeling.

Chapter 1

"OU is about Petroleum Engineering. The other departments are just to support this school."-Dr S.

He realized that he made no mistake in making one of the most important decisions in his life. When everyone heard about his major, all of them will say that OU is a good school for PE. 60% of the buildings in OU are sponsored by oil and gas company. And many international students are majoring in PE as well.

After a stressful week, it ended in Valentine's Day. Practically spent most of his weekend working on his essay. Unexpectedly scored 9.4/10 in his first essay.

"You are better than what I expect,"- Dr H.

Walked for 20 minutes just to get to the writing center. Wanted to make his second essay close to perfection like what he did last time. And thank God that somebody sent him home after that. It was so sudden and random that he is surprised. Speechless.

Zizi always walked to school. And then he was offered a ride by Zizi, in a new Chevrolet.

Valentine's Question of the Day: What is love?

I answered, "Love is sacrifice."

Love: Eros, Philia, Stroge, and Agape.

Eros love: Girlfriend
Philia love: Friends
Stroge love: Parents
Agape love: God

Prologue

Diarrhea, delayed luggage, and homeless for the first night in that foreign land.

Also, that 24 hours of awful flight.

Curious and asked about God's plan, "Why can't you let me go to OU alone?"

Why, oh why.

Together with KV, they got their enrollment done in 1 week without any help from anyone. Campus was quiet, and it seemed like there was not a single Malaysian around.

Met with housemates and found out that they clicked along. At least he got what he wanted- 3 Americans. Prayed for it and grateful that he got it.

And, he remembered what his mother said to him about cooking, "Don't worry, you will know how to cook when you are there."

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It has been a month since the arrival. He has learned so much about life. Affi once told him that "going to the university and live without any dependents, that is what you called a real life".

From a man who doesn't know how to handle an egg, he could make you all sorts of eggs now- scrambled, fried, omelette. He learns that he likes to cook. Not just cooking eggs, his cooking skill is getting better day by day. Getting a meal done all by himself makes him feels satisfactory.

From a man who doesn't wash/clean stuff, he has to do laundry, dishes, and even cleaning the toilet bowl. He makes his mama proud.

And looking back at one month ago, asking God why he couldn't just come to Norman alone, he found an answer. God placed KV with him because:

-KV is not as blind as him in directions. KV been to campus just once and he remembers ALL the places. Without KV, he will be lost in that OU campus of Norman.

-KV is like a right hand for him because God knows that he couldn't handle all things alone. If he were here alone, he couldn't have somebody to help carrying stuffs from Walmart, cooking, and playing fifa.