The Tie That Binds

A Little Joy ...

2009-11-11T09:35:00.002+08:00

Talk about a face that could melt the polar ice caps. Ladies and Gents, presenting my nephew (:P) Master Jack Bauer. Isn't he the cutest little button on the face of the planet?

Missing Puzzle

2009-10-31T22:37:00.001+08:00

*This is the exact same post as in my blog*

About a week back, I was asked to share my personal testimony during Campus Action Ministry. At first it did not seem like any trouble, after all I have been a faithful Christian; this should come naturally. I was wrong. Here a few things I realized:

1. I had to really think hard into the history of my life to reconcile recall this moment

2. I have never really actually shared this testimony before

3. It is a great way 2^nd Generation Christians to re-connect with their own Salvation encounter

4. Fellow peers will be able to relate more to your sharing compared to someone else of another age

This is how the testimony turned out:

The meaning of my name means God’s grace upon my life. Long before I accepted Christ, I was already a church goer, a regular one in fact. At that age, I never knew that salvation was personal and not by association. I don’t remember every single detail but I remember going to the altar before at least once for a salvation call, but without knowing what I was doing. What I meant about my name was that ever since young, God had already watched over me closely, despite me never acknowledging Him yet.

With Mom being a faithful church goer and also serving, I always assumed that salvation was a “package”. I think it was not till my first ISCA camp when this time, I consciously accepted the Lord as my personal savior. Of course I was not certain of every detail but certain enough to know that this was what I wanted, and I’ve yet to look back ever since.

Before each of us was born, God had already seen the start and end of our life. He knows you and me better than we’ll ever know ourselves.

The bible in Jeremiah says: “ Before we were formed in our mother’s womb, God already knew who we are” (Incomplete verse)

God because He loved ALL, He has destined for us a bright and wonderful future.

Whilst it is said that God has destined us for great things, when things do not turn out right, it is largely our own choices, and God does not force us to follow His way and will not.

I remember during that camp, the same day I had that encounter, what I had was a “burning bush” episode, my phone working perfectly fine, rang during the altar call but there was no sound, and it was not on silent mode. Shell shocked, I responded to that call to reconfirm my Salvation.

In Romans 10:10 it says “that when one in his/her heart believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth of confession comes Salvation”. Amen!

Of course, I did not pick up the phone and heard God speak through the phone. But what I’m trying to say is that when God wants your attention, He will alert you in the most bizarre possible way. It’s nice to know that someone so great will care to give attention to anyone and everyone.

And I leave you with this thought from 2 Corinthians 6:2, for He says:” In an opportune time I have heard you. And in the day of Salvation I have helped you. Behold now is the right time, behold now is the day of Salvation.”

Similarly, you can experience God’s undivided attention and love. All you have to do is say YES. You are no more than a step away, decision, and a choice away. God is a gentleman, He does not force and will not force.

----------------------------------------End of Testimony-------------------------------------

I know some of you will be thinking, let me get this area of my life right, and then I will come to God. I’m waiting for (a loved one’s name) to get saved then I’ll get to know the Lord.

Remember, Salvation is personal not by association. It is your personal conviction and not someone else’s. Jesus died on the cross for ALL, not for some.

Salvation call is like a bus, and you’re at the bus stop. If you don’t board the bus now, how long are you going to wait till the next bus comes? What if something happens to you and you miss it again? Think about it.

Ooo ... Caught on Camera!

2009-07-11T19:10:00.006+08:00

Me getting a little too high on the Mississippi River a few years ago with some friends! I erm, drove the boat too a little later! :) Fun, fun times! Ha ha!

A tattoo that I'd like to get - or rather one that has those kinds of strokes, but of a Samurai chick! :)

Fun Shisha Night times yo! :)

Now get to updating something you guys!!! ;)
xoxo, Ken.

Cowzen Power Gathering 2

2009-01-28T04:53:00.002+08:00

Benjamin's GETTING MARRIED !!!

One more angpau to collect soon. Muahahaha ...

This was the best gathering ever. We really got to talk. Thanks Ken for initiating it. Also thanks to both Ken & Ben for the meal.

Filler Post

2009-01-23T19:43:00.003+08:00

Since everyone here has been on a hiatus, I thought I'd post a couple of photos of Ah Mah that I found recently. :)

Enjoy cousins!

Ah Mah trying to look like a bandit
in Dream World, Brisbane.

Ah Mah with The Chons. :)

Ah Mah and Kenneth at Lim Klan HQ.

Girly night in Hong Kong.

We all miss you Ah Mah.

Turning 60

2008-10-05T15:03:00.006+08:00

Last Wednesday, on Oct 1st the entire Lim Klan gathered at the Lim Klan HQ to throw a surprise birthday party for the Chief of Lim Klan. The outcome was a great success!!

The Chief was surprised. :)

*pats backs of those involved*

The Chief took a second or two before he
realised what was going on

As you can see, it finally dawn on him

That the Lim Klan was there to
celebrate his 60 years of life.

Tagging along was the supporting actress
Ashley Lim.

Who seemed to think it was the
Kongsi Raya festive season.

Till Michelle decided to pimp
Air Asia.

in case you were wondering, I did tweak colours and what not to the photos. Consistency lari a bit though. hee

Caught on Act

2008-10-02T01:03:00.003+08:00

Ewww .... PP scratcher ... Please lah MsRedd ... Don't be so obscene ...

Blast from the past ...

2008-09-24T12:27:00.000+08:00

I was rummaging a treasure trove of memories ... and I don't remember this trip that the WHOLE LimKlan made to Zoo Negara ... does anyone remember this?

Got it ...

2008-09-10T12:06:00.002+08:00

Well, I finally plonked down the moolah for my year-end escapade to the Land of Cows, Flat Lands and Prairies and Tornadoes. :) Funnily enough, when I inquired, the first travel agent quoted me RM6,971.00 and when I happened to be at another travel agent with my financial controller ... I inquired and they quoted me RM5,631.00.

o.O

I know, right? What a savings! So I plonked the moolah down, or rather my Financial Controller did and I will pay her back when the $$$ comes into my account next week. ;) But ... I am so looking forward to Christmas in Vegas baby!!!!

Oh yea ... Carol Schmarol ... your tattoo rocks babe! and where's my CD of the photos I took with your camera in Malacca la? :P You gave Serene only the ones Julian took. :(

My New Ink!!

2008-09-10T09:58:00.000+08:00

It rocks man!!!
:)

Tats ...

2008-08-28T09:45:00.003+08:00

So Carol got inked recently ... mana photo la.

Jerry's getting inked this weekend.

I wanna get this inked into my forearms ...

M.I.A

2008-08-12T23:52:00.002+08:00

Hello cousins...yeah it's been awfully quiet here. I myself have been guilty of not pop-ing by often enough..been busy.

Heard the news about Carol migrating...

Hope everyone is doing alright =)

Hey ...

2008-08-12T14:27:00.004+08:00

Hey Carol ...

Yeah, I'd be one of those who is guilty of not updating here ...

Well, firstly ... i think the picture below says it.

I'm gonna miss you girl. Although we don't (in my opinion, at least) have THAT many things in common, we're still family and I will still miss your presence when you're in THAT (I'm so jealous right now) place. :) Now it just gives me more incentive to come and visit! :) So ... when you're in THAT place and you start working for a charitable organization that fills all the other spaces in your heart ... just remember us too ok, in your happiness that is. :) ha ha ...

Ken.

2008-08-12T09:58:00.003+08:00

Hello cousins...

Everyone has been awfully quiet in here I see. Most, too busy with either their personal blogs, or simply just too busy (points to self). Nevertheless...

Since there's not been much activity in here, I have decided to post a big announcement. Something to make the silent ones stop being silent, I hope.

So, the news is that I'm 90% confirmed packing my bags and leaving this country for another. Some of you may already know, but I think some of you have no clue at all. So yea, I'm almost confirmed leaving for another place, better in my opinion. :)

Looking to move over early next year...

The Making Of...

2008-06-30T19:40:00.003+08:00

Jerry and Serene's Pre-Wedding photos.

somewhere in the alley

somewhere on the road

on some kampung path

meet Ken, our make-shift tripod!

and Julian, the photographer/co-art director

Happy Birthday ...

2008-06-19T08:21:00.002+08:00

Ah Mah ... you would've been 81 today. I still think you're the prettiest grandma around.

o.O

I miss you. You always made my birthday a big deal. And I always returned the favor. :)

o.O

I still miss you. I unconsciously feel your wings on my arm when I do.

o.O

How's Heaven?

Overdue

2008-06-04T11:47:00.001+08:00

EDIT!: Just to update the posts

2008-05-30T16:28:00.007+08:00

So anyways, since there are not much updates, just think main main update this lah. Yesterday was my mother's birthday so we went to Pulau Carey to sightsee their supposedly famous wooden carving mask and seafood and we found was 15 km of this,

with palm oil trees littered left and right. Potong stim betul. At the end of the road at least we got a sight of the sea

There was a restaurant nearby but unfortunately we were a bit late and they were closing. :(

EDIT: since people said that should make the sky slightly darker, dengan penuh berdrama, here it is

Just a shot of my parents at the small little beach

- Jonathan

An Ode ...

2008-05-15T09:19:00.003+08:00

Dearest Ashley,
May you always have faith in humankind,
I hope that true love continually reverberates through your heart and soul.
May you always be pure,
and never be jaded by your circumstance.
May you always know happiness and peace,
and never experience loneliness.
May you learn to say no,
When you have to and never feel an iota of guilt because of it.
May you always smile your smile of joy,
and bring happiness to all whom you touch.
May you have strength of character,
and always stand up for your principles and rights.
Love you always,
Yee Kor.

mother's day ...

2008-05-13T10:55:00.002+08:00

... well, for kelly, as mentioned, it was her first time, and i guess she was pretty taken in with all the hoolabaloo and of course the surprise tea party, which was ONCE again spoiled by none other than Ennis who actually called her up etc. not the first time that woman has done that. :P

for my mom in US, called her and wished her like 3 times, :D and told her i would get her something end year when i'm there.

miss my mama and all the good times we had when we were in the same country.

wishing all mama's a happy mama's day.

Hari Ibu

2008-05-13T10:19:00.003+08:00

Mother's Day wasn't a great day for my mom, she was sick and barely had much voice left. In fact, she still is sick. Anyway, what I did was invited her over to Julian's cause there is where I am during weekends. I invited her over for lunch and told she would have a home cooked meal. I also invited my sister and her boyfriend over.

Woke up a tad bit early (considerably so for a Sunday) to get groceries for lunch, whilst Julian cleaned up the house. In the end, Julian cooked and cleaned up 70% of the dishes. Hehe. So thanks to my boyfriend who made MY mother's day a good one for MY mother. *nyek nyek nyek*

Other than that, I didn't anything too special or out of the ordinary or get gifts for her, because I see and spend time pretty often with my mom these days, that makes Mother's Days look not as big a deal as before. I also sent out text to the Lim Klan aunties wishing and thanking them.

Yea, that was how my Mother's Day was.

first time ...

2008-05-12T16:10:00.003+08:00

... it was Kelly's first official Mother's Day.

Mother's Day

2008-05-09T15:47:00.003+08:00

As we all know, this blog is for bonding between the cousins. So, I was hoping maybe the lot of you would be so kind to share with us what everyone did for Mother's Day.

Pictures or Words, it doesn't matter. As long as you share lah!

here's the Mother of all Mothers
with some of the cousins

and then the mothers with THE Mother

Most of you probably won't remember what you wrote when Ah Mah passed on. Thankfully for the three monkeys who compiled and did the slide show, we get to revisit the words that Ah Mah's Grandchildren penned down.

Jerry :

"ma jolie grandmama, I swear I won’t run away when I go to school anymore, no matter what comes up you’ve been this pillar of strength and love. Something we’ll all never forget. Merci! "

Ken :

"The one grandmother (of all the 5 grandmothers that I have) that I’m closest to.
We would always come and stay with her in Bangsar during every school holiday and
that was the most fun in the whole year. Every morning, she would either gently
smack us to wake us up or gently tap us with her foot so that we would accompany
her on her morning exercise and breakfast routine.

One of my fave memories of her is when all the cousins were around and we didn’t
feel like going for tuition, she joked and said “If you don’t say anything … and I don’t
say anything … who’s going to find out?”

The other memory is when I really didn’t want to go home, she called my Mom and
said “I really, really want him to stay one more week. Please, please can he?” My
Mom relented and said … “Ok.”. I love my Ah Mah … and I’ll miss her. I’m happy that
she’s gone to claim her wings from God."

Ben :

"Ama as I fondly call her, is a greeeaaaat woman. She has taken care of me since I was a small fart. I can still recall going to kindergarten (villamaria) and going for morning walks then breakfast with her in her favourite coffee shop in Lucky Garden.She would always ‘belanja’ me wanton mee ;> . I also would have special memories of her chatting and talking to her ever-cheerful spirit. I would miss her truly and deeply as she has been a wonderful person/companion and grandma to me. "

Carol :

"The story of an old lady with a tail who ate children. No, not Ama but a story I remember most from her. She’d feed me at the doorstep during the rain, at this very house when she told me this story. I can still smell her oil-y, freckled skin in my head, I can still remember walking up the hill with her along Jln. Ara in the early mornings. A woman of great substance is what she is. Going through the hardships in her life has made her what she had become – a beautiful person.

Farewell to my dearly beloved, the memories of your smiles and time spent with you will be with me till I take my last breath"

Jon :

"I remember how we always stay in Bangsar during the holidays and then she always wakes us up by kicking us up. Then she would take those who managed to wake up walking all over Bangsar and how all the old uncles and aunties would always wish “Chou San Ah Ying Che!” I remember how she complains that me and my brother kicks her in out sleep when we sleep. I miss her."

Michelle :

"Ah Mah, my favourite grandmother in the whole entire world. I will never forget her … I love you Ah Mah."

Angela :

"I remember when we were still kids, we used to come to Bangsar every school holidays, and Ah Mah will warmly welcome us, as she likes the noise we make whilst we are here. But now it is quiet here. To lose her is a lost, but I truly hope that she would gain now when God reaches out to her."

Adryenne :

"Ahmah, my favourite granny."

Kevin :

"This happen a little to quick…..way quick. The best moment as far as could remember is when the cousins and myself all stay over here in bangsar during the school holidays. She would get up way earlier than us……and go get us breakfast…….and when we got up everything was laid on the table(what a life!)…..well sadly, all these a just memories to remember as now she is with the Lord."

Cheryl :

"I remember when I was really young, all of us cousins would go to bangsar for a stay during the holidays, we would always have an enjoyable time there, it would be a blast… she’s also my favourite grandmother too…..Ah Mah is the greatest grandmother I ever had…..i love her deeply…even though she’s not with us now….but I will always love her with all my heart….she will remain in my heart…she has a place in my heart that nobody can replace. "

Here's wishing our deeply missed Grandmother a Happy Mother's Day, for wherever she maybe looking upon at us.

Kowzen Gathering

2008-05-07T14:14:00.002+08:00

Dear Kowzens -

We are having a KOWZEN-ONLY gathering at my place on the 17th of May, 2008 starting from 6:00pm onwards. Dinner will be provided - liquor you bawa sendiri. :) I'm not able to sponsor that LOL ...

Details to follow in an email -

Love,
Ken.

The youngest, the poser

2008-04-29T23:00:00.002+08:00

To pose cute that is, with the tongue factor ...

Not so old ones

2008-04-29T21:30:00.002+08:00

wow, a photo of me with long hair...in a dress!
check out Kevin's smile and Cheryl's hair...

unafraid to show their teeth!!!

Old Pictures

2008-04-28T10:09:00.001+08:00

Talking about old pictures and ah mah. Scanned one from the old library that my mother is keeping.

Let's all be environmentally friendly

2008-04-24T09:20:00.002+08:00

...

please ...

pretty please ...

help me find these ...

Double celebration yada yada yada ...

2008-04-23T11:45:00.003+08:00

... you have been cordially invited to the birthday of Ashley Lim Ai Ping (YAY! :) ) and the *yawn* house re-warming @ SS 1 ... believe all have received invites via email ...

in case you don't check your mail - here it is ... click for larger image please.

I'm not the only one...

2008-04-22T21:54:00.004+08:00

Since everyone is calling me a POSER! I decided to show that I'm NOT the only ONE! LOL

For the fun of it and since everyone is going picture crazy, here are some unedited shots of a future rockstar! *again*...

Tips for POSER maximum shots:
1. Spread legs with guitar in hand.
2. Put on a rather serious with attention face.
3. Strike a POSE!

Hahahaha there you go! Julian... love ya long time! Hahahahaha

Shiny Happy Peopurrrr

2008-04-21T23:57:00.005+08:00

Land of the Free ...

2008-04-21T10:18:00.003+08:00

... Yes, Carol, I will tell you as well as the other 3G's that I am indeed starting the application process for my 'kad hijau' for America in 2 - 3 years. Based on the checks with the immigration lawyers recently, it could take between 1 - 3 years before it is granted for Malaysian applications ... so ... I won't be leaving YET la. Don't worry. Plus I need to save up moolah (or in Ben's case - Benjamins) to take care of my home here, money to bring there, money to pay the lawyers etc ... so it's a long process.

I just want to say that I love each and every one of you cousins and I am not gone yet OK .... so we can always chill and hang out ok? ;)

and a couple more...

2008-04-20T08:40:00.005+08:00

obviously this was Michelle's birthday.
I don't know where are the rest of the cousins.
remember the two "other" kids?
Ah Mah's neighbours...

look what 7 years has done to us.
i think Ken and I are the ones that has least changed
in terms of appearance, cept' my hair now is shorter.
Check out Michelle, Mun Yee, Sue Yee, Kevin & Cheryl!!

check out our too cool for school Ah Mah!

oh and in case anyone of your forgotten, this was taken in Penang!

The Young Uns ...

2008-04-19T07:57:00.002+08:00

Hey, do you guys have OLD photos of yourselves?

I was thinking of starting a collection LOL ...

Here's me and Jerry - I was obviously NOT thrilled about hearing something. Ha ha

Rock Star!

2008-04-18T20:23:00.000+08:00

Testing blogspot and watch your cousin be a ROCKSTAR!

Perthmas 2007

2008-04-18T15:40:00.000+08:00

Our Dearly Beloved

2008-04-18T13:19:00.001+08:00

with her ever so infamous "senget smile"