MAMA MIA!

MAMA MIA! the Movie. Nowadays we seldom go to cinema to watch movies, however, this MAMA MIA movie is in town, so last night (28/10/08) we went to Star Cineplex to watch the movie, actually we had watched a LIVE PERFORMANCE in Melbourne 3 years ago on our 25th Wedding Anniversary (a gift from our children)... After we watched the movie, we both agree that the live show is much better than the movie, anyway we enjoyed lots of ABBA songs...One funny thing about the Star Cineplex is the pricing of the tickets - Male audience pays RM2 more than Female audience :) Adult-M $8, Adult-F $6.

Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast as an independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island. Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the daughter she's raised alone. On a quest to find her father to walk her down the aisle, Sophie brings back three men from Donna's past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Based on the smash hit musical seen by over 30 million people worldwide with a gross to date of US$2 billion. It is set to songs by popular '70s group ABBA.

17 and 5 Months Pregnant

Bristol Palin is 17 and she is 5 months pregnant, unmarried!

No, she is not carrying her own baby in the above photo, she is carrying her younger brother! But soon she will be carrying her own baby in her arms. A mother at the tender age of 17... over here in Malaysia, she should be studying Form 5 and sitting for SPM exams in 2 months' time!
What has become of our society nowadays? What is our moral value?... Sex is not a verb, it is a noun... and Love is a Decision, a life long Decision... When we get married, we are given a gift, it is called Making Love, it is a sacred act meant for husband and wife only.


From NBC's Mark Murray

Reuters: "The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin's five children with her husband, Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, McCain aides said. 'We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,' the Palins' statement said. 'Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support,' the Palins said."

Temptation and Sin

Teenagers nowadays face a lot of pressures from peer and environment. Is being tempted to dance "hot dance" a sin or not? Some hot dance can be really hot and can lead to serious sin...

Temptation alone is not sin, knowing the temptation is bad and overcoming the temptation is definitely not sin, it could even bring merits as we cling to the good side.

Jesus himself was tempted many times while walking on earth 2000 years ago. Surely Jesus did not sin just being tempted. (actually Jesus as human being is as capable to sinning as anyone of us.)

Judas was tempted, for 30 pieces of coins he betrayed Jesus, he fell for the temptation, sin is for sure... whether he repented is another academic question.

Peter was tempted and denied Jesus 3 times to save his own skin, sin of course, but he confessed to Jesus (after Jesus rose from the death) and was forgiven.

Sin is a deliberate act against God.

Temptation alone is not sin.

But if we let temptations lead us into action that is contrary to Church's teaching and displeases God, sin is for sure.

Cindy, I hope you understand.

Uncle Michael

Serve the Rich and Help the Poor

My friend Jacob is clever!
He says to make money we must serve the rich, and help the poor!
If we help the rich to make 10 millions, rightfully we should benefit by earning 1 million, or so.
While at the same time we should help the poor to become rich, so that when they are rich, we can serve them too.
I tend to agree with him!

Olympic Badminton Silver Medal

Lee Chong Wei was not in his best form last night (17/8/08) at the man's singles final at the Olympic Beijing 2008, Lin Dan was too strong for him 21-12, 21-8, Malayisa has to settle for the Silver Medal - in any event, this is a proud moment for Malaysia, after 52 years, finally we have a medal...
This is a historic moment for Malaysia.

And the Virus came

Yesterday (5/8/08) was not a good day for my Nokia N70 mobile phone, it was struck dead by some Virus sent through blue-tooth... I should have been thinking correctly, but then, I was not thinking correctly, and my phone was dead! Sorry will be out of contact for a few days.

PICASA WEB ALBUMS

Finally, i managed to upload some photos onto Picasa Web Albums.
Youth Gathering photos and other photos are there.
Actually this Picasa is kinda like a magic, it reveals all the photos in your computer, some of them you have long forgotten and some you never knew they were there!
Happy discovering