ChickaPowWhat?

It's been awhile, but I recently came across a new selling idea that's worth noting down for reference:

Yesterday I saw a link on Facebook to an interesting gadget auction site and lo-behold I came into my first 'penny auction' site, ChikaPowWow. The summary of my experience is as follows at the moment:

The mechanics of the bidding is not without risk. Firstly not all deals come with the "Buy Now Auction", BNA, which enables you to least have the option to buy it even if you lose and not waste those serious 'Chickas' which cost RM1.50 each.

Hence in ChickaPowWow, deals without the 'Buy Now Auction' will have the risk of losing all of the Chickas you've put in as bids if you don't win in the end. In summary you might end up paying for another persons' item instead of winning a deal.

In this case, it's sort of like gambling where it's all or nothing!. Let the bidder beware. And if you really want to bid look out for bids that you really want and will be committed to winning it. A short search has come up with similar advice from Ms. Allison Wong on her blog.

Considering the path ahead.

"Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I shall ever come back." Frost, Robert.

Knowing that life as a doctor provides quite a structured pathway I decided to do a Boolean search and was pleasently surprised by this blog. It states down the particular +/- of the working life of your average msian Doc in the past & near future :)

Any wise words or thoughts?

Learning to Draw Ppl Better

Currently contemplating whether to get this set of instruction vids hrmm.

Revision Time

An old heart embroy vid:

Semper Reformanda

http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/semper-reformanda/

Always being reformed by the Word of God. That's how we are always reforming. Not according to our own creativity but by the wisdom of God alone. God that's hard. First we gotta preach faithfully, then we gotta watch out for our own deceitful hearts and the prodings of the devil to take interpretation loosely and love our enemies & neighbours. If I were depending on the strength of men I'd dispair but thanks be to God he shall fulfill his promises according to his own will. Sigh Jesus couldn't come sooner but that's beside the point. We shall contend for the faith as long as God the Father pleases. Man would that be a fearfully awesome day. The real retirement day for the saints on earth.

Anyway here's what we are contending for. God has spoken in Scripture and Scripture alone is the ultimate authority on earth and heaven given to us in the Holy Bible. While human creativity is a great thing for industry and arts, to rely on it as the ultimate yardstick of truth is foolish for the Scripture says in Romans 3:10-11 "None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God." Hence we should always prayerfully seek understanding that can only be given by the Holy Spirit of God as found in the book of Ezekiel 36:27 "And I will put my Soirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules."

Happy Reformation Day 2010 !

What does it mean to be a saint of Christ?

When we say that Jesus Christ is Lord what does that one sentence mean? Come on what Lord are you talking about? All my life I've only read about Lord in the history books and used as some title in history books for some royalty. But this man on the cross who died and rose again as Lord? Why do I even believe this? Am I now living in a protracted state of suspension of belief?

I think not, as sure as God is sovereign and I a justified and sanctified sinner, he is faithful to call those whom he will and have mercy on who he choses and yet harden whomever he wills. This sweet good news of his BIGness and man's smallness is a great fragrance to my soul, though I still doubt I understand it's entirety, I am assured of that he is the planner of everything and when Jesus Christ comes again he will know all his saints. Romans 9:16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. Oh if only I could grasp Romans 9 more.

Sigh with that said I'm looking forward to this year's Thinking Theologically Conference 2010 , definately a must go for all who know their calling under Christ or are unsure of what that means biblically. It's rare that we get these ROCK SOLID & MIND NURTURING conferences in Malaysia at such an affordable price that it's almost a crime not to promote it better! Here's my late attempt to promote it anyways haha!

It's where I found out that I was an arminian/ pelagian and introduced to that sweet TULIP. Not that I grasp it completely but thanks be to God he shall teach, reproof, correct and train us all who are chosen in Christ.

Anyway here's the list of electives WOHOO!

http://www.gospelgrowth.com.my/biblical-literacy/ttc

Topics and Electives

A. Historical positions on the doctrine

1. The Inerrancy vs Infallibility Debate
2. Roman Catholicism and Scripture from the Reformation on
3. Sola Scriptura - what the Reformation was founded on
4. Scripture and Canon - The History of the Councils and scripture in the Reformation argument
5. Barth and the Word of God

B. Contemporary culture and thought affecting the doctrine

1. Culture and Scriptural interpretation - A case study on homosexuality (and women's ordination)
2. A question of authority - Liberals and the attack on Scripture
3. Charismatics and Scripture from the Radical Reformers on
4. The use of the Bible for/in politics - from Wilberforce to South Africa to Malaysia
5. Postmodernism and the Word of God

C. Christian living and practical theological thinking

1. The Bible and English Translations
2. Exegetical Fallacies workshop
3. Muslims and Scripture
4. Doctrine of Scripture in the Great Creeds and the role of this doctrine in the proper functioning of a church
5. Scripture and Evangelism - the use of Scripture in preaching and evangelism – do’s and don’ts'
6. The authority of Scripture in Song
7. Scripture and preaching and church

Hope you can join us brethren.

CVS Physio Vid

Determinants of Cardiac Output from Anderson Video on Vimeo.

It's old but gold. Helps bring to life and explain the heart as a pump concepts.