B for..

BEACH!! :)

Was looking through some old photos and i thought i'd make this post a dedication to the one place that kept coming back into the pictures. the one place that has always been there. the one place for me that has the ability to transport you somewhere else - ladies and gentlemen; i give you the shorelines of the South China Sea :)

Living in Miri, you'll grow up next to it. and 'she' is one amazing place to be in. For the typical Mirian; there would be some fond distant memories of her especially in the growing up years.

The beach here is not pretty per say and i'm quite sure there are many other shorelines that would put her to shame in the beauty department. She is plain but we call her home.

hanging out with the bro and ma. the beach was a haven even back then.

i had fond memory of this seaside playground.

choose a spot, lay down and read.

Skimboarding

during the Skimboarding phase :) which was all worth-it

yes..this can be the life

beach football

i'm quite sure football wasn't suppose to be played this way but it makes up into a good photo

a beach walk

nothing like swimming in the ocean. and for this particular day. we swam til the sun set and night came. ah..sweet i say!

the worship team day out for a shoot

this was shot facing the sea and was a beautiful day out!

uhuh.. ecstatic

In conclusion; this is a part of home and i thank God it became a part of who i am.

Mirian, born and bred. beach people.

the local

really?

“But the more mainstream Christians, the bigger portion... in my experience talking to them, they give me the impression that they are more concerned with the afterworld than they are of what is happening today,” said Professor Jayum Anak Jawan.

"I tell them sometimes... what are you people telling your congregation? If the state government is ignoring people in the rural areas, you have no access to basic amenities, what are you telling them?

“Exercise your rights and make demands as it is your right but the standard reply is... we are concerned with the afterworld and we respect the separation of state and religion,” he said.

Excerpt of an article source from here

I find this very interesting. Can we really take that stand?

I know I've been taught that there is no such thing as a perfect system on this side of eternity and that we are living in a fallen world. But to know that somehow your involvement in this earthly matters or shall we say stately matter; matters because it is effecting so many lives and to say that we're only concern of the afterworld gives an air of apathy. And apathy somehow does not sit well with me.

It does not sit well with me when people are prolonged in their trouble whilst you might just hold the key to helping them but you didn't.

It does not sit well with me when we are so concern of a person's spiritual health and especially where they are going after they die but do not show the same tenacity on making their lives better while we are still alive and kicking.

It does not sit well with me when we are already placed in a position of choice and we didn't choose just because it's merely earthly system with little or no hint of spirituality it seemed.