I Realized I'm Wrong

-I'm having a funny life.

-My housemate told me that I'm weird.

-I got a different view though.

-After I use this method, I feel it weird too. Haha.

-I'm going to get a normal-er table.

-This concept cost me RM32.80 for the table and "chair".

-However, I think, in life, we should try different ways to do things. Dare to do it, with calculated risks.

A Hero that I've Lost to

I want to share a person with you people. He is one of my respected person in my life.

He is an entrepreneur in Ipoh. He owns a company. His office is shop-lot type. He is producing video, as a platform to advertise other company.

He interviewed me when I asked for a position of video editor. As requested, I had to edit a motion picture exactly the same with their production in 24 hours.

He has a team. He leads the team. He motivates the team. In the meeting, he praises his team. He said in the meeting: "Let me introduce this guy (me), he is an expert in video editing, later he will show his work to us."

Did you know he haven't see my work yet? He said I'm an expert. However, I feel great, because he has expectation, to me(his team member). I believe you will feel the same, not mentioning it sarcastically.

I finished only about 45-seconds video, which is did not complete the 3 minutes video. He said that it was my laptop's problem, where it cannot support the editing. The real reason was my weak skill in editing. He made me feel that I was trusted in the job. I feel bad too, to disappoint him.

He said that the production (video) was not made by him, he asked me how I did it. After some discussions, I knew that he made the video, where he knows everything. After all, I feel that his knowledge is more than me, definitely. Yet, he still ask me "How to do it?" This made me think that he want to learn from me, the skills that I have, where in reality I don't have. This show how humble he was.

I'm impressed that:
1. He leads and motivates his team very well.
2. He accepts team member's mistakes.
3. He is very positive, in thinking and speech.
4. He is humble and willing to learn from younger people.
5. He has a very strong presentation skill, as well as communication skill.

In the end, to cut the story short, he was fooling me (he said it), asking me to do a video. He was actually want to see my skill (he didn't say it out). He wanted to hire promoter (I knew before I go to the interview).

Though I felt like a donkey, fooled by him. I did the video overnight, really put effort to do it. As a result, it was a just a game. However, I found it meaningful. I might look like a fool, but I have learned more than a fool.

The video really require skills and time -my eyes opened. The attitude that he has, is CEO's -I'm grateful that I met him. He is going to be success, I know it, because he has a very different attitude that I have already mentioned -successful person's attitude.

I have to mention that he is a PhD holder (EE, ME, Computer Sc, Physics, Math). He showed me his resume and his thesis. You ask yourself, where got employer show his qualification to the interviewee one. First time. LOL.

Before I leave, I asked him a question "Why do you join this field (video production)?" He replied "The forecast tells it. This business will grow. Opportunity is the key. When the time is right, do the right business." He told me also that he did years of research before he began the business.

Woow. I must take his advice. You too.

I hardly tell everything in detail here, you gonna experience it!

Win or Lose?

On tuesday, I went to Tesco Ipoh, to survey price for house furnitures. I want to buy table, chair, wardrobe and etc.

I was surprised, when I was in car park, I was about to leave Tesco. I was in the car, and my car door was opened. A guy came from behind. He was wearing formal, but not in a so-tidy way, he gave me a card.

Let me put his name as Ah Wong (not his real name), then you can get a clearer picture of the incident. After that, he said, "Have you apply Tesco Card?"

Conversation started (translated from Cantonese):
Ah Wong: Have you apply Tesco Card?

Me: Yeah, apply jor lo.

Ah Wong: (showing a card) This is a Tesco's lucky draw game. Open it up, and see what it is in inside.

(I opened it up)

Ah Wong: Wa, you got this? You need to go to our office to redeem prize lerh!

Me: Ok, what do I get? Need to pay or not one?

Ah Wong: No need pay one larh. You get one these loh, nehh. We go to the office, and I will check for you.

(The card showed 3 prizes -coffee maker, foot massager, and 1 more I can't remember)

(So, I went to his office. It's on second floor, with a not-so-good-quality name board before the staircase)

Me: What company are you from?

Ah Wong: X company. It's an advertising company.

(We went upstair. He gave me a file, with some newspaper cut-out)

Ah Wong: We give you the prize, but you need to take picture with me ah, to get published in newspaper. Can mou? Will you get malu (embarrassed)?

Me: Need to pay?

Ah Wong: No need. We give you the prize, and of course lah, you have to pay tax yourself lah. You understand mou? You go buy thing also need to give tax, correct? That tax is for government one. OK?

(Ah Wong gave me a piece of document, with some prize list and a signature required at the bottom. The prize list are: Toyota corolla, Dell Inspiron, cash RM10,000, cash RM 6,000 and etc)

Me: What is the RM4,999 for? (It's written on the document, I need to pay that amount)

Ah Wong: We will see what you will get by scanning (the silver coated circle on) the card. So you want to pay by credit card or cash? You pay the RM4,999 to us and we pay it to government. Easy for you marh! In case you did't get a price from the list, we will still give you RM10,000 as the document says. You just need to give me RM4,999. In this case, you also earn marh?

Me: Okay... I'm not very sure about this. (Ask again) What company are you from?

Ah Wong: It's a marketing company larh.

Me: Nahh... It's not that I don't trust you, but do you have some paper certification about this?

Ah Wong: Nehh ... those picture we took and the newspaper.

Me: Can I call Tesco to certify this?

Ah Wong: Oh, you don't trust me jek?

Me: I got to go. Thank you.

Note: If you're Ah Wong above, or from the same company, reading this. I'm just reporting the incident. So sorry ya.


I'm posting this, not to tell you, there is got such case in Ipoh or not, but the question is, what would you do? =)

I'm Home

A home -a place where people live togather.
A hideout where they have problems outside.
A place for family to talk.
A shelter to rest.

A house - a place for me to sleep.
A house was where I find problems.
A house was for me not to talk.
A house was for me to keep away.

Sabah is my best place to live.
As long as I'm outside the house, I'm home.
The further from house, I feel more at home.
God, where are you? What am I lacking?

The B factor

A fresh graduate engineer, can get a job with minimum RM2,000 monthly salary. It can go up to over RM10,000 per month, after years of experience. A fresh graduate who studied mass communication, get a job with monthly salary RM1,800 is not surprised. After years, one can get about RM3,000 ++.

This issue had been bugging me before this, to make decision for taking mass communication. This is the one which holds me from going further. I was thinking about my future, my car, my house, my sound systems. Ahha. Now, I have made my mind, because of this -bible.

• Ecclesiastes 5:10 says, "Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. ..."

Since our God holds our future, why do I need to worry about my salary? I shall work, work hard. Work not for the pay, not for the salary, not for the bosses, but work to earn treasures in heaven.

• Matthew 6:19-20 says, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."

I'm a boy, having not many strength. Yet, I have a little interest in film field. I really don't know what I can do, especially for now, because I have nothing great. I would like to give my little offering for God. As God is my strength, God is my hope, God is my future, God is my everything. Then, Jesus will do the rest.

• John 6:9 says, "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, ..."

Jesus took the five small barley loaves and two small fish, gave thanks, and fed the hungry five thousands. It's all not about me, but how Jesus can perform miracle. I want Jesus to do that for me too. You can do the same, because God loves everyone on earth whom He created, and blesses those who believe in Him.

• Luke 19:12-19 mentioned a parable, "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Put this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.' But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.' He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it. The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.' 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.' His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.' "

Although I have not many mina, but I don't want to keep it in my pocket. I want to be like the first and second servant in the parable. I want to multiply it, for God's glory.

About me

Hi, I'm John. People call me John Lim, also Yong Kim. Whatever will do. "John Lim" & "Yong Kim" sound almost the same, aren't they? ahha.

Sometime I feel "I feel I got plenty of time". Ahha. Going round and round. Now, perhaps I'm walking the path that I should walk. I know that God is god, perfect and beautiful, nothing can be better than His plan. Everything happened for a reason, there was no mistake.

How can I assure that, there was no mistake? I'm now taking FTV (Digital Film & Television) course, some people like to call it Mass Communication. Before that, I studied physics, science stream in form 6. Then I went to Sabah to attend mechanical engineering class. That was not very relevant to my situation now.

You ask "Do you know what are you doing now?" I say yes I do. But I cant explain everything to you right now. I cant put my mind into words to people at the moment.

Why do I take up mass communication? I know myself weak in language, no matter in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Hokkien or Malay. I know myself having problem to communicate with people. I'm having hard time to express myself. Waa, then why I choose this course?

I'm not a very bright student. Since I was small, I get average result in exams. Even my piano practical exam also fairly passed every time. 150 marks is full marks, 100 marks is passing mark, I got 101, 104, 103. Ahha. I passed UPSR, PRM, SPM, STPM, and I had chance to pursue engineering course. My future is flying high.

If I endure 3 more years in Sabah, with my fairly passed result, I can become an engineer, getting high high pay. Nope, that's not what I think. It's because, my (our) future is in God's hand. In scripture, Jeremiah 29:11 written: "... For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ..." God has a plan for me(us).

About this blog

Welcome.

I hope a new blog can bring a new hope and messages to people. All my life, may it be glorify God alone.

As I'm moving to a different stage, I create a new blog name -DiF View, which means different view.

Things happen around us. Each person is unique, as well as opinions(point of view). I found myself have a very different way of looking at things (perspective). I want to share it with you people here.

One thing that you want to know, which is love, how great can it be?