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Life-story: Caroline Lai ( Saturday, 18 August 2007 )PDF打印电子邮件
(Written by Caroline Lai on June 2007. Thanks for Chong Siew Fong who has helped to edit this life-story thoroughly.)

Hi, my name is Caroline Lai. I was raised in a middle class family. I have one elder brother and a pair of twin sisters and I am the second child in the family. Before my father's retirement, he worked at the Ministry of Health as an officer where he conducted courses and gave special talks. My mother worked as an Account ...
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Safer Internet Experience ( Monday, 4 February 2008 )PDF打印电子邮件

One of the wonders of the technical world is the internet. It is a usefull place to learn, explore and find something we need. I use the internet to find out about health, shopping bargains, maps, cliparts and even to book movie tickets.

Through the internet information of any kind imagine can be shared. However this wonderful and powerful tool is also a place of abuse.Things that are illegal, morally corrupting and violent, can also be out there. We and our children are expose to everything out in the internet.

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Steve Ngai ( Monday, 19 February 2007 )PDF打印电子邮件
ImageHello, friends! My name is Steve Ngai. I would like to share a little of how God has changed my life after I made the decision to be Christian, which is 8 years ago.

I got to know about Christianity during my secondary school time. My classmates tried to influence me about Christianity, but I never appreciate it. In fact, I made fun of them.
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Life-story: Caroline Lai PDF 打印 电子邮件
作者 Steve Ngai   
2007/08/18, Saturday
(Written by Caroline Lai on June 2007. Thanks for Chong Siew Fong who has helped to edit this life-story thoroughly.)

Hi, my name is Caroline Lai. I was raised in a middle class family. I have one elder brother and a pair of twin sisters and I am the second child in the family. Before my father's retirement, he worked at the Ministry of Health as an officer where he conducted courses and gave special talks. My mother worked as an Account clerk at Malaysia Airline System (MAS). I had many opportunities to travel overseas ever since I was a child as travelling then was free of charge for me due to my mother's work. During my overseas trips, I was able to experience the different cultures of the world. I also enjoyed myself with visits to many historical places of which we took many pictures. My relatives and my friends felt that I was very fortunate to have my parents who brought us around the world. But the truth was that my parents were just too busy with their work and didn't spend much time with us. All those joys I had during all the vacations were just temporary joys.

My mother has been a Catholic since she was born. My father became a Catholic some years ago. Even though they are Catholics, they never teach my siblings and I about Jesus. I knew Jesus through one of my friends. Knowing Jesus has saved my life because I was planning to commit suicide at that time (Form 2). I remembered asking God many times, "Why am I here in this world? Am I here to suffer?". But God has been very faithful to me till today. He has opened my eyes to see that there are people who have greater sufferings than I do. He has helped me to realize that I am not the only one who has problems.

29 July 2007 was my 6th year as a Christian. The years really passed by so fast like a blink of an eye. In these six years, there were both bitter moments and sweet memories. I am thankful that I still remember how God has helped me pull through those difficult times. He put different Christians in my life to help me spiritually. I could still clearly remember how I struggle to follow the correct way to Jesus when Fui Boon studied the Bible with me because I was so scared to make the wrong move. And I did make it through very smoothly for the rest of the studies and I confessed openly all my sins without fear in 29 July 2001 which was the day I became a Christian.

I still have many struggles. There was once in 2002 when I broke down and felt really hopeless and worthless. I started my medical treatment for "Severe Depression" in 2003. That was when I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Taking the medications was not an easy task for me. Each day, even up to now, I will feel nauseous - I feel the urge to vomit (like a pregnant woman. While pregnant women were pregnant with babies, I'm pregnant with "wind". I joke to myself and to date, I still find it funny). I suffer from dizziness, headache and at times I am unable to sleep. I have cold feet and perspiring hands at times. My psychiatrist said that it is because of my anxieties. But I think that it is due to the side effect of drugs and anxiety. I have been been taking medication for four years and have been changing drugs from one to another. It always takes me a while to get used to each type of drug. Unfortunately, I suffer from more and more side-effects. I hope to stop taking them and I want to be free from all these drugs.

Whenever my Christian friends notice that there is something wrong with me, they will ask about me, give me much encouragement and even pray with me. Never in my life have I felt so close and connected with people. I can share my deepest hurts, disappointments and any feeling to them without fearing rejection. They are willing to be there for me; to listen to me and to give me advice and guidance even though I am rude to them at times.

Now I am learning to love myself (even pamper myself sometimes) and the people around me. I use my talent of making cards to encourage people. I even learned to have positive thinking. This is all thanks to Sarine Tan, one of my Christian friends, in this church. Hopefully, she can be a good psychologist in future. My thanks also go out to all my leaders, friends and my group in church. They fill up my life and turn my life into a meaningful and worthwhile one. In the past, my life was full of self-pity and negativity. My life is so different now.

With Love,
Caroline
 
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