SIC Altar Servers' Commission 2012

First of all, I would like to thanks God for giving me the opportunity to use my talent to help the Church to capture the special moment in the life of her parishioners.
I know I have lots to learn on photography either on camera function, camera setting, lighting, my eyes to see what to capture, photography techniques, photography as an art etc but that won't stop me from shooting anything or anybody that worth capturing on my camera.

Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2012 with Rosli's family

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI

As our previous year, Agnes and i will visit our beloved brother and his family at Greenville, Kota Kemuning to celebrate the feast of Aidilfitri. This time they are celebrating at his father-in-law's house.

The Smurfs Roadshow at 1Utama



Watch Out!! The Smurfs are in Town in Bahasa Malaysia

In conjuction with the upcoming show of The Smurf in Bahasa Malaysia which will be on Astro starting August 19th, HBO has organised The Smurfs Roadshow at One Utama, Petaling Jaya.

MATTA Fair September 2012 is back

Dearest friends,
I would like to share with you a great news from our friend at http://mattafair.org.my. Actually I am waiting for this event in order to get more information or good travel deal for our next year 2013's vacation.

Hope to see you there on one of these date.

Updates from MATTA Organising Committee

5 September 2012

Dear ARI,  

 Kindly be informed that the LRT - PWTC and KTM - Putra stations are now connected directly with Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) through the elevated link bridge.

You need not walk on the roads; instead make use of the elevated bridge to avoid the crossing the  traffic.

For the MATTA Credit Card holders, you will continue to enjoy the two (02) complimentary entrance tickets and meal vouchers with free entry to the MATTA Credit Card Lounge (located at HALL 1M). 

Visit to Hall 1M is a must as the main stage for performances and many other attractions await you there! Please also visit the various National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) that will be at the Fair... from Brunei, Egypt, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia Japan, Korea, Macau, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, New Zealand, Turkey...and also Iran, who will be exhibiting for the first time at MATTA Fair. 

Check out the latest MATTA Fair web site www.mattafair.org.my  and Facebook (MATTA Fair KL) for more info. 

See you at MATTA Fair SEPT 2012 from 7 – 9 September, 2012 at PWTC. 

Thank you. 

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

MATTA FAIR SEPT 2012





Batik Painting Workshop at 1Utama



Batik Painting

In conjuction with the upcoming Hari Raya Puasa which end the Muslim fasting month, Krangkraf had organised a Batik Painting Workshop at One Utama Shopping Centre. It's a showcase of colors and a test of participants' talent with color mixing and steady hands.  Malaysian Batik mostly originated from East Coast of the Peninsula Malaysia namely Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang but now it's normal to see batik wear by local and tourist.

John of the Cross - The man



Rays of Hope - Likeliness

As the time is approaching for the starting of the Course on Saint of John of the Cross at St. Ignatius Church, quotes keep on coming to my email. According to the sender Tee Boon Wah,  bwtee@talisman-energy.com  this is the last quote before we head for the class this coming Saturday.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY 
John of the Cross became as it were an altar of pain where he offered himself as an holocaust of love.  John had one yearning in life and that is to love, to love beyond all measure.  He was convinced that this could be done only when we are courageous enough to brave pain and suffering.  

John was insistent that genuine love was patient and kind and endures everything.  He knew that it was the Lord who was guiding him through the path of pain, sufferings and misunderstandings to the peak of love.  He would therefore bless God and praise His Name and call this night of pain, “a sheer grace”, “a secret ladder”, “a guiding night”, “a night more lovely than dawn”, and “a night that unites the Lover with the beloved transforming the beloved in her Lover”.  

It was during the period of intense suffering in the prison that he wrote those beautiful poems which won him the title “Patron of Spanish Poets” in 1952.

During this period of ordeal sometimes it looked as if God had forsaken him and therefore he cried out:   "    Where have You hidden,  Beloved, and left me moaning?"

 But in fact God did not abandon him.  By means of these crosses, the Divine Guide was leading him to a newness of life in perfect love beyond all sense experience and rational understanding.  If John sought the loving God, the loving God sought him all the more and did not leave him till he was fully transformed into a new man. 

Extracted from “Transforming Flame”Author:  Gregory D’Souza OCD