Monday, August 01, 2005

More, Lord!

Hello, fellow friends and netizens.
I got my Project title 2 weeks ago, and I wanna thank the Lord for answering my prayers that it be something about fungus, not genetics.(refer to previous,previous,previous post)
Testimony time:(jeng,jeng,jeng)
This year,new faculty name(used to be Fakulti sains&Pengajian alam sekitar, now Fakulti Bioteknologi& Sains Biomolekul) new policy.If before we were assigned supervisors,this time we drew out by lots.So, everyone put their hands in the envelope and took out the name of their supervisor.Very nerve wrecking.So I put hand in....and got a genial old man named Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd. Noor Abdul Wahab.Affectionally known to us students as 'Mat Noor Kulat'.Favourite words include 'Lingzhi' and 'Ganoderma extract'.Also very good at making tempeh.
So after a false start with another title,and some struggles that best friend,sister-in-Christ & prayer partner Caroline(who, by divine miracle,drew out the same supervisor) and I went through,my
title got finalised last Monday.Therefore:-

Title:Effects of Fermented Soybean Cake(Tempeh) extract on the growth of Bifidobacteria in soy sauce.

In essence,I'm doing a lot of cooking,since both tempeh and soy sauce has to be made in the lab.Pure Joy.So I spent the last few days de-hulling soya beans.For those of you wondering how this connects to fungus,both soy sauce and tempeh are basically foods fermented into being by the fungi Rhizopus sp. and Aspergillus respectively.This is a triple miracle, because I not only got my favourite subject(fungi) but it intertwines with my 2nd favourite subject Food Microbiology, and finally, I'm working with Caroline.In a class of 49, what are the chances of ur best friend getting the same supervisor as you?
This is definitely the hand of God.It's a bit too much to just be a coincidence.I don't believe in coincidences.Never will ,especially after what happened over the weekend,and this is the 2nd story.

Testimony 2:
Over last weekend I went up to Genting Highlands with the Tertiary Students Fellowship of FGAKL(church where I'm serving now).It was awesome.Not because of the games(which were fun),not the food, not the speaker,not the cool weather,not even the friends(whom I love), but because of the presence of God.Jesus Christ was there.It was so strong.I saw things I've never seen before.I saw a UPM junior of mine who was usually quite and reserved,who came from an Anglican background,who usually doesn't talk much in CG,I saw her go on her knees and weep in the presence of God.I saw divine boldness come upon her when she went up on stage,took the microphone and prophesied on the camp speaker(Christian Cortes).Yes,you read correctly.I saw people who never danced or even clap during worship start jumping.I saw numbers.In years past,TSF camp never had more than 50 people.This year we had almost 140(or more,can't remember).At the beginning of this semester,as with previous years, UPM group had 30 or less regular church-goers.In Three weeks, Three weeks!, we have grown to almost 60.And will keep on growing.And growing.And Growing.Our current one bus is not enough.Next week we go to church in 2 buses.Amen.People are getting saved in our prayer meetings.Wow.*Exhale*
So,this is what it's like to live in Revival times.
What is the key?one word:Prayer.

O Lord,MORE!MORE!MORE!

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