Expert vs Competence

An expert is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their peers or the public in a specific well-distinguished domain.

An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study. Experts are called in for advice on their respective subject, but they do not always agree on the particulars of a field of study. Experts have a prolonged or intense experience through practice and education in a particular field. In specific fields, the definition of expert is well established by consensus and therefore it is not necessary for an individual to have a professional or academic qualification for them to be accepted as an expert.

Competence (or competency) is the ability of an individual to perform a job properly. Competency is sometimes thought of as being shown in action in a situation and context that might be different the next time a person has to act. In emergencies, competent people may react to a situation following behaviours’ they have previously found to succeed. To be competent a person would need to be able to interpret the situation in the context and to have a repertoire of possible actions to take and have trained in the possible actions in the repertoire, if this is relevant. Regardless of training, competency would grow through experience and the extent of an individual to learn and adapt.

Khotbah 11/03/2012

Ini adalah petikan daripada Khotbah yang saya belajar di gereja pada hari ini.

-        Syaitan lebih takut kepada Tuhan berbanding manusia.

-        Kristian zaman sekarang harus kembali kepada alkitab.

-        Sejauh mana kita takut kepada Tuhan? Adakah kita telah terlalu ‘friendly’ kepada Tuhan Yesus sehingga kita menjadi semakin tidak sopan terhadap Dia? Jika manusia tidak takut kepada Tuhan lebih daripada syaitan, maka manusia tidak akan mampu mengalahkan (menghancurkan serangan) syaitan. Dengan itu, kehidupan kita juga tidak menakutkan syaitan.

-        Kita seharusnya lebih baik daripada hari kelmarin.

-        Ada suara yang memberi kemenangan daripada Allah. Siapa yang mendengar pasti akan diberikan kekuatan.

-        Dalam Yohanes 3:16 Karena begitu besar kasih Allah akan dunia ini, sehingga Ia telah mengaruniakan Anak-Nya yang tunggal, supaya setiap orang yang percaya kepada-Nya tidak binasa, melainkan beroleh hidup yang kekal.

Ø  Allah mengundang kita semua jenis manusia (selain daripada orang baik - penagih, pembunuh, pembohong, pencemburu, penghutang, kaki perempuan, pelacur, perosak, pemukul dan lain-lain) untuk percaya kepada-Nya dan diselamatkan ke dalam kerajaan Allah. Tuhan mengasihi kita semua tetapi TIDAK kepada dosa.

o   Dia tidak melihat rupa, kekayaan atau semua yang terbaik dapat kita lihat dalam dunia, tetapi Dia melihat bahawa kita memerlukan kasih. Yang membuat Tuhan tertarik kepada kita sehingga Dia memberikan AnakNya yang Tunggal ialah ketidak berdayaan kita.

Roma 1:16-17

16 Sebab aku mempunyai keyakinan yang kokoh dalam Injil, kerana Injil adalah kekuatan Allah yang percaya, pertama-tama orang Yahudi, tetapi juga orang Yunani.

17 Sebab di dalamnya nyata kebenaran Allah, yang bertolak dari iman dan memimpin kepada iman, seperti ada tertulis: “Orang benar akan hidup oleh iman.”

Ø  Kalimat ini boleh digunakan untuk menginjil.

Ø  Tuhan Yesus datang ke dunia untuk menyelamatkan kita orang berdosa.

Roma 3:23 Karena semua orang telah berbuat dosa dan telah kehilangan kemuliaan Allah

- Kira-kira agama yang dibangun orang yang berdosa suci atau tidak? Tidak mungkin! Hanya di dalam Kristus sahaja aku dapat melakukan segala sesuatu.

- Kita harus kembali kepada pengertian/persandaran bahawa kita akan dapat melakukan segala sesuatu dengan menyerahkan hidup kita dan mengakui bahawa; 

1. Tuhan berkuasa atas kita
2. Tuhan memakai kita

>> Dan memberi ruang kepada Allah untuk mengerjakan prinsip-Nya ke atas kita

1. Allah yang mengerjakan
2. Allah memakai manusia (Allah mengerjakan pekerjaan-Nya melalui manusia)   

·        Manusia kelompok 1 :

-        1 Yohanes 4:20 Jikalau seorang berkata : “Aku mengasihi Allah,” dan ia membenci saudaranya, maka ia adalah pendusta, karena barangsiapa tidak mengasihi saudaranya yang dilihatnya, tidak mungkin mengasihi Allah, yang tidak dilihatnya.

-        Kebencian adalah dosa yang sentiasa ada dalam segala hal mahupun dalam pelayanan.

Manusia kelompok 2 :

-        1 Yohanes 3:9  Setiap orang yang lahir dari Allah, tidak berbuat dosa lagi; sebab benih ilahi tetap ada di dalam dia dan ia tidak dapat berbuat dosa, karena lahir dari Allah.

-        Siapa yang mengerjakan kebenaran dalam hidup kita? Roh Kudus.

-   Semakin banyak berdoa maka semakin rendah hati kita kerana Roh Kudus sedang memimpin kita. 

Semoga diberkati. =)

My Choice, You Choose

So, at this very moment, I decided that my blog sub-title to be officially changed.

"My Choice, You Choose"

What my previous sub-title means :

'Almost everything I blog is rest upon my own opinion, experience and what I like to post.'

So, what does my new sub means?

'I blog everything I wanted, and I give you free tickets for reading it.'

Haha! It does not make any sense!..naahh..I just changed it. Feel like the old sub is too old for me. 

You know me, I don't like things that can be changed but left out without improvisation.

(What??)

Take it this way if you could not understand what I'm saying here;

I like to update things, I like to change things - Just the way I like it! Hahaha!! <- Good Laugh

So, I hope you like my new banner and background here!

God Bless, and Have A Nice Day!! =)

**Got to play music at the church this coming morning and here I am, I CAN'T SLEEP!**
Btw, that's my headphone and yes, that's me on the background. hihihi =)

The Upside-Down House of Borneo

The Upside-Down House Of Borneo

So, maybe you have been there but here I am, making a little talk about The Upside-Down House of Borneo. 

What's make it so special that many people wanted to go there? It is upside-down and it is the first in Borneo! 

Yeah, for now, the rate are still in promotion rate where the house is actually not inaugurated yet. Anyway, if you got a student card, you can get more discount! (Which I don't know how much..sorry for that.) Here I give a brief about the upside-down house :

Location: Kg. Telibong, Tamparuli. Not far away from SMK Tamparuli
Officially opened: 1st February 2012
Visiting hours: 8.00am - 8.00pm daily

Entrance fees: 

Adults - RM10 (MyKad holders), RM18 (non-MyKad holders)

Children - RM5

Babies - FOC (2 yrs old/ below)

It is a small house - 140sq. metre - equipped with kitchen, dining room, living room, bathroom, bedrooms with its interior decorated with many unique features of Sabah. Except for a bubu (a traditional fishing trap) everything is placed upside down. 

After registration, we are given a ticket and have to queue up before entering the house. Only one group of ten is allowed to enter at a time.

 The ticket.

 That's my dad waiting in line.

A tour guide will take us into the house but before that,

one must hit the traditional gong.

< that's my dad pose beside the traditional gong. He actually hit it before posing.

The traditional gong is a Sabah traditional musical instrument which we always see played in a wedding ceremony of Kadazandusun culture.

Soon after the gong was hit, the tour guide will then give a brief about the house front view - a beautiful view of the Mount Kinabalu (Sorry because I did not snap a picture of that..huhu)

We continue our journey.

However, we are all mentioned by the tour guide that we can't take picture in the house. When asked why, she said (Yes, the tour guide is a girl), "We don't want to lose the excitement of the upside-down house interior through the internet or any media, that's why." then she added, "If one is caught taking picture or motion picture, the management is authorized to take down any photo or video".

That's me before entering the house. >

We are told to knock on the door before entering, like we always do before entering someone's house...

not to mention that we usually use SMS to enter our friend's house, if you know what I mean. LOL

Well, another person knock the door for our group. 

And the journey continue as we get inside. The tour guide give us lecture about what's what in the house - which I will never told you here LOL -. It was fun though.

There are cafe and souvenir shop at the 'backyard'. I didn't take pictures of it, it is a surprise for those who haven't visit here yet. =).

Well well..looks who's upside-down here..

This is the 'Upside-down House Owner Perodua Kancil' parked beside the house (a few feet from the house, to be a bit accurate..hehe).

So, that's it..I hope you enjoyed reading and get information you wanted. =)

Jamm Along

For the past two days (yesterday and today), I have been jamming along with Jack Thammarat and it was fun.

Well, not in person actually but I have downloaded his music videos and I played along with him. Hehehe

Here are the instrumental I've been trying to cover (bass only lah..hee).

1st is 'On The Way' (The first song in this video)

2nd is 'Falling In Love Again'

3rd and I'm still struggling is 'Tokyo Trip'

There are still a lot of his instrumental video and I am looking forward to cover the bass part after I had covered the 3rd song up there..it's quite hard for me though..well, I'm still newbie that's why! hahaha..ok de..

Just Jamm

Yesterday (28th February 2012) I went to my friend's house and we jamm! haha..It's not really a jamming session actually, just my friend testing his GT-10 on his laptop to record some guitar. Well, it was fun!..hehehe..

So, here he is, doing some Orianthi's guitar shreds/tapping/lead from the song titled "According to you".

But hey, I then decided to try some tapping from the True Worshipper Interlude - Bersorak Sorai..

Just having fun with guitar.. =) Have A Nice Day!!

The Perfect Time To Clean Your Bass!

Hallo!

Yes, I will tell you when is the perfect time to clean you bass guitar, or guitar or whatever stringed-instrument do you have.

The perfect time is = When you're changing your strings of course.

Together with this post, I want to show a little tips on how to clean your instrument. In my case, my bass..hehehe

Well firstly, take out all the strings.

Then prepare you cleaning aid.

Haha! I know these are LCD screen spray and a hand sanitizer! 

Anyhow, these are what I use to clean my bass.

Have been using it a while now, it doesn't leave a bad effect on my bass body though.

This cloth is no ordinary cloth. It is a fiber and usually used to clean car body. 

This cloth is the best wiper I had because it doesn't leave a scratch on my bass body.

 For the bridge, I will use a cloth to wipe off dirt

 Then use a cotton buds to clean the unreachable by cloth.
Another method is to take off the saddle (the parts where the string rests & can be tuned to lower or raise the string), but this sure takes a lot of time and patience. Hehe..

After cleaning the bridge, I spray the body and put a little bit of the sanitizer and wipe through the body using the fiber cloth.

I also apply the same technique above for the fretboard.

But after wiping, I use cotton buds to clean any 'sweat dirt' on the frets.

Sometime for a long time playing and no cleaning, a moss.. NO KIDDING!! It happens to me; well a long time ago..hehehehe
     eh I haven't finish my words yet, (sorry), a moss will 'evolve'..hm hm hm

I also don't forget the headstock and tuning heads and the nut. =)

Look at how shiny my bass body after cleaning..feeling new..aha!

 After all the cleaning procedures, here goes the new string installment.

To install the 1st & 5th (or 1st and 6th on guitar or 4th for 4strings bass or so on....), don't place the strings beyond the nuts groove natural force..how to explain ah? I'll draw a guide for you;

To put it up, just place the string like the drawn arrows.

This will keep the nuts in natural force to keep the string in place.

Because when you install the string like this, the nuts will not last more than.....I would say, 2~3 years.

Trust me because I've been in the scenario before -where the nuts break because the string tension force it outside.

That's all. Happy Day.. =)