taking a break

shall just update a little.

had one week of break last week.


to kick off the start of the week.
mum bought yusheng!
a treat.
i love yusheng.
but i dont eat the raw fish.
hmmm.


was out on monday with junjie and eugene to study.
passed this water fountain (?).
and saw two sisters.
think the girl was so amazed that the water squirted so high.
see her hands stretching to tell her sister about it.
the sweet innocence of a child.


had cell group at christine's house on wednesday.
and i think everyone of us that went down that day were blessed.
it was a good time of worship, sharing and prayer.


one of the silly things i saw.
was at the bank with mum while we went to hdb hub to settle the housing thing.
and end up seeing a funny error.
look at the date indicated!
for 2007, there's no 29 feb.
mum and i were there on 1 march.
but apparently sometimes banks can make the silliest error.


thursday was a good time spent with mum.
though the main thing was to go with her to hdb hub to get things settled.
but i get to have lunch with her.
and realised that baked rice at delifrance is rather nice.
can be rather costly though when you are broke.


was back at rjc on friday.
when the a levels results were released.
definitely feels different 2 years back when i was one of those waiting for the results.
this time round.
i was there for a different reason.
but still.
the school did well.
with 11 people scoring 4 a level distinctions, a1 for gp and 3 s papers distinctions.
goodness!


anyway. my job there was to promote my school.
got my 'official' letter being appointed as an ambassador.
sounds very woah but i dont think i've been contributing much.
well.


the whole one week in general.
was a week that i attempted being disciplined during the holidays.
tried to wake up at 8 am everyday.
of course not perfect success.
but it was a good time training myself to follow the schedule that i write for myself each day.
a challenge.
still.
not all things can always be properly planned for.
at least when humans plan.
something can still be left out.
left out my tutorials in my schedule.
so i freaked out on saturday night realising that all my tutorials are forgotten.
left at hall.

this week is a crazy week.
had a test on monday.
had an assignment that i had 19 hours to complete submitted latest by 8 am today.
which i managed to by 3 am then went sleeping.
having a test tomorrow.
after that i shall get to have a breather.
before working crazily on projects.
the semester is drawing closer to the end.
exams are coming soon.
freak.

some things are a little different for now.
and i'm still adjusting.
find myself struggling to cope even though the change has just begun.
still. i'll be ok.

i love this song.

take My hand and walk

i know there are times

your dreams turn to dust

you wonder as you cry

why it has to hurt so much

give Me all your sadness

someday you will know the reason why

with a child-like heart

simply put your hope in Me

take My hand and walk where I lead

keep your eyes on Me alone

don't you say why were the old days better

just because you're scared of the unknown

take My hand and walk

don't live in the past

cause yesterday's gone

wishing memories would last

you're afraid to carry on

you don't know what's comin'

but you know the one who holds tomorrow

I will be your guide

take you through the night

if you keep your eyes on Me

take my hand and walk where I lead

keep your eyes on me alone

don't you say why were the old days better

just because you're scared of the unknown

take my hand and walk where I lead

you will never be alone

faith is to be sure of what you hope for

and the evidence of things unseen

so take my hand and walk

just like a child

holding daddy's hand

don't let go of mine

you know you can't stand

on your own

food galore

i love food.
though i'm picky.
but i enjoy eating.
hehe.
and some food just never fail to fascinate me.


sometimes. some supermarket just sell stuff that are really cool.
but still.
they come at a price.
hershey's milkshake.
looks super cool.
but it's one bottle of milkshake.
think it can get rather disgusting after drinking half of it.
haha.


this is ultra horrible.
not in taste.
i havent tried.
but in terms of value for money.
it's 4.90.
cant really tell from the picture.
but the size of the packet of drink is about the size of a packet of milo drink.
simply cos it's ORGANIC milk.
it costs a bomb.
haha.
horrible.


guest appeared at u4's friendship day yesterday night.
since i was free after class.
the whole group. eight of us.
were grouped into 2 teams.
and we went around raffles city shopping centre, marina square shopping centre, suntec and citylink to play a modified version of shi zhi lu kou.
though i was really tired.
i enjoyed myself.
it was a good time to interact with jane and aaron.
since i dont get to talk to them often, being in a different cell group.
hehe.
the pictures of us eating the stuff we bought.
i look super unglam.
haha.
but well. who cares about that when there's fun!

hehe.
told you i love eating.

anyway.
really sorry if i look sian sian yesterday.
was stoning quite a fair bit too.
probably due to the fact that i'm not exactly used to waking up at 6 am to get to school.
not really my intention to affect others with my sian-ness.
hehe.
:)

chinese new year 2007

the year of the pig.
say goodbye to the dog.
say hi to the pig.
hehe.

here are some updates about cny for me!


cny is a time for new stuff!
loads of decorations at home.
loads of goodies.
new bedsheets!
mum chose a really nice colour.
hehe.
new clothes!
though i did last minute shopping.
hehe.
still i got a decent set of new clothes.


reunion dinner on saturday night was at my grandma's place.
it was really cosy with so many relatives around.
cny - a good time for a get-together!
hehe.
i love the BIG prawns.
tasted fantastic.
hehe.

cny was also a time for photo-taking.
playing around with the younger cousins.
sean's getting cuter and cuter.
hehe.
eunice's getting more and more active.
and she's growing to love taking photos.
hehe.


a family photo!
mum's so happy! :)


a photo with my mum.
and a photo with my godmum.
:) i'm a pampered child!
blessed. ^^


a photo with grandma.
she's getting older.
so somehow she cant recall most of our names.
especially since we have a really big family.
i've got loads of cousins.
hehe.
but she's my nice nice grandma no matter what! :)

a brief summary of days 1 to 3 visitation.
day 1 was spent visting grandma's place after coming back from church.
had fun at children church. hehe.
day 2 was spent visiting godfather's place.
after that went over to marshall's place with the cell group to celebrate his birthday.
day 3 was spent visiting christine's house in the morning.
i'm so happy for christine! :)
after that came home and slept for hours. hehe.
then was time at home.
hehe.


today went out in the morning to sentosa.
though it was no longer a public holiday.
my tutor cancelled the class.
so i've got one more day of holiday.
now the sentosa admission pass is really cool.
it works like an ez-link card.
though it looks more like the old farecard.
hehe.


basically.
with that card.
not only is it an admission ticket.
it also allows you to get in and out of sentosa via the sentosa express.
sentosa express is like a rail from vivocity level 3 to the different points in sentosa.
one station is still under construction.
the other is imbiah lookout.
and the beach station.
hehe. cool right?
i was so fascinated.
can tell that it's been some time since i went sentosa!
hehe.


basically i had wanted to go to sentosa for the sentosa flowers.
hehe.
this year's theme is inspired by nursery rhymes.
not just the familiar ones that we know of.
but also indian rhymes, etc.
hehe.
it is a really pretty sight.
though the weather was rather hot.
in the pictures - humpty dumpty, hickory dickory dock, polly put the kettle on, old woman who lived in a shoe.


there was a splendid showcase of flowers.
really nicely in bloom.
some are really rare sight.
it's a pretty sight that cant really be captured on camera.
really lovely to see so much flowers.
hehe.


more more!
hehe.
lovely flowers.
the orchids are really pretty too!
hehe.


and one of the photos i took there.
hehe.
the balloon thing is an exhibit titled 'pig went up in the air'.
hehe. quite a funny name.
the merlion just right behind.
hehe. nice capture right? ^.^

a nice morning spent at sentosa among the flowers.
hehe.
and of course a new experience taking the sentosa express.
a resounding end to this long weekend!
hehe.

it's back to school tomorrow.
one day of class.
before i get my one-week semester break!
woohoo.

democracy

i am never fond of politics.
honestly.

yet.
it just seems part and parcel of my life.
that i face somewhat appears to be a democracy.
the key thing is. appears to be.

this democracy gives me a choice.
yet. it doesnt exactly entitles me to make the decision i want.
it's saddening.
i'm sick and tired of arguing my way out.
cos there dont seem to be a point in it.

what i totally dont feel like doing.
i'm made to do it.
i was told.
search my conscience.
what is the issue with that anyway.
try making sense when you seriously dont.
to choose to do what i want to.
i'm deemed wrong.

what kind of democracy is this?
i wonder.
is this the way things ought to work?
isnt it supposed to be a fair say thing?
i dont think my choice holds weightage.
probably in the case it was a 3 votes against my 1.
maybe that's how the democracy works.

but in the first place.
is democracy the way things should work out?
politics shouldnt be holding it's place here.
at least i think it shouldnt be.

sigh.

yet another crappy post.
shall post something lighter on cny when i'm done compiling all the pictures.
zhien voted out.

my valentine's day 2007

can't really remember the exact time.
but here's how the day went along.

12.00 midnight - 1.00 am
last minute touch-up to the presents for linda and chiewlin.
then wanted to just go knocking on their room's door to pass the present.
end up linda wasn't in the room.
so i left the gift in the cabinet just outside the room.
end up being a 'surprise' (stealthy ^.^)
then only put chiewlin's one on the table when linda was back in the room.
i guess it probably is a 'surprise' for chiewlin in the morning.
well. unless she's really that sleepy.
hehe.

1.00 am - 2.00 am
realised only that it was SUPER late at around slightly after 1 am.
went trying to look for linda in her room.
but she was not around.
hmmm. hehe. where else can she be?
(cheeky grin)
messaged her to ask her if she still wanna do laundry.
went down to settle it only at 1.30 am.

2.00 am - 3.00 am
waited for the laundry to be done.
went knocking on linda's door when it was about 2.30 am.
i think i interrupted their time together quite a fair bit in this odd hour in the night.
hehe.
after that collected laundry.

3.00 am - 8.00 am
tired me went zzz-ing.
woke up at close to 8 am.

8.00 am - 9.00 am
washed up.
did my devotion.
only left the room slightly before 9.

9.00 am - 11.30 am
met beelian at the bus-stop.
got breakfast at canteen a.
then walked back to hall again with her.
had a wonderful time sharing with her.
managed to identify some issues through our conversation.
definitely areas where i'll need God's strength.
to be bold in speaking up about them.
and to allow Him to use me to be the light.

11.30 am - 12.00 noon
walked with beelian to the bus-stop.
then walked to quad to look for christine.
got some stuff from her.
went down to the wsc room to pick up one stalk of rose.
a v day gift from the president and vice president to the girls in the committee.
haha.
quite awkward though to have to go and collect the roses on our own.
haha.

12.00 noon - 2.00 pm
spent time in the room preparing for the presentation.
had lunch. :)

2.00 pm - 6.00 pm
class.
it was presentation day.
was well-fed with chocolates.
contribution by our tutor.

6.00 pm - 7.30 pm
dinner with the cell group at canteen a.
the guys were hilarious.
the drinks stall auntie was telling us about some free-for-all roses.
when a few of us went buying drinks.
probably what's left from those canvassing sales.
should see the reaction the 3 guys had.
so funny.
and they went to take quite some stalks.
went to the tables where the rest were.
presented the roses to edwin.
stirred up quite a commotion.
the roses were then given to the girls.
haha.

7.30 pm - 10.00 pm
cell group.
worship was amazing!
and it was a good time of sharing.
and the whole secret valentine idea was fun.
haha.
mystery givers.
which everyone randomly claimed to be.
haha.
i got something from binghan.
hehe. thanks bro.
i've got takashimaya shopping voucher!
hehe.

10.00 pm - 11.59 pm
came back to hall.
chiewlin and her friends were having steamboat.
didn't join them in eating.
but i just loithered around.
since i don't quite know how to get started on my proposal.
hehe.

basically.
that's the rough timeline of how my day was.
who said valentine's day is extra special?
hehe.
i had fun in a different way. :)
it's a blessing to have great friends around.
more importantly. it's great to have God as my best valentine ever!

just some pictures before really closing this entry.


present from chiewlin!
hehe.
it was nice lor.
chocolate coated cereal.
with strawberry!
hehe.
what indulgence.


present from linda!
a keychain torch.
hehe.
so cute.
i am still thinking what to use it with though.


my other v day gifts.
green apple. :)
rose from my 2 bosses.
the takashimaya gift voucher!

hehe. i'm pampered.
well. that sums up my 24 hours.

in the mood for love

with valentine's day approaching.
i see msn nicknames such as "who will be my valentine", "i didnt have a new year, nor a bday neither going to have a vday & u want me to help u do ur vday?".
haha. quite interestingly funny.
the one that really caught my attention was this "i am just a girl standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."
it's a line in the movie notting hill.
curious, or rather, kaypoh. haha.
i went to ask the person what's with putting the quote.
and the reply i got was that since valentine's day is approaching, some mushy quote must be put on the msn nick. haha.

and so.
purely out of fun. and boredom.
well not that i've got nothing better to do.
it's just lazy me not really wanting to get my assignment done. hehe.

i went google searching for movie quotes. and here are some of the interesting results.

"if you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud. otherwise the moment just... passes you by..."

- my best friend's wedding

"tell her that you love her. you've got nothing to lose, and you'll always regret it if you don't."

- love actually

"love means never having to say you're sorry."

- love story

"i love you without knowing how, why, or even from where."

- patch adams

"when they ask me what i liked best, i'll tell them it was you."

- city of angels

"let your heart guide you. it whispers so listen carefully."

- the land before time

"how come we don't always know when love begins, but we always know when it ends?"

- l.a. story

"sometimes i wish i had never met you. because then i could go to sleep at night not knowing there was someone like you out there."

- good will hunting

"i love you so much it hurts."

- fools rush in

"i may not be a smart man, but i know what love is."

- forrest gump

"only in the mysterious equations of love can any real logic be found."

- a beautiful mind

and these are what tops the list for being really MUSHY ones.
haha. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

"i will love you my whole life. you and no other."

- braveheart

"i kneel before you not as a prince, but as a man in love."

- ever after: a cinderella story

"take love, multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever... and you still have only a glimpse of how i feel for you."

- meet joe black

and the one that's the longest among those i saw.

"i hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. i hate the way you drive my car. i hate it when you stare. i hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. i hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. i hate it, i hate the way you're always right. i hate it when you lie. i hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. i hate it that you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call. but mostly i hate the way i don't hate you. not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all."

- ten things i hate about you

so concludes my search.
haha.
just a comment.
girls. if you hear anything some what familiar to what you see here.
it's probably an adaptation from a movie. haha.

well. what's your mood for this valentine's day?

why see love in the way most people do?
why view it in the setting prescribed by movies?

try seeing it from the way God sees it.
read it from His Word and see how great His love is.

"love is patient, love is kind. it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

love never fails. but where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. for we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. when i was a child, i talked like a child, i thought like a child, i reasoned like a child. when i became a man, i put childish ways behind me. now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. now i know in part; then i shall know fully, even as i am fully known.

and now these three remain: faith, hope and love. but the greatest of these is love."

- 1 corinthians 13:4-13

i've got the greatest gift of love to spend this valentine's day with.
what about you?

2007 week 6

havent been updating for quite some time.
it was a busy week for me.

started off rather chaotic.
i forgot to take my hall key when i travelled back to hall on sunday.
only realised it when i was on the bus to hall.
thank God that i realised it while i was on the bus.
and since it was a loop service.
i took it all the way back to boon lay terminal.
and thankfully sis was nice to come down to pass me the key at the mrt.
imran even gave me a ride back to hall after that.
:)


and weirdly.
the network cable in hall gave me quite a fair bit of problems this week.
although the network cable is plugged in.
it'll show me a prompt to say that the network cable is unplugged.


spring cleaned the wsc room on monday before the meeting.
and managed to get some freebies.
haha.
it was quite some clearance.
and we packed the whole area near the dustbin.
as can been seen in the picture.
haha.
quite scary.
but at least the room looks way much neater now.

quite a week.
not exactly super smooth flowing.
but still. there're definitely blessings.

still there are things that fascinated me.


i saw a bird flew into one of those gaps.
probably into its nest.
haha.
amazingly a bird can identify which one of this structure to fly into.
there're like at least 8 of such things in ntu!
haha.
hmmm. i wonder how a bird knows where to fly home to.


one of the hall event's publicity.
very interesting.
i kept playing with it each time i take the lift.
hehe. the bus can move along the string.
which is so cute.
hehe.

how silly. sometimes i can be fascinated by the smallest thing.
haha.

some of the sweet things that i've got.


ck gave this to greedy me.
haha. it was something free that came with some chocolates that he bought for the committee from his ia trip to australia.
and well. in a sense i asked for the chocolates.
and it was given to me!
haha.
a very interesting treat! some nice flavours.
hehe.


and got this today from uncle mark.
it was oddly wrapped.
but it was a nice gesture still.
made some effort to gift wrap the stuff himself.
hehe.
and i got a white winter pooh.
with a removable cape.
hehe. so cute. it's white.
and there was also a leaf.
flew all the way from canada.
according to him. the leaf was plucked from one of the trees in his campus.
and it travelled with him from canada to the parts of usa he went before coming back to singapore.
haha.
how cool. i've got a leaf from canada though i've never been there!
i'm blessed with friends who are ready to bless. hehe.

indeed i'm one blessed girl.
yet at times i worry people when i appear unhappy.
sorry if the way i appear to be at times affect those around me.
but i'm really ok. :)
thank you.