weekend

the first weekend after the exams.
quite an eventful weekend.
fun.
but i'm rather worn out.
still, admist the tiredness.
there's that joy.
and i'm thankful. :)


went shopping with christabel and junjie on friday morning.
and got this dress from zara.
but because the dress itself was meant to be rather short.
and given my height.
i end up wearing it as a dress top.
haha.
my first apparel from zara!
haha.
it's a happy colour.
and i wore it to 2 happy events over the weekend!


attended brother leonard's wedding on saturday afternoon.
hehe.
finally. we waited for one year for this day.
hehe.
so happy for them. really sweet.
hehe.
marriage is beautiful when God is the one in control.
congratulations to the newly weds!


at night. went to chiewlin's 21st birthday party.
hehe.
quite a large group of people.
dont know all of them well.
so the 5 of us were kind of anti-social.
haha. only mixed among ourselves.
got to enjoy good food and good company!
hehe.
happy birthday chiew chiew.
haha.
already pass liao.
but still. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
adult le wor.
hehe.


sunday was yet another long day.
hehe.
went to junjie's 21st birthday celebration.
she had to put hers on a later date since her birthday clashed with the exams period.
haha.
so we end up celebrating a belated birthday.
still.
someone stole the limelight.
haha.
her little cousin harry.
the star of the night.
at least among that group of us.
he was.
haha.
cute little boy who was so stunned by marshall's silly 'magic' tricks.
haha.


though it was junjie's birthday.
our cell group happily just snapped pictures together.
we just love our cell leader so much!
haha.


happy birthday girl!
hehe.
this is a late birthday wish via the blog.
hehe.
the harvesterites took photos with the birthday girl and the cute cupcakes!
hehe.

on a side note.


i woke up today.
with my phone showing me a blank screen.
and for the entire day. the mini screen in front doesnt display right.
to see the text the correct way. i have to turn it upside down and hold it in front of the mirror and read off the reflection.
haha.
stupid.
i think my phone is dying.
bleh.

sent the mission trippers off early in the morning.
was super tired having slept only 3 hours.
came back home to sleep for about 45 minutes before getting ready to go back to school for photoshoot.
which was an ultra silly thing.
haha.
had lunch with the girls.
and got back to hall.
worked on some wsc stuff.
and finally totally out of the room. out of the hall.


marks the end of my stay in hall.
was the first day i actually opened the mailbox. haha.
but it wasn't that flooded with mails.
so yea! i'm officially out of the hostelite name list.
hehe.

ok. done with updating.
shall go and sleep.
i'm real tired.
bleh.

moving on

changed my blogskin.
this is a rather cool anime.
watched only part of an ep on channel 56.
hehe.
seems interesting.
have yet to have the chance to catch it.
i think i need to catch a breather more than going after all this for now.

starting to declutter my life.
and move on.

i'm thankful.
really thank God.
it surely wasn't easy.
but at least things are settled.
i know for sure that it's a tough decision.
a choice that was really difficult.
yet i'm glad.
for the opportunity to really sit down and settle things.
it's no wonder that porter says the middle-of-the-road strategy is a sure failure.
it definitely wasn't wise being neither here nor there.
making a stand. especially choosing to obey God and do what is right.
feels good.
no doubt it's a hard choice. no doubt there's that bit of struggling.
but at least there's that peace knowing that i'm on the right track.
what has happened is not what is crucial.
but where God is leading me is what i need to fix my eyes on.
ears for one. eyes for one. just to focus on Him alone.
laying aside the useless, the wasteful, the meaningless and the unimportant that clutters my life.
learning to give thanks. with a grateful heart. :)

on a lighter note.
hehe.
got to meet up with ps finally. hehe.
sorry girl. it's been so so so long.
one big big thing i need to learn now is to be a good friend.
learning to give time. learning to give a listening ear.
and i'm truly glad even for that few hours of catching up.

girl. whatever the problems you are facing, be it at work or wat.
i may not have the solution or the advice to give to you.
i may not clearly know all that is going on and put myself in your shoes totally.
but whenever you need a listening ear.
feel free to find me ok?
i may not be one that loves talking on the phone.
but i'm more than glad to just listen. :)


a photo with ps.
we were zi pai-ing quite a bit at man jia le where we just sat down and chill.


just look at all the wacky shots we took with our food.
haha.
thanks for all the fun girl. ^.^
looking forward to catching up with you soon!

and also.
went back in the middle of the night to move things back from hall to home.
thank God for hanfeng.
who just obligingly said yes when i requested for help.
so now my hall is really empty.
it only has the cable and the mailbox key which i'll have to return to the hall office on monday.
now. really out of hall for good.
hehe. gonna really miss the convenience.
gonna really miss the fun with the girls.
but no more of the zi-bi feeling when i'm alone in my single room.
no more of the cleaning up my dirty dusty single room.
no more of such crazy moving (until i move house).
no more of doing laundry at 1,2 am (i still remember the first time linda and i did laundry).
7th may.
i'm gonna be out of that place.
it's been quite a set of memory.

end

finally.
finished with the last paper.
yipee!
shall let you all take a glance at one of the examination halls in ntu.
hehe.
well. now is the time for a short holidays before i start my attachment.
and waiting for the results.
hehe. hope i do well. ^.^


spent some time at hall packing up the room.
gonna have to move back all the stuff that is there.
threw away my cute tissue box collection cos there's just so much to bring back! :(
only managed to carry a few things back.
and my shoulders and arms are aching already.
hmmm. shall really have to enlist some help before the deadline to return the key.
sigh.
quite a chore.

boo.
more things to focus on. shall have to get out of that laziness and complacency.
and get down to work.
blehh.

coming close

the final paper is approaching.
in 2 days time.
hehe.
shall have to work hard and just finish off this final lap for this semester.

have been rather slack.
though i havent been updating.


celebrated sis' bday on friday.
our family had a dinner together at coffee club holland v.
the food was rather good.
hehe.
not to mention the mudpie.
i'm so glad that the cough is more or less gone.
so i can actually indulge in stuff i like.
hehe.


took some photos with sis and mum.
and a family photo. :)
hehe.

happy birthday sis.
although this sounds late.
i was too lazy too blog on the actual day.
i owe you a present! eeks.
sorry sis.

happy birthday to teeseng too.
hehe.
the buddy who has the same birthday as my sis.
surely cannot forget.
funny fellow who insisted on giving me a treat when we can find time to catch up.
though my intention is to celebrate his bday (belated, that is).
well. i'll need to find time to prepare a gift somehow.
hehe.

i'm incurring 'presents givable' as liabilities.
haha.
high time to do shopping!

a week of blessings.
God is good!
hehe. :)
i've been blessed in many ways despite what is going on.

need the discipline to persevere and just give my best for the last paper.
been feeling as if i am too complacent.
some responsibilities at hand that i feel the pressure with the impending deadline.
but at the same time there are people there to encourage me to stay strong.
there are people offering their help.
some things that i need the resolve to settle.
i know clearly what is right to do.
yet at the same time i know it's not easy and it's going to be rather painful.
not wanting to stay in the middle.
yet torn in making a stand.
so really need the strength to be firm in making that deliberate choice.

seems as if it's going to turn rather stormy.
but i'm anticipating the sunshine after the storm.
surely God is faithful to see me through it all.
i know i'll be better. :)

Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary

pure and holy

tried and true

with thanksgiving, i'll be a living

sanctuary

for You

1 more to go

finally down with 3 papers.

well.
according to sarah and edison.
there's some positive correlation between the stress level of examinations and the frequency of blogging.
i guess it's some form of stress relief.
and one way of just taking time off all the mugging.

i just completed my third paper for this semester today.
there's one more to go.
gonna have to persevere and just complete this lap.
need the discipline to get started with preparations for the final paper.

and soon i'll have to unpack from hall.
and move whatever there is back to home.
surely.
a few things that i'm so gonna miss.


my room.
during this study period.
whenever i'm just so bored.
i'll just stare out of the window.
sometimes get lost in my thoughts for a while.
before getting back to the books.
gonna miss this place.
it's quiet. rather conducive for studying.
and i do make it a point to make my table as neat as possible.
so that i feel more motivated to study.
the one thing i'm so going to make sure.
i need a neat study table at the new house.
haha.

and of course i'm going to miss my cl2.
the 2 of them are my best companion at hall.
without them i'll really get very very very very very bored at hall.
haha.
there's always fun with them around.
all the laughter as we go down to do laundry.
making quite a fair bit of noise at the lift lobby.
the 1 am, 2 am syndrome etc.
we sure have quite a fair bit of own jokes.
haha.
i'm so going to miss the slumber parties.
so gonna miss doing laundry with the girls.
so gonna miss all the silly entics.
so gonna miss the two of them!

one thing i'm definitely not going to miss.
moving out.
haha.
going to be quite a task.
still planning how to get it done more efficiently.
i'm trying to clear as much as i can on my own.
carried quite a fair bit back today.
so much so that i was quite worn out.
hehe. i'm quite lazy when it comes to packing.

anyway.
i'm glad for just a simple time tonight.
looking forward to spending more of such time.
just quietly sitting down and listening.
i need guidance in many areas.
and surely i need much help dealing with what i dont have the strength to deal with on my own.
i never realised certain things that i remember so vividly.
back in my mind i've always thought i've long gotten used to it.
yet i realised i can still remember it just as if it happened the day before.
God help me.
i really need to learn to deal with all these rather than running away.
i've ran away for too long.
with the different things coming along the way.
each time running away doesnt help.
i need to learn to face it with His strength.
i'm glad.

When my spirit grows faint within me, it is You who know my way.

...

"You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

- Psalm 142:3,5

well. something to look forward to.


i wanna watch spiderman 3.
hehe.
the movie highlight for this coming summer!
true enough.
one's biggest enemy can be the self.
who's on about watching it with me?

direct proportion

blogging frequency increases with increased stress.
i wonder if there's this positive correlation.
hehe.

a few things i just want to take a break and blog about.


exam wishes from linda and chiewlin to just brighten up this period of mugging.
:)
very cute stuff that i got.
but too bad i can't eat them now.
cos i'm in a rather bad shape.
bleh.


more things to be thankful for.
mum called immediately after sis told her i wasn't feeling well last night.
really thankful for such a caring mum. despite the fact that she always gets home late from work.
despite being tired. she still cares. :)
thankful for my wonderful sisters too.
sis came down to school today.
bringing me the herbal tea.
so that at least if i don't see a doctor.
my condition won't get that bad.
and she brought my watch down for me too!
so i don't have to worry about being blocked by a pillar and cant see the clock during exams.
thanks to ying too who dropped me an sms.
asking me to take care of myself.
and sending exam well-wishes too.
i'm loved. ^^


had dinner with the cell group at jp banquet tonight.
the hotplate chicken with crispy noodle i ate was fantastic.
but i think cos i wasn't feeling well.
every time after i eat.
i feel sick.
sigh.
i'm contemplating whether to see a doctor tmr morning before my paper or just spend the time studying.
bleh.

the thing about marketing

Some would say that if you are looking for a job that you want, "what you know is important and whom you know helps". An astute marketing-oriented person may even go beyond that. His view is probably that, "whilst whom you know is helpful, who knows you and for what you are, is even more critical."

Required:
Applying marketing principles that you have learnt, how would you, in today's business environment, market yourself for a job that you like. You may assume any job.

i chanced upon this question when i was practising past year papers.
the stunning marketing question.
market yourself on the spot during exams!
haha.
how crazy is that.
i don't think i can do this.
gosh.
please dont have such things appearing on friday.

back in hall already for this week.
but i forgot to bring back quite a handful of things.
didn't bring my notebook and devtional materials.
didn't bring my watch (when i need it for exams).
didn't bring my children church stuff when i'll probably have to head straight off to pm on friday after the paper.
but there's always online materials that i can refer to. the Spirit shall lead.
also. can probably borrow a watch from linda.
and i reprinted the stuff i need.
hehe.

ok. shall cut the crap.
and go back to mugging.