blue---the colour of truth

2011-01-16T15:37:00.005+08:00

It's been an incredibly long time once again!

These days, I haven't blogged much because personal issues have gotten me down, and nursing a heartache is a terrible feeling :(

But I know, I've got to pick myself up and move on, because we cannot live our relationships based on the fantasies we have.
I wish this didn't have to hurt so much. But I know I have to move on.

Anyway, updates!
I'd come back from Wisconsin, and my word, it was incredibly cold there! Temperatures could go as low as -20C at one instant, and while there are days that it didn't snow, the winds were incredibly cold and strong, bitter to the extent that if you weren't properly bundled up, you're bound to get frostbite. :/ And I went for Standard Chartered 10km 2010 as well, want to challenge half marathon this year!

After crossing the finish line at Stand Chart :)
Cousins :D

Okay, the rest are up on Facebook! It's troublesome to load up everything onto the blog!

Say Goodbye.. Does saying goodbye have to hurt so much?

2011-01-01T04:53:00.002+08:00

In the years to come
Will you think about these moments that we shared
In the years to come
Are you gonna think it over
And how we lived each day with no regrets
Nothing lasts forever though we want it to
The road ahead holds different dreams for me and you

Sometimes goodbye though it hurts in your heart is the only way for destiny
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts is the only way now for you and me
Though its the hardest thing to say
I'll miss your love in every way
So say goodbye
But don't you cry
Because true love never dies

In a year from now
Maybe there'll be things we'll wish we'd never said
In a year from now
Maybe we'll see each other, standing on the same street corner no regrets
Each and every end is always written in the stars
If only I could stop the world I'd make this last

Sometimes goodbye though it hurts in your heart is the only way for destiny
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts is the only way now for you and me
Though its the hardest thing to say
I'll miss your love in every way
So say goodbye
But don't you cry
Because a true love never dies

And when you need my arms to run into
I'll come for you
Nothing will ever change the way I feel

Sometimes goodbye though it hurts in your heart is the only way for destiny
Sometimes goodbye though it hurts is the only way now for you and me
Though its the hardest thing to say
I'll miss your love in every way
So say goodbye
But don't you cry
Because a true love never dies

It's a White Christmas!

2010-12-26T08:52:00.002+08:00

I'm blogging this from Wisconsin now, and I realized I haven't blogged for a VERY long time!

Finals have come and gone, and results have been relatively okay for now, thankfully.

It's been a very long time since I last blogged, mainly because of many events that have happened recently. And I could say that it's been a total roller coaster this year, in many ways that I could imagine.

Standard Chartered Marathon has come and gone, but I went for the 10km one cos I'm not well-trained enough for the full 42.195km. Hopefully I'll be able to go for 42.195km in a couple of years time!

I'll upload all the photos of everything when I'm back in good ol' sunny Singapore! (: till then!

2010-11-26T00:59:00.002+08:00

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted here for more than 2 weeks! It's really just school life, church and a special person in my life that have been keeping me busy these days.

In the blink of an eye, 1 semester is reaching its end. As of today (technically so cos it's past midnight already), it will be my last psychology lecture. Last day of PHI101 and MUS113 lectures were on Tuesday, and ESL407 on Wednesday. Sometimes when I look back to when I first started school, I thought that the semester would pass by slowly. The next thing I know, 3 months have gone past, and finals are coming in 2 weeks! Goodness.

Where did all the time go?!

On a side note, bidding for timetable for the next semester was a panic-inducing session! It started at 6PM on 11th November, by 530 Beverly and I were camping in front of our laptops in the school portal, waiting to rush in the minute registration opened.
Apparently, we were not alone, because when the registration opened at 6, all the ideal timeslots that we planned with the other girls earlier got a bit screwed, we couldn't get hold of the best timings! :(

So here goes the new timetable for next semester:
Monday: 330-530
Tuesday: 830-10, 12-2, 330-5
Wednesday: 330-530
Thursday: 830-10, 12-2, 330-5
Friday: 330-5

Honestly, it's extremely infuriating that my timetable is as such, cos I prefer the timings to be all done by early afternoon. And the timings for Monday, Wednesday and Friday are just plain zzzz -.- the good thing about this timetable are that I'm in the same classes with the rest of the girls, and for the 3 days, I can sleep in. So that's some consolation at least. :)

Haven't got many photos to post up, cos I'm a bit lazy. Will post again soon! :)

2010-11-06T02:07:00.001+08:00

The sweetest thing that could ever happen, just happened to me a few hours ago.
I didn't see it coming anytime soon, but somehow it just came. :)

And that zoned-out, sleepy feeling is back again. Full force.

2010-11-04T14:47:00.002+08:00

I'm blogging this from school, cos I brought my laptop with me today to edit my work. As of now, it's 40 minutes to my next class, and my break today is 5 and a half hours long. -.-

I really have a love-hate relationship with my long breaks on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The good thing about having long breaks is that you can use the time to study, or if you have no work to do, go out of school for lunch! I could go out for lunch or go to town, come back and still have an hour to spare before my next class.
The bad thing is that it can get very boring, especially when you have nothing to do and your friends either have classes or are not free.

That sleepy bug has come back to haunt me once again and I'm nursing a blocked nose today, no thanks to insufficient sleep lately, burying myself in philosophy and psychology. Sometimes, it really can drive you crazy. My philosophy professor sprung a surprise quiz on upcoming Tuesday for us! Cue the sighs of irritation and frustration. :(

:)

2010-10-28T14:10:00.004+08:00

Sometimes, it's the littlest things in life that puts a big, wide smile on your face. And I have plenty of reasons to smile lately despite the stress and frustrations of the ever increasing load of schoolwork and exams to study for.

Midterms wise, I've done average, which is better than I expected cos I was expecting to screw up philosophy. Praise the Lord!
My grades aren't fantastic, and it's time to work even harder now!
Damn philo, I can't understand why arguments have to be made so complicated. The world is already so complicated as it is already, and that's 1 thing I don't want anymore. I'll be so glad when this semester is over, because there'll be no more philosophy!

I've got so many reasons to smile lately, just 1 text could make me so happy and the smile on my face just widens considerably these days. :D

With Cherie, on 241 after Saturday's service :) we were both on our way to go seperate ways to chill out and attend parties, me to chill out and her attending parties, and we decided to experiment with the various photography applications that I have on my trusty iPhone 4 :) I love Fridays and Saturdays because of cell group, church, chillax sessions, fellowships and many more! :D

multiplication = greater things to come ahead! :)

2010-10-23T00:59:00.002+08:00

W398+N385 have multiplied already! :D

Actually, it was 2 weeks ago, on 8th October that we multiplied, just that I didn't bring my camera and so, the photos are tagged on my Facebook from Peter's profile!

It's a bit funny, and I think it'll take some getting used to not having the secondary school kids around in the cell. Before multiplication, the cell group was really big, 20plus people, so you can imagine the amount of ruckus and camwhoring we guys are capable of, and we have a ton to gossip and laugh about too.

Now, W398 is a bit quieter than it used to be, cos the secondary school kids are in N385 now. Perhaps it's because W398 is the older lot of people, not that I mind! :)

Multiplication is just the beginning of something big to come ahead for us! :)

Whining and inappropriate behaviour, some of the biggest banes of my existence

2010-10-20T20:51:00.004+08:00

I don't get it with girls who whine a lot, especially to their boyfriends. Really!
There was this one time I was at West Mall MacDonald's after school, and I saw this secondary
school girl sitting in front of me, clinging to her boyfriend (whom I think is about her age, if not at least a year older), and whining non-stop about something.

Honestly, it's very childish and distasteful. How he put up with it is way beyond me. If I were him, I'd have put my foot down and told her to shut her trap instantly! It's so irritating to hear people whine non-stop, especially if it's over trivial issues. If it's major stuff like schoolwork stress, I guess it's not that bad, because even I'm guilty of whining when things get stressful. But it's the incessant whining that got to me big time.

I really, really hate it when people whine so much over minor issues. Can't you just put your head down, suck it up and bear with it?! Surely, it can't be that difficult to get into action to make things better for yourself.
It's true indeed, that being proactive is better than being reactive.

Whenever I'm outside and see a girl behaving in such a manner, especially towards her boyfriend, I'd always tell myself that I'd never, ever whine to my future boyfriend. To be really frank, I don't see what's nice about a girl continually whining. It wouldn't kill you to have some backbone and guts, and just be able to stand on your own feet!

Another thing that really gets my goat big time, is seeing people who're so well-dressed, nicely made up and all, behave in an uncouth manner, ie. laughing so loudly in public. We're all bound to have moments when we laugh loudly, especially when something really funny happens. But something that happened recently made me feel annoyed, and I'd never ever do such a thing in public. It's so inappropriate!

Of school days, crazy overeating, laughter and moments in between (:

2010-10-15T00:24:00.003+08:00

Life's been busy for me lately, with schoolwork, church and cell group being the major stuff that keeps me so occupied.
And now, another thing to keep me busy - track and field training!

Yes, I joined the team today, and I'm nursing a cramped calf in the process. :( It suddenly cramped up when I was bending down to lace up my track shoes and I couldn't believe how bad the pain got. It's a wonder I managed to do 3 rounds of a warm up run, fartlek and a 5km run (I ran that cos I'd been a bit out of it, haven't run for 3 weeks and I'm going for Standard Chartered 10km this December ohmygoodness).

Updates wise, this week has been a fun-filled one.
Sze Ying's 20th birthday on Monday, ESL407(C) girls decided to go for xiaolongbao and steamboat buffet at Holland Village Crystal Jade. Needless to say, we all ate way too much and felt so full after that, to the extent that the next day we all actually just ate fruits during break, and subsequently throughout the day I ate very little too.

We ordered 8 baskets worth of xiaolongbaos! And finished them all :)
Part of the food, we ordered much more!

Shake it like a polaroid picture! :D

The rest of the photos are on Facebook, I don't want to upload everything cos it's rather troublesome :)

I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing

2010-10-09T02:50:00.002+08:00

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don't want to close my eyes
I dont want to fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby
And I dont want to miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if its me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we're together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

Don't want to close my eyes
I dont want to fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby
And I dont want to miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I dont want to miss a thing

I dont want to miss one smile
I dont want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don't want to close my eyes
I dont want to fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby
And I dont want to miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I dont want to miss a thing

Don't want to close my eyes
I dont want to fall asleep
I dont want to miss a thing

No longer missing in action!

2010-10-02T01:46:00.001+08:00

I know I've left this page stagnant for more than 2 weeks, my bad!
School life is busy so far and I haven't really felt the inclination to blog daily too. Seriously, who will blog regularly when you're swamped with readings, quizzes, essays, assignments and revision?!
And midterms are coming up really soon too. Cue the big sighs of tiredness and frustration. :(

Anyway, I shall not whine too much, I'm back with updates of what's been happening lately.
Namely, F1! :D My bro entered an art competition that was F1-themed, and he won it. And it won us tickets worth $1288 EACH, for my family that is :D We went on the finals itself though, talk about adrenaline rushes and thrills! :)

With my mum and bro!

Up we go on the Flyer!

OK, the Glambert fans are going to scream big time. I actually saw the man himself, in person! :D It was so surreal that I actually saw Adam Lambert in person, and the thing is that I'm not really a big fan of him. My word, he really has the glam factor all right! So what if he's gay? I still think he's an awesome glam rocker :)
Surreal to the extent, that when I saw him onstage, I actually asked the person next to me if he was Adam Lambert ohmygosh. And at the time when we reached the venue, we were just in time to see Adam Lambert, and he went 'Hello Singapore!' :D and we saw his entire performance! It was just 10minutes but heck, it's still a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see him in person! :)
I'm on the top of the world, looking down on creation :)
Nice sunset :)
Main focus is on Helix Bridge. And come 5th December, I'll be running through it for Standard Chartered! :D From my iPhone4, initially I thought the photo was a bad one because it was rather blur. But when I uploaded it I realized it actually looked awesome when it was blurred. :)

5 cars in a row, woohoo! :)

OK the rest are on Facebook. It's insane to upload them all here because there're 58 in the album and it's going to take forever to upload. And my bed beckons, goodnight world! :)

2010-09-14T00:05:00.003+08:00

It's week 3 of school for me now, and the pace is starting to get faster! While it's true that my timetable is surprisingly slack(I end school by 10AM on Mondays, on Friday I only have psych lecture from 12-130 and I'm done for the day) , workload wise, it's starting to increase.

As of now, I have 3 quizzes this week. 1 down, 2 to go!
I don't really like to whine, but it's really frustrating memorizing biopsych, when you have ZERO bio knowledge. What's studied in sec 2 bio doesn't count at all! :( And I guess it's also partly because after not memorizing facts for a long time, it's a bit hard to kick-start the momentum. But I'm slowly but surely getting there! (:

Weekends have been busy with church, and mugging. I swear my textbooks are now my best friends! >< href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_v1U7URdjSe8/TI5QR1kxVqI/AAAAAAAACeA/mNyC3WdysLk/s1600/IMG_0037.JPG">

Our beloved cell leader! :D With his present, a ZARA shirt!
The girls in cell. HAHA we all love making funny faces!

There're more photos in Facebook, from Peter and Shi Hui's cameras, and I'm rather lazy to rip them off now because my thumbdrive reached its maximum storage and I had to delete a lot of photos!

Interesting note, I realised that among all the folders of photos that I have, W398+N385 has the greatest number of photos! We all love to take photos! ;D

Update: My mum's already on a plane to Korea as I'm updating. I also want a holiday too! ): but to Taiwan because Korean cuisine doesn't really appeal to me. I also don't like to eat kimchi, so going to Korea would be kind of wasted on me. But the amount of shopping and clothes there! :D

I'm back again!

2010-09-08T00:09:00.005+08:00

I've been busy with school and church stuff these days, plus a combination of being rather lazy to update this page of late, many apologies!

So it's with a quick update about what's been happening lately, with photos to go along as well.

First up, SOT Graduation 2010! Yes, it meant travelling all the way to the other end of Singapore (Read: EXPO!) for the service. :) Not that I mind the travelling, but the late hours and reaching home really late part didn't earn me any bonus points from my parents. ><

Congrats, Shi Hui! :D

Part of W398+N385 :)
Peixin and Shi Hui
Xiao Wei, me, Xue Ting and Jenna :D

With new-found friend Fiona, fellow OG mate and psych major! :)

Hello helmet heads! xD Tien Min, Lin Hui and Xue Yi.

Next up, with OG8, Team Sabretooth! :) We won 2nd place during orientation for the enthusiasm factor and all that, so we got a $70 Swensens voucher. Obviously the best way to utilise it is to have an OG dinner! :D

Of endings and new beginnings.

2010-08-28T01:12:00.003+08:00

It was my last day of work at MDIS yesterday(technically so because my laptop clock reads 1.25AM now), and it has been an amazing journey! Even though work of course is never an easy task, it can always be made bearable with colleagues who will never fail to make you laugh, and to make things easier too! :)

Visuals up!

Cai Yun, Jasmine, Yunlin and me when we had National day celebrations, and it was my birthday that day too. (:

With Ethan, fellow lunch kaki who will usually stop by my desk when 12pm rolls by :D
Ivan, Mr 6-pack! :D fellow lunch kaki too, we can always share a laugh together. :)

The rest are in Cynthia and Amy's cameras, and Cynthia's ones are already up on Facebook, so I'm rather lazy to upload here too. (:

Yes, the end of my working life with MDIS means that school's starting soon too.
Indeed, it's true that every end signifies a new beginning. :)

Orientation was fun, and the sea breeze was fantastic and cooling! Will post up the photos another time, because it's really late and there have been lots of photos on Facebook too.

Credits to Chad and Isaac, who were the main photographers for the entire camp, and managed to snap many shots and to upload them ALL into Facebook. So many albums, and each one has more than 100 photos! :)

It's SOT graduation day tml and Sunday, which means travelling to Expo for service as there're no services at Jurong West. No doubt, it's rather ZZZ to travel all the way from West to East for church, but I think it's worth the sacrifice. :)

Of parties, celebrations and goodbyes.

2010-08-15T17:04:00.006+08:00

Sabby's turning 21 at the end of the month, but she'd already be in Wisconsin by then, since she's flying off on upcoming Saturday. So our families decided to all come together to have a big BBQ party to celebrate her birthday in advance, and also make it a goodbye party.

Incredible amount of food that we had for the BBQ. And there was even more!

We only had 2 table tennis bats, so we ended up using our slippers as bats! Epic, and really funny as well! HAHAHA.
And playing pool too. My skills are totally crap, epic FAIL's a better term to describe it.

The Rafflesians, who're all headed to US to study with the exception of Nandita, since she'd already been studying there since 2008. She was back in town for holidays! :)
Happy family :)
With the boyfriends. Wen Hao, Sabby, Tabs and Yang Zhi :) Obviously I'm not in this even though we 3 cousins are really close, because I don't want to be the world's biggest lightbulb, and furthermore I'm not attached!
I'm so glad that we're cousins! :D

Sometimes, it's the little things in life that makes it much. much more enjoyable. :)

No more a teenager!

2010-08-09T22:14:00.006+08:00

Yes, I'm already 20. And have been 20 since Thursday.

I casually mentioned to Cherie over Facebook chat that we ought to meet up before school starts for us, as our schedules would become very busy.
The next thing I knew, we met up on 4th to celebrate for me in advance. We headed off to Bugis as Tokio Hotel was there! :D

Thanks girls, for the flowers, and that rather botched up surprise birthday cake because I happened to see you sneaking in the cake to the restaurant!

Needless to say, we ate a lot at Republic of Steak (it's next to SMU if you're interested to know), queued up for KOI at 9.40PM, outside Iluma. The queue was insanely long and we had to wait for 20 minutes before we finally got our drinks! Business at KOI was so good that it made the takoyaki store's business look really pathetic in comparison. HA.

Nothing is Impossible!

2010-08-02T22:22:00.003+08:00

When Planetshakers came for Festival Of Praise 2010, they sang this song, and I was totally elated as I really like this song, everytime it's sung during service I'll be really happy. :)
Anyway, this song's one of the few songs from church that's been on repeat mode on my playlist, so enjoy!
And for those who may be suffering some setbacks in life, be it relationships, studies, financially or whatever, always know, that God is always watching over us, for He will never ever forsake us. :)

Through You, I can do anything
I can do all things
'Cause it's You who gives me strength
Nothing is impossible
Through You, blind eyes are opened
Strongholds are broken
I am living by faith
Nothing is impossible

I'm not gonna live by what I see
I'm not gonna live by what I feel
Deep down I know that You're here with me
And I know that You can do anything

Through You, I can do anything
I can do all things
'Cause it's You who gives me strength
Nothing is impossible
Through You, blind eyes are opened
Strongholds are broken
I am living by faith
Nothing is impossible

I'm not gonna live by what I see
I'm not gonna live by what I feel
Deep down I know that You're here with me
And I know that You can do anything

Through You, I can do anything
I can do all things
'Cause it's You who gives me strength
Nothing is impossible
Through You, blind eyes are opened
Strongholds are broken
I am living by faith
Nothing is impossible

I believe, I believe
I believe, I believe in You

Happy 21st, City Harvest! :)

2010-08-01T22:18:00.010+08:00

Cheers to City Harvest! We've come a long way.

I give thanks to the Lord for a wonderful cell group, W398+N385, and for keeping me grounded and rooted in you no matter what life throws to me. :)

It was a great service, though I've to admit it was a bit annoying to get up really early today because of the rainy weather that made sleep so tempting. And it was so cold on the MRT, especially on the Circle Line down to Stadium!

This is going to be a rather image heavy post, because it's not only the anniversary photos that are going up, there's also Festival of Praise 2010! :D

First up, CHC's 21st Birthday!
Yes, love is the greatest of all.
For 9AM's service, the crowd was amazing. I think it was packed out! Praise the Lord, despite the extremely cold weather!
Shi Hui, Joy and Xueting
I got a little surprise myself today. W398+N385 celebrated mine and Yu Xian's birthdays during the break between Services 1 and 2, mine being in advance and Yu Xian's belated (his was yesterday)! :D
:) my present!
How true this is.

Babies' Dedication! The babies were so adorable! :D Pastor Zhuang also had his son dedicated too. (:
Nice Spongebob, Yu Xian. :)
Ohmygosh City News actually covered Jay Chou's The Era concert tour (Singapore leg)! It was also held at Indoor Stadium last week, and I totally wished I'd been there for all 3 nights! >< Most of the cell group, with some missing

Jenna, me, Joy and Shi Hui
While on the way to Dhoby Ghaut (Circle Line), we decided to have fun with my camera because we all love photo-taking, camwhoring! :)
OMG Hema's eye HAHAHAHAHA.

HAHAHAHA Joy.

Sisters. Xueting and Xueyi!
HAHA Wei Ming managed to successfully stuff that huge spoon into his mouth.

Festival Of Praise 2010!

Jun Yuan. With Vivien's hand!

Around 6plus when doors just opened.
Before FOP kicked off, it was packed full!

Planetshakers!
Don Moen! :D God is good, all the time. :)
The coolest part about Festival Of Praise 2011 is that Day 1's on my birthday, and it's my 21st as well then! :D :D

OK that's it for photos. The rest are on Facebook, I'm too tired to upload them all here and it's going to be a tremendous hassle doing so.

晴天

2010-07-26T22:29:00.004+08:00

故事的小黄花
从出生那年就飘着
童年的荡秋千
随记忆一直晃到现在

ㄖㄨㄟㄙㄡㄙㄡㄒ一ㄉㄡㄒ一
ㄌㄚㄙㄡㄌㄚㄒ一ㄒ一ㄒ一ㄒ一ㄌㄚㄒ一ㄌㄚㄙㄡ

吹着前奏望着天空
我想起花瓣试着掉落

为你翘课的那一天
花落的那一天
教室的那一间
我怎麽看不见
消失的下雨天
我好想再淋一遍
没想到失去的勇气我还留着
好想再问一遍
你会等待还是离开

刮风这天
我试过握着你手
但偏偏, 雨渐渐
大到我看你不见
还要多久
我才能在你身边
等待放晴的那天
也许我会比较好一点
从前从前
有个人爱你很久
但偏偏, 风渐渐
把距离吹得好远
好不容易
又能再多爱一天
但故事的最後你好像还是说了拜拜

It's Jay Chou mania, in full force.

2010-07-25T01:29:00.004+08:00

Unless you've been living under a rock, or you're not a fan, it's the season when the King of Mandopop is in town!

YES, I'M TALKING ABOUT JAY CHOU. :D :D

I was really disappointed that I couldn't get tickets to watch 'The Era' 2010 World Tour, because the moment tickets went on sale, it was all snapped up within a matter of hours and I was not fast enough! And for all 3 shows, the tickets were gone :(

However, I've met Jay Chou in person once before, when he was in town last December to promote Treasure Hunter with Lin Chi-Ling, so that's some consolation at least I guess.

And right now, it means that his songs are on repeat mode on my computer. :)

Savior Of The World

2010-07-18T00:35:00.002+08:00

There's a faith unshakable
There's a love unstoppable
Eternal hope of the gospel
There's a universe in pain
All creation cries your name
Entropy meets your redemption

Let every tongue confess, to proclaim that

Jesus, savior of the world
Your love so unreserved
Salvation comes to all who calls you
Jesus, be lifted high above
You've been through all the earth
Forever, we exalt you
We exalt you

There's a place of miracles
In a house where dreams are birthed
Eternal love of the Father
That we seek your kingdom first
You become our righteousness
We put our trust in our Savior

Let every tongue confess, to proclaim that

Jesus, savior of the world
Your love so unreserved
Salvation comes to all who calls you
Jesus, be lifted high above
You've been through all the earth
Forever, we exalt you
We exalt you

You hold the world in your hands, in your hands
You are the sovereign king of kings, Lord of Lords
You hold the world in your hands, in your hands
You are the sovereign king

Jesus, savior of the world
Your love so unreserved
Salvation comes to all who calls you
Jesus, be lifted high above
You've been through all the earth
Forever, we exalt you
We exalt you

Jesus, savior of the world
Your love so unreserved
Salvation comes to all who calls you
Jesus, be lifted high above
You've been through all the earth
Forever, we exalt you
We exalt you

I like this song too, it's from the Reign album if you're interested to know. :) My mum also loves it, even though she's never been to City Harvest before. She heard me listening and singing along to this song almost every night, and naturally she got hooked to it too. :)

Church - Faith, Hope and Love

2010-07-18T00:02:00.002+08:00

Service yesterday (technically so because my computer clock indicates 12.03AM already) was awe-inspiring, and it made me tear too.

Pastor Kong preached about love, and when I reflected on it, I think it's really very true too.

The 4 Greek words for love:

1. Storge: The love of family
2. Eros: The love of passion
3. Phileo: The love of friendship
4. Agape: The love of total commitment

Faith, hope and love are 3 essential things, but love is still the greatest! Because only with love, we can go on to achieve greater things in life. :)

2010-07-14T23:27:00.004+08:00

I know I'm being rather late by declaring this only now, but it still has to be declared nonetheless.

World Cup 2010 Champion: SPAIN! :D :D

I actually stayed up to watch the game but dozed off in the 2nd half because it was 0-0. And I felt really tired by then too. But anyway, I woke up in time for extra time, and to see Andres Iniesta score that goal for Spain that guaranteed them the World Cup! :D

And Paul the octopus had a really accurate prediction too! HAHAHAHA.

The unbelievable just happened.

2010-07-08T23:52:00.003+08:00

Germany got ousted by Spain! :( :(

And what I see on Facebook are comments and status updates regarding Mr 8legs, and how he should be made into a dish, eating octopus and many more.

I love to eat tako sashimi, but in the aftermath of seeing Germany get ousted from the finals by Spain, I can never view octopi and tako sashimi in the same way again. :( :(

So, it's Spain vs Holland for the finals. Who will it be?

Movie Reviews!

2010-07-05T23:47:00.005+08:00

Karate Kid is a pretty good show! I know it's a bit late to blog about it, especially since it was about a month or so ever since the movie was released. Jaden Smith's so cute in the movie! :) And Jackie Chan's teaching of the karate skills are pretty inspiring too.
Especially the part when it was mentioned that it's not about how bad you fall, it's more a matter of how you stand up, and whether you choose to stand up when you fall.

I watched this with Tabs just now! Shall not go into great detail because I don't want to spoil it for those who've yet to watch it, but just to note 1 point: There're a bit too many kissing scenes. -__-
But anyway, the movie is really worth the watch! And it's easier to follow it if you've read the novel beforehand, of course. :)

And I shall just let myself go crazy over Taylor Lautner! :D Washboard abs, smoking hot looks, nice tan, blemish-free skin.. Envy! :D
From the novel itself when Jacob claims that he can be Bella's air and sun, it's really pretty clear that he truly loves Bella, right from the bottom of his heart.

Yes, it's quite clear I'm on Team Jacob. :D

Though I've to admit that usually I feel that novels are better than books(this can be vouched for thanks to the Harry Potter series), but Eclipse is an exception. The movie's in a way better than the book somehow. Of course, it doesn't hurt when one of the lead actors is smoking hot and good-looking! :D

Soccer = Universal Language.

2010-07-04T02:06:00.002+08:00

Yes, I think I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's World Cup mania, except that it hit an all-time high today!

I managed to get permission from my parents to have the cell group come over to my place after service to watch Germany vs Argentina. :D Anyway about half the cell group came over, as some of the others aren't very keen on soccer/have something on. And oh boy, the match was way beyond exciting!

Final score:
Argentina 0 Germany 4 (Mueller 3, Klose 68, 89, A. Friedrich 74)

WOOT GERMANY. Judging by the way they played this year, the possibility of them winning the World Cup this year is really high. And it's a high likelihood that it's going to be Germany vs Spain for semi-finals.

Germany supporters: Me, Xiaowei, Lin Hui, Tien Min, De Jia, Jun Yuan and my parents LOL.
Argentina supporters: Peter, Joycelyn, Lava
Yu Xian and Yi Long were neutral I think. HAHA.

Mueller's goal was the fastest ever since the beginning of the tournament, it beat Steven Gerrard's record of 4 minutes during England vs USA. Needless to say all the Germany supporters in my house were all screaming ourselves hoarse during the times when they scored! :D

Next up, Spain vs Paraguay! Spain for the win, for this game!

I hope Germany win World Cup this year. :D

2010-07-03T01:04:00.004+08:00

It's been a hectic few days for me lately, which comprises lots of running around, settling stuff, work, cell group and church. And of course, WORLD CUP! :)

I met up with Shihui and Grace to gym at Jurong West Stadium+chill out at JP on Wednesday, before rushing home to shower and go to Tiong for Karate Kid. I like the movie! :) We didn't really gym much in the end because we were all feeling concussed, thanks to staying up until 430AM watching Spain beat Portugal.

Needless to say we 3 girls were discussing World Cup. That's the hot topic on everyone's lips this month!
I casually mentioned something about Portugal, which I can't really remember now, but Shihui's response cracked me up.

Shihui: Oh the Portuguese can now go back home to eat their egg tarts!

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Holland came from behind to beat Brazil 2-1 in the first quarter-finals match! It's a shock all right, but it's great that Holland won as they are really good this year!

Somehow I think it'll be Holland vs Germany for the finals. Hmm we shall see about that. World Cup 2010 has got a lot of upsets and unexpected surprises!

I hate to whine, but yesterday(technically so cos my computer clock reads 1.13am now) was a wet and cold day because of that unforeseen downpour! I went for lunch with my colleague at Margaret Drive(I'm working part time at MDIS), we didn't bring out our umbrellas, and we got stranded at the hawker centre. Walking back was obviously impossible, needless to say. And it happens that Church Of Our Saviour was just next to the hawker centre, so I suggested trying to go there and see whether we could get spare umbrellas. Thank God we managed to get them, or we'd be stranded for even longer, because the downpour became heavier! :) The downside is that my shoes were drenched, and it got incredibly cold in the office. :(

Surprisingly I got to Jenna's early for cell group after work. Thanks to my dad who gave me a lift in this heavy downpour, I actually managed to reach before 7! In fact it's my first time I ever reached before 7. Gosh.

Enjoyable cell group today! (: With old maid being played once again, and heart attack.

Forfeit after Old Maid. Yes, it was trying to dance like Madonna OMG.

And Dr A.R. Bernard is preaching for tomorrow's service! :D

Because Of You

2010-06-25T15:14:00.004+08:00

Because of you, I was born again
Because of you, I'm ransomed by your grace
Because of you, my heart has found a home
A refuge for my soul

Because of you, sins are washed away
Because of you, heaven knows my name
Because of you, I can live again
You've broken every chain

Unfailing love, so unreserved
You gave yourself on Calvary
And now I stand, forever free
My Savior rescued me

Because of you, the weak say I am strong
Because of you, the broken have a song
Because of you, there's no need to fear
Hope steadfast, ever sure

Unfailing love, so unreserved
You gave yourself on Calvary
And now I stand, forever free
My Savior rescued me
Unfailing love, so unreserved
You gave yourself on Calvary
And now I stand, forever free
My Savior rescued me

Now heaven, be open
Our God is unshaken
We worship Christ risen high above
Now heaven, be open
All kingdoms, all nations
Declare that you are God

Relationship Muses

2010-06-20T23:19:00.002+08:00

I guess I could describe relationships as complex, yet it's a wonderful thing too.

I met up with an old friend recently, and we were discussing relationships, and I realized that we both have very similar mindsets about relationships. We both don't believe in those 'play play' kind of relationships that most secondary school students would do, and if my reckoning is right, he is just as serious as me about the issue of relationships.

Seriously, I've never quite understood why some people would go into a relationship, when they know that the relationship is bound to fail eventually.

The thing is, what's the point of getting into a relationship when you know it's going to end badly eventually? Is it worth it to set yourself up for a tremendous heartbreak? If you know the other person has a lousy character/attitude, yet you still want to get into a relationship with that person, it's a pretty dumb thing to do.

Yes, heartbreaks in relationships are part and parcel of life, even I cannot deny that fact. But wouldn't it be better to avoid getting into a relationship, if you know that you're going to face a heartbreak eventually?

Sweetest Devotion

2010-06-20T00:55:00.002+08:00

You're all about freedom, all about kindness
All about a savior who loves
You're all about justice, all about mercy
All about what I don't deserve

The one thing that I need
Be seated at your feet
Here in your beauty Lord
The one thing that I need
Be seated at your feet
To worship you

With you every moment, my sweetest devotion
My heart is stirred to know you more
With you every moment, like dew from the heavens
My Jesus, it's you that I adore

All I ever want
All I ever need
All I ever have is you

I really love this song very much, and for every service I always hoped this song would be sung. It also brings back lots of memories of Asia Conference 2010 as well. (:

2010-06-17T17:11:00.002+08:00

Would you know how I feel? It's not that I have a crush on you or anything, but I just want you to know how much I truly care about you, as a friend.

我不落泪, 忍住感觉.

Yes, it's hard to conceal everything. But certain things are better left status quo.

While it's true that I can hold back my emotions pretty well in certain circumstances, I do have the moments where I just want to cry out, but I hold it back because I don't want you to see.

I shall walk with the Lord, and let Him guide me through everything in my life.

我落泪, 情绪零碎

2010-06-13T20:50:00.003+08:00

地上断了翅的蝶
雾散之後的满月
爱原来更心碎
都可以更细节
田野风绕过几条街
秋天收了满地的落叶
于是又一整夜
感情的句子都枯萎,凋谢

我不想再写
随手撕下这一页
原来是跟离别
可以没有结尾
憔悴后你会跟着写
于是我把诗折叠
有几重感觉
挑一束白玫瑰
你将爱退回

我不落泪,忍住感觉
分手在起风这个季节
哭久了会累
也只是别人的以为
冷的咖啡
我清醒着一再续杯
我落泪,情绪零碎
你的世界一幕幕纷飞
门外的蔷薇
带刺伤人也很直接
过去被翻阅
结局满天的风雪

哦... 我不想写
随手撕下这一页
原来是跟离别
可以没有结尾
憔悴后你会跟着写
于是我把诗折叠
有几重感觉
挑一束白玫瑰
你将爱退回

我不落泪忍住感觉
分手在起风这个季节
哭久了会累
也只是别人的以为
冷的咖啡我清醒着一再续杯
我落泪,情绪零碎
你的世界一幕幕纷飞
门外的蔷薇
带刺伤人也很直接
过去被翻阅
结局满天的风雪

What trials can do to you.

2010-06-12T22:45:00.003+08:00

1. They create patience.
2. They create perseverance, character and hope.
3. They create an exceeding weight of glory.
4. They create an authority to reign in life.

If we endure hardship, we will reign with Him.
-2 Timothy 2:12

Pastor Phil Pringle's preaching today was a really great message, and indeed, impactful is the right word to describe it. (:

The most highly anticipated event!

2010-06-12T01:06:00.007+08:00

And of course, it's none other than World Cup! (:

First match for the event-South Africa vs Mexico: 1-1
Next up, Uruguay vs France. Hope France wins!

It was girls' day out on Thursday with the usual lot, as usual we enjoyed ourselves totally, overate, drank KOI milk tea, shopped like crazy(OK that didn't apply to me, but to Shi Hui, Cherie and Grace!). May Ching had to leave early, then Cherie came around 3 when we were supposed to meet at 1130 LOL. Punctuality issue eh.
You guys are just the best! 3 and a half years, and counting. :)

Our new friend, his name is Neko-Kun. :) Grace loves him!
Neko-Kun belongs to May Ching, who is fiercely protective of him. :)
I love Neko-Kun too!
He 'attempted' to try out Shi Hui's mushroom soup.
Grace snapped this when I wasn't looking. Abit unglam but heck.
Shi Hui and I were raving to May Ching and Grace about KOI, and we managed to convince them how truly good KOI is.
To be really honest, after trying KOI, the other bubble tea stalls pale out in comparison.

OK the rest of the photos are on Facebook, I'm way too lazy to upload everything in my blog and it'll take very long!

2010-06-09T00:29:00.003+08:00

Alright, before my blog starts to collect dust again, I'm back for a quick update!

The long distance running bug has gotten to me big time, and after Sundown, what comes next is the highly anticipated Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2010!

So highly anticipated, that as I'm typing this, registration for full, half marathons and 10km men/women/wheelchair categories have all been closed! And it wasn't that long ago when registration for Standard Chart opened, if I remember correctly it was in mid-May.

REGISTRATION PRICES

Inaugural Period(20th May-4th June)
Full Marathon: $45.00
Half Marathon: $36.00
10KM Men/Women/Wheelchair: $31.00

Early Bird Period(5th June-2nd July)
Full Marathon: $75.00
Half Marathon: $58.00
10KM Men/Women/Wheelchair: $50.00

Normal Period(3rd July-30th September)
Full Marathon: $85.00
Half Marathon: $65.00
10KM Men/Women/Wheelchair: $55.00

Yes, the description for most Singaporeans is KIASU. It's only 9th JUNE and registration for the main categories have all been full up! Obviously most people would sign up during the Inaugural Period because of the lower prices.
OK, I'll admit that I signed up during the inaugural period too. x)

Before the run.
After the run! I was quite disappointed that there's no finishers tee for 10km, and only those who took part in marathon and ultra-marathon categories will get it. :(

Asia Conference 2010+Adidas Sundown 2010

2010-05-31T22:28:00.011+08:00

Sorry folks, for the lack of recent updates!

It's been a busy and really hectic to the max week lately, with Asia Conference 2010 and Sundown 2010 happening all in the same week. And it means traveling to the east everyday for 5 days straight, and for days 1-3 of Asia Conference, I was at Expo from early morning until late. I skipped day 4 because I was totally concussed from all the traveling+waking up early and because of Sundown 2010(Sundown was on day 4 of Asia Conference), and Day 5 I went for the 1130 service as I was so tired after Sundown.

To sum up, Asia Conference has been a truly wonderful experience, because the messages were so powerful and impactful. I miss it now, but hey, every end is also a new beginning!

Sundown 2010 was a test of endurance and perseverance, and I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't hit my ideal timing. I finished the race in nearly 1 and a half hours when I was hoping I could do it in an hour. But heck, there's Standard Chartered 2010!

But I have a ton to grumble about, with regards to the transport system at Changi Exhibition Centre. I started waiting for the shuttle bus at 10pm, and only got on the bus by 1115. By the time the bus reached Pasir Ris station, I got there to find that the train service ended. WTF.

Yes, right there and then I panicked. The only other alternative was obviously to cab back, and the fare was so expensive! :( It was beyond unbelievable and ridiculous. I swear I must be blessed with oodles of patience and a very high tolerance level.

Anyway, photos galore from both events!

Asia Conference 2010

Lava and Peixin had fun posing with Ronald McDonald at Changi Airport T2 mac (:
Grace and Cherie

Insane crowd on Day 3. And we waited til 6 before we managed to get into hall 8 omg!
Wei Ming was cutting out the Transformers logo for Peter's banner while Yu Xian's snapping away

Epic expression Yu Xian. :D

HAHA Lava.
Mandy and me
Lava
Whee Peter! (:
Not-so-complete W398+N385
Sweet couple, Peter and Wendy :)
Jun Yuan
Botak Jie Xiang
Yu Xian
Joycelyn
Darren
Yours truly
Lava
Xiaowei. My 2 favourite cell leaders! :D :D

蔡琴 has an amazing voice!

HAHAHA Wei Ming.
Finale for Asia Conference!

Sundown 2010

Ultramarathoners preparing to run
And here they go!
Standby for Women's 10km
1 minute before Women's 10km. Sundown was so aptly named! :)
Satisfaction! :)

OK, the rest of the photos are on facebook. I'm tired and lazy to upload everything, it's way too troublesome!

Praise the Lord!

2010-05-23T00:20:00.004+08:00

Yes, I really give praise to Lord!

1. I woke up this morning with a sore throat and cough, and the first thought in my mind was 'Shit, if this keeps up how am I going to run Sundown?!' My parents suggested that I don't go for service today because I was still a bit out of sorts by the time 2pm rolled by, but I decided to go anyway because I'd feel off if I didn't go.
And at service today(technically yesterday since my com clock reads 1229AM now) Pastor Kong preached about healing, and how Jesus has a healing nature. At that time, I realized my sore throat and cough was gone. To God be the glory! :)

2. The chance to run Sundown Women's 10KM. Actually, the urge and determination to start long distance running was inspired by someone, and from that point on I decided to give it a go.

Anyone wants to run Stan Chart? :D :D I'm very eager to go for that!

The crowd at Raffles City Level 3 Atrium was insane at 3+pm. Thank God for making the decision to leave my house at 2plus instead of 3plus. I waited an incredible 45 minutes before managing to get my race pack!
I swear I must be blessed with an amazingly high level of patience and tolerance. No kidding about that.
:)
And what's due to come up next week! :D Excited to the max!
OK, I think I sound like a small kid. Seriously.

Anyway, quick update: W398+N385 hit West Coast Park yesterday(Friday night I mean!) and we had a blast playing. Yes back to childhood. (:
And that time of playing was one that made me wish that mozzies should be made extinct. Seriously. No prizes for guessing why I will say that!
It's said that people with blood types A, A+ and B gets the attention from mosquitoes most easily, and I'm one of the unfortunate souls who has blood type A+. -_____-

Major events upcoming!

2010-05-19T12:14:00.002+08:00

Major event coming up next week!

Asia Conference 2010 is going to be a really big event. 26-30 May. Can't wait for it, it's going to be a truly great conference! (:
Adidas Sundown Marathon 2010! 29th May. But I'm going for 10km only for now, I'm not ready to conquer a marathon yet.

Best part of these events? : All within the same week. Major coolness!
Downside? : All are in the east side of Singapore! Asia Conference is at Expo while Sundown starts off at Changi Exhibition Point.

Oh the horror. My EZlink is going to suffer as I'm a westie! Now this is an instance when I wish I stayed in the east. Adult fare's a pain sometimes!

I know I can conquer 10km, even though I know it won't really be that easy.
But then again, if you think about it, if running a full marathon is possible, 10km would definitely be no kick.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix out eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. -Hebrews 12:1-2

I'm really quite sad and frustrated lately, because of uni issues. But what I saw on Facebook(I put a Daily Bible scripture application on my profile), made me realise how God is never ever unjust, and at the same time, gave me a surge of hope again.

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. -Hebrews 6:10

Could I Have This Kiss Forever?

2010-05-18T00:35:00.002+08:00

I'm really very addicted to this song! In recent days I realized that I'm having an increasing fetish for old songs, especially those that goes back into the 80s and 90s era, for instance Whitney Houston, WESTLIFE, Backstreet Boys.

Sorry to all Justin Bieber fans out there, but I really cannot understand why everyone is so gaga over him. Sure, he's cute, I must admit that he's pretty good looking, but I can't imagine how anyone can stand listening to 'Baby, baby, baby ohh' all day long. It just gets on my nerves after a while, seriously.

Anyway, lyrics up!

Could I Have This Kiss Forever-Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias

Over and over I look in your eyes
You are all I desire
You have captured me
I want to hold you
I want to be close to you
I never want to let go
I wish that this night would never end
I need to know

Could I hold you for for a lifetime?
Could I look into your eyes?
Could I have this night to share this night together?
Could I hold you close beside me?
Could I hold you for all time?
Could I, could I, could I have this kiss forever?
Could I, could I, could I have this kiss forever, forever

Over and over I've dreamed of this night
Now you're here by my side
You are next to me
I want to hold you and touch you taste you
And make you want no one but me
I wish that this kiss could never end
Oh baby please

Could I hold you for a lifetime?
Could I look into your eyes?
Could I have this night to share this night together?
Could I hold you close beside me?
Could I hold you for all time?
Could I, could I, could I have this kiss forever?
Could I, could I, could I have this kiss forever, forever

I don't want any night to go by
Without you by my side
I just want all my days
Spent being next to you
Lived for just loving you
And baby, oh by the way

Could I hold you for a lifetime?
Could I look into your eyes?
Could I have this night to share this night together?
Could I hold you close beside me?
Could I hold you for all time?
Could I, could I, could I have this kiss forever?
Could I, could I have this kiss forever, forever

Could I have this kiss forever?
Could I, could I, could I have this kiss forever

2010-05-14T16:57:00.006+08:00

It hurts to get rejection, but it hurts way worse when it's rejection from what you've always wanted. The feeling is really terrible, that nothing really seemed to interest me much these past few days. :(

But I'm still keeping the faith, and holding on to the remaining hopes I have. Because if one loses faith in God, there really isn't much hope left for oneself.

Anyway, I really pray that the last hope I have will turn out well for me.

And yes, I haven't updated in a long while, mainly because nothing really very special has really happened, and I'm still sad about how things have turned out for me lately.

Earlier this morning, I was feeling rather tired and sad after my piano lesson, not because I had a bad lesson(in fact it was pretty good today), but I think it was mainly me still being upset over how things have turned out for me lately. But as I was reaching my block, I met the entire class of K2 kids that I used to relief teach at. And they were all clamoring for my attention the moment they saw me! No kidding about that.
And here we go! :
'Teacher Glennda, I miss you so much!'
'Teacher Glennda, how come you haven't come in lately?'
'Teacher Glennda, hold my hand!'
'Teacher Glennda, have you forgotten me?' (Ohmygosh, how can I possibly forget kids who're so adorable, albeit the fact that they can be troublemakers sometimes?!)
'Teacher Glennda, give me hi-five!'
And I walked with them for a little while, oh brother, they have a lot to tell me! And I really missed them so much. As I was going off, some of them hugged me! And I love hugging the kids, they're very lovable and not to mention the fact that some of them are really very smart. (:

Just 1 moment of meeting the kids, holding their hands and hugging them totally made my day. :)

So it's going to be a photo upload about what's happened lately!
Part 1: Wei Ming's birthday on 6th May, at Suntec Astons.
Ok, this was the older people in W398+N385, because the secondary school students were having mid-years at that point in time. And the older people fellowship was enjoyable, we laughed so much and so loud it was a miracle we weren't kicked out of Astons! (What's more, the manager came up to us to request that we lower our volumes!)
Happy 17th Wei Ming!

OMG Peter and Wei Ming.

Potato Salad
What I ate. And I had no idea that the pasta came with the soup! Best part is that I finished it all.
Xiaowei commented that I have a very healthy appetite and I'm still have a decent enough figure. Something I beg to differ please. I do have a big appetite, and unfortunately the weight doesn't get off that easily!
Girls should be blessed with the ability to eat a lot but not gain much weight, seriously!

Part 2: Baby galore! My twin nephew and niece, Ryan Tan Rui Heng and Rachael Tan Xuan En!
I really love this shot my dad took, when I was at my aunt's place earlier. Very adorable Ryan!
And Rachael! Pity this shot's a bit blur.
My sweet little Ryan! :) He really has a very easygoing disposition, and is easily contented. You could leave him in the playpen for hours at a time and he wouldn't complain. When he's tired after awhile of playing in there, he'd just fall asleep there. Talk about being really easy to handle!
Whereas Rachael's more naughty now, and more active. She can cry and kick up a fuss when my aunt or the maid puts her in the cot/playpen! -__-
Yoga master Ryan.

The above 2 shots of the twins are not so recent. I can't really remember when this was snapped, as it was from my dad's phone and I think I didn't go with him at the time he went to my aunt's place. If my guess is right they were about 8-9 months old.
Time flies, they're going to be 1 year old really soon, on 21st May.

my trust in Him shall never waiver, no matter what.

2010-05-03T23:44:00.002+08:00

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
-Hebrews 10:23

Yes, I won't give up hope, even though I know my hopes are slim.

Big hug, please?

2010-05-03T17:02:00.002+08:00

Not working today feels very strange.
I'm so used to seeing the kids, what the routine's like, that asking me not to come in for a few weeks just seems very off.

Now, I keep wondering to myself what they're doing now, who's in class today, who's feeling happy, sad, etc.
I miss hugging them, running my hand through their hair, giving them that occasional little pat on their head. Indeed, I promised them that whenever I can, I'd walk past the kindergarten to say hi to them.

Right now, I think I could really do with a big hug, and for someone to tell me that everything's going to turn out positively for me. :/

With my work, I love giving hugs to the kids, and seeing that little smile on their faces. It's really heartwarming, but sometimes I really feel that I've been giving too many hugs, to the extent that there's too little left for myself.
Yes, I do love, but I also want to be loved.

When You Believe..

2010-04-30T23:30:00.002+08:00

Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood

Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayers so often prove(s) in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away

Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

They don't always happen when you ask
And it's easy to give in to your fears
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way straight through the rain
A small but still resilient voice
Says hope is very near

There can be miracles(Miracles)
When you believe(Lord, when you believe)
Though hope is frail(Though hope is frail)
It's hard to kill(Hard to kill, Ohhh)
Who knows what miracles,you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will(somehow,somehow, somehow)
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

You will when you
You will when you believe
Just believe...in your heart
Just believe
You will when you believe~

Church + Children = :D

2010-04-24T23:13:00.006+08:00

Rev Kim Sunghae came to preach for today's service! :)

While it was a bit hard to follow her at times(mainly it's because of her Korean accent), in general the session was enjoyable! And she seems like a really nice grandmotherly figure, and definitely, young-at-heart is the most apt description for her! :)

And cell group last night was enjoyable too! Albeit the fact that I was 15 minutes late because I ended work at 7, and I was stuck in a traffic jam on my way to Jenna's place ZZZ.
I definitely didn't expect yesterday to be so hectic, and I was actually asked to come in to work a few hours earlier because some teachers were on MC/leave and they're short-handed. Mainly due to the horrible weather lately that contributed to more people falling sick.

For the first part of work I actually went to the nursery class. And the kids are sooo cute! :D They're considered to be more well-behaved in general because their speaking ability is not quite there yet, so in a way they're more orderly. But of course, there're exceptions, those who are a bit more on the talkative side tried to climb to the top of my head. -_-

And there's a Chinese-Japanese boy in the nursery class, he's really adorable! :D :D :D And his name's Tanaka Ryo. Sweet name, and he's a sweet-looking boy too. No photos, because I think I have to reserve some privacy here. :/

I like what was preached at cell yesterday, it's really true in every way, in every aspect of life.

1. Testings and temptations are common to man.
2. God is faithful. He will not put anything in life that you can't overcome.
3. God always provides the way of escape.

So true! :)

Part of W398+N385 :)

Until now, whenever I see this photo of De Jia, Peixin and Kumar, I'll keep on laughing to myself. This was snapped by Peter on EXTREME MAKEOVER day, and earlier after service, some of us were feasting on KFC at the rooftop at church and Peter snapped another photo, with the above 3 people in it HAHAHA.

Needless to say, many of us in cell liked that photo on Facebook, and there were a good deal of comments too HAHAHA.

hot, hotter, hottest = sunburn!

2010-04-22T23:30:00.003+08:00

I fancied a swim today because the morning weather was hot enough, and jumping into the swimming pool sounds really inviting and it's something that I've been wanting to do ever since the weather became insanely hot lately.

What I didn't bargain for was sunburn! >< Partly because there was this random guy who suddenly struck up a conversation with me at the swimming pool, and I just chatted with him to be nice and polite. It turned out to be quite an interesting chat, and this partially accounts for my very tanned skin now.

As a result, I now have a combination of brown and red skin, and the parts that were originally not so dark is pink. And the skin feels really warm to the touch, and it makes staying in an air-conditioned room sound very tempting.
And my very-much-darker skin has resulted in many dropped jaws, and plenty of comments from my parents, my students, the teachers and even the kids' parents.

The incredible part that made my jaw drop as well:
Samuel(1 of the kids, and also 1 of those that I really dote on) asked me how come I was so red. And I initially thought he was asking me why I was holding something red when in the first place, I wasn't holding anything red. It took me a few seconds to understand that he was referring to my skin colour.

Let's keep fingers crossed that I don't start peeling. My biggest mistake was not applying sunblock and suntan lotion, but the thing is that I don't have them in my house!
So it's a lesson learnt zzzzz. -_-

And I can't quite understand the very erratic weather lately. It can be extremely hot in the morning, then it starts raining heavily in the afternoon, or it'll be the other way round.
The sky this afternoon was suddenly so black it was near impossible to discern much of the view in the distance! But the upside was of course, the very strong and cold wind. :D

Family

2010-04-20T23:11:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, something happened that I would never, ever forget.

I shall not reveal too much over here because I think it's a bit of a sensitive issue - even though I honestly think that the people in concern would not read my blog, because 1 of them is really young! (And if you honestly want to know, please just ask me in person!)

But the main point I'm trying to get across is, family is one of the most important things we must have in life, after God. Because the thing is that if parents split up, the biggest casualty isn't the parents, instead it's the children. They are the ones who bear the brunt of the emotional burden. And it's something that I've witnessed firsthand in my life - but of course, not from my family!

Especially if they're really young(ie. 5-10 years old). In my opinion, I feel that while they may seem like any other normal kid on the surface, but their actions and the way they speak sometimes can be heart-warming, yet heart-breaking at the same time.

Honestly speaking, while young, their actions can give some hints about their family backgrounds - whether it's stable or not.

This incident made me feel a combination of happy and sad, and it's made me realise how truly fortunate I am - with a stable family, with God in my heart and life.
Because when your family is dysfunctional/broken, it can be really painful to go through life, without anyone really close to turn to.

Henceforth, the essential thing is: Treasure your family. You never know what can happen in the next instant.

How a small difference to us, can mean a lot to another person.

2010-04-18T18:20:00.005+08:00

It was really one long day, and really a tiring one at that!

Cleaning of 3 studio apartments belonging to the elderly today at Chinatown is not an easy task, that much I can safely say. Furthermore, the 3rd apartment was a total warzone, to put it mildly. Cluttered, presence of cockroaches, lizards, a bee, a dead rat (!!!!!) and really messy.
It made the previous 2 apartments seem really clean in comparison, and to be really honest, they were actually quite clean, the only cleaning we needed to do was just general cleaning, sweeping and mopping the floor, and cleaning the door and windows.

But really, it's satisfying in a way, and actually I feel that I haven't done that much, compared to the others. But it's worth it, to help in making a difference to their lives.

The old man living in the 3rd apartment is actually visually-impaired, so in a way I can understand why his apartment is a total warzone. And the way he talks-I shall not go into detail what he said-is funny on one hand, but listening to what he said, it's hard not to feel compassion for him.

And I really, from the bottom of my heart, give thanks to God for my surroundings. It also made me realise that I've taken many things for granted.

On a lighter note, I know this is a bit whattheheck, but when I knew we were going to Chinatown, my first thought was 'KOI bubble tea'! OK I know it's dumb. :D But anyway, we got our KOI fix! :D

Visuals up!

After Saturday's service. W398 and N385! :D
Heehee Peter's expression is really very funny.

It happened to be Jun Yuan's birthday today too, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you! :D
Part of the cell. Wah I look like a small girl in comparison to Peter, seriously!
Joycelyn, Cherie, me :D
Cherie Lian! :D :D :D I look so chui here :(

Heehee a picture speaks a thousand words. x)

Kaleidoscope of thoughts

2010-04-16T00:41:00.002+08:00

Most people who've been keeping up with the news would have heard about how Loh Ying Jie met with a jetski accident in Phuket, and didn't manage to pull through the ordeal.

Heartache! Furthermore, he's so young, he's only 1 year older than me and had his future ahead of him too. Who would have expected something so terrible to happen! Unfortunate and untimely. :(
And I realised that he happens to be my senior's friend. Saddening and shocking to hear.
I can never fathom the thought of losing a loved one-regardless of whether it's family or friend. It's too upsetting to contemplate, even though in life, death is definitely inevitable.

Rest in peace, Ying Jie.

On another note, I finally signed up for Basic Theory Test today at BBDC. Something which I'd been intending to do since last year, but kept putting off.
I was with my mum, and we were watching candidates take their driving tests while waiting for my turn to register. It was quite funny to watch them somehow, but I could also sense the astronomical stress level the candidates were definitely feeling.

Somehow, the thought of the practical test intimidates me totally. The thoughts that kept running through my mind when I was going through the Basic Theory guidebook basically were fears that I would meet with an accident when I was driving.

I think it might have been a go-kart accident that I had when I was in J1. While I walked away relatively unscathed, save for an abrasion on my neck(thanks to the seat belt) and 2 mega-sized bruises high up on my thighs, I was extremely shaken. The impact was really strong and if I didn't fasten my belt, I'd definitely have been seriously hurt, or even killed.
I think that was the closest that I came to death. No joke.
At the time when I crashed, the first thought that came to my mind was 'OMG how am I going to pass my driving test in future?!'
Sounds dumb I know. ><

The funny thing was, I didn't feel anything until I got home, told my parents about the accident, and suddenly broke down crying. And when I was in front of my classmates, I was still laughing and feeling more or less light-hearted then.
Perhaps in front of my classmates, it might have been an act of bravado, trying to convince them and myself that I was really alright. But the sudden breakdown might have been the shock taking longer than usual to set in.

And generally, I don't cry in front of people.

KOI=豆=Love!

2010-04-13T13:23:00.003+08:00

I want KOI!!!!! Seriously, I'm craving for their milk teas as of now.
But the only problem is that the nearest outlet from my place is Chinatown. -___-
I hope they open outlets in the west! ie. Jurong Point, IMM, West Mall.

Pretty please?

Just the very thought of KOI alone is enough to make me drool, but the problem is that I'm not really that willing to travel all the way to Chinatown just to get 1 milk tea. Much less to Marine Parade(unless I stayed in the east, then I wouldn't mind so much).

2010-04-12T01:26:00.002+08:00

This is amazing! Lin Yu-Chun singing Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You'. While I find it nothing short of astounding that a boy can sing like her, he still loses out to Whitney Houston though. The original singer is usually still the best! :)

thought-provoking.

2010-04-11T00:39:00.002+08:00

During service today, Pastor Kong preached that attitude determines altitude.

It suddenly got me thinking really deep into myself.

Do I have the right attitude to pursue what I want?
Do I have the right attitude towards things in life?

You see, a simple change of a letter from 'T' to 'L' can alter your course of life totally.

Give thanks to the Lord, for His love for us is undying.

2010-04-04T21:15:00.008+08:00

It's been an action-packed weekend, because of Good Friday and Easter. And my whole weekend was revolving around church. :)

I loved the Friday service, the preaching was really something truly thought-provoking and inspiring.
Especially the part on how we could remove our garments of guilt, shame and failure.
And I really give thanks to the Lord, for giving us his beloved son who died on the cross for our sins.

Yesterday was my first trip ever to Expo and Changi Airport via MRT. Yes, honestly I feel as though I've been living under a rock for the past few years, because when I went there it was usually by car. And it's something I'd like to do again, but NOT too often because yours truly stays in the West and travelling all the way to the other end of Singapore is going to wipe out my EZlink. (Damn adult fare!)

Anyway, random photos from ACJC Fun-O-Rama and my adorable niece and nephew! :)

I must say that this was really innovative!
Giant smiley face! :) The heat literally melted me and I swear I'm another shade darker no thanks to it.

:) So true!

Laughing Ryan! :D I thought I wouldn't be able to snap this because my handphone camera has a tendency to be abit lag, but thanks to my dad for making him laugh, it was possible!
Indeed, faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen. :)

And from our class outing at Waraku, Marina Square. The food was not bad, but service wise it's 2 thumbs down! We waited really long for our food, at least half an hour! Annoying and irritating. And now you know why it's said that a hungry man is an angry man.
What I ate. Forgot what it's called, but it was not bad, and I'm trying not to eat too much these days. (But I ended up eating Mac for dinner on Saturday after service, at Changi Airport. So much for dietary plans -___-)
Marilyn with her VERY big bowl of ramen.

My iced lemon tea. HAHA Su Hui thought I was drinking beer because the glass happened to be a Tiger Beer one, and the slight white foaming at the top and the colour of the tea does give that appearance! xD
We originally planned to go KBox but we scrapped the plan because it was insanely expensive, so we thought of going to Si Jie's dorm room at NUS to cut her birthday cake. I didn't go for that in the end because it was already 11plus when we were discussing about going to NUS, and the next day was going to be a busy one for me with the Good Friday service. :(

How I wish there was overnight MRT services. :(

Music Muses-The likes of A1, Backstreet Boys and WESTLIFE. :)

2010-04-01T01:12:00.003+08:00

I had the sudden urge to watch Westlife earlier, so I just popped in my Westlife Karaoke DVD and let it play.
Really, seeing the videos made me realise how fast time really flies. The old hits like 'Swear It Again', 'If I Let You Go', 'Flying Without Wings', 'Fool Again', 'My Love' to the more recent ones like 'Us Against the World', 'Where We Are'.....

Somehow, I felt like I'd taken a walk down memory lane because it'd been 11 years since Westlife burst out into the music industry with 'Swear It Again', and from there notched up 14 Number 1 singles and 10 albums. And I still love their songs, until today! :)
Those who've known me like forever would know that I'm still a big fan of Westlife!

Currently, it's Backstreet Boys playing on my playlist. They're another group that I like, they came into the industry before Westlife.
And coincidentally, both boybands(should they even be boys now that they're men?!) were once 5, now 4.
But still, it doesn't change my opinion that Backstreet Boys and Westlife have produced really good music, and are still capable of doing so. Examples: 'Straight Through My Heart' by Backstreet Boys, 'How To Break A Heart' by Westlife. :)

A1's also another example of boybands. I know it's been a really long time, but I do occasionally listen to their music.

Sorry to people out there, but artistes like Miley Cyrus totally doesn't appeal to me at all. Britney's much better than Miley, seriously.

Alright, this was totally random, but the sudden inspiration came after watching that Westlife DVD. :) And also partly because meeting up with the S34 people tomorrow would probably be for KBOX, and also to celebrate Si Jie's birthday. :)

2010-03-30T22:23:00.003+08:00

*Identity of my friend has been kept confidential

I was talking to my friend on MSN recently, and I only found out from him then that he used to go to City Harvest!
Admittedly, I haven't been in City Harvest long either. Cherie asked me to go along with her to the Saturday services at 3.30, so I just went along since it's been quite a while since I last went to church.
And I'm glad to say that I'm going to attend City Harvest regularly from now on, no more being lazy and all that crap. I've got to be more disciplined now! :)
To Cherie, I'm not sure if you'd be reading this, but I just want to say a big THANKS to you for bringing me back to church!

Whoops I've digressed.

But anyway back to the point, I was more than surprised to learn that he's Christian, because in the past 3 years since I've known him, I've never known that side of him, and he's never ever mentioned Christianity, as far as I'm aware.
And he told me that he's thinking of going back to church now that he's got the time(he's currently serving the nation!).
To be really honest, I was really stunned by this, because I'd never knew that he went to church. But genuinely, I'm glad that he wants to go back to church! :D
From there, it was just talking about Christianity, church and other random stuff. Especially since it'd been quite awhile since we last talked.

Saturday's service was good, Pastor Kong's preaching somehow felt very impactful to me. Maybe it was because it kind of reflected how sad I'd been feeling lately, and the fact that things haven't been going my way.
His words gave me more confidence, and made me realise that there's still hope for me, as long as I don't lose heart. :)
In a way, Pastor Kong's preaching was very similar to what my dad's been always telling me(he goes to church more regularly than I do). Especially the part when he said that God is never early or late, he's always on time. :)

How true this is, indeed.

Ben&Jerry Free Cone Day

2010-03-28T18:10:00.002+08:00

I know this is a bit late, 'cause I've been lazy again with photo uploading. But what the heck. Anyway, here goes!
Just shortly before 12pm.
Now I know how the cookies and cream flavour came about. :D
OMG the queue was insanely long.
My cookie affair! :D :D

The good thing was that I was expecting to wait at least 1 hour, judging by the extent of the crowd and queue. But God was on my side, I only had to wait about 20 minutes. :D

Supporting Documents

2010-03-26T01:08:00.003+08:00

I went down to NUS this morning with Tabs to hand in my supporting documents, which I have been procrastinating due to my afternoon working hours and the fact that I've been trying to tie up some loose ends regarding the supporting documents.

And finally, all 4 unis have been settled, application wise. Supporting documents wise SMU's still pending, and that's going to be another trip all the way down to SMU in the morning to personally drop in my documents. Somehow, when it's matters concerning university, I don't really trust snail mail. HAHA Tabs was the one who mentioned it to me, and the idea's gotten to me. But after all, when it concerns university, it concerns your future too, as my mum so rightly said to me.

I swear, walking in NUS is equivalent to climbing mountains. Literally so, because we were walking up so many slopes. And my stupidity of alighting near Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music instead of Yusof Ishak Hall from 96! -_- And yours truly was the one who was sure it was near YIH some more! Tell me how stupid I can get, seriously. -______________-
But in a way it was a good workout for both of us since our originally planned workout at JE Sports Complex failed to materialise. And my legs were killing me after yesterday's intense workout and the good deal of walking within NUS.

As I dropped in my supporting documents in the box, I murmured a silent prayer for the best.

In the name of Lord Jesus, please grant me what I really want for uni, I really have been knocked down so many times academically and school wise. I really pray for the best that I can get, because it's upsetting to settle for second best. Amen.

Both of us went to Subway after dropping off the documents as Tabs was craving for the cookies. Not so much for me as I had Subway for lunch yesterday! I think we really live on cheap thrills sometimes. :D
We bought 1 Subway cookie each, then walked out of NUS to catch 198 to JP. And we sat at the upper deck, near the back and started nibbling cookies. I know that eating on public transport isn't allowed, but hey, no harm breaking rules once a while right?
And for the record, we're neat eaters, we never left a single crumb behind. :D
Once again, it's Starbucks Mocha Frappe for me and Caramel Frappe for Tabs.

Seeing JJ students around afterwards while we were on our way back makes me realise one thing:

I miss school.

Seriously, I'd rather go back to study than be working. Not that working life is very stressful, don't get me wrong. But somehow, I feel that working life(and I don't mean part time work!) is meant to be experienced after university. Our teens and early 20s at least are meant to live life to the fullest, and study.

How ironic, that when one is studying, you want to go out to work; then when you're working, you want to go back to your books instead. :/

Dare to chase your dreams, no matter what.

2010-03-25T00:35:00.002+08:00

Do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. -Hebrews 10:35

From the bottom of my heart, what I really pray for, I really want it to come true for me. I've waited for so long already, I've done whatever I can.
Now there's nothing much that I can do except pray for the best.

And now, I really realized what it means by dare to chase your dreams.
My grades might not be good, but I really cannot bear to give up on what I've always wanted and what I've dreamed of.

Is it right to give up totally despite the fact that things aren't looking cheery for me? Haven't people always said that even 1% of hope is nonetheless, still hope?

Maybe this is a test of my faith in God. And I know, I will conquer all my obstacles. I will not let myself get bowed down no matter what.

Random uploads

2010-03-22T01:34:00.006+08:00

It's actually quite late already, and I'm supposed to hit the bed really soon, but somehow I can't sleep yet.
I just realised that my recent posts have been rather wordy and have no pictures. Namely because I haven't taken that many lately, and for some reason I don't really camwhore that much compared to most other girls.

So here goes the visuals!

OMG it looks like Ryan's in prison. Albeit a padded one.

I've no idea why Ryan has one sock on one foot, and his other foot is bare. And I think little Rachael seems thinner in this pic!
HAHA laughing Buddha? Ryan's chubby and adorable! Not to mention the sweetest and having the most easygoing disposition ever. :D He wear's a bib pretty frequently because he drools A LOT.

OK time to log off!

Because You Loved me

2010-03-21T21:01:00.003+08:00

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

2010-03-19T15:53:00.002+08:00

Sometimes I really ponder on how life would be like if I'd never taken on relief teaching at the kindergarten.

It might have left me with closed doors, and lesser options for myself for my future in university. Seriously.

1 thing I can say for sure: When I took on this challenge, I was daunted initially. But once I saw how the children were like and how they warmed up to me upon the first meeting, I promptly fell in love with them and has since never looked back.

I'm so glad that I love children and can always get along well with most of them, no matter what.
After all, I was once a child too, albeit I was probably not as smart or vocal as they are now.
Indeed, times have changed.

I remember myself when I was in K2, I was really quiet and though I definitely had friends, I was all along more reserved and I never really talked much, or created a tremendous ruckus like some kids do.

Since then it's made me realise that while the children look up to me as though I'm a guru, there're also many things that I can learn from the children, even though they might not realise that they're actually teaching me too.

Who says teaching has to be done only by the teachers? Everyone can be a teacher too, it just depends on what's the situation like and how circumstances unfold. :)

OK, these are really thoughts that just came into my mind right there and then, and I thought I'd post it up. :)

Total Eclipse Of The Heart

2010-03-15T01:40:00.003+08:00

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming around
Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears
Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by
Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes
Turn around, bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart
Turn around, bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of something wild
Turnaround, every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in your arms
Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry
Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit terrified but then I see the look in your eyes
Turn around, bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart
Turn around, bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart

The original singer of this song is Bonnie Tyler, but Westlife did a cover version of her number 1 hit. Personally, I prefer the Westlife version over Bonnie Tyler's.
OK fine, I admit I'm biased to Westlife. Those who've known me from young and those who know me well would be well aware that I'm a huge fan of Westlife! :)

2 down, 2 more to go. I really pray for God to guide me along the right way, and also to grant me my first choice.

I'm called Teacher Glennda.

2010-03-13T00:13:00.007+08:00

Not joking! In fact, when the kids greeted me during the first meeting, I was mentally laughing inside my head because it sounded really cute and it was quite comical actually. My parents both laughed at me after I recounted this incident.
-_____-

Digressing a bit, I met up with Tabs this morning for KFC breakfast at West Mall(Omg the eggs are damn dry, not nice! Mac's breakfast is much better!), then we went to Nanyang Poly to submit Yang Zhi's application stuffs. And I met Priscilla there! Damn long since I last saw her.
After NYP was off to Toa Payoh for KOI. :D Yay for Caramel Milk Tea(Tabs') and Honey Milk Tea(Mine!)
I'm so glad to have cousins like Tabs and Sabby, we can yak about everything under the sun, from the frivolous, namely retarded moments and reminiscing of our JC days to the serious stuff like relationships, uni, our futures. :)
Cheers to you guys! :)

(edited!)
I can't help but smile whenever I see kids, regardless of whether they're babies, toddlers or at the early primary school age. Provided I don't see them screaming, shouting and crying all the time. It's one thing to see babies cry, but it's a bit overboard when you see primary school children crying when their parents refuse to buy them something.

children!

2010-03-12T00:52:00.002+08:00

Children can make you feel a few ways:

1. Laugh out loud whenever they ask certain questions
2. Roll your eyes when they ask you personal stuff that makes you go 'OHMYGOSH!' in your mind
3. Tear your hair out of your head, especially when they are very noisy and will not settle down despite much cajoling
4. Raise your voice at them when law and order gets out of hand.

This happened yesterday evening between Darren(who's 1 of the troublemakers in the class), Alicia and me.
For some reason, Darren and Alicia are really quite close. Their characters seem like centuries apart(based on my first impression anyway!), but it's nice to see everyone close together. :)

Darren: Teacher Glennda, Alicia's my girlfriend!
Glennda: Really? Alicia, is Darren your boyfriend?
Alicia: Yes!
Glennda: O.o
Darren: I also like Alysa! So Alysa's my girlfriend too! (Btw, Alysa's the pretty little girl in my class, unofficially nicknamed Princess by me and some of the other teachers for obvious reasons)
Glennda: O.o Darren, do you know that you can only have 1 girlfriend? You cannot have more than 1 girlfriend, understand?
Alicia: Oh, you mean you cannot have more than 1 girlfriend?
Glennda: Yeah that's right!
Darren: Teacher Glennda, I like you also!
Glennda: Err.. Thank you! :D
Darren: So you're also my girlfriend!
Glennda: -_________________-

Does this mean the more, the merrier? HAHAHAHA.

What the heck is the world coming to?!

2010-03-11T00:56:00.002+08:00

Those who have been keeping up with recent affairs would know about how Jack Neo had his affair exposed by 22-year-old model Wendy Chong. And subsequently, 10 more women have come forward.

Seriously?! What in the world man.

I swear this is the Singaporean version of Tiger Woods' affairS. No joke.

I really don't get it about guys who are in the entertainment industry. First Tiger Woods, then John Terry, then Ashley Cole. Now Jack Neo.

I really cannot figure out what in the world is WRONG with these people. Seriously. -______-

:'(

2010-03-06T19:23:00.003+08:00

I'm still really very upset in the aftermath of results release. :'(
I cried until my heart was about to break, I totally lost control once I saw my slip.

It really hurts to give up on your dreams, it hurts worse when I see my loved ones sharing my grief.
I'd rather be the one to comfort people than be the one being comforted.

And now, I know my choices are extremely limited. But that doesn't mean I can't enter at all.
Til now, I really can't control my tears.

I was praying so hard for the results, I worked so hard and did my best, yet once again I was greatly disappointed.
Why did this have to happen? Does it mean that the higher your hopes and expectations, the greater the fall will be? :'(

Thankyou Sabby, for rushing down to my place upon hearing my hysterical tears over the phone, and for helping me with my essay for NTU. Thankyou Tabs, for the hugs, the macs breakfast this morning, the bubble tea treat, basically everything. Thankyou Liyana, bestie Pearl, Cherie, Si Jie for the comforting SMSes. Thankyou, Daddy and Mummy for giving me your fullest support and consoling me, even though I know that you're crying in your hearts as well.

I'd really rather not cry, but the tears still flow uncontrolled.

Children+A Level Results

2010-03-04T23:36:00.000+08:00

And in about 14 hours time, A Level results will be out. Good luck to everyone who's going to get back results! Hope that everyone will do well and be able to get into their ideal faculties!

Especially for me. :)

Oh, and just for you to know, I'm currently working as a relief teacher, for K2 kids at a childcare centre near my place. Gosh the kids are just so adorable, and of course, like any other class, there're bound to be troublemakers!

And the way they talk, I can really see their innocence. Some of the kids are incredibly intelligent for their age. No kidding!

Some incredibly funny exchanges I had with some of them!

I was talking to this kid, En Wei about my father.
En Wei: Huh Teacher Glennda, you mean you got daddy?
Glennda: HAHAHA of course I have daddy!
En Wei: Then.. you got mummy or not?
Glennda: HAHAHA of course I do!

I told my parents about this, and they laughed like crazy. Even now, whenever my mum and I discuss this, we'd still crack up eventually. It's really very funny!

My mum dropped by the childcare centre to find me yesterday after she knocked off from work, and she managed to take a peep at some of the kids there too.
This filipino girl, Cheyenne is really smart! She figured that it was my mum smiling in through the window at all of us.

Cheyenne: Teacher Glennda!
Glennda: Yes Cheyenne?
Cheyenne: *leans in to whisper* Is that your mummy?
Glennda: Yeah that's my mummy.
Cheyenne: Ohh. Your mummy is very pretty!
Glennda: Really? :)
I told my mum about what she said, and she thanked Cheyenne! :)
Cheyenne: Then where's your daddy?
Glennda: Oh he's busy now, so he didn't come to fine me.

Gosh, the stuff kids can ask! For 6-year-olds, they're really quite smart and are surprisingly aware about most of their surroundings and what's going on around them. It's pretty amazing.
And I could say that I've fallen in love with most of them! :D

What My Heart Wants To Say

2010-03-01T11:20:00.002+08:00

You're amazing, so amazing
Have I told you enough?
You're my angel, my guardian angel
God knows I've been blessed with love

But if I be gone tomorrow
Would you know how deep my love goes
Have I ever told you, you're the one?

If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
I hope it still shows
If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
What my heart wants to say

Word so tender, I surrender
To the feeling, so true
My affirmation, my inspiration
Darling, I've been blessed with you

If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
I hope it still shows
If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
What my heart wants to say

But if I be gone tomorrow
Would you know how deep my love goes?
If I was gone forever
Would you know how much I care?
That you make me feel like flying
And I'm sailing on your ocean
That everytime you look at me
You see it in my eyes

If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
I hope it still shows..

If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
I hope it still shows
If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
What my heart wants to say

If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
I hope it still shows
If the words don't come my way
I hope you still know
I hope it still shows
I hope you still know
What my heart wants to say

Essential Male Friends

2010-02-26T11:37:00.002+08:00

This is really quite interesting! I found this by chance online and I thought I'd post it up. For girls, this will be good for you to know! :)

A guide to which guys you need in your life. Girls, read up and learn.

It is important to have a variety of friends throughout our lives, especially ones which we know we can go to when we need a pick-me-up, some advice or common sense, someone to hang out with and keep us company or to have a good old flirt with.

Many women have their girlfriends as their confidents and close advisors, but some guys are just as good at dishing out the advice and compliments when we need them. Despite being let down some of the time by many of their fellow male comrades, there are some guys that can make us feel great.

1. The adventurer

This is probably a guy that you could have met on a holiday or have known from school or college. In your mind, he is the memory maker. He is someone that exudes fun and when you are around him, you know you will never be bored. He has a plethora of fun ideas up his sleeves to keep everyone entertained.

He will no doubt, push you out of your comfort zone, but you will afterwards appreciate it and learn that there is always time from wild exploits. This isn’t a guy that you will be able to turn down as he is always on the move and needs his space.

2. The platonic friend with no sexual tension

While you are obviously aware he is of the opposite sex, there is no chance of you jumping in to bed with him. Here’s hoping he feels the same way about you. If this is the case, then this is a measure of testosterone so straightforward and loyal, that nothing (apart from maybe a new girlfriend) will blemish it.

Most importantly, this male friend can strip away man-talk and give you the reality in bite-sized nuggets of so-called male wisdom. Without a whisper of an ulterior motive. He’s like a brother from another mother and a guy that you can jump into bed and watch a film knowing that there won’t be any wandering hands.

3. The platonic friend with sexual tension

You have wild fantasies about this guy and while you love to think about them, it is not something that you would act on. And that is a good thing as there is a valid reason why the two of you haven’t reached ‘that point of no return’. You know at the end of the day, that it isn’t a great idea and one that will ruin a perfectly good and fun friendship.

However, that doesn’t mean you can’t fit in some thinly veiled compliments and revel in delight in his faux-jealousy when you complain about jerks. It’s like a cheap (but oh so yummy) fast food burger. Harmless in small doses.

4. The charmer

Flirting with someone, or having someone flirt with you is an instant pick-me-up and therefore, it is essential to have a male friend that is a smooth talker and charmer. We all have our off days and knowing that we have someone in our address book that gives out flirtatious and positive comments like nobody’s business, is great to have around.

A little harmless flirting never hurts anyone, especially when you know it isn’t going anywhere and it's just a bit of fun to have.

5. Valued friend

There are some guys that we meet and know are going to be great friends for a long time. So many people come in and out of our lives and it is sometimes hard to keep in touch with everyone. However, this person is someone who has added value to your life. He is the man with good values, virtues, upbringing, disciplined and focus.

They are the type of men that make you realise your dreams in a positive way without soiling your hands or delving into immorality and evil lifestyle and reaffirm your faith that there are good men out there that you can date... but not this one. He is there as a friend and advisor.

6. The totally honest guy

The thing is, with girls, they don’t always tell each other the whole honest truth when it comes to opinions on what they are wearing, other girls and of course, men. Girls, can of course, be a bit catty amongst one another and rivalry can be high, even with close friends. On the other hand, they can be tactful among one another so as not to hurt one another’s opinions: “that’s not weight you have put on, it’s just a bit of water retention.”

A guy can tell us straight without making us feel so offended. They are simple creatures and tell things how they are and how they see them, like: “Hmm, you’re looking a bit frumpy today” or “you know the guy you are dating is a .......” It’s not always what we want to hear, but a male friend like this is honest and straight to the point. No beating around the bush.

He is also your gateway to how men think, but more importantly, how men see you; both of which are extremely useful sources of information to get your hands on.

7. The gay friend

This one is so clear it borders on cliché. What are we saying? It is a cliché, but dry spells and gay friends go together like champagne and strawberries. Nobody is better to have a good b*tch session with and lament the evils of men while watching reruns of 'Sex and the City'.

Gay guys are still guys, too. Same state of mind, just a mixture of girls-in-hot-tub and muscle-boys-on-sports-field. You get the idea, and thankfully, that aggression will never be directed toward you and you get the best of both worlds.

Run, and prove that you can do it no matter what.

2010-02-22T22:52:00.005+08:00

It seems like lately, I've gotten an increasingly strong urge to run. But now that my cough is starting to return again, the plans to start the long distance runs have been hindered, once again. :(

I really want to run! Running in a way, releases me. It challenges me, and spurs me on further to the finishing line.
Somehow, I feel that it's really a 'me-against-the-world' thing to run, especially when it comes to long distance runs. It really challenges you, pushes you to the limit, tests your endurance and perseverance.

Because your enemy is not the people who are around you(especially those who run faster). Your enemy is yourself.
Only by telling yourself that you can do it, and by keeping the faith, you'd be able to surmount all obstacles.

Going for this with my cousins! 29th May 2010. It's only the 10km run that we're trying out now, because we're newbies to long distance running and it definitely would not do to run a full marathon on your very first run, because it needs pretty intensive training. Lack of proper training can make you burned out easily, not to mention increasing your risk of sustaining muscle injuries.
I got an invitation to join Citispa, via Facebook. But I'm not sure if I can go for it, even though the price of the run(for the early bird, anyway!) is really quite cheap compared to Sundown and Stan Chart, because of the starting location at East Coast, and the start time at 6.30AM which is really way too early. And I stay in the West! Pfffft.
But then again, most marathons start around that time, especially for Stan Chart.

And it's pretty amazing how so many people in the world actually love to run.
http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/humanrace/?id=race_day

The link is to the NIKE website, for Nike Human Race 10km run. Though this is actually the statistics for 2009, the numbers are still astounding.

I know that I must and will conquer Adidas Sundown 10km!

Next up might be Nike Human Race 10km(that's if they have it this year, because I can't seem to find any details about Nike Human Race 2010 online!), and Standard Chartered Singapore 2010 21km. :)
1 day, I will definitely conquer a full 42km marathon!
And I marvel at those who actually conquer un ultra marathon. That's 84km! No joke about it.

In all honesty, I have to say that it's through reading someone's blog, and learning a lot more about life and how you have to grab ahead, that kind of inspired me to run long distance. Somehow, I have a slight twinge of regret that I didn't try out long distance running last year. But nonetheless, it's never too late to try out long distance running. :)

Because life is unpredictable, and you never know what can happen in the next second. Life is meant to be lived to the fullest!

I hope this inspires you to run a marathon too. :)

Follow up!

2010-02-21T17:40:00.011+08:00

I'm back again! :)
And it's more random photos about what's been going on recently.

Oh and yes, Happy 22nd Francis! I don't think you'd see this anyway, but yep. :)

Visuals up ahead!

When we clasp our hands in prayer.. God opens his. :)
With my mum, at TCC. My drink was Mint Chocolate Latte if I remember correctly.
My once-in-a-while coffee fix whenever I get too sleepy at work. This is one of the cheaper alternatives to Coffee Bean and Starbucks. :)

Ohyes, KOI bubble tea! It's really quite good, but the only thing I didn't really like was the pricing. For 1 small cup of Hazelnut Milk Tea, it's $2.40! It's really a bit pricey, but taste wise, it was good! :)
Shared this with my mum at Delifrance. Yum! :)
Yesterday was the launch for It's I'MPOSSIBLE.
The brains behind this book. Mayching, Bryan and Mark. Congrats to you guys, and to Mayching, I'm really proud of you! :D
Future artist. :D

With Mark!

It was Cynthia's 21st on 17th Feb, but it was celebrated way in advance, on 6th Feb. The theme was to be as geeky as possible but I didn't really go with it LOL.
Our birthday girl! :D

Percussion! It's been a really long time, seriously.

Nerd alert!

And presenting to you my niece and nephew, Rachael and Ryan Tan! They're absolutely adorable and sweet. :D
During CNY, at my aunt's place. My dad's helping to feed him! And actually he can hold the milk bottle himself. Sweet! :) He's lovable to the extent that mosquitoes love him too much as well, if you can notice that spot on his face.

Both twins in the playpen.
While watching TV. Hahahaha.

It's really very hard to catch them smiling on camera. Seeing it is really easy, but to snap that precious moment is really difficult! :)

2010-02-15T15:17:00.002+08:00

I found this when I was randomly browsing blogs, and I feel that this is really very true. But the problem is, it's very hard to actually practise it.

Somehow, I feel that whenever something new comes your way, it's difficult to approach it with love. Instead, the tendency is that you'll approach it cautiously, especially if you know very little about it or what you know abou this new thing borders on the negative.

I realised that recently, I have the tendency to blog a lot, compared to 2009 when I was relatively inactive because I made the decision to retake my As after realising that I could not get into what I really wanted due to poor grades. I know there isn't much link to this post(hence it's untitled), and to be really honest my thoughts and reflections now are in a kaleidoscope - confusing and in a mixed jumble. But hey, no harm in letting your thoughts run wild and free for a while, right? :)

Earlier, I was playing Kou-Jong on Neopets(zomg Neopets is like ancient, seriously!). For those who might not know, it's another name for the game Taipei, where you have to clear mahjong tiles pair by pair. Once you clear them all, you win.
I played the hardest level. Each level has 3 stages, and the level of difficulty increases after you complete each one. When I tried out the hardest level, stage 1 took me 10 tries before I could get through to stage 2!
But just a little while ago, I managed to clear all 3 stages at 1st try each time! :D You can feel the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when you finally manage to conquer something that's been eluding you for a long time.

As I played, I was listening to 稻香 by Jay Chou, on repeat mode.
The lyrics of the song made me realise how some people in life, the minute they run into an obstacle, they can become totally despondent and hopeless, and even attempt suicide.
I really cannot and never will understand why some people actually resort to suicide. Suicide really isn't the way out to end all your troubles.

You only have 1 life, live it to the fullest and maximum!

Life is not meant to be smooth-sailing all the time, and many times it's not possible for you to expect things to turn out your way. Somehow, it's best to know that we have to 珍惜一切, 就算没有拥有.
For the non-Chinese, basically it means that we have to treasure everything, even if it doesn't belong to us.
Furthermore, what's life without obstacles? Obstacles are the ones that can make you cry your heart out, scream with dismay and frustration, feel suicidal, and can even make you feel like you're totally lost and lonely, even when there're people around you. However, they're the ones that toughen you up mentally, physically and emotionally.

And that's why, I really very strongly believe in the power of God. I'm Christian, I go to church every month and I pray.
Somehow, I feel that with Christ in your heart, even what seems absolutely insurmountable can become surmountable, and perhaps, less painful and difficult.

Alright, I think I've really been rambling on, when the thoughts and inspirations come to your mind, it really flows free and fast.
Chinese New Year has been alright so far, with way too many goodies and Bak Kwa(Read: FATS!). Later I'm off to my aunt's house for another round of visiting. :)
Last night was crazy, after a few rounds of mahjong at my place(relatives on my mum's side came to my place for visiting), some of us went for Mac! My idea some more, I had the sudden urge to relive back my past, where I used to spend lots of time swotting for exams there.
It was crazy, eating wise. And henceforth, Operation Get-Back-Into-Shape is going to kick off once this long holiday is over!

2010-02-14T01:35:00.000+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR AND HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! :D

Even though I'm single, it's still a time to feel the love. :)

cny eve 2010!

2010-02-13T22:28:00.005+08:00

It was 07S34 gathering this morning, bowling at Mount Faber Safra followed by lunch at Vivocity's Superdog. :)
I'm really glad for the gathering, because it's actually been nearly a year since we last met after graduating, and the last time we met was before the April batch guys(namely Yong Cheng and Ganesan) enlisted.
How time flies, indeed. Even though 7 out of 24 turned up, it was still enjoyable nonetheless even though the time spent chilling was short since all of us had to go back for reunion dinner.
And it's nice yet funny, to see that none of us have really changed much even though it's been a long time since we actually last met. :) Except Yong Cheng perhaps, in terms of the buff factor. :p

Visuals up ahead!

Yong Cheng, Marilyn and Su Hui same team, me, Ganesan and Zhi Hong in the other team. And I had the highest score! :D But we played only 1 game. Plans to play pool afterwards didn't work out 'cause the pool place was closed. Ohwell.
Attempt to play paparazzi heehee
07S34! :D

Reunion dinner was at Hotel Intercontinental. The food was really very fresh and good, and service was excellent. 5 stars rated! :)
My family :D

Siblings!

Ok that's it for photos. The rest are on facebook, I'm really lazy to upload every single thing and it'll take too long.

Slightly more than an hour left to Chinese New Year and Valentine's! :) Though I'm currently single, it's hard not to feel the lovey-dovey and excitement for this double festivities. :)

how going slower can let you stop and reflect.

2010-02-11T23:51:00.002+08:00

Sometimes, there are times when I feel that I've been living my life in too much of a rush. Until the extent that I realise that I've neglected that feeling of learning how to relax.

It so happened that I was off from work today(in fact I'm off until next tuesday 'cause of CNY), so it was piano for me in the morning, then my dad and I went for lunch at Bukit Batok, one of the industrial places. Their mixed veggies rice is really nice, before 12pm ticks by, the queue already starts to form!
I tried to eat slowly, because I'm still recuperating from my cough and I wasn't sure how much I could actually stuff down because I wasn't that hungry. In the end I didn't finish the food, and I felt a bit guilty because I'm very conscious of the fact that there're many starving people in the 3rd world countries.

Somehow, by eating slowly, you can actually enjoy the food and the taste of it. It also allows better digestion and you won't feel sick(OK, this is starting to sound like a health journal, seriously!)

In a nutshell, while we live our lives, we also have to take care, and realise that our bodies are not meant to live a mad, hectic lifestyle all the time. While there are certainly days when we're swamped by work-regardless of whether it's school or office work, we also have to be aware that we have to slow down at the right time, so that we can smell the flowers, and in other words, reflect.

My mum's been extremely swamped with work recently because of her accounts closing deadline-no thanks to the long CNY break. So it's resulted in me getting abit of a brush-off when I call her in the office. Not that I mind, because that's the nature of working life.
It really surprised me when she apologized to me for neglecting me and brushing me off lately cos of her workload, because I didn't expect an apology as I know that working life can be extremely stress-inducing.

Somehow, it made me have the feeling of being loved. :) I'm really proud and glad to say that my mum's like my best friend-cum-sister. We're really open about literally everything, from the casual stuff to serious issues.

The choice of 3 paths..

2010-02-10T11:19:00.002+08:00

Namely NUS, NTU and SMU. Definitely, I very much prefer and really want NUS!

It so happened that I called SMU earlier this morning for business-related issues and I heard the admission office number over the phone, so I decided to call the admission office as well to check when application was due to start, since I'm still waiting for 'A's results.

Much to my surprise, I was told that I could actually apply now and when results come in, I can post in my results to SMU.

Now, I really hope that I get good enough grades this time to step into NUS. Really, really hope so.

I don't know why, but somehow I feel rather uneasy when I realised that I could actually register for SMU now, when results aren't even out yet. Maybe because I'm probably ahead of other people at this particular point in time. But somehow I feel that there might be more to my unease. :(

And NUS and NTU registrations aren't open yet at present. Not surprising for NUS because you'd have to receive your user ID and PIN code by snail mail.

ZZZZ.

2010-02-09T13:40:00.003+08:00

And cough medication is back to haunt me again. -.- Because my cough suddenly worsened a few days ago, and when Saturday rolled by my cough was damn dry and I had 128949524587 coughing fits! (Tabs can vouch for that cos I was with her the entire afternoon that Sat!)
Needless to say, it's a trip back to the doctor again, and I came back with stronger cough medication.

In a nutshell, it totally knocked me out by 11pm(I took the medication around 8plus) and til now, I'm still feeling abit soft and my mind feels whirly(is there even such a word?!) and stupid when I need my wits about me.
Hence a caffeine fix is ABSOLUTELY necessary. No kidding, I yawned so many times and my mind was thinking about curling up into my cosy bed.

My persistent cough and accumulated fatigue is the reason why I doze in public transport(bus+mrt) in recent days. And it's not something I used to do in the past also. Last week when I was supposed to meet my parents at JP after work, I dozed on the MRT and I woke up when the train JUST left Boonlay! Fml. -.- And I had to alight at Pioneer and take the MRT back to BoonLay zzz.

Let's just keep fingers crossed that the sleepy+lazybones bug in me will get beaten soon! :)

I hope I can say good riddance to that cough soon, I want to continue training for Adidas Sundown and conquer that 10km run! Furthermore, Chinese New Year is coming soon and I really want to enjoy the goodies.
I know that CNY equals to gaining weight zzz. So the purpose of gym would be to train up for Sundown, then slim down and shape up at the same time. Talk about killing 3 birds with 1 stone. :D

going gaga over lady gaga? not exactly so.

2010-02-07T23:15:00.002+08:00

Somehow, I feel that Bad Romance by Lady Gaga is extremely over-played. I hear it literally everywhere I go! In most shops that I go to in town, back at JJ at JJ night..

Not that I mind though.

I think Poker Face is even more over-played. No kidding about it.

JJ Orientation 2010

2010-02-06T00:52:00.004+08:00

It was fun, but not exactly in the sense that I hoped. I think we're all getting old.
Ohwell.
But in a sense, it was like taking a walk down memory lane! :)

Pics do talk!

F4! My family back for I'MPOSSIBLE '08. :)
I love the helium balloons effect! :)
I like the red Cabinet Council tee! :D And congrats Mr Choo on your recent marriage! :)
Heehee acting stupid. The point was for Mr Choo to show his wedding ring, but unfortunately it can't be seen clearly from this shot!
We were caught unaware!

27th batch! There're actually quite a number who came back but some of them left early or MIA-ed. :)

More on Facebook, I'm quite lazy to upload everything, and there're quite a number of really unglam shots as well. x)

We went to Mac's after that for supper and hurhur. We weren't the only JJC-ians there. Some of those who MIA-ed came there as well! LOL that Mac has always been taken by storm by JJ students from time immemorial. Especially during exam periods and after school hours.
I sure miss those days. :)

The journey begins...

2010-02-04T22:41:00.003+08:00

I'm over that grouchy and whiny mood! :) I think it's the hot weather, poor sleep and PMS that kind of got to me today.
And I realised that this is my 2nd post for the day hahaha.

Somehow, I'm reminded of Hogwarts when I see this banner. Good job 29th! :D

And Orientation '10 has officially kicked off today! Most of us seniors are going back tml night, for JJ Night. Can't wait! :D
The 2nd night is always the most fun, albeit nostalgic. It just emphasizes something to me: We're OLD.
And so, the mass dance songs are playing on my computer as I'm typing this entry. Nostalgic!
Mayching and I went back for OGL camp a couple of weeks back, the J2 OGLs saw us and they called us '大姐'! :O
And they served us cups of Horlicks which didn't taste too nice but we felt the love anyway. :)

It's a further reminder that we're old. Bear in mind, we're technically J4s already.

How time flies, indeed.

Working can be really sucky when...

2010-02-04T15:24:00.003+08:00

1. It's freezing cold, no matter how thick your jacket or your long sleeved shirts are.
2. You're wearing contact lenses and your eyes get dry and tired very easily. This results in frequent usage of eye drops.
3. You get backaches easily because you sit for too long in the chair.
4. The freezing cold makes you drink a lot of water, and that equals to making frequent trips to the washrooms. -_-
5. Public transport is a pain in the neck! Getting on board the MRT every morning is SUCH a hassle, especially when your starting station is at an interchange. Shitload of people alighting from the Marina Bay-Jurong East train and crossing over to the Pasir Ris bound train! It always makes me unable to get on board and I have to wait for the next one. When the next passenger train arrives, it gets packed and there's no room to manuever, let alone sit down. GRRR.

(Note: Working's generally ok for me, it's these peeves that make you grumpy and irritable, especially since it's faced on a daily basis!)
:(

So now, I know it's time for me to sign up for driving lessons soon. And that's going to come after I get my results. Just pray that I can do well enough.

2010-02-02T14:23:00.002+08:00

Gosh I really hate that 'feeling sleepy' syndrome! And furthermore it's only Tuesday. What the heck is wrong with me?! :( It really sucks to feel the urge to hit the sack, especially when you're busy at work and need to keep your wits about you.

My caffeine fix didn't help either(I drank Coke at lunch)! :( Ohwell. Maybe coffee would be more helpful. :)

2010-01-31T22:45:00.002+08:00

Wow to think that a month flies really fast! :)
And it's 2 more weeks to CNY woohoo! Though I've yet to get the chance to see the crazy CHEENAtown crowd hahaha.

And Tab, I know you read my blog super often, and I've just gotta say this(even though I've already said it earlier!):

I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU TWO! :D
You should know what I'm talking about! :) I'm not gonna be so explicit!

Cheers for the long weekend! :)

2010-01-30T01:09:00.004+08:00

Yep, I was off from work yesterday(technically so since it's already 1.10am on my com clock!) and so the plan to meet up with Sarah to chill out plus window shop was great! :)

We hit Nine West, Coach, Marc Jacob.. OK, all the really pricey stuff! No kidding, the prices are in the 3-digit range, smallest of which is 5. Go figure how the price level increases. It's like we're tai-tais. HAHAHA.

Oh and the guy who attended to us looks like Wilber Pan! :D Good-looking, well-dressed and well-spoken! :D I could safely say that his service makes other promoters' services pale out in comparison. And both of us girls started gushing about that guy's looks and everything once we were safely out of Marc Jacobs hahahaha.

And I met bestie Pearl at Taka! Totally out of the blue as well, since it's her birthday yesterday and I'd dropped her a birthday message, including a meet-up suggestion since it's been quite awhile since we'd last met. So it was a total surprise to see her! :)

Dinner was at Blue Mountain Cafe at 313@Somerset. Sarah's recommendation! The food was really good, not to mention dirt cheap for a cafe. It's the first time I settled a bill so easily and not feeling guilty despite the fact I was nearly broke. :) I ordered BM Club Sandwich(the serving was gastronomical!), Sarah ordered rosemary chicken, and both were $8.50 each. Total bill was $20 after GST and it's really the first time I'd ever seen a bill so easy to settle. :)
Heh, goes to show that just 2 people eating together makes a bill easier to settle. Imagine if it's a group of 4 or more. :D

No photos during that period when we were chilling, we were too caught up with the gossip and window-shopping to bother and for a moment I actually forgot that my camera was in my bag too hahaha!

So it was off to cheena Chinatown(pun intended!) after we went seperate ways to meet up with my mum and her colleagues!

The guy in the middle is Ben, and he's new to my mum's company, and he's kind of at the learning-the-ropes stage. He's 26 and I think he's good looking! :D
With me this time. :) Chinatown lights. 2 more weeks to CNY!

Tangled emotions

2010-01-28T15:57:00.002+08:00

Why? Why do I suddenly feel this way?

I really don't understand it at all. Is my subconscious trying to tell me something? I'd been thinking about something but in my dreams, something else comes up instead. And it's something totally unexpected and it has never, ever occurred to me before until that dream. It just caught me off-guard, totally.

And I'm a person who usually haves dreamless sleep. But this one came to me in vivid detail, to the extent that when morning came it just suddenly hit me like a bolt of lightning. And I remember everything about the dream.

Does this mean that I will eventually come to a crossroads of sorts, where I'll have to make a choice? Because I know that when the decision is made, there's no turning back.

Or is this a case of an over-active imagination?

Maybe I should go into Facebook less often.

Malacca!

2010-01-27T21:52:00.008+08:00

I know I've been neglecting this page abit over the past few days, but it's mainly because my home com was down and I don't really want to use my office com to update.
Anyway, I crashed OGL Camp last friday! It's been an incredible long time since I last went back to JJ(I think the last time I went back was to collect my SGC), and stepping back in there with Mayching made all the memories come back full force. Especially when songs like 'YMCA', '5 Colours In Her Hair', 'Ain't It Funny' blasted out! :) That equals to mass dance! Gosh the crazy days of mass dance were just so fun. :D

It was Malacca on last Saturday. It was not bad, but I swear the heat's out to kill us! Talk about blistering and melting, it's really mentally draining as well.

Pics do talk!

Tabs is superwoman. :D
This really brought geography back to life! The tropical rainforests that we studied back in sec 3 physical geog. :)
REAL bees. No kidding.
My mum's collegue Abby with her son. Cute! :D

Cousins! :)
1 word to describe the coconut pudding: SEDAP! :D it was damn nice and perfect especially for the blistering hot weather.

LOL.

That iguana and snakes are real. Really.

Some French church we went to. Forgot the name of the place but I remember that it dates back to the 1700s.
I forgot to rotate, but if you can make out the words, they're in French. Somehow the place reminds me of the Vatican in the movie Angels and Demons.
Violinist in the church. :)
We climbed many steps to get to the church. This was taken at ground level(with the zoom) so you can imagine how high up the church is.

These are mainly from my camera, the rest are all on facebook! Because uploading everything here is going to take forever and there're quite alot of photos, not just from my camera, but also from my mum's colleague's camera, and he was like the cameraman for the day too.

TGIF!

2010-01-22T13:51:00.002+08:00

Really, the end of the week is what everyone looks forward to. :)

Right now I'm in the office, it's freezing cold because the weather today has been extremely rainy. Yea, it's that stage when early in the morning you're lying in bed and you want a slightly longer shut-eye because the weather's so inviting and cooling. :)

Anyway, great way to mark the weekend- Going back JJ to crash OGL camp later, Malacca tml morning! :)
This short getaway would probably do me some good too, get out of sunny Singapore to explore abit. And maybe, in the near future, get more chances to travel overseas too! :)

Cheers to the weekend! :D

2010-01-19T15:18:00.002+08:00

SKU=SCHOOL, in SMS language.

What I found on Facebook:
SKU=Stupid Kuku Uni.

LOL. It tickled my funny bone big time. xD

Sick+Lousy Night's Sleep+Public Transport Woes=Miserable & Unhappy me! :(

2010-01-19T10:31:00.002+08:00

That stupid cough just keeps sticking to me like a leech! It's already bad enough to keep coughing, and have your chest hurt too. It's even worse to be woken by that racking cough. That cough has already woken me up in the dead of the night for 2 nights running! :(
And right now I'm at work, but my mood is extremely zombified and I feel really stupefied(OK, that sounds like Harry Potter) from the lack of good, undisturbed sleep. :(

And public transport is such a pain! Especially that peak hour rush. I start work at 0930, so usually by 0850 I'm at JE station. Everytime I wait for the Pasir Ris bound trainI work at Chinatown), the Marina Bay-Jurong East train will come in, and the load of people that comes out! Talk about insanely packed, the MRT's always packed to the max and there's hardly even any room to manuever!
It actually got to the stage where I start praying that the Pasir Ris bound train will leave before the Marina Bay-Jurong East trainload of people alight. >< Worse of all, after every passenger-laden train leaves, the next train will be the one not meant for passengers. And the crowd subsequently gets even larger!
I swear, the non-passenger trains should be made passenger-bound during the peak hour time, so that the crowd control is not so out of hand.

Alright, I think this post is getting angsty and whiny. And I have a date with the doctor this evening, to get rid of that horrible cough before Malacca this saturday and CNY. :(

Haiti earthquake

2010-01-16T23:20:00.003+08:00

Relief groups face ‘race against time’ in Haiti
Bodies mount amid fears that desperation will boil over into lawlessness

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - With food, water and other aid flowing into Haiti in earnest, relief groups and officials are focused on moving the supplies out of the clogged airport and to hungry, haggard earthquake survivors in the capital.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was expected in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, scheduled to confer with President Rene Preval and U.S. and international civilian and military officials on how best to help the recovery effort and Haitian government.
Clinton on Friday cited a "race against time" before anxiety and anger create additional problems. Relief workers warned that unless supplies are quickly delivered, Port-au-Prince will degenerate into lawlessness.
A water delivery truck driver said he was attacked in one of the city's slums. There were reports of isolated looting as young men walked through downtown with machetes, and robbers reportedly shot one man whose body was left on the street.
"I don't know how much longer we can hold out," said Dee Leahy, a lay missionary from St. Louis, Missouri, who was working with nuns handing out provisions from their small stockpile. "We need food, we need medical supplies, we need medicine, we need vitamins and we need painkillers. And we need it urgently."
The Red Cross estimates 45,000 to 50,000 people were killed in Tuesday's magnitude-7.0 earthquake. While workers are burying some in mass graves, countless bodies remain unclaimed in the streets and the limbs of the dead protrude from crushed schools and homes.
Other bodies were thrown into trucks and driven to the outskirts of town to be burned Friday. Residents paint toothpaste around their nostrils and beg passers-by for surgical masks to cut the smell. If the government still exists and the United Nations is around, I hope they can help us get the bodies out," said Sherine Pierre, a 21-year-old communications student whose sister died when her house collapsed.
A third of Haiti's 9 million people may be in need of aid. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the World Food Program was providing high-energy biscuits and ready-to-eat meals to around 8,000 people "several times a day."
"Obviously, that is only a drop in the bucket in the face of the massive need, but the agency will be scaling up to feed approximately 1 million people within 15 days and 2 million people within a month," he said.
U.S. officials on Friday also acknowledged the limits of their initial relief efforts, and promised a quick ramp-up in delivery of badly needed supplies. Dr. Rajiv Shah, the White House's coordinator of the U.S. relief effort who was also expected to arrive Saturday, indicated aid would begin flowing more freely in the next few days.
The effort to get aid to the victims has been stymied by blocked roads, congestion at the airport, limited equipment and other obstacles. U.N. peacekeepers patrolling the capital said popular anger was rising and warned aid convoys to add security to guard against looting.
Officials said some of the delivery problem was due to the damaged seaport. The arrival Friday of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson started helping immediately, taking pressure off the city's jammed airport. Within hours, an 82nd Airborne Division rapid response unit was handing out food, water and medical supplies from two cargo pallets outside the airport. Today showMilero Cedamou, the 33-year-old owner of a small water delivery company, twice drove his small tanker truck to a tent camp where thousands of homeless people are living. Hundreds clustered around to fill their plastic buckets.
"This is a crisis of unspeakable magnitude, it's normal for every Haitian to help," Cedamou said. "This is not charity."
Medical teams from other nations set up makeshift hospitals to tend to the critically injured. Time, however, was running short for the rescue of people who still might be alive under the rubble.
"Beyond three or four days without water, they'll be pretty ill," said Dr. Michael VanRooyen of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative in Boston. "Around three days would be where you would see people start to succumb."

The Haiti earthquake was really terrible, and heartbreaking in so many ways imaginable. Lost lives, changed destinies, injuries, grief-stricken families, shattered bodies.. The list really goes on. And the degree of social unrest is climbing up still higher.

At present, the death toll is climbing to 100,000, and it won't be surprising if the death toll increases still further, judging by the magnitude of the earthquake and the extent of damages that has already occurred.

I think I heard on the news about how more doctors should be sent in, and not more journalists. I guess it's a subjective issue, because after all, the earthquake is a human-interest issue and with the journalists at the scene, the probability of the news spreading might be much faster and in a way, might be able to help to bring in more necessary aid. However, since Haiti is one of the poorer regions of America, it would be more appropriate if there were more doctors available. Greater differences might be made to people who are hanging on to life by just a thread.

God, please bless all the poor victims in Haiti, and may more survivors be dug out alive, amidst all that wreckage and damage. Amen.

Baby Mania!

2010-01-16T00:43:00.007+08:00

The 'I-can't-sleep' syndrome has struck again. Must be due to the McCafe iced latte I had earlier this afternoon, and another cup at dinner. ><
Mood of the day for Nike boy: Grouchy! When my mum carried him, it took only a few seconds for her right sleeve to be covered in his drool. And after awhile he kicked up a fuss.
You wouldn't believe the fuss he kicked up when his nappy was being changed.
Awww. <3
Sleeping baby girl!
Babies love their finger sucking. LOL.

Ryan Tan Rui Heng! :)
Rachael Tan Xuan En!
I hearts this little guy. So cute! <3

I don't get it about babies sucking their toes. Really.

No prizes for guessing who's the boy and who's the girl!

2010-01-14T10:13:00.003+08:00

Please don't tell me that I'm coming down with flu and sore throat. :( I still want to train for sundown!

I'm updating from work now, I can't believe that I overslept by 20 minutes today, yet I managed to get to work 10 minutes early. God must be with me. :) Must be due to the swimming yesterday that knocked me out fast.

I swear, today was really tiring. It's largely thanks to the recent workouts that has left me aching, even coughing makes my stomach hurt! >< Normally work doesn't get so crazy.

Wah, shitload of emails that came in all today! It partially accounts for my being tired and half-knocked-out state. But I've to say, my job is really very interesting indeed. :D

Anyway, overdue photos from celebrating Mayching's 20th! :)

Ok, the rest are on facebook! I'm really too lazy to load everything here and I'm too tired as well.

Commonwealth!

2010-01-13T00:46:00.004+08:00

In today's paper(technically yesterday since it's already past 12am), I saw Commonwealth Sec! :) Albeit the fact that the express stream wasn't mentioned.
It's been a really long while since Commonwealth actually hit headlines with good O Level results, since 2006, when the students were really outstanding acadmically. And it's good that throughout, they've always performed quite well for O Levels. But then again, I've always loved Commonwealth, for many reasons.

1. Super near my place! It's like a 15 minutes walk from my place, though my dad always gives me a lift in the morning because I'm a lazybones who always wants to cling to the bed a little longer.
2. Hilltop campus! It's the most unique feature and now the campus is physically a blank shell, since Hong Kah Sec moved out of it already.
3. The blue school uniform, which is actually quite similar to CJ's uniform in many ways. It also earned me the 'smurf' nickname for a short while when I was in J1. -.-
4. The bomb shelter band room. 4 years of my life there, wonderful memories, near impossible to describe. How I'd always say 'go down to the band room' instead of 'go up to the band room'.

Everytime I walk past and look up, I hear the echoes of the past.

Now that it's 2010, I'd be 20 when August comes. Ohgosh, time really flies! The last I looked, I was still young and innocent. And I blinked, and suddenly I see myself much older, raring to go and explore new opportunities, cross and break boundaries. And to see myself actually going to attempt something that I would never have done in the past, I now understand.

Time and circumstances can really change a person.
Ok, this is totally not related to the Commonwealth post though, but somehow I just want to type it down.

This is what I really want to do this year. Not the marathon of course! I'm not ready for that yet, and that needs very intensive training. 10km for now will do. :) Same goes for Nike Human Race and Standard Chartered. At least Stan Chart's at the end of the year, so can easily train up. No news of Nike Human Race! :(

My decision and resolution to take part has earned me a 'you-must-be-crazy' look from both parents. But it's really a 'me against the world' thing, I'm definitely going to prove that I can do this, at least conquer 2 runs this year!

Adidas Sundown Marathon: 29th May 2010
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon: 5th December 2010(If I remember correctly)

Nothing's impossible to achieve, if you set your mind, heart and soul to it. :)

(:

2010-01-11T23:20:00.002+08:00

I enjoyed today, even if work was tiring in the morning.

Meeting Nandita is always great, we gab like there's no tomorrow, and I usually try to make the most out of it since she's studying in USA and meeting up with her when she's back in town can be abit of a problem schedule wise. But it seems that I have another chance to hang out with her again, with 3D avatar! :D And furthermore, we seem to be on the same frequency most of the time, with quite a fair bit of time raving over how hot Taylor Lautner is, how he oozes charm and sex appeal big time. Sorry to the Team Edward supporters out there, I'm very clearly a Team Jacob supporter! Okay, that sounds abit silly. ><

I've heard Avatar's really good, from word of mouth and rave magazine reviews. :)
Even though the fact is that I wanted to watch Treasure Hunter, I'm re-considering now cos 8DAYS gave it 1/5 rating. -.- And though I'm a rather hardcore Jay fan, I've to honestly admit that he's better off with music than acting.

I know God is really good, granting me more time to spend with good friends. For that, I'm really grateful, because after family, friends are important as well. In fact, family and friends are really integral and essential parts of life. After all, no man is an island. :)

25

2010-01-08T13:54:00.002+08:00

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you!

1. I'm a big fan of Jay Chou! Though it has earned me a few 'why-do-you-like-him-so-much?!' stares from friends. And I got the chance to meet him in person too, how cool is that! :D

2. I've been learning the piano since I was 6 and I've already gotten my grade 8 cert. :) But trust me, I'm not that good a pianist, there're many people out there who are definitely way better than me.

3.I can play drums, but I'm not that good and now I'm a little rusty because I've been out of touch for about 3 years, ever since I graduated from commonwealth.

4. I don't really like Chinese as a subject, but I like Chinese songs a lot. Namely Jay's songs lol.

5. I contemplated joining netball in secondary school, and track and field in JC but in the end I didn't go for it.

6. I've always wanted to take part in Standard Chartered/Adidas Sundown Marathon/Nike Human Race. And I will go for the 10km runs soon too, I don't think I'm ready to conquer the full marathon yet. :)

7. During my 1st 3 months in JJ, people have told me that I look like I'm from NJ instead of JJ. It's something I've never been quite able to understand.

8. I was nicknamed 'smurf' during my 1st 3 months, because when we were still in our secondary school uniforms, we had to do self-introduction. And when I said I was from Commonwealth, someone said I was a smurf. NOT the height issue, it's the blue uniform that earned me that nickname for a short while! -.-

9. I'd want to go to Dubai, Europe, Hong Kong, Taiwan and USA one day! :)

10. For a girl, I'm rather tanned and my tan doesn't fade easily even after a long day under the hot sun.

11. My me-time involves long walks and my music. :)

12. I can never sleep before 11pm. Old habits die hard, indeed.

13. My longest record of talking on the phone was 3 hours solid, with my best friend. And the best part was that we hadn't realised how long we'd been talking, it was 130AM when we finally hung up. LOL.

14. I can hear a piece of music and gauge roughly what key it is in. And my guess turns out to be correct a few times, when I see the actual music score itself.

15. I wanted to learn how to play the violin when I was younger, but in the end I didn't go for it.

16. I'm a sucker for good food, regardless of whether it's Western, Chinese, Italian, Japanese. As long as you treat my tummy well, I'm your good friend. :)

17. If I like to do something, I'll never get sick of it even if you make me do it repeatedly.

18. I'm easygoing by nature, but if you test my patience for too long and too often, what you'd get is a severe tongue-lashing, until your ears shrivel up.

19. I've always admired Michael Jackson's dancing, and it's really sad that he died just before he could kick off his final concert tour.

20. If I had the chance, I'd really want to see Westlife in person. :) And I think they're coming to Singapore for a concert too! Anyone? :)

21. I've always believed that a few best friends is much better than knowing many acquaintances. :)

22. I like going for long walks at the beach, but unfortunately the nearest beach to me is Sentosa, and though I don't mind travelling to East Coast, the long distance can be a bore, especially since I tend to get abit carsick if I read on the bus.

23. I really love my family and the people I'm close to! :)

24. I've always wanted to try other water sports like water skiing and wakeboarding. Guess you could say that I'm one who's game for water related sports. :)

25. The power of God is amazing, don't you think so? :)

The Dance

2010-01-05T13:41:00.003+08:00

Looking back on the memory of the dance
We shared 'neath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have ever known that you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end, the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

Holding you, I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say?
You know I might have changed it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end, the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end, the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

It's my life, it's better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

2010-01-05T12:00:00.002+08:00

I'm updating from office now, because my home computer has to make a 3-week trip to the hospital. Yes, it's DEAD again. And it's so sian, but at least it means I can sleep earlier at night, since my nights are usually spent on the computer.

And right now, my mind's crying out for a sleep, but I can't do that or not what I'd get is an extremely screwed-up biological clock. Seems like holidays are the thing that will make one's biological clock extremely screwed up. :(

2010-01-01T00:02:00.000+08:00

And so, HAPPY NEW YEAR! :D Cheers for a better year ahead in 2010! :)

And so, 2009 comes to a close with a smile. :)

2009-12-31T22:59:00.006+08:00

It's a great way to conclude 2009, after the stresses and tears that I'd been through. But the good memories are something that I will always remember and forever cherish. :)

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 is definitely worth a watch! 4.5 out of 5 stars, it's seriously really good and very funny! No wonder the tickets were selling out really fast.

Tabs is really eager to dig into that mudpie. x)
Super rich and sinful. But I like! :)

Tonight the super trouper lights are gonna find you :) somehow the lights reminds me of that old ABBA song. :)

Oh and earlier we were walking through Millenia Walk and I met Xinyi, working at frolick. :) and I met Bryan with his gf and another friend at marina, before the movie. :)

Nice way to end off 2009! :)

东游记

2009-12-30T20:19:00.007+08:00

I hope my com doesn't die a terribly painful death, it seems to be having a gazillion problems lately and service charge seems to be absolutely neccesary in this case. :(

Anyway, enough about com woes!

I can say that I really love my me-time. Very much.
东游记 today! Ok fine. I think it sounds a little silly when described like this. I just went to east side of the island today by myself. First time ever. Not that I've never been to the east side before, of course(Geez, if I'm really like that I think I'd be like a frog in the well. Seriously.)

I really like East Coast, it's a great place to be to feel the sea breeze. And to do your soul-searching and let your worries flee your mind. Though I've to say that it would be a lot better if there weren't so many people around today. That's 1 thing about holiday season.

The long walk from VJC after I alighted from 197 to East Coast is one thing that I really like, because I felt as though I was revitalised, and something else kind of awakened inside of me. It's the kind that makes you reflect on whatever you've done in the past, think ahead for the future, forget all your worries and most importantly the soul-searching.

I sat on this breakwater and snapped this picture, but I think it's not really very good. Well, I'm no pro photographer. But I felt a little sian-ed out when suddenly a group of malay guys came to the breakwater, then 1 of them told me 'Merry Christmas'. Talk about a little more than weird. I mean, it's going to be New Year! -.- I left a few seconds after because I didn't really fancy sharing the breakwater with a whole group of strangers.

I guess I could say that army isn't just all about training plus sian. I saw this very big group of army guys playing frisbee, and many more gathered near the sports station(I can't remember the name for it, I just know it's next to East Coast Prawning.)

And the sudden craving for a fruit smoothie strikes! Berry-lishus was the name of this smoothie. :)

The very long path to East Coast after alighting from 197. The trees are blocking the building next to it, so for those who aren't familiar with the east side, it's Victoria JC. :)

As I walked past VJC, I could hear cheering and emcee-ing going on from outside the school compound. And it brought back many memories about my JJC days, entering JJ for the first time, as part of Shadows, the many projects and events that we were involved in, as an OGL for '08 Orientation.
The cheering and the emcee-ing sure brings back a lot of fond times. And I miss it very much. But I'm definitely looking forward to entering varsity life next year, especially because I've delayed by 1 year already. It's definitely more than enough.

Actually, when I think back, I really wouldn't mind studying at VJC, if I stayed in the east and I had a single digit for O Levels. VJ always seemed like a 'fun' school to me, but then again life also isn't all about having fun. It would be pretty meaningless if life was just solely about having fun, isn't it? Like there's no equilibrium between work and fun.