love of my life

2011-03-20T22:46:00.002+08:00

well well well... what can I say! End of schooling life and tomorrow I'm embarking on a totally new journey, excited and full of anticipation but thinking that things will never be the same again. But nonetheless, it's a new journey :) I'm really glad that i took this week off to prepare myself for work.

So.. besides that, what's new in my life?
1. went back to my passion of choral singing :)
2. changed church and followed Pst Darren with his vision
3. serving in the House of God :)

And yes, i love the things that I'm doing now :)

2010-08-26T21:22:00.002+08:00

I've unofficially graduated, meaning that I'll be currently looking for a job to support my business, which i'll be doing it part time.

Even though it was bittersweet as in the part about leaving friends and not being able to see each other everyday in school. Nonetheless, I'm really excited about what i'm going to do and what i'll be achieving :)

i'm almost turbo-charged! woots!

2010-08-13T00:44:00.002+08:00

You Are - Abundant Life Church

Love unfailing, truth unchanging
I depend on You
Faithful Father, peace forever
I will rest in You

Unshakeable my hope remains
Lord, I believe in You

You are the strength of those in need
You are defender of the weak
You are everything we need
You are our God, You are our God

God of mercy
I will live in praise of all You’ve done
God eternal
By Your power I will overcome

None greater, none higher
All praise to God our savior
Unchanging, unfailing
All praise to You our Savior

It's just the song that i need at this moment of time.

It's really the finals now, everyone is stressed, including me.. BUT GOD saves the day.

2010-08-03T17:07:00.000+08:00

A yearly birthday has passed. Though not as many gifts as compared to when I was younger, I feel blessed indeed. Despite being in the midst of tight deadlines in school, friends took time off to buy presents for me.

One of the most memorable thing was the surprise by joyce and vann. I got bluffed into believing that vann went to the ladies.. And to my surprise,they handed me a F21 bag containing a _ _ _ _ _. LOL. Nonetheless, they are really sweet(:

Not forgetting the supporting group of friends that I've just made, wishing me success in my life (:

I'm especially touched when I receive hand-made cards. Thank you everyone (:

Memorable celebrations in July but all good things will come to an end, am looking forward to the next July (fav month of the entire year).

On a slight note, exams is next week and next next week I'll be officially finish with school! Am really excited to learn new things and to take up new challenges. :D

2010-07-24T15:15:00.000+08:00

The next phase of life is fast approaching. In less than a month, I'll officially be a graduate. Many of my friends mentioned that it's so fast and all and they, like me, can't wait to finish school. Honestly speaking, I'm not sure if I'll miss school or not but nonetheless, I'm sure the next chapter of my life will be full of challenges and it'll be interesting.

Throughout the entire month of July where I have on average 2 assignments/projects to complete, one hand I did complain about not having enough sleep and feeling tired; on the other hand, I can't be thankful enough to the support that I have from my loved ones. Support, even though it's merely on the moral side, matters a lot(to me at least).

On a side note,I'm hoping that Joyce will succeed in making the cake pops so that.... :p

2010-07-24T02:09:00.001+08:00

Sarah and my grandma, they are 4 generations apart, yet spending time together. This is what i call, family time.

2010-07-17T13:09:00.001+08:00

I think yesterday's cg sermon by jme came at the right time as i'm approaching the next phase of my life as a uni grad. 

Career prospect is good and i'm hoping they'll implement the 5-day week soon because i defiitely wouldn't want to compromise on going for cgm and service on fridays and saturdays. Hopefully everything will turn out well.

2010-07-13T22:05:00.001+08:00

first round of interview tomorrow (: 

2010-07-13T22:04:00.001+08:00

2010-07-11T00:01:00.003+08:00

Walking like the blind...

I was actually referring to the essay. Never have I felt so lost in doing an assignment, it's just so messy. I wanted to stay home to continue with my essay and just skip going for service but i still went in the end.

I felt that the word was really in season for many of us, for me as well. Being in the wilderness, a place of pressure,

I'm being reminded that everyone has to go through tests, not to be destroyed but to be built up.

I'm being reminded that wilderness is a preparation, not a destination as we are not destined to fail but to grow; it is a place that we pass through not a place we stay.

I'm being reminded that wilderness is a place of humbling, to know what is in our hearts, what we lack.

I'm being reminded that wilderness is a place of testing, a test of our faith.

Lastly, I'm being reminded that God knows how to control our situations and He will not give us too much that we cannot handle, that we will be destroyed but He wants us to have a new level of strength, to stand firm in the midst of adversity.

Thanks to all who have been so supportive towards me, you guys know who you are. <3

2010-07-09T13:50:00.001+08:00

Thanks dear for the video :D

2010-07-04T01:14:00.002+08:00

Glitz & Glamour 2010

I was really happy that most of my friends that i tried to psycho into going actually went! It was like a fashion show, seeing many of my friends dressed up, with makeup and hairdo(: Prior to the ball, i actually didn't had a good time calling for a cab from home, took me more than 20 minutes for one of the 8 taxi company to pick up my call. Cab took more than 7 minutes to arrive and after picking up Ryan, Joyce and Weimeng, we reached the hotel at 8pm odd. Cab fare was $38 but thankfully there were four of us (:

Here are some photos(:

I kinda miss hanging out with the bcom people, especially the guys, like Haely and Ryan. We all used to hang out together for lunch or even have a cheesecake or drink at TCC but due to clashing timetable, it has reduced greatly but im glad that the whole group fo bcom people came for the ball too (:

Here is Isabelle and Stacie with Joyce, Jingyi and me (: thanks isa for letting me try Eucerin so that i can compare it with Cetaphil (:

ohohoh! pretty chui mei came along too!

hahaha! the bbus girls with some exceptions :p

Left the ball after the last dish of our 3-course meal, rushed off to meet my fellow loved ones to be the surprise element of Ding Neng's early birthday celebration (: Thanks Jon Ong for taking the photo! you make him look handsome and me, beautiful (: It's less than 2 months!! jiayou my friends (:

2010-06-30T23:43:00.001+08:00

Absent from blogging for almost a month now. It's the last 1 month plus of school. hmmm 1 months and 20 days to be exact. As much as i want to treasure these last few weeks in sch, it's draining to keep up with endless projects and assignments. This time round, it's not so much as of all the dead lines are cramped together but rather, it's one week after another week. Seems rather endless and it requires much stamina on each individual, including myself. As such, im really looking forward to 20th August 12pm, the day that i can decalre F.R.E.E.D.O.M. (at last)! 

I'm really looking forward to the UON ball this coming Friday. I was quite excited to want to go for this event and kind of persuaded my cling of friends to go together as well :X So yays, we'll all dress up and be pretty and head down to the ball. Let's really enjoy ourselves before reality strikes :X 

All the best to my friends and myself, for the LAST test (not exam) tomorrow. (: 

2010-06-03T23:23:00.002+08:00

L- R : Me , Joyce, PGT, Vann.

We had a GREAT time laughing at all their silly actions which resembles the 4 of us.

To Joyce: hope you had a great day out, and we are really happy that u like the gift :D

P.S. Not forgetting, we were stuck in the lift for 20 odd minutes. LOL

2010-05-28T00:54:00.002+08:00

Why do people write journals?

1. People write journals because they want to remember their lives. We are all living in a fast paced society with many events occurring in just a single day, be it significant ones or minor ones. Writing a journal pens down our daily lives, the things that we've learned, the people we met and have made an impact on our lives.

2. Writing journal expresses and records our thoughts and feelings. Personally, I find that I think more and am more reflective since I've started writing journal. Each day I'll pen down the most significant moment that I have and / or the lesson that I've learned in the day. Not just to increase the value of my journal, but hopefully, these stories will be shared with my children and grandchildren in the future(:

3. Have fun and be creative! It's your own journal! We can choose to be as creative as we want. For eg, writing in different colour pens (i used to have lots of them back in secondary school); printing out photos to capture the memorable moments; have a title page for each day! Additional advantage is that we can slowly build our right brain muscles ;)

4. learn from our own experiences! As one of the famous sayings from my beloved friend's blog, 'Life is a journey, I'm the traveller'. We should treasure the journey and as we travel, there are bound to be things that we've done excellently and things that we did which had upset someone that we love. Gaining life experiences is indeed valuable.

Let's all take some time to write! (:

2010-04-14T14:19:00.005+08:00

This is a journal.

What exactly is it? Well it's a record of the daily events or business. Some people call it a diary. Note the word, daily (definitely takes some discipline to write in it everyday, don't you think so?)

Well, when i was younger, I used to keep diaries but i didn't write in it every single day. Right now, I've started writing again, almost a week now. I feel that everyone should take up this challenge! (:

So, after know what a journal is, why do people write journals? How do they do it? Who writes journals? To whom is this journal written? When and where do people write journals?

Find out in the following updates! Cheers to my readers(:

2010-04-02T01:18:00.001+08:00

I need to start studying! I am going to start in the morning of 2nd April. It must have been due to the busyness of March that I didn't even realise that exam was less than a month away! Jiayou everyone =]

2010-03-22T00:17:00.003+08:00

Found this photo on google images and it kind of reminded me of something that i took 4 years ago...i took this 4 years ago...and 4 years later, i saw this quote..." Life has no limitations, except the ones you make."~Les Brown
Besides capturing the height of the building (which is just a normal HDB flat), it has never come to my mind that there's another story behind the picture, which depicts that the sky is the limit. However, many a times, we find that there are obstacles blocking our paths- the path that leads to our success; the path of fulfilling our dreams; the path of fulfilling our destiny, this is none other than the very famous glass ceiling.
Look how beautiful it is outside of the glass ceiling? If there's a glass ceiling, how do we break it? And how many times when the glass ceiling welcomes you, do you welcome it as well and let it hover your life and prevent you from breaking through ?

Are you one who let glass ceiling limits you, where you can see your visions but not achieving it? Or are you one who find means and way to break the glass so you can continue to fulfill your life's greatest dream? you decide.

2010-03-12T10:12:00.002+08:00

this week is coming an end. 3 things due this week (one being later on -presentation) and next week is another crazy week (3000 words report, 3500 words report and a presentation), i don't know how i'm gonna do it, it's EXTREMELY stretching of capacity.

smile more, and trust the Lord

2010-03-06T08:55:00.000+08:00

Blogging on my way to Novena on an early Saturday morning. I realised that when I get busy with school work, I'm also tied down with other personal commitments.school has been stressful enough and I apologise if I've snapped at whoever.

Seriously I can't wait for the month of March to be over, someetimes I feel as if I'm just hanging by the thread and once the thread snaps...

Thanks to all who have been by my side,like my parents,the bf,my spiritual family and my friends in school especially joyce, shereen and allison(:

Read the bible on my way to school yesterday morning and saw this verse..Deut1:29-31Deut 1:29-31 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them. The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ it really reminded me that God is ALWAYS with me and He will not give me any battles that I can't win,as stress as I get, I'm believing God that I am able to survive this month.

1 in 4 people suffers from depression, I hope I'm not one of them.hahaha

2010-03-04T07:31:00.000+08:00

1. 26th Feb: Int'l marketing quiz
2. 3rd Mar: OSD quiz
3. 3rd Mar: OSD presentation
4. 9th Mar: OSD case study due (individual)
5. 11 Mar: B2B marketing group report
6. 12 Mar: Int'l marketing presentation
7. 18 Mar: B2B marketing presentation
8. 19 Mar: Politics group assignment
9. 26 Mar: Int'l marketing major assignment
10. 30 Mar: OSD quiz
11. XX Mar: B2B session leader

2010-02-25T22:19:00.001+08:00

Ever wondered why I said that March is a crazy month? 
Here's why.. 
Starting from this friday...
1. 26th Feb: Int'l marketing quiz
2. 3rd Mar: OSD quiz
3. 3rd Mar: OSD presentation 
4. 9th Mar: OSD case study due (individual)
5. 11 Mar: B2B marketing group report 
6. 12 Mar: Int'l marketing presentation 
7. 18 Mar: B2B marketing presentation 
8. 19 Mar: Politics group assignment 
9. 26 Mar: Int'l marketing major assignment 
10. 30 Mar: OSD quiz 
11. XX Mar: B2B session leader

I need to breathe

2010-02-21T20:06:00.002+08:00

Till next time... from Joycelyn Au on Vimeo.

A special video made for our dear friend who's going to complete her degree in Australia, large bulk of the video is made by Joyce, thanks(:

2010-02-15T23:56:00.002+08:00

At this juncture of my life, I'm feeling really blessed.
I'm blessed with...
- a happy and healthy family with the first of the 4th generation born last year
- a boyfriend that's irreplaceable
- friends who truly care for me
- an apartment that's bigger than most of my relatives
- financial security from my parents as they get blessed and i get blessed indirectly as well
- a grandma who scolds me for not calling her when im taking a taxi so she can have a ride
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and the list goes on....

This Chinese new year is one that I really experience how much God has blessed me with, be it big ones or small ones.. (:

2010-02-13T10:22:00.001+08:00

Flying out of Singapore in a few hours time, this week was a moderately stressed week with politics essay due but luckily the date on Thursday became my motivation to complete my essay because I really really really want to enjoy Thursday! In the end, I forced myself to do the essay and managed to complete it by Wednesday(:

Due to Valentine's day, I gave my friends some edible blessings, I'm glad that all of them like it! 

Thursday came and I really enjoyed myself with love, talked, eat, watch movie and talked somemore (: Tomorrow marks the one year of something happened, the feeling was really miraclous, this somehow motivated me to give my best during the two building funds that's coming up! 

Though I won't be celebrating CNY and Valentine's day this year in Singapore, just wanna wish everyone out there to enjoy the special with your family and loved ones! Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentine's day (: 

2010-02-11T23:14:00.001+08:00

One of the sweetest day ever (: 

2010-02-07T00:44:00.002+08:00

I saw this quote "Nothing is perfect if judgment is present. Everything is perfect when u let go - this is how you see with the eyes of love."

How many times have we been judgmental towards others just because they are different? I'm sure many of us are guilty of that, well including myself actually. I came across this quote and wanted to share with all you guys here, that well, in fact nothing in this world is perfect as we have all been saying this for many times. How about extending the phrase 'nothing in this world is perfect' to 'nothing in this world is perfect if judgment is present'?

Personally, what I like about this quote is that if we look at the things around us with the eyes of love, we'll begin to see how wonderful everything is.

If we begin to see the things around us like our family, our friends, our relationship with the eyes of love, how wonderful will this place be! :D

2010-01-30T01:33:00.002+08:00

candles+individual appreciation from each of you+song item
(i was close to tears)

What a special way of appreciating me! I'm truly madly deeply touched by each and everyone of you guys, not sure who planned it though but I was really touched beyond words!

Individual appreciation is like words of encouragement, which is my primary love language, makes me feels sooo soooo loved :D Especially hearing those words from people whom I'm not very close to as compared to the rest, thanks for taking the courage to speak those words out. haha :D

Thanks janet and victor for the stuffed penguin key chain :D
Thanks cia-ee for the card despite your busy schedules :D
Thanks zoe for the most creative gift ever :D

Thanks my family for taking the effort to do this!
*hearts to all of ya :D

2010-01-27T00:18:00.006+08:00

Long entry ahead!

The first month of a brand new year is coming to an end! I've met up with various wonderful people.

1. SCB reunion

To welcome Amanda's comeback (though she has been back for more than a month), I helped to organise a dinner specially for her! Here's a photo of MVPS (Muffin Vodka Pumpkin Strawberry) unite! MVPS is the initials of us =]

Headed to tampines 1's rooftop garden for self-timed shots and boy was it fun! There are many more photos at my facebook, feel free to check them out!(: Haven't met them for such a long time, all of us (the girls) still think that Kevin (the guy wearing checkered shirt) is still VERY quiet!!
2. Ippudo & Wild Honey with lovelies

I love to hang out with these two girls! One is a driver who loves to entertain others :p and the other is an irritating but yet sweet girl. Not sure how they think of me though :p It's all the different places that we went to made me a foodie person just like them. The evidence of 'who you hang out with is who you become'. I can be crazy like Jael and sweet but yet not as irritating as Joyce :p I really treasure the both of you and I'm glad there's an openness of communication, we will go a long way (:

I'm sure many of our friends would agree that school without Jael is so much quieter and it takes weeks for us to get adjusted to that. Honestly, i do miss you in school soooooo much. So do Joyce I'm sure.

evidence of being bullied :(

<3
3. A visit to Ms Loh's

After graduating from JC, I hardly ever met up with the rest of my classmates and of course, Ms Loh. This is her 2nd baby, 3 months old Nicole! She's such a cutie :D There were still some issues left unsettled from the past but we do have one common goal and that's to visit Ms Loh, so putting the differences aside, we gathered some $ to buy a gift for Nicole. Thanks to Ms Loh's hubby for sending us to the bus stop :D

ning wants to hold her...
so does loo...and
of course... me!
4. Wei's 21st birthday surprise at 12mn!

This is one of the most exciting event that took place in the month of January. I met up with (@_@) earlier to get the cake and other materials for the surprise. When I arrived at the MRT station I looked for (@_@) and guess what! WEI JUST WALKED PAST ME WITHOUT NOTICING ME! That got me overly excited as I ran towards (@_@) to tell her what happened. hahaha. It was hilarious really. the blur girl also got conned by didi when didi bluffed her about having a friend that live at the same block on level 2, she came up with a story that her 'friend' wants to make friends with her and wei was convinced by the story and told didi which level her house was at. :p

As u can see, here's linette and (@_@) checking out wei's house, just to make sure that we didn't get it wrong.
(@_@) and me with the newly self-decorated mango mousse cake. the cake was really cui when we opened it hence.. the decoration :p
We hid ourselves at the staircase area which was only 2-3 units away from her place. Each time a balloon burst we wanted to laugh and we had to control our laughter in order not to be discovered by wei and also not to disturb other neighbours around. So here are the 21 balloons and the special card made by (@_@) (:
few minutes before midnight, linette was getting ready to knock on wei's door. She even spy on her family when they sang the birthday song for her. When the clock strikes 12, linette knocked on the door and the FIRST thing that wei said was 'ohmygosh! let me change first! i look so cui!!' LOL !

her mum was so nice to let us in at 12 plus and she even took photos for us :D Even though we kinda got scolded by a 10th floor neighbour for bursting balloons and laughing loudly, we enjoyed ourselves very much!
Thank wei's mama for the hospitality and for even staying up to joke and talk to us! We even get to eat their cake (instead of eating the one that we bought) :p Thanks didi for sending us home (:
5. The BIG day!

It's my honour to be the bridesmaid together with Su An for Ding Neng's brother's wedding! It was really fun blocking the guys from coming into the house :p
Great pastries done by Auntie Winnie and yummy food for the lunch buffet(:

After lunch it was phototaking at Pan Pacific! We enjoyed ourselves very much though the weather was really hot. At least it's a good weather (:

darling and me :D
Su An and me at the dinner banquet! (: I got to know her in primary school when we played zero point together during recess. HAHA. It's great to be even more bonded with her and I'm sure God sees the desire of your heart, you are not fighting this alone (:
great couple! :D
thanks jme n cia for taking time off to attend this wedding as well ! :D And mummy dearest for helping with my hair and being your best to mingle around with the guests at the table you were at (:
<3

tpjc choir unites with the newly-weds! (: Congratulations to Nic and Xiao Yan :D A simple example of sacrificing for love. 6. Jing Yi's 22nd birthday celebration
Last but definitely not least, we celebrated Jing Yi's birthday in school today! Thanks for being such a sweet girl and I hope you've enjoyed your special day!(:

This weekend will mark the end of January and I will make sure I end it with a BANG!

Cheerios everyone (:

2010-01-17T01:03:00.003+08:00

It was the start of advanced worship dynamics II, this is the fourth term i'm there! Time really flies... I was really excited because I was going to see Jasmine (previous coach) again! But lo and behold, Theophilus came into the class with Jasmine and we were told that she will be handing the class to him. Honestly, I was a little disappointed because i was really really really looking forward to Jasmine's class and I'm really inspired by her testimony that she shared during the previous term. I also felt that she was the BEST coach I've come across so far! Oh well, I've went to Theophilus' class previously during some of my make-up classes, he's not bad as well. A guy in his early 20s, pursuing a degree in SMU, working part time at believer music, his stories are inspiring too!

10 dynamics weeks to come! (:

P.S. I'm glad I'm not the youngest in the class :p

2010-01-09T16:49:00.002+08:00

For all my milk lover friends, as much as how milk is claim to be healthy ever since we are young, there are potential dangers to it.

Studies show that there's a link between cancer n dietary hormones and drinking milk might increase our chances of getting cancer. It's better to go for skim milk to prevent overly high levels of oestrogen.

Drinking milk contributes to high cholesterol. It is due to the saturated fat in milk (full-cream milk especially), which causes high blood cholesterol. Opt for soy milk which has no saturated fat and its fat content is half of that of whole milk!

Lastly, there might be a link between Crohn's disease and drinking milk.

So what is Crohn's disease? It is an inflammatory bowel disease, the general name for diseases that cause swelling in the intestines. This is because the symptoms of Crohn’s disease are similar to other intestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis, it can be difficult to diagnose. Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation and ulcers in the top layer of the lining of the large intestine. In Crohn’s disease, all layers of the intestine may be involved, and normal healthy bowel can be found between sections of diseased bowel.

This disease has been linked to a bacteria that resides in the pus of cow's milk!!

hope this has been informative for all of u(:

2010-01-05T16:20:00.003+08:00

one's priority may be different from another. So one big mistake a person can make is trying to force your priority onto someone else's.

never never do that.

2010-01-04T23:02:00.002+08:00

Flea market with these two wonderful girls! It was fun but would be even more fun if cia was here too =( i can't remember if i ever went shopping with jamie before but it's my 2nd time shopping with Janet! The first was at Robinson sale at expo where i bought..... :p:p:p We took some crazy photos! (: check them out!

There was suppose to be a flyer as our background but ahhh.... hahaha. jamie has those photos!(:
Tri110 officially starts on the 5th! can't wait to see my friends again :D

2010-01-03T14:13:00.002+08:00

How great is it to spend the 2nd day of a brand new year with my destiny partners and the family of E441! I really miss church here in Singapore and I was just telling cia that nothing beats being in the House of God. As I was praising and worshipping God, I felt His love encompassing all around me even though it was in hall 1. I'm glad that I went for the prayer meeting before svc just to get prayed up! As I was worshipping, tears rolled down from my eyes as I thought back how God has been always faithful to me and brought me through 2009 into a brand new year. I'm really thankful. I just feel so blessed to be in the best church (in my opinion) in the whole of Asia.

What Pastor preached was really relevant. Our God is a God of new things and we shouldn't hold on to our past victories and past failures, we should indeed, look ahead into the future! It really spoke to me (: I'm gonna set my goals for this year soon, in fact by the end of next Sunday my goals for this year must be done. Thanks DN for being my motivation to set goals (:

Dinner was great, with Francis being THE man. LOL. I'm sure everyone who was at the table would agree. hahaha. Just some photos to sum up the night! Thanks to cia-ee <3 I'm glad to u like the cardigan! And thanks Jamie for the pretty lotion allllll the way from US :D

Here's how matching cia's bag is with DN's polo tee. LOL.
Cheers to a great Sunday! Let's enjoy before the new school term starts (:

2010-01-02T00:05:00.005+08:00

Hello 2010! Here's a quick update about the last month of 2009!

First up, it was HK trip with my family and DN :D
Christmas decorations outside Times Square with SO many penguins :D
BABY SARAH :D
Carrying such a small baby for the first time in my life!
Sarah receives my Christmas present :D

Taking a look at who's taking photo of her :p
Sarah sound asleep :D
This is for Jamie : the BEST salmon i've eaten! :D
Christmas was spent at Hong Kong annual food fair, it was a crazy Christmas squeezing with thousands of people in the hall. Came across WD-40 and decided to take a photo in remembrance of my Consumer Behaviour group project :D
鸡蛋仔！
Headed to Kowloon Park next! I haven't been there ever since i turn 1 year old! A breezy evening and a great place to stroll!

We decided to head to one of the outlying islands of Hong Kong - Lamma Island for the 2nd time! It's only 20 minutes by ferry(: The purpose was to eat the BEST (as in literally THE BEST) tauhui in Hong Kong! And probably none other famous tauhui stores in Singapore can beat it. I even took photo with the store owner :D

Had the chance to meet up with DN's friends in Hong Kong too ! It was a great night spent :D What's greater is that these 10 days, we fell in love deeper with each other :D

Spent an hour at the SilverKris Lounge at the HK airport with Daddy and had cup noodles. LOL. The place looks really posh and it's so comfortable with big Plasma TVs and free food and drinks! Oh yes and free Internet Wi-Fi too! :D

THE moment i touched down I went to meet the two lovely girls and head down to Clarity for our FAVVVVVV-ourite cheese fries! :D

here's a picture of (@_@) and....
me and kangaroo! :D
Met up with cia-ee the following day to catch up + Alvin & the Chipmunks 2 + yummy bubble tea!! :D Here's a photo of the snacks we brought into the cinema :p
Well well well... i must say New Year's Eve was quite out of the norm for me but i did enjoyed myself :D DN's cooking lunch! :D:D:D:D:D Swam 10 laps to usher in the new year + dinner at a village and countdown at his place.
First day of the new year! Had Thai buffet with DN's friends and cash studio at Cuppage! It was a fun fun fun day! :D
Few more days till the start of tri110, heading the metro sale later on! YAY! :D

Happy 2010 everyone! May this year be the year where goals are achieved and may be all grow as a person!

Cheerios!

2009-12-20T01:58:00.002+08:00

It has been merely two days after tri309's gruelling exam, especially with other local uni friends who are on holiday and I'm still studying for THE exam BUT.... I'M GLAD THAT IT'S ALL OVER! :D

Spent the Friday night and the entire Saturday with my favourite people :D I'm glad that I chose to travel 2 days later because I get to attend candlelight service, it's my favourite service of the year and I just cannot miss it! I still remember on Christmas day 2004, I went down the aisles with my bestie and there and then, in the 10,000 seater indoor stadium i gave my heart to Jesus. That is why Christmas has an added meaning to my life and so does candlelight service :D

Being worship week at BelieverMusic, each of us had to pick a song to play in class individually, I'm glad those times I played for cg was a preparation for me and I had not problem choosing the song that I want. I really got to thank God for showing the way to BelieverMusic that I'm able to equip the skills to be the keyboardist God wants me to be. Lots of improvement can still be done in terms of my playing but what's more is that my character must be able to sustain me.

Anyway, the next 10 days are gonna be exciting because......
1. I can see SARAH :D
2. I'll be visiting The Vine!
3. I'll be spending time with my family!
4. I'll be exploring those places that normally people won't go with DN :D

Stay tune for more updates! :D See u guys soon and have a Merry Christmas!

2009-12-18T19:45:00.000+08:00

I actually went to watch Lady Gaga's Bad Romance music video because of this lobster-claw 12-inchers that I saw in Cleo mag. hahaaha

2009-12-13T21:38:00.001+08:00

Already a winner in my heart, i supported her (morally) every single week ever since this season and she has made it into the finals! :DD

2009-12-11T14:43:00.002+08:00

Baby Sarah and her great grandparents! :DBaby Sarah sleeping :D She's such a cutie baby :D
One more week!! YES!

2009-12-10T19:05:00.001+08:00

Tomorrow is the start of this tri's exam! Seriously I can't wait for the exams to be over because......

1. I want to see Sarah
2.
3.
4.
5
...
...
....

haha. long story cut short, Hong Kong next week!! :D

2009-12-08T21:18:00.002+08:00

Baby Sarah day 2! :D I said a little prayer for her last night though i was really very tired. I can't wait to see what gifts and talents God has placed in this little girl :D I seriously can't wait to go back HK now. hahaha

2009-12-07T18:36:00.001+08:00

Proud parents of Baby Sarah! (: Congrats to korkor and da sao :D Can't wait to see her in about 2 weeks' time! Meanwhile..... it's the exam period!

2009-12-03T00:03:00.002+08:00

a sweetie girl sent me this e-card!!! <3
What a great way to end the night with this and it marks the end of ALL assignments for this trimester! (:

2009-11-29T20:44:00.009+08:00

Ikea @ alexander road with the lovelies :D

we sincerely hope u like our gift for you! :D <3 you mean soooo much to the both of us :D
Ikea @ Tampines with 妹妹 and shi jie

I'm so happy to be bumming into this girl in the bus & train! :D <3
this shot was done with ning. hahaha. She wanted to take unglam shots of shi jie so that i can post them on fb.

your winnie-the-pooh polaroid! :D
<3

happy 21st birthday gg! :D
we were caught by Robert (even though we did this during the break). we successfully did this on the 3rd attempt! :D and boy was it fun! :D
Privé: the secret place the gg brought us to! :D we totally love that place, it's so unlike the usually Singapore we would find.

yy looking cute again
gg teaching yy how to use a DSLR camera
gg bullying vv =(
vv got angry at gg..
n punched gg
vv ran away from gg n shared a cake with yy :D
hahaha. what a story i could think of :p

Anyway, here's the main part of this entry! On one fine day, 28th November 2009 (a day that i'll always remember), i got water baptised together with my water bap partner, Janet! :D It felt like my wedding day and i think Janet felt the same way too! Also, i was having lunch with mum, vann n cia, i felt as if vann n cia are my jie-meis. hahaha. Thanks mummy for driving around, sending my friends and picking them up! <3

thanks bestie for not giving up on me 5 years ago :D

i saw linette from afar! :D
"are u ready to step across the line of no return?" - DT
getting ready for water bap! :D
before!
during!
after!

thanks for coming over to support Janet and I <3

"I live for you and not for me anymore" ~freedom
The entire water bap was a really memorable and very much an enjoyable one. I was really happy when my mum did not hesitate to come to support this significant moment of my life <3 During praise and worship, the presence of God was really strong, it just filled the entire 'room'! oh yea, thanks Victor for helping to take photos for us!

I enjoyed the service at expo too! We got to keep thinking, visualising, believing and speaking about our dreams! Dreams don't just happen overnight, we've got to put in hard work! success = talent + HARD WORK! I enjoyed the mini fellowship during dinner with 2 of my favourite people :D

All in all, it was well-spent :D

Last week of school starts tomorrow, with one more project to go (due coming thursday) and 4 exams to prepare for, i know i can overcome that! :D

2009-11-07T11:31:00.010+08:00

*sorry for the LONG delay!! :X

Hello! I'm back from my short Taiwan trip and I really enjoyed myself even though it's just a 5-day trip. Anyway, here are some of the pictures that I took (:

Here's what i saw at 10,000+ m above sea level, A MOON! I was sitting at the window seat and as I look out, I was awed by what I saw.Here's touching down at Taiwan Tao Yuan Airport, there's the sunset! It's really beautiful isn't it? Just look at the colour of the sky(:
On the first night, we went to 通化街 and 臨江街, we checked out my dad's favourite night market, we ate 小吃 all the way. Look at how my mum's happily eating the corn! The corn is really yummy!
There were so many 臭豆腐 stalls around, i have to admit that it's quite smelly but i TRIED to eat a little bit of it, taste just like tofu. hahaha. My parents ate 鴨血臭豆腐, i didn't wanna try... lol. Tried the bubble tea too (: yumyum:D
Here's a view of the night market! I know many people would wanna check out the famous ones like Xi Men Ding and Shilin, but i guess every night market is similar so doesn't really matter which one we went to.
Day 2! At 台北車站! We were gonna take the 高鐵 all the way (1.5 hours journey) to 嘉義 and headed to 阿里山.
in 高鐵
Upon arrival at 嘉義. My dad actually hired a driver to drive us up all the way to the mountain. I was feeling the motion sickness while going up the mountain because the mountain roads were steep n winding.
We stopped for lunch and tried their 便當, it's cheap and nice! Chicken drumstick, porkchop, bamboo shoot, 龍鬚菜 and something else which i don't know what is it.
The place where we had our lunch was decorated with clogs and there was even one that's THIS big! (refer to the pic below).
After lunch the driver drove us up to the mountain, checked in and we took a walk around the park! It's a lovely place, perfect weather! of course, that would mean lots of photo talking too :D

daddy was preparing to take a photo for mummy and me

a suspension bridge in the middle of a jungle!
look at the height of the trees
we managed to catch the sunset on our first night at alishan and....

the sun rise in the next morning!! :D

this is a must go place! you'll know why once u've seen the pictures =]

Apologies to all my faithful readers, i've neglected my blog for almost one month due to the busyness of assignments and tests in school.

On a side note, ding neng shared his FIRST offering message last friday and i was SOOO proud of him :DDDD Even though some times cg is at Jon's house but that's the time i get to serve, I'm really grateful to be given the opportunity to put what I've learnt into use and I wouldn't have done it without encouragement from the dearest ppl in the cg, my coach and of course God for giving me this talent.

Hope you've enjoy reading this post (:

2009-10-30T00:28:00.000+08:00

Off to taiwan later!(:

2009-10-27T17:13:00.007+08:00

lots of outdated photos, so be prepared for a image heavy post ahead! 2 weeks ago on a fine Sunday afternoon, we, as a family of E441 headed to Marina Barrage for a time of 'fly away with me'. What a breezy day for kite-flying! it was my first time flying a kite and i must say, ding neng is a pro!!!! look at the batman! hahaa!bestie and me <3 :D
As the sun began to set, i tried to take a few shot, so here's one of them.
with pretty jamie!(:
and... with pretty zoe!! we took 3 shots because the fx just seems to appear at the back of the first two shots that we took :X
the 'award' ceremony(: I must say Anxian is one of the most creative birthday card artist around!! He was presenting a birthday 'card' to Benny (:
An outing is never complete without a group photo! Credits to Kenneth (:
This was taken on a Saturday after service, we had the fish soup at Bugis! (:
E441! Where love is all around(: credits to kenneth (:
Last Saturday was DT zone's Touch of Heaven! bestie and i had the chance to sing to a larger crowd (as compared to the crowd size when i played viva la vida with ding neng). In the beginning was i was a little nervous but as i started singing my heart out, i actually enjoyed myself very very much! we decided to dress in the same colour code(:
Us singing (:
There were also other spectacular performances by various ones. How can we forget Wendy rocking the stage during GAGA show down? :D
Here's Sean and Jag's performance
And yes, "Kiss Goodbye" sang by Andrew with the musicians in the background! they were great(:
mr handsome :p credits to kenneth! :D
what are u trying to do? hahaha
oh yes, i will never forget the lovelies. Initially i only invited Jael and she asked Joycey along to surprise me! I was totally caught unaware!! Thanks for coming down to support, it really matters a lot to me(: <3
a group photo!(:
E441's gorgeous babes! (:
Yesterday after meeting, Haely Sam and I headed down to Ion to meet the rest to celebrate Desiree's birthday! Thanks to Vera's camera's beauty mode, this photo is really really pretty!:D ( of course with pretty girls in it)
I made something for my sister(not biological), I'm glad she likes it! :D
I also went for my 2nd AWD 1 class yesterday, need to use more of my brain now. I miss going for Jasmine's class! I had make-up class with Theophilus and am so so happy to see Eileen again!! We spent a great deal of time catching up and talking about stuff. I asked her about missions and all, about her job etc. (: We also had a mini sharing in class about what's our calling, i shared a really brief one on mine (: Last week got to hear Jasmine's testimony of how her life was being preserved and how that motivated her to have a great purpose in life. This week got to hear Theophilus' calling, whether he should put aside his studies and pursue music. It's great to hang out with like-minded people! (:

today is 27th October, marks the end of all assignments + due dates in the hectic month of October! I must list it out... so here goes...
02/10/09: initial brief due
03/10/09: marketing research task 2
05/10/09: econs assignment 1
07/10/09: initial brief presentation
12/10/09: econs quiz 3
15/10/09: marketing research mid-terms
19/10/09: econs mid-terms
23/10/09: marketing research task 3
25/10/09: business strategy essay
27/10/09: business strategy case study presentation

ALL DONE! :D YAY!

Last but not least..... happy birthday to Wendy, Francis and my dearest sister! (:

2009-10-24T11:38:00.002+08:00

It is so easy to blog with the widget! (:

Just came back from my first lesson of AWD 1 was G-R-E-A-T! :D I really enjoyed myself. we had a mini sharing session of introducing ourselves and what we are good at. Of course i said my name and then i said i'm good at music, then Jasmine asked me is it a gift from God? i say yes. and she went on and told me to make full use of the giftings that God has given me (:

AWD1 is about the life of Moses, so I'm going to start reading Exodus(:

anyway, bestie coming over my house to help me pick out what to wear, gonna cook for her. hahaha XD

P.S. gonna try out the Volkswagen golf tomorrow!! (finally)

2009-10-24T01:57:00.002+08:00

cellgroup was different from the norm (there was no sermon)! we really took time to worship our God.

Zoe got us to prophesy over our own lives, it was really powerful and then after we speak into our own lives, she ministered to us.

here's what i prophesied...
i see my talent blooming
i see myself as a keyboardist
i see myself writing more songs
i see myself relying more on God
i see myself gaining wisdom from the Lord
i see myself excelling in school, getting those distinctions
i see relationships being restored
i see a happy marriage in the future
i see a happy family
i see success
i see myself facing challenges with a smile
i see myself having the joy of the Lord with me...

it was really powerful because moments before i started speaking, i felt this urge from within me, the familiar 'knock' from within that i know that it's God. i took a deep breath and started speaking, the presence of God was so strong that i was actually shaking. Zoe ministered to me for me to receive the power of God coming into my life, for me to use my giftings.. what Zoe said at the end was true, that when we begin to speak and claim the blessings from God, the holy spirit will 'ride' on the words that we speak, anointing it and directing our lives to THAT direction in which we have spoken. I'm excited to see many of our lives change!

Janet said 'byebye keyboardist! (: ' when i said bye to everyone, she made my day (:

First lesson of AWD1 later in the morning! i REALLY can't wait to see what's in stored for me! It's touch of heaven in the evening too! Bestie vann and I will be having our debut performance (an original composition), there will be many other wonderful performances too! So come and support us! And yes, thanks Jael for agreeing to come n support us for the event(:

and... thanks dear for lending me Guerrilla Marketing! :D

2009-10-23T17:00:00.001+08:00

there's so many things i wanna blog about!! AHHH ESSAY!!!

2009-10-17T15:00:00.002+08:00

stay tune for more! (:

2009-10-13T00:47:00.003+08:00

to you...
Looking at the photos that I have of you in my drawer makes me miss you so so much.. you always came to visit us during the October period, you came over every two years. Last year I was looking forward for your arrival during the same October period but it never happened. Trips to the old Clarke Quay (it has changed so much in the last ten years), day trip to Sentosa (don't think the dragon attraction is there anymore). i miss your cooking. it feels just like yesterday...

to another you...
at a ripe old age, you are more energetic than those who are your age or perhaps even those who are 10 years younger than you. How we spent every chinese new year at your place. at a ripe old age of 80 u came over to visit us to ensure we have settled down, you came twice even. I gave up my room to you so that you could have a proper bed to sleep on though the guest room is on the 3rd room, i slept in it instead not wanting you to climb all the way up to the 3rd floor. you'll always give me $$ to buy the things that i want each time i see you even though i kept saying no need $$. i love eating dimsum together with you. how during the last few years we will go visit you and you talk the loudest in the home even at 90+ of age, how we will wheel you just to eat dimsum. you love us visiting you because you are so sick of the home.. how the last 1 year plus u spent at a separate home and we have to feed you because u no longer could do so..it just pains so us. i will NEVER forget this: u used all your strength just to call out my name...

apologies for being emo

2009-10-12T22:58:00.002+08:00

we played 'complete' by parachute band for our last lesson of keyboard worship dynamics 2. Jasmine (coach) said never mind about over shooting the time because it was already 4.15pm but she wanted us to complete the course by playing the song 'complete' once through. She's such a dedicated coach, hopefully I'll still be in her class. Next week will be starting advance worship dynamics 1, I'm really excited and looking forward to learn more things to 'colour' the song that I play!

2009-10-11T23:37:00.002+08:00

bestie was very inspired by Janice and Sonia, Korean twins from Sydney, hence we decided to record our own songs. Thanks for all the wonderful comments at facebook :D Do look forward for more songs coming your way!

we actually recorded half a song of 'Still' which i think will turn out very nice if it was fully recorded but due to unforeseen circumstances, something cropped up and so we decided to record it again so here you go!

The next song is 'At the beginning', precious memories for the both of us that's why we picked this song, it's a minus one track by the way. (:

We will attempt to do something new the next time round! stay tune!(:

you get excited when you do something that you are passionate about (:

2009-10-07T23:00:00.003+08:00

A&P Presentation is over! :D it was our first time presenting without referring to the cards, definitely a good practice for our business strategy presentation at the end of the month (: Thanks my lovely girls (Joyce and Jingyi) for the great effort put in. I really love working with you girls, just look at the synergy! :D It was actually quite an experience because something unexpected happened last friday and we didn't have our doubts clarified, but nonetheless, we went on with our presentation with the assurance from Patrick that 'sometimes being ready is not the best, you may even deliver your presentation when you don't feel ready'. Glad that he liked our presentation even though he had to sit through 7 today with ours being the last (: he said that it was the clearest presentation that he has seen so far!

*I felt so happy when joyce threw away our cards after our presentation :p

thanks jael for calling down the girls to come down to support our presentation because her group members didn't turn up for lecture and thanks cowcow for coming down just to support us! :D Also, thanks han yang for chipping in and being so tactful about helping us (: thanks for all the support!

Next two weeks will be crazy! Econs quiz, marketing research test, marketing research task, econs test, biz strategy essay and biz strategy presentation and...... ONE WEEK BREAK!!!!! :D

"bye!:p"

oh yes.. how can i forget about haely! i told him that we are having our presentation and he went over to 7-11 to buy yakult-s for the 3 of us! thanks! :D

2009-10-05T20:24:00.004+08:00

Be prepared for a LONG entry! So many things i wanna blog about!

:D After Adlin's back for two weeks we finally got to meet up! But it's only ONCE and you're gone again. Till we see each other again next year, take care! (:As usual, we have our dinner + supper at Simpang, thanks to Adlin, she 'upgrade' all our drinks to grande and look at the size of the cups!! We only managed to finished half of that...
thanks didi for over after our endless persuasion, we really love to have you around! Even though you were so tired from your attachment earlier, you still came out. awwww <3
kangaroo and (@_@) :D future nurse and future material engineer!
nette nette and charmane! :D Charmane is no longer MIA! YAY!(:

what's an outing without a group picture! :D
I wonder when will be the next time i see you girls, i really enjoyed myself each time we meet up! KTV next! :D If only I had went back to SAC with some of you earlier.. Looking at the photos you girls took makes me miss SAC! let's see when will be the next time we're going back! (:

Next up was ding neng's concert! NTU String Orchestra! Thanks you friends for going down to support him and making him feel loved!

the orchestra (:
There were 6 different pieces composed by 6 outstanding composers, some of which I've heard before so i didn't find it boring at all. Moreover, i get to look at him play the violin! :p

During break time, he came down from the stage to look for us! This is one of the photos that we've taken, one of my favouirte!
with jamie and vann (:
Do they look alike? haha
with Jon Goh! Thanks for leading the way to your school! (:

We bought him a cheery sunflower and a message lolly (cookie) from famous amos! I felt weird holding the sunflower as I was wearing yellow. hahaha.. And NAFA's toilet doors are in yellow too so when I went to the ladies' during the break, I sort of 'blended' together with the doors. HAHA

the six of us(: (Jon, BY, DN, me, vann, jme)
cheery sunflower :D Hope it's growing well in the hall!
5th October 2009 marks the end of all 'suffering'! I decided to learn manual even though very few girls does that and ever since started learning driving on 18th May this year, I can say that I have endured the most gruesome scoldings I've ever had in my life so far. There were times when I wanted to give up because I couldn't take it anymore, with vulgarities being shouted at me plus the loudness of the voice. argh! It was really difficult especially I have to juggle with school work and keyboard lessons on top of this. I really don't look forward to my driving lessons most of the time. There were so many times that I cried after the lesson because I felt so lousy and I hate to be shouted at. Nonetheless, I thank God for hearing my cries and He was the one who saw the tears that I've shed, thank You for the extreme peace that I felt during my test (once i got into the car) and for Your guidance. Thank You for loving me (: I'm thankful to have Yukai taking the test with me, it was quite a coincidence as I knew he was talking his test today but wasn't sure what time, so I was quite shocked when I saw him! hahaha. Thanks for the company! (:

Just wanna say a big thank you to my parents and ding neng for the endless support that they've given me and of course, all of you who made a difference in my learning experience =]

and......Here's the end result! :D
"that's all!" :p

2009-10-01T21:24:00.004+08:00

Last Sunday went over to Sentosa with E441 to celebrate Victor's birthday and surprise celebration for Zoe, with surprise guest: Sofyan!(: it was really fun <3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-sygcrGMh-Y/SsSuowIe7jI/AAAAAAAAGrM/WDcwTNRheEM/s1600-h/7216_159655227480_528547480_3143816_7569996_n.jpg">

the brothers
hot babes! :p

silhouette shots!

haha. model style
spread the love yo!(:

2009-09-21T00:22:00.000+08:00

my first time singing a minus 1 track in front of a crowd! :D

2009-09-10T22:05:00.006+08:00

Alright! it's time to update! I've decided not to talk about my holiday though I really enjoyed myself(: Last weekend was Anthony Robbins' 'Unleash the Power Within' Seminar! Indeed it was a life-transforming 4 days that has set the momentum for my life. I've learned more about myself, like the things that I want to do, how is my health like, what are my limiting beliefs etc. It is so powerful that I will recommend all my friends to go if they ever have the chance to do so (: A seminar that will revolutionise you mentally, psychologically, emotionally, all aspects of life.

Day 1 was two girls and two guys (: bestie vann, ding neng and bing yang.
So sad that vann couldn't stay for the firewalk because it was the highlight of the evening! Initially I was holding back, be it my actions or the loudness of my voice. In the end i let it all go, if not i will not benefit and learn all the things in the seminar! The picture below was both of us with ding neng's firewalking partner! It was after our firewalk! Look how high we all were! haha :D
the 3 firewalkers! HIP HIP HURRAY! :D Even though I suffered some burns on my feet, it's totally worth it to do something that I've not done before! Another thing that we learn is how to change the state that we are feeling just by changing 3 things-physiology, focus, language/words. For example, when we are feeling tired, instead of focusing on wanting to nap, change your focus to something else! Instead of slouching your shower, jump a bit and be awake! All this happen just within a HEARTBEAT! YES! just within a matter of seconds!
Day 2!Early in the morning at 8.30am (not exactly VERY early). haha. A day of discovery of oneself. We started the day with Simon says, and I was one of the last 30 people still in the game after about 10 rounds of Simon says. It was a privilege to stand on the stage in front of 5000 people! :D I also received a revelation when Joseph McClendon III, one of the most fit man I've ever seen live, said that if we do not own any business, our LIFE is THE business! Initially I was telling dn that I don't know what to write for 'what business do i own, how i want to improve my business', and the moment he said that I was in awe. We talked about the seasons of our life (spring, summer, autumn, winter), and which season are we in? Spring (0-21 yrs), summer (22-40 yrs), autumn (41-61 yrs), winter (62-83 yrs). I made new discoveries about myself as well! :D

Day 3! THE day of transformation, it was one of the most powerful days out of the four days. We went through this process whereby we wrote down our three limiting beliefs of ourselves and Tony Robbins took us through this process whereby we imagine how our lives will be like 5,10,20 years down the road if we held on to those beliefs, what are the consequences as a result of doing so, who have we disappointed, who has already left us because we held on to those beliefs. Imagine the people i went with are in our 20s and we could felt how painful it was, what about those we are in their 40s and above? Of course after the whole process, we replace our limiting beliefs with empowering beliefs and anchoring the new beliefs in our soul! It was also the night of partying! We danced on our chairs and 'sprinkle' water at other people! hahaha. The photos were all taken after dancing! :D

On day 3 we learnt about how to build rapport with others too! There was this activity whereby person A (do an action and freeze), person B (imitate person A), person C (adjust person B to be like person A), and so, I glanced to the other side and saw this scene! bing yang and ding neng look like mannequins! HAHA!

Day 4 was learning about our health- the most basic of all and it's important! hahaha. I discovered so many things about the poisons to our body and even the simplest thing as why do we need to keep ourselves hydrated. On the last day there was also a magical moment, so magical that it felt surreal. I will never forget that magical moment :D
The freaking rock people! Let's live a life that's outstanding!!

2009-09-01T01:23:00.002+08:00

today marks the end of my holiday and the start of year 3. Time really passes by very quickly, it has been a year since I'm enrolled into PSB. I want to blog about my holiday! I'll do that soon =] heehee. Some moments caused my heart to almost jumped out, some moments were joy. One of the best holidays ever! =]

2009-08-24T21:45:00.002+08:00

what a coincidence! haha :D Exams are over and holiday is here! Just a week =( Oh well, i'm going to enjoy myself to the fullest!

There is a book that someone read recently at a bookstore, and talked to me about how some prayers are answered and some are not, it got me thinking about double mindedness.In the book, it was stating that person A feels anxious/worried before praying and person A STILL feels anxious/worried after praying. So my response was that it is not being totally reliant on God, praying with double-mindedness. We have to be clear of what we want in life and ask accordingly.

James 1:5-8 (MSG) If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who "worry their prayers" are like wind-whipped waves. Don't think you're going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.

I'm thankful to my leaders (zoe & jme) who taught me to pray through, not praying with repetitions but to pray until i feel there's a breakthrough, until i sense the peace in my heart, until i no longer feel anxious/ worried about the thing that was on my mind, knowing that God will take care of it. It is one of those things that i will remember for a life time, thank you my leaders (:

Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

so yups! (: that's my thoughts about double mindedness! I didn't mean to be too religious by quoting and all but these verses just came into my mind. thanks for reading! (:

2009-08-23T23:55:00.000+08:00

happy birthday dear!(: <3

2009-08-20T21:16:00.000+08:00

2009-08-19T22:52:00.003+08:00

I have one more paper to go!! I'm already done with the worst (business finance and finance). Seriously, i can't wait for friday to come!! What a great day to relax after the two most grueling papers with him. shooting basketballs + cheap and yummy food + long talks. <3

2009-08-16T00:21:00.002+08:00

this is the current song that i'm learning at my keyboard class (last week + this week). it is a song that really touches my soul as we worship in the keyboard class.

i don't know what else to blog abt..

2009-08-15T00:19:00.001+08:00

the day that we all have been waiting for... :D

2009-08-14T10:45:00.000+08:00

thanks so much for the card,necklace + ring and the most adorable penguin! haha <3 let's meet up next next week! =]

2009-08-13T23:02:00.001+08:00

it's tomorrow...

2009-08-10T23:28:00.001+08:00

mixed feelings of a transition of another person's life...

2009-08-08T13:29:00.001+08:00

hahahaha. this is FUNNY!!

2009-08-05T17:01:00.002+08:00

it's time for a proper update!!

on Saturday,I found out a planned surprise that didn't happened but I'm really touched that they actually thought of surprising me at 12am(: <3s to lovelies!:D

I finally got to spend private time with cia-ee,it really has been a long time since we did that!we check out ion but was quite disappointed because it's like a MAZE!we bump into my parents and ate together.haha. headed to far east for some shopping for shoes(: tried out toga tops but didn't buy any.i really enjoy the time spent with her,the things that we talk and share.<3

last week was also church's anniversary!despite getting 4 hours of sleep the previous night,I woke up early and was really looking forward to the services in the morning!queued for a long time but thank God that we got into the stadium,even though we were seated at the south(behind the stage), the presence of God was really overwhelming as pastor led us in prayers and worship. also, in the 2nd service,it was really heartwarming to see how the 20 pioneers of the church started out and brought this church to where it is today.

there was also this section by the worship team from children's church!I think they really awe the crowd in the stadium! there was this boy standing on stage rocking with the guitar, poh daughter leading praise,jumping around and singing just like her father!

it has been 4 years!time really passes very fast!I'm thankful for the wonderful family that God has placed me into,the people that I see every Saturday and i want to see each one of them living out the destiny that God has for them! also, the talents that He has placed in me so I can make use of them to impact others though im not sure how can do so right now,i believe that it will bw reviewed to me. thank God for all the miracles especially the thing that I was really bothered about.truly,You know my heart's desire. thank You for the challenges that You've places in my life though they can be really draining,I know I can overcome them and furthermore,You won't give me challenges that I can't handle.

I can't imagine life without You <3
On Monday, met up with some of my ex-colleagues for dinner and went up to the office to wait for them to end work! thanks mama for opening the door for niki and me, and the big hug! :D niki bought me cookies from the cookie museum as i've requested :P thanks faridah for the treat! :D

totally yummy!(:
to end off, here's the both of us (: Exams coming REAL soon!!

2009-08-04T18:32:00.001+08:00

there are so many things i want to blog about but i don't know where to start from...

2009-08-01T23:47:00.000+08:00

2009-08-01T10:57:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was the day that i turn 21! As the day approaches, i feel that i didn't mind not having an extremely spectacular day even though i felt like a celebrity in school. haha. A simple dinner with my loved ones would be the best definitely. and yes! thanks dear for doing the collage, it looks great for the first attempt! :D thanks for the dinner and present, thanks for accompanying me the whole day!

Thanks friends for all the birthday greetings! And surprise present from allison and a special card from jael, surprise cake from cia :D

Truly, i feel so so blessed. =]

to deb: debbie!! i don't know when will the next time we will see you but you will definitely be missed. do take care over there yea. see you soon my friend(:

2009-07-29T16:00:00.000+08:00

Nightmare is over :D
Time to sign up for tutorial! it was such a MAD rush!! hope i get the class that i want =]

2009-07-29T11:35:00.000+08:00

arghhh.. i can't wait for this to be over.

2009-07-24T00:45:00.001+08:00

there are two dates that i will definitely remember... it has been a year and i still miss both of you..

2009-07-23T01:35:00.001+08:00

thanks for celebrating my birthday even though it's advance! cheers to 5 years of friendship and counting! <3

2009-07-20T18:37:00.001+08:00

:D a surprise delivery from the wonderful uni friends!! thank you so much--> Joycelyn, Jael, Crystal, Allison, Shereen, Boss, William, Elycia, Sam, Ryan, Samiko, Haely, Vera, Sharon, Desiree, Charmaine, Jingyi, Lingshan! <3

2009-07-19T01:40:00.004+08:00

My party was a blast! (: even though organising a party could be a hassle and also entertaining the guests could be a little challenging, i did enjoy myself especially to hear 40 voices singing the happy birthday song to me, the feeling was just indescribable. I've decided on Rive Gauche's Guanaja! Rive Gauche was recommended by jamie! (: heehee. Many great feedbacks about the cake and the food--Manna Pot!

Family of E441 (: What's my saturday without you guys. I'm thankful for this family!
And yes, my uni friends! I'm so touched that many of them avail themselves to come to my party even though it's in the far east!
thanks to a high majority of the guests who came in black and white!
a few words of thanks in relation to the party..
Zoe: thanks for rushing down from your tuition at the FAR west, and your encouraging words <3
Vann: thanks for the 7 years of friendship, for bringing me to know God, and of course for the name of the party !<3
Victor: Thanks for coming over with your cool scooter and yes, i know you wana eat something =p thanks for helping out at the party!
Cia: creative helper! thanks for coming early to help out with the decorations and for your bubbly-ness that i totally love. love cam-whoring with you
Adeline: Thanks for coming over even though you got to fly the next day!! <3
Jamie: creative director! thanks for coming early to help out too! and the personalise card <3
Yong Chuen: thanks for coming over and the cute drawing in the card!
Anxian: thanks for the creatively made card!
Jon Goh: thanks for coming over!
Debbie: thanks for helping the cg to buy the gift! will definitely miss you when u're gone.. <3 Janet: creative helper! thanks for coming early to help out with the deco too! you look gorgeous in the black dress and MAKE UP!<3
Kelvin: thanks for helping out too!
Yong Quan: thanks for coming over even though you had to go off so soon, really appreciate it =]
Benedict: i'm honoured to be the first girl that you buy birthday present to. haha. thanks for coming over !

Jael: thanks for helping me out so much at the party! looking forward to the date tml! <3 Joycelyn: thanks so much my personal manicurist! thanks for bluffing me. hahaha<3
Ryan: Thanks SO SO much for bluffing me HYENA hahahaha
Samiko: Thanks for coming chimpanzee!
Shereen: KOALA! <3
Charmaine: GOLDFISH! <3
Jing Yi: thanks for coming over <3
Desiree: sister! thanks for coming even though you got to be at woodlands at 8pm<3
Sam: *makes v-sign. hahha <3
Kelvin: LAO BAN! table-tennis court joke! hahaha. thanks for coming!
Vera: enjoy your trip! thanks for coming even though you got to fly the next day! <3
Sharon: thanks for coming over! such a sweet girl <3
Crystal: CRYSTAL! heeeheee (: thanks for coming and staying late even though you live at CCK! <3
Elycia: *kiss

Ding Geng & Su An: Thanks for coming and the BEAUTIFUL gift from crabtree and evelyn (:
keesiang, andrew, chin soon: thanks for coming over and for the book that i requested for!
shu ning: thanks for coming over even though you had another party to go to. <3
michelle loo: qin ai de! hahaha. thanks for coming over on friday even though u too, had another party to attend too. <3
michelle tham: though i miss your presence but thanks for contributing to the gift! <3 ning+loo+tham: thanks for the personalised hmmm.. 'CARD'! I really love it <3

daddy + mummy: thanks for helping out at the party. Daddy for taking photographs and capturing my special moments<3
ding neng: thanks dear for helping me carry the 3.3kg, bulky cake, for running around and for being here <3

2009-07-16T14:55:00.000+08:00

it's tml!(:

2009-07-08T19:47:00.002+08:00

successful bread pudding! (:

The day was well spent, went shopping at bugis and found out that my entire project group was at bugis as well but i didn't get to bump into them. haha. And yes, credits to this very special person for helping me out for the dinner, it wouldn't have happened if not for you! (: Table 99 and a customised menu (: Our table was slightly away from the rest so we can have our private time. ONLY our table has the white dining table cloth (: these petals set up was specially arranged as well (:

Wondering why it's pitch black at the background? the background is the forest! haha. Had a mosquito bite but that's alright, it was well spent. Not too pricey and fantastic ambience(: Will definitely go back there again some time. I'm so happy that you enjoyed your 21st and thanks for sending me back by that specific time (: <3

2009-07-05T00:55:00.001+08:00

first comes the breaking...

2009-06-30T23:57:00.001+08:00

"life is a journey,not a destination"

"journey" is time spent travelling from one place to another,usually over a long distance. life for most of us is definitely a LONG journey,most of us will have 70years plus of travelling,some longer,some shorter. let's look at destination, it is a place where someone or something is going to.in this case in referring to someone,like you and me.

Life begins at the point of conception where we exist only as cells in our mothers' womb. for myself, this is the 21st year of my life,looking back at where I've come to,i've grown much.of course,there's lots more to learn because I'm still young.

life is a journey,long and winding but whether you want it to be narrow or broad is your choice.uphill and downhill symbolise the ups and downs of our journey. of course who doesn't like to be at the top of the world?however many a times it's not always the case.Ever experienced a rollercoaster ride that's going down at fast speed?sometimes that's how I feel when things are not going the way I want them to be.Hitting rock bottom but having to stand up again like a giant,with bruises and cuts all over,and just keep on walking. that's right,keep on walking.

people come and go in our journey called life.But who are the ones that we allow to stay?who are the ones who will add value to the time that you've invest in building the relationship?you decide.

cheers!

2009-06-28T00:31:00.002+08:00

Report + presentation done! (: Synergy of a great team! joycelyn, jingyi, sam and me (: I feel a sense of accomplishment after we've filed our report and put the report cover sheet. feel very shiok!haha.Even though we didn't follow our timeline, i just want to thank God for giving us the wisdom to come up with ideas, how our presentation is different from others.
yours truly presenting =]
After our presentation, we had a talk with vivian to find out how we did and all. By looking at sam's and joyce's expression, i'm sure you know how we did! (:
a group shot to conclude our project! One more project to go! YAY! :D

Personaly, I've always like what pst tan talks about each time he stands on stage to talk. Even though it may be a heavy message, there is a lot to be learned and applied in it. Life changing message i would say.

What pst tan talked about today, about the new way of living. In our lives, we all have this altar where we place our sacrifices in order to get protection, acceptance, good fortune etc etc.. For example, not wanting to get out of an abusive relationship because your partner is very rich (sacrificing your body). Another illustration : burying yourself in work because you want to earn more (sacrificing your time). And in this old way of living, no matter how much sacrifices we place at our individual 'altars', it's NEVER enough. We will end up putting even more sacrifices on this altar and not getting what we want. Because we don't have control over the unpredictable things in our lives, the old way of living is sacrificing ourselves to please God but God is the one who will provide a sacrifice for us, to enter into a new way of living.

We enter this new way of living by faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen. In this new way of living, which is always called the church/ the heavenly places. A place where it's above the world and we can have an elevated view of our lives/problems. This is the part that hits me most. Many a time we feel that we have such a BIG problem in our life but when we see our problems with an elevated view, our problems seem much less insignificant. Moreover, in this new way of living, we are of one body and we can get help from others as well. So, it's not just solving problems all by ourselves but to strengthen each other as we helped one another.

Just want to add one more part about talent that came to my mind. As long as we are willing to try, even though we may have failed again and again, we will succeed in the end. What i really like is that we don't have to be the best in order to try something that we have never tried before. For example, you don't have to be the best guitarist to play in the worship team for zone meetings. I'm not saying that skils doesn't matter, what i'm saying is that there is this opportunity for others to try. The true meaning of new people doing new things, is that even though they may not be the best, they are given opportunities to unleash their gifts and talents.

Our life journey is the continual discovery, continual development and continual use of our talents for the maximum benefit of others.

2009-06-27T00:08:00.002+08:00

Ever heard of the story of a giant and a caterpillar?
Characteristics of a giant: able to walk, tall and strong. Even though with numerous falls, the giant is still able to stand up again and continue walking, 'immune' to scoldings, criticisms, and keep on walking.

Characteristics of a caterpillar: always crawling. Not able to walk like a giant. when people 'step' on the caterpillar, it dies.

Just a simple illustration. haha.

A giant or a caterpillar? you choose (:

2009-06-25T18:36:00.000+08:00

hahaha. do take your time to look at these two videos to compare! (: LOL.

2009-06-24T18:57:00.001+08:00

i'm SO excited!
1. can't wait to feed my soul next week
2. 3 weeks down the road is THE worship week!! :D

2009-06-21T01:32:00.002+08:00

this was taken when i was bv-ing on the platform, thanks kenneth for the abstract shot(: I learn quite a lot of photography skills from you and it's really great to get to know you better. on thursday when i was just enjoying taking shots of the models i was asked to go for practice, right there and then, i wanted to say no, i want to take photos! but i took a deep breath and said ok! sacrifice sacrifice. hahaha. but yea, it was worth it (:

Putting the songs on repeat mode for the past week, taking time to serve despite of.....

i really like what pst tan preached today about God having His own timetable and He will not fit into my timetable just because i have a need that needs to be met urgently. There is a time whereby we need to wait upon Him, this reminds me of the first Christian book that i read titled 'Now What'. This book talks about waiting upon God, resting in the Lord, committing our ways to Him and trust Him especially in those times when these are the hardest things to do.

Visions and dreams do not come to past immediately because God wants to develop our character first because we must come to a point whereby our character can sustain what He wants to bless us with. Like the vision of becoming a musician, so what if God has reviewed it?It is for an appointed time in the future. There is a time of wait, a time of grooming and this is the time whereby we develop our character and as we persevere throughout the months/years of wait, character develops.

are we willing to wait upon God and trust Him?

2009-06-21T00:31:00.000+08:00

happy birthday ~~HAIRY~~ HAELY!! =X
:D

2009-06-20T14:53:00.002+08:00

can't wait for july to come (: thank God for this wonderful relationship <3
above is jingyi sam and me. great presentation i must say, we did well(: heehee! great job! let's continue to work hard for our report and presentation next week! (: thank God for the wisdom and unity that we are able to do well for our presentation.
just want to take this time to mention these two special ladies in my life. i believe that there is a power when we begin to hear from God and speak His words into our lives. the power of unity, the power of breakthrough and helping each other to fulfill our destiny. thank God for these two wonderful ladies.

2009-06-19T12:14:00.002+08:00

a defining day plus shopping until 11.20pm! hahaha =X
Initially i wanted to just attend the evening session but due to some reasons i attended the entire session. thanks cia for speaking those words in my life (:

freedom!(:

2009-06-17T11:01:00.001+08:00

even though this video is 9 minutes long but do take your time to watch this (:

2009-06-17T06:37:00.000+08:00

time to avail myself to serve despite of...

2009-06-10T19:33:00.001+08:00

New name: macbook pro
can't wait to lay my hands on this wonderful piece of technology.
battery life: 7 hours
totally cool (:

2009-06-10T19:13:00.001+08:00

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2009-06-08T13:49:00.000+08:00

what a day..

2009-06-06T02:33:00.002+08:00

those were the days....

2009-06-06T02:05:00.000+08:00

6-year old composer! wow(: the song is nice, listen to it!

2009-06-03T19:13:00.002+08:00

Title: Running a marathon
Be it a real marathon like sundown or standard chartered marathon,life is just like a marathon and so is our walk with God.
we need to..
1. stay in shape
to prepare for the marathon we need to have a healthy diet,perhaps also to exercise and train our stamina in order to run, having enough sleep is also just as important.similarly, in our walk God we also need to stay in shape,by prayer,by reading the bible,so that through doing so, we will gain the strength and capacity for the race

2. obey the rules
in a marathon,there are certain rules that we need to follow,for example the time to report for your race, putting the time strip at your shoelace etc. in our walk with God, at certain points of our lives, God calls us to go and fulfill our destiny, so what are the rules? we need to have the willingness in our hearts so that we can be God's vessles. let's be faithful and have the willingness because many are called but few are chosen and fewer remain faithful.

3. run light
when you see marathon runners,what do they usually have with them when they run? some will not carry anything,some have towels with them,some with mp3s,some with water bottles and I saw a few people carrying their bags with them!what I mean by bags are not those water bags or weight bags that some guys carry to train for strength and stamina, is those bulky bags that can actually be deposited at the bags counters. seriously I wonder how they run. In our lives,each of us has a different past, we have different baggages of life, but how do we continue walking when we are carrying baggages of our past failures that weigh us down? that's when we surrender ourselves to God totally,including our emotional baggages like disappointments,anger,

failures,unforgiveness..we surrender our burdens to God for His yoke is light.when we can run light,we can run long and far.

4. persevere
be it the kids challenge, 10km,21km,42km or even 84km. No matter how long the distance is, in order to complete your run you need determination and perseverance.along the way there are bound to be obstacles.just like walking the journey with God, along the way there are bound to be temptations, trials and tribulations,pressures from different aspects of our lives but it's very important that we remain faithful and continue the walk,placing trust in God that He has already plan for us the route, and we will emerge victorious. and no matter how stretched you feel,you know that God is preparing you for more to come and is enlarging your capacity,so hang in there for greater things have yet to come.

I guess it applies very much to my life as well (: this took my travelling time to type(: LOL.