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!!

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! =]

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! (:

happy birthday dear!(: <3

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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

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..

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

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

it's tomorrow...

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

hahahaha. this is FUNNY!!

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!!

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

<3

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(:

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

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

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

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

: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

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

it's tml!(:

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

first comes the breaking...

"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!

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.

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 (:

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

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

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?

happy birthday HAIRY HAELY!! =X
:D

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.

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!(:

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

time to avail myself to serve despite of...

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

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what a day..

those were the days....

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

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.

So many things happened last week!!
- dinner with roger-1 project done with the wonderful team (:
watch bestie eat LJS
BV-ed for a zone event :D

SUNDOWN with ade and dn (:




a new week ahead...
I'm stressed.. but You said to cast all my care upon you, for you cares for me