Watching law and order heighened my awareness to the examples they used in the series itself.. so very linked to many examples given by the social psy textbook, so very demonstrative of the theories and research findings of the social psy field. amazing.

Ever since i've got my premium membership from NLB, i've wanted to go to esplanade library to explore.. to see what i can borrow, and what there is to be borrowed. haha. very amazed at the range of topics and coverage the NLB has to offer. Even more amazed (and amused) and the dvd collection the library@esplanade possesses. They have dvds ranging from the older (eg.Agatha Christie mysteries in dvds) to the younger (eg. Lord of the Rings Series). They have television series such as Buffy, Charmed, Law and Order... They have literature films such as Adam's Rib. I was totally amused to see Adam's Rib as part of their collection... it's an old movie for my lit module last sem which i totally enjoyed:D
I've borrowed 3 dvds previously.. namely 'All dogs go to heaven', 'The Addams Family', as well as the Agatha Christie mystery titled as 'The 7 dials'... Went back to the library today at night, reaching esplanade 20 mins after 8, 40 mins before the library closes. haha. This time, i've got myself more interesting titles such as 'The Age of Innocence' (which is apparently a beautiful film, according to IMDB anyway:D), 'Dancer in the Dark' (by the director Lars Von Trier, who coincidentally also directed the films Manderlay and Dogville and has a third installment coming up soon in 2007. Was first introduced to the director by Deryuan who loves this guy's works. haha. i'm alright with him. amazed at his attempts in breakthough-ing the mainstream style of filming, but not entirely happy with his themes:) Apparently 'Dancer in the Dark' is another wonderful movie, again according to IMDB:D), 'Agatha Christie's Miss Marple - The moving finger and At Betram's hotel' (i love agatha christie mysteries, and it's even more interesting to see them on film. to actually understand the british style and accent, as well as to see a visual representation of endearing miss marple. amazing:D) and last but not least, 'Law and Order- Year One' (22 episodes. I was initially looking for CSI to spark off my studying of the forensic science notes, as well as to spur me on to do research on forensic psychology, of which my term paper is based on..haha. Can't wait to watch it! Think i'll watch it when we study overnight at the airport:D). Really quite a treasure in the NLB... haha.
The troublesome thing is that i've got to finish it all in one week! haha. They're ALL due on the 1st October. oh dear. haha.

No i don't have a boyfriend. and no i'm not in love with anyone. actually i am. i'm in love with Jesus Christ, and i love my brothers and sisters and many people. haha. but I AM NOT IN A BGR.
nor am i in a crazy frenzy to get into one :)
btw, if u're wondering, the person in the photo in the previous post... is me! hahaha.
watched forbidden city with sengkim, michelle and daisy. it's a strange combination.. hahaa. but it was an interesting time nevertheless=] i liked scene 2 more than scene 1, possibly 'cos the acts feel more complete and the usage of the set was deeper than in scene 1:) haha. the band was wonderful and so is the lighting... but the actors and actresses were not the best there can be :) could have been better:) hahaha.
we had our 15th anniversary recently as well! on sat! in expo hall 2! hahaa. so cool to have service as a church in expo hall 2:D hahaa. it was not as oomphy as i've expected...but it was great seeing everyone together. like how it's been some time since i see the youth people in service, seeing gwen, shirley and ahlong and a poly sister together on stage. having service together with the philipinos.. haha. so cool:) miss the time together 'cos we didn't have combined church camp together due to a lack of space to accomodate all of us together. haha. what a pity. but something to give thanks for as well :)
it's been cold these days. LOL. the weather has nicely dropped. been feeling sleepy. maybe 'cos i've been sick. LOL. stuffed nose = unable to breathe. breathing through mouth = sore throat. it's just not a good feeling to have :)

Nice photo, ain't it:)

God has set eternity in the hearts of men :)
that's why he's got a God-sized purpose for all of us, waiting for us to trust Him to bring the purpose to completion :)
but to know His purpose entails the requirement for us to know Him first.
for without knowing the person who gave us the vision, how then, can we ask of the vision from Him?
:)

you know, people seem to have the misconception that a lot of things are just two ends of the spectrum.. which can be quite disastrous considering that MANY things are not two ends of the spectrum... but that one is the absence of the other. it's just like in temperature. what is coldness? the absence of heat! we count upwards from degrees farenheit.. haha. absolute 0 IS absolute 0. coldness. is merely. the. absence. of heat. :)
let's continue.
silence, is the absence of sound (or vibrations in the air)
sadness, is the absence of happiness.
sorrow, is the absence of joy.
hatred comes in the absence of love.
darkness comes in the absence of light.
and when you find that you have a hole in the heart, you find the absence of something to fill that hole in your heart:)
may you find the right person to fill it up with=] for that hole is pretty deep. and unending.
so the person you need to find will have to be able to provide unconditional and everlasting love.
or else you'll find that there's still that absence in your heart, forever unfilled :)
ah.

i feel like smacking some people and waking them up :) but i don't think that's a good idea... 'cos Jesus said to love my neighbour as myself. If i smack them in love, is that alright? :)

i feel like taking up dancing:) not this sem. maybe next year:)

we went for 'shut up and dance!' performance at UCC today. haha. 'cos jiali had two extra tickets 'cos two of her dancers couldn't make it...so yepz. watched it with (in sequence of the pple i saw today...) jiali, shane, sengkim, yanyu(?), jacqueline, christine, jasmine, gwen, dennis and apinum:) haha. it was interesting. primarily 'cos it's the first paid dance performance i've gone to..it didn't quite captivate me though.
i'm alright with the first performance:) then the second performance (ladies night) came. it was stupid. lol. the hosts were bimbotic and slightly annoying (though i did miss them quite a lot during the dances whereby they didn't make an appearance. their appearance was more enticing than the dance performance:)
There're a few dances which i enjoy.. haha. I enjoy 'mirror of many possibilities'..it's the 3rd dance danced by a couple. haha. i thought that the idea was very fresh:) and it certainly was a welcome break after the second dance:) i believe i enjoyed the forth dance too.. haha. the slower songs really did offer a break from the seemingly routinal moves from faster paced, seeking to be raunchy but just managed to turn people off dances:) i enjoyed the idea of the styled people dancing hiphop. hahaha. liked twilight touch too=) the other couple dance. haha.
i especially disliked the tribal dance thing. thought it was just plain stupid and overstepped the boundary of the word 'dance'. i guess in a sense, i can't really tell what it means to be a dancer, or what is defined as 'dancing', but it was a 'dance' which was first and foremost, pretty derogatory to females, secondly, looks like they're just wild animals doing moves for the sake of moving their bodies and thirdly, they didn't do it well.
there were some other dances with lots of sexual innuendoes, grinding and just basically slamming sexualised visual images into your face. as jacqueline puts it 'there to cause the guys to feel something':P
however, i do admire the dancers for their ability to utilize the body so greatly to form moving pictures, as well as for their stamina. haha. not to say of course, that their bodies are in such great shapes XD
somewhere in between the show, i got reminded of how shane is only 14 years old. i looked at the dance and grinned. poor shane.
yea well:) it was an interesting experience nonetheless:) haha.

Church anniversary special service in expo hall 2 next sat! Join us! There's gonna be dance and a great time of fellowship as the whole church comes together as one:) Haha... So cool! The whole family coming together! Like one big family reunion:)

The throngs of people gathered to listen to her sing... She's got a brilliant voice!:) Haha.

Guess what i saw at toa payoh?:) shixinhui on stage... Haha. With two lousy hosts:) lots of people...

yay. i've finally updated the links:) a long overdue task that is finally accomplished. haha:)
feeling really sleepy at this moment 'cos i haven't slept past 2.30am for some time now.. and there's tuition tmr. haha. how thrilling:) but it was really good to be able to update the blog addresses, 'cos somehow or another, it feels as though it's another chance for people to talk once more:)
btw, if you're an nus student and wishes to have the chance to earn a $100 book voucher, do vote for Seet Yong Hwei at
https://staffweb.nus.edu/ISIS/Lists/Portal%20Naming%20Contest/Introduction.htm :)
Thanks:) haha.

Can't wait for next tuesday! Haha... It's forbidden city day! Woohoo! Best seats!Haha. Okay. Maybe not the 'best'... But category a seats:) grin. Haha. Two rows before the vip seats... Can't wait! I've sacrificed weeks of movies for this... Haha. Better be good!:-D

i woke up this morning with the song 'there is none like You' in my head. it's been some time since we've sung this song, so it was quite surprising to wake up with that song in my head...

-there is none like You
no one else could touch my heart like You do
i could search for all eternity long
and find, there is none like You

Your mercy flows like a river wide
and healing comes from Your hand
suffering children are safe in Your arms...
there is none like You-

indeed. there is no one like God..God who knew that i was getting rather down and out due to some stuff. God who knows that i was about to wallow in self pity and sent 2 unexpected people to talk to me. Just a normal conversation, but it encouraged me greatly and reminded me that what i did in the past, or am doing now, will have repercussions in the future. positive repercussions. that though it might seem as though nothing fruitful has resulted from certain things i do, God is already working through what has been done. He has already secured the future. really greatly lifted me up...though i was still a bit down when i went to sleep last night, i woke up this morning having a fresh insight into what i went through.
i had a refreshing day today as well. actually it started out quite disastrous... finding out that i had low batt and subsequently no batt and really couldn't contact lots of people.. then couldn't find my ICare peer and buddy... couldn't call or sms people.. ah. haha. but my only tutorial today turned out to be quite entertaining... and i realized that thinking of experiments ain't that hard. haha. i dropped my laptop after tutorial class, in the class itself.. and my tutor was like going 'orhor... your SPSS data gone.' then i was sheepishly shrugging when he continued 'your msn contacts gone!' haha. super funny. he's a funny tutor..though it might not seem like it at first when he set the ground rules. haha. thought i wouldn't enjoy research and statistical methods...but it seems to be quite different from my expectations. haha.
had the chance to work with guanrui today for games..haha. refreshing:) the games were refreshing as well. haha. though there were some unprepared moments and technical glitches.. i gotta say i did enjoy myself as well. haha.
interesting day :)

-You said, ask and you will receive whatever you need
You said, pray and I'll hear from heaven and I'll heal your land
You said, Your glory will fill the earth, like water the sea
You said, lift up your eyes
the harvest is here
the Kingdom is near
You said, ask and i'll give the nations to you
O Lord that's the cry of my heart-

to you.
haha.
don't think you even read my blog. but this goes out to you anyway.
thanks for inspiring me to grow with your life example:)

to another you.
whom i think reads my blog.
thanks for being there for me to learn from:) and for your company:)

to yet another you.
the one who's sleeping now.
i forgive you. 'cos i remember of what is said in the Lord's prayer. Forgive us, as we have also forgiven our debtors.

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it's been a week of shocks:) thinking back, i was just wondering if i'll still be shocked by different things that come my way. haha. we'll see:)
today we had HQ warming:) HQ's at engine bridge:) haha. we had pizza and spaghetti and fondue=] and an excellent time of fellowship. long time since we met together to really talk to one another and enjoy the fragrance of each other's company:) i learned more about the people who're in both units. it feels good.
a connection beyond the physical and superficial. a connection beyond time. a connection beyond doubts.
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sleepy:) but still got readings to do and notes to print out:) sometimes i just wanna sit by the sea and feel the breeze till i fall asleep. or to continuously swim laps around the pool. to have the luxury of time to ponder.
:)