Thursday, May 31, 2007

thanks you michelle (and even jan) in discussing with me about the decision to do IRP or not. hehe. IRP is individualised research project.. a module in the many 3000 modules available to psychology majors=] it never really crossed my mind to want to take this module until jitsy and iso and nianying took it. then i think i got influenced by michelle doing her honours and weiling doing her fyp.. whahaa. so yup, just sent out an email to tan seok hui to ask if she can be my supervisor for the module. ah. so scary=S
i saw her today during campus tour. was bringing 2 freshmen (along with jeffrey) the new psych department. apparently i'm still shy around lecturers:P ahhh. and super funny. 'cos xingyan came to join us for campus tour after that. then we were talking very happily:P 'cos i used to be her psgl. haha. think had a nice talk with her:) catching up ba. i still remember alice. and she's coming to psych as well! hehe.
we had cg in smu today!=] it was an intriguing experience. and truly, we can worship God anywhere, as long as our hearts are in it=] haha. think still need to ask for feedback ba.
dinnertime was a bit quiet. just shows we have room to know each other more=]
hehe. today i prayed that God will increase my finances. today my mum picked up $80 on the streets. whahaa.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

this is my 1441 th post on this blog.
it's 3.21am in the morning and i wonder why i'm not sleeping.
recently i've been relatively obsessed with numbers.
150.
55.
80.
2.
24 years old. 12 years old. 5 years old.
when i was 1, i had so little hair my mum had to give me a cap.
when i was 2, i took a picture with my nephew (who's now in the same cg as me) in a chair.
when i was 3, i don't remember much.
when i was 4, i started to wear specs.
when i was 5 i had k1.
when i was 6, i was in py6 in poiching.
when i was 7, i was in dance and calligraphy.
when i was 8, i quitted dance.
when i was 9, i went into rediffusion as a child dj in training.
when i was 10, we won the choir competitions. i made my maths teacher cry. i also made another classmate cry. the sister of my best friend at p4 is now in ellson's cg.
when i was 11, i acquired a brother (kokrui), a sister (yuanling), a crush (xavier), a chatting on the phone friend (hannah) and stumbled the faith of my christian friend (yuerong).
when i was 12, i remember thinking i wanna be 24 years old so that i can get married. i shook hands with the principal when the results were out. i thought that the phone call abt gep was a joke.
when i was 13, i failed my history. i started mudding.
when i was 14, i had my first crush on a female.
when i was 15, we started having singing sessions every monday.
when i was 16, we played basketball/soccer almost everyday during break and after school.
when i was 17, i received Christ in my life.
when i was 18, i had my first followuppee, then first sheep, then more sheep. i started to fear macdonalds shepherding as most of my last shepherding sessions were in macs.
when i was 19, i had my first cg. i learnt about trusting God in seemingly impossible situations when He brought me through to uni, exactly at where i've always wanted, despite my grades. i had my first thought of backsliding. i had my first quarrel with my shepherd (ever).
when i was 20, i felt like giving up.
now i am 21, i'm glad i didn't:)

numbers help us chart things. impersonal and general. but behind every number there's a heart message to it.
30 may 2007. what does it mean to us? is it merely another date? or is it THE date that you'll carry through to the end of your life?

250386 - the birthday of my first serious crush
290303 - my spiritual birthday
300303 - holy spirit bap
150603 - water bap
300603 - membership class.

what have we learnt out of each day we go through? how have we grown from each point in life that we've marked?
the dates that we remember. why do we hold them in our hearts?
some dates are not meant to be carried with us for long. will i be willing to depart from these dates?

120502 - the day i attempted suicide.
150 | 310108

Last tuesday to friday was uni camp=] had quite a few personal breakthroughs during the camp. wanted to go there to rest and recharge, though it didn't seem to happen in the physical sense, spiritually, it was really a time of letting go, relearning, resting and recharging:)

- then sings my soul
my Saviour God to thee
how great thou art
how great thou art-

don't have experiments anymore.. said okay to helping with data keying in that kinda thing, but i think steph thinks i'm very busy. haha. ah well=] today was a more busy day i suppose. dmm, then alpha meet, then io. but really had a good time knowing vicky, may and xinfu better. haha. they're very friendly juniors:) poor ruisi was stuck with me in the other cinema watching pirates('cos we got these seats later) while everyone else was in one cinema. thank God for you sister=) hope to know you more in the days ahead as well. haha. do you even read this? hmm.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

koped this from jiali's blog! but i think pple won't be able to see the comic XD.. anyway, it's not entirely accurate. i don't count my change XD


Your Score: 6 - the Questioner


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you chose CY - your Enneagram type is SIX (aka "The Loyalist").


"I am affectionate and skeptical"



Questioners are responsible, trustworthy, and value loyalty to family, friends, groups, and causes. Their personalities range broadly from reserved and timid to outspoken and confrontative.


How to Get Along with Me



  • Be direct and clear.
  • Listen to me carefully.
  • Don't judge me for my anxiety.
  • Work things through with me.
  • Reassure me that everything is OK between us.
  • Laugh and make jokes with me.
  • Gently push me toward new experiences.
  • Try not to overreact to my overreacting.

What I Like About Being a Six



  • being committed and faithful to family and friends
  • being responsible and hardworking
  • being compassionate toward others
  • having intellect and wit
  • being a nonconformist
  • confronting danger bravely
  • being direct and assertive

What's Hard About Being a Six

(this one, except for the last one, is not very true)

  • the constant push and pull involved in trying to make up my mind
  • procrastinating because of fear of failure; having little confidence in myself
  • fearing being abandoned or taken advantage of
  • exhausting myself by worrying and scanning for danger
  • wishing I had a rule book at work so I could do everything right
  • being too critical of myself when I haven't lived up to my expectations

Sixes as Children Often

(this one, i have no comments as well XD)

  • are friendly, likable, and dependable, and/or sarcastic, bossy, and stubborn
  • are anxious and hypervigilant; anticipate danger
  • form a team of "us against them" with a best friend or parent
  • look to groups or authorities to protect them and/or question authority and rebel
  • are neglected or abused, come from unpredictable or alcoholic families, and/or take on the fearfulness of an overly anxious parent

Sixes as Parents

(sounds good. hahaha)

  • are often loving, nurturing, and have a strong sense of duty
  • are sometimes reluctant to give their children independence
  • worry more than most that their children will get hurt
  • sometimes have trouble saying no and setting boundaries

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
Harper SanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages



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    Friday, May 18, 2007

    -He is my everything
    He is my all
    He is my everything
    both great and small
    He gave His life for me
    made everything new
    He is my everything
    now how about you?-

    was talking to kevin about the definiton of 'everything'. he was sharing with me his thoughts on reading Job. everyone's definition of 'everything' is different.. at different periods of time, our 'everything' may include more worldly possessions, at certain times, maybe not so. i was telling him i'm glad his heart has grown:) grown to forgive, and grown to be more mature in his thoughts towards the things around him.
    yesterday. yesterday was a day about modules and experiments and lecturers (funny ones and not so funny ones) and IRPs and Honours year and what to do after coming out of university and Grace and Steph and Shimin and Dr Tan. i really enjoyed the time talking to Grace about the lecturers and about IRPs and tan seok hui and what nots. hahaa. think i haven't really talked to a senior properly about it before. it's kinda interesting, hearing more from people who've gone down this route (other than hearing from christine and winnie and huichun:D). and thank God for steph. haha. somehow or another, i'm always very shy around lecturers :P:P:P having steph there was quite comforting, one way or another. lol. terrorizing seokhui's fishes helped too XD
    stayed overnight at zhichun's house on wed night=] hahaa. poor zhichun had to entertain two batches of people - the first batch comprising of zhenzhong and wanyu, and the second of me and weiling:) we watched 'happy birthday'... seriously speaking, i kinda got bored at the start and remained bored till the end. i like movies which are more symbolic and not just a shallow kinda comedy, no-plot kinda senseless movie.. but 'happy birthday' had too many signs to decode that it gets tiring just to decode the signs, so as to follow the plot more closely. and it's not really the kinda movie i'll wanna watch at night. hahaa. but it was an enjoyable time with zhichun and weiling.. we gotta see zhichun's photos and her various crushes. hahaha.
    ---
    maybe i should set aside a day and $20, just to sit at some cafe and talk to different friends whom i haven't met for some time:) haha.
    yah i should.
    hahahaa. tan seok hui is super funny. she sent us an email with directions on how to get to her new office and the reference to alice in wonderland reminded me of ziwei. hahaa.
    anyway, she very nicely taught us about things to take note while selecting people to be recorded using Goldwave, as well as some editting stuff:) and she tried to make it more interesting by putting practice stuff in between! haha.
    ooh. i'm so tired. type more tmr:) seeya.

    Wednesday, May 16, 2007

    Recently (or not so recently), I was in the 3rd ever team leaders' meeting.. and i learnt something quite interesting:D it's the definition of what it means to be spiritual.
    there's a need for the definition due to human beings having the tendency to go to extremes: the extreme of mystifying spirtuality (e.g. being spiritual means DEFINITELY must be slain in the spirit, or being spiritual means bringing in Satan in EVERYTHING the person faces.) and dividing betwene 'spiritual' and 'admin' things.. (e.g. worship leading is more spiritual... but leading games is not.. that kinda thing).
    And there are also people who are 'spiritual' in the way they speak, but super don't follow bible in the way they lead their life:)
    so yup. there's a need for the definition:
    "Spiritual"
    1) Becoming more like Christ
    2) Being Spirit filled and spirit led
    3) Being reserved for God's use
    4) Seeing things from God's perspective
    5) Living according to God's precepts in Scripture
    yup=] thought it'll give us a proper perspective towards this word:) Learnt some very interesting stuff from the book 'Where is God when it hurts' as well=) will share in the future (e.g. when i have more time. haha).
    Wanna share some stuff here too..
    Realised from the generation acts volunteerism exhibition that one of the goals of the ALIVE! programme is to literally tell the kids they're helping that they're not the worst people. That they can help others as well:) I read it recently in 'where is God when it hurts' as well. Some people, when facing a major crisis in their life, or when going through unchangeable things in their life (e.g. having cancer), blame their situation on everybody and falls into the category of helplessness and bitterness and anger. Others look at their situation and think of ways that they can still help others. There are some who ask 'Why am i going through this? Why is it not someone else? Why am i going through agony and others having blessings?'. There are still some others who go past the 'why' stage and go to the stage of 'how'... How can i still glorify God in these circumstances? How can i make the most out of this? How can i be a vessel for God? And these people tend to have their pain eased as they focus outwards, instead of inwards:) For they've realised more of what the verse 'When i am weak, then i am strong' means.
    All in all, the way we respond come in a matter of perspective. What perspective we take, or choose to take, whose perspective we choose to obtain:) Let's stop being so inward looking (thinking that no one else understands, no one else has gone through the same as me, no one cares about me) to being more outward looking (how can i be the one to understand others? how can i care about other people more?)... Be like Jesus, whose thoughts and life were always for His people.
    there are many people in my life whom i've loved, and still love. there are people who are close to me, people who are not close to me, people who i guess i will never have the chance to tell them i appreciate them:)
    had the idea of taking the photos of the various people who have been in my life, loved me as a friend/sister/student one way or another and putting them in a book:) that even as they might not be in my life already, i'll remember of them and keep them in my heart:) and maybe one day, when i've overcome feelings of shyness, to write them a letter and tell them that they've made an impact in my life, just through their presence:) and that they've taught me something along the way.
    there'll be a lot of people though. haha. but some immediate ones whom i won't get to see very soon will probably be steph(the kindergarten steph) and tan seok hui (whom i'll see on thurs).
    and of course, the 'old' ones like jitsy, iso, qing, fungi, weezi, steph and so on and so forth... and people i seldom see nowadays, like junting, huichun.. even people i see now, jiali, sengkim, michelle, weiling, jan and so on and so forth. hope people. non hope people:)
    i love these people with my life. sometimes i wish i can spend more time with them, get to know them more... sometimes i'm too shy to ask. and sometimes i let other things overwhelm my time, then when the quiet of the night comes and i remember of these people, i wonder exactly what i'm doing.
    was talking to steph in her car today (she very nicely drove me to buona vista. haha) and learnt that tan seok hui signed on with nus for two more years. was actually quite happy to hear that... 'cos was hoping that i can take more of her modules, as well as thinking of doing an ism under her (or under sim teck ngee=]) and steph very nicely presumed that i'll be having 2 more years in nus. when she said that, it kinda struck me that the people around me really do propel me forward by quite a bit. Like how having isobel and jitsy and nianying helped me to enjoy issues in development and propelled me to be more hardworking in this module.. and how michelle's words one night during one exam day sparked once again the ebbing desire in my heart to strive for honours. how people around me have one way or another soothed my anxiousness towards things, or guided me towards hope when i start to give up hope on myself.

    thank you God, for sending these people into my life:)

    Sunday, May 13, 2007

    Been busy:) Busy, fumbled a bit at times..but nevertheless quite fulfilling:)
    haha. experiments are super tiring. Sometimes you really feel like strangling some kids xD but other kids are super adorable=D hahaa. i like belynn! and jiayi! and bryan! and jackson is too small for his clothes! hahaa =D i like xinxuan too! and aathi! hahaa. not the smartest kids =) but adorable 'cos they're innocent and willing to help=)
    those are the kids from morning session. haha. i like the kids in the afternoon session too:) like kathy! and erna (super smart and pretty girl!) and eva (though sometimes i wonder if she knows my instructions.. haha). okay, i'm biased:)
    And i'm glad I got the chance to know Seokhui and Tina more:) and gotta know Steph more too=] at least next time if i get stranded at NTU, i can plant myself temporarily at her house. hahaha.
    this week is the week of changes once again=] let's see what happens.

    Wednesday, May 02, 2007

    Tomorrow's the first day whereby we'll be conducting the experiments without Steph or Sheralyn or Pekhar... wahh. so scary.
    such a confusing day. haha. but i think i can understand that they're very busy too. and seriously speaking, the funding is not much. quite unfair ah? funding for psychology is not much, whereas funding for computing is enough for them to pay $10 per survey. we dun even have enough money to buy laptops. lol. need to borrow from dean's office and return by 17th may. whaha.
    i think i was kinda grumbling about the installation of the programme thing for yesterday 'cos it kinda wasted a few hours of my time, as well as lots of my energy (running from arts to yih to science and back to arts and up and down as6 to finally realise that the programme can't be installed on my laptop. hahaa).
    hehe. i'm grumbling no more:) dr susan drove down especially to my house to pass me the ibm laptop (with EVERYTHING installed in it. hurray!) at 10.30pm just now. so funny. special delivery. i've read through the instructions and tried out the programme. now just have to wait till tmr:)
    yup. cannot reveal much le. let's pray that everything goes well tomorrow:)
    my study plan of using monday and tuesday fully is kinda gone. hahaa. let's pray that i can finish studying for TS too=]