never underestimate the workings of God. and never ever think that your actions don't matter.
twice in a month i've experienced what it means to be used by God as a direct vessel. twice in this month i've seen how God's hands move to shift things into position even before we pray about/for it.
how wondrous.
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oh btw, i re-realised another thing today:)
God pursues.
be careful. hahaa. the more you run away, the more He pursues.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
I just took a glimpse through the very long and very theological argument on facebook between Christians and Muslims (no offense to anyone here) about what the bible says about Jesus.. specifically, is Jesus God or is Jesus not? (ah. i rhyme. hahaa). Think it's quite interesting how the greek language is even brought in by the muslims so as to bring a more accurate translation of the bible:)
think when i was browsing through the answers, what struck me was that both sides' arguments will tend to be filtered through the lens of their beliefs.. it also reminded me of the teaching on a corrupted conscience:) a corrupted conscience will corrupt the pure truth.
anyway, i think it's an interesting argument:) i'm an intellectual at heart.. so doctrines and theology appeal to me, though it seemed to have decreased these days..partly 'cos of the fact that more and more people like to distort the knowledge they have to suit their needs and harden their minds towards listening to another opinion, partly 'cos sometimes a deeper heart knowledge is needed to ascertain what is true. as joanne puts it in the past (modified by me due to a badly decayed trace of memory), she could have debated for a long time with me over the doctrines of christianity, but one touch from heaven will change everything.
i've had that one personal experience from God even when i did not believe in Him.. it was enough to convince me in my heart that He is real.
think when i was browsing through the answers, what struck me was that both sides' arguments will tend to be filtered through the lens of their beliefs.. it also reminded me of the teaching on a corrupted conscience:) a corrupted conscience will corrupt the pure truth.
anyway, i think it's an interesting argument:) i'm an intellectual at heart.. so doctrines and theology appeal to me, though it seemed to have decreased these days..partly 'cos of the fact that more and more people like to distort the knowledge they have to suit their needs and harden their minds towards listening to another opinion, partly 'cos sometimes a deeper heart knowledge is needed to ascertain what is true. as joanne puts it in the past (modified by me due to a badly decayed trace of memory), she could have debated for a long time with me over the doctrines of christianity, but one touch from heaven will change everything.
i've had that one personal experience from God even when i did not believe in Him.. it was enough to convince me in my heart that He is real.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
i've often mentioned that i'm a sprinter, not a runner. 'cos i can't run far distance... i don't have the stamina to continue on at a constant speed. thankfully, God also make me a walker. i like to walk:) i can walk for a few hours straight if i'm given the time to. people enjoy running. i enjoy walking. i enjoy walking more if i have a destination in mind and i have a rough idea of how to get there. walking is my way of compensating for the fact that i can't run. it's i train up patience and perseverence in a different way. swimming laps is a comfortable activity for me too.
but i can't run.
i think, in a sense, what i can do physically mirrors what i can do emotionally, mentally and spiritually. give me a comfortable task, just slightly more taxing (similar to walking and swimming) and i can go on for quite a long time. give me a more stressful task (similar to running) and i'll do exactly what it's similar to in physical terms, run away. something at the fringe of my comfort zone will thrill me. something beyond my comfort zone will still me. thank God He always leads me one step at a time:)
i spent the whole evening running away from doing IRP related stuff. small things such as coordinating with weiping about the testing, emailing raymond, thinking more in depth about the experimental procedures and what to type in the study description.. instead, i was watching anime, reading up on phonetics and the chinese IPA (okay.. i guess this is related to IRP as well. hahaa) and cleaning up my room, all the time knowing that there's something i'm uncomfortable about, yet not resolving it.
i think the thing is that my decision of wanting to do my IRP has mainly been influenced by the people and circumstances around me.. the data collection at the kindergartens, michelle, weiling and jan doing their fyp, hoping to learn more from dr tan, intrigued by isobel, jitsy and nianying's isms... in a way, the whole idea of dabbling in research appealed to me and lured me to the bait. at the start, doubts and slight fears (i wonder if other people actually feel worried and scared about doing research themselves for the first time. i would think so, right?:) haha) were cushioned and eased mostly by the ongoing lab meetings and the much appreciated guidance from steph and dr tan.. but now that i'm really starting to do more things myself, it just dawns on me that i know so little on the procedures and whatnots.
which i guess, puts me in an excellent position to learn:)
so when i was bathing just now, i was thinking that i can't just base this IRP on the interest in research due to the presence of other people doing the same thing.. i can't base it on the excitement of dr tan in the field of psycholinguistics, or the comforting notion that isobel and seokhui (teo) are doing isms as well... i can't base the desire to do the IRP on other people. i need to personalise it:) i need to think about why i wanna do this IRP, think about the implications and think about what i really want to gain out of this whole experience. Taking proper ownership over it:) just like alpha.
a new perspective. still discovering and building up my love for research :)
but i can't run.
i think, in a sense, what i can do physically mirrors what i can do emotionally, mentally and spiritually. give me a comfortable task, just slightly more taxing (similar to walking and swimming) and i can go on for quite a long time. give me a more stressful task (similar to running) and i'll do exactly what it's similar to in physical terms, run away. something at the fringe of my comfort zone will thrill me. something beyond my comfort zone will still me. thank God He always leads me one step at a time:)
i spent the whole evening running away from doing IRP related stuff. small things such as coordinating with weiping about the testing, emailing raymond, thinking more in depth about the experimental procedures and what to type in the study description.. instead, i was watching anime, reading up on phonetics and the chinese IPA (okay.. i guess this is related to IRP as well. hahaa) and cleaning up my room, all the time knowing that there's something i'm uncomfortable about, yet not resolving it.
i think the thing is that my decision of wanting to do my IRP has mainly been influenced by the people and circumstances around me.. the data collection at the kindergartens, michelle, weiling and jan doing their fyp, hoping to learn more from dr tan, intrigued by isobel, jitsy and nianying's isms... in a way, the whole idea of dabbling in research appealed to me and lured me to the bait. at the start, doubts and slight fears (i wonder if other people actually feel worried and scared about doing research themselves for the first time. i would think so, right?:) haha) were cushioned and eased mostly by the ongoing lab meetings and the much appreciated guidance from steph and dr tan.. but now that i'm really starting to do more things myself, it just dawns on me that i know so little on the procedures and whatnots.
which i guess, puts me in an excellent position to learn:)
so when i was bathing just now, i was thinking that i can't just base this IRP on the interest in research due to the presence of other people doing the same thing.. i can't base it on the excitement of dr tan in the field of psycholinguistics, or the comforting notion that isobel and seokhui (teo) are doing isms as well... i can't base the desire to do the IRP on other people. i need to personalise it:) i need to think about why i wanna do this IRP, think about the implications and think about what i really want to gain out of this whole experience. Taking proper ownership over it:) just like alpha.
a new perspective. still discovering and building up my love for research :)
Today during intro to trauma class, i was thinking to myself that perhaps i shouldn't have been lazy during secondary school and jc. hahaa. seems like i was complacent in the past.. complacency which led to laziness.. which prob led to me not using my brains and refining the synapses in it.. lol. and to think that our working memory is more or less fixed when we're in secondary school. what an 'encouraging' thought.
some people like to work, some like to study. i belong to the group of people who enjoys studying. i love reading, i love watching videos, i love things that stimulate me visually and audically (not that there's such a word. enlighten me pls, as to what word i can put in here:D) books intrigue me, anime holds its bind on me, videos captivate me and stimulate me to think even more than textbooks themselves. i learned more from an example put into context and spoken to me than 2 sems of reading notes. haha.
and i was wondering if there's a job that just requires you to rate anime and rate them. hahaa. though i've the feeling i'll get bored of it.
i love bio and i love lit:) and i like stats over maths per se. so in a way, psychology in social science contains the 3 elements which hold my interest. hahaa. and i've enjoyed myself quite a lot in psychology.. to the extent that i didn't quite realize that i'm already in year 3. blah.
some people like to work, some like to study. i belong to the group of people who enjoys studying. i love reading, i love watching videos, i love things that stimulate me visually and audically (not that there's such a word. enlighten me pls, as to what word i can put in here:D) books intrigue me, anime holds its bind on me, videos captivate me and stimulate me to think even more than textbooks themselves. i learned more from an example put into context and spoken to me than 2 sems of reading notes. haha.
and i was wondering if there's a job that just requires you to rate anime and rate them. hahaa. though i've the feeling i'll get bored of it.
i love bio and i love lit:) and i like stats over maths per se. so in a way, psychology in social science contains the 3 elements which hold my interest. hahaa. and i've enjoyed myself quite a lot in psychology.. to the extent that i didn't quite realize that i'm already in year 3. blah.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
My eyes are fixed on You Lord...
I was feeling a strange sort of unrest, of unease, of non-stillness.. i think it could have been slightly due to my IRP (the rp system is kinda bothering me quite a bit..), as well as for the fact that my F drive has gone nuts and now i can't retrieve anything from my thumb drive (which can be quite a problem if your eprime stuff and sound files are all inside there:D). anyway, i decided to play the guitar, and couldn't really settle my heart down to do so as well. opened up the soft copy of my songbook and i asked God to give me a song that'll speak to me.. and this is the song :)
D A G D
My eye are fixed on You O Lord
G A D
Your loving face I see
D A G D
I set my heart hard after You
G A D
I’ll follow You faithfully
D A G
Each weight I lay aside
Em D A
By grace I will abide
G A D Bm
Your staff and rod they comfort me
G A D Bm
And open up my eyes
G A D
You’ve open up my eyes
A D
To see Your holiness
A D
To be your righteousness
G D A
O how I need You Lord
A D
To see Your majesty
A D
To be Your family
G A D
Oh Lord I praise Your name
i can feel the lack of time. somehow or another, even though i only have a 3 day week.. my entire week seems very packed:S travelling back and forth to meet up with people, preparation time for ministry and then to meet people and then rearrangements needed to meet up...
monday can be summed up in recording calyn, meeting xiaoling (travelling between school and hougang), running with minchen and Alive!:) hahaa. oh, for those who're not aware, Alive! is a voluntary programme organised by Gen Acts in collaboration with Beyond service center.. we plan out stuff for the kids there in 3 stages... the whole programme will last 1 year:D i'm quite enjoying it so far. hahaa.
tuesday. what happened on tuesday?
hmm. tuesday wake up, prepare teachings, prepare more teachings and meet people. and meet people. hahaha. and meet people. wellus :) then read 1 readings and nearly fell asleep at the next.
today is wed.
i realised that my wed and thurs are super packed with studying stuff. hahaa. jialat sia. it's hard for me to do ministry stuff on wed and thurs 'cos they're packed full with lectures and what nots:) and friday is prob a day for me to do up my eprime programme... of which i've not editted the sound files.. i. am. so. behind. time. whahaha.
ohoh.
i came online to share about my funny lecturer:D he's in my microbes lecture and he's super amusing. he's got super a lot of general knowledge and tends to digress greatly as he teaches, but i enjoy his lectures very much due to the fact that he appeals to my thirst in knowing more things (albeit a tad random), as well as my appreciation for humour in people:) hahaa. for an example of his general knowledge, you can ask me about it. hahaa.
an IQ question from jeekai :) there's a long bridge that can take a maximum weight of 99kg. There's a performer who weighs 97kg on one side of the bridge. The performer has 3 gold bars with him, each weighing 1kg each. If he has to bring all 3 gold bars with him across the bridge at the same time, how can he do it such that when he crosses the bridge, the bridge will not collapse from the weight on it?
:)
have fun. this is simpler than the 8 eggs and 10 pill bottles question. hahaa :)
monday can be summed up in recording calyn, meeting xiaoling (travelling between school and hougang), running with minchen and Alive!:) hahaa. oh, for those who're not aware, Alive! is a voluntary programme organised by Gen Acts in collaboration with Beyond service center.. we plan out stuff for the kids there in 3 stages... the whole programme will last 1 year:D i'm quite enjoying it so far. hahaa.
tuesday. what happened on tuesday?
hmm. tuesday wake up, prepare teachings, prepare more teachings and meet people. and meet people. hahaha. and meet people. wellus :) then read 1 readings and nearly fell asleep at the next.
today is wed.
i realised that my wed and thurs are super packed with studying stuff. hahaa. jialat sia. it's hard for me to do ministry stuff on wed and thurs 'cos they're packed full with lectures and what nots:) and friday is prob a day for me to do up my eprime programme... of which i've not editted the sound files.. i. am. so. behind. time. whahaha.
ohoh.
i came online to share about my funny lecturer:D he's in my microbes lecture and he's super amusing. he's got super a lot of general knowledge and tends to digress greatly as he teaches, but i enjoy his lectures very much due to the fact that he appeals to my thirst in knowing more things (albeit a tad random), as well as my appreciation for humour in people:) hahaa. for an example of his general knowledge, you can ask me about it. hahaa.
an IQ question from jeekai :) there's a long bridge that can take a maximum weight of 99kg. There's a performer who weighs 97kg on one side of the bridge. The performer has 3 gold bars with him, each weighing 1kg each. If he has to bring all 3 gold bars with him across the bridge at the same time, how can he do it such that when he crosses the bridge, the bridge will not collapse from the weight on it?
:)
have fun. this is simpler than the 8 eggs and 10 pill bottles question. hahaa :)
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Religion versus Relationships
"Instead, we will lovingly follow the truth at all times—speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly—and so become more and more in every way like Christ who is the Head of his body, the Church."
God isn't into religion. He's into relationships. That is, he not only wants us to have a close, loving, warm and intimate relationship with himself but also with each other.
Intimacy, however, can be scary. It means being open, honest and vulnerable—not just with our thoughts and ideas, but much more so with our feelings, failures, and fears—not only with God but with at least one or a few other trusted friends.
What's scary is that if you see me and know me as I really am on the inside, you may not like me. Worse still, if I know me as I really am on the inside, I may not like me either!
However, only to the degree that I am open and honest can I ever be known for who I truly am. Furthermore, only to the degree that I am known, can I ever feel loved. If I wear a mask, you may like my mask, but I will never feel loved because my mask is not me. Only real people can experience real love. And we're not talking about the body-building TV ads that promise real results for real people. These ads are about as phony as they can get. Being real has to do with the inner self and nothing whatsoever to do with the external self.
May God help each of us to be real and become the loving persons he planned for us to be.
"Instead, we will lovingly follow the truth at all times—speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly—and so become more and more in every way like Christ who is the Head of his body, the Church."
God isn't into religion. He's into relationships. That is, he not only wants us to have a close, loving, warm and intimate relationship with himself but also with each other.
Intimacy, however, can be scary. It means being open, honest and vulnerable—not just with our thoughts and ideas, but much more so with our feelings, failures, and fears—not only with God but with at least one or a few other trusted friends.
What's scary is that if you see me and know me as I really am on the inside, you may not like me. Worse still, if I know me as I really am on the inside, I may not like me either!
However, only to the degree that I am open and honest can I ever be known for who I truly am. Furthermore, only to the degree that I am known, can I ever feel loved. If I wear a mask, you may like my mask, but I will never feel loved because my mask is not me. Only real people can experience real love. And we're not talking about the body-building TV ads that promise real results for real people. These ads are about as phony as they can get. Being real has to do with the inner self and nothing whatsoever to do with the external self.
May God help each of us to be real and become the loving persons he planned for us to be.
Monday, August 13, 2007
words, burden, ministry, people
words can hurt.
or lift people up.
the way we speak
the words we say
the impact we make
is great.
burden.
a load that the heart carries
a heart enveloped
a weight beyond what i can bear
submission to the Lord.
ministry.
a love for the people
worry for the people
building up of people
a brother dearly missed.
the joy of seeing you again.
people.
wearies me
worries me.
loves me. hurts me.
God calls us to forgive :)
words can hurt.
or lift people up.
the way we speak
the words we say
the impact we make
is great.
burden.
a load that the heart carries
a heart enveloped
a weight beyond what i can bear
submission to the Lord.
ministry.
a love for the people
worry for the people
building up of people
a brother dearly missed.
the joy of seeing you again.
people.
wearies me
worries me.
loves me. hurts me.
God calls us to forgive :)
Saturday, August 11, 2007
saw this link on leanne's blog...
A blog about the death of a precious child
it's a blog done up by a couple who's recently sent another child to be with the Lord. I do agree, somehow their continual trust in God and understanding that God didn't make Ashley as an accident touched me.. and when you see the pictures, you start to share a bit in the pain that they experience as they send yet another beloved child of theirs off to another world. having the knowledge that the other world is a much better one, and having the intermixed feelings of joy and great grief as they've lost someone dear to them.
i don't know exactly how they feel, but as i read the blog, what came over me is a bitter grief that welled up into uncontrollable sobs... and then the beginning of a small resolution and hope as the understanding that they'll see their children again for a longer time yet in the future - in heaven.
A blog about the death of a precious child
it's a blog done up by a couple who's recently sent another child to be with the Lord. I do agree, somehow their continual trust in God and understanding that God didn't make Ashley as an accident touched me.. and when you see the pictures, you start to share a bit in the pain that they experience as they send yet another beloved child of theirs off to another world. having the knowledge that the other world is a much better one, and having the intermixed feelings of joy and great grief as they've lost someone dear to them.
i don't know exactly how they feel, but as i read the blog, what came over me is a bitter grief that welled up into uncontrollable sobs... and then the beginning of a small resolution and hope as the understanding that they'll see their children again for a longer time yet in the future - in heaven.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
love is patient. so yes. i will be patient:)
we had cg today:) think today's cg is a more open time of sharing and reflecting for the past 2-3 months... i like times of reflection:) it enables pple to slow down, take a step back, get the bigger and more objective picture, learn and move on:) and in doing so, a person's character is built:)
encountered quite a few short tempers today. caused me to want to have a short temper myself. hahaa.
my stress level is going up=] it's not exactly very comfortable, but it's good for me:)
we had cg today:) think today's cg is a more open time of sharing and reflecting for the past 2-3 months... i like times of reflection:) it enables pple to slow down, take a step back, get the bigger and more objective picture, learn and move on:) and in doing so, a person's character is built:)
encountered quite a few short tempers today. caused me to want to have a short temper myself. hahaa.
my stress level is going up=] it's not exactly very comfortable, but it's good for me:)
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
On a less moneyminded note, to kind of do something I've not done in a while due to the extra unexpected amount of cash, I went to watch a movie on impulse=] it happened at 8+pm when I was typing out the minutes and a choice was made in 15 minutes as to whether I should watch a movie or not. Armed with my wallet and my water bottle, i was on my way to the cinema 8 minutes away, when i saw the brother from adults.
I'm sorry, i have to call him the brother from adults because i can't remember his name:S
Yup:) caught up with him for a bit because I've not seen him for a few years... he was nice enough to accompany me to the ticketing booth, and then we settled at macs to chat for a bit. it was at macs, when i saw 2 other sisters from the poly group.. Ace and another sister of whom I do not know the name of:) haha. The whole world has decided to pass by Toa Payoh today. lol.
Turns out the brother saw Jitsy a few weeks back, is now studying information studies in NYP and is in Marcus' CG. After chatting for a while, I voiced the conclusion that God has wired him quite differently from me. He's interested in technical aspects of things.. whereas I'm more intrigued by colours and moldable stuff (e.g. digital media.. like adobe, flash and what-nots). Looking back, it seems as though I've judged too quickly.. 'cos it could be that we're just looking at one aspect of things:)
He decided to watch the 'Simpsons movie' as well.. partly 'cos he's not watched it before, partly to relax a bit after having 2 common tests. hahaa. Seeing that beforehand in school at HQ, I was kinda lamenting to Crystal watching a movie alone kind of defeats the purpose of watching a movie (especially so for a comedy), I thank God that He's sent over a brother for company and for catching up:)
I'm sorry, i have to call him the brother from adults because i can't remember his name:S
Yup:) caught up with him for a bit because I've not seen him for a few years... he was nice enough to accompany me to the ticketing booth, and then we settled at macs to chat for a bit. it was at macs, when i saw 2 other sisters from the poly group.. Ace and another sister of whom I do not know the name of:) haha. The whole world has decided to pass by Toa Payoh today. lol.
Turns out the brother saw Jitsy a few weeks back, is now studying information studies in NYP and is in Marcus' CG. After chatting for a while, I voiced the conclusion that God has wired him quite differently from me. He's interested in technical aspects of things.. whereas I'm more intrigued by colours and moldable stuff (e.g. digital media.. like adobe, flash and what-nots). Looking back, it seems as though I've judged too quickly.. 'cos it could be that we're just looking at one aspect of things:)
He decided to watch the 'Simpsons movie' as well.. partly 'cos he's not watched it before, partly to relax a bit after having 2 common tests. hahaa. Seeing that beforehand in school at HQ, I was kinda lamenting to Crystal watching a movie alone kind of defeats the purpose of watching a movie (especially so for a comedy), I thank God that He's sent over a brother for company and for catching up:)
woke up at 4am and realised that i've dozed off and ceased to wake up at 2am. haha. could hear the alarm ringing away in my parents' room as i went to take a bath. Could still hear the alarm ringing away after my bath O.o
Somehow or another, in the recent weeks, it's become clearer and clearer to me that my parents are not exactly very young anymore. And thus, in the recent weeks, the idea of saving up for my parents have kind of gotten stuck in my mind. It's relatively amusing to me when i keep receiving cash from all sorts of sources. Take for example, today at lab meeting. I went in, sat down, and promptly got requested by Dr Tan to sign beside my name to receive a small amount of cash for helping out in the first data collection. I was like 'Is that for me?' And there's another $25 next week to be collected from the computing department =) haha.
Not large sums of money, just pretty unexpected gifts of cash that were presented to me. And so, with the thought of having to save up in mind, I was evaluating to see if I would be able to survive now should my parents actually cease to be on this earth anymore (which has become more of a possibility now that my parents are aging more and more, and that my dad has recently started to forget a few things here and there. He's getting older:) Of course, the conclusion is that I can't survive on my own with my current savings. lol. Perhaps for a while, yes. but definitely not for long. Will probably have to quit going to school and work in MOE or something :)
What's the conclusion to the entire post?
It's important to save up xD
Somehow or another, in the recent weeks, it's become clearer and clearer to me that my parents are not exactly very young anymore. And thus, in the recent weeks, the idea of saving up for my parents have kind of gotten stuck in my mind. It's relatively amusing to me when i keep receiving cash from all sorts of sources. Take for example, today at lab meeting. I went in, sat down, and promptly got requested by Dr Tan to sign beside my name to receive a small amount of cash for helping out in the first data collection. I was like 'Is that for me?' And there's another $25 next week to be collected from the computing department =) haha.
Not large sums of money, just pretty unexpected gifts of cash that were presented to me. And so, with the thought of having to save up in mind, I was evaluating to see if I would be able to survive now should my parents actually cease to be on this earth anymore (which has become more of a possibility now that my parents are aging more and more, and that my dad has recently started to forget a few things here and there. He's getting older:) Of course, the conclusion is that I can't survive on my own with my current savings. lol. Perhaps for a while, yes. but definitely not for long. Will probably have to quit going to school and work in MOE or something :)
What's the conclusion to the entire post?
It's important to save up xD
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
mozilla firefox has caused me to be very happy=) haha. all the add-ons and customizations. hahaa. and i've just realised that i can change the colour of my desktop bar:) i know i'm slow. i'm sorry. haha.
here's a screenshot of what i see now. pleasure for my tired eyes (from reading journals. xD)
will be tweaking it over the next few days:) just as how i'm packing up my desktop and my room (O.o) before school starts. the act of organizing things is making me quite delighted. hahaa.
on a side note, i don't know why people don't like the black design of ibm=] doesn't it look nice being all black and box-y? haha. it's just like a clean slate of charcoal, ready to scratched and designed. beauty of another kind:)
(and yes, i'm trying to avoid going back to Chiat. Gathercole and Alloway was of an easy and leisurely read.. but Chiat is not very palatable in the middle of the morning)
here's a screenshot of what i see now. pleasure for my tired eyes (from reading journals. xD)
will be tweaking it over the next few days:) just as how i'm packing up my desktop and my room (O.o) before school starts. the act of organizing things is making me quite delighted. hahaa.
on a side note, i don't know why people don't like the black design of ibm=] doesn't it look nice being all black and box-y? haha. it's just like a clean slate of charcoal, ready to scratched and designed. beauty of another kind:)
(and yes, i'm trying to avoid going back to Chiat. Gathercole and Alloway was of an easy and leisurely read.. but Chiat is not very palatable in the middle of the morning)
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Thurs was lab meeting and outing to blu jaz=] friday was meet hweefung and read book day=] haha.
somehow or another, i enjoyed thursday's lab meeting:) i reached there slightly earlier and saw steph's car on the road along the way. went to the psych meeting room and saw that it was empty, then muttered to myself 'am i the first one here?' i got a reply from behind me 'no, you're not.'
fitriani was there before me:) hahaa. chatted with her for a bit.. i've never really talked to her before.. so it was on thurs that i realised that she's a mother (of 2, as i later learned).. whereby her oldest child is already 12 years old O.o haha. she's applied for masters in nie.. so amazing:) (let me digress for a little.. weezi's also very amazing. she's thinking of going on to masters in York as well!:D haha.)
yup. then steph came and opened the door. yay:)
as i said, i enjoyed it:) haha. i think it's 'cos for the first time, i realised that i'm doing an irp under phonological representation (was lamenting to iso that i didn't know that till thurs when Dr Tan nicely drew up that linking thing. we've decided to update each other on our research:) she's doing an ism under Dr Tsai Fen Fang.. social lab). hahaa. i've also realised that i actually do understand what Dr Tan was talking about when she presented her paper! the stuff about the infants before 10 months being able to differentiate between all the sounds and subsequently attenuating to the sounds within their language more and blah. the study steph presented reminded me of stats 2. hahaha. and i'm really glad i didn't throw everything back to the prof. hahah.
ah. but a call from jitsy, and subsequently a comment from Dr Tan caused me to realise that a lot of people are not around me in this sem.. and possibly in the next sem as well:) haha. pple such as jits (in shanghai), nianying (going off to canada?)and steph (going off to texas). actually not a lot ah. just feels strange i suppose. haha.
athifa just came back from the maldives=) and she went on a submarine trip! hahaa. beautiful pictures she was showing me.. pictures of a very very blue sea.
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recently i realised that my way of showing love is through acts of service and gifts. haha. but i feel weird if pple keep saying thanks. so. erm. if you receive anything from me, or if you need help, just ask me. k?=]
somehow or another, i enjoyed thursday's lab meeting:) i reached there slightly earlier and saw steph's car on the road along the way. went to the psych meeting room and saw that it was empty, then muttered to myself 'am i the first one here?' i got a reply from behind me 'no, you're not.'
fitriani was there before me:) hahaa. chatted with her for a bit.. i've never really talked to her before.. so it was on thurs that i realised that she's a mother (of 2, as i later learned).. whereby her oldest child is already 12 years old O.o haha. she's applied for masters in nie.. so amazing:) (let me digress for a little.. weezi's also very amazing. she's thinking of going on to masters in York as well!:D haha.)
yup. then steph came and opened the door. yay:)
as i said, i enjoyed it:) haha. i think it's 'cos for the first time, i realised that i'm doing an irp under phonological representation (was lamenting to iso that i didn't know that till thurs when Dr Tan nicely drew up that linking thing. we've decided to update each other on our research:) she's doing an ism under Dr Tsai Fen Fang.. social lab). hahaa. i've also realised that i actually do understand what Dr Tan was talking about when she presented her paper! the stuff about the infants before 10 months being able to differentiate between all the sounds and subsequently attenuating to the sounds within their language more and blah. the study steph presented reminded me of stats 2. hahaha. and i'm really glad i didn't throw everything back to the prof. hahah.
ah. but a call from jitsy, and subsequently a comment from Dr Tan caused me to realise that a lot of people are not around me in this sem.. and possibly in the next sem as well:) haha. pple such as jits (in shanghai), nianying (going off to canada?)and steph (going off to texas). actually not a lot ah. just feels strange i suppose. haha.
athifa just came back from the maldives=) and she went on a submarine trip! hahaa. beautiful pictures she was showing me.. pictures of a very very blue sea.
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recently i realised that my way of showing love is through acts of service and gifts. haha. but i feel weird if pple keep saying thanks. so. erm. if you receive anything from me, or if you need help, just ask me. k?=]
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
sengkim sent me this link:)
this is the link
somehow it doesn't look very appealing at first.. but gradually somehwere along the way, it holds you in and at the end, tears which were not supposed to appear came along too.
this is the link
somehow it doesn't look very appealing at first.. but gradually somehwere along the way, it holds you in and at the end, tears which were not supposed to appear came along too.