Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are [Official Video]

My students like this song! :)
And I think it's nice to have a song not with sexual innuendoes topping the charts :)

I find this interesting :)

i like how God created humans to best respond to authoritative style of parenting.
we need to know that someone loves us unconditionally, while being aware of firm guideliness on what's right and what's wrong.

I am trapped in a bubbled world
Where all is still and nothing moves
My eyes are closed, my ears are shut
My body is engulfed in goo
I set myself up for impact
But nothing happens, all is still.
I perceive not of the world beyond
Though much in that world is in motion
I know not my relative position
My body unable to sense its location
I can but trust that my world is moving
And that all that's around me
Is set in its own rhythm
For for now I am stuck
I perceive not, I move not,
I am trapped in this bubbled world.
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He comes in gray
and sits by my side
Tells me of failures
Smells where he abides
I told him it's Monday
He swept that aside.
And what comes after
Are in waves and in tides
And though I know
What I did was right
I sat in my seat
And I wondered why
Misery has chosen
My company tonight

Recently I kept saying that each day is like a week to me, and a week is like a month.
haha.
and there're times that i look back in amazement and think, that happened a week ago? O_o
it felt like it's been months since the event occurred. hahaa.
I guess that's why it's important for me to keep journals, or diary entries, or blog entries, or to write things/reflections down. hahaa. 'cos it reminds of what happened. and it also gave me an accurate measure of when it happened.
like recently i read a series of emails sent on my birthday, and i'm like 'wow. that happened this year? hahaha.'
so amazed :D
and it's already October. hahaa.
but feels like July.

i have runny nose and conjunctivitis. so sad.
thought nose was just runny due to being cold and would resolve itself, but i guess when it persisted, it kinda confirmed tt i'm sick.
haha.
am currently sneezing freely :(

Received this in the mail today :D
yay

Experiencing slight congestion in lungs, sniffy nose, and dry eyes early in the morning.
the haze is starting to eat me in!

Jars of Clay Love Song for a Savior

This song brings back memories :)



-He's more than a laughter or the stars in the heaven
as close as a heartbeat or a song on your lips
someday we'd trust Him and learn how to see Him
someday He'd call us and we will come running~

~Gather me up like fresh shirts on a clothes line
whisper my name like a summer breeze
run with me to the sun melts to the western
then gather the stars like a blanket of dreams~
Am listening to female country-pop music at this moment :) haha.
Realized that there's a part of me which I've kinda been ignoring through the years, and it's only in recent year/s that i've been rediscovering again.
I'm a practical person. haha. have always been along the years. i fancy soft toys for like one or two days, before forgetting all about their existence altogether. haha. I know not what to do with presents which I can't use. hahaa.
But I guess it's nice to have whimsical things once in a while. haha. to be given stickers, to be drawn a picture, to be written a note unexpectedly, to be asked for dinner instead of being the one to ask for dinner, to be loved instead of to love :)
to dream dreams, to write poems, to listen to light hearted music, to enjoy the brighter side of life, to have friends in a political place, to have people who are of my age to talk to, to just be silly and laugh over stupid mistakes, to play bridge all night, to wear colourful clothes to work :)
i'm not the formal type of person. i can carry myself if i want to, but at the end of the day, informal interactions brighten up my day :)
haha.
though another part of me will always be thinking about the future, planning for what lies ahead, wondering about the vision that God has for me, evaluating myself and where i stand, wondering how i can grow myself, thinking about how to change my room, how to make things a little better, how to prepare myself a little better. haha.
i'm suddenly struck with the awareness that i'm going to Italy in autumn! Autumn has always been a season that i've wanted to experience, but never had the chance to! :) am so excited! having the chance to be warm in a cooler environment, having the chance to see sculptures and listen to music, and enjoying life as life itself.
And yet, i know that i can't do this for life. haha. as in, i will not be satisfied with just enjoying life as it is. hahaha. some part of me strongly wants to fight.
and i know not against what at this moment. haha.

~And I'm free, free falling, falling~

Music accompanies today as the school quiets itself down for the exam season. It's a brief respite in the midst of busy-ness. Having to clear emails and having to complete things that accompany each email.. but I guess I like this busyness and the quietness to do my work, as compared to a free-er day, warm weather and noise in the room :)
When I plug in the earphones, I get to concentrate on my work at hand, and I find that pretty enjoyable :)

better together- jack johnson

This song caught my ear when I was listening to a random song list with Jason Mraz's songs in it. haha :)
I guess I like songs with an acoustic feel :D

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and upon the knowledge, a persistent thought came to mind.
and what a disturbing thought it is!
i wish i can just wish it away, but i can't.
i need the time to think through what it is exactly that i want, and what i wish to do.
hmmm.

I can't concentrate on doing work 'cos it's too warm :\
and we can't put on the aircon 'cos a student just broke a window pane. lol.
hope the window pane person comes and fix it soon! :)

Fell asleep with my contacts again :\
so when mum woke me up at 4+ to ask if I still want the lights on, i thank God that i was sober enough to say that I wanna wake up to take off my contacts.
haha.
and that explains why I'm up at 4+am, with a slightly hungry stomach (of whose needs i intend to fully ignore till daylight is observed) and a slightly stingy right eye (guess contacts were too dry when i tried to take them out :\)
nevertheless, it is quite interesting to be up at this time typing a purely random blogpost. i have in my mind several observations which i find pretty interesting. of which i mention interesting, they are pretty interesting to me, but may not be of particular interest to anyone else. (i would suppose that this would indicate that i typed this post without much concern of whether it interests anyone else but me. perhaps i am typing it down to archive it.)
observations include:
1) the clothespin that i have in my house at the moment is not of very quality. the two sides tend to fall apart, leaving the middle metal portion to hook itself nicely on my tops without any apparent desire to leave it.
2) in my mind at current, there exists the formation of relatively formal statements which are appearing in words in my mind even before i type them out.
3) at 4+, now 5, am in the morning, my mind automatically reverts itself back to a certain topic that is of high interest to me in recent times.
4) i still think that chi is cute and adorable. HAAHHAa.
okay.
i guess my concentration in statements are not able to sustain themselves at this hour in the morning. and i am reverting back to the normal conversatory typing style which i usually employ, not that i do consciously choose between these two styles.
:D
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thank you GOD! :D
hahahaha :X
I'm slow. hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

and the heap of uncertainties decided to dump themselves on me today.

There're a lot of things that are privileges to us :)
having a shepherd is a privilege.
having caregroup is a privilege.
Being able to serve God is a privilege.
These are things which are given to us, to help us to grow to be more and more like Christ. For the moulding of our character and the growth of our knowledge.
Being able to have sheep is a privilege.
Being able to serve the caregroup is a privilege.
:)
And I thank God for these privileges which I have. and pray that I will never take them for granted :)

I love unorthodox people!
hahahaa :D
fellowship is so refreshing! :D

Koped this from Gracia's facebook page.

Pencil: I'm sorry
Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.
Pencil: I'm sorr...y cos you get hurt bcos of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.
Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad. :)


I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way... they get hurt, and become smaller (older, and eventually pass on). Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.

Written by: Lai Jun Wei

I guess it's interesting to be able to influence the students on bgr issues. kinda like making a small impact in how they choose their partners, and a mini contribution to the preventive work of ensuring they don't do funny things.
i guess we all need to continue to learn the importance of not rushing things, and to keep everything in season.
hahaa.
i hope more kids come and talk to me about bgr. LOL

This is the 2800th post I'm writing since the start of this blog :)
Was about to type about something but I kinda forgot what it is.
And I guess there are times when we kinda forget how things were like in the past, or what we've gone through, or lessons that we've previously learned, but have forgotten.
And in a way, a blog is a personal bibliography.

I realize that sometimes when I start to do mundane stuff, my brain will start to wander... and I'd be daydreaming again.haha

shucks. just realized that i'm back to talking regularly about my favourite topic.
LOL.
though it brightens up my life quite a lot :D
i guess it's the effect of having gfg not too long ago.
recently we celebrated Christine's birthday :) haha. a very nice sister! :) she's a doctor, but she doesn't have airs. and she's smart, but she doesn't put other people down :) i loooooovvvvvvveeeeeeeeeee unassuming people:)
hahaa.
one of the highest compliments that I have for a person is when the person is nice and unassuming (though there's someone i know who doesn't like the title of nice :P haha).
'cos not all pple get that title :D
i'm actually quite glad (though irritated at times) that God allowed around 70% of the world to be phlegs. haha!
nice people who won't start wars or quarrels unnecessarily :)
but not the most productive :\ hee.
am sleepy once again:S

Was just discussing with another sister about marriage life previously.
and was just commenting that when I think about marriage life, I think about housework. haha. not that I won't think about the company and all that, or that there's another person helping, or that there're various other things that're harder than housework, but I'd think about housework.
LOL.
probably 'cos I don't usually do the housework >_< LOL
And my room is STILL in a mess.
wahahaha.
How can I get married if my room is still in a mess and I'm not able to discipline myself to have it cleaned up regularly? :) heehee. A messy house in the future will probably produce frustration and loss of items.
oh the horrors.
hahaha.
oh! i'm so glad this morning when one colleague volunteered to engage his services with my programme, and the other gave suggestions on what i can do! :D haha.
feels appreciated :)

Am slightly stoned this morning :\

Koped this from net too :)
Harvard: Flowers Boost Morning Moods

Flowers Perk Up MorningsRecent research confirms that flowers might be the perfect pick-me-up for millions of Americans who do not consider themselves “morning people.” Participants of a behavioral study conducted by researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital confirmed that they feel least positive in the early hours but reported being happier and more energetic after looking at flowers first thing in the morning.

“The morning blahs, it turns out, is a real phenomenon, with positive moods – happiness, friendliness and warmth, for example – manifesting much later in the day,” says lead researcher Nancy Etcoff, Ph.D. “Interestingly, when we placed a small bouquet of flowers into their morning routines, people perked up.”

Dr. Etcoff is referencing the fact that participants in the study responded to the flowers, which had been placed in rooms they frequented in the morning. Overall, the participants reported they liked to look at the blooms first thing in the morning, particularly in the kitchen. The final study results demonstrate that flowers impact people emotionally at home, causing them to feel less anxious and more compassionate. They even reported a boost of energy that lasted through their day.

“What I find interesting is that by starting the day in a more positive mood, you are likely to transfer those happier feelings to others – it’s what is called mood contagion,” says Etcoff. “And, the kitchen is the place where families tend to gather in the morning – imagine how big a difference a better morning mood can make.”
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Sounds nice (I've originally typed 'nice sounds') =) haha. I think it would be nice to have bright coloured gerberas gracing my mornings :D (either pink or orange or bright yellow would be nice). Either that, or tulips! Purple and white tulips :D
haha. okay.
i sound like a 花痴。
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Just talked to a student. Am much much more awake now :D

Koped this from the net:

1 Peter 3:7 gives further instruction along this line: "You husbands likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way." The Greek literally reads, "Dwell with them according to knowledge." The only way to live with your wife in an understanding way is to seek to know her. And when a husband listens and responds to what his wife shares--remembering that women are created to be verbal--she will feel cherished and understood and loved.

The last part of 1 Peter 3:7 continues, "live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman." This isn't a slam on women. When we read this verse, we ought to think along the lines of a fine china cup. It's definitely weaker than a tin cup, but that's because it's so fragile, delicate, and far more valuable. When we serve dinner on our china, we're very careful in handling it, and extremely protective of washing and drying it. We treat our china with tenderness and gentleness because of its fragility and value. That's how we cherish it. And that's how a man is to treat his wife--not roughly or carelessly, but with tenderness and gentleness, because God made women to be treated with special care.

[Sue] The flip side of needing to be cherished is our need for security. We need to be protected and provided for. Even when a wife works, she wants to know that her husband is the main provider, or at least truly wants to be and is working to that end. The burden of being forced to provide for our families is bigger than we should have to bear.

[Ray] God created that need for security within women. That's why He puts such a high value on the provisional aspect of a man's character. 1 Timothy 5:8 says, "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." God wants us men to be diligent workers and providers. He created us to bear the burden of providing; women are to be protected from that burden whenever possible.

---> Sounds good :D LOL! but nowadays i see a lot of mothers carrying the burden of the family instead :(

why are things so troublesome?
why are standards inconsistent?
why are circumstances different?

Learn To Do ItWaltz Reprise

Absolutely love this song as well :)

Planning out next year's programme now..
Someone's comment on the video for Anastasia.
"I'm crying. I miss being younger."

Me too.
i miss being younger.

~one step at a time, one hope then another
who knows where this road may go
back to who I was, on to find my future
Things my heart still needs to know
yes, let this be a sign
let this road be mine
let it lead me to my past
and bring me home... at last~

haha.
love Anastasia the movie :)
still loving it! :D

Thom Yorke With Bjork - I've Seen It All

Still one of the songs that haunt me to date.

Saw this book online.
Looks interesting! :)
Guess it's true that a lie is sometimes easier and faster to believe than the truth.
That's why it's very important to give people time to speak!
Especially if it's children.. 'cos sometimes people just assume that they have done wrong when they haven't. Or that people keep questioning them and they are unable to keep up with the questions.

my dm is sensible. haha.
he said to a student
"You have the right to be angry. You have the right to be angry at the teacher. But you have no right to show the middle finger to the teacher."

Which I think is very true.
Not about rights, but it's okay to be angry. But there's no right to disrespect another person because you're angry.

Am hungry.
Haven't had breakfast 'cos cases kept coming down :(

look at this stuff, isn't it neat
wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
wouldn't you think i'm the girl,
the girl who has
everything?

look at this trove, treasures untold
how many wonders does one cavern hold?
looking around here you'd think, sure...
she's got everything

I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty
I've got whozits and whatzits galore
You want thingamobobs?
I've got plenty!
but who cares, no big deal...
i want more...

I wanna be where the people are
I wanna see
wanna see i'm dancing
walking on those, what you call it, oh feet.
Flipping your fins you don't get too far
Legs are required for jumping, dancing
Walking along on those, what's that word again? Streets...

Up where they walk
up where they run
up where they stay all day in the sun
wandering free
wish I could be
part of that world

What would I give if I could live out of this water?
What I would pay to spend a day warm on the sand?
Betcha on land they understand
bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Bright young women, sick of swimming,
ready to stand..

And ready to know what the people know
Ask them my questions and get some answers
What's a fire and why does it, what's the word? Burn..
When's it my turn
Wouldn't I love
Love to explore the shores from above...

Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world