finds it amusing that the kind of people i'm most naturally attracted to (friends or otherwise) have the same personality type as who i was in the past.
creepy.
it's like liking your past self. hahahaha

japanese songs remind me of english songs, while korean ones remind me of mandarin ones.
the styles they adopt..

I don't often give thanks for my work, or for my work environment.
but today while I was reading the selfcare article that we have to read for the supervision session tmr, I can't help but thank God for how things are turning out nowadays :)
thanking God for my school's DM, who became my other reporting officer this year. he's someone who's down to earth, and will speak up for the counsellors in front of the principal. not the kind of person i will usually click naturally with, but i appreciate his leadership through the times.
i thank God also that i'm given lots of space and backing up to do the programmes I want to do. i like it when i hear 'don't worry about that's from the people i work with because i know they would handle that aspect, and i just have to do my part of it.
i also enjoy the fact that students are now coming in more often just to say a hi and to share their day. though that does take up a bit of time, i think it fills my emotional tank in a humanly way :)
this is monday. by the time friday comes, the toxins would have gathered up again, and detox would need to be done. haha. but for now, i thank God for the people around me :)

Bought 'Gone case' (a graphic novel) from Times today. didn't know what it was about but was curious to see how it would be like since one seldom sees graphic novels from Singapore.
you can read this for a review :)

still learning to love unconditionally

heard of two more pairs of exploring couples! :)
glad to hear tt!

"you can be sexy and classy instead of sexy and trashy" --> i find this comment made by someone on youtube a pretty catchy liner!

Isaiah 56
Salvation for Others
1 This is what the LORD says:

“Maintain justice
and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the one who does this—
the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”

3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the LORD say,
“The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.”
And let no eunuch complain,
“I am only a dry tree.”

4 For this is what the LORD says:

“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant—
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that will endure forever.
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD
to minister to him,
to love the name of the LORD,
and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.”
8 The Sovereign LORD declares—
he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather still others to them
besides those already gathered.”
God’s Accusation Against the Wicked
9 Come, all you beasts of the field,
come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
10 Israel’s watchmen are blind,
they all lack knowledge;
they are all mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
they love to sleep.
11 They are dogs with mighty appetites;
they never have enough.
They are shepherds who lack understanding;
they all turn to their own way,
they seek their own gain.
12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine!
Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
or even far better.”

on saturday morning, i did something very simple.
the mm person (i can't remember his name :)) was going through the slides, and he didn't seem to know how to jump to a particular slide.
so i went over to teach him how to do it properly.

on sunday morning, he came over and told me that before i went over, he was actually praying for someone to come and teach him how to jump to another slide properly.

prayer works, even in the smallest things ;)

"something that affects you greatly is something that's precious to you. the worst way to respond to it would be through apathy."

just caught a 'waiting for Godot' reference in the .hack anime! :D hahahaa

labour on! :)

whatever is worthwhile is not easy.

is your face more important? or is pleasing God more important?

love is patient

remember what we are saved from. and what we are saved for.

:)

i can't wait for november! hahaa.
have been waiting for his wedding for years
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was just considering what i'd like my house to be. haha.
its function.. what it can be like, what it'd look like..
how it can bless people.
i keep visualizing it as a semi-hostel kind of place. a place of refuge.
of rest.
of healing :)
either my house, or a shop for healing :)
was thinking tt it'd be cool to have the house be a place for ppl to do the Elijah fast :)
i hope tt if i do get married, my husband won't mind :P
if i don't get married, i'd have a bit of a trouble letting my house out for males who wanna do the Elijah fast. hmm.

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scents do matter to me.

:)

good time of sharing and talking.

and of moving around from hotel lobby. to rooftop. to seaside. to lau pa sat.

of planning. of thinking. of learning.

6 hrs of quality fellowship O_o wow.

it takes approximately one yr for grief to finish taking its cycle.
i have around 9 months to go

it was like a glass wall tt i cannot cross

i think ending school at 1.30pm is actually good for my soul. the afternoon allows me to relax (cos i'm usually sleepy in the afternoon, and night allows me to accomplish more things. such tt at 12.39am i feel like i've had a long day and i'm actually all ready to sleep.
having a rainy night helps as well :D

why do so many people struggle with commitment these days?
issit cos the people are getting more individualistic these days?
that we care more for ourselves than for the people around us?
what happened to valuing sacrifice, service and community?
are we emphasizing on the individual value too much?

"...You are precious to God and to me ... "
wow. what a powerful statement

If us girls have to take up arms to protect ourselves, on top of the cooking, washing, having babies and having a career, we need men because...?'

;)

Ants - Nature's Secret Power

This is amazing!

:)
Just talked with one of the colleagues in the school whom I've been intending to talk with, but have never had the chance.
and it was just unexpected.. cos she was in a place where i've never seen her in before, and we just started chatting :) good chat :D