hohoho. got this from mrbrown.com... quite amusing political humour:D
Singapore National Education
Part 99
by mr brown
Weeks of 7 April 2004 to 2 May 2004
(Feel free to distribute for non-profit and non-commercial purposes but keep my byline, email address and URL intact please. Thanks)
I have also learned lately:
1. That the worst time to get bad publicity over things like your $189 million in reserves, your controversial $5 million, um, tie-up with an insurance company for them cross-sell to your donors, and the revelation that only 52 cents out of every dollar raised in 2002 went towards your foundation's beneficiaries, is right before your big annual charity show.
2. That it is not a good idea to try to brush your teeth while shaving in order to save some time.
3. That one day, science will be able to come up with an explanation for the actual difference between a Permanent Resident and a Citizen of Singapore.
4. That it is called Fabric of the Nation, not Fabrication of the Nation.
5. That Singapore citizenship is so fantastic, that out of 290,000 eligible PR, only 7000 of them are willing to take up Singapore citizenship every year.
6. That at last count, 19 women and 2 men have claimed to have slept with Beckham in Singapore, 8 taxi drivers have claimed that they drove him to Geylang, and 2 teens have claimed to have sold him condoms at their branch of Seven-Eleven.
7. That for my next career, I would like to be a professional Charity Show stunt celebrity. I will be available for hire to all charity and quasi-charity organisations for doing donation-drawing stunts like walking on samurai swords, juggling durians, and having blow darts shot at my nether regions.
I will only take a 30 percent cut of the takings that happen during my segment. And a 10% admin fee.
I am currently in training (working on the durian juggling bit), and should have my diploma in Professional Charity Fund Raising soon. These days, charity work is not seen as a third tier career, ok?
8. That a huge part of Singapore gets a blackout and power failure at 11.30pm on the 13th of April and citizens were left fumbling in the dark, with hardly any news and no warnings on the radio and TV.
For one hour, there was a surreal experience of driving through a pitch black Choa Chu Kang estate, with no street lights and traffic lights, and Singapore drivers suddenly developed polite driving habits, slowing down at traffic junctions and giving way to other cars.
Better to be cautious and polite than dead from a car accident, I always say.
9. That taking a shower by candlelight is also a surreal experience. At least if you missed a spot, no one is going to notice in the dark.
10. That as Singaporeans tried to find out more about the blackout, many must have wondered whether the following potentially unsuccessful blackout warning strategies had been tried:
-using the EMAS electronic expressway signboards to warn motorists to drive carefully because there are no working lights or traffic signals, or EMAS signboards for that matter.
-posting signs in lifts to tell residents not to take the lift because there is no power and you could get stuck inside
-broadcasting warnings on TV so that the affected homes will know that they should not panic, and power will be restored soon.
11. That maybe if we don't mention it in the media too much, during the blackout and the morning after, people won't notice we had a major screw up at the power stations.
And if we do mention it, we should keep stressing that power was restored within the hour. And that our two people manning the hotlines were overwhelmed by 27,000 phone calls.
Wow, one hour so fast. I am sure it was a real consolation to the fellow who was driving around in circles in Choa Chu Kang estate trying to find his way out, while dodging cars at traffic junctions that had no traffic signals. Also a real consolation to the chap stuck in the lift the whole time, or the auntie who had to climb 20 freaking floors after coming home from the late shift.
12. That soon they will be telling us that just like the flooding, there is very little they can do about the power failures.
13. That when you decide call home at 12 midnight, after dragging your fat ass up 9 floors to your friend's flat, after giving him a lift, to make a call to your wife to check on her safety (because the damn mobile network is not working on account of the power failure), make sure you do not ask ambiguous questions like "Dear, do you have any power?"
Between pants of fatigue, it makes you sound like a very randy husband.
Fortunately, she did not answer, "No dear, not tonight. I no strength liao and I want to go back to sleep." Although she did think it.
14. That according to MP Lim Boon Heng, the Government is working to keep cost of living down.
That is a relief. After the increase of GST to 5%, increase in property tax, increase in wage cuts, increase in utilities, and increase in general joblessness, it is good to know we won't be seeing any increases soon.
it is good to know that the Government is helping us keep down whatever has not yet increased.
15. That i was going to say something about Gold Taps and charitable organisations, but I did not want to get sued with the money I donate every month.
16. That according to Singapore Power, the Nicoll Highway collapse interrupted the electricity supply to the Marina Centre area, affecting the Esplanade, Suntec City and Marina Square areas.
And according to them, power was restored about 20 minutes later. But of course.
According to people who were actually working at Suntec, however, this was "complete nonsense", because power took ages to restore.
Now now, I am sure that power was restored in record time, in typical Singapore super-efficient manner. It was all in your mind. Repeat after me, 20 minutes, 20 minutes...
17. That Singaporeans are quick to avoid Circle Line construction areas after the collapse. Roads like the usually jammed Paya Lebar (where Circle Line work is being done too) suddenly became ghost towns the morning after.
18. That whichever authority or reporter who wrote that traffic went back to normal within days after the Nicoll Collapse is either smoking something nasty or knows of a secret road into town that I am not aware of.
19. That at the local Ikea was the sign "FAKTUM - ALL PARTS".
Spare no part. Faktum all (allen key included).
20. That no political careers or Governments were hurt in the filming of the Collapse of the highway. Or the one at the construction site.
21. That a phone dealer at Lucky Plaza actually tried to sell my Angmoh colleague a mobile phone with an added "Handphone Tax" of $45.
What did the phone dealer think my friend was? An Angmoh?
22. That the definition of Tripartism is not "the Government and Employers ganging up to squeeze helpless employees". It is "a partnership of trust built up among workers, bosses and the Government".
23. That putting a Minister in the position of the country's head of Unions is not conflict of interest. It is ensuring win-win harmonious industrial relations.
24. That my kid is not a naughty rebellious sociopath that deserves a caning, but a misunderstood creative and intelligent child who just happens to be a bit boisterous.
25. That you can punish sociopaths in prison but you cannot discipline the sociopaths in school without losing your teaching job.
26. That many countries in the world dislike the US. I wonder why, their soldiers are sent in to liberate countries like Iraq, and after freeing their oppressed people, proceed to socialise with the locals by peeing on them and making them pose in sexual positions.
"Photos show jail abuse by US troops
April 30, 2004
A photo from TV shows an Iraqi prisoner with a hood over his head, standing on a box and with wires connected to his hands.
United States soldiers at a prison outside Baghdad have been accused of forcing Iraqi prisoners into acts of sexual humiliation and other abuses." -www.smh.com.au
By Lee Kin Mun (Copyright 2004)
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Tuesday, July 06, 2004
hahaha. VJ has an advertisement in the newspapers about our integrated programme. now the whole singapore will know how serene's(jane's friend!) face looks like.
haven't gotten back any papers 'cos the teachers just got the papers today.
mr chan was quite amusing today. we had ct session before maths tutorial and lynette was like telling mr chan about how we've gotta finish 4 tutorials by today 'cos mr ho's gonna check that we've done all 4 tutorials:P so mr chan, being extra nice, was encouraging us to do maths during the ct session while he goes around distributing some stuff and stating some announcements. haha.
when mr ho came, mr chan commented 'haha. be prepared to meet your death':P and just before he went out of the class, he added 'i feel for you'...which caused all of us to burst out laughing.
not commenting about maths.
bio lecture was one with surprisingly restless students and sniggers here and there. we're touching on the last option topic of sexual reproduction in humans and certain comments given by our dear lecturer caused the whole lecture to burst out laughing as well.
chem tutorial. went for chem tutorial with steph 'cos i wanted to follow serene to get back the pw file after that. forgot to get the pw file from serene from the choir room in the end. hehe:) thongkheng and hanjie had to sit outside the classroom to do their chem common test and it was quite an amusing sight when you see pple going out at certain times to check if they can hear us or see the white board and all that. miss wong was in a good mood.
break came and went.
bio tutorial was one that took on a more serious note than former bio tutorials. but bio tutorials are always good to attend 'cos mrs teo will often allow us to try out the answers and show us why it might not be correct and all that.
no comments about econs lecture too.
now that school has started, it felt like it has never stopped before. realised that prelims start on the 23rd of august with GP being the first paper and bio practical being the next (for me). the real prelims are from the 13-24th of september, right after the september holidays.
might as well. i've caught onto the rhythm of doing things. let me continue.
haven't gotten back any papers 'cos the teachers just got the papers today.
mr chan was quite amusing today. we had ct session before maths tutorial and lynette was like telling mr chan about how we've gotta finish 4 tutorials by today 'cos mr ho's gonna check that we've done all 4 tutorials:P so mr chan, being extra nice, was encouraging us to do maths during the ct session while he goes around distributing some stuff and stating some announcements. haha.
when mr ho came, mr chan commented 'haha. be prepared to meet your death':P and just before he went out of the class, he added 'i feel for you'...which caused all of us to burst out laughing.
not commenting about maths.
bio lecture was one with surprisingly restless students and sniggers here and there. we're touching on the last option topic of sexual reproduction in humans and certain comments given by our dear lecturer caused the whole lecture to burst out laughing as well.
chem tutorial. went for chem tutorial with steph 'cos i wanted to follow serene to get back the pw file after that. forgot to get the pw file from serene from the choir room in the end. hehe:) thongkheng and hanjie had to sit outside the classroom to do their chem common test and it was quite an amusing sight when you see pple going out at certain times to check if they can hear us or see the white board and all that. miss wong was in a good mood.
break came and went.
bio tutorial was one that took on a more serious note than former bio tutorials. but bio tutorials are always good to attend 'cos mrs teo will often allow us to try out the answers and show us why it might not be correct and all that.
no comments about econs lecture too.
now that school has started, it felt like it has never stopped before. realised that prelims start on the 23rd of august with GP being the first paper and bio practical being the next (for me). the real prelims are from the 13-24th of september, right after the september holidays.
might as well. i've caught onto the rhythm of doing things. let me continue.
Monday, July 05, 2004
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result of euros finals was really disappointing. greece winning is so...:| due to a distorted body clock, my system of emotions is feeling a bit warped. i feel neutral. i feel like a news broadcaster.
had taekwondo grading early in the morning yesterday. supposed to meet the rest of the people at 7am at toa payoh interchange but woke up at 7 and decided to meet them at the indoor stadium itself...turned out that i reach there the same time (if not earlier than some) as the rest of them.
grading was quite disastrous. i forgot my pattern (which i guess was quite a feat 'cos we've done that pattern lots and lots of times for the competition)but thankfully the judge never noticed. then for sparring, i had to spar with this malay (or izzit indian?) girl whom i dunno and they took off my specs! gosh. without my specs i could hardly see anything. everything (including the girl) was a blur. the first kick i kicked when sparring started caused me to fall flat onto the floor:P ah well. had a nice time sparring though..'cos the girl kept hitting my back, and i kicked her front lots of time. haha. considering that it's the first time any of us had actually had contact sparring..i'd say we did quite okaily.
then went around walking in the central with jits and luxi 'cos jits and i decided that we'll go meet isobel without going home first. loitered for two hours around talking and looking for stuff.
then we went to meet iso in bishan to watch harry potter:D hehee. so nice to see her after some time. according to jits, she seems to have grown taller, most prob due to the fact that she has stopped slouching. harry potter was great. story was quite nicely woven together but it's really a pity that they didn't elaborate on who the marauders are and talk about the close relationship between the four of them, which might explain more of why prof lupin knew about the map and why sirius was harry's godfather instead of anyone else. ah well:)
then we walked around a little and settled at mph. felt really sleepy due to the lack of sleep in the morning and thus went home first. didn't sleep upon reaching home 'cos initially was supposed to meet sk and cs at kembangan cc to discuss cg in the kembangan cc. ah well. in the end, tt was cancelled.
yeah. met the rest of the pple at a later time in the night:) there was (in order of arrival time) jits, me, jiali, sengkim, kelvin, jasmine and her four tpjc friends (charlie, edwin, jeff and daniel ... eh. at least i think it's daniel. can't remember the name) and of course gwen(since it was gwen's house we went to:D). jas' brother joined us later.
heh. jiali cut her hair and the first word that came into mind after she told us that and after looking more closely at her hairstyle was that it reminded me of isobel. hahaa. ah well. she can spike her hair now:)
haha. spent the first part of the night playing cards and mahjong. it ended up that the four vj pple (jiali, kelvin, jits and me) were in one room playing mahjong. hahaa. quite interesting actually. we got tired of playing mahjong near the starting of euro finals and decided to use the mahjong tiles to construct structures (eg. bridge, tower, shape, town) and get gwen to guess them. hhaa. it was actually pretty interesting 'cos yah, it's true that all of us do construct them in a certain way, though kelvin was careful to change his style a little. but jiali guessed correctly that all his structures had a firm foundation:)
then euro finals! gosh. by that time pple got a little stoned... not going to comment further on the game.
heh. thought i was going to sleep immediately after the game but instead played more mahjong with jasmine, charlie and jeff. gosh. ended up snuggling into the bed at 6.48am++
woke up at 12+ and saw that jiali had already woken up. felt quite bad sleeping till the afternoon. though seriously speaking, gwen's room is nice and cosy to sleep in and it felt as though it's 8 in the morning instead of 12+ already.
we watched lion king 2 in the afternoon after everyone has woken up. heh:) still felt quite sleepy though. heheheh:D
-who can i lean on? who can i love?
who can i count on - forever?
only You Lord only You
only You, are truly eternal-
had taekwondo grading early in the morning yesterday. supposed to meet the rest of the people at 7am at toa payoh interchange but woke up at 7 and decided to meet them at the indoor stadium itself...turned out that i reach there the same time (if not earlier than some) as the rest of them.
grading was quite disastrous. i forgot my pattern (which i guess was quite a feat 'cos we've done that pattern lots and lots of times for the competition)but thankfully the judge never noticed. then for sparring, i had to spar with this malay (or izzit indian?) girl whom i dunno and they took off my specs! gosh. without my specs i could hardly see anything. everything (including the girl) was a blur. the first kick i kicked when sparring started caused me to fall flat onto the floor:P ah well. had a nice time sparring though..'cos the girl kept hitting my back, and i kicked her front lots of time. haha. considering that it's the first time any of us had actually had contact sparring..i'd say we did quite okaily.
then went around walking in the central with jits and luxi 'cos jits and i decided that we'll go meet isobel without going home first. loitered for two hours around talking and looking for stuff.
then we went to meet iso in bishan to watch harry potter:D hehee. so nice to see her after some time. according to jits, she seems to have grown taller, most prob due to the fact that she has stopped slouching. harry potter was great. story was quite nicely woven together but it's really a pity that they didn't elaborate on who the marauders are and talk about the close relationship between the four of them, which might explain more of why prof lupin knew about the map and why sirius was harry's godfather instead of anyone else. ah well:)
then we walked around a little and settled at mph. felt really sleepy due to the lack of sleep in the morning and thus went home first. didn't sleep upon reaching home 'cos initially was supposed to meet sk and cs at kembangan cc to discuss cg in the kembangan cc. ah well. in the end, tt was cancelled.
yeah. met the rest of the pple at a later time in the night:) there was (in order of arrival time) jits, me, jiali, sengkim, kelvin, jasmine and her four tpjc friends (charlie, edwin, jeff and daniel ... eh. at least i think it's daniel. can't remember the name) and of course gwen(since it was gwen's house we went to:D). jas' brother joined us later.
heh. jiali cut her hair and the first word that came into mind after she told us that and after looking more closely at her hairstyle was that it reminded me of isobel. hahaa. ah well. she can spike her hair now:)
haha. spent the first part of the night playing cards and mahjong. it ended up that the four vj pple (jiali, kelvin, jits and me) were in one room playing mahjong. hahaa. quite interesting actually. we got tired of playing mahjong near the starting of euro finals and decided to use the mahjong tiles to construct structures (eg. bridge, tower, shape, town) and get gwen to guess them. hhaa. it was actually pretty interesting 'cos yah, it's true that all of us do construct them in a certain way, though kelvin was careful to change his style a little. but jiali guessed correctly that all his structures had a firm foundation:)
then euro finals! gosh. by that time pple got a little stoned... not going to comment further on the game.
heh. thought i was going to sleep immediately after the game but instead played more mahjong with jasmine, charlie and jeff. gosh. ended up snuggling into the bed at 6.48am++
woke up at 12+ and saw that jiali had already woken up. felt quite bad sleeping till the afternoon. though seriously speaking, gwen's room is nice and cosy to sleep in and it felt as though it's 8 in the morning instead of 12+ already.
we watched lion king 2 in the afternoon after everyone has woken up. heh:) still felt quite sleepy though. heheheh:D
-who can i lean on? who can i love?
who can i count on - forever?
only You Lord only You
only You, are truly eternal-
Sunday, July 04, 2004
everything strange is happening at the same time. i'm quite befuddled about the things that's happening and all i can do is to pray to God for help.
rather. i dun comprehend why everything is being there all of a sudden tonight.
-i hold on to Your promise and Your resurrection power
restore to me Your joy
i will praise You now-
rather. i dun comprehend why everything is being there all of a sudden tonight.
-i hold on to Your promise and Your resurrection power
restore to me Your joy
i will praise You now-
this song is stuck in my mind. been singing it since afternoon. hahahaa:D
-waves of mercy, waves of grace
everywhere i go, i see Your face
Your love has captured me,
O my God, this love, how can it be-
before i continue anything, joyce (tan) is coming back to singapore for a little while from vancouver, canada. i'm announcing on my blog 'cos apparently i'm the only one who knows she's coming back:P and i figured i'll share this good news with everyone. hahaha. think nina's like the only one who knows her and reads my blog:P) and she's going to spurt out blood 'cos i didn't know that vancouver's in british columbia, which is called BC for short.
wellus:D
hahah. had taekwondo training at toa payoh sports hall today...spent like 15 mins waiting with sean for anyone else to appear 'cos no one seemed to be there but us. thankfully jits came, then lots more pple came as well. training was really informal...only me and huixian and jits practiced our pattern (we're still in timing! gosh!) and our kicks (sidekick followed by backthrust) while everyone else sat around in a circle and ate pineapple tarts brought by vanessa:|
hahaha. they sat around for an hour plus till me n jits had to go. so funny:D
service was quite interesting. hahaha:D euro world cup kept being mentioned:D
actually the 'best of the best' thing got me thinking... was just sharing with twin that i think if we're to award the 'best of the best' thing, there're really too many pple that i can think of. and two pple that particularly really struck my mind was jt and hc.
really. i think it's 'cos these two pple impacted my life first. travelling from west to east for every cg, shepherding, sowing, evaxing... had the sudden inspiration to affirm huichun for her faithful spirit in taking care of the cg last time and for shepherding jitsy even when it's cross-service.
the power of how Jesus can touch pple's hearts and change pple's lives...and in turn just continue to touch more and more lives. the characteristics of Jesus shown forth in pple all around me (in my cg members, in my shepherd, in my sheep, in my twin, my brothers and sisters.) so many things i can learn from them, so many things i can learn from Jesus.
so many thoughts that really raced through my heart today. so many things i wish i can express, but words can't show anything. i want to convict them in my heart. to truly etch it upon my heart and soul. to do it. i want to start everything going.
-i stand here before You in wide opened wonder amazed
at the glory of You-
i should go and sleep. it's 2.12am and there's grading tmr:)
oh yes. JITSY CUT HER HAIR:D
hahaha:D
-waves of mercy, waves of grace
everywhere i go, i see Your face
Your love has captured me,
O my God, this love, how can it be-
before i continue anything, joyce (tan) is coming back to singapore for a little while from vancouver, canada. i'm announcing on my blog 'cos apparently i'm the only one who knows she's coming back:P and i figured i'll share this good news with everyone. hahaha. think nina's like the only one who knows her and reads my blog:P) and she's going to spurt out blood 'cos i didn't know that vancouver's in british columbia, which is called BC for short.
wellus:D
hahah. had taekwondo training at toa payoh sports hall today...spent like 15 mins waiting with sean for anyone else to appear 'cos no one seemed to be there but us. thankfully jits came, then lots more pple came as well. training was really informal...only me and huixian and jits practiced our pattern (we're still in timing! gosh!) and our kicks (sidekick followed by backthrust) while everyone else sat around in a circle and ate pineapple tarts brought by vanessa:|
hahaha. they sat around for an hour plus till me n jits had to go. so funny:D
service was quite interesting. hahaha:D euro world cup kept being mentioned:D
actually the 'best of the best' thing got me thinking... was just sharing with twin that i think if we're to award the 'best of the best' thing, there're really too many pple that i can think of. and two pple that particularly really struck my mind was jt and hc.
really. i think it's 'cos these two pple impacted my life first. travelling from west to east for every cg, shepherding, sowing, evaxing... had the sudden inspiration to affirm huichun for her faithful spirit in taking care of the cg last time and for shepherding jitsy even when it's cross-service.
the power of how Jesus can touch pple's hearts and change pple's lives...and in turn just continue to touch more and more lives. the characteristics of Jesus shown forth in pple all around me (in my cg members, in my shepherd, in my sheep, in my twin, my brothers and sisters.) so many things i can learn from them, so many things i can learn from Jesus.
so many thoughts that really raced through my heart today. so many things i wish i can express, but words can't show anything. i want to convict them in my heart. to truly etch it upon my heart and soul. to do it. i want to start everything going.
-i stand here before You in wide opened wonder amazed
at the glory of You-
i should go and sleep. it's 2.12am and there's grading tmr:)
oh yes. JITSY CUT HER HAIR:D
hahaha:D
Saturday, July 03, 2004
'i can't churn out poems like a poem-popping machine
nor do i spout out words which baffle and astonish
it's not of my delight to link statements all together
and try as i might, being oblique's more my manner'
(to be continued. if there's a continuation to it)
gosh. i'm falling asleep in front of the computer. two nights of hastening changing the body clock did not quite work and they're taking a toll on my eyes:D
how intriguing.
there's taekwondo training tmr and huixian just got to know about it:| and grading's on sunday! and we dunno the kicks at all. hahaha:D
ahhhhhhhhhhh. forgot to mention. HOW CAN GREECE WIN CZECH? it's like the most unpredicted match of the whole season. gosh. finals will be a little odd.
wait. wasn't portugal vs greece the first match of the Euros?:| hmmmm....
nor do i spout out words which baffle and astonish
it's not of my delight to link statements all together
and try as i might, being oblique's more my manner'
(to be continued. if there's a continuation to it)
gosh. i'm falling asleep in front of the computer. two nights of hastening changing the body clock did not quite work and they're taking a toll on my eyes:D
how intriguing.
there's taekwondo training tmr and huixian just got to know about it:| and grading's on sunday! and we dunno the kicks at all. hahaha:D
ahhhhhhhhhhh. forgot to mention. HOW CAN GREECE WIN CZECH? it's like the most unpredicted match of the whole season. gosh. finals will be a little odd.
wait. wasn't portugal vs greece the first match of the Euros?:| hmmmm....
Friday, July 02, 2004
hmm. joy's tagboard has become a forum for everyone to post on. how interesting.
wanted to download a really good programme for creating, editting and doing effects on images called Gimp but there're simply too many instructions for me to do before i can get the whole programme. need to download and install mirrors and assemble the whole thing myself. i think i'll go figure it out one day when i'm more free:P
wanted to download a really good programme for creating, editting and doing effects on images called Gimp but there're simply too many instructions for me to do before i can get the whole programme. need to download and install mirrors and assemble the whole thing myself. i think i'll go figure it out one day when i'm more free:P
10 Years Ago, I ...
1. in primary 2:|
2. was in Poi Ching Primary School
3. got fifth in class (horrible year:|)
4. had chinese calligraphy as my cca
5. was in class 2c. hahaha:D
5 Years Ago, I ...
1. was in Sec 1! with the nygeppers. hahaha. in our yellow classroom! hahahaha.
2. was in Super Six (me, qing, weez, sze, fungi and yileng!)
3. had a big quarrel with shauna over some stupid thing i can't remember and the class was divided into two ('the mid-atlantic ridge', as termed by weez and qing)
4. was still young and innocent, knowing nothing about the evils of the world;)
5. was in english society and ava
3 Years Ago, I ...
1. was in sec 3, super fun year...singing session in the classroom after school every monday!
2. wrote a song called 'desert oasis' with jitsy!
3. worked as a receptionist in singapore petroleum company.
4. had a notebook thingie with sze in which we wrote about our crushes and what-nots 'cos we felt that no one else would have understood what we were going through:|
5. kept watching hongkong serials. hhahaa. hacken lee and chilam and all that!
2 years ago, I ...
1. was in sec 4. O level year when everyone became so jaded.
2. took part in CHAOS for the last time (hahaa! will always remember our 1 hour sleep night:D)
3. was especially close to qing, trace and fungi. talked a lot of nonsense with the three mentioned above. what with jordan knight and darren hayes and mark walhberg and tay pinghui. scandalous rendevouz.
4. was playing soccer/basketball for every recess. even after school! hahaha
5. did something really stupid before my midyrs bio exams and couldn't concentrate after that. hahaha:D
A Year Ago, I ...
1. came to know God:D:D:D
2. went into nyjc for the first three months and was actively participating in three ccas at one go (basketball, band and chinese society)
3. went into vj after that and was pioneering it with my cg pple:D
4. learnt a lot. don't think i've learnt so many things in one year in my entire life. hahaha:D
5. grew to trust in people.
So Far This Year, I ...
1. have been transferred to Yhope:D:D:D
2. had a different view on studies:D
3. had my first sheep!
4. went for two wonderful church camps!:D
5. had my own room! muahahhaa:D
Yesterday, I ...
1. had caregroup! hahaha:D super-laughy time:D
2. was studying for bio.
3. went back to my house three times after going out 'cos i kept forgetting to bring things out. hahaha:D
4. met up with cs!:D
5. was trying to recall with jitsy who ma xiao ling was...(hey jits! it's dalena! hahaha:D asked iso:D michelle teo was jin weilai. my future identity:P hey jits! u were jiangchen. goodness.)
Today, I ...
1. had shepherding by the seaside. hahaa:D nice breeze. nice sea. serene place.
2. had bio paper and everyone could see everyone's answers around but being nice obedient honest people, of course we didn't copy:D i love my class for their honesty)
3. talked to isobelly:D haven't talked to her for so long. hahaha.
4. saw weilin (my nyj ogl) on 31! hahaha. was beside her when we went up the bus but she never saw me!:D smsed her instead and we talked a bit after getting down at toa payoh interchange:D
5. am very sleepy:D
Tomorrow I will ...
1. go for service!:D refreshing time with my brothers and sisters and God!:D anyone wanna come along?:D:D:D exams are over!
2. attempt to tidy up my room (again. hahaha. after-exam conditions are disastrous)
3. plan
4. be glad and rejoice:D
5. sign up for the counselling seminars:D so cool.
1. in primary 2:|
2. was in Poi Ching Primary School
3. got fifth in class (horrible year:|)
4. had chinese calligraphy as my cca
5. was in class 2c. hahaha:D
5 Years Ago, I ...
1. was in Sec 1! with the nygeppers. hahaha. in our yellow classroom! hahahaha.
2. was in Super Six (me, qing, weez, sze, fungi and yileng!)
3. had a big quarrel with shauna over some stupid thing i can't remember and the class was divided into two ('the mid-atlantic ridge', as termed by weez and qing)
4. was still young and innocent, knowing nothing about the evils of the world;)
5. was in english society and ava
3 Years Ago, I ...
1. was in sec 3, super fun year...singing session in the classroom after school every monday!
2. wrote a song called 'desert oasis' with jitsy!
3. worked as a receptionist in singapore petroleum company.
4. had a notebook thingie with sze in which we wrote about our crushes and what-nots 'cos we felt that no one else would have understood what we were going through:|
5. kept watching hongkong serials. hhahaa. hacken lee and chilam and all that!
2 years ago, I ...
1. was in sec 4. O level year when everyone became so jaded.
2. took part in CHAOS for the last time (hahaa! will always remember our 1 hour sleep night:D)
3. was especially close to qing, trace and fungi. talked a lot of nonsense with the three mentioned above. what with jordan knight and darren hayes and mark walhberg and tay pinghui. scandalous rendevouz.
4. was playing soccer/basketball for every recess. even after school! hahaha
5. did something really stupid before my midyrs bio exams and couldn't concentrate after that. hahaha:D
A Year Ago, I ...
1. came to know God:D:D:D
2. went into nyjc for the first three months and was actively participating in three ccas at one go (basketball, band and chinese society)
3. went into vj after that and was pioneering it with my cg pple:D
4. learnt a lot. don't think i've learnt so many things in one year in my entire life. hahaha:D
5. grew to trust in people.
So Far This Year, I ...
1. have been transferred to Yhope:D:D:D
2. had a different view on studies:D
3. had my first sheep!
4. went for two wonderful church camps!:D
5. had my own room! muahahhaa:D
Yesterday, I ...
1. had caregroup! hahaha:D super-laughy time:D
2. was studying for bio.
3. went back to my house three times after going out 'cos i kept forgetting to bring things out. hahaha:D
4. met up with cs!:D
5. was trying to recall with jitsy who ma xiao ling was...(hey jits! it's dalena! hahaha:D asked iso:D michelle teo was jin weilai. my future identity:P hey jits! u were jiangchen. goodness.)
Today, I ...
1. had shepherding by the seaside. hahaa:D nice breeze. nice sea. serene place.
2. had bio paper and everyone could see everyone's answers around but being nice obedient honest people, of course we didn't copy:D i love my class for their honesty)
3. talked to isobelly:D haven't talked to her for so long. hahaha.
4. saw weilin (my nyj ogl) on 31! hahaha. was beside her when we went up the bus but she never saw me!:D smsed her instead and we talked a bit after getting down at toa payoh interchange:D
5. am very sleepy:D
Tomorrow I will ...
1. go for service!:D refreshing time with my brothers and sisters and God!:D anyone wanna come along?:D:D:D exams are over!
2. attempt to tidy up my room (again. hahaha. after-exam conditions are disastrous)
3. plan
4. be glad and rejoice:D
5. sign up for the counselling seminars:D so cool.
Thursday, July 01, 2004
oooof. i'm hungry. very hungry:D
econs paper was a killer, so pretty, so beautiful, words so wonderfully worded together, the questions in particular were sharp and deadly weapons which aim straight for your brains and heart:P
hahaha:D not really affected by it. goodness knows why. i guess it's 'cos the whole class was also moaning and bemoaning about their fate after the econs paper. the first words that came out of some people's mouths were 'i'm going to die!'. the first words that came out of my mouth was 'i'm freezing to death!'
it was, i would say, the most dreadful paper i have ever done.
but it's okay:D it's only a common test. thank God.
and what greets me tomorrow is my favourite subject. hahaha:D
not forgetting that it's the last day of common tests!
but actually that's not what excites me. strangely enough, i'm looking forward to the start of school so that everything will fall into a steady motion once again. i looking forward to the continual of time.
in a strangely animated mood right now. quite delightful, quite intriguing to me. i think it's 'cos of the long talk i had with God last night.
-Jesus is my rock and He rocks my blues away-
ohohoh! i just remembered something. was observing on the bus how whenever two pple on the bus were having a conversation on their hps at the same time, it seems as though they're talking to each other. and there was once on 238 when i observed two middle-aged guys really talking to each other on the phone 'cos what they say answers each other's questions. they didn't realise it! hahaha. 'cos one was in front and the other at the back. so amusing:D
econs paper was a killer, so pretty, so beautiful, words so wonderfully worded together, the questions in particular were sharp and deadly weapons which aim straight for your brains and heart:P
hahaha:D not really affected by it. goodness knows why. i guess it's 'cos the whole class was also moaning and bemoaning about their fate after the econs paper. the first words that came out of some people's mouths were 'i'm going to die!'. the first words that came out of my mouth was 'i'm freezing to death!'
it was, i would say, the most dreadful paper i have ever done.
but it's okay:D it's only a common test. thank God.
and what greets me tomorrow is my favourite subject. hahaha:D
not forgetting that it's the last day of common tests!
but actually that's not what excites me. strangely enough, i'm looking forward to the start of school so that everything will fall into a steady motion once again. i looking forward to the continual of time.
in a strangely animated mood right now. quite delightful, quite intriguing to me. i think it's 'cos of the long talk i had with God last night.
-Jesus is my rock and He rocks my blues away-
ohohoh! i just remembered something. was observing on the bus how whenever two pple on the bus were having a conversation on their hps at the same time, it seems as though they're talking to each other. and there was once on 238 when i observed two middle-aged guys really talking to each other on the phone 'cos what they say answers each other's questions. they didn't realise it! hahaha. 'cos one was in front and the other at the back. so amusing:D
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
i still can't find my balance of payments notes:|
had the 'inspiration' to actually go on blackboard and see if the teachers are kind enough to post the papers online...but apparently, i'm not enrolled into the course for econs. instead, i have extra courses like physics, maths S paper and chemistry.
how amusing.
can't stand it. going to cook spaghetti again.
i have a feeling i'm going to become obese by the end of this year at the rate i'm eating...after the 1 and a half month of pure mugging before the As...
cooking has a calming effect:P
had the 'inspiration' to actually go on blackboard and see if the teachers are kind enough to post the papers online...but apparently, i'm not enrolled into the course for econs. instead, i have extra courses like physics, maths S paper and chemistry.
how amusing.
can't stand it. going to cook spaghetti again.
i have a feeling i'm going to become obese by the end of this year at the rate i'm eating...after the 1 and a half month of pure mugging before the As...
cooking has a calming effect:P
I did it in 18 seconds.
I deserved an A-!!
Take the How Dexterous Are You? Quiz!!
i haven't really been properly studying these two days :| started playing backgammon on the net and didn't really keep track of time. quite an easy game to play. hahaa.
it feels as if the common tests were over and holidays are coming again:|
and i've been doing and thinking about other stuff other than econs and bio. thinking about university (again:| still thinking between nus and smu. different stuff to consider:|), thinking about end of year (wow. that's fast), playing games, buying stuff to stock up at home (spaghetti, butter waffles:D), feeding the cat who periodically comes to my house for food (more specifically lunch time and dinner time), looking for my bop forex notes that suddenly went missing (okay, that's gotta do a little with econs), planning, watching cartoons...
i think i'm procrastinating.
nonono. scratch that. i am procrastinating.
i don't feel the urgency of studying for my dear adorable tests anymore:|ECONS! KEYNESIAN. ah. i love keynesian. dunno why pple say it's horrible. hahaha:D
i'd better go and get a verse from the bible to keep in mind whenever i wish to procrastinate from now on:|
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
i have half a mind to actually just abandon studying econs and go out or something. the construction work downstairs is really irritating me.
scanning my computer now... downloaded AVG anti-virus system 'cos my macafee doesn't seem to update itself. goodness knows why. anyway, the anti-virus system is completely free and you can get it from here with no strings attached:) hahaha. advertiser. comes complete with updates and all..
ooh. the construction work stopped. okay. cool. time for econs:D
scanning my computer now... downloaded AVG anti-virus system 'cos my macafee doesn't seem to update itself. goodness knows why. anyway, the anti-virus system is completely free and you can get it from here with no strings attached:) hahaha. advertiser. comes complete with updates and all..
ooh. the construction work stopped. okay. cool. time for econs:D
Monday, June 28, 2004
idiosyncrasy is an unusual personality trait:)
disastrously sleepy right now. hahaha. maths was better than i thought. still not very fun. question 2(i), 3, 4 and 5 were all... well. not very friendly to me:) surprisingly the back questions were easier.
'cos those questions had trigo and differentiation! i never studied these two. quite cool to be able to realise that what type of integration to use immediately though. hhahaa:D and gosh. they cheated our feelings. said we've gotta studied coordinate geometry, vectors and complex numbers...well. in the end, very little of each of these three came out. there was no need for vectors at all 'cos it was a 3D trigo question:)
gp...haha. had a nice time writing the gp compo.. wrote question 5 which was something like 'the young people today never had it better. Do you think this is true in Singapore?' relatively fun to write. hahaha:D comprehension was not very friendly though... it's not that the questions are difficult..it's just that afternoon's not a very nice time to do paper..the afternoon snoozes caught up with me and i had a hard time keeping awake. thank God for huiling's two sweets which actually lasted through the entire 3 hours:D wow. God multiplied the volume of the sweet:D
we met in the morning to pray for the exams:D quite an interesting time. hahaha.
let me be proactive about rest.
disastrously sleepy right now. hahaha. maths was better than i thought. still not very fun. question 2(i), 3, 4 and 5 were all... well. not very friendly to me:) surprisingly the back questions were easier.
'cos those questions had trigo and differentiation! i never studied these two. quite cool to be able to realise that what type of integration to use immediately though. hhahaa:D and gosh. they cheated our feelings. said we've gotta studied coordinate geometry, vectors and complex numbers...well. in the end, very little of each of these three came out. there was no need for vectors at all 'cos it was a 3D trigo question:)
gp...haha. had a nice time writing the gp compo.. wrote question 5 which was something like 'the young people today never had it better. Do you think this is true in Singapore?' relatively fun to write. hahaha:D comprehension was not very friendly though... it's not that the questions are difficult..it's just that afternoon's not a very nice time to do paper..the afternoon snoozes caught up with me and i had a hard time keeping awake. thank God for huiling's two sweets which actually lasted through the entire 3 hours:D wow. God multiplied the volume of the sweet:D
we met in the morning to pray for the exams:D quite an interesting time. hahaha.
let me be proactive about rest.
Sunday, June 27, 2004
taking a break from studying..continuing later. hahaha:D doing maths questions..
i know it's supposed to be quite a bad idea to study late the night before...but then i dun have exams on tuesday...nor on wed. so yup. hahaha:D after tonight, there's time for ample rest again:D
i have no idea why the common tests this time feel so much more like real exams. hahaha:D it's strange. 'cos the last batch of common tests felt...normal. i think it's 'cos we had a lot of time to study this time and 'cos the j1s are having their exams. hahaha:D
ooof.
was studying with xinyi, joanna, meizhen and lincoln at emerald bk this evening when we decided to make a pact to study every sunday till the A levels from now on. hahaha:D we even signed a contract (made by me!) though it wasn't really formal and everything. going to touch up on it when we have time, so that should there be anyone deciding not to study out of pure laziness, the contract will be flashed to the person to scare him/her. hahahaa:D kiddin' actually it's to see who's coming 'cos we're changing the location weekly.
whoever wants to join us can join us! hahaha:D so cool. i think if there're a lot of pple, we'll just split back into our own caregroups.
yeah!
went to steph's house to get the formula list to photocopy (didn't photocopy in the end 'cos came home too late), then walked from steph's house to fungi's house to pass her the envelope. her doorbell works! got quite a shock when her dad opened the door and called out my name. ended up staying for a while at her house at the suggestion of her dad to stay for a while and chat. *grInz*
hey fungi, happy birthday once again:D we'll keep in touch, yah? hahaha.
i know it's supposed to be quite a bad idea to study late the night before...but then i dun have exams on tuesday...nor on wed. so yup. hahaha:D after tonight, there's time for ample rest again:D
i have no idea why the common tests this time feel so much more like real exams. hahaha:D it's strange. 'cos the last batch of common tests felt...normal. i think it's 'cos we had a lot of time to study this time and 'cos the j1s are having their exams. hahaha:D
ooof.
was studying with xinyi, joanna, meizhen and lincoln at emerald bk this evening when we decided to make a pact to study every sunday till the A levels from now on. hahaha:D we even signed a contract (made by me!) though it wasn't really formal and everything. going to touch up on it when we have time, so that should there be anyone deciding not to study out of pure laziness, the contract will be flashed to the person to scare him/her. hahahaa:D kiddin' actually it's to see who's coming 'cos we're changing the location weekly.
whoever wants to join us can join us! hahaha:D so cool. i think if there're a lot of pple, we'll just split back into our own caregroups.
yeah!
went to steph's house to get the formula list to photocopy (didn't photocopy in the end 'cos came home too late), then walked from steph's house to fungi's house to pass her the envelope. her doorbell works! got quite a shock when her dad opened the door and called out my name. ended up staying for a while at her house at the suggestion of her dad to stay for a while and chat. *grInz*
hey fungi, happy birthday once again:D we'll keep in touch, yah? hahaha.
whoa...
i woke up this morning feeling all jittery and anxious 'cos the fact that maths common test is tomorrow suddenly hit me.
i think it's the idea of maths common test being the first paper...hahaha:D i dun feel anxious about GP or bio or econs...hahaha:D
i'm suddenly reminded of mrs chan's words from last yr to last yr's j2s... 'it's time for an exponential increase in grades':P
normally if it's just for me, i'll like to be able to simply waffle through everything. hahaa. but i can't now. everything i'm doing, i'm going it for God. and one particular verse is stuck in my heart ... 2 Timothy 2:15 'Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth'.
last day:)
i look forward to revising integration though... actually i do love maths..i love maths when i can do all the questions:P hahaha:D it's such a nice feeling to be able to complete one qn after another without stopping. hahaha.
'i will say of the Lord,"He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom i trust"'
i woke up this morning feeling all jittery and anxious 'cos the fact that maths common test is tomorrow suddenly hit me.
i think it's the idea of maths common test being the first paper...hahaha:D i dun feel anxious about GP or bio or econs...hahaha:D
i'm suddenly reminded of mrs chan's words from last yr to last yr's j2s... 'it's time for an exponential increase in grades':P
normally if it's just for me, i'll like to be able to simply waffle through everything. hahaa. but i can't now. everything i'm doing, i'm going it for God. and one particular verse is stuck in my heart ... 2 Timothy 2:15 'Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth'.
last day:)
i look forward to revising integration though... actually i do love maths..i love maths when i can do all the questions:P hahaha:D it's such a nice feeling to be able to complete one qn after another without stopping. hahaha.
'i will say of the Lord,"He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom i trust"'
wooohooo. hahaha:D going for a gala premiere for the first time was an interesting experience. hahaha:D
spiderman 2's gala premiere was held at cathay cineleisure:D hehe.
sis had to surrender her hp to the security at level 1 'cos it can take photos... then we went up to level 2 and there were ushers to usher us especially through buttercup coffee to the other side instead of having to walk one big round..hahaha:D that was the first 'privilege'. then we went up to the fifth level...they actually closed the entire ticketing booth area on level 5 from 7-10pm especially for this event and there was dinner! hahaha. there was a buffet...quite a high class one. haha... as well as people wearing quite formal wear walking around... drinks came in champagne glasses (goodness knows why) and food was refilled constantly. it looked kinda like a formal party actually, with people gathering in small groups and talking amongst themselves. quite an interesting atmosphere.
saw lots of tcs artistes... saw wong qing hai (hahaha! qing's choice!), jeff wong, lai yilin, cai ying ying (melissa), pan lingling and her husband and her two sons, huang biren, zeng shi mei(priscilla) and some other channel 5 and channel 8 artistes i can't remember the names of...also saw the members of train! hahaa.
mrs goh chok tong was actually standing beside me before i realised that she was standing beside me ..only realised it when the cameras started to gather around. sister and i were quite trapped 'cos we had the tcs artistes in front of us and mrs goh chok tong beside us and the wall behind us. hahaha.
got signatures 'cos sister wanted them...wanted to help qing get the autograph of wong qing hai...we tailed him but he was eating, so we decided it's not good to disturb, then after eating, he was talking to his friend and then he went into the theatre.
before going into the theatre, we had to go through a security scan again and before going into the theatre, we were each given a lollipop stuck inside a spiderman thing..dunno wat it's called. at our seats, there was a notebook with spiderman featured on the front page.
and spiderman 2 was good! gosh. the shooting, the cinematography was wonderful! but quite scary at the front part. and the sound. whoa. the sound system was...
whoa. the sound was so visual.
and after the movie ended (go watch it!!! 4 and a half stars recommendation!), we were all given a packet of drink. hahaha.
i think the whole aim of a gala premiere is to make the guest feel pampered. haha. quite amusing.
interesting experience anyway. but nothing compared to the star whom i met in the afternoon!
He rocks!
He's more dashing than the most dashing person and has made millions and trillions of people fall in love with Him. Over the years, all other stars fade away, but gosh! People fall over in love with Him again and again and again, all through the century, all through the years.
When you focus on your attention on Him, gosh...nothing else can take your breath away more than Him. He makes think of Him alone and all my troubles, all my worries, they become so teeny weeny you can hardly see them.
and the best of all, i can talk to Him everyday! what more can i ask for?;)
spiderman 2's gala premiere was held at cathay cineleisure:D hehe.
sis had to surrender her hp to the security at level 1 'cos it can take photos... then we went up to level 2 and there were ushers to usher us especially through buttercup coffee to the other side instead of having to walk one big round..hahaha:D that was the first 'privilege'. then we went up to the fifth level...they actually closed the entire ticketing booth area on level 5 from 7-10pm especially for this event and there was dinner! hahaha. there was a buffet...quite a high class one. haha... as well as people wearing quite formal wear walking around... drinks came in champagne glasses (goodness knows why) and food was refilled constantly. it looked kinda like a formal party actually, with people gathering in small groups and talking amongst themselves. quite an interesting atmosphere.
saw lots of tcs artistes... saw wong qing hai (hahaha! qing's choice!), jeff wong, lai yilin, cai ying ying (melissa), pan lingling and her husband and her two sons, huang biren, zeng shi mei(priscilla) and some other channel 5 and channel 8 artistes i can't remember the names of...also saw the members of train! hahaa.
mrs goh chok tong was actually standing beside me before i realised that she was standing beside me ..only realised it when the cameras started to gather around. sister and i were quite trapped 'cos we had the tcs artistes in front of us and mrs goh chok tong beside us and the wall behind us. hahaha.
got signatures 'cos sister wanted them...wanted to help qing get the autograph of wong qing hai...we tailed him but he was eating, so we decided it's not good to disturb, then after eating, he was talking to his friend and then he went into the theatre.
before going into the theatre, we had to go through a security scan again and before going into the theatre, we were each given a lollipop stuck inside a spiderman thing..dunno wat it's called. at our seats, there was a notebook with spiderman featured on the front page.
and spiderman 2 was good! gosh. the shooting, the cinematography was wonderful! but quite scary at the front part. and the sound. whoa. the sound system was...
whoa. the sound was so visual.
and after the movie ended (go watch it!!! 4 and a half stars recommendation!), we were all given a packet of drink. hahaha.
i think the whole aim of a gala premiere is to make the guest feel pampered. haha. quite amusing.
interesting experience anyway. but nothing compared to the star whom i met in the afternoon!
He rocks!
He's more dashing than the most dashing person and has made millions and trillions of people fall in love with Him. Over the years, all other stars fade away, but gosh! People fall over in love with Him again and again and again, all through the century, all through the years.
When you focus on your attention on Him, gosh...nothing else can take your breath away more than Him. He makes think of Him alone and all my troubles, all my worries, they become so teeny weeny you can hardly see them.
and the best of all, i can talk to Him everyday! what more can i ask for?;)
Friday, June 25, 2004
i realise that i have high expectations of the people around me in some areas.
why ah?
i think it's 'cos i know that i can do it, and i know that if i can do it, other people can do it too.
but everyone's different, yah?
yes. everyone's different.
xinying, remember that okay?
okay!:D
anyway, a piece of good news! hahaha. a link from 5 yrs ago is connected! hahaha. so unexpected. so intriguing. yes! may more links be made!:D friendster rocks. hahaha.
finally found my autograph book which went to hide itself for a little while...
so interesting.
nina! hi to you too. hahahaha.
why ah?
i think it's 'cos i know that i can do it, and i know that if i can do it, other people can do it too.
but everyone's different, yah?
yes. everyone's different.
xinying, remember that okay?
okay!:D
anyway, a piece of good news! hahaha. a link from 5 yrs ago is connected! hahaha. so unexpected. so intriguing. yes! may more links be made!:D friendster rocks. hahaha.
finally found my autograph book which went to hide itself for a little while...
so interesting.
nina! hi to you too. hahahaha.
gosh. my brain neurons feel like they've thickened or something after an entire afternoon of maths.thank God for twin who's there to be my maths advisor. hahaha:D
qing was doing econs and twin was doing gp...and physics. serene macs grew colder and colder as we studied...thankfully the afternoon snoozes were away or else i'll really just fall asleep. hahaha:D
thank God for mamee's cheese flavoured rice-sticks which we kept attacking as well. and for qing who treated me to an ice cream cone. hahaha.
we realised that 98.7fm kept playing songs from the same band...we heard two songs from linkin' park, two songs from westlife and can't remember who else...quite a lot of pple. oh! we heard some songs twice. hahaha.
saw steph on 153 on the way there..hahaha. quite amusing. i went up the bus and then there was steph. so strange. hhaaa.
saw shauna and her sister today too..haha. shaun's got an interesting hairstyle now.
oooh. trace cut her hair even shorter. so jitsy is being pressurized from most sides to get her hair cut...maybe i should try convincing huixian to cut too...hmm. jits said she'll cut after exams though:D
God spoke to me just through the verse John 14:1 and Phil 4:4-7. i will trust You Lord! i will trust You!
qing was doing econs and twin was doing gp...and physics. serene macs grew colder and colder as we studied...thankfully the afternoon snoozes were away or else i'll really just fall asleep. hahaha:D
thank God for mamee's cheese flavoured rice-sticks which we kept attacking as well. and for qing who treated me to an ice cream cone. hahaha.
we realised that 98.7fm kept playing songs from the same band...we heard two songs from linkin' park, two songs from westlife and can't remember who else...quite a lot of pple. oh! we heard some songs twice. hahaha.
saw steph on 153 on the way there..hahaha. quite amusing. i went up the bus and then there was steph. so strange. hhaaa.
saw shauna and her sister today too..haha. shaun's got an interesting hairstyle now.
oooh. trace cut her hair even shorter. so jitsy is being pressurized from most sides to get her hair cut...maybe i should try convincing huixian to cut too...hmm. jits said she'll cut after exams though:D
God spoke to me just through the verse John 14:1 and Phil 4:4-7. i will trust You Lord! i will trust You!
-i'll sing to You Lord a hymn of love
for Your faithfulness to me
i'm carried in everlasting arms
You'll never let me go
through it all-
was talking to qing last night too. hahaha. about long time ago memories and what-nots. i really pity those policemen who have to solve a crime that has been committed like 12 or 20 yrs ago... we were trying to trace pple and events 5 yrs ago and it was already quite hard. hahaha.
studying with twin and qing later. they can make friends with each other. hahaha:D three more days for maths! gosh. let me get into maths mood. do maths. maths! math. beth. macbeth:P
i love math, okay?:D
math is my favourite subject. well, it isn't really, but it shall be. hahaha. math is my favourite subject! yeah! i love trigonometry, i love integration, i love differentiation:D hahahaha. and statistics! how can i forget statistics:D they're such a joyful bunch of topics to study for. the seemingly gray border between every different type of distribution unless you know each of their specific characteristics.
thrilling;)
gosh. was looking for lyrics when i saw something in the hopemm folder which said 'worship night 16th june...' did it really happen?
-You are my desire
no one else will do
'cos nothing else can take Your place
to feel the warmth of Your embrace-
for Your faithfulness to me
i'm carried in everlasting arms
You'll never let me go
through it all-
was talking to qing last night too. hahaha. about long time ago memories and what-nots. i really pity those policemen who have to solve a crime that has been committed like 12 or 20 yrs ago... we were trying to trace pple and events 5 yrs ago and it was already quite hard. hahaha.
studying with twin and qing later. they can make friends with each other. hahaha:D three more days for maths! gosh. let me get into maths mood. do maths. maths! math. beth. macbeth:P
i love math, okay?:D
math is my favourite subject. well, it isn't really, but it shall be. hahaha. math is my favourite subject! yeah! i love trigonometry, i love integration, i love differentiation:D hahahaha. and statistics! how can i forget statistics:D they're such a joyful bunch of topics to study for. the seemingly gray border between every different type of distribution unless you know each of their specific characteristics.
thrilling;)
gosh. was looking for lyrics when i saw something in the hopemm folder which said 'worship night 16th june...' did it really happen?
-You are my desire
no one else will do
'cos nothing else can take Your place
to feel the warmth of Your embrace-
Thursday, June 24, 2004
\1 life... live it for Jesus.\
was talking to twin on the phone when what she said shocked me and made me realise that indeed, how unpredictable and fragile life can be. the urgency of everything strikes me once again. and how timely God places everything amazes me as well. thank God that the sister is now with Jesus.
...
i seriously don't know what to say. hahaha. i wish that people will just see that Jesus is the only way, the only truth and the only life... everyone of us has a God-sized hole...and only Jesus can fill it... nothing else. regardless of pop-stars, studies, relationships...it'll never fill the vacuum in our heart for God's love. You can gain the whole earth, but if you forfeit your soul, what's the use. you'll never be truly fulfilled, truly joyful. don't people realise that we feel the slightest nudge of emptiness inside us, it's already God trying to tell us that 'hey! you need me in your life. Deny it no more.' and that's the statement i'll leave behind tonight.
Deny it no more.
was talking to twin on the phone when what she said shocked me and made me realise that indeed, how unpredictable and fragile life can be. the urgency of everything strikes me once again. and how timely God places everything amazes me as well. thank God that the sister is now with Jesus.
...
i seriously don't know what to say. hahaha. i wish that people will just see that Jesus is the only way, the only truth and the only life... everyone of us has a God-sized hole...and only Jesus can fill it... nothing else. regardless of pop-stars, studies, relationships...it'll never fill the vacuum in our heart for God's love. You can gain the whole earth, but if you forfeit your soul, what's the use. you'll never be truly fulfilled, truly joyful. don't people realise that we feel the slightest nudge of emptiness inside us, it's already God trying to tell us that 'hey! you need me in your life. Deny it no more.' and that's the statement i'll leave behind tonight.
Deny it no more.
had cg at tampines today..hehe. we ate at burger king together and wrote cards of encouragement to the person on the left and right of us 'cos exams are coming and as the bible say in proverbs - 'he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed'. yeah well:) got something from jiali which quite surprised me. haha.
anyway, we went down an aged home which i can't remember the name of... just remembered that it's at 130 hougang ave 1 and was terribly hard to find. hahaa. felt strange there 'cos we didn't really know what to do..the brothers and sisters started to disperse around to talk to the old folks and i did the same. i never really know how to interact with them 'cos i don't have grandparents. some old folks were quite willing to chat, some not so willing, some wanted to chat but i couldn't understand them...gwen kept singing songs to fill up the silence gap and song dedications from the old folks were flying around. i wish we could do something more than just entertaining them like this.. they need company which we can't provide in just an hour or so. nevertheless, hope some of them enjoyed the company:)
it's doing cip that made me consider the path of a social worker or a lifetime volunteer... the down syndrome kids, the people in the one room flats, the elderly in aged homes and hospitals... i don't want to just touch-and-go:P
yet i know that my strength is not in there. it's not completely my heart's desire to go to that path. hmm. dunno. i process better and express better when i talk everything out. and sometimes what i speak surprises myself even.
i guess that's why i was 'aaron' and jitsy was 'moses' hahahaha! right jitsy?
anyway after the trip to the aged home, going home was quite confusing 'cos everyone seemed to be unsure of how to get to anywhere. was following the west sisters when i realised that they were going to take a bus. i figured that if i kept walking in the same direction, i'll reach kovan sometime or another 'cos when i jumped onto dancing's car last time, the car passed by that area before, so i roughly knew the general direction of where kovan mrt is, just that i don't know how far it is. kept walking and walking till i reached an area which looked where jean lived. hahaha. so i continued walking. my target was a macs after turning left at a junction 'cos i remembered it from last time. was starting to doubt if where i was walking to was correct 'cos it took a long time to reach that macs but eventually, i reached my target. hahahaha:D yeah!
when i was walking alone to kovan mrt station, i couldn't help being acutely aware of one of my weaknesses.. pastor jeff is right. it's only through our various weaknesses that we can truly see how much we need God. His mercy, His grace and His providence.
anyway, we went down an aged home which i can't remember the name of... just remembered that it's at 130 hougang ave 1 and was terribly hard to find. hahaa. felt strange there 'cos we didn't really know what to do..the brothers and sisters started to disperse around to talk to the old folks and i did the same. i never really know how to interact with them 'cos i don't have grandparents. some old folks were quite willing to chat, some not so willing, some wanted to chat but i couldn't understand them...gwen kept singing songs to fill up the silence gap and song dedications from the old folks were flying around. i wish we could do something more than just entertaining them like this.. they need company which we can't provide in just an hour or so. nevertheless, hope some of them enjoyed the company:)
it's doing cip that made me consider the path of a social worker or a lifetime volunteer... the down syndrome kids, the people in the one room flats, the elderly in aged homes and hospitals... i don't want to just touch-and-go:P
yet i know that my strength is not in there. it's not completely my heart's desire to go to that path. hmm. dunno. i process better and express better when i talk everything out. and sometimes what i speak surprises myself even.
i guess that's why i was 'aaron' and jitsy was 'moses' hahahaha! right jitsy?
anyway after the trip to the aged home, going home was quite confusing 'cos everyone seemed to be unsure of how to get to anywhere. was following the west sisters when i realised that they were going to take a bus. i figured that if i kept walking in the same direction, i'll reach kovan sometime or another 'cos when i jumped onto dancing's car last time, the car passed by that area before, so i roughly knew the general direction of where kovan mrt is, just that i don't know how far it is. kept walking and walking till i reached an area which looked where jean lived. hahaha. so i continued walking. my target was a macs after turning left at a junction 'cos i remembered it from last time. was starting to doubt if where i was walking to was correct 'cos it took a long time to reach that macs but eventually, i reached my target. hahahaha:D yeah!
when i was walking alone to kovan mrt station, i couldn't help being acutely aware of one of my weaknesses.. pastor jeff is right. it's only through our various weaknesses that we can truly see how much we need God. His mercy, His grace and His providence.
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
-i'm living for this cause,
i lay down my life into Your hands-
Yo people! take the plunge and cut your hair today! hahaha. qing! this is especially for you:D hesitate no more! you need not have to stand the feeling or moist strands of hair sticking to your neck and weighing ur head down when you run. feel the freshness and freedom short hair brings! jitsy too!
hahaha:D
anyway...went to 'fetch' jitsy from toa payoh macs today...walked into macs, found them, went near them, then huichun looked at me in a shocked expression, jitsy turned around, had the same expression and both of them burst out laughing:P how friendly.
studied with jits and guan today. hehe. i dun think it was very productive for them..it was quite productive for me a while after we started and when i listened to 'for this cause' on jit's walkman at a rather high volume. hehehe:D
yeah. starting to pick up the speed... let's pray that it continues on:D
i lay down my life into Your hands-
Yo people! take the plunge and cut your hair today! hahaha. qing! this is especially for you:D hesitate no more! you need not have to stand the feeling or moist strands of hair sticking to your neck and weighing ur head down when you run. feel the freshness and freedom short hair brings! jitsy too!
hahaha:D
anyway...went to 'fetch' jitsy from toa payoh macs today...walked into macs, found them, went near them, then huichun looked at me in a shocked expression, jitsy turned around, had the same expression and both of them burst out laughing:P how friendly.
studied with jits and guan today. hehe. i dun think it was very productive for them..it was quite productive for me a while after we started and when i listened to 'for this cause' on jit's walkman at a rather high volume. hehehe:D
yeah. starting to pick up the speed... let's pray that it continues on:D
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
hehehe.
jiali and i were studying early in the morning at istana park today...hahaha. interesting morning. hahaha.
at first we were studying near the water, then the sun came and we shifted to the chairs. i think 'cos it's early in the morning, i started to feel sleepy..hahahaa. quite disastrous considering that u're trying to memorize stuff about growth and development:P short chats here and there helped though. so did jiali's lakerols.. hahahaha:D
the transition from morning to afternoon came subtly when i became more awake, jiali started to feel a little sleepy (izzit?:D) and birds took over the place of flies in istana park...hahaa. 'cos there's this malay lady who was feeding them with bread:)
lunch was at long john's! which looked really spacious with mirrors on both sides...hahaha. studying after lunch wasn't particularly productive 'cos the afternoon snoozles start to creep up on you...was trying to understand differential equations:| (learnt from weez that only the very first part is tested. cheat my feelings. hahahaha:D)
i haven't gotten the pictures for holy comm night!!! hahaha. ziwei got hers! i want mine! hahahaha:D
jiali and i were studying early in the morning at istana park today...hahaha. interesting morning. hahaha.
at first we were studying near the water, then the sun came and we shifted to the chairs. i think 'cos it's early in the morning, i started to feel sleepy..hahahaa. quite disastrous considering that u're trying to memorize stuff about growth and development:P short chats here and there helped though. so did jiali's lakerols.. hahahaha:D
the transition from morning to afternoon came subtly when i became more awake, jiali started to feel a little sleepy (izzit?:D) and birds took over the place of flies in istana park...hahaa. 'cos there's this malay lady who was feeding them with bread:)
lunch was at long john's! which looked really spacious with mirrors on both sides...hahaha. studying after lunch wasn't particularly productive 'cos the afternoon snoozles start to creep up on you...was trying to understand differential equations:| (learnt from weez that only the very first part is tested. cheat my feelings. hahahaha:D)
i haven't gotten the pictures for holy comm night!!! hahaha. ziwei got hers! i want mine! hahahaha:D
hehe...
just finished my 31 mins walk from junction 8 to weezi's house to the outside busstop to my house's void deck...hahaha. it was 10 mins from bishan mrt station to weez's void deck...then not counting the time going up and down, it was 10 mins to the outside busstop and 11 mins to walk into my flat. hehehe.
surprisingly fast:D yeah!:D
here's a .swf file that's quite interesting:D hehee. just put ur cursor over the man's face and see what happens:D
just finished my 31 mins walk from junction 8 to weezi's house to the outside busstop to my house's void deck...hahaha. it was 10 mins from bishan mrt station to weez's void deck...then not counting the time going up and down, it was 10 mins to the outside busstop and 11 mins to walk into my flat. hehehe.
surprisingly fast:D yeah!:D
here's a .swf file that's quite interesting:D hehee. just put ur cursor over the man's face and see what happens:D
of course i must clarify something.
i dun find it funny that some people are butches and all that. it's nothing funny.
i love the people. and i love my friend.
but i hate the sin.
anyway, i do believe that sometimes it's just a misunderstanding of the deeper levels of love towards friends that do cause people to start wondering about other things. and the mind does 'wonders', causing people to keep pondering about it. and females. well. females. we do 'feel' a lot sometimes.
anyway, that's my contribution about the whole thing after a few years of seeing stuff, of feeling stuff, or going through stuff and sharing stuff.
hehehe. goodnight!
i dun find it funny that some people are butches and all that. it's nothing funny.
i love the people. and i love my friend.
but i hate the sin.
anyway, i do believe that sometimes it's just a misunderstanding of the deeper levels of love towards friends that do cause people to start wondering about other things. and the mind does 'wonders', causing people to keep pondering about it. and females. well. females. we do 'feel' a lot sometimes.
anyway, that's my contribution about the whole thing after a few years of seeing stuff, of feeling stuff, or going through stuff and sharing stuff.
hehehe. goodnight!
hahaha!
came online with the intention of asking jiali what the five languages of love are 'cos i heard it during word for life today...thank God that she's online. hahaha:D
was talking to eunice in the meantime and i nearly laughed my head off. we were talking about haircuts and somehow the conversation shifted to butches in nybbgt.
seriously speaking i think it's a misconception of some people that girl basketballers are mostly butches (referring to incident in first three months when we ourselves were being called butches by a bunch of guys:P)...and people who spike their hair ARE NOT ALWAYS butches as well 'cos SOME PEOPLE just generally like to spike their hair and dun mind spending at least 10 mins a day in the morning doing so (eg. shuwen:D)
right?:D
but it turns out that there are pple in nybbgt who have decided to choose a different inclination from the behaviour of most people and have decided to show these inclinations publicly, which kinda caused a little alarm and phobia at cutting really short hair to my dear friend whom i was talking to.
hahahahaha!
came online with the intention of asking jiali what the five languages of love are 'cos i heard it during word for life today...thank God that she's online. hahaha:D
was talking to eunice in the meantime and i nearly laughed my head off. we were talking about haircuts and somehow the conversation shifted to butches in nybbgt.
seriously speaking i think it's a misconception of some people that girl basketballers are mostly butches (referring to incident in first three months when we ourselves were being called butches by a bunch of guys:P)...and people who spike their hair ARE NOT ALWAYS butches as well 'cos SOME PEOPLE just generally like to spike their hair and dun mind spending at least 10 mins a day in the morning doing so (eg. shuwen:D)
right?:D
but it turns out that there are pple in nybbgt who have decided to choose a different inclination from the behaviour of most people and have decided to show these inclinations publicly, which kinda caused a little alarm and phobia at cutting really short hair to my dear friend whom i was talking to.
hahahahaha!
Monday, June 21, 2004
yesterday was father's day.. haha. went out with mum and sister in the evening to finally get shirts for dad and to treat him to dinner.
so strange. father's day always seems less hyped up than mother's day... it's like, u'll see promotions and advertisements to buy this and that for your dad, but just not as much.
was just thinking about how my dad and mum are quite different in personality...hahaha. mum's choleric and dad is more phlegmatic O_o thankfully both are quite sanguine. hahaha. so at least they can talk to each other. i have a very friendly father and a very task-oriented mother. hahaha...
someone once said in a speech during graduation night in nygh that we get our personality traits mostly from our dad and our intelligence mostly from our mum. i guess it's quite true. considering i'm super non-choleric. my sister is more choleric than me i guess. hahaha. depends.
-memories consume,
like opening the wound,
i'm picking me apart again-
i like the song 'breaking the habit'...but it doesn't contain particularly nice lyrics. actually i like linkin park songs rather much...but they all contain quite negative lyrics. hahaha. so sad. the way it's presented is nice though.
something that struck my mind last night:
\To be disciplined is not just a desire, it is a decision.\ quite self-explanatory...u can keep saying 'i want to be more disciplined! i want to finish! i want to...', but then if u dun go and do it right, and just keep 'wanting to', in the end, nothing is done:P
yeah well:D
so strange. father's day always seems less hyped up than mother's day... it's like, u'll see promotions and advertisements to buy this and that for your dad, but just not as much.
was just thinking about how my dad and mum are quite different in personality...hahaha. mum's choleric and dad is more phlegmatic O_o thankfully both are quite sanguine. hahaha. so at least they can talk to each other. i have a very friendly father and a very task-oriented mother. hahaha...
someone once said in a speech during graduation night in nygh that we get our personality traits mostly from our dad and our intelligence mostly from our mum. i guess it's quite true. considering i'm super non-choleric. my sister is more choleric than me i guess. hahaha. depends.
-memories consume,
like opening the wound,
i'm picking me apart again-
i like the song 'breaking the habit'...but it doesn't contain particularly nice lyrics. actually i like linkin park songs rather much...but they all contain quite negative lyrics. hahaha. so sad. the way it's presented is nice though.
something that struck my mind last night:
\To be disciplined is not just a desire, it is a decision.\ quite self-explanatory...u can keep saying 'i want to be more disciplined! i want to finish! i want to...', but then if u dun go and do it right, and just keep 'wanting to', in the end, nothing is done:P
yeah well:D
Sunday, June 20, 2004
YES! today is saturday!:D and we had a very special service. today is the starting of the CENTRESTAGE services:D we had our own 'BLEEPERS, BLUNDERS and BLOOPERS' edition... uncensored, unmodified and unedited for all to view. (modelled after american idol's).
it was SUPER HILARIOUS. we couldn't stop laughing for like the first 15 mins or so... and it was very engaging...'cos of the game and the simple mime skit which caught pple's hearts. simple, yet bringing across an essential message:)
i loved it! hahaa. can't wait for the SEMI FINALS! when we can really see all 8 semifinalists sing and dance. hahaha:D so intriguing!:D
it was SUPER HILARIOUS. we couldn't stop laughing for like the first 15 mins or so... and it was very engaging...'cos of the game and the simple mime skit which caught pple's hearts. simple, yet bringing across an essential message:)
i loved it! hahaa. can't wait for the SEMI FINALS! when we can really see all 8 semifinalists sing and dance. hahaha:D so intriguing!:D
Saturday, June 19, 2004
yes. my encounters for two weeks. before i start, please pray for twin. she's having a fever of more than 38 degrees celsius.
2 weeks ago...monday:
met joyce and jocelyn and the rest of them at buona vista mrt station..hahaha. surprisingly, i was the first to reach despite me leaving my house at rather a late hour. was carrying a broom and a pail (which never found its way back to my house again) and my big bag for staying over and walking around and having pple looking at me strangely as if i'm someone pretending to by a sweeper or something:)
yeah well:) games went quite smoothly...though we did take a lot of time trying out each game. hahaa:)we also prayed for ruisi 'cos she was having a fever...
by 8+ we were quite hungry...and we had yet to decide on a place to stay over at 'cos the nus eusoff hall pple said tt we can't stay over in their hall afterall..they'll be locking the place up:| and the idea of travelling back to toa payoh and travelling to nus again the next day didn't quite appeal to me, so i decided to stay over at central rc with cathy, yuqian, lausanne, jason and two other brothers whom i've forgotten the names of:| heh.
after dinner we tried out the games for 'amusing race'...was quite excited about my station 'cos everyone screamed when we tried my station out and i was just laughing my head off. hehehe:)
then we had this station whereby you have to flip urself over (called suicide window) from one side of the railing to another...it was quite scary just before u had to flip 'cos it seemed as though u'll bang ur head against the railings and concuss or something...or else u'll prob just slip and fall and everything else. but once u tried it, it's really fun. hahaha:) shirley came to join us and she tried it too..
then off we went to rc to rest. haha. me and yuqian and mandy and shirley hopped onto the first cab seen... so bad right. the rc was super near nus...it's extremely near holland village. haha:) it's like. 1 min walk away or something:)
yeah well. being the first to reach rc, me and yuqian decided to go to 7-11 to get something...then we saw the rest coming up by the lift, so we waited for them...and alvin (one of the brothers of whom i forgot the name just now...heh) held an extremely fast 'caregroup' inside the lift. super corny.
i dunno what yuqian did...but i remember chasing her all the way to 7-11 in someone's super heavy slippers. they're nice to step around with 'cos they're heavily cushioned with lots of air...but it's not fun to run around with them. hehe:)
yeah well. we made the signs and everything that night. quite an amusing night. just laming around...can't really remember doing wat. mandy and the rest of the leaders stayed up the whole night finishing the name tags for us. so touched. hehee.
took a cab down the next morning and we did our best to try to finish everything (eg. filling up flour...) the half-hour before registration started was super confusing and busy...everyone had to rush things to do..and 3/4 of the games comm pple were still with freddy preparing for the amusing race... and the few of us left had lots of things to pack and finish...and the pieces of cloth, turned from very nicely cut to... (eh..) not-so-nicely cut:D thought it was quite interesting how u can improvise on cutting cloth as well. hhaa:)
yeah. then the rest of the day was when games commenced and teaching commenced and the rest of the brothers and sisters came (so nice to see them again:D)
i think the thing about camps is that they contain a lot of fresh insights, new goals, renewed passion, interesting memories, knowledge, deep thinking, fun and laughter which can't really be contained in a page-ful of words...and the best i can do is to retain these as memories, packed to keep them as fresh as if i am still reliving them when i think back about the camp. so yes. i can't really put the three days of camp into words either.
i responded in the camp to two main things... one is about what i do with the time i have (more specifically, do i align what i do to the vision?) second thing is responding to being a cl by jan 2005. actually i responded to it as a sign of truly wanting to follow my leaders and support them all the way. how to say. like... my main focus is to fulfill the vision that we have for vj...and it doesn't really matter to me if i'm a cl or not. just that if God appoints me to be one, i'll definitely accept it.
i can't quite remember what i did last friday. or sat ('cept that there was service and jasmine did a very nice 'card' for jocelyn:D). or sunday ('cept that my mum and sister and i went out to shop for clothes to wear to my cousin's wedding dinner night. what's this. year of weddings of nieces and cousins? *boggles* haha).
ah well.
monday. studied with jiali at macs before wfl... hahha. shepherd had to take care of sheep, so shepherd took sheep up to oceania room when she was going to prepare as well. sheep was quite amused and felt that she was having extended shepherding during wfl and now sheep thinks she's talking in xinyi's style.
tuesday...tuesday was a day of chalet..hahaa. was arguing with myself if i should go 'cos i can really use that one more day for studying...but went in the end 'cos i'll be disappointing two groups of pple if i dun go:) hehee. first was the chalet with 03S1D...me and steph thought we're late...in the end, we were the first females to reach:|
played mahjong (haha. munbbill is surprisingly good at it:|) and bridge... (hahhaa! 10-4... unfortunately ...or fortunately, depends on how u look at it, grouped with thong kheng. we won the 10 sets!!!:D:D:D) and heart attack. some things i remember was the crab killing minutes spent AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN 'cos crab killing didn't quite appeal to me (:P), eating nutella on its own and shouting 'hello!' to the pple at 'wild wild wet' with michelle and actually getting responses.
main food supply was chips and drinks. junk food basically.
then went over to tracy's chalet! hahaha. it was a combination of the former nygep pple and the rj pple. ate lots of food. chicken wings, marshmellows, satay, otah, sausages, crabmeats, chocolates, watermelon, potato with butter (or satay sauce)...yeah well:D
tracy and qing and weez are crazy:D hehe. i wanted to play bridge after all that eating and they wanted to play basketball:D we did play bridge. one round (!!!) and then it was basketball. can u imagine, all the food in our stomach? got a stitch after the game...combined with four guys who were there before us.
had study cg on wednesday:D was quite interesting. i observed a few study patterns about myself... then studied with them together on thurs again:D we should have an overnight study session. most of the time i was just getting into the mood to study again when i had to go home... :(
studying at amk galilee cafe with steph and dancing was too short to be effective. hehee. well thankfully i did finish my econs mindmap...so at least i can refer to it next time:)
TODAY IS SATURDAY!:D it was a hilarious saturday so it shall have an entry of its own. anyway, this one is getting too long for comfort. hhahaa:)
2 weeks ago...monday:
met joyce and jocelyn and the rest of them at buona vista mrt station..hahaha. surprisingly, i was the first to reach despite me leaving my house at rather a late hour. was carrying a broom and a pail (which never found its way back to my house again) and my big bag for staying over and walking around and having pple looking at me strangely as if i'm someone pretending to by a sweeper or something:)
yeah well:) games went quite smoothly...though we did take a lot of time trying out each game. hahaa:)we also prayed for ruisi 'cos she was having a fever...
by 8+ we were quite hungry...and we had yet to decide on a place to stay over at 'cos the nus eusoff hall pple said tt we can't stay over in their hall afterall..they'll be locking the place up:| and the idea of travelling back to toa payoh and travelling to nus again the next day didn't quite appeal to me, so i decided to stay over at central rc with cathy, yuqian, lausanne, jason and two other brothers whom i've forgotten the names of:| heh.
after dinner we tried out the games for 'amusing race'...was quite excited about my station 'cos everyone screamed when we tried my station out and i was just laughing my head off. hehehe:)
then we had this station whereby you have to flip urself over (called suicide window) from one side of the railing to another...it was quite scary just before u had to flip 'cos it seemed as though u'll bang ur head against the railings and concuss or something...or else u'll prob just slip and fall and everything else. but once u tried it, it's really fun. hahaha:) shirley came to join us and she tried it too..
then off we went to rc to rest. haha. me and yuqian and mandy and shirley hopped onto the first cab seen... so bad right. the rc was super near nus...it's extremely near holland village. haha:) it's like. 1 min walk away or something:)
yeah well. being the first to reach rc, me and yuqian decided to go to 7-11 to get something...then we saw the rest coming up by the lift, so we waited for them...and alvin (one of the brothers of whom i forgot the name just now...heh) held an extremely fast 'caregroup' inside the lift. super corny.
i dunno what yuqian did...but i remember chasing her all the way to 7-11 in someone's super heavy slippers. they're nice to step around with 'cos they're heavily cushioned with lots of air...but it's not fun to run around with them. hehe:)
yeah well. we made the signs and everything that night. quite an amusing night. just laming around...can't really remember doing wat. mandy and the rest of the leaders stayed up the whole night finishing the name tags for us. so touched. hehee.
took a cab down the next morning and we did our best to try to finish everything (eg. filling up flour...) the half-hour before registration started was super confusing and busy...everyone had to rush things to do..and 3/4 of the games comm pple were still with freddy preparing for the amusing race... and the few of us left had lots of things to pack and finish...and the pieces of cloth, turned from very nicely cut to... (eh..) not-so-nicely cut:D thought it was quite interesting how u can improvise on cutting cloth as well. hhaa:)
yeah. then the rest of the day was when games commenced and teaching commenced and the rest of the brothers and sisters came (so nice to see them again:D)
i think the thing about camps is that they contain a lot of fresh insights, new goals, renewed passion, interesting memories, knowledge, deep thinking, fun and laughter which can't really be contained in a page-ful of words...and the best i can do is to retain these as memories, packed to keep them as fresh as if i am still reliving them when i think back about the camp. so yes. i can't really put the three days of camp into words either.
i responded in the camp to two main things... one is about what i do with the time i have (more specifically, do i align what i do to the vision?) second thing is responding to being a cl by jan 2005. actually i responded to it as a sign of truly wanting to follow my leaders and support them all the way. how to say. like... my main focus is to fulfill the vision that we have for vj...and it doesn't really matter to me if i'm a cl or not. just that if God appoints me to be one, i'll definitely accept it.
i can't quite remember what i did last friday. or sat ('cept that there was service and jasmine did a very nice 'card' for jocelyn:D). or sunday ('cept that my mum and sister and i went out to shop for clothes to wear to my cousin's wedding dinner night. what's this. year of weddings of nieces and cousins? *boggles* haha).
ah well.
monday. studied with jiali at macs before wfl... hahha. shepherd had to take care of sheep, so shepherd took sheep up to oceania room when she was going to prepare as well. sheep was quite amused and felt that she was having extended shepherding during wfl and now sheep thinks she's talking in xinyi's style.
tuesday...tuesday was a day of chalet..hahaa. was arguing with myself if i should go 'cos i can really use that one more day for studying...but went in the end 'cos i'll be disappointing two groups of pple if i dun go:) hehee. first was the chalet with 03S1D...me and steph thought we're late...in the end, we were the first females to reach:|
played mahjong (haha. munbbill is surprisingly good at it:|) and bridge... (hahhaa! 10-4... unfortunately ...or fortunately, depends on how u look at it, grouped with thong kheng. we won the 10 sets!!!:D:D:D) and heart attack. some things i remember was the crab killing minutes spent AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN 'cos crab killing didn't quite appeal to me (:P), eating nutella on its own and shouting 'hello!' to the pple at 'wild wild wet' with michelle and actually getting responses.
main food supply was chips and drinks. junk food basically.
then went over to tracy's chalet! hahaha. it was a combination of the former nygep pple and the rj pple. ate lots of food. chicken wings, marshmellows, satay, otah, sausages, crabmeats, chocolates, watermelon, potato with butter (or satay sauce)...yeah well:D
tracy and qing and weez are crazy:D hehe. i wanted to play bridge after all that eating and they wanted to play basketball:D we did play bridge. one round (!!!) and then it was basketball. can u imagine, all the food in our stomach? got a stitch after the game...combined with four guys who were there before us.
had study cg on wednesday:D was quite interesting. i observed a few study patterns about myself... then studied with them together on thurs again:D we should have an overnight study session. most of the time i was just getting into the mood to study again when i had to go home... :(
studying at amk galilee cafe with steph and dancing was too short to be effective. hehee. well thankfully i did finish my econs mindmap...so at least i can refer to it next time:)
TODAY IS SATURDAY!:D it was a hilarious saturday so it shall have an entry of its own. anyway, this one is getting too long for comfort. hhahaa:)
thank God for computer technicians...thank God for windows xp that's now controlling everything in my comp...thank God for people not flooding my inbox (or it could be that no other mails could get in)...
hahaha:) yeah! my comp is officially fixed. and while my comp was still not working, i learnt how to read the files in the comp, extract them, or move them around using ms dos. so intriguing:D if anyone's comp dies in the future and you have important documents to take out, can ask me to teach u how. hahaha:)
i have lots to blog about. been saving up each memory in my brain for the past 2 weeks. if i don't unload them soon, i won't be able to load my common test stuff into my brains...hahaha:)
but before this. i need to go and bathe. hahaha.
look i'm using the prefrontal cortex of my brain which is the area of sober second thought, determining if i'll bathe first, or i'll blog first and which one will yield a more positive feedback. i hereby settle on the bathing first. here i go. hahahaha:D
hahaha:) yeah! my comp is officially fixed. and while my comp was still not working, i learnt how to read the files in the comp, extract them, or move them around using ms dos. so intriguing:D if anyone's comp dies in the future and you have important documents to take out, can ask me to teach u how. hahaha:)
i have lots to blog about. been saving up each memory in my brain for the past 2 weeks. if i don't unload them soon, i won't be able to load my common test stuff into my brains...hahaha:)
but before this. i need to go and bathe. hahaha.
look i'm using the prefrontal cortex of my brain which is the area of sober second thought, determining if i'll bathe first, or i'll blog first and which one will yield a more positive feedback. i hereby settle on the bathing first. here i go. hahahaha:D
A small piece of sodium which lived in a testube fell in love with a Bunsen burner. "Bunsen! my flame! I melt whenever I see you" said the sodium. The bunsen burner replied :"It's just a phase you're going through".
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A neutron walks into a bar; he asks the bartender: " How much for a beer?" The bartender looks at him and says: "For you, it's no charge".
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Why did the white bear dissolve in water?
Because it was polar.
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What do you call a tooth in a glass of water?
A one molar solution.
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What do dipoles say in passing?
Have you got a moment?
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Why does hamburger have lower energy than steak?
Because it's in the ground state.
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What do you do with a dead chemist?
Barium (bury them...just in case u dun get it:D)
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What weapon can you make from the elements potassium, nickel, Iodine and iron?
A KNIFe.
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Why do chemists like nitrates so much?
They're cheaper than day rates.
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What did one titration tell the other?
Let's meet at the endpoint.
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Why are chemists great for solving problems?
They have all the solutions.
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Do you know what happened to the chemist who was reading a book about Helium?
He just couldn't put it down.
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Why do chemistry professors like to teach about ammonia?
Because it's basic stuff.
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What is a cation afraid of?
A dogion
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What did the match tell the flame?
Baby, you make me lose my head.
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Why did the ice cube get divorced?
His wife said he was too cold.
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Why did Carbon marry Hydrogen?
They bonded well from the minute they met.
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What kind of ghosts haunt chemistry faculties?
Methylated spirits. I
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If H20 is water what is H204?
Drinking, bathing, washing, swimming. . . (not funny.)
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A psychotic chemist came home from work and had a big fight with his wife. In the heat of the moment, he grabbed a bottle of some lethal chemical substance and forced her to drink it while he screamed: " Die Ethyl, die". The wife dropped dead on the floor and the neighbors who were watching the scene, decided to call the police. The policemen arrived and arrested the chemist. One of them asked: Was there any reason for you to kill your wife? The chemist replied: " There was no chemistry between us. We never bonded well although we tried.In the compound where we lived, our temperaments collided. She always responded negatively to my comments. Our relationship was unstable. There was no possible solution. She had an attitude and I was explosive. Finally, I overreacted. But now I'm glad it's over. I'm in equilibrium again.I will feel free even behind the irons."
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A group of organic molecules were having a party, when a group of robbers broke into the room and stole all of the guests joules.A tall, strong man, armed with a machine gun came into the room and killed the robbers one by one.The guests were very grateful to this man, and they wanted to know who he was. He replied: My name is BOND, Covalent Bond.
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According to a chemist, why is the world so diverse?
Because it's made up of alkynes of people.
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A neutron walks into a bar; he asks the bartender: " How much for a beer?" The bartender looks at him and says: "For you, it's no charge".
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Why did the white bear dissolve in water?
Because it was polar.
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What do you call a tooth in a glass of water?
A one molar solution.
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What do dipoles say in passing?
Have you got a moment?
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Why does hamburger have lower energy than steak?
Because it's in the ground state.
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What do you do with a dead chemist?
Barium (bury them...just in case u dun get it:D)
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What weapon can you make from the elements potassium, nickel, Iodine and iron?
A KNIFe.
---
Why do chemists like nitrates so much?
They're cheaper than day rates.
---
What did one titration tell the other?
Let's meet at the endpoint.
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Why are chemists great for solving problems?
They have all the solutions.
---
Do you know what happened to the chemist who was reading a book about Helium?
He just couldn't put it down.
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Why do chemistry professors like to teach about ammonia?
Because it's basic stuff.
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What is a cation afraid of?
A dogion
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What did the match tell the flame?
Baby, you make me lose my head.
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Why did the ice cube get divorced?
His wife said he was too cold.
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Why did Carbon marry Hydrogen?
They bonded well from the minute they met.
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What kind of ghosts haunt chemistry faculties?
Methylated spirits. I
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If H20 is water what is H204?
Drinking, bathing, washing, swimming. . . (not funny.)
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A psychotic chemist came home from work and had a big fight with his wife. In the heat of the moment, he grabbed a bottle of some lethal chemical substance and forced her to drink it while he screamed: " Die Ethyl, die". The wife dropped dead on the floor and the neighbors who were watching the scene, decided to call the police. The policemen arrived and arrested the chemist. One of them asked: Was there any reason for you to kill your wife? The chemist replied: " There was no chemistry between us. We never bonded well although we tried.In the compound where we lived, our temperaments collided. She always responded negatively to my comments. Our relationship was unstable. There was no possible solution. She had an attitude and I was explosive. Finally, I overreacted. But now I'm glad it's over. I'm in equilibrium again.I will feel free even behind the irons."
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A group of organic molecules were having a party, when a group of robbers broke into the room and stole all of the guests joules.A tall, strong man, armed with a machine gun came into the room and killed the robbers one by one.The guests were very grateful to this man, and they wanted to know who he was. He replied: My name is BOND, Covalent Bond.
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According to a chemist, why is the world so diverse?
Because it's made up of alkynes of people.
Monday, June 07, 2004
gosh. slept for 11 and a half hours... haha. woke up at 11.30am when cathy called me to tell me what to bring for camp today... physically i dun feel quite rested yet. hope we don't stay up too late tonight:)
been getting a lot of 'on government service' letters that kept my parents wondering using interesting ways of bugging me about joining the gepaa and the anniversary dinner. hahaha. i think we can hold the anniversary dinner ourselves.
actually i think we should have a reunion dinner ourselves.
yeah. just typed out a letter to them and sent it. hope the response is good.
yeah! sze just confirmed tt she's free on the 23rd! hahahaha:D rocks.
been getting a lot of 'on government service' letters that kept my parents wondering using interesting ways of bugging me about joining the gepaa and the anniversary dinner. hahaha. i think we can hold the anniversary dinner ourselves.
actually i think we should have a reunion dinner ourselves.
yeah. just typed out a letter to them and sent it. hope the response is good.
yeah! sze just confirmed tt she's free on the 23rd! hahahaha:D rocks.
Sunday, June 06, 2004
oooh. i feel terribly exhausted. *yawn*. hahaha:)
back from family camp!:D so nice! hahaha. it's really so cool to have thousand ++ of us all in the same ballroom praising and worshipping God and honouring one another.how heartening it is to know that everyone around you loves Jesus and truly wants to serve Him as well:D
-You are the way the truth and the life
i live by faith and not by sight... for You
i'm living all for You-
i think a few things i remember the most out of the camp was how the first praise and worship already ministered greatly to me, pastor dinah's inspirational teaching which impacted using stories, how the staff team truly show forth Christ's example to serve, how the leaders honour their leaders, the very interesting workshop that really appealed to me (counselling in discipling process), the holy communion night where marcus had the inspiration of getting all the former PTE pple to take a photo and then subsequently we had the idea of getting all the PT pple to take a photo together (jieyun says it's like an annual reunion for all of us to remember each other, i think it also serves the purpose of spurring each of us on to continue running the race) and the late night talking sessions (or shall i say early morning?) with jiali (for both nights) and with jitsy(for the second night)which allowed me to get to know jiali (as a shepherd, as a friend) better. actually i feel tt she initiated the whole talking thing.. hahaha.
-night time sharpens, heightens your sensation
darkness stirs and wakes imagination-
i should go and sleep soon. hahaha. sleeping over for hs/jc camp tmr 'cos the game comm pple are going there one day early to prepare for everything:D can't wait for it! at eusoff hall! u all can still sms me!:D heh.
back from family camp!:D so nice! hahaha. it's really so cool to have thousand ++ of us all in the same ballroom praising and worshipping God and honouring one another.how heartening it is to know that everyone around you loves Jesus and truly wants to serve Him as well:D
-You are the way the truth and the life
i live by faith and not by sight... for You
i'm living all for You-
i think a few things i remember the most out of the camp was how the first praise and worship already ministered greatly to me, pastor dinah's inspirational teaching which impacted using stories, how the staff team truly show forth Christ's example to serve, how the leaders honour their leaders, the very interesting workshop that really appealed to me (counselling in discipling process), the holy communion night where marcus had the inspiration of getting all the former PTE pple to take a photo and then subsequently we had the idea of getting all the PT pple to take a photo together (jieyun says it's like an annual reunion for all of us to remember each other, i think it also serves the purpose of spurring each of us on to continue running the race) and the late night talking sessions (or shall i say early morning?) with jiali (for both nights) and with jitsy(for the second night)which allowed me to get to know jiali (as a shepherd, as a friend) better. actually i feel tt she initiated the whole talking thing.. hahaha.
-night time sharpens, heightens your sensation
darkness stirs and wakes imagination-
i should go and sleep soon. hahaha. sleeping over for hs/jc camp tmr 'cos the game comm pple are going there one day early to prepare for everything:D can't wait for it! at eusoff hall! u all can still sms me!:D heh.
Friday, June 04, 2004
yeah!:D 3 hours ++ before we'll be at eden hotel, seeing everyone else!:D
heh. turned the junk filter on... please dun send messages which aren't really important for these few days until further notice. i dun really know what hotmail considers as 'junk mail'...
have a nice weekend ahead. hahahaa! i know i will:D
and yup. let's meet up sooner or later. trace's chalet? we still haven't decided on a time/day to go together, yeah?:D
heh. turned the junk filter on... please dun send messages which aren't really important for these few days until further notice. i dun really know what hotmail considers as 'junk mail'...
have a nice weekend ahead. hahahaa! i know i will:D
and yup. let's meet up sooner or later. trace's chalet? we still haven't decided on a time/day to go together, yeah?:D
Thursday, June 03, 2004
"The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice" (Proverbs 12:15, NIV).
We have a rather crazy bird that keeps smashing into our kitchen window, I presume trying to reach his/her reflection. I keep trying to outsmart it, but it keeps coming back for more of the same kind of treatment. I had the same thing happening at my former home. They just don't get it.
I have also read how, "If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
"A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself."
Some, perhaps many, people are entrapped in hopeless situations because they are not looking for or seeing the way out of their predicament. I've been there myself in days past until I wised up. In my work I see people making the same mistakes over and over again failing to realize that what we don't resolve, we are destined to repeat ...repeat ... repeat. As the saying goes, "If we keep doing what we've always done, we'll keep getting what we always got, and we'll keep feeling what we've always felt."
The beginning point for finding the way out of any predicament is always to look up--to look to God and pray the right prayer. That is, ask God to show you the truth of what you are contributing to the situation, to show you what you need to do to resolve it, and to help find the help/counsel you need to overcome.
We have a rather crazy bird that keeps smashing into our kitchen window, I presume trying to reach his/her reflection. I keep trying to outsmart it, but it keeps coming back for more of the same kind of treatment. I had the same thing happening at my former home. They just don't get it.
I have also read how, "If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
"A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself."
Some, perhaps many, people are entrapped in hopeless situations because they are not looking for or seeing the way out of their predicament. I've been there myself in days past until I wised up. In my work I see people making the same mistakes over and over again failing to realize that what we don't resolve, we are destined to repeat ...repeat ... repeat. As the saying goes, "If we keep doing what we've always done, we'll keep getting what we always got, and we'll keep feeling what we've always felt."
The beginning point for finding the way out of any predicament is always to look up--to look to God and pray the right prayer. That is, ask God to show you the truth of what you are contributing to the situation, to show you what you need to do to resolve it, and to help find the help/counsel you need to overcome.
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
hah. there's something wrong with me today.
was reading jl's blog, then i started crying. hahahaa.
i think only twin will know why.
didn't get into the semifinals...but it's okay:) everyone's still invited to come down for centerstage! hahahaha:D so cool! gwen and sharlene and eesiew got in!:D so now eesiew owes us like quite a lot of treats... furong dan and chocolates and chips and seoul garden's and what-nots.
standard for centerstage is ...hIGh...:D come down come down! so fun! 19th june!:D be there or be square! literally.
so sleepy. ooof.
was reading jl's blog, then i started crying. hahahaa.
i think only twin will know why.
didn't get into the semifinals...but it's okay:) everyone's still invited to come down for centerstage! hahahaha:D so cool! gwen and sharlene and eesiew got in!:D so now eesiew owes us like quite a lot of treats... furong dan and chocolates and chips and seoul garden's and what-nots.
standard for centerstage is ...hIGh...:D come down come down! so fun! 19th june!:D be there or be square! literally.
so sleepy. ooof.
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
+-[[ Yes Or No ]]-+ got this from friendster. yuqian's message.
-You keep a diary: yes
-You like to cook: eh. some stuff. hahaha:D
-You have a secret you have not shared with anyone: ooooh. secret.
-You believe in love: John 3:16
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qns..
-The weirdest person you know: hahaha. not sure.
-The Loudest Person you know: i would like to say it's me, but i met my match in my sister.
-The Sexiest Person you Know: -hey sexy lady-
-The Weakest Person you know: not sure.
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+-(( Do You? ))-+
-Think you're a healthy: hopefully. hahaha:D
-Get along with your parents: quite okay...
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[FAVORITES]
-NUMBER (S): 3,7 (i wonder why:D)
-COLOUR: orange, pink and purple
-MONTH: march! hahahaha:D sorry. biased.
-FOOD: good food. muahhaha:D i go around searching for good food:D
-Drinks: watever soothes my throat and meets my needs:P
-SEASON: autumn
-SPORT: basketball! soccer! table tennis! (just tt my skills have... gone all the way down) badminton!
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[ IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, HAVE YOU... ]
*Note: this is the last 24 hours, not ur life.
-CRIED? nopez:)
-HELPED SOMEONE? hahahaa. dunno.
-GOTTEN SICK? nopez
-GONE TO THE MOVIES? nopez
-GONE OUT FOR DINNER? yup:D
-WRITTEN A REAL LETTER? nopez
-WRITTEN IN A JOURNAL? blogger counted?
-HAD A SERIOUS TALK? with God. hahaha:D
-HUGGED SOMEONE? nopez
-FOUGHT WITH YOUR PARENTS? nopez
-FOUGHT WITH A FRIEND? nopez
-PLAYED ANY GAMES ONLINE? yup!
-FEEL LONELY? dunno. hahaha:D
-You keep a diary: yes
-You like to cook: eh. some stuff. hahaha:D
-You have a secret you have not shared with anyone: ooooh. secret.
-You believe in love: John 3:16
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qns..
-The weirdest person you know: hahaha. not sure.
-The Loudest Person you know: i would like to say it's me, but i met my match in my sister.
-The Sexiest Person you Know: -hey sexy lady-
-The Weakest Person you know: not sure.
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+-(( Do You? ))-+
-Think you're a healthy: hopefully. hahaha:D
-Get along with your parents: quite okay...
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[FAVORITES]
-NUMBER (S): 3,7 (i wonder why:D)
-COLOUR: orange, pink and purple
-MONTH: march! hahahaha:D sorry. biased.
-FOOD: good food. muahhaha:D i go around searching for good food:D
-Drinks: watever soothes my throat and meets my needs:P
-SEASON: autumn
-SPORT: basketball! soccer! table tennis! (just tt my skills have... gone all the way down) badminton!
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[ IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, HAVE YOU... ]
*Note: this is the last 24 hours, not ur life.
-CRIED? nopez:)
-HELPED SOMEONE? hahahaa. dunno.
-GOTTEN SICK? nopez
-GONE TO THE MOVIES? nopez
-GONE OUT FOR DINNER? yup:D
-WRITTEN A REAL LETTER? nopez
-WRITTEN IN A JOURNAL? blogger counted?
-HAD A SERIOUS TALK? with God. hahaha:D
-HUGGED SOMEONE? nopez
-FOUGHT WITH YOUR PARENTS? nopez
-FOUGHT WITH A FRIEND? nopez
-PLAYED ANY GAMES ONLINE? yup!
-FEEL LONELY? dunno. hahaha:D
hahaha! just saw the picture of a primary sch friend i used to hang out with a lot in primary school... hannah. she looks pretty now!
i remember her quite vividly 'cos i used to hang out with her, xavier and lynette (best fren in primary sch) in primary school..and she was the only one who's not from my class, but nevertheless we still see each other every morning and all.
got me into tons of trouble 'cos i'll go out with them and this bunch of guys will always join us and mum will say lots of bad things abt them and all. and i'll have fierce quarrels with mum whenever she says bad things abt them...but they're not bad pple, just more playful. and the bunch of us will go to the arcade and play 'house of the dead'. hahaha.
at first i still kept in touch with hannah and xavier after going to sec sch...but gradually, we didn't call each other anymore.
so sad.
hhahaa.
i remember her quite vividly 'cos i used to hang out with her, xavier and lynette (best fren in primary sch) in primary school..and she was the only one who's not from my class, but nevertheless we still see each other every morning and all.
got me into tons of trouble 'cos i'll go out with them and this bunch of guys will always join us and mum will say lots of bad things abt them and all. and i'll have fierce quarrels with mum whenever she says bad things abt them...but they're not bad pple, just more playful. and the bunch of us will go to the arcade and play 'house of the dead'. hahaha.
at first i still kept in touch with hannah and xavier after going to sec sch...but gradually, we didn't call each other anymore.
so sad.
hhahaa.
anyway, today's quite a tiring day... having slept at 3am this morning (hehee. my own fault for staying up till so late, wanting to tell them the muaji joke... was actually waiting for jt's status to turn from busy to online so tt me and huichun can tell her the muaji joke too...but it never did)
hahaha!
games comm pple met today again:D super amusing.
(ooh. twin just came online:|)
anyway. yup:D can't wait for student camp to start so tt pple can actually enjoy the games as well!:D:D:D
(twin says she's not twin. she's my twin's twin. isn't tt me?:D)
then had wfl...before wfl, the games comm pple were rushing their lunch. hahaha:D joyce(from west)was happily looking at us eat and counting down the mins:P quite disastrous to hear the mins ticking away.
yeah! then wfl. hahaha. i shall not elaborate.
then went to find my sister at coffeebean(taka) with the intention of buying a present for my niece who is getting married:D we haven't bought the present though. ended up looking for other stuff. welluswellus.
hahaha!
games comm pple met today again:D super amusing.
(ooh. twin just came online:|)
anyway. yup:D can't wait for student camp to start so tt pple can actually enjoy the games as well!:D:D:D
(twin says she's not twin. she's my twin's twin. isn't tt me?:D)
then had wfl...before wfl, the games comm pple were rushing their lunch. hahaha:D joyce(from west)was happily looking at us eat and counting down the mins:P quite disastrous to hear the mins ticking away.
yeah! then wfl. hahaha. i shall not elaborate.
then went to find my sister at coffeebean(taka) with the intention of buying a present for my niece who is getting married:D we haven't bought the present though. ended up looking for other stuff. welluswellus.
was quite frustrated by how several of my planned out stuff for this week have to changed/edited/deleted/pushedback/shortened for this week of various new things which came by on its way and i was unable to nicely fill in things and all tt due to unknown factors. and once my timetable is printed out from the comp, i want it to be perfectly planned. no changes. nothing. (how demanding)
so being quite frustrated, i decided to turn to the Word of God 'cos i was reading through today's WFL notes in advance and was just starting to read the new chapter about the Word. yup:D
flipped to James and started reading it again out of my own accord and the verse 1:5 spoke to me. 'If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him' and i prayed to Him...and ta-da. well. instead of filling in the activities as how it should be, why not just decide about the activities myself first (okay. this does sound strange in words, but it made perfect sense to me.)... so out went my frustration and in came a nicely planned timetable, which will not be amended, but things can be added on.
actually God also showed me tt this frustration does have underlying reasons and it surfaced as a result of me realising the symptons, but failing to rectify it completely and with determination. so nice of God to give me verses too. hahaha:D
anyway, flipping through the bible for the verses today suddenly made me miss the times when i can spend a long time just poring over the verses in the bible, wondering about the meaning, thinking about applications and linking it to other parts, then writing them down. checking online for more insights about what the verses mean and everything. Has my love for the WOG diminished? what a scary thought. i shall allocate time for more feasting on the WOG every week:D
i love the book of James:D it's the book which i really love. hahaha. repetition. and really explore. and ponder. and ask.
1 Peter too. hahaha. should apply this curiosity and ernestness in knowing more about the books to other books as well. and pray for the curiosity and ernestness to continue on and on and on and on forever!
so being quite frustrated, i decided to turn to the Word of God 'cos i was reading through today's WFL notes in advance and was just starting to read the new chapter about the Word. yup:D
flipped to James and started reading it again out of my own accord and the verse 1:5 spoke to me. 'If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him' and i prayed to Him...and ta-da. well. instead of filling in the activities as how it should be, why not just decide about the activities myself first (okay. this does sound strange in words, but it made perfect sense to me.)... so out went my frustration and in came a nicely planned timetable, which will not be amended, but things can be added on.
actually God also showed me tt this frustration does have underlying reasons and it surfaced as a result of me realising the symptons, but failing to rectify it completely and with determination. so nice of God to give me verses too. hahaha:D
anyway, flipping through the bible for the verses today suddenly made me miss the times when i can spend a long time just poring over the verses in the bible, wondering about the meaning, thinking about applications and linking it to other parts, then writing them down. checking online for more insights about what the verses mean and everything. Has my love for the WOG diminished? what a scary thought. i shall allocate time for more feasting on the WOG every week:D
i love the book of James:D it's the book which i really love. hahaha. repetition. and really explore. and ponder. and ask.
1 Peter too. hahaha. should apply this curiosity and ernestness in knowing more about the books to other books as well. and pray for the curiosity and ernestness to continue on and on and on and on forever!
Sunday, May 30, 2004
ooof. my alarm this morning was a sms received. it's quite an effective alarm, couldn't sleep after that:) except tt today's not a day intended for early waking.
nevertheless, i'm glad the alarm came...allowed me to wake up at a timing quite close to the natural body clock's, and thus will make it easier for me to wake up for the 2 weeks ahead:D *grInz*
yeah! saw twin today!:D finally. hahaha:D haven't met her up for anything for a long long long long long time... didn't do much today, just caught up a bit, talked a bit, ate a lot, timetabled a bit tt kinda stuff:)
farnie twin i have.
jits was farnie too in her smses too. hahaha:D though she doesn't seem to realise it. oh! i forgot to tell her i dun have a storeroom. ah well:D
nevertheless, i'm glad the alarm came...allowed me to wake up at a timing quite close to the natural body clock's, and thus will make it easier for me to wake up for the 2 weeks ahead:D *grInz*
yeah! saw twin today!:D finally. hahaha:D haven't met her up for anything for a long long long long long time... didn't do much today, just caught up a bit, talked a bit, ate a lot, timetabled a bit tt kinda stuff:)
farnie twin i have.
jits was farnie too in her smses too. hahaha:D though she doesn't seem to realise it. oh! i forgot to tell her i dun have a storeroom. ah well:D
Saturday, May 29, 2004
:D
the games in hilarious inn were quite hilarious:D we're the shu1 cong2 pai4...hahaha:D fighting with gai4 bang1 and luffy bang1 (one peace!) for the title of the inn owner. hahaha:D everyone in the audi cheered and cheered...and dolphin started the cheering of 'shu cong, shu cong shu cong..'
so farnie:D
saw joy and this guy who was in my WFL class last year in point foodcourt while me, jits, joce, gwen and jingting were settling there for lunch.hahaha:D joy's first response is to hug us, while our first response was one of exclamation. poor joy:D
we had a nice time of sharing lame jokes and playing lame games during dinner time today:D *grInz* truly enjoyed it:)
shepherd's month! i haven't done anything to appreciate my shepherd yet! ooooppsieeee.
the games in hilarious inn were quite hilarious:D we're the shu1 cong2 pai4...hahaha:D fighting with gai4 bang1 and luffy bang1 (one peace!) for the title of the inn owner. hahaha:D everyone in the audi cheered and cheered...and dolphin started the cheering of 'shu cong, shu cong shu cong..'
so farnie:D
saw joy and this guy who was in my WFL class last year in point foodcourt while me, jits, joce, gwen and jingting were settling there for lunch.hahaha:D joy's first response is to hug us, while our first response was one of exclamation. poor joy:D
we had a nice time of sharing lame jokes and playing lame games during dinner time today:D *grInz* truly enjoyed it:)
shepherd's month! i haven't done anything to appreciate my shepherd yet! ooooppsieeee.
Unicorn:
Unicorns are on of the purest creatures on earth
and are illustrated and depicted throughout
literature. They are pure calm free-spirited
creatures who love their space. You like being
around other people but you also value your
space and free time. People are in awe of you
but tend to keep their distance. You are loved
by many and are one of the few uncorrupted
people of this earth.
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Friday, May 28, 2004
hah... in the school comp lab now.
wanted to watch anastasia! in v25... but the room is locked. came to the comp lab but didn't know how to open the file (so strange. it doesn't load by itself) yup:) so i'm stuck updating the blog. going to the library with jits later, haven't gone to the library for some time.
-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-
hahaha. this must be like the hundredth time i'm exclaiming this...i love to watch anastasia! haven't come across another cartoon movie tt's as good:D and huixian apparently finds it nice too after she's watched it!:D
-you were born in a palace by the sea...
a palace by the sea? could it be?
yes that's right-
it's truly enjoyable:D hahha:D
anyway. school's having halfday today again.. not much of a diff for me from fullday. hahaha.
wanted to watch anastasia! in v25... but the room is locked. came to the comp lab but didn't know how to open the file (so strange. it doesn't load by itself) yup:) so i'm stuck updating the blog. going to the library with jits later, haven't gone to the library for some time.
-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-
hahaha. this must be like the hundredth time i'm exclaiming this...i love to watch anastasia! haven't come across another cartoon movie tt's as good:D and huixian apparently finds it nice too after she's watched it!:D
-you were born in a palace by the sea...
a palace by the sea? could it be?
yes that's right-
it's truly enjoyable:D hahha:D
anyway. school's having halfday today again.. not much of a diff for me from fullday. hahaha.
Thursday, May 27, 2004
"But there is going to come a time of testing at the judgment day to see what kind of work each builder has done. Everyone's work will be put through the fire to see whether or not it keeps its value. If the work survives the fire, that builder will receive a reward" (1 Corinthians 3:13-14, NLT).
Greg Asimakoupoulos writes about Nome, a village on the edge of the Bering Sea. "Nome ... is like many villages of the Artic. The ground on which the community sits is frozen, sponge-like tundra. Sanitation landfills are unheard of. Garbage trucks do not haul off the kind of
refuse we leave curbside each week. Instead, a typical front yard displays broken washing machines, junked cars, old toilets, scrap wood, and piles of non-degradable refuse.
"Tourists who visit Nome in the summer are amazed at the debris and shake their heads. 'How could anyone live like that?' they wonder.
"What those visitors do not realize is that for nine months of the year Nome sits under a blanket of snow that covers the garbage. During those months the little town is a quaint winter wonderland of pure white landscapes."
In some ways many of our personal lives are like that. We have hidden all sorts of junk, unresolved issues from the past, bad habits that have us beaten, impaired relationships, etc., etc., and we make the outside of our life to appear as if we have it all together and everything is fine.
True, I "may" be able to hide who I really am on the inside from you, from my family and friends, but one thing is certain: I cannot hide from God. One day who I really am will be revealed by God for all to see. Much smarter and healthier to clean up our life now while the door of opportunity is so wide open. No matter what we have ever done or have failed to do, God is ready to forgive us, to heal us, to deliver us if we are truly repentant and acknowledge who and what we really are--not to whitewash over our sins with a covering of "snow" but wash us "whiter than the snow."
Greg Asimakoupoulos writes about Nome, a village on the edge of the Bering Sea. "Nome ... is like many villages of the Artic. The ground on which the community sits is frozen, sponge-like tundra. Sanitation landfills are unheard of. Garbage trucks do not haul off the kind of
refuse we leave curbside each week. Instead, a typical front yard displays broken washing machines, junked cars, old toilets, scrap wood, and piles of non-degradable refuse.
"Tourists who visit Nome in the summer are amazed at the debris and shake their heads. 'How could anyone live like that?' they wonder.
"What those visitors do not realize is that for nine months of the year Nome sits under a blanket of snow that covers the garbage. During those months the little town is a quaint winter wonderland of pure white landscapes."
In some ways many of our personal lives are like that. We have hidden all sorts of junk, unresolved issues from the past, bad habits that have us beaten, impaired relationships, etc., etc., and we make the outside of our life to appear as if we have it all together and everything is fine.
True, I "may" be able to hide who I really am on the inside from you, from my family and friends, but one thing is certain: I cannot hide from God. One day who I really am will be revealed by God for all to see. Much smarter and healthier to clean up our life now while the door of opportunity is so wide open. No matter what we have ever done or have failed to do, God is ready to forgive us, to heal us, to deliver us if we are truly repentant and acknowledge who and what we really are--not to whitewash over our sins with a covering of "snow" but wash us "whiter than the snow."
hahaha:D this is the 909th post since the time i started having this blog. so intriguing:D
hmmm...this is quite interesting...i find it quite fun to type really fast right now at a constant speed. it feels as though my fingers are communicating with the keyboard or something and they're chatting happily, thereby allowing me to be able to have a fast typing speed.
yeah! school was dismissed today at 10.35am due to the victory at the soccer match... i wonder if there's going to be a full day tmr. hahahaa:D hope the hockey girls win! yeah! most probably all of us will be going down to support the cricket boys. i have confidence in the hockey girls and the cricket boys, but not too sure about the badminton girls...hehehe:D
had my 2.4km run today (finally!) was just thinking yesterday tt i'm most prob going to die halfway 'cos i haven't done any running for 3 weeks. hahaha:) so i prayed for God to help me. hahaha:)
was quite amazed when the first round came in at 2.15, then the next round at 4+ (i can't remember wat)...anyway, my third round came in at 6.20! haha. but i grew lazy and decided to stop, thinking tt i'll walk for this round and run the rest. well, it didn't happen. the whole story is tt i took 8 mins plus plus plus for the next 3 rounds. ended up with a timing of 15.09.
btw, we ran in the rain. hahaa. it was drizzling when we started, and happily raining away in the middle. so, all of us were totally soaked through and all that. thank God for the early dismissal. haaa:D
hmmm...this is quite interesting...i find it quite fun to type really fast right now at a constant speed. it feels as though my fingers are communicating with the keyboard or something and they're chatting happily, thereby allowing me to be able to have a fast typing speed.
yeah! school was dismissed today at 10.35am due to the victory at the soccer match... i wonder if there's going to be a full day tmr. hahahaa:D hope the hockey girls win! yeah! most probably all of us will be going down to support the cricket boys. i have confidence in the hockey girls and the cricket boys, but not too sure about the badminton girls...hehehe:D
had my 2.4km run today (finally!) was just thinking yesterday tt i'm most prob going to die halfway 'cos i haven't done any running for 3 weeks. hahaha:) so i prayed for God to help me. hahaha:)
was quite amazed when the first round came in at 2.15, then the next round at 4+ (i can't remember wat)...anyway, my third round came in at 6.20! haha. but i grew lazy and decided to stop, thinking tt i'll walk for this round and run the rest. well, it didn't happen. the whole story is tt i took 8 mins plus plus plus for the next 3 rounds. ended up with a timing of 15.09.
btw, we ran in the rain. hahaa. it was drizzling when we started, and happily raining away in the middle. so, all of us were totally soaked through and all that. thank God for the early dismissal. haaa:D
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
-go vj go vj go!-
hahahah:D vj soccer boys won sajc for the finals! hahaha. 4-1! my goodness!:D wat an excellent score.
at first vj scored within the first 5 mins of the first half. hahahaha:D then SA scored in the 2nd half...then the whole vj population was so sad... i was already quite worried in the first half 'cos they've only scored one goal...don't want last yr's scenario to repeat again.
anyway, after sajc scored, the vj spirit literally soared (it was already very high. hahaha:D) and everyone was just cheering 'fight on vj fight on!' with their might:D and within 10 mins, vj did score again! hahaha. and then, we scored again! hahaha:D and then, we still score again! muahahha:D by then we knew we're the champions. hahaha:D
quite cool! everyone was cheering even though we're quite lethargic after having to wait for 2 hours for the thunderstorm to stop and for the B division match to finish:D it was like... the whole time we were just cheering and cheering away (using different cheers!)and if there's any pause, it was only for 1-2 seconds. hahaha:D and pple were really spontaneous! the tsd pple went 'whazzup lah whazzup' if any sa pple tripped our vj pple (intentionally:| we could tell between the intentionally ones and unintentionally ones:P)
anyway, at the end of it all, the basketball girls started to cheer 'full day!' and pple caught on. and then we changed it to '2 days!' hahaha. poor mrs chan...she must be wondering how to handle our 'demand' of 2 days off from school. hhaha:D anyway, she pretended not to hear us and wanted to ask mr tan about wat to do but mr tan just turned her around back to face us. hahahah!:D i dun mind 2 days off from school:D 'cos seriously, didn't expect the soccer pple to do so well!:D
anyway, i dun have much of a voice left. hahaha. and there's busking auditions this friday. perhaps i should just get out of the whole busking thing:)
hahahah:D vj soccer boys won sajc for the finals! hahaha. 4-1! my goodness!:D wat an excellent score.
at first vj scored within the first 5 mins of the first half. hahahaha:D then SA scored in the 2nd half...then the whole vj population was so sad... i was already quite worried in the first half 'cos they've only scored one goal...don't want last yr's scenario to repeat again.
anyway, after sajc scored, the vj spirit literally soared (it was already very high. hahaha:D) and everyone was just cheering 'fight on vj fight on!' with their might:D and within 10 mins, vj did score again! hahaha. and then, we scored again! hahaha:D and then, we still score again! muahahha:D by then we knew we're the champions. hahaha:D
quite cool! everyone was cheering even though we're quite lethargic after having to wait for 2 hours for the thunderstorm to stop and for the B division match to finish:D it was like... the whole time we were just cheering and cheering away (using different cheers!)and if there's any pause, it was only for 1-2 seconds. hahaha:D and pple were really spontaneous! the tsd pple went 'whazzup lah whazzup' if any sa pple tripped our vj pple (intentionally:| we could tell between the intentionally ones and unintentionally ones:P)
anyway, at the end of it all, the basketball girls started to cheer 'full day!' and pple caught on. and then we changed it to '2 days!' hahaha. poor mrs chan...she must be wondering how to handle our 'demand' of 2 days off from school. hhaha:D anyway, she pretended not to hear us and wanted to ask mr tan about wat to do but mr tan just turned her around back to face us. hahahah!:D i dun mind 2 days off from school:D 'cos seriously, didn't expect the soccer pple to do so well!:D
anyway, i dun have much of a voice left. hahaha. and there's busking auditions this friday. perhaps i should just get out of the whole busking thing:)
"The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth" (Psalm 145:18, NIV).
Years ago I remember reading a simple but profound statement by Cecil Osborne. He said, "When we are hiding a deeper sin or fault, we tend to confess a lesser one all the more vigorously."
A friend of mine, for example, had been trying to overcome his smoking addiction for 20 years without success. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't break the addictive habit.
When he shared his struggle with me, I simply asked, "Why do you need to smoke?"
He looked at me with a blank stare as if to say, "Are you crazy, what are you talking about? I don't need to smoke."
He then mumbled a few incoherent sentences, turned around, and walked away. He died a few years later of cancer!
True, my friend's smoking addiction was a problem, but it wasn't the real problem. It was the fruit of a deeper root--the symptom of some unresolved issue he was either afraid or unwilling to examine. He was confessing the wrong sin/problem.
The same principle is true of all addictive behaviors and many of our negative and sinful actions. To overcome we need to be ruthlessly honest with ourselves, to at least one safe person who won't judge or put us down, and to God. We need to admit and confess not only the symptoms but the causes behind them. We may need to ask God to give us the courage to face these causes and to lead us to the help, support, and recovery program we need to overcome them.
This is the kind of praying God loves to hear and answer. As his word says, he "is near to all who call on him in truth."
Years ago I remember reading a simple but profound statement by Cecil Osborne. He said, "When we are hiding a deeper sin or fault, we tend to confess a lesser one all the more vigorously."
A friend of mine, for example, had been trying to overcome his smoking addiction for 20 years without success. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't break the addictive habit.
When he shared his struggle with me, I simply asked, "Why do you need to smoke?"
He looked at me with a blank stare as if to say, "Are you crazy, what are you talking about? I don't need to smoke."
He then mumbled a few incoherent sentences, turned around, and walked away. He died a few years later of cancer!
True, my friend's smoking addiction was a problem, but it wasn't the real problem. It was the fruit of a deeper root--the symptom of some unresolved issue he was either afraid or unwilling to examine. He was confessing the wrong sin/problem.
The same principle is true of all addictive behaviors and many of our negative and sinful actions. To overcome we need to be ruthlessly honest with ourselves, to at least one safe person who won't judge or put us down, and to God. We need to admit and confess not only the symptoms but the causes behind them. We may need to ask God to give us the courage to face these causes and to lead us to the help, support, and recovery program we need to overcome them.
This is the kind of praying God loves to hear and answer. As his word says, he "is near to all who call on him in truth."
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
this is a poem joanne supplied:)
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u fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
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ouch. how painful:| apparently she quite likes my 'a man with no garden looks forlorn (for lawn)' nick:D i like it too!:D hahahaa.
centrestage auditions today! hahaha. me and jitsy got through! going to heats 2! wah. long way to go.
heard this guy who was singing with a strong voice and all. my oh my. scary. hahahaha:D
u all ALL must come for the semi finals kkk?:D:D:D
it's on the 19th of june!:D and this sat's comedy play!:D come come! hahaha. anyway, it'll be quite a loss if u all dun come. free performance by our professional Yhope pple!:D
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u fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
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ouch. how painful:| apparently she quite likes my 'a man with no garden looks forlorn (for lawn)' nick:D i like it too!:D hahahaa.
centrestage auditions today! hahaha. me and jitsy got through! going to heats 2! wah. long way to go.
heard this guy who was singing with a strong voice and all. my oh my. scary. hahahaha:D
u all ALL must come for the semi finals kkk?:D:D:D
it's on the 19th of june!:D and this sat's comedy play!:D come come! hahaha. anyway, it'll be quite a loss if u all dun come. free performance by our professional Yhope pple!:D
Monday, May 24, 2004
i think there are a few things i've still been holding on even after i've come to accept Christ. need to think through these things, understand what God wants me to learn from them, put them down and claim the right to a new life.
met up with the games comm pple today:D hehehe. made a few new friends... hahaha. i can't wait for next monday when we try out the games!:D it'll be so cool! and i can't wait for the student camp to come! the games are so... cool! hahaha:D refreshing unique never-quite-seen-before (in my opinion) games which will keep u squealing and laughing and on ur feet for 2 hours straight:D
my twin's got a big 'dumpling' on her finger... (injured finger). please pray for her. please also pray tt michelle will very nicely remember to bring her tape recorder:D hehehe:D
yes!:)
met up with the games comm pple today:D hehehe. made a few new friends... hahaha. i can't wait for next monday when we try out the games!:D it'll be so cool! and i can't wait for the student camp to come! the games are so... cool! hahaha:D refreshing unique never-quite-seen-before (in my opinion) games which will keep u squealing and laughing and on ur feet for 2 hours straight:D
my twin's got a big 'dumpling' on her finger... (injured finger). please pray for her. please also pray tt michelle will very nicely remember to bring her tape recorder:D hehehe:D
yes!:)
Sunday, May 23, 2004
i'm going to die of laughter
hahahaha:D
super farnie.
was just listening to my self-recorded tape from 4 years ago (sec 2)
-come morning light,
just a victim of fantasy-
lots of songs recorded as well. including my first ever favourite english song 'all i want is you'- 911! and gee. i was mudding while i was recording the song. and we went to seoul garden:| and i was being a pretend dj. so farnie!!!
and the other side of the tape had me and my sis pretending to be soft toys talking...or rather doing xiang4 sheng1...and a really adorable version 'doraemon'. hahahaa:)
-you wanna run, you wanna break free
what you want ain't what you need-
hahahhaa. and there's an interview with king arthur and his adventures with merlin. oh! it was a project done:P an interview with a character from a book. ERP:P
-it's alright it's okay you never loved me anyway-
and dalena and mitch teo's rendition of 'our song' by m2m..and our singing of 'byebyebye' by nsync:P hahahaha!
-they don't always happen when you ask
and it's easy to give in to your fear
but when you're blinded by your pain
can't see your way clear through the rain
a small but still resilient voice
says love is very near-
okayokay...enough of talking nonsense:)
i think back to sec 2 with fond memories and speckles of sadness. sec 2 was a strange year...it was the year of friendships, of longing, of disillusion, of doubt and of wonder.
and of wander.
oh! and of drama. hahahaha:D
hahahaha:D
super farnie.
was just listening to my self-recorded tape from 4 years ago (sec 2)
-come morning light,
just a victim of fantasy-
lots of songs recorded as well. including my first ever favourite english song 'all i want is you'- 911! and gee. i was mudding while i was recording the song. and we went to seoul garden:| and i was being a pretend dj. so farnie!!!
and the other side of the tape had me and my sis pretending to be soft toys talking...or rather doing xiang4 sheng1...and a really adorable version 'doraemon'. hahahaa:)
-you wanna run, you wanna break free
what you want ain't what you need-
hahahhaa. and there's an interview with king arthur and his adventures with merlin. oh! it was a project done:P an interview with a character from a book. ERP:P
-it's alright it's okay you never loved me anyway-
and dalena and mitch teo's rendition of 'our song' by m2m..and our singing of 'byebyebye' by nsync:P hahahaha!
-they don't always happen when you ask
and it's easy to give in to your fear
but when you're blinded by your pain
can't see your way clear through the rain
a small but still resilient voice
says love is very near-
okayokay...enough of talking nonsense:)
i think back to sec 2 with fond memories and speckles of sadness. sec 2 was a strange year...it was the year of friendships, of longing, of disillusion, of doubt and of wonder.
and of wander.
oh! and of drama. hahahaha:D
hmmm:)
knew about what the restructuring is about..North is finally combining with each other, and east will just be east. and priscilla's going to take north, and shirley's going to take east.
again, it doesn't affect me much... but i think it'll be a change for some leaders:) was quite heartwarming when they affirmed priscilla though...she's really touched lives around her:) and more than that as well. quite touching too, some of the things she has done. she's a person whose spirit really will overflows to you:) and lots more as well.
-all that i am
all that i have
i lay them down before You O Lord
all my regrets
all my acclaims
the joy and the pain
i'm making them Yours-
yesterday's time with cs was really annointed. God gave me the wisdom and the sensitivity to know what to talk about and when to talk about some stuff. the whole time with cs flowed so smoothly that i knew it can't be me, it has to be God. 'cos i seriously didn't know how to bring out certain topics. God also opened up cs' heart to me:) yup. really wanna affirm her for her accountability and openness in her life.
one of the times when the presence of God is so tangible within our midst. thank God for Him!:D
knew about what the restructuring is about..North is finally combining with each other, and east will just be east. and priscilla's going to take north, and shirley's going to take east.
again, it doesn't affect me much... but i think it'll be a change for some leaders:) was quite heartwarming when they affirmed priscilla though...she's really touched lives around her:) and more than that as well. quite touching too, some of the things she has done. she's a person whose spirit really will overflows to you:) and lots more as well.
-all that i am
all that i have
i lay them down before You O Lord
all my regrets
all my acclaims
the joy and the pain
i'm making them Yours-
yesterday's time with cs was really annointed. God gave me the wisdom and the sensitivity to know what to talk about and when to talk about some stuff. the whole time with cs flowed so smoothly that i knew it can't be me, it has to be God. 'cos i seriously didn't know how to bring out certain topics. God also opened up cs' heart to me:) yup. really wanna affirm her for her accountability and openness in her life.
one of the times when the presence of God is so tangible within our midst. thank God for Him!:D
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Friday, May 21, 2004
officially stepping down next thurs:)
finally. lots of things to settle before passing on to my jie1 ban1 ren2 though:)
-beautiful Lord, wonderful Saviour,
i know for sure, all of my days are
held in Your hands, crafted into
Your perfect plan-
quite comforted when i listen to the new exco discuss about plans for huahui in the future and the investiture. yahyah..i know we aren't supposed to be listening to the investiture...but afterall, it's their first exco meeting and seriously speaking, i dun think any of the former exco pple are totally relaxed about letting them hold their first exco meeting themselves:)
longyuan kinda broke down a bit 'cos zhangkuo told her tt he wants to quit the exco... then she went on to say about how much tears and effort and meetings we held...all the things we dun have to do but did all for the hope in seeing more juniors in hua hui and making everything easier for the exco this yr...
the scoldings and dissuading from the various teachers about hai cheng...or rather, whether we should have haicheng.
it wasn't easy i guess. having a not-very-united exco... and having so few members. and little support.
but i have strong hope for the new exco:D hahaha. the pple we chose are quite talented:)
yeah!
finally. lots of things to settle before passing on to my jie1 ban1 ren2 though:)
-beautiful Lord, wonderful Saviour,
i know for sure, all of my days are
held in Your hands, crafted into
Your perfect plan-
quite comforted when i listen to the new exco discuss about plans for huahui in the future and the investiture. yahyah..i know we aren't supposed to be listening to the investiture...but afterall, it's their first exco meeting and seriously speaking, i dun think any of the former exco pple are totally relaxed about letting them hold their first exco meeting themselves:)
longyuan kinda broke down a bit 'cos zhangkuo told her tt he wants to quit the exco... then she went on to say about how much tears and effort and meetings we held...all the things we dun have to do but did all for the hope in seeing more juniors in hua hui and making everything easier for the exco this yr...
the scoldings and dissuading from the various teachers about hai cheng...or rather, whether we should have haicheng.
it wasn't easy i guess. having a not-very-united exco... and having so few members. and little support.
but i have strong hope for the new exco:D hahaha. the pple we chose are quite talented:)
yeah!
Thursday, May 20, 2004
THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS
"Then he [Jesus] said to them, 'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions'" (Luke 12:15, NIV).
The search for happiness is as old as mankind. Hedonism, an ancient Greek philosophy, stated that the chief end of man was happiness. Democritus, who lived in 460 BC, said, "Happiness is the object of our conduct." And Aristipus, a pupil of Socrates, put it this way. "The most intense pleasure is the highest good and is the aim of life."
People today still long for happiness, but in spite of our greatly increased knowledge and achievements so many people still haven't learned its secret.
On the University campus the highest death rate is caused by suicide. Hospital beds are filled with unhappy and lonely people. Some doctors estimate that over 80% of patients are suffering as a result of emotional distress. A world-famous psychiatrist claims that "the central neurosis of our time is emptiness." And according to the United
Nations World Health Organization, depression is the world's number one health problem.
Marilyn Monroe had everything that many seem to think brings happiness--beauty, wealth, fame, sex appeal, and popularity--but she ended her life in suicide. Actor Mel Gibson also had everything the world had to offer but he never felt happy or fulfilled. This is one reason he produced and paid to make the film, The Passion of the Christ.
It is claimed that Voltaire who was famous for his infidelity said on his deathbed, "I am lost! Oh, that I had never been born." And millionaire Jay Gould said when dying, "I suppose I am the most miserable devil on earth."
Actually, wealth, fame, power, or beauty don't make one happy or unhappy. They are externals. Happiness comes from within. It is a by-product of an inner condition. If one lives only for personal happiness, he will probably never find it. As one person said, "The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness."
Happiness is many things to many people. It depends on one's particular needs, abilities, interests, and maturity. Happiness for one man is to be an accountant, for another a farmer. Happiness for one woman is not to have any more children, for another to have several more--not that any one of these in and of itself can make anyone happy.
For me, happiness begins with being honest with myself and learning to understand and accept myself for who and what I really am. This way I can utilize my strengths and work towards overcoming my weaknesses.
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want" (Philippians 4:11-12, NIV).
As said, happiness is many things to many people. For one thing, it means we need to know and accept ourselves for who we are.
Happiness also means learning to accept my personal circumstances. Some of them can be changed. Others can't. And unless I accept the ones that can't be changed, I'll never be happy or content. As blind Helen Keller said, "I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work, and my God."
Happiness is also having a worthwhile goal ... a noble purpose for which to live ... something of value to strive for.
I was once talking to a union representative on a construction job. At the time he was also demonstrating for a cause that was popular back then. He told me he joined this group because it gave him something to live for. I don't know if this man is still demonstrating for a cause,
but certainly everybody needs something to live for other than himself and his own happiness.
Happiness in itself is not a worthwhile goal to live for. To be happy all of the time is unreal, as happiness is only one of life's great emotions. To be in touch with all of one's feelings is more important than being happy all of the time. To feel sad, hurt, angry, afraid, and unhappy at the appropriate times is both normal and healthy. However, if one is unhappy most of the time, this is nature's way of
telling him/her that something is missing in his life or some conflict needs resolving.
To be happy, one also needs to have worthwhile work into which one can put one's best efforts.
Everybody has some talents, and to find personal fulfillment and happiness, it is important that he discover his gifts, receive adequate training to sharpen them, and find a place to use them. This is equally true for both men and women.
It is a wise man who helps his wife find, develop, and use her special gifts. He will reap just rewards through his wife's increased fulfillment and happiness.
Unfortunately, at times of economic uncertainty, finding fulfilling work through employment may not always be possible for everybody. However, there are many avenues to find fulfillment other than through paid work. If one is creative, one can get involved in arts and crafts and perhaps sell some of the items made. One can help many others by becoming involved in church work or with other volunteer service agencies.
"Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied!" (Matthew 5:6, AMP).
We have already pointed out that happiness is many things to many people. It means we need to know and accept ourselves for who we are; learning to live with circumstances we are not able to change; it is having a worthwhile and noble purpose for which to live; and something of value to do.
"If you find a really happy man," states one author, "you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, or growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a button that has rolled under the wardrobe, he will not be striving for it as a goal in itself, he will have become aware that he is happy in the course of living life to the full twenty-four hours of the day.
The happy person also has healthy relationships with other people. The person who lives only for himself is immature and usually very miserable. Even the ancient Greeks had a word for the self-centered person. It was idios from which we get our word, "idiot." It means belonging to one's self.
To love and be loved is without question one of our greatest need for happiness, without which is our greatest source of unhappiness. Without love all else in life is meaningless. Once again, however, love comes from within. If we give love we will receive love. That is a law of life. Unfortunately, many people, especially in childhood,
were hurt because of a lack of love and as adults are afraid to love for fear of being hurt again. With effective counseling and the will to overcome this fear can usually be conquered.
A well-integrated self is also needed for happiness. If the self is whole or mature, happiness will follow.
The greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ, is our great example. He developed in every area of his life. He "increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man" (Luke 2:52 ). That is, he matured mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. We need to do the same.
Finally, character and a clear conscience are critical for lasting happiness. To feel forgiven for all the wrongs one has done gives one a deep sense of freedom. Any wrongs, therefore, that we have done need to be put right and any impaired relationships resolved. Not only do we need our brother's forgiveness, but also God's. When we confess our
sins and faults to Him, He always forgives us. We then need to forgive ourselves.
Remember, happiness is a process not an event. Diligently follow the process and happiness/contentment will be the rich reward.
"Then he [Jesus] said to them, 'Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions'" (Luke 12:15, NIV).
The search for happiness is as old as mankind. Hedonism, an ancient Greek philosophy, stated that the chief end of man was happiness. Democritus, who lived in 460 BC, said, "Happiness is the object of our conduct." And Aristipus, a pupil of Socrates, put it this way. "The most intense pleasure is the highest good and is the aim of life."
People today still long for happiness, but in spite of our greatly increased knowledge and achievements so many people still haven't learned its secret.
On the University campus the highest death rate is caused by suicide. Hospital beds are filled with unhappy and lonely people. Some doctors estimate that over 80% of patients are suffering as a result of emotional distress. A world-famous psychiatrist claims that "the central neurosis of our time is emptiness." And according to the United
Nations World Health Organization, depression is the world's number one health problem.
Marilyn Monroe had everything that many seem to think brings happiness--beauty, wealth, fame, sex appeal, and popularity--but she ended her life in suicide. Actor Mel Gibson also had everything the world had to offer but he never felt happy or fulfilled. This is one reason he produced and paid to make the film, The Passion of the Christ.
It is claimed that Voltaire who was famous for his infidelity said on his deathbed, "I am lost! Oh, that I had never been born." And millionaire Jay Gould said when dying, "I suppose I am the most miserable devil on earth."
Actually, wealth, fame, power, or beauty don't make one happy or unhappy. They are externals. Happiness comes from within. It is a by-product of an inner condition. If one lives only for personal happiness, he will probably never find it. As one person said, "The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness."
Happiness is many things to many people. It depends on one's particular needs, abilities, interests, and maturity. Happiness for one man is to be an accountant, for another a farmer. Happiness for one woman is not to have any more children, for another to have several more--not that any one of these in and of itself can make anyone happy.
For me, happiness begins with being honest with myself and learning to understand and accept myself for who and what I really am. This way I can utilize my strengths and work towards overcoming my weaknesses.
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want" (Philippians 4:11-12, NIV).
As said, happiness is many things to many people. For one thing, it means we need to know and accept ourselves for who we are.
Happiness also means learning to accept my personal circumstances. Some of them can be changed. Others can't. And unless I accept the ones that can't be changed, I'll never be happy or content. As blind Helen Keller said, "I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work, and my God."
Happiness is also having a worthwhile goal ... a noble purpose for which to live ... something of value to strive for.
I was once talking to a union representative on a construction job. At the time he was also demonstrating for a cause that was popular back then. He told me he joined this group because it gave him something to live for. I don't know if this man is still demonstrating for a cause,
but certainly everybody needs something to live for other than himself and his own happiness.
Happiness in itself is not a worthwhile goal to live for. To be happy all of the time is unreal, as happiness is only one of life's great emotions. To be in touch with all of one's feelings is more important than being happy all of the time. To feel sad, hurt, angry, afraid, and unhappy at the appropriate times is both normal and healthy. However, if one is unhappy most of the time, this is nature's way of
telling him/her that something is missing in his life or some conflict needs resolving.
To be happy, one also needs to have worthwhile work into which one can put one's best efforts.
Everybody has some talents, and to find personal fulfillment and happiness, it is important that he discover his gifts, receive adequate training to sharpen them, and find a place to use them. This is equally true for both men and women.
It is a wise man who helps his wife find, develop, and use her special gifts. He will reap just rewards through his wife's increased fulfillment and happiness.
Unfortunately, at times of economic uncertainty, finding fulfilling work through employment may not always be possible for everybody. However, there are many avenues to find fulfillment other than through paid work. If one is creative, one can get involved in arts and crafts and perhaps sell some of the items made. One can help many others by becoming involved in church work or with other volunteer service agencies.
"Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied!" (Matthew 5:6, AMP).
We have already pointed out that happiness is many things to many people. It means we need to know and accept ourselves for who we are; learning to live with circumstances we are not able to change; it is having a worthwhile and noble purpose for which to live; and something of value to do.
"If you find a really happy man," states one author, "you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, or growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a button that has rolled under the wardrobe, he will not be striving for it as a goal in itself, he will have become aware that he is happy in the course of living life to the full twenty-four hours of the day.
The happy person also has healthy relationships with other people. The person who lives only for himself is immature and usually very miserable. Even the ancient Greeks had a word for the self-centered person. It was idios from which we get our word, "idiot." It means belonging to one's self.
To love and be loved is without question one of our greatest need for happiness, without which is our greatest source of unhappiness. Without love all else in life is meaningless. Once again, however, love comes from within. If we give love we will receive love. That is a law of life. Unfortunately, many people, especially in childhood,
were hurt because of a lack of love and as adults are afraid to love for fear of being hurt again. With effective counseling and the will to overcome this fear can usually be conquered.
A well-integrated self is also needed for happiness. If the self is whole or mature, happiness will follow.
The greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ, is our great example. He developed in every area of his life. He "increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man" (Luke 2:52 ). That is, he matured mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. We need to do the same.
Finally, character and a clear conscience are critical for lasting happiness. To feel forgiven for all the wrongs one has done gives one a deep sense of freedom. Any wrongs, therefore, that we have done need to be put right and any impaired relationships resolved. Not only do we need our brother's forgiveness, but also God's. When we confess our
sins and faults to Him, He always forgives us. We then need to forgive ourselves.
Remember, happiness is a process not an event. Diligently follow the process and happiness/contentment will be the rich reward.