two-oh-oh-six

it's done finally! move over 2005, 2006 is here!
in a nutshell, year 2005 has been a year of growth; first time studying outstation esp, has made it so special. So many new friends, new experiences and the things i've learnt - wow.
ok enough of looking back...

New year resolutions for 2006:-

1. Consistent quiet time with God
2. Finish bible in a year
3. No overdue homework for a week or more
4. Read newspaper everyday (and start reading my stack of Times as well)
5. Sign up for SATs
6. Swim/jog once a week
7. Train for AQ: must join and make qualifying time (kayaking star 1 & 2, as well as archery)
8. Start serving in church
9. Hostel prayer group
10. School prayer group
11. Keep in touch with family n friends (& never forget a birthday this yr)
12. Grow 1cm taller
13. Love a little more, be a carrier for God (:
14. Get at least one friend saved (hopefully renxin hehe.)

hmm i think that's all for now... will add more to the list hehe.

Good night and HAPPY NEW YEAR one n all (:

'twas the night before christmas...

christmas eve.

it's raining outside, i'm listening to pastor kong's christmas service back at CHC singapore, the christmas carol song sheets are printing, mom's preparing for christmas dinner, dad's snoring away, bro's watching tv, in the kitchen the dinner crabs lie, freshly stabbed to death by chopsticks... haha guess that's ur typical msian christmas (:

i'm BROKE this christmas!! i haven't gotten ANY presents at all... to all out there, i'm really really sorry but you have my christmas love from the very bottom of my heart (: I'm excited bout the christmas dinner at my house tomorrow i really hope everyone will show up. hope there's enough food to go around and esp turkey! hopefully there's turkey available tomorrow.

well well christmas this yr is special. after half a yr in singapore i've come to realise how precious christmas at home is, and being able to celebrate christmas in the first place. i think above all, christmas is a time of thanksgiving.

this yr, i thank God for my family who has the chance to know Jesus, thank God for my beloved friends, thank God for the christmas tree, and presents under the tree, and most of all, thank God for Jesus, who came so i can live forever. I thank God for love.


merry christmas eve (:

check this out! merry christmas one and all (:

http://www.syfc.org.sg/christmas05/hokkien-rec.htm

christmas joy.

"Thank you, Oprah. My heart is happy", says a South African child. He was clutching the many christmas gifts Oprah Winfrey had showered upon him and many of his friends; with that smile on his face you could tell it was sincerely from the bottom of his heart.

It was Christmas Kindness on Oprah. Oprah and her team went to South Africa to stop at various places, setting up a tent at each stop to throw a Christmas party! Kids were invited and they came in lines, dancing and jumping joyfully as they walked into their first ever Christmas party. They shook hands with Oprah, probably not knowing they were shaking the hand of the most influential people in the US, and definitely not expecting to get any Christmas gifts.

Children everywhere jumping and dancing, shrieks of astonished delight, with smiles on their faces... wow. If it were already so heart-wrenching as seen on TV, i can just imagine how infectious the Christmas joy was in that solitary white tent in the middle of a desert nearly void of hope. I could understand why Oprah would break-down every now and then at the sight of these children...

Haha, i love the Oprah show, esp episodes like these. I really think it's great, what she's doing, changing the world bit by bit, being a living proof of what education can do to lift you out of poverty and anguish to a certain extent.

Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Oprah Winfrey was reared by her grandmother on a farm where she "began her broadcasting career" by learning to read aloud and perform recitations at the age of three. From age six to 13, she lived in Milwaukee with her mother. After suffering abuse and molestation, she ran away and was sent to a juvenile detention home at the age of 13, only to be denied admission because all the beds were filled. As a last resort, she was sent to Nashville to live under her father's strict discipline. Vernon Winfrey saw to it that his daughter met a midnight curfew, and he required her to read a book and write a book report each week. "As strict as he was," says Oprah, "he had some concerns about me making the best of my life, and would not accept anything less than what he thought was my best."
-------->http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/win0bio-1

But can education alone really change your life like that? I dunno but I really think there's more to life than that. These people need a source of real joy and hope and I could just imagine --- they'd be delighted to hear the ultimate Good News, the real reason behind CHristmas... the news that the one true God had sent his only begotten son to die for our sins just so we could love God and experience God's unconditional love for us. It's really a simple messsage when you think about it... :) yet somehow it's so hard to share.....

....to be continued.
(coz i'm going to Genting in about 45 minutes time and i haven't bathed or packed or gotten ready at all :P)

can you tell? it's christmas! :)

hi people!! merry christmas! :) i know what you're thinking --- PINK! oh man, haha it's a bit TOO pink for my liking too but it's the best christmas skin i could find and i had not much time to look through all anyway this will do i hope, to give all of you the mood for christmas :)

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BB camp has been great! (as you can see in the pictures) aiyo but there's just too much to say haha, made many new friends and managed to try out lots of new things. Harlow messing comm, accoms comm, n ac primers, been missing you guys :) til next camp temasek yr 2010 cya there i cant wait haha.

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it's great to be home btw aiya a bit lazy to update adi it's late now i gotta go sleep.

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meanwhile let's all keep the christmas cheer, and remember ultimately the true meaning of Christmas--- that runs deeper than santa, presents or even the spirit of giving --------------- the ultimate reason for the season-------->

"For God so loved the world He gave His only Son..." -- John 3:16

The greatest Christmas gift to mankind --- God's perfect love in the form of baby Jesus.

"To laugh often and much;

to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

to appreciate beauty;

to find the best in others;

to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

-H-O-M-E-

HOmeee... it's where the heart is.

taiyong just asked me a very very good question: are you happy? :)

i can't describe how it feels like to see your bed again with those pillows u slept with since more than a decade ago, still as welcoming as you remembered it was when you left. Some things just don't change, but some things, no matter how DESPERATELY you want it to, just won't go back to the way it used to be. Sad but true. Makes me wonder whether one day i will look back on this day and wish things to be the way it is today. From where i stand now, it sounds hoRRIBLe n unlikely.

Laughter, empty laughter; and pleasures, temporal, decievingly warm, falsely secure.
Life is just empty if the source of your eternal joy isn't from God.

Nevertheless home is home and it's good to be home.

Jess, ivan, lup wai, foogie, lohon, yew jhin, krystle, zhao xing, sam, viv, quiner, wan qian, yee wah, ooi yong, ying roe... its been great seeing you guys again its horrible to think that by the next time i come back some of you would have already gone.... argh.
I've missed everyone :) Ming shiu ar my darling i still haven't seen you yet, and jonathan luo haha its just not meant to be everytime come back oso dun see you.

Kuantan was okay i guess thank God for the beach and a blessed day with the weather so nice and stars so bright despite reports of flooding over there. I now thank God for the family i have though its hard, sometimes, not to wish for a family more perfect. I guess distance can do some good sometimes :) Happy birthday 'cho.

Harlow all my fellow scholar friends back home, hope ur having a blast :)
Harlow everyone back at singapore, my e314 dears esp, i never thought there would be anything to miss about singapore but i really, really miss you guys. cya soon!

look at that 

kichi.mayoms 

shy 

oh look :) 

from left: kwang ying, me n manpreet 

update :)

oooh hi people! :)

Thanks for still bothering to read my blog. I appreciate it.

I'm going camping for the first time tomorrow! Haha, or should i call it orienteering. I didn't get to send in laundry yesterday so i have no socks for tomorrow oh no. Will be away on saturday and sunday, won't be at church on sunday sumore. Try not to miss muah too much.

Let's see, what's been up lately...

oh, my dear kichimayom finally came back from home today, kwang ying was so worried yesterday she even called to see where she was... turns out kichimayom's granduncle passed away so she had to stay back in Ipoh for a lil' while longer. N she left us a sweet surprise on our tables this afternoon right after she got back. Hehe, friendship bracelet :P So cute. I'm so gonna miss you kichimayommmmm!!

Been swimming a lot last few weeks. It all started as innocent fun till one day the side lane of the pool wasn't available. Me n kwang ying had to swim in the middle lane and er... let's just say the pool looks 10 times deeper n longer and wider when ur in the middle lane. The uncle working at the swimming pool even suggested that i go over to the baby pool. :( THE NERVE! That was the start of my swimming frenzy haha. I pulled everyone i could get my hands on to swim with me every other day, to n fro to n fro, and YES i've overcome that middle-lane phobia. IN YOUR FACE, UNCLE, IN YOUR FACE!! Muahahahaha....

But this whole week i only swam once coz of the cell group BBQ thingy n of course the announcement the hostel made about the pool being closed to us on public holidays. eesh.

Haha, jie kai, me n wee wee went to aaron's house on tuesday to discuss the BBQ n we ended up having a 5-course meal. Wahaha... it was hillarious, the sight of us stuffing our faces. "Let's discuss food for BBQ after lunch. hUR Hur". Oh n we're gonna be GAMEMASTERS wooohooo!!

N yesterday. me n aaron spent nearly da whole morning in toys'r us looking for the rubberducky we needed for the game prize. Oh n before i forget, aaron was 35 minutes late n jie kai not only woke up late, he even left his wallet at home and only realised when he reached bedok station. Guys. tsk tsk tsk. We then went back to my hostel to do thank you cards. Met up with hui zhen jimmy n REN XIN n went to eat later on. Aiya lazy to recall the details but though the day was close to disastrous, it was funnnee lar. Haha. you guys should see what aaron got for janis from toys' r us. Wahahaha....

Finally today...

Went to school for Oral Presentation rehearsal. Our PD tutor mr. hong gave out prize money in angpau packets to day. He'd promise us that we will be rewarded if we jump 2 grades or more in math for our promos compared to the midyears. But i didn't take the midyear u see, n he PROMISED he'd gimme the prize money as long as i passed my math. I got a B in the end so you'd THINK i'd get it but i didn't :( He probably forgot. Or changed his mind. I didn't pursue the matter coz was rushing to lavender MRT station right after that. But it's so sad lar, i want my 10 dollars.... PLEEEEASSSSEEEEEEE :(

Just realised that my resources are quickly depleting. If my mommy finds out how much (or rather how little) i have left in my bank account she'd probably kill me. But God will provide. He will. Jehovah Jireh :)

Went for church service today, alone. N today's message was on GLORY. it's great haha ps Kong sounded kinda like a motivational speaker but it's practical learning today :) Haven't felt so engaged in prayer for a long time. I prayed with a stranger woman next to me n tears just fell freely... thanks Huizhen for reminding me... PRAYER is of the UTMOST importance.

Need to say goodnight to God now... bye people for now... :)

hopefulness.

Well. Promos are over. *Drumrolls*

B B B B and B4 for General Paper.

Haha. 5 Bs---> B for Blessing.

I can't explain how miraculous these results are for me. To think i failed my small test for math and econs just 3 weeks and less before the promos. Though AJ paper is quite easy compared to other JCs (so i think), this kinda results are already too much to ask for for an average 2nd intaker like me. I had the shock of my life when i got back my chem paper which i would've bet my life that i'd failed. I didn't even finish half of my MCQs haha.

I love my God He works miracles :)

Many scholars did well and i feel like nothing standing next to them haha. However i keep in mind that I wouldn't have had to chance to stand next to these smart asses (4As!!!!) in the first place if it weren't for the grace of God. =P

But then there are those who didn't make it.

Half of our class stood outside the General Office waiting for our classmate Liang Hao who was about to meet the principal regarding his grades. It was really touching to see so many hopeful friends outside the office waiting eagerly for their friend to come out with good news. But of course, most of us were met with disappointment. Only 5 were given a chance for retest and Liang Hao wasn't one of them.

I might not know Liang Hao very well but he's a smart guy you can definitely tell (aiyo study a bit harder can de looo...), and I'll always remember how he was such a nice and welcoming classmate when i first came. :) It's really a waste. The others in my class were really really upset over it, they such good friends of his. Things will never be the same again but I guess God has other plans. All the best Liang Hao.

Then Friday comes with another blow.

Manpreet didn't quite meet the requirement. Kailin too. But AC's paper standard so highhhh!!! it's NOT FAIR!! :( Kailin's decided to go back to Malaysia and Manpreet's quite certain she's gonna do the same. Felt like crying when I heard Manpreet's trembling voice over the phone when she said she's talked it over with her parents... (teacher mentor said to prepare for the worst but i think chances of appeal are quite high actually) anyway, I CAN'T IMAGINE how life will be without them kichimayoms. Our room will never be complete again... :(

Singapore is a cruel, cruel place.

Anyway, don't give up kichimayom! :)

I'm praying for ya' n ya' know what? God's into miracles.... :)

As promised...

And this is Manpreet a.k.a. Kichimayom :) My other roomie. She's from ipoh, she's hockey captain of Perak team and she speaks 6 languages. Including a bit of chinese wahahaha....

She's a bit crazy. Haha. A bit.

yEP and this was us at the ASEAN dance. An event where ASEAN scholars all around Singapore gather together to dance all night... haha. Oh and OBVIOUSLY she's wearing heels.

and this is Kailin, my other other roomie. :) She's from Klang, she takes Computing and she's a Final Fantasy gaming freak.

Recently it was my birthday and they bought cake. So sweet! :)

tHE delighted me. :)

Scrumptious.

Hello again.

OKay i know promo's aren't over yet but it certainly feels like it! :)

Anyway. After chinese lit today i felt so relieved. Haha, like ren xin said, light headed. Everything poured out over 6 pieces of paper in three hours, phew! :) Now i only have econs on next monday! Haven't felt like this in SO SOOO LONG. Spent da night watching tv and going online and just SLACKING.

aIYAH duwanna talk bout promos d lar.

come come show u some more interesting stuff hehe. :)


Welcome to my room 6-03

Yep that's our door. If you can see there are four handprints at the bottom. Yep and its true there are 4 irresistable beauties behind that door.

Notice the Malaysian flag? That was HAND-DRAWN by my roomie, Kwang Ying. :)

This is her.

She's VERY camera-shy it took me a REALLY REALLY long time to get a decent picture of her. Yep, super patriotic gal she's from Johore. Pontian, not JB.

aND her, on her birthday. Oh joy! Haha we bought her dat cake.

Camera shy indeed.tHIS was what's left of the cake. :P Waddaya expect i'm not good with cakes.

mORE to come...

Bye bye blog.

I am now officially abandoning my blog til after promos :(

Haha but before that a couple of things to say:

1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS !!!!
Oh man... too far apart to celebrate our birthdays together this year...
How i miss 'em Secret Recipe days, ur Oreo Cheese and my Blueberry Cheese hehe.
And those days before the exam, camping at ur house, studying kimia til 2am..
Haha and watching the Matrix at ur house...
And tumpang-ing ur dad's car to go to ur church on Super Sundays...
And going to Goey's tuition on Fridays after u complain bout how busy i am with PBC haha..
N our baker's cottage tuna crossaint before add math tuition... :)
N most importantly those long girl talks on dat comfy huge bed of yours after uve chased ur sisters out haha...
Talkity-talk-talk... till we fall asleep n give ourselves 5 more minutes before we start work, then 5, then another 5, and another 5 and another... haha...

Tried calling you at the stroke of midnight but you didn't pick up. :(
miss you lots girl.

2. Jie Kai your blog post is due right after promos. :)

Toodle-loo people! :)
------> God's grace is sufficient for thee.

***Triple C ...

Went to a Christian Citizenship Course today. It's part of the BB Curriculum. Hehe, i met another AJ Primer there. (Though i don't quite remember his name) I'm not alone... :)

I love the first trainer!! Her name's Anna Marie, a middle aged lady who just sorta gives you this warm fuzzy feeling inside when she smiles. (And she smiles a lot) She has compassion, kindness, sincerity just pouring out of her very being. Deeply rooted though she is - to values, her own principles and most importantly to God. She does the same things standard motivation seminar trainers do, but with flair and she drives the point home plus! hits the spot right at the heart :) And she does that all with grace. And humility!! She kept telling us what a pleasure it is to have spent the morning with us and how much she has learned from us. Prototype post-seminar remark but with unmistakable sincerity. Wow. Amazing woman of God!

She asked us to come up with our own mission statement in life plus a logo!
I gave it some extra thought and came up with this:

"Love God, Love others, Be true to self"

I'll show the logo on my blog next time. Hehe. No scanner no time now.

Anyway, i resolve to achieve my mission statement.

Help me my Lord :)

***Updates...

Argh. Homework homework n homework. Barely got time to blog but here are some updates...

Wednesday: Met up with Yew Jhin!!!! He came to Singapore :) Haha we went to eat dinner at McD's n walked orchard road and sat down and talk and talk and talked. Wow, i'm missing out on so much back at college!! Missing everyone back there too.... Darn.

Thursday: Ren Xin's birthday!! Haha i dunno why but i woke up feeling kinda excited. it's not even my birthday!! Haha. Weird, maybe i just wanted see the look on her face when i give her Yew Jhin's present. And it turns out to be this cute little pig soft toy, which she later on named "cow". (Yeah man, she's one confused gal). Heh, twas great seeing her so happy throughout the day. :)

It's friday night now. But i'm not at cell group. Yeah, coz of some hostel thing lar must be back at 9. Time to do hw again.... toodle-loo! :)

***He never disappoints.

"Draw close to Him, and He will draw close to you..."
---->James 4:8

You can be going to church every week and still miss God.
You can be rushing for cell group every week and still miss God.
You can be attending bible study consistently and still miss God.
You can be praying for revival everyday and still miss God.

Oh man. I need help.

At 2.30am in the morning, I cried out to God... "Please show Yourself to me....ahhhhh!!!!" I'm just SO desperate....

True enough, during church service today, God's presence was felt so strongly. Tears fell for no apparent reason. It was not the song, the mood or emotion. Nothing else could've been so strong and real. It was His presence :) There's no greater delight than that!!! He gave me visions, small though they were, i'm trusting on it to lead me on.

Anyway church today was great. :) Was late for bible study though :P But great nonetheless.

Btw, one thing i realised today, though i've lost lots of friends back in Malaysia, God still has blessed me with a few great ones here. :) Jie Kai n Jie Han decided to accompany me home coz i was alone even after waiting so long to go back with the others. Kwang Ying, my roomate, kinda got caught n lectured by the boarding master for secretly da-pau ing my dinner for me. And i never even asked her to get me dinner! Haha. Whoa. N wui jia, my lovely hostel mate, hehe. She understands what i'm going through in our walk with God. :) N Tiff-ah-Nee and Janis Ah ma too. Hehe. So sweet, they wrote me postcards!! :P

so many blessings... and still counting... :)

***God... where are you?!?!

"Here I am humbled
by your Majesty
Covered by your grace so free
Here I am,
knowing I'm a sinful man
Covered by the blood of the Lamb
Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrificeMajesty,
Majesty
Your grace has found me just as I am
Empty handed, but alive in your hands
Majesty, Majesty
Forever I am changed by your love
In the presence of your Majesty
Here I am humbled by the love that you give
Forgiven so that I can forgive
Here I stand, knowing that I'm your desire
Sanctified by glory and fire
Now I've found the greatest love of all is mine
Since you laid down your life
The greatest sacrifice..."

----> Delirious? Majesty

Oh man. I love this song.:)

I feel really really bad coz i've wasted nearly the whole day, not studying when i should've been doing so.

I just feel really sick n tired of studying and struggling to finish homework.

Never felt so stressed about studies before.

But then again studies somehow never mattered so much in the past. Contrary to what most would think though, i've discovered lately that i'm not so intellectually gifted after all. I need to work my butt off to understand some stupid simple thing!!! Now i'm responsible for my studies. I owe it to MoE, I owe it to my parents, I owe it to myself, I owe it to God, I owe it to everyone to do well.

Oh man.

And just when it's near impossible for me to even pass my promos. I'm six months behind in everything!

Then God decides to hide Himself from me, at this moment.
He decides to test my faith now, at this very moment.
I'm tired. God...please carry my burdens for me...
I will rely on You for a miracle...

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see."
--- Hebrews 11:1

In You I trust.

***Festival of Praise...

Oh my gosh...

Festival of Praise was good.
Hillsong and Delirious were great.
The presence of God was... amazing.

The Singapore Indoor Stadium was packed! The other E314 friends all started Q-ing up at 4.30pm just so we could go in when the gates open at 6pm. Me n Jing Jie came late (my fault sorry :P) so we had to, ahem, 'find our way' to the middle of the Q where the other CG members were. Hehe. We did it! Thanks to Jie Kai and his innocent looks. When the gates finally opened we had to rush in. No food allowed in the stadium, so we tried as much as we can to gobble down the bread we bought. :P Walau. We really looked like idoits there and then.

We waited till 7.30pm.

The praise n worship session finally started! Hillsong came up first, then Delirious. WOW! Dunno how to describe lar it was just great. :) In the end so many people accepted Jesus into their hearts. Great miracles just come when God is there. :)

The whole thing ended quite late so i missed the hostel curfew :P But all's good. :)

ahhhh!!!!

i lost the entry i took 30 minutes to type.
darn blog. You're a waste of my time. :(

***Deeply loved, greatly blessed, highly favoured...

3:35pm : I can't wait til' class is over, and thus the start of my weekend - most importantly cell group. Wahahaha can't wait...

Met Jing Jie at the bus stop before we went to Janis' house to prepare refreshments. Wahaha, sorry, amendments to my last entry: Jing Jie wasn't nervous at all (so he claims), my mistake anyway. Then went to buy bread n tuna n tomatoes to make sandwiches. All went quite well but we didn't know what lettuce looked like. :P Haha luckily got label.

Then tiffany called and asked us to buy sugar. But too late d the only store was at the MRT station and luckily the nice store aunty willingly sold us sugar loose, for 50 cents only sumore. :) Thank God.

Reached Janis' house n started preparing stuff. Hehe, me Tiffany n Jesse made jelly and fried nuggets while Janis was busy making sausages n stressing herself out in the kitchen. Not bad lar we gals quite effecient actually. Quite fun oso though we were rushing and panicking haha:) Jing Jie did the sandwiches on his own. Haha, really. Fed Janis' rabbits the leftover lettuce.

Then with WeiXian n Yi Hui as well we went over to Hui Zhen's (CG leader) house. Cell group was great la! 3 new friends. :) All from Wee Yang's class. Haha, never knew Wee Yang so capable ar. 3 gals. ;) One of them, Cindy, from Malaysia sumore.

Lester's testimony was...walau. Tremendous lar. Oscar-deserving speech. Really. How great is our God who transforms the shatters of our broken lives and restores the ultimate joy in life! The Sacred Delight of the Lord that can never be taken away by any circumstance... :)

During Hui Zhen's sharing there was one thing that really hit me - never be afraid to dream big. God never meant for us to dream small. I dream of revival in AJ, though we start small, we should never dream small. It reminded me of my home church RLC :) Pastor Joshua always said... For the poorest are not those without money, but those without dreams.

Anyway after CG i decided to take the cab back at 1030 so i could stay a little longer for fellowship. Then my grandauntie called. Aunty Dolly. Hehe. Don't think i've met her before. But i'm meeting her and my granduncle and some of the cousins i've never met before this Sunday! :) Wow.

Well, took a cab back with Jie Han n Aaron a.k.a. Harry and reached back the hostel in time. :)

I'm listening to Michael Buble's song - Home right now.

"Another day has gone away in Paris n Rome,
I'm lucky i know, but I wanna go home..."

I still miss home. There's no place like it no matter what.

but...

I thank God for roomies - Kwang Ying n Manpreet n Kailin who remind me of family.

I miss SS2 cell group back home too. :) Yeah you guys, E.T., meiyii, huiyii, tian an, kee wai, krys, ivan, pei wen n everyone ahh....

but...

I thank God for E314, the beloved cell group that has made me feel at home in this crazy place. :)

***Jalur Gemilang, kita semua bersatu, Jalur Gemilang lalalalala...

Wahaha... the only songs that are in my head now are patriotic songs. Malaysian patriotic songs. Thanks to Kwang Ying lar... haha, she n her NS ideologies...

Cell group's on tomorrow. Gonna be lotsa fun, i hope. :P

Anyway i tried to get shi min to come to cell group tomorrow but well...i failed. :P Shi min WHY WHY WHY??? Haha, nevermind i'm patient. One day you will come, one day... Hehe.

I just realised today how well i actually know my relatives. My dad's been bugging me to call my granduncle in Singapore to wish him a happy birthday since i can't be there to celebrate with him this Saturday. So i called and i said, "Hello kau gong! I heard it's your birthday this Saturday..." Before i could finish, he said, "No, it's not my birthday this Saturday". Oops.

Haha apparently i got the wrong granduncle. Ahhh so malu. :P

***The First Step.

Forgot to blog bout yesterday. Oops.

It was raining in the morning and i really really didn't wanna get out of bed. I had an MC for that day sumore. But i chose to go to school. :)

Jing Jie and I had practised a little yesterday for today's praise and worship. I invited Billy and Darren to the session this morning. Jing Jie invited Jia Le and his classmate too.

Haha, we were clueless. Dunno what to do. But i guess the prayers worked. Submit everything to the Lord and He will guide you. It started fairly well, with prayer and all. Then Jing Jie started struming the guitar, yeah and you could feel he was nervous haha. But we continued to pray for God's presence to come. Though it was a little awkward (coz there were no song sheets), slowly but surely, it came. But the bell rang too soon. Argh.

Ah well. God has given us visions bout revival in AJ. But we all have to start somewhere... It's a beginning, and not a bad one. :)

***broadband- Wheeee....

Yo people!!! I'm back n' bloggin'!! Wahaha... broadband in my room now... so happy :D

Anyway...wow, i really don't know where to start, just so much has happened. Been busy busy busy lately...I'm still 5 months behind in my schoolwork and i'm struggling everyday just to finish my homework. Oh gosh. Promo's are in 2 months time please pray for me people. haha. :-/

I'm really thankful for my roomies. :) Kwang Ying from Johore, Manpreet from Ipoh and Kailin from Klang. They've made Singapore bearable for me. Haha.

Kwang Ying's an overly-patriotic, brainwashed NS participant, quiet at times, but watch out! Manpreet the hot, banghra-dancing, nonsensical hockey player and Kailin the final fantasy gaming freak who loves all food. What a lovely combination. :)



We had a door decorating contest a few weeks before and we totally left out the eco-friendly criteria when we went to buy our materials. Oops. Spent lotsa time on the door thingy (though it was very last minute) and in the end we got 3rd. Out of 4. Haha. Sad and pathetic. I know. :P But it doesn't matter lar. We had fun, didn't we, kichimayom?



Oh yeah, City Harvest Church has made Singapore much more bearable for me as well. :) It's something i look forward to every week. :) Cell group on friday nights and church services on saturday mornings. Though it takes me 1n a half hours to get to and back from those venues, and rush back to meet the hostel's curfew, it's SO worth it.

Hmmm... anyway that's all i have to blog about for now. :P Toodle-loo!

***The Shoe Gobbler

Nothing much today.

Chareli, my cluster captain, stole my slippers while i was bathing today!!! Terrible. I forgave her for her despicable act though. :) After i forced a confession out of her. ;) Hehe.

Cut my thumb while i was handling scissors. My right thumb! And i had homework to finish sumore. :( Sigh. I'm missing a whole lot of fun back home at the A Levels Annual Ball. Darn.

But all's good. Expecting good things to happen soon... :) God has promised it.

**Church day...

Went to New Creation Church with the usual Chris, Billy and Darren again this morning. June Teng came along, she's joining the church too! :)

Went to City Harvest Church after that. hMM. Lazy to describe lar. But in a nutshell, it's real good! THE energy... the passion... the commitment, God's presence... everything. Wow. Thanks Jing Jie for bringing me there. :) Nice people at cell too. Funny people. Hehe.

**Roomies... Family... :D

Went out with my roommates, Manpreet and Kailin today. :)

Manpreet brought us to Little India, it's sort of the Indian version of Chinatown, which coincidentally is only 2 MRT stops away. Went to this restaurant to eat. Had Butter Naan with Tandoori Chicken. The lunch cost me $16! I shared it with Kaillin sumore. But it was good nonetheless. :) Oh and after that we were officially family, because the restaurant we went to, was a family restaurant. :) Hehe. Roomies = Family.

After that we went to Orchard, and made it just in time for War of the Worlds. sO ... exciting. :P Definitely worth watching. (Especially the part where the alien stuck a thing into the human and sucked the blood out from him. ERgh. Just like straws.)

***Haven’t blogged in a while…

Nothing’s free in this world really. The wireless connection that I could detect in my room that day has now become a secured connection. Network key required. Sigh.

Anyway, it’s Saturday night and I’m in the common room right now while everyone else is out. Haha, but it’s not that bad lar. Like they say, the hostel is “home away from home”…

Well summary of the week –

Monday: Went for General Paper (GP) Test in the afternoon. Rather not talk bout the paper haha. =P Ooh 4 girls from our hostel got the JPA scholarship after appealing! They’re all leaving! You could tell everyone was in quite a bad mood. Jealous lar. Haha. They have “a freaking ticket out of HELL!!!”

Tuesday: Went for Chem Lab session this morning. Ahh!! The burets they use are clip burets. Hurt my fingers when I tried to press them together with my two fingers. =( People say u just have to get used to it. After that went to Suntech to buy a laundry basket. I carried the big metal frame basket thingy to the bus stop and waited for the bus. I waited for the bus for 40 minutes! Then only realized the first bus comes at 1930 hours =P Felt so stupid lar.

Wednesday: No school today! Haha. Saw pei ying off today. Pei Ying, Wan Ying, Ru Xing and Arwin are all going off with their new JPA scholarships… leaving us all behind. Study time at night, we spent talking. Hehe, me n my roomies. =) Manpreet, Kailin, Kwang Ying n me we were talking bout everything under the sun. We talked the whole study time through =P Man I thank God for roommates.

Thursday: Went to school for the 2nd chem lab session. Then went out at night with ren xin and sue wen while the other further math students were still studying for the exams. =P We went to get cheesecake! =) Then went to Marche to eat sumore. Haha. Talked bout hot guys. Which are very rare in Singapore. Really.

Friday: No school! =) Went out at noon with ren xin. Went to novena to eat cheesecake. AHH! We kena con lar. $2.90 for cheesecake is just too good to be true. Turns out the strawberry cheesecake is just sponge cake with strawberry cream. =( Saddening lar.

Then I walked around a bit, killed time till it was 2.30pm. Left for Dover station. Reached there half n hour earlier than me n Shi Min, my project work group leader, had agreed to meet. She had to wait for her friend, Joyce, who was late. Haha. Damn funny lar those 2 together. You simply cannot stop laughing round them. I got stomach muscle cramps from laughing too hard! Anyway, we traveled all the way to Ngee Ann Polytechnic, nearly lost our way in the campus itself, but finally, we found the lecturer we were supposed to interview. =P Not enough questions to ask but smart us, we came out with so many spontaneous questions in the end ;) Turned out alright.

Jia Le came to join us. Then we all went to see Jian Wei, another classmate, who has just had his foot operation.

Of course we got lost again lar. Took the lift so many times before we found the place. So many classmates there. First time I see someone so happy staying in the hospital. But he was okay I guess. =) We were told off quite a few times to shut up. Making too much noise. Haha.

Then I had to rush to church. Chris, Billy, Darren (hostel mates) had booked a seat for me. The sharing was good. =)

Met more hostel mates on the way back. All my 6th floor friends hehe =) Luckily lar. We were ALL late for our floor event.

There were lots of food from different countries on different tables. Philipines, Thailand, Laos etc. Hehe. We were munching on our muruku’s till our AHM, Gan Ann said, “Eh you Malaysians, stop eating your own food!” Haha. But it’s true lar, Malaysian’s table the best. =)

**sObs...**

All good things come to an end. Real soon.

Zhao xing, lohon and ivan came to my house at 6.30 to send me off. I'm so touched. Yet so sad. In the car i was sobbing secretly. Then went to the bus station.

I cried in front of my parents.

It was the first time in so long that i cried in front of them. They didn't know what to do. Dad hugged me. I went on to the bus and cried again. The whole journey i was trying to hold back tears. Then i kept praying and praying dat God would make me happy. Give me the Joy i need. It never came till i reached Singapore itself.

"Expect good things to happen. Because God loves you."

Went back to the hostel with a cheery mood. Talked on the phone and unpacked my stuff, clean up my room etc. Then i found out my laptop could detect other ppl's wifi connection haha. So can go online for free. Though the signal's not to strong. :/

Then went for dinNer. Funny la. Christopher's handphone rang when the boarding master was praying after our assembly in the dining hall. And of all the tones it was the happy tree friends. HAha. You could just imagine. We were told off for laughing though.

Then had study time. It's good to have roomates. It's not so lonely now. :)

**My last day... :(**

Zhao Xing came with ivan at 6.30 to pick me up. Guess where we went? Hehe. Klang! To eat bah ku teh. :P Couldn't find the real good bah ku teh but the one we had was good lar. :) Talked had fun etc.

Then went to pick lohon up. Went to the cafe. Played DoTa. But i suck too bad. So we switched to Enfo. Den i still sucked too bad so we played Gunbound. ARGHH.. my account has been deleted i think. Too long nv play d. All my experience points,all my avatar, my ranking all gone...sigh. But it was fun hehe.

Then went to one u to watch initial D. Not bad lar. Played pool and fuzball as well. Then went to see Weishin who only came back today. After that went to church.

Dinner was at Greenview. We had crab. Then i went home and packed.

**I love today...**

Went to ivan's house this morning. Spent sometime together before took a bus to KL. Hehe. Miss talking to him. Just miss him.

Took a bus down to KL. Walked Petaling Street but there were no decent earrings on sale. All rusted ones haha. Then we went to Kota Raya. Ate lunch and talked. Then went to the arcade to play some games hehe. Then we went back to his house.

Waited a while then went to Lohon's place. He was gonna help him install Warcraft 3. Was unsuccessful though. Then jess called. We went to eat at McDs. Talked sumore.

Then Zhao Xing drove us to Bukit Kiara for the Starlight Cinema thing. Watched Kunfu Hustle. Won some prizes at those funny games... So much fun lar. Haha. Under the night sky sumore. Hehe. Then went home. :)

**Batman Begins...**

Nothing much today.

Went to midvalley to watch movie with Jit Han, Jia Xin, Quin Er, Wan Qian and Sien Hao. Thanks to Jit Han i had transport there :)

Oh yeah there was this guy who fainted near the ticketing counter. People were looking on and didn't know what to do. Some people around him tried to wake him up. Quin Er went straight down to the clinic and called the doctor. And the guy was saved. I hope. Anyway. Quin er was SO BRAVE. She's my hero. :)

Watched Batman Begins. It's real good. Didn't know Batman had no superpowers. Oh but wait, i do think his Mind is his superpower... :)

**Jay chou only marhh....**

Heh. Jox came over at 11 this morning. We then walked to one u together. Quite fun. Reached one u Giant carpark. The whole initial D thingy is being prepared. Some of the cars were already on display...

Then we went in to GSC. They were giving out free tickets today. So we lined up. THough it was 11 in the morning the queue was already quite long. Then halfway chin zhen called jox. Sigh. CZ didn't wanna come in to one u. Wanted jox to go out. SOOO....she did. And she apologised over and over again. Haha. What a familiar scene... Anyway i got tickets to Kingdom of Heaven.

Went down and met Lee Ting. We walked around then found a place to eat. ZUUP soup bar. Always wanted to try but never did come. Finally a chance. :) Ordered set lunches. THere was free PS2 to play! Hehe. Played NFS till our food came. Then ivan came to join us. We then switched to streetfighter then metal slug...haha so fun.

Den it was time to go into the cinema. Foogie and Lup wai were on the way. I decided to wait for them outside while the others went in. But ivan offered to do it in my place... so sweet :)

Movie was great!! Kingdom of Heaven so totally rocks!!

Then we went out to the carpark again. A lot of people were already there. Met some CHS people. Quite a few actually. Shou Jun, Suan Aik etc... I even met Sue Wen...haha, my hostel mate n school mate in singapore.

The drifting started. So cool...but then ivan had to go :( Den jay chou, yumanlok, edison chen and wong chau sang all came. They were there for about 10-15 minutes only. All the time was spent jumping and squeezing. But had a look at them lar. Not so bad. Wsan't wasted.

THen had dinner with with Foogie and Lup Wai. Then went home.

Went to the dentist with ivan, then went to cut hair.

I like it when they wash my hair. =) RM18, worth it lar. But my hair sucks now. I look like a little kid. A little nerdy kid. =(

Den went to ivan's house to wait for kok yi. He came and picked us up. Then 3 of us, we went to Taylor's to meet Ming Shiu. She had just finished her exams.

Sat down, ate and talked for hours. Haha, we talked the whole afternoon away. Wow. Life in Taylor's is so cool. What they learn in Tourism is...wow! So fun. They get hands-on practice more than any other course i think. They get to plan real travel packages and organise them as well. Then they get to go to France for 2 weeks just for language studies i think. Wow. And the subjects. Not some boring math. French, English, Tourism Industry, Geography etc... Haha. These people really know how to have fun. =)

Well afer that. Went back to ivan's house. Loaded some pictures. Then went home.

Quite boring a day. But i got to hug ivan. =) Just held him for a long, long time, before i leave for a long, long time again. =(

cake, strawberries, curry fishballs and fries.

**cake, strawberries, curry fishballs and fries.**

Woke up again with the same feeling. Depression seeps in. Only 5 days left here. I pray for joy. It doesn't come. Then i try to numb myself --- tv, nothing good on tv; com, no one's online. Joy still as far away as i remember it to be. Kept praying for joy to come. =)

Shae Ree's dad came to pick me up at about 1pm. As i thought about stuff that i was thinking bout previously, there seemed to be a different light, hope, yeah there was hope. =P I guess the feeling of joy never came. All i had was the knowledge that God will be with me no matter what. How bad can it be? =P

Anyway. Went to college. Reached there at around 1.30. As i took the lift up and the lift opened at every floor i got to say hi to some people. Haha, i love to see the surprised look on everyone's face. 'WHat are you doing back here?!' Haha. Too bad i only got to see a few. Darn. Their exams started.

Sat in the study room and tried to do my econs homework. Did a bit. But mostly wasted time. Haha, went down to get a sandwich when their exam was over. Darn. i missed 2 lifts up to the 6th and 9th floor. By the time i got there nearly everyone was gone. Had the opportunity to see and hug jeanie, vivian and lee chee though. =) Oh i saw sam, hui lynn, wee li and talked to ganesh, neil and chee jian. Haha. Those were the fun days. Walked pass Ms. Ting but couldn't stop to talk. =/ Lift was there. Everyone's in a rush! Can't anyone slow down!? pLeASE??!!

Too bad though. Didn't meet many people. Ivan so down coz of the math exam sumore. So sad. =( But had the privilege to go 'yam cha' with shae ree, jox, tcc and ivan. =) Went to bangsar and had cake. Haha, shae ree's definition of yam cha quite classy. Malaysia's best tiramisu! Hehe, cost us 10-11 bucks each. Worse, TCC had ordered carrot juice that costs 11.50. Haha must be made out of the world's best carrots or something. Talked a lot. Laughed a lot too. Was made envious of what they had lined up for the holidays. Genting, lee hom and UK! ...

Went to SS2 pasar malam after that. TCC bought strawberries. RM10 for 3 boxes! Wow! I bought curry fishballs too... hungry. The 3 for 10 earrings are so old and rusty. =( So disappointed.

Den on the way back we opened up the box of strawberries. At first me n shae ree got sour ones. Jox got the good one. Then i asked jox to pick one for me. She picked one but shae ree snatched it! So jox gave me another one. Haha turned out shae ree's was sour. Mine was sweeeeet! =) Haha see! Doesn't pay to be evil ;) If only we had cream and honey...

Went to one u again with my mom. Bought McDonalds. A regular Fillet o Fish set for my bro and 2 large fries. Hehe. Mom kept stuffing the fries into her mouth, in between bites she kept saying, "better not eat too much of these stuff, it's bad....blah blah blah...". Haha. I was so afraid she'd finish my fries... =P

Went back home. Me, my dad and my mom shared out the 2 large fries. Couldn't stop eating. Ahhh! I could already feeel my tummy. Feel so guilty. Can't sleep too early tonight or i'll have a HUGE belly. =( *yawn...*

Day could've been better with proper planning. Thank God anyway. =)

That'll be 70 dollars, sing dollars, please.

**That'll be 70 dollars, sing dollars, please.**

Seems like every morning i wake up on the wrong side of the bed. The first thing that comes to my mind is, "there you go. Another day gone. Only so much time before you have to leave this place". Slowly i sink into depression once again. Sigh. It's the devil again lar. So i tell myself to treasure EVERY moment left. Not easy to do. But again, its the joy of the Lord. It's not a feeling, it knows no circumstance. Hope beyond explanation. =) Yeah!

It's Father's Day today. Zhao xing's birthday. And lohon's dad's birthday. Had maggi mee for breakfast =( and waited for zhao xing to pick me up. Haha, talked a bit. Hmm, i could sense this kai gor of mine not very happy leh. Aiyo sorry ar didn't wish you happy birthday at the stroke of twelve. Sorry larrr... Haha. We went over to ivan's house where we waited again, for lohon to come.

Meanwhile we were watching Finding Nemo. You just can't get sick of it, can you? Hehe... Lohon came late, as usual, around 1 hour late, as usual. But we decided to watch on, finish the show before we went out for lunch. We went out to this italian restaurant just outside ivan's house.

Then i casually said, "zhao xing ar, i forgot something in the car can i go take it?". Took the car keys n i left. Ivan said he had to go back to get the camera too so we went back together. haha =P We had a surprise in store for him!! =D

We had bought all these car accesories n stuff, all in red, to match his red fontera. All same pattern, "Patrick" was on all of them haha. Pillows, tissue box holder, head rest. =P So cute!! We took out all the stuff we had bought from ivan's room and started ACCESORISING. So fun. Haha.

Then we realised. His car was parked right in front of the gate and ivan's dad was gonna be back soon. Father's Day, wouldn't want father to have to scold son so there was only one way to do it. Ivan, you gotta re-park the car! Haha. He kept saying NO! dun dare lar, such a big car... but in the end, brave little guy, he decided to go for it. He drove real slowly, one round and hit the curb at one point, luckily only the tyre kena. Nothing wrong. Hehe, and he DID IT!! I'm so proud of him =) We went back hurriedly.

Wah! SO FULL! really cannot finish the food lar. Can't believe it... servings look so small yet so filling lar. Sat there and talked while we tried to finish up the food. When the bill came, it came automatically, as usual, to zhao xing. Haha. But today his birthday lar cannot like dat. So d 3 of us paid =P

Zhao xing was real shocked i guess when he saw what was in his car. Said thank you. Oh yeah did i mention he was SO SHOCKED when he heard ivan actually drove his car. =p

Well we went over to ivan's house, zhao xing play warcraft, lohon play my phone's v-rally, ivan trying to study, i ... wasting time. Den me n ivan went to check out some photographs from the wedding he went to yesterday. Hehe, in the end got to check my mail and stuff lo... at least the company was good =) Den zhao xing dropped me home again =)

Reached home, slept till dinner time =)

Crabs!! Hehe, mom had heard how i wanted to eat crabs yesterday at Coca so she bought live crabs. Argh. But i missed the killing part. Bro had the privilege to stab them with chopsticks this morning. Crabs were great la =)

Went upstairs and read the 2nd chapter of "the Applause of Heaven". It was sooo beautifully written!! The truth is even better. "Come to me those who are weary and i will give you rest", says Jesus. There's no better rest than being with Jesus i guess =) The trick is to breathe in deep on the summit with God before you go crazy down at the marketplace...

Then my mom called me to her room. I lay on her bed as she did a facial treatment on me. Hehe, she stole some tricks from the beautician she pays RM70 to come every other week. My dad came in and said, "That'll be 70 dollars, sing dollars, please". Haha. How true. Guess i'm so blessed huh. Hehe, yeah i am, praise God for that.

Then i met lohon online. Oooh he was in trouble coz he had lots to do, had to prepare a presentation but has not started yet! Serve God and serve OTHERS. This is a great opportunity. Helping people, what more my own 'tou dai' haha. Spent bout an hour looking through reference books and going through the points with him. Thank God for free audio conversations on MSN. Don't think i helped much lar actually coz mine's A Levels sylabus, he's is foundation in Arts. And my econs ... ergh... it sucks. But a little help goes a long way i guess ;)

Oh yeah, met jonathan online. After that yew jhin came on. ARGH...stop nudging me! I'm so gonna get you tomorrow. =P Not wat God would like me to do though.

Hehe well, the time well spent till the very last hour. Thank God again. =)

Sacred Delight

**Have you been to the market place?**

Was woken up by my dad this morning at 9am, "what do you want for breakfast?", he asked.

Hehe. How lucky to be able to get breakfast of your choice without having to lift a finger, literally. Then it got me thinking again, life's going to be so empty again back in Singapore. Go back to school, come back from school, study, sleep... It's then i realise, it's not hardship i'm afraid of. It's emptiness, loneliness. As i'm falling deep into depression again i ask myself WHY?! i was just so hyped up for God yesterday! Then it's when i remembered, Satan will come for you especially when you have in you a passion for God. He hates it. AHHHH go away, i'm going to make life meaning-ful in Singapore. It's not going to be easy but i WILL fill up the emptiness. No matter what, i can do it because of Him. =)

Read the first part of the book joel gave me, the Applause of Heaven. It talks about sacred delight. A joy so great, a joy that can only be found in a child of God. It is the Joy of the Lord. It is what it is, it is Joyful regardless of circumstances. =) The key to eternal happiness : to have in you the ultimate joy, the sacred delight!! You don't have to work hard to for it! It is in you when you have Him in your heart. =)

Went for lunch at Coca's coz my brother had won a RM25 voucher in a lucky draw previously. Mmmm, pineapple fried rice, tom yam soup steamboat, ahh!! Blessed i am. At the end of the meal one of the waiters came with a large glass bowl with pieces of paper in it. Lucky draw again haha! My brother, now the lucky charm, picked one and guess what?! Another RM25 voucher to Coca's. HAHA! =P

Then went to church. Tears were flowing so freely during praise and worship. I still don't know why. But i felt something. Something strong, something sacred, something delightful. =) There were guest pastors, missionaries from the States. What are the attitudes that can change the world? Go to the market place of human needs! Pastor Joshua's birthday today. We had cake! =) Mmm, chocolate.

Dad came to pick me up and send me to school. Met lots of people again. Helped out a bit with the pbc performance and went out with Ming Shiu, Yee Wah and Siew Mun to yam cha. =) My JI MUIs haha (short of wan qian), how i miss you prople. I love you guys!!! We had girl talk for hours till Lup wai came.

Talked a little while longer till it was past midnight. It's so nice of lup wai to send me back home when his home is on the other side of the world. Thank you lup wai!!! Sure repay you when i drive wan =P Oh yeah, before that his engine couldn't start. I prayed. And God made the engine go again. Praise the Lord! =P We drove back to have a last look at CHS. How i miss the days... Nice songs were playing in his car, one song, "zhen xin ying xiong", was a song wan qian taught me. Brings back so many memories. I love all you guys, just wish you would experience what the love, the ultimate love God has given us...

Reached home before 1am. Not too bad an achievement =P

Time today not wasted. Praises to Him again =)

Eh Jesus ar, what's your favourite colour ar?

**Eh Jesus ar, what's your favourite colour ar?**
Woke up at 7am this morning to go to the market. Hehe yeah, the market. Helped mom carry some stuff and had char kuey teow for breakfast after that... yum. =)

Then sam came to pick me up then we went to school! Met lup wai, foogie, siu yean, kok soon, jing wen, lai yen, jia ci n so many from form 6!!! Heh. Kinda miss school life. Always ponteng-ing class 2 prepare for performances or events n stuff. Oh n relief periods too when teachers are not around...

Met pbc ppl too =) Wan qian, li jun, ching chui, yi hui, corey, ah peng n the whole gang. Haha. sO cUtE lar they all sang for me... =) So touched. Met Cik Lum too. (Hmmm yeah, food there is expensive...) Haha.

Anyway. Went to CF today. I can't believe after being a christian for so long i don't even know basic stuff like what puan joyce was teaching today. Being able to speak in tongues is not a sign of the Holy Spirit in you. It's merely one of the many gifts God decides to give when you recieve the Holy Spirit. The true evidence is when you have the fruit of the spirit --- Love. Wanna be the salt and the light of the earth? Love more. =)

Had lunch with the CFers after. Sat at the back of ET's four wheel drive, =P the car boot. Haha. Reached Salvation at SS2, went down to look for a devotional book. Joel decided to follow since its' not everyday i'm back in malaysia. Looked through the books n found i couldn't afford them. =( All oso 30+ ringgit. Was gonna give up and wait till my parents were with me when joel gave me a book wrapped in this cute baby gift wrapper. Heh it was Max Lucado book, "Applause of Heaven". Definitely not cheap. So sweeetttt.... =) Thanks joel!!

Then we talked a lot bout God and life. His testimonies of life in his hostel at TAR are just amazing!! Read bout it in his blog! (It's in my links) Just focus on God's love, remember that you're a child of God. You're on favoured ground no matter where you go. Humble yourself and God will work wonders IN YOU, THROUGH YOU. =) It's not by our effort that anything is achieved,it's in His love for us.

[If you wanna be a child of God if you're not already one pls do tell me, call me, sms me, spam my mail whatever =P]
----> Poor attempt at witnessing =P Forgive me heh.

Anyway called ivan n he came n joined us. 3 of us walked to the LRT station. Joel prayed for both of us before he left. =) Thanks again joel. Had so much to tell ivan... but was exhausted by then. Halfway through i had to stop. Too much excitement from the thought of what God might do in me. =) Then dad came.

Went to care group after dinner. Was anticipating. Is ivan going to come? He came!! Though late. Heh. So happy =) Too bad couldn't stay longer. Dad came quite early. Still had lots to say. Argh. =( Every moment of it not taken for granted though ;)

Not a single precious moment wasted today. Praise God. =)

An idle mind is the Devil's workshop

Had nothing to do this morning but read this chinese book i had to finish before holiday ends. (Stupid assignment). Couldn't really concentrate.

My mind wandered off.

Time's passing fast. Real fast. I'm trying to grab every moment of it and live it to the very very fullest. But i can't really do that. Every moment here that i waste feels so painful. Time has never seemed so precious to me. Then i think of why i'm studying in Singapore in the first place. I have better, much easier options if i think of what i want to do in the future. The fact that i know it's God's will for me to be there is my only staying power.

Wandering back, tried contacting ivan on his handphone. Couldn't reach him. Don't remember how many times i've dialled his number. =( I've only seen him once in all 5 days i've been back.

Meanwhile i went online. Played Yahoo Pool with sam and got thrashed like nobody's business. Eesh. But it was fun. Lost 9 in 10 i think. It's quite laughable. =P

Then finally i get through to ivan! He passed his driving test! Joy!! =) Made plans.

Met ivan and lup wai at the curve and went shopping for stuff. Zhao xing's birthday gift. =)

Haha lohon called to ask me for my IC number, saying he was gonna check if i kean NS or not. He then called back to tell me that i was selected. The fact that he had the idea that i might actually believe him is already quite funnneee. Haha. Lohon woh. 'Water fish' King. How to believe. But yet again i fall prey to his prank. =S Let's mention it no more.

Couldn't find something good... so we went to SS2, had dinner at nasi kandar's and went to the pasar malam with lohon. We found the perfect gift for zhao xing!! I shall not enclose details should zhao xing suddenly visit my blog. Wouldn't wanna spoil the surprise ;)

Oh btw i'm on an ice-cream frenzzyyy!!! Had swensen's on monday and tuesday, had mdm kwan's ice cream on tuesday too, on wednesday was mcdonald's strawberry sundae, today - ikea's RM1 ice cream cone and SS2 pasar malam's fried ice cream. Yum. =)

Went home quite early after that.

A day not totally wasted. =) And i thank God for the privilege.

hmm.

went shopping alone today. one u. bumped into shea kang, pheobe, harold and gang.

ooh ooh ooh did you know?! next monday to wednesday you can watch movies for free at the new GSC in one u. U just need to cut out the coupons from the Star. Joy! =)

wonder what everyone else is busy with...

...

went to midvalley today. Jit han, jia xin, sien hao, sing ping, jin soon n lee ting were there. =) sing ping came even when she's sick. i'm so touched! Thanks to sien hao too. He chose to meet me over DoTA, unlike some people i know...hmph...hope u had fun eong xien. met david the monkey boy, dilin n jermyn as well.

Had lunch at Yoshinoya's n talked a lot. I miss people in Malaysia. Haven't had the chance to talk so much in so long. Haven't had the chance to laugh that much either. =P

Then my dear quin er came!!! Heh she came after futsal. Don't laugh at her lar. HAHA =P. Anyway we went to eat, again. This time at Mdm Kwan's. Talked more. Then david n dilin joined in. =)

Walked around a bit and met a couple of quin er's college mates. Then we decided to go to jin soon' house. I went on david's car n haha, gotta hand it to him, he's improved much from the day he nearly knocked sien hao down. Nice car btw. Complete with the new car smell.... =)

We were greeted by jin soon's guard dog, grusty. Don't think it likes people at all. After a short visit i went home in quin er's car.

Quin er sang "God bless the broken road" and i recorded her voice! She keeps calling me crazy and asks me to stop it but... we all know quin er just loves it doesn't she ;) Haha. Then we started singing every song that came to mind. spongebob, spiderman, powerpuff girls etc. I could imagine it was torture to sien hao, sitting quietly at the back, suffering in silence. =p Thanks for putting up with it ya.

Ooh yeah it's my dad's birthday today. We went to Swensens again coz it's EarthQuake day!! Half price on 8 scoops of your choice.. AHHH!!! Don't think they were half as excited as i was though. =P I loveeee ice creaammmmm. *Smacks lips*
Haha. Haven't laughed so much in a long long time. Thanks people. I had fun. Can't find classmates like you guys ever again.