Come Holy Spirit by City Harvest

even though this song is a local Christian song composed by City Harvest, I first heard it in Melbourne during Bible Study. It's a really simple song with a nice melody and nice lyrics. Enjoy.

Come holy spirit fall on me now
I need your anointing
Come in your power
I love you holy spirit
You're captivating my soul
And every day i grow to love you more

I'm reaching for your heart
You hold my life in your hand
Drawing me closer to you
I feel your power renew
Nothing compares to this place
Where i can see you face to face
I worship you in spirit and in truth

Clinicals are over!

My clinicals are officially over! Yippee!!!! =) Today was alittle bit more hectic since I had a patient who came in last night with excerbation of COAD, pneumonia. He was pretty Short of breath and basically not in too good a shape. Hence, we had to monitor him closely and my buddy nurse decided to put him on humidified oxygen in hope that it would help him with the fluid buildup. The other three were pretty good, self caring and stuff but time still went really quicky. Before we knew it, it was already 10am and time for tea.

Yea..tea breaks are of utmost importance here.. ha ha its the culture i tell you.. but its good also. highly doubt i will have time for tea breaks in Spore when I start next yr.

but God has been extremely good to me this clinical placement and I'm so thankful for his provision and his guidence. I can care for 4 patients on my own no problem.. doing all the meds, showers, blah blah if needed. So i think I might be okay hopefully when i go back and have 8 patients with the help of an AN. I will definitely still need help from God.

So anyway, i'm sitting in the computer lab doing some paper work. i got to go to the Chew's place in a while to practice my piano since I'm playing for Xiao Wei's wedding on Wed! other than that, just going to try do some work today cos my week ahead is pretty packed!

Here's a picture of me in the empty computer lab just doing some admin stuff and catching up on internet.. love this room.. nice and quiet.

Side note:

Here's a photo of a sidewalk in Chinatown, Melbourne. It's a picture of a clothes line on the back wall of a shophouse. Thought it was pretty quirky and cool. =)

Singapore Day in Melbourne

The day started at 1020hr for me when the Chan Family came to pick me up from my house. Singapore Day in Melbourne was held @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl located in the heart of Botanical Gardens. Since U.Chow Peng's office carpark was obstructed by a huge crane, we had to attempt to get a carpark lot in Botanical Gardens itself. As we were apporaching the botanical Gradens, I told the Chans about horror stories I have heard from Dawn regarding how some Singaporeans were planning on being there at the opening of the gates so that they can grab enough food for themselves. you must understand, this is because ALL the food at Singapore Day was FREE... So they wanted to ensure that they got their fair share of FREE food.

So anyway, here is a picture of the queue at 1030hr when we arrived...


As you can see, the queue was already EXTREMELY LONG. We couldnt believe our eyes at the sight we saw. I expected it to be crowded but not that crowded...

But what could we do? Like well trained Singaporeans, the Chans and I waited patiently in line for a good 1.5hrs before we actually got to the front of the line. Here's a picture of the Chans at the initial stages of our queuing.


Thankfully, the weather on Saturday was absolutely wonderful. It was suppose to be raining but not a patch of grey cloud was seen in the sky. It was a clear blue sky. =)


When we finally got in, we saw hoards and hoards of pple. We were a little confused what we should be doing and just started looking around to see what there was to see and do. There were basically three components to that day:

1. Ongoing concert (1030 - 1730hr)
2. Exhibitions (career fair, education information, HDB etc)
3. Free Food, free stuff and more freebies

Item no. 3 was really quite something. There were a vast array of variety displayed and offered... comprising of Chinese, Malay and Indian food varieties. There was everything for everyone. However, it came with a price: Since it was FREE, you had to queue again. it was quite irritating. Cos I think i spend half my time there in a line somewhere for food or for the toilet or just for more free stuff.

But it did get better.. We queued patiently again for our first round of food... Natasha and Lydia joined us halfway through the queue and here's a photo of the three young ladies.. =)


after grabbing our food, we sat down to enjoy the concert. We were entertained by people for the SAF music and drama academy (is that what they are called), Dick Lee, Vocaluptous, Electrico, Tay Ping Hui, Daphne Khoo and Phua Chu Kang and family! PCK really stole the show, Gurmit Singh is just so so hilarious..

Dick Lee came in a close second for me as I heard him sing personal favourites like Fried Rice Paradise and Home.

On the whole, the day was really enjoyable. though the crowds of 15,000 did put me off initially, what can i say? the yummy singapore food, the freebies (Glory Kaya) and the sound of local artists really reminded me of home and made me really happy. =)

the Goodie Bag and what was inside:

Today ...

... has been very unfruitful. Spent the night at the Chans last night after home group and came back to the city with them after home group. (Will blog about Singapore Day in the next entry)

Dont know why, but i'm feeling awful today. Very down, unmotivated and terrible. Sigh. Oh well, looks like I wont be able to do work today again. But never mind, must teach myself to not worry about things but to really just trust upon His providence. The funny part is, my whole weekend was about suffering and about how we need to trust God in those times. Fri was about depression, Sat at home group about Suffering and today's sermon was about the Christian reaction to suffering.

Sounds like there is a trend eh? yea .. sounds like it.. But still, its hard.. getting through every min is slow. Wish this day would pass wish this feeling would pass.

Wish i was home.

Oh well.

Nearing the end.. must persevere on.

SINGAPORE DAY @ Sidney Myers Bowl, Melbourne

Tdy is Singapore Day @ Melbourne. I'm pretty excited cos it seems to be full of Singapore food. Shall take loads of photos to blog about it. So remember to come back to my blog in the next few days!

Ta Ta