Picnic @ NUS Campus

Occasion: Weekly Tuesday Lunch Appointment with Joanne and Charmaine in

school

Location : We planned it to be a picnic on the green patch outside lt 11. However it

rained, so we proceeded with wet weather plan, arts forum

Every week, the three of us (sometimes judy will join us) would go try out new places to eat on campus. Today, we tau pau food. Joanne made mashed potato (from scratch!) and tuna and chicken mayo on which we could spread it on Delifrance frech loaf. It was really fun just opening up our packed lunch, sitting on the steps of the forum, chit chatting and noticing the people who walked passed. Met Joy Ho too, and she came by to join us in our lunch meeting.

Really treasure these lunch meetings i have with them once a week, where we come and chill, talk, share our school struggles, ministry and occasionally pray when we spcially take time (=p.. 2 hours is never enough!) It's actually a weekly mentoring session that all 3 of us are in (under Judy aka youth worker) since we are all part of the Frontliners's Committee back in church.

The semester is coming to a close and exams are nearing. To all my fellow NUS, NTU, SMU friends, all the best for the coming exams!

"In the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another." --- Romans 12:5

Tiredness, Flu, Mid term stress

In the past 2 days, i must have used up at least 10 packets of tissue packets of different plys (i.e. 2 ply, 3 ply etc) I can tell you this: if you have a flu with mucus constantly flowing out, better to use a 3 ply tissue pack as it is more absorbant, and doesnt break so easily hence preventing the tissue bits from aggrevating your nose even more. My nose is runny, my eyes are teary... As Eewah puts it, i am a "walking biological hazard" or something like that. my brain is so fuzzy that i cant really remember things told to me like seconds ago.

Today, in class (8am lecture) while trying to keep awake in biotechnology lesson about environmental pollutants, my nose was starting to do its little act again. one of my coursemates who happened to be seating in front of me suddenly turned back, offered me tissue (which he actually took from his friend) and said, "i think you need this." i felt so pai seh! i think my sniffing really got to him and he couldnt take it anymore, that's why he offered me his friend's tissue. Sheesh...

Came home early in an attempt to sleep it off but still sniffing away and breathing through my mouth even as i type this entry. And to top it all off, my ears are blocked. Everything sounds a distant away, sometimes i hear a pop sound but most of the time, its blocked. (thats why you have ear nose throat clincs in hospitals, they are all linked)

After biotech lab yesterday, Xiuhui actually gave me one of her flu tablets, a really small pink tablet to take, which i actually dropped on the floor (more than 3 seconds) but decided to pick it up and eat anyway cos i was desperate for the leakage to be stopped! It was really effective for the rest of the night and i felt well enough to give myself a well deserved hair cut. But this morning, it all started again.

Oh boy.
Signing out,
Tired out by my Flu.

The Miracle Is You

There are times when doubts creep in

i wonder if You're near

No answered prayer no joyous smile

just the pain that pierces through

there seems no hope at all

every road says i will fall

No shining light to guide

no secure place to hide

But as i look behind on this path i've tread

your faithfulness just shines

so many times You've delievered me

Given hope i now call mine

You've changed my life within

Only You know where i've been

How could i doubt Your love

Disregard the things above

Chorus:

Only a miracle will do

to make me the one that i've changed to

and purely by Your grace i stand

For the miracle is You

There's still so much i need to learn

You'll teach me in Your time

As i run this race, help me seek Your face

So You're always on my mind

You're the reason i've come this far

now i see beyond the stars

As i stand and hail You king

Let my mouth Your praises sing

Chorus

Cleaning out the Fridge in my house to welcome the new fridge

Ever cleared a fridge of its stuff so that it can be carted off to allow another to take over its time in the kitchen? Well, thats what we did at home today.

Came home from school today to see the kitchen counter, floor, stove top (basically any free space) covered with glass bottles of different sizes each covered with a layer moisture on the outer surface of the glass.

As i looked through the bottles, bags of dried stuff, it amazed me how much stuff or junk there was in the fridge, accumulated over the years!

Those of you who have known me long enough would know that it is not safe to ask me for anything from my fridge unless you ask me how long it has been there for. I saw items which i have not known was still in the fridge. Eek..

The new fridge, hopefully on its way now is one of those giant, modern, hi-tech ones i guess. I heard it has got an ice-turner .. (what thats means i have no clue) =)

shall paste a photo of the new fridge next time i guess. till then. back to my lab reports.

It has been a long while... ...

I guess i have been silent for a little too long. How's everyone? The students, the working class etc.

Life has been really hectic, exciting, challenging all rolled into one this past month. I was just reading back through my journal and i realised that many things have happened. The musical, Young Leaders Conference, my friendships, Discovery Weekend. Each has given me different thoughts and trials and testing.

This is the term break for the NUS students. Though only 4 days long (we actually have school on fri) i'm still glad for the break to catch up on work and to chill out a little before the load comes in again.

Have been wondering what i should do when i graduate. well, for now its still open, waiting for God to show me. =)

Frontliners' Cafe

Opening hours: Fri 3-6pm and Sat 1-4pm

Location: Bedok Methodist Church Fellowship Deck

Address: Old Bedok Road (near Cold Storage)

Food items on sale are really affordable, aircon rooms are avilable for you to study, do homework etc.

Why bother rushing with other at fast food outlets when you have so much space here?

Come and visit the Cafe!

I'm sure you guys have heard of C.S. Lewis havent you? Well, in his book entitled, " The Four Loves" he writes this:

"... there is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. "

Have you ever reached that stage of a friendship where you feel like you want it to deepen but yet you are afraid that it is only something you might want and not what your friend wants?

I guess we won't know unless we take that risk to be vulnerable. 'Cos, be vulnerable instead of becoming impenetrable, unbreakable. We were made to have a community of friends for support. Not as loners.

"Women are like Spaghetti"
If you look at a plate of Spaghetti, they intersect one another all the time. That’show a woman processes life. Every thought and issue is connected to every other thought and issue in some way. Life is much more of a process for women than it is for men. Most women try to connect life together, hence the constant need to talk things through. Making links between friends, food, school, work, family all in one single conversation of maybe say 10 mins is extremely normal.

something i read. do you gals agree?

Have you ever wondered what make you feel that paticular way when someone says something? read this.. from ---- The Cry of the Soul

What provokes our feelings?

"although feelings often seem unpredictable and irrational , they are neither random nor unprovoked. True, different people react differently to different situations, but due to our common heritage as persons made in the image of God, we share some predictable patterns."

Our emotions are based on our responses to how others deal with us. Our feelings are provoked when people relate to us in one of the 3 ways:
1) they move against us (attack)
2) they move away from us (abandonment)
3) they move towards us (love)

Serenity Prayer

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference."

Love Lifted

A musical staged by Bedok Methodist Church

4-5 September 2004
Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel

Synopsis:

About a young man name Boon who was a drug addict and gangster in his youth. However, he got a second chance in life when he decided to go to a half-way house where he met a friend who became his mentor and friend.

Ticket prices: $5/-

Can you make it?

THE NEW BLOGGER SYSTEM IS DIFFICULT TO USE!

Call me lousy, whatever, but I cant get used to the new system! i dun know how to put links to my page and how to create all those cool looking blogs i have seen.. Oh well, not a die die thing but would be nice to make it more unique i guess.
trying to upload photos, and i have no idea how to.. even my tag board is gone! i wonder how i am going to get it back. anyone knows? can you enlighten me? thanks a million!

IT HAS BEEN LONG!
 
Greetings everyone! How has everyone been?
First and foremost, for my loyal supporters of this blog, thank you for being patient. As you know, I am well known to be kind of slow in things. So... erm apologies!
 
How's everyone? School should have begun for some and for others its looming close by!
 
How was the holidays? Lots to write but i will do it over a longer span of time.
For the time being, take care.. I'm still alive and WILL be updating this blog.
 

" In This World There is NO Ugly Woman, Only A Lazy Woman"

What do you think? Does this make sense? Well, if you think about it, it's true. God created all woman unique and special. We are not ugly, its just laziness. If a girl is vain enough and willing to put in the effort to learn the techniques of makeup, dressing up and colours which suit her, she would look radiant and beautiful.

When you dun bother about your looks, you can look extremely unkempt. Your hair is in a mess, you dun bother about what you wear, you are just not presentable.

This is really controversial but well, its not a hard and fast rule anyway. =)

Design - Pain but yet a sense of satisfaction

Today, Friday, 30th April, i spent my whole morning and afternoon trying to figure out how to create a bookmark like prayer card for the youths in my church.
1st half of my time: spent staring at the computer wondering what program to use.
2nd half of my time: messaging my achin shoulders and making final adjustments

Designing anything is a time killer! takes up so much time! but, like the title, once it is completed you have a sense of sastifaction..

Sigh. so, do to or not to do? Oh well.

Its the weekend again.. got A wedding to attend. Adrian's church wedding on sat, Adrian's dinner on sunday..

A building at Biopolis tumbles...

What is happening? Highway and buildings are tumbling down. The lastest i heard is that 1 is dead and 4 are missing in the lastest disaster.

it has been a while since my last post. What have i been doing since?
Over the weekend, went with some friends to Desaru Perdana Beach Resort! Not to have fun mind you.. we went to work! It was a planning retreat which saw us sleeping, eating , planning, and eating, sleeping, and planning!

It was really fun though.. had loads of fun! view the photos on the side here.

"Grace - short term memory extraodinaire"

This was used on me quite recently and i guess i have to admit it. it descibes me. I have a really lousy memory. I cant remember appointments, facts, dates, things. How terrible is that.
Have no idea why my memory is that bad.

Oh well.

LIfe has been up and down. Doing too many things again. i need to slow down to just relax at home. Can it be done? Will i ever learn the art of being still?

i wonder...

Being Indecisive - a terrible trait to have

today, one of my flaws has been amplified. I'm indecisive. Last night, i spent many precious SMSes with my friend agreeing and postponing our appoinment today! and Just now, i decided to go back to my cousins place, then 2 mins later, i thought otherwise! how terrible!

Why cant i just stick to one decision and follow it? Well, now you know. GIve me time.. if not i will say yes, forget about it and overbook myself (always happens)

Weather: still hot! face is always covered with an extra layer of sweat.. constantly carrying around a piece of tissue paper or many pieces of toilet paper to wipe the sweat off. How auntie eh? =)

I did it again!

before i plunge into my main juice for the day, if you haven noticed, this is my second entry for today! hahha. I just had a friend ask me why people keep blogs. I didn't have a very good argument so if those of you want to live up to your stand pls do tell me why you keep blogs.

Okay to my story..
I DID IT AGAIN! What did i do? i went innocently to have a long overdue haircut and came back with something really really different. No, i didn't colour it blue (like eewah suggested when we were super stressed) and no i didn't colour it pink (know that would be your next guess) i just had an innocent haircut.

Call me adventurous, daring, trusting (to my hairdresser) but this haircut will shock you i think. i dunno. i actually like it but its high maintainace. i was telling hannah at lunch that i feel like i need to get a new wardrobe to keep up with this hair.
My hair has more attitude (this is how my hairdresser puts it) than me maybe.. most probably.

Well, for those who want to cut your hair short but dun really trust lousy hairdressers cos they might do a disasterous job, go to pauline. she's good. Really good. Have a look for yourself and make your own judgement.

Only thing is .. she's a little pricey. But i guess the price you pay to look better. =) i dont get commision by introducing others thats for sure but she's just the queen of cutting short hair!

to all: Me not vain k. .. just have a creative and daring hairstylist.. NOT VAIN! (... am i telling that to myself?)

MY DREAM FULFILLED.

hey, remember a few entries ago i was complaining about the long bus ride to my present campus? And how i dreamed and wished they would build one in the east?

Wishful thinking has become reality! Guess where the new univeristy will be at? Changi Business Park! that's like 10 mins away from my place! As you all know, its University of New South Wales. Quite reputable i must say though at the Tan Residence (aka my house) the speculation was that it would be an American university.

Too bad its only opening much later.

weather: HOT!