Bury-me Weekend.

Just came home aft spending 2 days away.

Not having fun, but working on proj and studying for my quiz on Monday.

Hons year is real madness.

Can’t believe I took 4 lvl 4 mods.

Anw it’s too late to complain now.

Slept at close to 4am last night and I did an amazing thing today.

I went for Psych Assess seminar at freaking 9am!!

(avg attendance for the class is 40% or less and 1/3 of the ppl who went will leave during the break)

But if Poppy din insist in sending me there, I probly wld not have gone

And he had to wake up at 7am just to send me to sch, spent 3 hrs in CL (1 hr playing fish-a-fish with my niece) and accompanied me to buy a mouse aft dat…

I feel so pampered

And I saw S90 at Challenger today and gave it a test.

IN LOVE~!

It’s retailing at $759.

Half the price of Olympus PEN. And it’s CANON, my most trusted camera brand

And it’s actually v portable, v user-friendly and has a very minimalist, basic-black camera design.

I like I like~~~

Oh and Jed got back his results alrdy

Above 85% for Eng, And above 90% for both Chi & Maths.

I’m going back for 1 final lesson on Wed to give him his 2nd STAR pres and collect my tuition fee b4 concentrating on my own exams.

2 tuitions tmr…

I’m gng back to evo psych now.

**I can only depend on God for the strength to finish 13 chaps in 2 days for my test on mon.**

TWO down!

Last night was presentation for Adv Abnormal.

One of the most happening proj so far, coz we had so much hilarious fun for the whole 2 weeks that we were working on it

Can’t believe we did wad we did for the presentation, but I’m sure it would not have been possible at all if we were not all that enthu… It was quite an experience I must say

And we had a post- CPG celebration supper aft the 9pm lesson at Chomps.

I totally adore CPG

** I’m still thinking if I sld post the video up on the blog…**

Had driving on tues morning as well.

It was my 1st Stage 4 assessment.

Guess how many demerit pts I managed to accumulate?

SIXTYTWO.

Yes 62. haha. damn pathetic lah!

And it’s all the tiny nitzy gritty things like SAFETY CHECKS.

My instructor let me pass coz he thinks I can drive.

But he say I might do better if I try out for F1 than go for my TP test.

I guess I shldn’t tk it as a compliment…

I must admit I’m not the safest driver… Coz I used to negotiate sharp turns at gear 3 and u-turn at gear 2.

Which I think we’re not supposed to do if we have an L plate.

But for my  pre-test assessment today, I took great pains to rmb all the things that I need to do and I was busy turning my head from left to right to left to do all my checks.

I passed!!

Below 18 dp. yeah

So now I’ve completed my final Manual lesson, just have to wait for my 1 Auto lesson on monday and I can book for test!!

I seriously hope I can pass my test 1-shot…

So that I can save time, save money and not have to go to WOODLANDS.

Whatever it is, I really think God for answering all my prayers, for good instructors, safe lessons, good timings and smooth progress

As I returned to the circuit during my final lesson today, I saw a car in front of me with hazard lights on as it moves.

And it reminds me of my 1st lesson slightly more than 1 mth ago, when I dun even noe how to engage my gears and move off.

I met my 1st instructor just b4 I left and I told him I’ve completed my course, he was as excited abt it as me haha

Hope I get to meet all my past instructors as I return for my revision lessons

Poppy came to meet me aft that.

In his sch u!! Coz RE had this little farewell sch-uniform day thing.

I din allow him to change out coz although we were both from the same JC, I’ve nv seen him in SR sch U b4

Yeah… then I realise the new U is SO diff from the old one

**Coz Pop’s mum threw away his old U so he had to buy a new set**

Not that the old sch U was any nicer, but I still din get to see Pops as he was in his JC days. How sad

**they sld just change the freaking TIE, go change the sch U for wad?!**

But I think pops looks like an Ah-Beng in the sch u haha.

Hmmm… wonder if I’d have noticed Pops if we were in the same batch.

Probably not.

HAHA.

This Is It.

Back from MJ’s This Is It.

A good 2 hrs worth of MJ.

All the great behind the scene moments.

So real and yet so far away.

All those familiar tunes, distinct moves, the man himself..

And the concert, the concert of the decade, dat was to be.

If it had happened, I bet it would have been nth but AWESOME.

Because through out the movie we can see MJ requesting nth but perfection from not just the crew, his dancers and his musicians, but also from himself.

But he did so in a very gentle and loving manner.

It’s like if u wanna do sth for him, u will do ur very best not because u’re afraid of him, but because u respect him and do nt want to fall short of his expectations from you.

He’s one of the best, yet he was extremely humble.

He’s the center of attraction, yet he’s always ready to help others shine.

He has almost everything, yet the things he wanted and hoped for were simple things.

Most of all, the clips really lets us see that MJ is BORN to perform.

Every song was sang live, with musicians and vocalists (not CD minus 1), his mic was on every minute, he was moving with every beat.

Yet u nv hear him pant, never out of breath and most of the time, he had his ear plugs out because he wanted to hear the concert like wad the audience will be hearing.

He was all out to give his best.

But as I watched, I felt really sad…

Coz it made wanna watch his actual concert all the more.

But u noe that no matter how much money u pay, no matte whr u go, u can never see it live.

I can only imagine what are the emotions of the ppl he had been working with for the concert when they watch these clips.

Esp his 11 principal dancers.

And he still looks so gorgeous in the Smooth Criminal mv that they made for the show…

It’s really extremely wasted to see that the show did not actualize, it would really have been an amazing experience.

I feel high just by watching these backstage and rehearsal clips.

Was more the real thing?

This Is It. Really worth a watch, MJ fans, pls dun miss it.

3.5 hrs.

Had a lovely Halloween’s Eve last night with my girls although things did not really went according to plans..

- Extremely heavy rain (coupled with really scary thunders)

- A practically cab-less Haji Lane

- Freaking crowded Clarke Quay

- Mad long queue at Pump Room

Then again, the company was awesome as usual, and we have a great long talk at CCE all the same

A couple of pics on my cam, the rest is in WK’s cam (which is damn awesomely clear with wide-angle coz it’s Canon G series!! I so wanna get my S-90 b4 grad tripppppp)

Let’s do it again ok my dears?

Slept till 9am this morning and just b4 I left hm for tuition, my korean kid called to postpone the tuition to tmr morning.

And my mum suddenly say that she’s free for her bday dinner tonight, so I had to call and msg to chop my brothers.

And do research on which hotel to eat at.

In the end, Des decided on Cafe Brio at Grand Corpothorne Waterfront. Although I would much prefer to go Cafe Swiss at Swissotel, but they are fully reserved for tonight zzz.

So I had 3.5 hrs to complete 3 things in my to-do list b4 Pops come to fetch us.

I’m done with 2, just one more.

Tonight gonna watch MJ’s This is It

We booked the tix a couple of weeks ago coz it’s only showing for 2 weeks.

So MJ fans out there, faster make ur booking if u wanna catch it!!

Tmr is busy Sunday.

Tuition, church, mission trip mtg, proj mtg.

I hope I have time to do readings aft dat. Haiz.

Have a good weekend.

And Happy Halloweeeeeen~!

pissed.

If only I have my own car.

And a license.

Then I can wake up 1 hr later.

And reach there in 12 mins.

Or skip all the ERPs and reach there in 20.

And not have to carry my dance shoes, dance clothes, laptop, school bag, while dressed in office attire.

And be sweating like mad.

And reach sch in 10 mins aft dat coz it’s so freaking along the way.

Now I have to take one hr to go there, one hr to get to sch aft dat. Yay.

WTH.

Stop whining and stop sounding like a weakling.

I really shld just be thankful for this opportunity.

Rarr. Jalan Bukit Ho Swee  -_-

Stage 3!

Driving updates:

I just cleared my stage2 today and tried 3 tests routes

I’ll be parking nxt lesson! So exciting.

My instructor asked me wads my dream car.

I WAN A MINI

**Think Italian Job**

**Me in a mini dat came to the workshop when we were working there…

And I told Pops IF we get married, I wan our wedding car to be his dream car, Porche Cayenne.

In WHITE.

If not, a white BMW X5.

Coz we both love BIG cars, 2-doors sports car are so passe…

And inconvenient

S90 – Sweet~!

I found sth new to drool at (nope, nth to do w handsome DJ dis time, sadly):

Helllloooo baby!

I want.

And another thing I want: get my weight pass the 50kg mark.

I have no time to exercise, but no time to eat properly as well.

For a couple of days a week, all my meals will be cramped into a huge feast (or 2) at insane hrs of 9pm onwards.

Not good.

And I keep feeling hungry even aft eating.

Don’t think the tidbits binging is doing any good either

A Fresh Brew of Faith

I was reading my daily bible study material from Girlfriends in God and today, they asked us to treat our faith like our addiction for a morning cup of coffee or tea.

We should yearn for the warmth and the energy that God brings just like we yearn for the first cup of coffee every morning.

While excessive caffine is bad for the body, we can never get too much of God.

In fact, most of the time we do not get enough.

When I wake up feeling tired and weary every morning, I snooze my alarm clock when I could simply have prayed to God for strength and be very certain that strength is exactly what he will grant me.

Not just strength to help me wake up, not just strength to walk me through the 1st hour, but strength that will stay in me and keep me up for the rest of the day, against what ever challenges I may face.

THAT is the strength that the Lord provides, and no additional 5 minutes or even 1 hr or snoozing can compare to that.

It’s week 11 in a day’s time.

3 weeks – 1 paper due, 1 quiz, 1 take-home exam, 2 presentations and the big one after week13. Not to mention the tuitions and the driving lessons.

I need the strength from God more than anything now because he had guided me through so much, I know only He can bring me through what is about to come.

“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

(Isaiah 40:29-31, NIV)

Dear God, You have brought me through so many challenging times. Please give me a fresh shot of faith that equips me to live today in Your strength. Help me to trust You, and keep me from leaning on my own understanding.

In Jesus’ Name,
Amen.

For those who wish to seek God daily, here’s a nice source of electronic newsletter with God’s words and sound advices

http://www.crosswalk.com/newsletters/

Rebelled.

Went Rebel on Wed night to celebrate JM’s birthday.

Been more than half a yr since I clubbed.

Was at the verge of falling aslp at the 12am mark, but managed to survive and get high at the dance floor aft 1am.

Kinda miss dance

Left the club when the light comes on at 4am.

Music was good towards the end, but the DJ b4 dat was cuter.

Gorgeous actually

And his maroon leather jacket. OMG.

Here’s some narssistic shots, the rest are up on FB.

Dammit. no photo of cute DJ

**Yeah I’m getting new lift~~ But b4 dat, ugly backgrounds and hell lot of noise -_- **

Right now, I’m just looking forward to Chaos’ ladies’ night outing on Friday

But b4 dat…

Psych Assess PAPER

To the MAX!

Saw this at Dawn Yang’s blog:

My gosh wad a huge MAX BRENNER, I Like!!

What I really hope to achieve..

“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. I can do everything through him who gives me strength” (Philippians 4: 11-13 NIV).

Dublin Mudslide.

Only some things can make a scorching-sunday-afternoon-spent-mugging so sweet and much more bearable.

A sweet treat, and a sweet love

One Last Paper.

Back to my busy schedule and trying to complete one last term paper for this sem.

What seems like the easiest is actually the toughest

**Stay focus Stay focus*

And all the tests and papers have made me delay quite a few readings alrdy… if I dun catch up, I’ll be in deep trouble for the exams -_-

But time to do so seems even more scarce now that Jed’s having his exams soon and I gotta give him an additional 2 hrs each week.

And the preparations for the 2 remaining presentations.

Gosh.

I better whip myself back on track…

Has been perpetually tired for the past week… No early nights seem to have any recuperative effects. Not that I have many of those anw.

Been having 4-5 hrs sleep for the past week and I dun think it’s going to get any better in the recent weeks to come.

Even though driving has been fun and my instructors have been really entertaining, it’s really quite a draining task.

Was so tired on fri dat I almost din go fo bible study.

But so glad we managed to make it there in the end

It was like an instant recharge of energy, a breath of fresh air and an immediate lifting of weariness.

Nth is beyond God’s power Yeah!

We were so happy and uplifted aft BS that we went for an  imprompt movie date

Caught Julie and Julia

A sweet movie, a motivational movie, but mostly a FOODIE MOVIE!

It’s based on 2 true stories.  1 abt Julia Childs, the writer of a French cookbook for Americans, and the other abt Julie, who has never been too persistent on goals that she have set for herself, have not achieved much in her life, but decided to give herself a challenge to try out all 536 recipies in Julia’s book w/in a year, documenting the whole process in her blog.

Here’s the actual blog of Julie Powell, just like the one they showed in the movie!

http://blogs.salon.com/0001399/2002/08/25.html

Well.. It wasn’t an amazing show so-to-speak…  In fact, ppl were leaving near the end of the show and Meryl Streep’s voice gets increasingly irritating as the show goes on for a good 2hr and 3 mins.

BUT I guess both me and Poppy liked it well enough Food! What could be better??

And inspired by the show, Pops cooked this special Italian dish for me today:

Bread and Tomato Soup

Yums. But I’m hoping for sth more meaty nxt time

Anw I went for a hair cut to trim away the portion of my hair that’s splitting up like nobody’s business.

And now my hair is 3 inches shorter and I accidently got bangs again. zzZZ

I wanted new fringe coz my prev hairstylist cut it too wispy and I want it thick again, so I showed this new stylist a random picture I saw on Cleo and ta-da: BANGS. He says I need to grow it out to see the effects I want.

He even helped me to curl my hair temporarily coz he thot that I’d look good in curls, but washed it off aft my shower So much for his efforts haha

And I got new colour too! Not dat u can see form the picture….

Used the new bubble-foaming dye by Liese.

Not bad!

Quite fool-proof I think… But Pops still helped me to apply

Hair not as smooth as using Somang , and colour not so bright, but colour seemed more even.

Oh man… din seem to do much work today

And I’m feeling ssleepy again zzzZZz.

Maybe I shld slp… Like now…

Live Like We’re Dying

Was listening to some new songs that I loaded into my iPod and heard this amazing song by Kris Allen.

It seems like everyday I’m getting a reminder to cherish what I have and show love to those ard me while I can.

There was Joel’s grandpa’s wake the previous week where the pastor shared with us about showing love to our loved ones while they are still ard and how unpredictable life can be.

Then it was the sermon on Sunday, where the Pastor was speaking about God’s call for us to love one another like how he love us, to show our concern for the ppl ard us while we can.

Then on Sunday night we visited Pop’s aunt who isn’t feeling very well and the news of it came so sudden that the family seemed rather lost and really really upset.

And on Monday, while walking to tuition, I heard this song and the lyrics got stuck in my head because it’s sending out the same msg…

Sometimes we fall down, Can’t get back up
We’re hidin’ behind skin that’s too tough
How come we dont say I love you enough
Til its too late…. its not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
But we could make a feast from these crumbs
And we’re all starin’ down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you what would you wish you would have done

Gotta start

Looking at the hands of the time we been given
If this is all we got then we gotta start thinkin’
If every second counts on the clock thats tickin’
Gotta live like we’re dyin’
We only got 864 hundred seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
Gotta tell em that we love em while we got the chance to say
Gotta
Live like we’re dyin’

And if your plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbye
Should be so careful who we let fall out of our lives
Or when we long for absolution there’ll be no one on the line

You never know a good thing til its gone
You never see a crash til its head on
Wny do we think we’re right when we’re dead wrong
You never know a good thing til its gone

当你可以拥抱的时候，不要只是牵手。

Hey there, I LOVE YOU

Body Worlds.

OH YES IT’S HERE AGAIN~!!!!!

I noe Pops will be super on to go w me yeah!

BODY WORLDS: The Original & The Cycle of Life will open on 23 October 2009.
Click here for more information.