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.

Hey Goodlookin~!

We were at Zara ystday and Pops tried this really awesome looking grey suede jacket.

It looks sth like this…

But the colour and material diff….

Coz this one is leather…

Can’t find the exact pic online

Anw…

He looked so great in it, I told him if he was wearing that the 1st time I saw him, I will be the one chasing him.

Yes, it was THAT good

Too bad Sg’s weather is so blah.

No leather and suede jackets can survive in such a weather.

If not I’ll buy for him and make him wear everyday! haahaha

I’m an hr late but…

Happy 2 years, 2 mths, 2 days Poppy Pie!!

Thanks so much for everything….

For always being there,

Always being so sporting,

Always so supportive,

Always so pampering,

Always so ready to say YES to my requests

- 11.10.09… <3

Chillout Weekends!

Aft turning in my paper on fri, I gave myself a break and went reading-less for the weekends

Philippians Post-Mid Autumn Fest

For cell grp activity on fri night, we had a post-autumn celebration at the condo’s bbq area.

We had moon cake, tidbits, green tea and riddles!

But in chinese lah, so abit o_O haaha

And those traditional paper lantern is SO EXPENSIVE!! $1 each!

But kinda nostalgic I must say

Red Dot Brewhouse

Left ard 10 to meet Ryan for drinks aft dat at Dempsey.

Supposed to go Brewerks, but ended up at Red Dot…

But it’s ok, still house brew anw

And I love Dempsey. More than clark quay. When I cant club

Coz the ambience, no matter which part u’re at, is always so lovely

Self-timer rocks! always

The beer was really nice! refreshing and light.

‘Cept for the English Ale. Not a fan :\

**Cheers to our F21 goooodddiiieessss**

Tried Green Monster as well.

It’s like…. wheatgrass beer!

Yes, I’m trying my luck at the impossible nose-cringing-act. Again.

And NO I dun have a FAKE nose!

Had an awesome time with great drinks n lovely company

Town with Poppy

finalllyyyyy, a day to dress up a little more and go shopping with popsicle

wanted to go early, but left ard 4pm coz carpark in town can be a killer if not for the per entry in the eveng…

I was feeling a little less lazy dat day so decided to give my hair a curl and hey~ I quite like wad happened! haha

just dat it din stay too long coz I was stringy on styling spray -_-

Went str for early dinner coz initially we had plans for dessert and supper ltr

While having dinner (which was really nice btw), we decided to grab a COUPLE of frens and go WALA~!!

Wala Wala!!

So aft shopping ard Wisma and Taka for a while, we headed to Holland V

But when we got there at 9pm. The whole wala was filled to the brim

No seats!!

And I was on heels!

Dammit.

Luckily we managed to find a seat for me aft like half an hr…

And I think Hoegaarden and Corona are really ladies’ drinks, coz I like!

But Pops’ still stuck w his Erdinger. Which is nice too… just… “thicker”? haha

And our COUPLE OF FRENS arrived late… but I guess everyone had lots of fun yeah?

As usual, Shirlyn and the Uxpected was AWESOME!!

And they added a new violinist to the band!

Damn cool!

And pls dedicate their version of I Will Survive when u go there!

But s’how… I prefer the Thurs crowd… I dunno y :\

Night was still young when we’re done at Wala, so we went to…

Geylang for Dim Sum supper

Food was great! except for the xiao long bao…

I went home and concussed till 930 b4 leaving for church.

Had CT photo shoot in the aftnn, talked abt Leng’s BIG DAY (ahhhhhh exciting!~!!!!!) and went for dinner with Poppy’s family at The Oasis

Super tired now, but super happy!

And the new week’s bringing new challenges.

Full day of activities tmr, 9am lesson, driving and 4 hrs of tuition.

And forum and reading.

Yup.

I better slp!

New Collection!

Yes, me.

haha, check out the clothes

RITs

Random-Interesting-Things:

1) A couple of days ago, pops was driving to sch and we saw this new toy on the road!

mm… like a combination b/w motorbike and tricycle…

Quite cool~

Just wondering wad class of license he need =\

2) 1st drive out on the road today

So many thinks to take note of. S’one remind me why am I taking manual?

Diff instructor dis time, but the topics we talked abt are still v interesting

Just that I’m alot more distracted this time rnd -_-

4 hrs of driving is no fun. But good exercise for the legs. I guess??

3) I slept ard 4am to complete CT stuff and woke up at 8+ for 4 hrs of driving.

Had tuition w Jed right after and half-way thru we were both zoning out.

So decided to do sth interesting with him this time (and spare both of us the agony of nodding off).

Aft going thru all his work, we spent half an hr reading his fav storybook and the last 15 mins of the session folding paper stars.

How’s dat for random??

**The big ugly one is apparently his. Coz he’s such a greedy bummer.

4) Mum got stuck in the new lift!!

It’s her 1st time getting stuck in the lift. But she wasn’t panicky at all…

She called and ask me to help her dial the emergency no.

“Faster call leh, here VERY HOT.”

And me and dad went to the lift to laugh at her.

Still in the mood to camwhore…

Anw the new lift sucks, heard that there are many probs w it and it’s only been ard like a mth?

We forbid granny to ever take the new lift w/o any of us ard.

Luckily we stilll have 1 old lift which has not been renovated…

5) Clinical paper due on fri morning.

And I’m still at the research portion.

Dammit.

But I’m really looking forward to TGIF~!!!

Mooncake Festival

That’s what poppy calls it.

All he can think abt is FOOD.

I had to mug for Abnormal this whole day, so we decided to have a simple one at home.

Pops came over in the evening and we had a traditional mooncake-tea-pomelo “dinner”.

Despite all the weight I’m getting from the test and the papersssssss, I felt super light-hearted when Pops came over.

Both of us were in a little crazy mood so we went high on self-timer!

A whole lot more unglam and super random photos which I thot I’ll spare u guys the agony

But it was really fun!!

Poppy we gotta do this again~~ heheh

It took us abt half an hr b4 we started preparing for our mooncake fest proper…

Pops, if u ever need money, u can part-time as Pomelo-Peeler during the mid-autumn season

Tried the Rose tea that Aunty Rosie bought from Africa

And we prayed and settled down to enjoy our little mid-autumn-celebration-for-two ♥

Anw I dislike yolk in my mooncake, so Pops just keep eating the yolk and leaving the lotus parts for me.

At least we din choose ot eat the SIX-YOLKS one right?

And I forgot exactly wad were we laughing abt, but the whole process was as hilarious as the photo-taking.

** I think Poppy has got a nice hair-cut this time rnd!! And a nice hair-colour too (thanks to who else but the lovely gf)

I wanna touch up my hair colour soon… When I have time

Poppy’s going for his 1st baptism class tmr.

Yeah!! SO happy and excited for him

**I just completed a disgusting 13-pg summary for a shitty paper that is just full of CBT and statistics. 5 more to go. Yeah to me -_-

Well, hope u guys had a lovely mid-autumn fest too~!

Faith in My Weaver

My life is but a weaving, between my God and me,
I do not choose the colors, He worketh steadily,
Oftimes He weaveth sorrow, and I in foolish pride,
Forget He see the upper, and I the underside.
Until the loom is silent, and shuttles cease to fly,
Will God unfold the canvas and explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful in the skillful Weaver’s hand,
As the threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned.

- Quoted in Tramp for the Lord

When feeling lost and uncertain about the future, look to the one who is giving the directions and have FAITH

#31

Dad drove me to SSDC right aft my seminar and I had lunch in his car.

Too rush man no time.

But I ended up arriving 20 mins early and just when I thot dammit have to wait anxiously in the crowded waiting area, guess who I saw?!

Super random so dun bother guessing.

I met Grace!! Grace Seet!

Like hello how long ago did I last saw her I have NO IDEA.

And we chatted happily (and abt v random things) for the next 15 mins

She just got married lah omg!

And she’s at SSDC to learn bike. *Envy*

So instead of 20 mins, I only spent 5 mins waiting anxiously for my instructor to come to my car.

Preset with 4 descriptive words in my mind: “balding, tummy, sulky, angry”, I looked ard for my potential instructor.

Turned out my instructor meets none of those criteria haha

He was an ex air-steward and was sooo easy to get along we were chatting for the whole 2 hours

He even asked if I ever thot of flying coz he thot I can make it, so I told him honestly,

“Thought of it b4, but I cant swim.”

“Seriously, you just jump into the pool and grab someone to float tgt.”

“oh. TOO LATE!!”

And he was very postitive abt me getting my liscence b4 SSDC shift to Woodlands (which is in Mar).

Seriously, I really dunno.

-_-

Yeah but it was fun. As promised by… well… everyone haha

I’m just nt too sure if I can do 4 hrs str x_x

But I hope I get this instructor again

Had 5 hrs of tuition aft dat.

Brain dead and zoned out for a couple of times.

But Jed got his 1st 30 stars and we’re both v excited! Now I have to find him the eraser that he wanted…

And I just got paid for Tae Young’s lessons

The good thing abt coming home aft a day of hardwork is the awesome fulfillment of not having wasted a single moment of ur time.

The bad thing (which is really bad), is feeling damnbloodyshitty tired.

One happy thing to look forward to: my abnormal seminar is postponed to fri, so me and Poppy can go patuo patuo tmr aft Religion

I wanna go for Swensen’s Ice Cream Buffet and watch FAME~!!!!!!!!!

Provided pops finish his work tonight

Jiayou Poppyyyyy <3

Z-deprived

Just done with evo psych.. And I’m always amazed by how we usually feel like dying right b4 a test or exam due to lack of slp but immediately aft that, we’re alive like never b4.

Esp when I din have a single wink of slp last night perhaps due to the medication, I’m disturbingly awake and energetic right nw… Sld be a gd thing rite? Except the usual queasy feeling dat comes with lack of slp :/

Gng for driving soon. Hope my car dun screech

Good day everyone

Super Strength Me!

Sweet msged in the aftnn to tell me that he’s enjoying hightea w our mums.

And asked y am I so busy.

Obviously he thot I was having fun and partying my break away…

But NOOOOO~~~

And I told him exactly y I’m busy:

“3papers, 2quizzes, 2presentations, 10hrsoftuition, 8hrsofdriving, occasional CT affairs and currently a persistent running nose.”

oh yeah he sounded impressed haha

Maybe to some ppl, this is really no biggie, but my life haven been this hectic since I stopped dancing like months ago, and even then, I din think it was this “happening”!

Alot of things gng on and alot of things to achieve…

It makes me happy and keeps me motivated when I look at my new entry in my CLB:

What I picture myself to be in 5 years time.

I prayed for wisdom b4 I wrote it down, so I really hope they are all part of God’s plan for me

Writing down goals is never the tough part.

We write about our goals in a pretty book, daydream abt the joy and success we’ll be enjoying when we attain our goals and chuck the book right out of sight.

Only to read it 5 years ltr and ask, “why am I so far away from where I planned to be?”

It is remembering the hard work that we have to put in and the persistence we need to make it happen that isn’t easy.

Where do u wanna be in 5 years’ time? What are u going to achieve? Are u well on your way to your goals?

It’s never too late to have a goal,

It’s never too late to have a direction,

It’s never too late to start working for it.

If u start NOW

And all I can do now is to pray for strength and work my ass off, with a great deal of persistence

ok, I just popped a flu med and I’m gng to slp nw.I hope I dream Evo Psych so I can score well tmr :S

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