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Happy Teachers' Day

2009-09-01T00:14:00.002+08:00

Wow this blog has been kinda forgotten soon after I started work... Time really flies! If you happen to come visit my blog again, thanks for not forgetting me (& this blog haha), but yes, I'm currently a teacher in a private tuition centre somewhere in the center of Singapore (I was told not to talk about this here). Its been about 4 months that I've been working here, and there were many ups and downs, lessons learnt, memories & new friendships formed. Amazing how things are progressing in office! I thank God for all my colleagues, and a toast to all teachers in the world, a

HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY!!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

:)

2009-05-21T01:49:00.000+08:00

Wow ok... Happy birthday to me lol... thanks to all who remembered, even if u didnt wish me, i still appreciate that you remembered :)
I believe this blog's gonna be neglected and forgotten very soon... haha yesh working life is super tiring and hectic, and becoming rather mandane, so there's nothing much to update abt...
Time for bed... Gdnite! :)

Updates

2009-05-09T01:30:00.002+08:00

A Relaxing Labour Day at the Beach :)

We discovered this interesting tree that has a long branch growing sideways, allowing people to sit on it. It was quite fun to be on it. Surprisingly, it could hold the weight of both of us! Many other folks were also sitting on it before us! But the mis-use is to treat this poor tree as a see-saw... We should take better care of our environment!

FYP Poster Day 5th May

It was such a hectic day... Had to reach sch ard 9 plus, stand from 10.30am-12.30pm and 2.30-4.30pm to wait for the examiner to come to my "booth" to hear my presentation.
Thanks to my darling who was with me throughout the day... You're my greatest supporter! haha, even my frens were amazed at your patience for this long and draggy day :p

I love this shot, but my hands were abit shaky...

Me and my poster on my right.

The examiner was the tallest prof in my sch. Probly abt 1.8-1.9m. I had such great difficulty looking and talking to him. At some point in time I felt my neck felt strained... The presentation went quite ok, but not good enough in my opinion. Expected 2 examiners, but as we do not know who the examiners are, its juz by guessing, so I think I only got one.
Oh how can I forget to mention the joke of the day! Prof Sugrue (who teaches Microbio and Virology) came near to my poster, and since I thought he might be my examiner since mine's on bacteria, so I dashed over to let him see me. And he asked, "Are you Edward?"
I was stunned. I dunno to be angry or sad. lol. You mean you cant tell that I'm a girl? Edward (his poster was on my left) is a GUY!! Omg I told all my frens and they were laughing their heads off. We concluded that maybe Sugrue thought that humans are like viruses with no sex difference.

DnD 8th May

I was rather reluctant to go. But my frens decided to just treat it as a get-together since we'll not be going to a grad trip together. Our table was rather quiet, as usual I guess... This is the first time I attended a dinner and seated at the Halal table (cuz one of my frens is a Muslim). The food was hence, malay-ish and more spicy & oily, not quite to my liking. The prog was rather amusing, to see other people being saboed. Otherwise, it was a rather boring dinner. Oh I had some red wine! Not the first time, but just to make my money worth HA :D

Most of the photos were taken with fren's cameras. Only took a few with my own... This is taken with Prof Lars, Vice-chair of Academic in my sch. I had decided to shoot with him cuz he's one impt person who enabled me to switch course from the TCM double degree to juz focusing on Bioscience even in the second year, and not needing to repeat any of the modules I missed cuz I had enough AUs. Thank God for allowing me to meet him, and that his decision is made according to God's will :) So here I am now, finished my 4 years of uni education, moving on to working life, which will commence in less than 2 days' time! :)

My Poster is Done! =D

2009-04-23T22:37:00.004+08:00

Yayz!! I finished designing my poster in 1 day!! Woohoo!! Despite the pulsating headache the moment I woke up, I forced myself to get it over and done with. And thank God, I made it :p miraculously, the supervisor also gave his approval very quickly, almost immediately after I emailed him. Bravo! Now I can rest in peace...

Thankfully somehow there's no dance practice in the end so that I can rest tonight. My appetite is picking up, but the queasy feeling still lingers... I want to be well soon! I want to enjoy my mini holidays! I want to go out instead of staying at home and eating and sleeping and surfing the net... I want the headache to BE GONE!!! GRR... I've never experienced such prolonged headache before... Maybe this is wad people suffer for migraines? God please heal me and darling...

Stomach Flu :S

2009-04-21T23:52:00.000+08:00

I woke up in the morning and had diarrhoea :( many runs.... the most irritating part is that when I'm done for 1 round of pooing, the very moment after I washed up, I felt like I needed to poo again... It was so gross... like peeing thru my anus... sorry abt my gross details but this kinda runs really stinks!! and my fever from yesterday hasn't gone down...

My meet-up with Betty had to be postponed cuz I felt too weak to go enjoy Astons. I went to see the doctor and He was sthocked that I told him my sickness (stomach flu), instead of my symptoms (diarrhoea, fever, flu-yest). Haha I was right in the end :) but this is one horrible sickness to have... Thankfully I took the meds and the runs stopped... Darling had his biz law paper in the evening...and I'm so happy that he cabbed over to see me :) I'm really touched :) thanks darling ;p

YAY-ness :)

2009-04-17T23:49:00.004+08:00

I SUBMITTED MY THESIS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*jumps up & down, dance around, ^5 my peers.... WE DID IT!!!!!!! =)

no matter how the results turns out, well, at least i'm proud to say that i SURVIVED...at least till now... Thank God!

the next hurdle is the poster day on 5th may, which still feels quite far... so, i shall celebrate my "graduation" hahaha :D

sadly darling's exams juz started yesterday, so he cant really celebrate & go out with me :( shall count down to 28th apr... & 5th may! =)

i think i really need a long good sleep... the thesis took up so many hours of my sleep this week!

Jiayou darling <3

Allworship Inspirational Email Samples

2009-04-16T11:15:00.002+08:00

Just something to share... Taken from Allworship.com
You can simply subscribe to their weekly inspirational email which is FREE... I think they're quite interesting and encouraging... A few samples below...

WHO IS JESUS?

In chemistry, He turned water to wine.
In biology, He was born without the normal conception.
In physics, He disapproved the law of gravity when He ascended into heaven.
In economics, He disapproved the law of diminishing return by feeding 5,000 men with two fishes and 5 loaves of bread.
In medicine, He cured the sick and the blind without administering a single dose of drugs.
In history, He is the beginning and the end.
In government, He said that he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace.
In religion, He said no one comes to the Father except through him;
So. Who is He? He is Jesus! The greatest man in history.

Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
He had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
He had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.

THE EAGLE

Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks?

The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.

When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift us above them.

God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.

Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.

The Bible says, "Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles." Isaiah 40:31

THE HOLY ALPHABET

A - Although things are not perfect
B - Because of trial or pain
C - Continue in thanksgiving
D - Do not begin to blame
E - Even when the times are hard
F - Fierce winds are bound to blow
G - God is forever able
H - Hold on to what you know
I - Imagine life without His love
J - Joy would cease to be
K - Keep thanking Him for all the things
L - Love imparts to thee
M - Move out of "Camp Complaining"
N - No weapon that is known
O - On earth can yield the power
P - Praise can do alone
Q - Quit looking at the future
R - Redeem the time at hand
S - Start every day with worship
T - To "thank" is a command
U - Until we see Him coming
V - Victorious in the sky
W - We'll run the race with gratitude
X - Xalting God most high
Y - Yes, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but
Z - Zion waits in glory where none are ever sad!

Oh I forgot to mention, you can listen to the free worship songs on their website too! Totally FOC too!! Thanks to Serene who introduced it to me abt 4 years ago...
Have a blessed day! =)

King & Lord

2009-04-12T22:56:00.004+08:00

Today is a special day... The Lord Jesus has resurrected 2000 years ago =)

It was a very blessed Friday, Sat and Sunday (today). Attended the Miracle Services in church, and am really blessed by God's touch and encouraged by the various testimonies given. It was unique for today becos I was interviewing (for recording purposes) 2 of those who were healed by the Lord, and they were all so joyful and praising the Lord for healing their sicknesses! What struck a cord in my heart is that I see a Muslim convert, an Indian lady who's probably a Hindu but converted, and another Indian guy whose son got healed becus he believed in Jesus! I am so happy to see God moving so mightily, and how He answered the prayers of many. Its amazing how God also works in those who are of various ethnicity, and other religions such as taoists, muslims, hindus, atheists, hindus, etc. Of course, many also received salvation in the services! I feel that heaven is getting more populated! I am totally awed by God, and I believe He is able and no problem is too big for Him. I feel so privileged to know this wonderful God, to dance for Him, to call Him my Abba Father. He is the King of kings & Lord of lords! Thank you Lord for your miracles. You are a God who not only forgave us our sins, but also healed us of all our sicknesses & diseases. Thank you Jesus =)

Isaiah 53:5
he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities,
the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
and by His wounds we are healed.

Drunken

2009-04-07T23:07:00.003+08:00

What a sleeping day for me!! I woke up around 10am, went for brunch at 11, and came back and wanted to relax abit by reading a book b4 starting my "homework". but...it put me to ZzZzZzZz... and so I simply couldn't resist the "drunkenness", I succumbed to it and climbed onto my bed and was asleep immediately... So, my afternoon nap was all the way to abt 4.30pm!! In the middle I noe the bf called, but I was too sleepy haha :D
And now, by right I should have all the energy from the stored sleeping hours just now, but I'm starting to feel sleepy... oh no wads wrong with me? This is bad! I usually only feel this type of "drunkenness" when I take flu pills ... But I didn't take any drowsy meds!?!
ahh I cannot keep sleeping!! I need to write my thesis by thurs, so that I can be more prepared for more discussion with the supervisor...
Oh I so look forward to see my darling on Thurs... <3

Introducing Piggie...

2009-04-06T18:03:00.003+08:00

She was bought as a mate for the poor lonely Tikkie... Also becos I found her so super cute, ever since I spotted her in the 7-eleven at CGH (the hospital I was going for my FYP). Yeps... weird place to be selling soft toys, and everyday as I walked past the shop I'd steal a look at her/it haha... And I could not withstand my temptation last Thurs when I thought its going to be the last day (it wasn't) for me to step into the place, and hence I finally brought one of them home! Hehe :p My excuse was that this is my "souvenir" for rewarding myself for surviving the gruesome torture under my supervisor... Haha anyway, me is happy Hee

She is posing with the everlasting bouquet of flowers from darling :)

Newly weds... Oh aren't they so loving?

Thats tiny Teddy... He was with me since eon years ago... Now he's adopted by Tikkie & Piggie... His twin brother is in the care of my darling :)

Hugs!

Hehe now you see how kiddo I am... Surprising huh? Lol... Who says soft toys are only for children? =)

Online Shopping!

2009-04-02T01:07:00.004+08:00

Hehe. I wanna share with you my virgin purchases from online shopping! My first purchases were back in Jan this year, but the orders were only received on 28 Feb!! Haha what a loooong wait! Didn't blog then cuz of some stupid reason lol. Anyway, since I love BAGS, of course my first purchase was BAGS!

From Wardrobe54:

Currently I'm using this bag as some of you may notice :) Its been serving me well and I love it! Probably my first black bag; usually dont go for black becos it looks quite "auntie". Thankfully this is fine =)

This is another bag I bought in the same order (in order to enjoy the CNY 8% discount and free shipping for purchases above $59.90). Am not using it yet becos I wanted to keep until my birthday then I'll have a new bag to carry haha! But keeping this bag untouched helps curb my cravings to buy new ones! Am tempted to start using it recently, but I shall Persevere!! :D
But one minor complaint is that the picture is not exactly what my bag looks like haha! Mine has an extra zip pocket in the front...look more auntie I think, but I believe its gonna be useful for the Ez-ling card lol!

My only disappointment about my first purchase is that the postman came at the wrong time!! My mom was downstairs having lunch, and he didn't even leave me the collection slip... Therefore I was totally unsatisfied with the fact that I couldn't sign for my parcel (receiving a parcel personally is partly the reason why I wanted to purchase something online)...and so I collected it from Bedok Post Office..

My Second online purchase:
From Threadless.com

I made my orders about 2 weeks ago, and I received my goods yesterday!! I'm so happy for their efficiency in sending out the goods, and this is my first time receiving a post all the way from Jamica! But very sadly, once again the postman had to come at lunch time again, and I had to go to the Post Office to collect... Anyway, these photos are taken from my goods, not those from Threadless.com. But they look exactly what I see on their website! I bought a dozen shirts in total, so maybe you can do the math based on the number of designs hehe :p

Hehe I hope YOU like the designs... some of them were chosen becos they were on sale. YOU'll see them soon wahaha :D

Just wanna end this post with Tikkie... He's well taken care of and he misses his other owner hee :p

Revelations

2009-03-30T13:25:00.003+08:00

In my church, Lighthouse Evangelism, we are studying the book of Revelations. This short Youtube clip is an introduction about this series of sermons... If you're interested, do take a look... Any information, do check out the church website http://www.lighthouse.org.sg/

Babysitting :)

2009-03-19T22:28:00.003+08:00

My days had been so monotonous that I had nothing to blog about... But today is special! I went over to my sister's house to help out in babysitting my nephew & niece. Why only today? Cuz there's nobody home except the maid...usually there's the mother-in-law but she's away on a hol...

I had fun with the kids. I felt they've grown so much! Shaun is going on 4 yrs next month.

Naughty chicky bums

Super cute right...both of them carrying their tiny school bags

Shannon loves mickey & minnie mouse haha!

What a day for me to experience how a day of a housewife goes! I think its more tiring than working! Well, I take my hats off to the maid who is so patient & energetic, feeding the kids, pacifying them to sleep, do the housework, then cook dinner... I was hardly doing much & felt tired by evening! haha

Oh well, back to reality... I had to confess that I'm such a procrastinator - I have not started on thesis -.-"' Still collecting data & I've yet to think about how & what to discuss... I have to start telling myself that time is running out as I count down to the end of my deadline :X

Woes of FYP

2009-03-10T23:32:00.003+08:00

Omg its alrdy mid March, which means my FYP is almost coming to an end. Abt 4 more wks... I wish I can finish my experiments soon enough to allow time for thesis writing. But now, still waiting for the bacteria to grow, waiting for reagents to be ordered & delivered, & waiting for the irresponsible supervisor to bring in some more cultures & extracted DNA for testing. Sadly, one of the antibiotic test results for the first round of bacteria is so hopeless, and the technique is so tedious & laborious to do, I might want to scrap it from my thesis. Speaking of which, I think I'd be left very little time to do my thesis..and I still dunno how & where to start... HAIZ! I hope 2 wks is enough to do the thesis... my deadline is on 17th apr, and by 25th mar they'll open the drafts folder... I think I'm quite doomed... Pls pray that I'll survive...

Updates

2009-02-26T20:14:00.002+08:00

FYP~

First & foremost, I'm thankful that I've survived this far under the supervisor. Things are not excellent yet, because I haven't really start to collect my data / results for the proj. I need more culture samples of bacteria from him, & also the last antibiotic testing technique to learn, which he has procrastinated it since 2 wks ago. It is not an uncommon thing for him to cheat my feelings, to test my patience, to throw some insults, to find silly things to scold & blame, to blame for any machines that are breaking down simply cuz they're very old & under0maintained... Worst of all, he procrastinates & procrastinates & PROCRASTINATES!! ROAR!!! I really hope next wk I can get my samples & spend the whole of march to do my PCR, gel electrophoresis & antibiotic tests. And my project will be done soon! I hope it will end asap, yet I wish there's enough time for everything to be done... But for now I must start on some thesis writing!! My friends are way ahead of me!!

Career~

I've made my choice to join The Learning Lab as a teacher and reject the NIE placement. Haha I shall not elaborate why and how I came to this decision, but I pray & hope that this is a wise choice :D I'm thankful that I could get this job offer, and even choose whether to join government or private sector in such a bad economic time!

Convocation~

I was informed that my graduation & convocation is on 24th July (Fri) 6pm :) I certainly don't look forward to knowing the class of honours I'll get, but the thought of wearing the gown and receiving the bear is so cool!! Once in a lifetime, like a wedding lol :p

Ok, thats all for now...

Happy 2nd Anniversary ❤

2009-02-19T23:07:00.004+08:00

To my love:

Although we didn't spend this day together,
Our hearts are close as ever.

Despite the ups and downs,
By God's grace, we've pulled through.

Loving you, loving God,
I've learnt so much these 2 years.

Two years and counting~

Happy 2nd Anniversary, my darling :p

❤

Grumbles and Pimples

2009-02-09T23:33:00.001+08:00

The boss (my supervisor) is suffering a severe back pain and he was not here today, and perhaps tmr & the day after. I feel stranded again. The expt is so so going to be delayed badly.

And to add to this bad shape, my face suddenly had an outbreak of pimples!! Sigh. They're big and painful. I regret not investing in a pimple cream... Time to get one...

I feel tired, grumpy & directionless :(

2009-02-04T16:01:00.002+08:00

No...
I wish I could...
And I am praying that I can see some LIGHT soon...

Life from Mon - Fri is so meaningless...
I am stuck in the LAB
Waiting for things to happen...
Waiting for the supervisor to come
Waiting for my bacteria to grow
Waiting for autoclave to finish its work
Waiting agar plates to cool/harden
Waiting for the DNA gel electrophoresis to "run finish"
Waiting for some stupid results, if there's any in the first place
So that I can pack up & leave this dreadful place
Forever & ever
Never to step in again...

I feel my life wasting away...
Every second and minute and hour
Is spent in wait

How tragic
How agonising
How demoralising
To be treated like dung sticking around
Just hoping to learn something new
But time & again
I am greatly disappointed by people, circumstances & myself.

I swear that I'll not take up a LAB job even if they give me millions of money.
I hate it, dread it, detest it to the core!
The purpose of me going now is because I am left with no choice.
They treat you as some small fly
Some leech to suck their resources

I wanna say QUIT
But I know I can't.

I need discipline
To start on my Thesis

I need Thy strength
To see me through

I need some HOPE
For I know I cannot do it by myself
I know You wouldn't leave me to struggle alone
So I just have to learn to wait upon You...

CNY :)

2009-01-27T22:42:00.002+08:00

I totally enjoyed myself visiting yesterday & today :) I collected many ang-baos, although not as many as I wished. Despite the economic recession, I think everyone's still pretty generous. It was most enjoyable to be at Darling's relatives' place cuz of the many young children & cousins.

CNY 1st day @ my house

Today while waiting at the bus stop

Did you notice? I put on make-up!! Lol. This is so rare and my very first time putting on make-up to go out. Actually I think put or no put also not much diff... Didn't take any other photos haha... I guess the extended family doesn't really like to take photos...

Thinking that tmr's back to the lab makes me totally sian. I believe my friend must have done so much more work than me since she's Indian & doesn't celebrate CNY. Haiz. I certainly hope that the Helicobacter pylori grew...

2009-01-26T10:07:00.001+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!! :) :) :)

I hope to collect many many ang-baos.. wahaha :D

Ma Maison, Swensens & Mr. Curry

2009-01-19T23:41:00.007+08:00

Yesterday was Darling's birthday, and we celebrated it at Ma Maison (Bugis). The food was good, and the ambience was cottage-styled. I think the escargots were great appettisers! :) My Gratin with scallops and prawns was ok, and his Sizzling hamburger steak was nicer. We were that full, so went to Swensens to have the Crumble. Wanted to try banana crumble, but sold out, so only tried their Walnut Chochie Road. Nice :) I'm glad darling enjoyed the birthday, but hope you'll fully recover from your sore throat & cough soon! (no photos to show cuz all with him hee)

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Today's lab was quite a disaster..again. Not that I failed my expt or created some trouble, but simply I am stuck with this supervisor who is simple unreasonable. I don't want to comment on that expect the positive fact that he finally taught us something, and we finally got down to doing some hands-on.

The dinner at Mr. Curry with Char, Hoz and Ser was great! Ser just came back from China and brought us Pocky which is banana flavour! :) Mr. Curry is another family from the Waraku clan haha. Apparently only opened at the Central for now. The foodie is really good and has a wide variety. Oh how can I forget their desserts? The photos didn't do much justice to the steaming hot food served. I will go back again to try more stuff!

The calender full of cute pictures as table mat

My Rice with cheese & curry topped with scallops and chicken. ($12.80)
I love it cuz the scallops are more generous and big and fresh!
It tastes good with curry + cheese :)

Ser's similar to mine, except that hers is hamburger steak on top. ($12.80)

Hoz's Minced beef and Omelet rice. ($14.80)
There's a pot of curry, and there's a choice of 4 different kinds of curry.

Char's Prawns Omelet Rice ($14.80)

Our dessert!! From this view could only see the green tea ice cream. ($9.80)
There's another scoop of sesame ice cream (yucks!) behind.

The meal wasn't that cheap, and I paid a total of $18.10. But it was good and a must try!! I will return for more!

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Some time back I had some desserts from MOF. Love it there too!

Mango

Some chef recommendation

Some time back I had Waraku with darling. Oh thats the ultra fattening scallops and prawns baked in mayonise cheese. Yum!

Now I'm starting to have craving for this...

Its the 99cents sushi place! :)

I am so growing fat! My 'boss' is gonna complain soon...lol

Patience is a virtue...

2009-01-15T13:31:00.003+08:00

I am so damn bored!!
The supervisor cheated us again and again. Last week, he promised to listen to our presentations on Mon, but on Mon itself, he postponed it to Tues. On Tues, he only wanted to listen to one of us, and my friend volunteered. So mine's pushed to Wed. So Wed, which is yesterday, he came to the lab but didnt even tell us he's busy, but went on to do his own work that he claims his boss is asking for immediately. And so, we waited until I couldn't take it, I went to ask him, and he said tmr, which is today, he'll listen to my presentation in the morning. And look at the time now!!! He's still not here. I wish I could bark at him! So irritating. Doesn't keep his promise. I wonder what business is he up to. If we don't start, how do we finish on time? Its only 3 months more to the thesis deadline (17th Apr), and the first draft must be up by 25th Mar. If we dont conduct any experiments, then what can I write? OMG OMG. What a jerk he is, and I'm stuck with him. Oh God... I know I need to learn to have patience, but I think he has such an unacceptable attitude! Horrendous. And the office seems like a chit chat area for doctors. Gossiping and they talk so loud cuz they're aunties. So irritating, and the noise is like adding oil to fire (my anger). Sadly I forgot to bring my MP3... Hymph!!

I miss you darling!

Oh well, tmr is Friday already! I just can't wait!!

I love Sundays too!

2009-01-11T22:33:00.004+08:00

I totally enjoyed myself dancing and worshiping God today! Hehe. Maybe cuz I'm familiar with the songs & dance steps. Below are some of the pretty dance dresses... Special credit goes to my personal & private photographer.. Hee :p thanks dear :)

My fav Lilac

This one's called snow white :)

I think this one's called Fluffy cuz of the skirt being really fluffy! We seldom wear it.

The sequin dress. I miss wearing it!

Thank God for Gracelight ministry that I'm able to serve in. May my passion to dance for Him continue to grow! Praise God for this gift also! May He increase my potential to dance better! I'm so happy & priviledged to dance for the King of kings & Lord of lords! :) The joy of dancing for the Lord for the past year has suppassed the many experiences I got for dancing in the past decade in school's dance clubs as CCA! I'm glad that I can be of service unto the Lord by doing what I enjoy :) May the congregation be bless by this ministry, and it is a desire that as we dance, we'll draw all men to the Lord, into deeper worship for Him. Amen.

I love Fridays

2009-01-09T23:50:00.002+08:00

Finally the end of the week is here!! I was so reluctant to wake up to go to the lab. But I'm very thankful that I did, because the assistant lab supervisor suddenly was kind enough to explain to me the CLO test, bring me around the endoscopy centre where they take biopsies for testing, and the best part is I watched on DVD the process of endoscopy to take biopsy from the stomach to check for gastric diseases. It looks damn gross & painful when the micro-forceps pinched off the stomach wall, and the bleeding and all, makes me lose my appetite. Haha. Reminds me of House. He also brought me around the Clinical Trials & Research Department. Perhaps he's hinting to me to support him as a healthy patient for clinical trials phase I. LOL. I might consider if I think its ethically right to put myself to such risk, for the betterment of humanity. Ha.

The bestest part today is of course to meet my darling for dinner! Haven't seen him for almost a week! Aww... We had a good meal at Kenny Roger at Suntec, followed by a Jumbo cup of Yummy Yogurt! Haha. Yum! :p I so badly miss our time together... Now that we have much lesser time together, I treasure them even more... <3

Have a good weekend friends! :)

Researchers have a boring life...

2009-01-08T11:14:00.002+08:00

I am sitting at the CGH research lab, enjoying the good internet that my Vodafone allows me to have. Intended to come here for more disciplined literature review to prepare for my presentation next week, but since I came at 9+am, I was happily surfing the net, reading online news, Facebook-ing, and now blogging. Haha! My fren chose not to come because its freezy cold here. Yes, it is as cold as the SBS school's lobby. My supervisor has't come to the office yet, and the assistant is always keeping his girlfriend here secretly. Ha. Scandalous. They talk so loud that its hard to pretend to not to hear them. Thankful for my MP3 and the fabulous earpiece :)

I quite like this free and easy time. Maybe I should bring a book to read to occupy my spare time, else it'll be so boring! I have to go lunch alone later...hungry!! :p

I better get something done today!

Sian!

2009-01-06T22:34:00.002+08:00

Day 2 only, and I feel SIAN le. Today is a bad day for me and my partner. The supervisor and his assistant suddenly seemed to become totally different persons. Yes, I know I do not have strong foundations in my subjects, and if given a choice, I'd had opted out of honours since my grades didn't quite make it according to NUS's standard to take the honours project. But sadly, this stupid DIRECT honours program left me with no choice, and I feel really useless in terms of experimental stuff, because he refused to teach us anything (he had promised to teach yesterday), and NTU has only been training us to be lab techs who follows protocols, not a scientist as desired by him. Anyway I know I am not cut out to be a scientist. I feel kinda angry and sad at the outcome of my uni education, but I guess I need to be "humbled" to listen to his humiliation. I dunno how I can survive from now on, having tasted how strict and unreasonable the 2 guys in the lab can be. On top of this, being hooked on Diner Dash at this time drains my energy and I'm missing the holidays badly already (-.-"')

My supervisor...

2009-01-05T23:18:00.000+08:00

He's a nice guy. I felt motivated and inspired by him. Besides the super long briefing on the project, he littered it with some humor and small chats about life, the government, uni lecturers, salary, etc. On the topic of my future career, he actually commented that I had the charisma of a teacher after I shared that I'm going to NIE after graduation..lol! I felt really happy to hear that because he said it quite sincerely. A memorable statement he made based on his personal experience on teaching was that all teachers must love their students. I was awed by it. No wonder he boasted about himself scoring 4.9/5 for students' feedback on his teaching in NUS. He's Indian, so I doubt this principle comes from the 10 commandments, but I am definitely reminded once again that in the near future, no matter how disappointing the students maybe, I should still love them, and this alone should be my principle to keep my passion to teach, because it is a act of obeying God and pleasing Him.

All these said, I have to get back to the reality that I am fully responsible for my FYP for the next 4 months!! Lots of things that I need to read up on! It has all began...

Gambatte!! :)

FYP starts tmr!

2009-01-04T23:39:00.003+08:00

I am finally starting my FYP tmr! Last one amongst my clique of frens to start, cuz I'm such a slacker! Been enjoying my 1 month hols with a clear conscion, even gloating away at my poor frens grumbling abt reading tonnes of journals. I can't escape this fate thougth... I haven't even read up on anything! I seriously dunno what to expect from the supervisor! Tmr will be the first meet-up, and I just pray that he's a nice, helpful guy. Having a partner given the same project title (rare case), I do hope that I can work well with her... I guess from now on most of my blogs will be abt my FYP... Interestingly, both my supervisors and partner are Indians. I guess this is my first time having to do project with Indians. I dunno what God wants me to do there or learn from this experience, but I just want to trust Him and enjoy this process. I truely look forward to going to CGH, which is just nearby :) Am really thankful for the convenience, and I don't mind even going everyday since I had gotten the bus concession. Ah speaking of this makes me mad at myself for the blunder of purchasing the start date of the concession today instead of tmr. Haiz, oh well, just 1 day less value for money.

On a little note, I am kinda addicted to Diner Dash! I dunno when it came out, but after Charmaine sent me the handphone version, I started playing and got hooked. Now I really hope to download it to play on lappie which makes it much easier :)

Some Thoughts

2009-01-04T01:25:00.003+08:00

I am such a glutton! Haha. Due to my INTENSE, unsatisfied Kimchi noodle craving since last night, I just cooked myself a bowl of kimchi instant noodles. It feels so good to eat something hot and spicy on a chilly night like this. Eating it so late at this time is bad enough, but I actually had a very good (but not that filling) dinner at Waraku & desserts at MOF with a few of my coursemate clique. The desserts at MOF is always so rich, making me feel fat. Sigh. I should put do some new year resolutions concerning healthy diet, i.e. NO supper, go jogging/gym, sleeping at proper times. Why did I even mention sleeping time? Haha cuz the hols always alter my biological clock. Last night I slept at close to 7AM this morning, waking up at around 10.30am to get ready to go for my dance practice. Besides the expected "hang-over" feel when I woke up, I totally feel energised the whole day! Strange huh. Perhaps its the excitement and adrenaline rush when I get to dance for the Lord. Glad that I am developing this servent attitude, but I think I ought to do something about my bio-clock since my FYP will start on Monday, and its like normal working hours.

Speaking of my spiritual walk, I find myself slacking in reading the Word. Also, possibly due to the lack of discipline & time management, I struggle in finding a good time to do my Quiet Time. Its been quite awhile since the end of last year and brought over to this year. Tsk! I must do something about it. God definitely desires for us to fellowship with Him constantly. The purks and revelations during sermons is surely not enough. It can only help me walk right with God for perhaps the Sundays of each week. I want to be on fire for God again, experiencing Him EVERYDAY of my life and trusting Him in ALL circumstances!

Deeper In Love -- Don Moen
verse 1
There is a longing, only You can fill
A raging tempest, only You can still
My soul is thirsting Lord
To know You as I'm known
Drink from the river
That flows before Your throne
Chorus
Take me deeper
Deeper in love with You
Jesus hold me close in Your ambace
Take me deeper
Deeper than I've ever been before
I just want to love You more & more
How I long
To be deeper in love
verse 2
Sunrise to sunrise
I will seek Your face
Drawn by Your spirit
TO the promise of Your grace
My heart has found in You
A hope that will abide
Here in Your presence
Foever satisfied

I love this song. It expresses how I feel now. I really hope this "dry season" will come to an end... Maybe I should do such reflections more often instead of only a new year resolution at the start of the year.

Feeling sleepy le... More reflections another time!

2009 is here...

2009-01-03T04:23:00.002+08:00

2008 became history...
Loads of lovely memories I'll want to remember for as long as I live...
Thank You Lord :)

I anticipate an even better 2009, especially looking forward to my graduation!! ;p

O Lord, Please grant me the
Serenity to accept the things I can't change,
Courage to change the things I can; and
Wisdom to know the difference.

May the Lord bless all of you reading this! :)

Last Sermon of 2008

2008-12-28T22:57:00.003+08:00

Its the last Sunday of 2008, and the last sermon of the year. The grand finale. I rarely blog about my Sundays, so today is special. At this time of the year, most of us would do our annual reflections, and more importantly, our new year resolutions.

My Sundays is spent like how other typical Christian do on a Sunday. Church and perhaps cell group. My order is reversed; cell group, then followed by church. I felt really blessed by both today.

First part of my sharing comes from my gains from cell group. I got a kick-start on thinking about my new year resolutions. During cell group, we had worship session and we sang 4 songs unto the Lord. Its been a long time since we had worship as a cell. The sharing today was a little different from the usual bible study. We were given chance to do our reflections based on a few guided questions (for your reference if you're keen to start on your reflection):

1) What are the SIGNIFICANT EVENTS that happened in 2008?
2) What is GOD telling you through these events?
3) What are your VALUES in your life?
4) What are your PASSIONS? i.e. what EXCITES you?
5) What are your GIFTS/STRENGTHS?
6) What are your CONVICTIONS?
7) What are the measurable, relevant & time-specific GOALS for 2009?
8) Who can help you to reach these GOALS?

Personally, I haven't consolidated my thoughts about all the above, so I won't be sharing it for now, else it'll be kinda messy. I surely think that this is a relevant exercise, because you'll be amazed how God can reveal things to you, or simply put, how much you learn about yourself after reflecting.

Part 2 of my sharing is about the sermon entitled "Preparation for a New Start".

3 factors of a fulfilled year:
1) How to learn from the past
2) How to plan for the future
3) How to begin to take actions NOW

Philippians 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind (leave the past behind) and straining toward what is ahead (move forward from now on),
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize (reach for the ultimate) for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

The italicized words are to emphasize the 3 steps to start anew. A brand new 2009 is awaiting us!! It has all the blanks pages for us to write on. Of course, I am excited to embark on this new journey with the Lord (& my dear), hoping to grow stronger spiritually, emotionally and physically! May God bless you for reading all these! :)

Happy New Year in advance!

Lamentations of a Sick Chicken at home

2008-12-27T12:17:00.002+08:00

I am so dreadful of the days that I had to stay at home, becos its a dusty and lonely place to be, especially when I'm sick :S It isn't the best place to recover, becos oftentimes, the sickness (upper respiratory tract infections) is usually triggered by the presence of DUST in the house. No matter how I try to keep my room clean, there's always some dust. Maybe like what Jon said, the amount of dust in my room, or even in the universe, is finite. I wish that there's an option for me to migrate to a dust-free environment to live in.

I am not obsessed with cleanliness. But becos of my nose, I had to be more conscious of keeping my room clean. But most of the time, I had to squeeze time out to do household chores, even when I am already sick. Its not that I dread helping out in household chores. But I can't stand it when my mom just doesn't even shower daily, needlessly to say about mopping the house or washing the toilet. She coops herself in the house, doing nothing besides watching TV from dawn to dusk. She subscribes to SCV (cable channel), so I presume that there's alot of programs to watch, sometimes even repetitively. The best part is, she hogs the TV and I do not get to watch some other english shows or documentaries that I really want to watch. Sian. I do understand that she is old already, so I shouldn't expect her to be like my maid. But I just find it unfair. The house only has me & her staying together, so there's no maid or someone to mop the house or even help her to shower for her. So I have to be part-time housewife. I do not mind her being negligent about house cleanliness, but looking after her own personal hygiene is not something I could help her with or force her to. Even better still, when I try to mop the floor, she'll ask me not to! If I don't do it, then who would? My Gosh. A most recent episode that really pissed me was that day when my sister is bringing the kids over to visit, and my mom upon hearing that, immediately went to wipe the ultra dusty tables and sofa that Shaun (my nephew) is most likely to touch. Dotz. She could do the housework, but she's plain lazy. I wish my sis would come more often. But it makes her like the VIP of the house, or maybe my mom just doesn't want my sis know that she doesn't do housework. Sian. She's healthy, and yet she doesn't want to live a life that she has been so blessed with. Maybe loneliness, boredom, laziness, or even depression is eating up her soul. All I could do is to pray that God will deliver her from her bondages. I do not think she's happy doing what she is doing, but living in isolation isn't doing her any good. Outcast, widowed & unloved. I hate it most when I stay at home like today, and it hurts me to see her this way, and I already tried to knock some sense into her. I know she has chosen to block off any cares of this world, into her own world, a world that I am not given access to enter. She once said to me to just take comfort to see her safely at home when I return home, but it doesn't bring me any comfort at all. Becos I know she is blinded by what she watches everyday, every minute, every second. The fantasies of the unreal world... I do wish to break free from this vicious cycle of an unloving family too, but I know I have to endure. I shall surrender to God my rights of being angry with my mom, or even wanting to take control of this situation. When will it be better? When will my happy, cheerful & loving mom be revived? When can I see my family reunited? I do not know... Perhaps the answer is simple... Wait upon the Lord...

2008-12-26T17:26:00.001+08:00

LOL!!

Merry Christmas!! :)

2008-12-25T01:23:00.002+08:00

Yay! I'm back from Genting & Malacca :p So much fun :) will update soon...

Wish everyone a blessed Christmas!! Don't miss the true meaning of Christmas!! Its all about Jesus :)

2008-12-20T22:01:00.002+08:00

Hi friends! Sorry for the lack of updates... Finally figured out how to revamp my blog with Bloggers :) Haha I really wonder who else still pops by here... Anyway, I wanna thank YOU if you've been faithfully checking up on my life :p

Am using my old IBM now, because my new 4+months old Toshiba crashed. Not Toshiba's fault I guess... probably a software problem... Now still under repair, and they had to reformat it!! OMG. All my data will be lost!! Sobs... Hopefully they only reformat C: drive, else all my photos & files will be gone :( Thankfully nothing that important there... Haiz..

Besides that, I think the holidays has been very good so far :) Me & darling had been swimming quite abit, and we both got a nice tan :) We did not put sunblock cuz haven't buy. My back has been quite burnt and painful, and forehead & nose is peeling a little.. My first time ever to be sun-burnt!! lol. I hope I stay this tone hehe. Putting some moisturizer really helps!! I've never been so faithful to use them!! Ha! But my neck is too sensitive...been itching alot...irritating cuz the weather is getting hotter these days... Hope it doesn't trigger my history of eczema :(

Oh!! I am so thankful that I found out a place to buy super cheap shampoo, cosmetics, sunblock, hairspray, gels, lotions, etc etc!!! Hehe. Thats where we got our sun-block!! Usual price at Watsons or Guardian for sunblock is ard 20, but that shop sells it for ard 10 only!!! Half-price man!! So happy :) Bet you wanna know where it is right.. hehe.. Its at Chinatown!! The 2nd & 3rd floor of this hawker centre from exit C of chinatown mrt stn. When darling & I went, we realised the cheaper store is on 3rd floor. The 2nd floor also sells cheap, but still like 20 cents to a dollar more ex. Haha. It was so fun shopping for toiletries, and knowing that we've saved alot from our purchases. We saw many working adults also buying there, not just old aunties if thats what you expected. Chinatown is kinda revamped. More young people there, and the food there is cheap & GOOD!! Haha :)

Oh ya! I can't wait to for my Genting trip on this Monday to Wed!! Haha. Lots of fun, food and shopping to look forward to!! :) Will update more soon! Ciao~

2008-12-08T23:38:00.004+08:00

What a rainy day today. Usually I would like to just sleep in, but today is special because its a day for girls' date :)

I was out of the house since early morning. Met Elsa, Josephine & Betty and we headed down to Chinatown for dim sum. We settled at Yum Cha. Brunch was yummy! Of all the dim sum we ordered, the most memorable to me was the mini egg tarts. Haha. Maybe cuz I haven't eaten it for a long long time... Soon we had to go our separate ways..

Next up is my Sec. sch clique meet up. Only Yuxin & Grace could make it & we shopped around at Far East before heading for Waraku for dinner. We were super early and the dinner only starts at 6pm. We took a no. and waited... Why did we choose to go there? Haha becos its the Ladies Night - 50% off our bills hehe. Its a promotion until end of this month, so it is damn worth the try, but only on Monday nights. My first time at Waraku. Soooo many things to choose from! Pictures on Facebook haha... I shall go back again the next time, perhaps to try the Pasta de Waraku becos the pasta outside always appetises me..

My feet are so tired from all the walking although I wore flats... No stamina to shop... haha. I only managed to get a white tube at only 3 bucks and a set of necklace & earrings @$7 at Far East. SADLY, the necklace broke already...after ONE TRY...so sad lah :( next time dont buy cheapo stuff le...I love the design so much that I put it on after I bought it... haiz..

Overall, it was a memorable day different from my norm :)

2008-11-26T23:10:00.011+08:00

All thanks to http://www.photofunia.com/, I had so much fun creating all these memories...

The darling of my life...

I miss hearing you play the piano...

It's always a pleasure to eat with my darling...

We became famous together, and our photos are everywhere :)

My portraits

I was captured on the old TV, but they were off focus haha

My Secondary School Clique

Last but not least, this is solely to encourage YOU...

2008-11-21T22:55:00.003+08:00

YAYness!!

New found freedom :)

I am F R E E !!!

Hahaha...

But my dear will only be done next Thurs...

Ahh....

2008-11-19T12:09:00.000+08:00

there is a belated post...wanted to post last night, but stupid internet doesn't load the page. anyway, here goes...

yesterday's the historical day to rmb for two things: my first (and last) open-book exam, and my first (and last) time sitting the same exam with my dear. :) The exam was challenging, and thankfully, we SU-ed it, so only need to aim to pass with C, and it won't be counted. It was memorable experience, because I sat in the exam hall, reading my materials to prepare for the essay I've chosen to write. Haha. Never would I ever know how it feels, if I didn't choose to try this elective called Social Issues in Science & Technology. Its like doing 3 GP essays within 2 hours. Write alot alot... haha. I am so happy its over! And I'm 3/4 done for the exams!!!

Counting down 3 more days only... and I'll get my F R E E D O M from exams forever!!! :) :) :)

I'm already seeing the rainbow at the corner of the sky :p

2008-11-09T23:46:00.001+08:00

I am addicted to the 99 cents sushi!! Each plate, regardless of red or coloured, it's just 99 cents :)

Went with dear today after church, making it our 3rd time within 1 month!! We had our fill - 10 plates each this time :) had our good share of quality sashimi sushi. It is really worth it :D And how can I forget the WASABI?!! haha. It sends us fuming hot, me teary eyes & darling's face turn a little pinky haha.. Its ultra thrilling!! We'll dip our sashimi with the wasabi, then put it back on the rice, & send it into our mouths :D then...the WASABI effect takes place!! I love it!! haha...the pain thrills a sadist like me hehe ;p

I guess this is to celebrate the START of the exams this week!! Wee~ MY LAST EXAM!!! can't wait for 21st Nov, then I'll be free from exams...FOREVER!!! :D

All the best for your exams my friends! Jiayou!!

2008-10-31T23:26:00.001+08:00

I'm really happy that my pocket got richer by $10 from doing a survey, and $1200 from MOE bursary for poor students like me :)

And I know its not by luck...but from my God who provides :) thank you Lord :)

James 1:17
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."

2008-10-22T03:23:00.002+08:00

House is a fantastic show! I've been addicted to it now... But I can't figure out why Betty likes Dr.House haha :D

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Okay, I think I haven't been making good use of all my free time :( I better buck up before its too late... It's gonna be my last examination, provided I pass everything! My last chance to do my best!! I MUST score at least an A!! So, I must stop procrastinating & start studying!!

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Today, dear & I tried the Macdonald's Wasabi Fish burger & Wasabi fries!! It was a CRAZY meal...well, not only during, but after too. We had some kind of sensation of "fumes" in our heads, coupled with the usual drowsiness from the heavy meal. My gosh, thankfully the Wasabi sauce in the burger wasn't as thick, but it was enough to give that wasabi gush up my nose! I think this is my first & last try. Just was just for the fun of trying it anyway. Ha.

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Time for bed... Bon nuit! :)

2008-10-05T23:57:00.002+08:00

The weekend is too short for me!! Its over at the blink of the eyes :( :( :(

I need more time to recharge... Busy week ahead!

"12AUs only... I'm sure you can do it!" says me to I =)

Hope my dear friends who are still in Uni, continue to 加油 for the rest of the semester...

We're ~5 wks to exams, but <2 months to holiday!! Maybe this could motivate you a little ;p

2008-10-03T23:53:00.003+08:00

Today I had the Mid-term test for the elective called "Fundamentals of Communication". It had the most no. of surprise tests and free bonus points for class participation. I was studying topics like perception, listening, mass communication, verbal & non-verbal communication. It just occurred to me that the theories & principles are rather true, and I've learnt quite abut of life skills... I reflected and will consciously try to improve my interpersonal skills...

For example, the concept of person-centeredness, which means the ability to perceive another as a unique individual. I never knew this term, but the concept is like familiar, yet I didn't have that perception of people until one or two years back. I realised the importance of treating each individual as someone special/unique, because God created each of us special. I must admit that last time I tend to stereotype people by looks or results, and am rather racist too. But God puts friends from various races and religion into my life, and I found it harder to love your neighbour as yourself (second commandment of Jesus). I did not like this struggle. Hence, I am repentant of my racism, and trying my best not commit it again. No wonder God puts my FYP supervisor and team mate who are Indians. Haha!

Another concept is about the relationship between expectations & perceptions. My textbook says, the influence of expectations on communication is the basis of positive visualisation, which is a technique used to enhance success by visualising ourselves positively. How true is this? It works for me to a certain extent. But positive visualisation of self requires a 360 degrees change in mentality, self-esteem and confidence. I recalled the phase "believe in yourself that you can do it", is usually used in similar connotation to encourage ourselves or others to have faith in selves that we are the only ones who can make it happen. I used to believe alot in myself to make things happen, like doing well for exams, etc, but the human self have often failed me, making me realise how weak & perishable we are as humans are. So, now that I have a God whom I can trust my life with, my perceptions have also changed. Its not about having positive visualisation, but knowing the fact that "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!" :)

You may be wondering why on and off I would mention something about God. Well, it is the truth that there is a living God who is so GREAT. He is the one who raised Jesus from the dead on the third day after his death, the one who rescued Jonah the prophet from the fish three days after he was swallowed by the whale, and the one who performed many many miracles in the past and in my life! :)

I am thankful...and still in awe of You...

To read about the story of Jonah and the big whale, click here. God bless! :)

2008-10-01T14:16:00.004+08:00

Happy Children's Day
Happy Child of God's Day :)

All believers of Jesus Christ are born again believers, and hence we are all children of God! :) I opened an email about Crusade's Crossroad tmr, and the title was "Happy Child of God Day".

What a refreshing idea! I'm happy and thankful for a holiday today, thanks to Hari Raya Puasa. I miss the time in primary school, where we'll enjoy a school holiday for 1st Oct Children's Day.

From today onwards, this day will be spent differently for me, in the knowledge that it is indeed a priviledge to be a Child of God.

I am going to bask in the presence of my Heavenly Father as I enjoy my holiday today :)

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Last week's break was over before I knew it. Today is sort of a compensation of the lack of rest. Haha. Some photos below to compensate for the lack of updates.

Dear and I went to PS last Tuesday for Gelare.
Then we chanced upon the Manhatan Fish Market Restaurant.
So we decided to give it our first try for dinner.

We order a set for two, plus 1set of soup and drink.

Mushroom soup that tasted like from The Soup Spoon

The main dish. It includes fish, prawns, garlic rice, calamari, deep fried oysters & fries.
The portion was HUGE!!!

The prawns. The mayonise-tasting cream on top was nice.
It had been "burnt with fire" before our eyes.
But the prawns weren't very fresh...

The fish. Its ultra big piece. Fresh & good :)

The calamari & fried oyster section. Only I tried the fried oyster.
Its big and fat. I think oyster-lovers would like it, but not really to my liking...

Not forgeting, the garlic rice was the Best! The fries were nice too :) We were full very soon, and dear was grossed out by the special mayonise sauce. We hardly ate more than half the serving. This serving for two could feed at least a third person... We had to da bao cuz we felt bad wasting the food. But in the end, the remainders still ended up in the dustin... oops!

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Good times revolve around Good Food. lolz.
I met up with the usual BS clique at Secret Recipe at Vivocity last Friday fro dinner & cakes :)
Below is what went into my tummy. (Now they're probably around my waist...)

The main dish that I shared with Charmaine cuz I wasn't really hungry.
Saving some space for the cakes..haha
The brownish thing is interesting! Its boneless chicken drumstick + ham + cheese.
The cheese in the centre oozes out when I cut it.

We ordered 3 slices of cake to share.

My favourite was: White Chocolate Macademia. Ultra sweet.

Blueberry cheesecake

Moist chocolate cake.
This was quite gross cuz the chocolate melted, and apparently separated from the oil.
It looks like oil spill on that black patch..lolz...

And...we finished everything!!

We wanted to catch Mamamia after that, but the timing wasn't good.

Still, managed to catch Babylon AD with dear, but the movie plot was bad. No storyline. Too much action at the start, then the show ended abruptly with a happy ending. Disappointed with it...don't watch if you're planning to...

I went to Robinson Expo Sale with dear last thursday and managed to get some good buys! Bought a big handbag for only 20 bucks, 2 sets of Piere Cardin undergarment at 12 each, and a 1.1L tumbler!! lolz.. I used it on Monday and my frens were amused...haha!! I wasn't dehydrated, just that I always have not enough water to drink after my dance practice...haha...

A memorable event during the break would have to be the basic Ballroom dance lessons I had with dear in school. Haha it was hilarious! Hee :p No photos to show, but its up to your imagination to picture me & Jon dancing.. lolz :D

Alright, thats all for now... :)

Holiday Mood :)

2008-09-19T23:58:00.002+08:00

wOOhOO!!

mid-sem break just started!! :) :) :) :) :) :)))))

there's so many things I wanna do... work hard, play hard and rest more more!!

only a short 1 week, I'm gonna make FULL use of it!

tonight starts by recharging myself for a hectic Saturday!

gonna turn in early... Goodnight!

zzzZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZ.

i miss your bedtime bible stories~ hee

2008-09-12T15:42:00.003+08:00

wonderful wonderful WONDERFUL!! :)

I have e-learning for my elective module today, so here I am at home slacking hehe.. Yesterday I had my free day :) and today as well :) Feels so GOOD! There's actually a 1hr tutorial for Microbio & Virology, but am too lazy to travel down for ~2hrs just for 1hr lect...

Haven't been on track for studies, but I'm glad at least I accomplished the online quiz for the elective module. There still the assignment for virus, and all the previous lects to revise... But, I've been paying Lego Indiana Jones on dear's PSP. hehe. yes, you didn't read wrongly. He lent it to me from Wed, so I had been playing ;p I started to play some cute games on his PSP, altho I had strongly detest him playing while we go out. Haha! Ironic.. :)

I can't wait for the term break the week after next!! Wanna go out!! haha. yes, I have my thursdays off, but I've been a good girl, stay a home to accompany my mom, and most importantly, catch up on lots of SLEEP!! It felt like I had substituted my thursdays with saturdays...cuz sat is my busy day of tuition & dance ;p

In case all of you are missing my niece & nephew, here are lovely photos of them taken when I went to play with them last thursday...

Shannon knows how to walk quite steadily now :)
She's a really smart girl.. very sweet too when she smiles :)

This is their little "trolley". Shaun will stand behind, while Shannon sits in front.
They're preparing to go for a little walk to get dinner while I head home :)

Alrights, thats all for now.. I'm all ready to go out le :D ciao!

2008-09-10T23:16:00.006+08:00

Changed the blogskin again.. No more the cutesy one :( cuz I think Blogspot only properly supports its own custom blogskins, so hopefully my dear readers will not be disappointed/angry when you my blog doesn't load... hope this rudimentary one will be fine :)

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Today, I reached home ad saw this parcel on my table...

Its from iLappy!! *full of grin*
Although I didn't receive the parcel personally, it was ultra thrilling to see "a surprise present".
Immediately, I sms dear who has also been eagerly waiting for it to arrive... I'm sure you're very thrilled too right :P

So I opened it and mine looks like this...

Darling yours looks like this...

Inside looks like this...

The floral design on closer look...

Although the design ("Sweety Seed") looks kinda girlie for a guy, but just realised it looks like chunks of bacteria or cotton buds from a distance...lolz.

I love the way this sleeve fits my lappie perfectly becos its custom-made :))) the price is on the higher end (at least $49.90 each), but I think its a good buy. Free customisation and name embriodery. Extra charges for handle and side pockets. If you're interested, you can check out iLappy here: http://sg.ilappy.com

However, I feel weird is that my name is embriodered in pink, while Jon's in white. Strange huh... Why did they assume all girls like pink? hmph...

I can start bringing my new lappie to school without lugging around the heavy lappie bag :) Yay-ness :) Above all, I love the fact that WE HAVE THE SAME DESIGN!! hee :p Sorry that you have to wait till Friday to get yours Dear! :p

2008-09-08T16:19:00.002+08:00

I'm supposed to be studying & reading up on my tons of journals, but I went to read blogs, & chanced upon this personality test which I think evaluates quite well haha.. Below are my analysis results:

Your view on yourself:

Other people find you very interesting (I think they find me amusing whenever I laugh at something abruptly) , but you are really hiding your true self (true, esp towards strangers..maybe better viewed as high personal space). Your friends love you because you are a good listener. They'll probably still love you if you learn to be yourself with them.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes. (haha true as well, cuz a person will be more charming if I see his inner beauty :p)

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you meet that person. (YES! hehe :p)

The seriousness of your love:

Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates. (not true, cuz I don't date tom, dick or henry)

Your views on education

Education is very important in life. (YES! I think so too... thats why I like to teach!) You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying. (let time tell...)

What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel. (maybe...)

Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

Is it true? Haha perhaps you can try it for yourself! :)

2008-09-08T00:08:00.002+08:00

Aston Opened at Jurong Cafe (coffee shop opposite Lighthouse church) and it sold all dishes at a mere 80 cents!!!

It was a secret and not many knew...but since it was opposite church, we had the priviledge to know it by word of mouth :D

There was a long queue, but the wait was worthwhile. The food is like hotel restaurant kinda standard :) Why do I say that? Haha cuz we enjoyed Prime Ribeye costing $12.90 original, comes with 2 side dishes of your choice, and it was only 80 cents!!!! The steak was superb!! Best steak I had ever tried so far... I'll give many many thumbs-up for it... Even at the usual price, I think its good also a gd deal :) Furthermore, it was only 80 cents just for today... and by the courtesy of Daniel, he treated the 5 of us to a bill of $78.59, but he paid only $5.12 with GST... I enjoyed it for FREE!! hehe

Too bad no photos to show cuz all in Jon's phone haha... if got chance I'll put them up!

I'm still feeling high from the ribeye :P

*drools...

2008-09-01T11:30:00.002+08:00

I just had my first quiz for this sem. Muscle Biology: 20marks; choose 4 out of 5 qns; 1hr; 20% to final exam mark.

I thought the lecturer was nice. He said just before the quiz that this is not a tough paper...and at least to me it is true :) Thank God he tested stuff that I studied and remember... There was like at least 5 journal papers that I ought to have read & studied, but I didn't touch them at all! (Hehe I'm deteriorating as a Year 4.) I only studied & memorized his lecture notes...hope this "small victory" would path the path towards an A!

He was also nice to let us off immediately after the quiz. So here I am typing this post at my school's resource room... Waiting for dear to finish his lect so that we can meet for lunch! Hungry alrdy... Also, waiting to sell one of my textbooks to a junior. Well, making a loss, but am glad that the book can serve another owner better instead of rotting in my cardboard!

There are so many things I wished I could speed it up, and I always find my patience being tested... I so badly want to do my FYP next sem outside of school, and its just so hard to just sit & wait for the researchers to reply to my email... The deadline to submit an external FYP application is 3rd Sept...two days more only!!! And I have yet to meet up with any profs :((( I think worse come to worse, I will have to compete with the rest for projects offered in school.

Oh well... I really hope I can be immunised COMPLETELY from flu!!! Stupid virus I hate you!!! Now strangely I also found a tiny ringworm growing on my hand :( I dunno why my hand is always prone to viral infections... Ahh... But don't worry, I've seen the doctor alrdy... No big issue, just lamenting here to 'kill time'... LOl ;p

2008-08-25T22:07:00.002+08:00

Fulfilled Prophecies from the Bible

You may think that the Bible is just a storybook, or history book. But it is much more than that! It is filled with God-inspired Word, which means all the authors of the book were inspired by the Holy Spirit as they write. Even the book testifies for itself that this scripture is God-breathed ("All scripture is God-breathed..." 2 Timothy 3:16). Just thinking that the entire book is collection of 66 different books written by different authors across a span of thousands of years ago, and yet it is about the same God, Jesus Christ. It is awesome just to have the privilege to read it now in AD2008, thanks to the many copies that were transcribed through the decades and centuries.

The sermon yesterday further convinced me how true the Bible is. Apparently the Bible is filled with many fulfilled prophecies! If you just Google "Fulfilled Prophecies in the Bible", they would give 50 or even 100s of them. Below are 16 of them I learnt from the sermon. The Prophecies were checked to be fulfilled based on both Old and New testaments. A pretty long post, mind you :)

1) Christ was to be rejected.

Isaiah 53:3 "He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not. "

John 1:11 "He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him."

2) He was to be betrayed by a close follower and friend.

Psalm 41:9 "Even my close friend, whom I trusted,
he who shared my bread,
has lifted up his heel against me."

Mark 14:10 "Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them."

3) He was to be sold for 30 pieces of silver.

Zechariah 11:12 "I (Judas Ischariot) told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver."

Matthew 26:15 "...and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty silver coins."

4) He was to be silent before His accusers.

Isaiah 53:7 "He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth."

Matthew 26:62-63 "Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?" But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."

5)He was to be smitten and spat upon.

Isaiah 50:6 "I (Jesus) offered my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting."

Mark 14:65 "Then some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists, and said, "Prophesy!" And the guards took him and beat him."

6) He was to be mocked and taunted.

Psalm 22:6-8
6But I am a worm and not a man,
scorned by men and despised by the people.
7All who see me mock me;
they hurl insults, shaking their heads:
8"He trusts in the LORD;
let the LORD rescue him.
Let him deliver him,
since he delights in him."

Matthew 27:39-40 "Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, 'You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!' "

7) His hands and feet were to be pierced.

Psalm 22:16 "Dogs have surrounded me;
a band of evil men has encircled me,
they have pierced my hands and my feet."

John 20:27 "Then he said to Thomas, 'Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.' "

8) He was to be given gall and vinegar.

Psalm 69:21 "They put gall in my food
and gave me vinegar for my thirst."

John 19:29 "A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips."

9) He was to suffer for His transgressors and pray for His enemies.

Isaiah 53:12 "Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors."

Matthew 27:38 "Two robbers were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left."

Luke 23:34 "Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.' And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. "

10) His side was to be pierced.

Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son."

John 19:34 "Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water."

11) They were to cast lots for His garments.

Psalm 22:18 "They divide my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothing."

Mark 15:24 "And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get."

12) He was to be buried with the rich.

Isaiah 53:9 "He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth."

Matthew 27:57-60 "As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away."

13) He was a sacrifice for sin.

Isaiah 53:5-6 "But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

John 1:29 "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"

14) He was to bring healing to humanity.

Isaiah 53:4-5 "Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed."

Matthew 8:14-17
14When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him.
16When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.
17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
"He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases."

15) He was to be resurrected.

Psalm 16:10 "...because you will not abandon me to the grave,
nor will you let your Holy One see decay."

Matthew 28:5-7 "The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

16) He was to ascend to the right hand of God.

Psalm 68:18 "When you ascended on high,
you led captives in your train;
you received gifts from men,
even from the rebellious—
that you, O LORD God, might dwell there."

Luke 24:50-51 "When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven."

The above is just some examples... More other prophecies could be found here.

Perhaps the passage might be hard to comprehend, but they are hard & solid factual accounts that were prophesied by the prophets in the past, recorded in the Old Testament, and later recorded as prove in the New Testament by eye-witnesses during the event. This is how we know that the Bible contains the truth.

Regardless whether you are a Christian or not, it is crucial to research and find out for yourself how true the Bible is, before you come to a conclusion on whether it is just a story or the truth. As taught in our schools, a fact is the truth and will not be disproved regardless of time, but what is true for now may not be the fact, as it could be proven otherwise later in time. Having known the authenticity of the Bible, I'm thankful that I can know Jesus Christ, and trust Him to be my Lord and Saviour. (This is speaking from my personal account.)

There are also some unfulfilled prophesy, which include Jesus' second coming. In fact, Jesus said in Matthew 24:34-35 "I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away."

We are all given only this lifetime to determine whether the Bible is the truth or a lie, and whether He really exists. Do not wait till it really happens and then you believe. It might be too late, because you never know when He will return... Friends, make a wise choice!

God Bless! :)

2008-08-20T23:59:00.009+08:00

I was browsing photos from my camera memory card, and I found some nice photos & decided to share it here :)

Brings back beautiful memories...mostly about mouth-watering food!

The specialty Bacon & Cheese steak @ V8 Cafe...
MUST TRY... I eat it almost everything I go there... But its not suitable for people who doesn't like too salty food... Cheese + Bacon = VERY salty!! :D

Steak again! Restaurant at Maritime Building.
My this year's bday treat from dearie :)
Nice!

Salad at the same place as above...
I love salads too!

Desserts!!! My FAVOURITE!!!

Ah Chew's desserts... I tried their Red bean with Steamed Egg... Very filling & nourishing...
The others include (clockwise from the black one): sesame paste, yam sago, steamed egg, peanut soup, mango sago & the red bean with steamed egg. I wanna go back there and eat again!!

Gelare's Waffles!!! Thats their Fruiti Waffle with single scoop of ice cream...
Needless to say, its 1/2 price on Tuesdays!!! :)

This one probably is the least appetizing when you see...
Its our first attempt at baking cookies... haha
We didn't measure everything accurately, and almost used the wrong flour!! lolz...
It turned out rather bad...haha... I wonder when's our attempt dear?

Our first couple SOCK! Hehe..
I'm sure you can tell which feet is whose right?
(Hint: the leg hairs...)

Thats all for now...

Takes too long to upload photos le...

Will post some artistic shots next time!

2008-08-19T00:59:00.002+08:00

刚刚发现我的新电脑可以打出华文字，所以我想试试。
好tedious 喔。一句话要type这么久。I think I'm just not used to it lah...haha

hope all my friends in schools by now are doing fine & adapting to school... those starting work hope you meet nice bosses & colleagues! those still job hunting, Jiayou k! don't give up...
Everyone take care!! :)

2008-08-17T11:56:00.003+08:00

TOday we witnessed Singapore Table Tennis Girls' team battle on for the Gold medal with China in the Olympics. Although we lost, we still managed a Silver; first even for Spore since independence, after 48 years wait.

Dear, me & daniel chan went to the S11 coffee shop at Tamp to catch the match over dinner. Thankfully the TV sets there were tuned to Channel U for the live telecast of the match. There was no ra-ra when Spore scored. The atmosphere wasn't as high as in our NTU canteen A during the Spore vs Korea in the semifinals. Most people in the food court were busy eating, but others, like us, had our eyes glued to the tv. The match wasn't as exciting as the semifinals i feel... Maybe like what Jon said, we havent had any experience in the finals. The China players always seem to play much better after the first match, prob after some words of wisdom from their coach. But its quite an experience to be watching it outdoors as a form of "mentally" supporting the team.

I'm curious how much Spore govt will reward Li Jia Wei & the 2 others who won... At the end of it, we as students, were hopeful for a public holiday in celebration of this historical victory in the sports areana...lolz :)

2008-08-14T16:39:00.000+08:00

blur me...forgotten that i have FYP briefing today until Jo msg me..now still happily at home surfing the net :X

Thankfully I got the info abt the briefing from Qihui online... haiz... The timeline set for us seems so cramped! Lotsa preparation work to do in searching for a good & interesting research project. I hate to do wet labs; prefer 'dry labs' - computer labs/statistical studies, cuz I feel that there's lesser experimental errors & lesser chance of failure (due to contamination, inconsistency, etc). But seniors say 'dry lab' projects are harder to score :( I wish to do external FYP (cuz the school's profs aren't so nice to work with I feel), & ideally in CHG Research lab cuz its super near my house! I had purposedly taken the Current Topics in Microbio & Virology core module so that I can do at the CGH research lab, which specialises in Viral research. But...I don't really know how to get started!!! Someone pls give me some words of wisdom?

Past week I saw my TCM ex-coursemates presenting their FYP posters. I stood there stunned by the cheemness of their research techniques & thesis. Mostly were TCM-related. The amazing thing is that they had only 3 months plus to do, and they could produce such high quality! How am I able to produce such standard? I hate research work in general, and I had been thinking that if I'm in NUS, I'll prob choose to graduate with Bacholer's degree now. But my course is direct honours..and even though I'm doubtful whether my grades would even give me a 3rd class, I still have to stay thru the 4th year & FYP... Well, I juz pray that this would be a learning opportunity, and better know God's plan for me upon graduation...

2008-08-14T01:28:00.004+08:00

hehe like my blog skin?
hope its more user friendly to all of you who still looks at my blog haha
:)

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Bought a new TOSHIBA M800 Portege lappie at NTU's IT fair (12 - 15 Aug in Nanyang Audi Level 3). rather good deal :) I chose the pearl white one (pink & black available too). I think it looks kinda like a mac book cuz of the white colour. The package comes with a free 8GB thumbdrive/printer/shopping voucher. Of course I chose the thummie! So happy with the extra storage space! A few softwares like Microsoft 2007, Norton Antivirus & Adobe were also included, all at the price of $1952.75. Glad to be sponsored $500 by my sis, as this year's bday pressie :) altho it was a long wait from my bday in May, I think its altogether worthwhile :) I would advise all year fours to get a new set of laptop b4 you graduate! Student benefits are always better than those at Expo IT fairs or Funan Mall.

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My timetable has also been finalised... Modules I am taking are:

BS405 Muscle Bio
BS411 Microbio & Virology
CS10 Fundamentals of Communication Studies
CS802 Social Issues in Science & Technology

2 cores & 2 electives. These are the last few modules I need to clear before concentrating on next semester's FYP. stress is heightened, becos I need to clear all these modules, and this is my 2nd last chance of doing better to salvage my GPA :( Am very happy with my 4-days-week for the first time ever in uni! No more hall..must travel...but it's still bareable for now :)

I'm still joyous over the fact that I'm taking CS802 elective with dear :) First & most likely last chance of even taking the same module :) although the content is such profound sociology stuff, I'm thankful that we can help each other & also work in the same project group. We must Jiayou for this module darling!

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before I end, I shall quote my fav memory verse from the Bible:

Isaiah 40:28-31
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary,
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young man 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.

2008-08-12T02:51:00.000+08:00

Ah...finally i'm back to post something here...too 'dusty' here alrdy :D

am so glad that i FINALLY got my own internet connection at home! thanks to dear for sourcing it out with me & fixing it up <3

the hols are over, and the first week of school has juz passed... too much stuff to update from the past, but for now i'm happy & thankful for wad i have :)

Today, i witnessed something rather phenomenal...at least to me... Teenage girls shaving their heads to be BALD! i can never imagine myself doing it... They are doing it for a good cause - each person will be awarded a Creative Zen Neon MP3 player, and for each BALD girl, an organisation would donate $100 to the Children's Cancer Foundation (Sorry that i can't mention the organisation name & other specific details.) As i see the girls volunteering themselves impromtu, i am definitely in awe. such bravery to sacrifice their beautiful hair, for the sake of others. the first girl who volunteered to be shaved said she did it to give her sister the MP3. there was no hesitation... i am so touched. altho they are a bunch of forgotten teens, their BIG heart simply made me admire them... a total of 5 girls were bald at the end of it. of course some other girls thought it was on impulse & mere stupidity... some of the "brave" ones could have done it out of peer pressure... would they regret & cry? were they too impulsive? whichever case, only God knows their hearts, and i cannot judge. but seeing their courage made me ponder if one day i would be even have courage to cut my fringe short...haha...

Would you dare to be a BALD?

2008-06-12T00:17:00.001+08:00

I've got this off from Wanhui's blog... About BANANAS... read on...

Bananas.

Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS
Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect to beat blood pressure.

So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power
200 students at aTwickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power.

Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation
High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness
Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves
Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers
The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control
Many other cultures see bananas as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder
(SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking
Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes
According to research in 'The New England Journal of Medicine 'eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!'

Warts
Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around.

So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A banana a day keeps the doctor away!'

PS : Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! And, I observed that my nephew is happy when he eats a banana :)

2008-06-10T03:53:00.001+08:00

"So you think you can dance?" (New York) is BACK on Channel 5!!! :) :) :)
If you didn't know, I'm a great fan of the above, besides SURVIVOR..hehe
Today showed the audition round. I would say its extremely entertaining, although I look forward to good dancing every time i see a distasteful "act of dance". haha. there's always some funny fellow who takes such opportunities, hoping to become famous. somewhat like the American Idol. but dance is more action-packed, and it definitely inspires me to improve my techniques. I really admire those who go all out to pursue their passion at all costs. in the middle of the show, Jon asked me whether I think I would be able to make it in this competition. and my answer is a definite No. haha. i used to dream to be a prima ballerina, but i think dance for me recently is a love-turned-hate thing..long story... perhaps now i got a different revelation/perspective towards dance. i still have passion for dance and to dance... I'm happy to be part of the dance ministry in church ("Gracelight"), and the best part is that i get to do ballet, my favourite genre of dance :) having that calling to serve there, wad i can do now is to focus on staying committed to serve God in Gracelight, persevere until the day I can be on stage to dance for Your glory :) I'm glad I could fulfill that dream of mine this way. of course, i wish i could be as versatile and good as the contestants in that competition, and i do wish that God can multiple that passion, & perhaps talent, for greater use...
hope i could catch every show on tv every monday, but looking at my schedule, i might miss a few :(

looking back this past 1 month plus of holiday, i really enjoy this relaxing time...
next week i am starting the special sem alrdy!! time flies!!! it'll be twice a wk, mon & wed, 6pm to 10pm. also, 23d to 29th June I'll be away for the local mission trip to Andrew & Grace Home... so fast!! ahh... i think i still have ALOT of things i havent do, havent think, havent plan; and also ALOT of places in SPORE that i wanna go. haha. having too much time and yet i'm complaining of not enough time! ;p new lesson of the night: time management applies even during holidays!

kk its getting late... shall continue next time...

2008-05-29T01:32:00.002+08:00

I wanna check this out soon!!! :)

2008-05-28T23:52:00.008+08:00

Trip to Pulau Hantu

For more info on the island, you may want to check out:

http://www.wildsingapore.com/places/hantu.htm

http://www.simplygreen.com.sg/misc/hantu.html

Organised by my sister, Me, Jon, Meilin & Ren De explored Pulau Hantu on 27th May :)

9.30am ~ We took a ferry from Marina South Pier to Pulau Hantu, South of Singapore. Beautiful scenes are you can tell from the photos ;p

First up, here are some of the participants...

Jon & I

Shaun (my nephew) & his dad

Meilin & Ren De

Some of the things we see as we traveled on the ferry...

Some nice resort-looking houses

Sisters' Island??

Sentosa!

Some "mushroom" island..haha

And we sat foot on the island after an hour of ferry ride...

Surprised to see much more trees & plants than expected...

The Toilet!!

A secret stairway beside the toilets...which we explored
& was disappointed by where it leads to...lol

Ahh...my bf has a gay partner!! lol
The shore that separates the 2 island on Pulau Hantu...
Exploration begins! Although we didn't get to see many of the expected creatures, we saw alot of crabs and some interesting things...

The 1st creature we saw... CRAB that is well camouflaged
We caught it...hahaha
Another bigger crab
A Dead Crab
Shells...

Too many photos, lazy to put captions for everyone... There's more uploaded in my Facebook account, do check it out if interested :)

2008-05-24T02:41:00.005+08:00

Today, Jon & I spotted an interesting machine at Le Meridien Hotel (beside the Istana) ...

It's actually a machine that sells UMBRELLA for S$8!! Never could imagine such a wise idea... haha

An interesting item...

Can you guess what is this cute star shape thingy?

No hints for you... But if you put it into warm water, it expands!

And soon after, TADA!! It enlarges into a tiny hanky! I was so fascinated with it!! haha ;p

My 22nd birthday Celebration! (20th May)

First & foremost, I wanna thank all of you for wishing me happy birthday, whether its sms or card or facebook, or whether its belated or in time, I'm thankful I have a fren like you :)

Haha, needless to guess, I had a special celebration with my dearie Jonathan. Special thanks to YOU for making it so special for me this time ;p

A simplified recap of the events goes like this...

We had lunch at Mariner's Corner at Maritime House near Outram mrt. The steak was delicious, although inflation has hit the restaurant and the portion was reduced according to Jon. I'll let the photos do the talking.

I love this photo! Haha..I think its very professional! The steak looks very good uh?

Outside this restaurant there's this map with the respective times of a few different countries. I always think that having such a thing is so cool cuz you do not need to rmb the different timings of various countries.

Thereafter, we headed to the beach at ECP! Thank God for the good weather :)

Don't you feel the wind when you see our hair being blown back? hehe

We had Gelare waffles and ice cream becos its Tuesday!!! Yay ;p I love the Honey Malt Crunch!

Then, we pitched a tent to stay over. When we were done, it was alrdy night time.

We were pretty tired, and so we rested quite early... Besides the 2 flying insects that invaded our tent, we had quite a peaceful and tranquil night of rest, listening to the sea waters and enjoying the chilly breeze...

Romantic and lovely... the feeling was indescribable...

<3

2008-05-24T01:21:00.006+08:00

I LOVE MY HOLIDAYS!!! Hehe.

Let me recap the beautiful memories ;p I've loads of photos to upload, but there's limited internet access, so I'll show the nicer ones here... Enjoy the photos!

1st major event after my holidays was my nephew, Shaun Koh's birthday on 10th May. I havent seen my nephew & niece for such a looong time...and they've both grown soooo much, especially Shannon (my niece). We adults get a treat at Ichiban Boshi, becos Shaun loves the japanese rice. I think Shaun looks very much like my bro-in-law, and Shannon like my sis. haha. I thought usually the boy would resemble the mother and daughter taking after the father?! Perhaps its a myth...

Shaun (3 years old)

His pretty sugar-coated bday cake

Shannon

Next, we went over to my auntie's house, where my paternal ah ma stays, to celebrate her birthday. Buffet dinner. Eat again! haha. I always think buffet dinners aren't worth the money, and the gross thing is that, we found a cockroach cooked inside one of the dishes!!! Yeeks! So unhygienic!! I believe we made a complaint, but I didn't stay to find out the outcome of it.

Cuz... I went over to Jude's place for his potluck dinner. So happy to see most of my JC classmates, and of course my dear who left some mashed potato that he made for me. It was yummy! ;p

We took a some group photos, which also includes Jude's frens from NUS.

There's some candid shots taken too, but its been send to you all alrdy... Do let me know if you didn't receive ok?

2008-05-09T01:30:00.002+08:00

I BAKED cookies today with dear for the 1ST time in my life!

And it turned out...

EDIBLE!!

that I'm satisfied already..haha.. first-timer I do not have high expectations.. Juz edible will do. Since I know nothing about baking, and even made a horrendous mistake about the type of flour (shhh.... don't you laugh!) :X

The very first batch were too thick (ahh I wished I could upload the photos!), and tasted a little too flour-ie, cuz the batter we made was little, & there was too much flour. Everything was based on a-ga-ration (since my house kitchen doesn't have proper measuring instruments), and due to some missing ingredients, we made some clever substitutes...LOL! Ok, so much for an impromptu cookies-baking, I'm sure I can make better tasting ones perhaps 50 years down the road when I'm a bored old lady with a lot of spare time.. :D

For now, I juz like Subway's BIG cookies - dark chochie, white chip & "oak-meal"... hee ;p

2008-04-29T12:22:00.002+08:00

Hohoho...

Merry...

FREEDOM!!!

hehe. I am free free FREE finally... =)

exams over liao. although the last Pharmaco paper was tragic. thankfully I'm not going to be doctor nor pharmacist. all the patients would die due to wrong diagnosis! LOL.

Anyway, I can't wait to do something about my hair...haha.. *secret*

Don't be too surprised when you see me the next time ;p

2008-04-26T22:39:00.002+08:00

I realised I forgot to update after my Computational Bio paper yesterday... So, anyways, it was another disaster. but I'm glad its over :p

What was unique about that exam was that, besides the writing booklet & Qns paper on the exam table, there was a brand new RULER provided!! I felt sooo touched that this prof (Dr Mu) actually gave it to us as a souvenir? haha..maybe becos this module only has 18 BRAVE souls who took it. It felt like a mysterious gift...Haha.. I thought the only certainty is that he's hinting to us to use the RULER to draw STRAIGHT lines! lol.. but at the end of the paper, he collected the ruler from us while collecting our scripts.. haha I felt so cheated... both by his 'ruler-stunt' and his paper :S Profs can never be trusted for their exam hints!!

Anyway, I still have ONE more paper to go on Tuesday. Pharmacology exam. Super sian. I need to memorize sooo many many MANY drugs for it, and I wonder how many can I recall during the exam. Ahhh...spare me!! Save me!!! How I wish the biggest brain game can help me to get a BIGGER brain... LOL :D

2008-04-24T18:39:00.002+08:00

Today's paper was Protein Folding & NMR. chiu... it was a tough paper. I studied & focused on the wrong stuff, so this shows that you shouldn't try to spot questions!

Aside from this disastrous paper, this is my first-time writing in BLACK ink for an exam. Don't laugh k! I dunno why I dislike black ink, but today just had the 'feel' to want to write in black. Also, dearie's paper was also in the same exam hall as me, but of course his is Material Science ;p

Haiz... tmr got another paper... Sooo sian to study! :(

I just pray I would spot the correct questions since the lecturer said it would be easier than last year's.

Anyway, I better go mug liaoz...

2008-04-21T13:44:00.002+08:00

i've been such a pig past few days..waking up like close to noon!?! or even sleeping at weird timings haha...i hardly do so even during hols last time, but now still in the midst o f exams...haiz...wads gotten into me...no mood to study...but i know need to study :(

"only a few more days..." but i dunno how come this exam seems to be sooo slow!

yea just need to HANG IN THERE!!

"Wakey!! go mug mug MUG!!"

2008-04-18T21:50:00.002+08:00

I made my first online shopping transaction! Woohoo! Although Spore Spree is so common now, it is my first time making use of such a service haha..

I bought a bag from Charles & Keith :) it is on sale now (USD23 instead of USD28.90), and the best thing is, the shipping to Spore is FREE for a limited period of time only!! haha! I can't wait to receive my new bag ;p

2008-04-18T02:07:00.003+08:00

My First Encounter with a FLYING cockroach!

yesh... I just encounter my first FLYING cockroach in my life! (I have never seen cockroaches that fly, only those that crawl...)

poor innocent me was just at my study table in hall, clicking away on the internet... then I felt something flew onto my right hand. I turned to look, and to my HORROR, it is a HUGE COCKROACH!!

usually when I see insects of all sorts, like lizards, ants, cockroach, etc, I would dare to look closer, and even marvel at their tiny size & cute-ness. some of my old frens & dearie would know that weird side of me, and always find me ultra strange to remark "cute" when looking at such disgusting creatures.

BUT, today, I totally changed my opinion towards roaches. when I looked at that BIG, ferrociously actively moving brown cockroach, I was super shocked... Fear gripped me as I see its wings flutter. OMG!! I almost screamed, but I realised I managed to remain calm. it started to fly a little, trying to crawl away to corners of my table...

at this hour, my roomie has already turned off the lights and went to bed. so I only had my table lights on. I just had to on the ceiling lights again, actually hoping that I wouldn't wake her, but she woke up. she was also shocked when I told her that there's a cockroach in the room, because the door was shut, windows having the insect-netting, so we had no idea how this pest came charging at my hand just now.

I am very thankful that she woke up to my rescue, becos I definitely dunno how to deal with it. We tried to follow wherever it crawled, and finally... my roomie managed to smack it dead with rolled-up newspapers. Phew! So brave of her!! She even dare to pick up those broken legs on the floor with her bare hands!!! But I felt too disgusted, and gave her a tissue...

I went to "sterilize" my hands with lots of soap... Now I'm still feeling the itch although I am sure it is clean...

Freaking scary encounter in the middle of the night! I can't imagine if I'm alone... thank God for my roomie... should get to know her better, although she's graduating this sem, and I'm not staying in hall anymore (not becos of this encounter lah! haha)

now the room is lights-off again... and my roomie is asleep alrdy... I think I'm still wide awake becos of the near 12 hours sleep last night haha...

my dear,
I think next time I wouldn't be brave enough to "protect" you when we walk past any cockroaches... think got phobia already... I promise never to laugh at you again... (how meanie I was! haha) now I understand your fear of flying cockroaches... it must have been scarier with your past experiences...
all the best for your Maths paper tmr... hope you can do well to score! Jiayou! =)

2008-04-16T12:16:00.002+08:00

yay!!

another paper completed =)

thank God it was quite easy, as in the qns asked were more or less do-able and predicted from past years' papers, and I feel prepared enough to attempt 5 out of the 9 given qns, except for one part which I regurgitated the wrong stuff.. haha.. looks like my crapping ability has improved!!

during the collection of papers, one guy sitting near me in the exam hall shouted, "I think I am going to get cancer..." I was stunned by his remarks, because I thought it was to do with one of the invigilators who taught us Cancer Bio in last sem.

Then he continued, "Smoked so much..."

I went... -_-"' SO LAME!! haha...

anyways, I feel so happy because I get a 7 days break before my next paper on next Thurs and Fri =) gonna slack awhile today hehe... before I tackle the 5 journal papers for Pharmaco.

Jiayou everyone!!

2008-04-15T19:40:00.002+08:00

one paper down...it is on the module called "Drug Discovery & Biotechnology".

lecturer hinted us to expect more MCQs than last year's paper, I couldn't expect SO many more. we had 30 for last year I think, but the paper I sat just now doubled to 60! more MCQs is quite a good thing, but they're all rather tricky! I had no time to study one of the lectures given by a guest lecturer, thinking that there could possibly be 1 or 2 MCQs for it which I can 'tikcam', but surprise surprise, there were 5 of them!!! haiz... tikcam so much... think my OAS (for shading the MQC answers) somehow has a pattern favouring options C & Ds... haha.. the structured qns was 5 choose 4 to answer. I was left with no choice (again!) because one of the qns was on the guest lecturer's topic. haiz.. hard to crap... can you imagine trying to crap scientific stuff? ah..don't need to imagine... it simply spells DISASTER!!

anyways, I've got another paper early in the morning at 9am. it is on HRM = human resource management, plus entrepreneurship. sadly, it is a CORE module, cannot SU... so unfair... now its time to crap all I need for tmr's paper...

Jiayou!!

2008-04-10T17:50:00.003+08:00

I'm getting SOOOOoooo bored of studying for my Drug Design module...
and alas! I chanced upon these while randomly browsing some fren's fren's blog...

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321

so cool right?

I never knew Maths was this fun last time...

And I miss doing Maths...

Maybe I should have opted to teach Maths...

Too much Science...makes my brain one-tracked...

Too much details... whats the point of knowing and memorizing so much info when technology allows us to click and find faster than I can recall?

Haiz.

I actually miss doing those differentiations & integrations now...

I wanna go back to those good old secondary school days... And perhaps the one way to go back is to look forward to the days when I step into a school again, not as a student, but a TEACHER...

:)

kk back to the reality... need to FOCUS!!

what a poor uni student I am... bleah

2008-04-09T22:16:00.001+08:00

AAAHHHHHH........................

why did I fall sick now?!?!?!?!?!?!

haiz.............

no motivation to study :(

sianz...............

2008-04-06T13:57:00.002+08:00

Phew. Thank God last week has been over.
I am another week closer to the exams. Great.
I better start mugging. Exams start on 15thApr, then 16th, 21st, 22nd & finally ends on 29th. Ends earlier than other Sem twos previously. Gonna be fast. I am just 9 days away from the first paper. And I haven't started on ANYTHING!
Kk, I must stop procrastinating and remind myself that the exams are actually NEARER than what I thought. I shall start studying today officially.
Jiayou! =)

2008-03-31T23:56:00.003+08:00

one word. BUSY!!

this is a crazy week. next week too.
many many ASSIGNMENTS & DEADLINES...

but I still wanna thank God I got into Gracelight (Lighthouse Dance Ministry) after last Sat's audition. look forward to dancing more.

thank God also for the MOE teaching offer. accepted it with God's peace in my heart :) can go NIE after graduating next year ;p but... I need to teach Sec Bio & ENG!!! ah... English will be a HUGE challenge...

am still waiting for the Teaching Award results, which will only be out in Apr, latest June. hopefully can get it...

Happy April Fool's day in advance... how I wish that the assignments due tmr is an April Fool's joke. but, thats impossible! but at least finish le... left the ever horrendously tough NMR assignment which is due on Thurs!! HELP!!!

All the best to those having exams/quizzes...

JIAYOU!!

2008-03-13T22:06:00.002+08:00

Brr... the weather is turning sooo cold... raining everyday.. issit winter time in Spore? i wished i had some winter clothing to prepare for this climatic change...

the hostel's water heater needs to be improved!! been showering in cold water.. Ultra COLD!! the wind is cold. the air itself without wind is alrdy cold. oh man. thankfully i'm not sniffy...maybe not yet. haha. keeping my fingers crossed.

now is the super busy period of the sch sem. many deadlines and assignments to meet! its not the time to play play anymore man. there's no time to start my revision yet, although the exams are abt a month away. stripped with various other commitments, its not time to back out nor give up, but face the CHALLENGE!! i say, assignment deadlines, etc, COME! i'm gonna meet you one by one!! i shall finish them SLOWLY but SURELY! (but i must stop procrastinating them, and work FASTER!!)

Jiayou everyone!! =p
Cannot give up!! must Persevere!!

James 1:2-4 (KJV)
"My brethen, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your FAITH worketh PATIENCE. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect & entire, wanting nothing."

I'm sure you can do it dear.. I have faith in you =)

2008-03-10T09:24:00.002+08:00

10,000 BC is a great movie!! you should watch it on BIG screen cinemas!! very exciting adventure story... packed with surprises... thrilling and yet not gore ;p i love it! haha..

2008-03-05T19:12:00.013+08:00

Another cold day...which made my nose react again... *sniff-sniff*
the weather is getting colder each day.. and despite wearing my thick jacket and wrapping myself under my blanket, I can still catch a cold..
weak immune system + irritable nose = unproductivity!!! (sigh)

Ok, since I dont feel like doing any work now, I shall post the lovely photos taken last month... Reliving the beautiful memories... me <3 all these wonderful moments spent with you!

CNY 1st day...

At my house

dear, me and mom

my sister and her family also came...
my mom and my niece, Shannon

my nephew, Shaun (how old do you think he is? going on 3 years!! he looks quite big doesn't he?)

Valentine's day

Our 1st couple tee...

We headed to Jurong Point for dinner.. at Pizza Hut!

Kawaii!!!

Lover's Berrypizza :)

can't bare to cut it...but have to...

after dinner, we went to catch the movie "Jumper". Thankfully dear pre-booked the tickets online (altho its Jurong Point). the queue is sooo super long!! and he had a little surprise for me when we went to collect our popcorn set...
I received a pretty rose (which came in the package with popcorn and drink) I was totally sweetened! I didn't expect any flowers since he said wont have haha! now the flower is nicely sun-dried ;p

1st Year Anniversary...

We celebrated on the Sunday (17th), because the actual day was on a Tuesday...

Our 2nd couple tee, proudly hand drawn by my tallest girlfriend, Ee Min... Pls visit http://www.missmrtee.blogspot.com/ if you want to order their 100% good quality and nice hand drawn tees! Special thanks to min for putting sooo much effort to rush this wonderful piece of work!!

(front)

(back)

I was presented with a huge bouquet of tulips!!! super melted again... hehe

At Jon's house...

the handsome pianist...

the details of the events are not elaborated, but I'm sure the pictures spoke alot!! hehe... of course, the actual events are kept in my heart & permanent memory... hee

\(>.<)/

2008-02-21T23:31:00.002+08:00

Below is an article on Temper that I read from somewhere...

Taming our Hot Temper

Temper takes many forms. The form of temper we now adopt as adults depends very much on what was successfully applied on us as children. For example, if the significant adults had used temper to control us successfully, we now use temper to try to control others. Since we had focused on the injustice of the temper so much, we unconsciously imbibe the very behavior we hated.
Temper can be obvious or it can be subtle. Temper manifests itself in some of the following ways:
a) explosion----we rage, we use anger to lash out at others and intimidate them.
b) implosion----we give the silent treatment, we sulk, we turn it inward and beat ourselves up.
c) irritation---we have little tolerance, we are out of control.
d) repetition---we nag constantly, we are stuck in the same angry groove.
It is best to avoid all forms of anger because if we give anger an inch, it will take a mile. So don’t let anger get a foothold in our hearts. For once anger gets into our hearts, it is hard to uproot. And if we let the sun go down on our anger, our hearts will harden into resentment and bitterness.
We are the only one who can make ourselves angry. We choose how we respond to the event that upset us. The meaning we give to the event will determine whether we become angry or not. What we tell ourselves makes us angry. How? By telling ourselves that we have been taken undue advantage of, that we have been unfairly treated, abused, bullied, humiliated, browbeaten, intimidated, coerced or mercilessly whacked for minor mistakes or by recounting to ourselves all the perceived wrongs that have been done to us in the past. It is vital that we watch our thoughts as we can temporarily stop our anger when we change our thoughts or change what we tell ourselves. Yet, why do we often become more and more angry? Because we refuse to change our angry thoughts or we choose to churn over and over in our minds what we keep telling ourselves. And what we tell ourselves keep us locked in our anger prison.
Often, we become angry because we don’t get our ways. We have not learnt the art of allowing, tolerating, accommodating and accepting differences in views, values, mannerisms and perspectives.
Sometimes we become angry because current word or event triggers off some childhood abuse, fear or anxiety.
But, the ultimate objective of all forms of anger is to try to control the behavior of the other person. We use anger to intimidate, manipulate and subdue the other person.
Anger becomes most dangerous when it hardens our hearts and makes us so self-righteous that we cannot see our fault. What we cannot see, in ourselves, we cannot change. When we refuse to apologize for our anger we imprison ourselves in our own self-righteousness. We stand on our pride. We harden our heart. But when we start to say “I am sorry,” we begin to unburden our heart and release ourselves from our own imprisonment. Somehow the chain is removed. The shackle is broken. Sure some will take advantage of our apology but the heavy burden of being locked up in our own anger is lightened. Apology unlocks our heart for the reconciliation to begin.

Easy to talk, but, how do we tame our hot temper? I believe in Jesus Christ so I go to Him for help.

1) Admit that we are in trouble
If people can easily trigger us into temper, sulking, impatience, or nagging then we have to admit that “I am out of control with my temper.” When we use temper so readily it becomes a form of emotional abuse. It also means that we are unable to discipline ourselves. We have lost self-control. We have not learnt to separate the important from the little things. We have not learnt to let the small stuff go.
Yes, we can find thousands of reasons why we are so easily provoked into uncontrollable anger and hold on to the anger right into the night. But, unless we recognize and admit that we have trouble with our hot temper, we will never start to tame our temper. As St James has advised, “Are any among you in trouble? They should pray.” (James 5:13 TEV)

2) Pray and Ask Jesus (or your God) for help
When we pray to God, we will hear that “He speaks to us in our affliction” (Job 36:15 NIV), provided we be still and quietly listen. Jesus says, “Ask and it will be given to you” (Matthew 7:7 NJB) and often, “It is because you do not pray that you do not receive; when you do pray and do not receive, it is because you prayed wrongly, wanting to indulge your passions.” (James 4:2-3 NJB) Therefore, pray to God to repent and to motivate us to restrain our temper. We will succeed and we will fail also. But, we tame our temper one incident at a time. We are always tempted to give up trying as restraining our temper can take a very long time to succeed. But God will strengthen us to control our temper if we will pray for the Holy Spirit as the Helper, Counselor and Comforter to come to our aid. Jesus teaches that we “need to pray continually and never lose heart” (Luke 18:1 NJB). Prayer is the magical aid when we feel like giving up. Daily prayer will sustain, strengthen and encourage us not to give up.
Furthermore, we must admit that, often, our hot temper arises from nothing more than our resentment. Where there is resentment, there is a hardening of the heart and there is no forgiveness in our hearts. But, we must not forget that, “if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.” (Matthew 6:15 TEV) So it is very important for us to repent and ask Jesus to help us to forgive. A forgiven person forgives, so it is vital that we learn to forgive ourselves also.
One practical way of forgiving is to pray for the one who hurts us, who causes us pain, or even harm. Jesus advises us to, ”pray for those who mistreat you” (Luke 6:28 TEV) and “pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44 NJB).

3) Stop before the temper gets ugly
Anger is a choice. It is a choice to stop a disagreement before it gets ugly. It is a choice to stop and pray because we can sense the anger starting to boil inside and that our hearts are beginning to harden. If we want to control our anger, we should, “be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to human anger” (James 1:19 NJB).
The earlier we agree, the easier it is to stop the quarrel and the anger from developing. As Solomon says, “The start of an argument is like the first break in a dam; stop it before it goes any further.” (Proverbs 17:14 TEV), “Any fool can start arguments;”(Proverbs 20:3 TEV) and “The fool blurts out every angry feeling, but the wise subdues and restrains them.”(Proverbs 29:11 NJB) Jesus advises us “Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him” (Matthew 5:25 NJB).

4) Seek Counseling
If we still find that we unable to tame our temper, it may be time to consider seeking, confessing or asking mature Christians or our priests to counsel us. Why do we need our priests to get involved at this time? Because what we have been doing is not working and we need some outside help. What is needed is the objective counsel of a third party who will minister the Word of God. We need mature guides to show us the way.
The Bible tells us, “Where there is no counsel, the people fall” (Proverbs 11:14 NKJV), “Get good advice and you will succeed” (Proverbs 20:18 TEV) and “Get all the advice you can, and you will succeed; without it you will fail.” (Proverbs 15:22 TEV) So, in order to succeed in taming our temper, we may need the counsel of mature Christians, our priests or appropriate religious writings.

5) Pray to Jesus again and again
To have some success, we have to go to Jesus again and again for help. Sincerely repent our sins of anger. Pray to Jesus to soften our hearts. Daily, pray for forgiveness as we learn to forgive others---“’Lord, if my brother keeps on sinning against me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Seven times?’ ‘No, not seven times,’ answered Jesus, ‘but seventy times seven’” (Matthew 18:21-22 TEV)---and choose to take active steps “never let the sun set on our anger or else we will give the devil a foothold.” (Ephesians 4:27 NJB)
We want the best for people when we pray for them. When we truly pray for the grace to forgive people, we will slowly discover that we can no longer remain angry with them. It is most difficult to be angry with an individual and at the same time continue to lift him up in the presence of God. Jesus promises, “And if you have faith, everything you ask for in prayer you will receive.” (Matthew 21:22 NJB)

This article came in so timely. I am learning once again how to face my greatest giant in my life: short-tempered-ness and my occasion PMS...

Unfortunately to my dear, and fortunately to my frens, I only tend to "break down" or flare up in front of my loved ones, used to be my mom last time, and now its my dear (I'm really sorry that you have to bare with my PMSes). maybe it is age catching up, some hormonal imbalance that resulted in yet another dreadful outbreak of my anger to my dear 2 days ago. regardless of the lame reasons I give myself to justify myself, I realized it is my self-righteousness and pride (as mentioned above) that is preventing me from admitting my faults whenever I couldn't control my temper. I prayed and repented of my inability to "tame my temper" once again. I guess I was holding onto unnecessary stress. The next morning, I saw his message and then met up with him for lunch, and I was kind of convicted that it was my fault to allow my anger to rule my heart over such a trivial thing, and causing him to be angry and tired too. This time, I apologized first instead of ignoring the fact that such issues tend to put a strain on the lovey-dovey relationship.

Now thinking back, I am so thankful to have obeyed the Holy Spirit's prompting to apologise first, instead of waiting for my dear to speak up. He later also apologised for being angry at my anger (rather my pettiness). I had also promised him (once again) to keep my temper in check. I guess God opened my eyes to let me understand that I cannot continue to hurt my loved ones with my "hidden" temper that none of my frens know of. I don't know how I could face this giant in my life, but before it enlarges to trap my life, I need to learn to control it. I know that by God's grace, He'll enable me to overcome it. And all big things must start small, so I must remember to surrender my thoughts and emotions to God, allowing Him to teach me how to keep my temper and stress level in a healthy level. Controlling foul temper is not as simple a thing to overcome by our mere strength. I had experienced some unknown source of anger (referred to as sins of anger) which strikes me, and by my own strength it is very hard to control. I need to rmb to pray at that moment whenever I feel the anger coming, just before I flare up. Hopeful by consciously knowing my weakness, I can overcome this giant, and at the same time cultivate more fruits of the spirit, like patience, self-control, etc...

I'm thankful to those who read this long entry of mine. I dunno how it would be of help, but for those who are bad-tempered and short-tempered like me, do consider how true the above article says... maybe my experience might relate to you...

God bless... :)

2008-01-30T20:26:00.000+08:00

I can't wait for CNY... but yet my heart seem to dread some parts of it... haiz. its complicated...
Into the 4th week of school, I'm already thinking of the coming 3 months holiday from May to July...
Holidays... I wanna do so so so many many things!!! (esp with my dear hehe)
Just have to wait for it to come...

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." Ecc 3:1

2008-01-24T05:13:00.000+08:00

I feel like blogging, but I guess I shall keep it short...
haha. my goodness!! Caffaine from a can of Nescafe original actually kept me awake until now...5.15AM!!! kind of felt sleep-less, because I need to do alot of things...but the time dragged on because I just take too long time to finish my tut...dont bother to ask me my accomplishments for "pia-ing" just now :( super low productivity because I enjoy the process in researching leisurely... heh heh ><
anyways, thankfully my lesson is 1.30PM later... haha.. but I think I'll be zonked out after that...
I hope I can sleep...dunno why my roomie's sms ringtone kept ringing intermittently throughout the night!! ARGH...hope I dont get woken up by it...
Kk, Nites ;p

2008-01-21T01:21:00.000+08:00

YAY!!
I just confirmed in my timetable that I'll not be having any lab sessions for the subsequent 3 Mondays after tmr's lab. YAYness!!! haha. no lab = no lab reports!!! well, at least there's only 1 report for this intensive lab mini project. I'm so happy that my intensive lab sessions are after the term break. I think it might not be very good to have it so late and nearer to the exams, but I think its better somehow to be the second group doing because we get to learn from the first group's mistakes...

anyway, past few days had been fanta-bulous with my dear's 22nd birthday celebrations. Check out his blog... I'm really thankful to celebrate for you and with you...thanks for having me at the expensive dinner buffet with your family too! Really enjoyed being with you :)

Also, thanks Yan Ru and Jude for the fun and interesting photo-taking session today at Pasir Ris Park. Its really a very memorable experience taking couple photos and learning how to use a super-pro camera! Thank God for the wonderful weather too!

I am feeling so happy that I think I can smile in my dreams...hee ;p

Blessed week ahead my friends!

2008-01-18T02:22:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to You my dear :)

I quite enjoyed myself at our virgin clubbing/pubbing session at your school's bash at the Butter Factory.. We were given some mild alcoholic drinks (Ribena and lime flavoured) which made us have a hot sensation in our faces thereafter.. I find myself out of place there, might be my first and last time going to such a noisy place, unless for some other special reasons or events..haha. I like the way you gooved and goofed on the dance floor! hehe. Perhaps some hidden talent you have!

I look forward to celebrating with you tonight :)

Once again, hope this is a blessed and memorable 22nd birthday for you..for us..

Loving you! <3

2008-01-15T19:52:00.000+08:00

oh ya... dunno if you'd see this, but...
HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY to
Siao Hui and
Hui Min (from BMS)
today!!!

lots of love,
Hsiu Huan :)

2008-01-15T15:41:00.000+08:00

Okies, I felt lacking in updates, and so I shall feed you guys with a long one today...hahaha

Anyway, currently I am still quite undecided about my core modules, but more or less I'll be taking the following:

BS310 Pharmacology
BS412 Drug Discovery and Biotech Development
BS307 Computational Bio (pending)
BS312 Protein Folding and Biomolecular NMR
BS313 Functional Genomics and Proteomics (pending)
CV4202 Human Resource management and Entrepreneurship
AAU280 Voice Studies and Production (elective)

I'm undecided between the 2 pending subjects. Highly likely to take the comp bio though, although the class size is very small, the lecturer is much clearer than the other lecturers. Thankfully I went for NMR which I didn't register earlier, but still got vacancy during add/drop, so I decided to take it because the exams are all MCQ!!! haha.

Today I had my first lesson for my elective. It was superb. I'm susposed to write journal entries for this elective, so the following is my first entry which I'm eager to share ;p

The first Voice Studies and Production class was fantastic, fabulous, interactive, stress-free and a total fun!! Despite the fact that the lesson was held in a rather remote part of NIE (the Playhouse), it was actually a rehearsal room, and tables & chairs lined the walls instead of the usual neat rows in a classroom setting. There is a big space for us to do some “physical” exercises.

The teacher refused to introduce herself, although she made us introduce ourselves, by selecting a picture from amongst all the pictures scattered all over the floor. The picture should best describe myself, and all the pictures are very artistically taken. I was hoping to find something related to dance, but sadly there was none. So not much choice, I can’t pick any nice picture I like, and since I study bioscience, so I picked up the picture that is “science-looking” because of the pipette and tiny glass containers. I saw another photo of a motherly lady coaching her daughter, which kinda represented me too, since I loved to tuition someone. I was quite indecisive about the picture, but nevertheless, I choose the “science-looking” one. Also, everyone needed to share the reason for taking this module, besides the fact that it is non-examinable. I shared that I had difficulty projecting my voice, and definitely want to learn how to do so, since I hope to teach in the future. Many shared the same view as me, and others took the module because of positive feedback from peers, or simply because this module fits into their timetable.

The class had so much “play” that I felt that this is like a self-improvement course, a time to relax, explore and know more about myself, practice observing other people and also applying knowledge about voice projection and presentation. Today was pretty much like an ice-breaker session. We played some catching games, exercised a little, move around the classroom a lot, and learned some breathing techniques to fill up the lungs. I never knew the lung capacity is really huge, and breathing is not just filling the upper lungs and make the chest rise and flatten, but it’s also about filling air to the lower abdomen and back. Having dance background, I am greatly thankful that my flexibility allowed me to execute the actions like bending and some stretching with ease (except that I was in the wrong attire of a skirt and having a blocked nose).

One of the activities is that each of us needs to walk up and down the aisle formed by 2 rows of people standing in parallel line, and then stop in the middle to say “Hi”. We were to observe and comment about the person who just modeled past, and relate whether the voice produced suits the physique of the person’s body. There were a few confident ones, but many had some stiffness in the shoulders, some girls were quite shy, and some had problems with the posture. After I took my stride, I had the most pleasant comments from the teacher that I felt my head grew a little big, but it was very much needed compliment to boost my confidence. She said, “She’s (me) very grounded, looking a little spiritual, quite confident, and taking very determined steps, knowing where she is headed for. You make an excellent presenter!” Wow. Cool. I always thought of myself appearing as a shy, soft-spoken, timid and gullible girl; never had I in my past 21 years heard someone’s first impression of me to be like this! Haha. Perhaps she was very very generous with her comments. But strangely, in this classroom of strangers, I was comfortable and relaxed, not nervous at all.

Something that the teacher said nearing the end of the lesson really encouraged me: every baby was born and could cry out really loud, which means everyone has the capacity to project our voices! She proposed that it is the lifestyle problem, where we sit down too much, exercise minimally and hardly breathe to our lungs maximum capacity that results in the collapse of certain important muscles that helps in voice production! For myself, it is perhaps some psychological mental block I had, and the incoherence when I speak that made me inclined to speak softly. For this introductory session, I am determined to change this mental block and speak audibly, eloquently and confidently!

I simply loved the teacher and the way she conducts the lesson. There is so much life and joy to bring into and out of the class. Perhaps this module could change my perspective about uni teachers being hopeless. At least there are still some fun and inspiring ones around, who has passion to teach and deliver the lesson well. This is exactly what I am inspired to do too.

yep. I'm eager to go for my next Tuesday's lesson. and next time I shall register for more NIE electives.

thats all for now... hee :)

p/s: looking forward to Friday too ;p

2008-01-07T22:45:00.000+08:00

Woo... its 2008 le... time really flies when you are having a great time... and sorry my dear audience for not updating becos i was having lotsa fun out there! *grin* 2007 was a great year, esp nearing the end, which was not too long ago... relationships and friendships are blossoming, and i really thank God for special dear placed in my life, and also the new frens made in new cell group...great frens to fellowship with... of course, not forgetting the old frens too, since primary, secondary and JC!! i feel really blessed with my circle of frens!! however, there were still some ups and downs, but i'm sure those experiences would motivate me and dear to grow up and grow closer right? i look forward to this semester of studying hard and playing hard, setting my priorities right, quit pms-ing & being short-tempered, walking in love, patience, kindness & gentleness ;p haha easier said than done, but i'll try :) *promised*

anyways, i hope i'd quit Facebook-ing and blogging too often during the semester so as to concentrate on studies!! So, i may not update so often.. So...if you dont see me often, dont miss me too much! lol... of course, my dear frens you will be remembered :) have a great year ahead folks!

p/s: oops!! time to start mugging again!~
Goodnight!

2007-12-12T17:23:00.000+08:00

hee. this is actually a belated post that i wanted to post a few days back...

my dearie finally came back from his HK trip and...
bought a few gifts for me :) *big grin*
he asked me wad to get for me, and all i told him was "something that we can both have it tgt..." and he's rather creative on that! So two of the gifts actually came in pairs :)

firstly...
its my favourite tOrTi...

aren't they ultra cute? hee
they are probably some special edition of Graduation tOrTi(s)... kinda early for a Grad gift, but wadeva! cuties to the max!!! actually they're also wearing the grad gown, but i stripped them cuz i think they look cuter without..haha ;p

me looking super happy with my tOrTi :)

and mr. Piggie with tOrTi...doesn't he look abit like tOrTi?? heh heh heh

secondly, he also got a pair of Tamagotchis for us... they weren't a pair becos the pair he bought got lost during the trip... kinda sad but his nice sister bought this 'pair' for us as replacement... pretty fun to play with them... our Tamas are growing well now... 3yrs old liao... mine's a girl named tOrTi (although its not sure wad she'll grow up into) and his is a boy called Oink! they're our little 'babies' and we have lots of fun feeding, sending them to school, visiting each other, playing Tama games with them, seeing them grow.... felt like i've gotten back my childhood haha ;)

thirdly, it was some nice almond cookies which was shared during cell too...

and lastly, something for me was a nice pendant from the jewelery factory there... no pics on that cuz didnt take any haha

now i'm feeling so pampered and sweetened for the dearie that God placed in my life... >.< love lots darling~

2007-12-07T00:54:00.000+08:00

The Five Languages of Love

I'm sure most of you have heard about this Five Languages of Love -
Acts of Services,
Receiving gifts,
Physical Touch,
Quality Time and
Words of Affirmation.

I heard about it 1 or 2 years ago, and at that point in time I remember my 2 top languages were gifts and acts of services. But i guess i've changed over the years... for now my results says...

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Physical Touch
with a secondary love language being
Quality Time.

Complete set of results

Physical Touch:		8
Quality Time:		7
Acts of Service:		6
Receiving Gifts:		5
Words of Affirmation:		4

Take the quiz

So different language of love for the top 2 now! haha. I guess when I was asked to decide on my language of love last time, I wasn't able to decide very accurately becos of the lack of factors or benchmarks to weigh them. The quiz helped to classify it based on my choices of the scenarios given in the quiz qns. From the results, I think I'd feel loved being touched (I think its limited to loved ones & close frens ba...hee), receiving gifts, being served, hearing praises and of course when you spend your precious time with me ;p haha i'm so greedy in a way to want to be loved in a variety of ways, but also in a way easier to feel loved & appreciated :) I do encourage you to try the quiz, and its always good to know the language of love of your loved ones, so that you can show them their language of love :) hope everyone of us can enjoy blessed relationships!!

now i really miss hugging someone... >.<

2007-12-06T13:45:00.000+08:00

Oink! I can be such a PIG!! haha. i can't believe i slept so much yesterday after coming back from the short camp. reached home at abt 11am, had my brunch, then a long afternoon nap till 4++, then early dinner and back to sleep again...all the way until this morning 10+am. (was woken up by an sms! hmph!) i felt like i had practically 'paid-back' my slept debt becos the night over at the camp, i didnt sleep at all!! was amazingly awake, played some games & had a good heart-to-heart chat with Selina (my DG leader in Crusade). had a meaningful talk with her, very ministered by her advice too ;p

hmm... let me see what i can be doing this holiday... it looks pretty short, and with Christmas parties and some bday celebrations to attend, and many more movies to catch, some mini gatherings with my dear frens, etc...it should more or less keep me occupied...of course not forgetting the other days set aside for just slacking at home to sleep!! haha... the rainy days makes me lazy...but i love this type of cool weather...except that i will tend to be more sniffy....

today is Thursday alrdy... cant wait for my dear to come back tmr night... hee.

kk shall go and watch the Heros season 1 that Jon burned for me...hehe. sayonara for now :)

2007-12-03T15:37:00.000+08:00

SIAN!!!
why's everything breaking down on me??

my lap was alrdy in need of a display-screen repair, now my handphone keeps dying on me...it auto shuts off without me even realising it, until I take a next look at the phone again...it doens't inform me of any miss calls received when my phone happens to be off...

and the worst blow is now... stupid edventure had to be undergoing EXTENDED time of maintenance and I cannot upload my lab report... and actually now i ought to be rushing back to the east for the camp instead of staying in hall to wait for edventure to resume.. ARGH!

my patience is tested once again... -_-'''

lesson learnt: last minute work never pays...

2007-12-03T03:53:00.000+08:00

Woohoo!! at such unearthly hours... i've finally celebrated the completion of my last lab report of the sem!! although its not perfect yet, but i'm just so happy everything is done for this super extended semester!! i'm finally FREEEEEE!!! but for less than a month only...lol...

thank God i managed to pull through rushing this damn-it report, after much procrastination since Friday after my last paper. and being down with a horrible flu today, it was simply torturous to force myself to sit in front of lappie to do... stupid flu virus kept attacking me weekly for almost the past 2 months! i hate you!!! if ever there's a 100% success rate in nose transplant. i'd go for it man...haha! thankfully Febs' drowsy effect didn't work on me today, else i'll be very frantic by now!

the most sian thing is that tmr must travel all the way down to hand in the hard-copy for the report. dunno why this kiasu prof wants BOTH soft- and hard-copies! haiz. if i'm not going down for another purpose (which is to do subject registration), i'll might juz not travel to the WEST altogether...

kk my body super tired liao... tmr dunno whether can take it traveling to the WEST and back to the EAST for a camp...

i'm gg sleep le... Nitez ;p

2007-12-02T00:06:00.000+08:00

home sweet home :)

finally went home after 3 weeks (i think?!) of weekends spent in hall...
ad a GREAT hot shower ;p so shoik becos i got continuous hot water instead of the gradual drop in water temperatures in hall's bathrooms... lalala~

yesterday went to watch "The Kingdom" with dear after dinner at JP ichiban ;p
dinner was Great :) and the movie left me overwhelmed about terrorism & the current state of the Middle Eastern countries... very thought-provoking for me, but its definitely not for those who dislike history, current affairs & violence... i really look forward to "I am Legend" which opens on 6th Dec... definitely gonna catch it with dear & frens..hee ;p saw the preview & thought it looks a little like "Resident Evil", but i think only diff is that "I am legend" has a male surviving "hero"...and maybe less scary... i dunno... can't wait to watch it!!!

i've yet to start working on my lab report... haha... feeling really lazy... (now abit guilty haha) keep procrastinating till the last minute... well, its like last minute le... i guess i better start working on it soon...

lalala~its the start of holidays & i dun need to wake up so early le!! YAY-ness ;p

2007-11-30T16:31:00.000+08:00

i just did the DNA Personality test on Facebook. Its pretty time-consuming, but rather accurate though ;p

here's my result:

Concerned Realist

2007-11-30T13:58:00.000+08:00

YAY!!! it is finished...haha... but the stupid CANCER Lab Report due on Monday makes me feel undone :( HMPH!!! i dont care today i'm gg to relax & enjoy myself ;p

today's paper was the worst of all i guess... 1st pg of MCQ alrdy almost all dunno... and the long qns & essays dont need to say le... all gonner... felt like i've not prepared well for the paper... could only do some that i can rmb...and that is so bare minimal i hope it'll help me pass...

sigh... regardless, its OVER!!!

2007-11-29T10:12:00.000+08:00

Proverbs 3:5-6

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (KJV)

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight." (NIV)

my all time favourite verse sprang up once again when i open the bible...as a reminder to Trust God, not relying on own strength but on the strength that He provides, to get by today. And by following His commands, putting Him first in everything, He'll guide me and be the source of light in this bleak world.. how wonderful to be following the right light, because you'll find the joy and assurance that He's faithful & will be always there for you...

my frens, have you found that source of light to fill the emptiness in your heart?
the answer is only found in Jesus :)

2007-11-28T16:49:00.000+08:00

after this neurobio paper, the most fearful paper, i think perhaps my brain is undergoing neural degeneration... or maybe it'll soon reach "neural vegetation", a term coined by mr.piggie... haha

sigh... i seriously dunno how i should be feeling...
should i be happy becos most of his hints did came out?
or sad cuz i didnt study hard enough having wasting half a day when i was only left with 1.5 days to study this module?
or angry becoz i didnt go for his lectures and missed the other hints since my fren said the stuff he mentioned during lectures came out...

i guess i really thank God that all that i studied, i managed to recall most stuff... but i felt like i could only manage ~50% of the entire paper, ie only prepared for 50% of the requirement of the paper... and everything is factual, so it was an impossible-to-crap kind that got me stuck at most questions... perhaps i learned my lesson the hard way, for not putting in more effort at finding out from frens what i miss in his lectures, and simply skipping them becos i could make no sense out of the lectures i attended, making me demoralised and hence i stopped going altogether...

well... it was finally over for this paper... dunno if i should hope for a pass with C or D (which adds to my collection of Cs), or hope to fail in order to retake it again... i guess according to my prof its hard to fail unless the exam flunks and the person didn't hand in lab report... i did my lab report, which counts for the CA marks, so perhaps i could pass... well, just keeping my fingers crossed and hope for the best... i'm willing to accept whatever the Lord gives, according to what He thinks i deserve...

one last paper on Friday... Developmental Bio - very heavy content... and again, i've yet to start studying ): even if i did so to prepare for the quiz, i had already forgotten everything...short-term memory... i'm losing the energy since the exam has been so long and draggy... but its my last attempt at making any difference in the GPA for this sem... only abt 1 day to cover EVERYTHING... is it even possible? "all things are impossible with man, but everything is possible with God"- sometimes i found it hard to apply. but i believe i just need a little more faith that He'll carry me through it once more since He had already brought me through thus far...

yep. pls remind me to have faith, and start mugging and stop being piggie!!!

2007-11-27T09:09:00.000+08:00

Proverbs 20:13

"Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread." (KJV)

"Do no love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare." (NIV)

once again, i was reminded of this verse in the bible... didnt know where to read for QT, but when i opened up my bible, this verse sprang up.... i was surprised... WOW indeed God knows what daily bread to give each day!! hmm... i'd usually remind myself using this verse to keep awake as i study ... hopefully its used in the correct context this way... very profound wisdom actually...

hope my revision goes well today ;p Jiayou!!!

2007-11-26T22:36:00.000+08:00

yeah! CANCER BIO paper is done! regardless of how bad i think i might have done again, i'm juz thankful it was over....

2 more giants....

Neurobio and Developmental Bio...

i better chiong and cut down on Facebook and other nonsense...like... the TV! haha watched Anacondas @ TV lounge juz now with dear... thrilling movie... must watch!!!

kk so much for a short update... perhaps i shld blog less... hehe. bye ;p