Thanks for reminding me, SK! I need to update!

Indian Party Part Deux.

Genting trip.

In a while.

movies

Lust, Caution



Went to watch the controversial Ang Lee flick last Friday. I wasn't very interested to watch if even after reading the raving reviews. Even more so after reading the synopsis. But I went anyway.

And boy was I pleasantly surprised! I'm extremely impressed with Tang Wei's protrayal of the role! Didn't find her very pretty, so didn't go with very high expectations but she totally exceeded whatever expectations I had. I think she even stole the show from Tony Leung! She was immersed in the role. Not bad at all for someone still wet behind the ears.

Right. Let's talk about the explicit sex scenes. Though they are necessary to establish the plot, showing Tony's Leung's trust in his mistress and how there was a shift in power, they're still a bit too much for me to take. Call me an old fud. I don't care. Too much sex in a single movie.

Those who are legal can go catch it. :) It's a great movie set in the occupied China. Girls, Lee Hom looks great, as usual. Even when he's about to die. Haha!

Saw IV

Caught this yesterday with 2 of my female colleagues. Wasn't too grossed out because 1) it's expected, and 2) I like gory movies.

Didn't catch Saw II and Saw III so I got a bit lost by the plot. A single thought was recurring throughout the movie.

Which sick bastard will do this to people and why??


So Jigsaw's an engineering genius. So he feels like he can help bring salvation to those who did him wrong.
But he's sick man! Truly sick in the head!


My favourite scene was the autopsy. Forensics. I likey.

Alright. Shan't spoil it for those of you who want to catch it. 4 out of 5 stars. For the gore. And the brilliance of everything he did.


Caution: You're not going to enjoy your popcorn very much, so don't waste money.

linkin park 13.11.07

So I was at the most rocking concert yesterday. Was counting down the hours at work (hence the last post)! The groupie in me even bought a copy of LIME magazine just because they're on the cover!

Linkin Park was AWESOME last night! They brought the house down! Chester's voice is amazing, going from angsty and screaming to soulful and melancholic. They did 2 songs with just Mike Shinoda on the keyboard / acoustic guitar and Chester on vocals.

By the way, if you haven't read my Facebook status update, I am so in love with Mike Shinoda right now! He writes most of the songs for their albums, helped to produce them, raps, sings, plays the guitar and keyboards. And if that's not enough, he's a trained visual artist as well!! Doesn't hurt that he's good-looking too!

My only complaint: It's too SHORT!! The time on the ticket was 8pm, so we expected the concert to start at about 8.30pm. They came on stage at 10 mins to 9 and the concert ended pretty abruptly at 10.30pm!

Oh! Another complaint: I can't stand when they started because everyone else at my section was sitting down! So if I stand, I'll block the people sitting behind me. This can only happen in Singapore! Who sits down at a ROCK concert???!!! Hello?! This is a LINKIN PARK concert, not SSO you know! *slaps forehead*

Sorry, I digress. They did Moo's fave song, Numb, which he was pretty happy about. Haha! Yes, I made him go to the concert with me. My cousin, Tracy and her boyfriend were selling merchandise and I got them to reserve the concert CD for me. Muahahahaha!

I liked them since 1997 when they released their first album, Hybrid Theory! I remember listening to their songs on my Discman (yah, last time got no MP3 players yet. At least it's not a Walkman ok? :P) on my way to school. Brings back memories. :) Was hoping that they'd do more songs from their first 2 albums and naively hoping that Jay-Z will appear as their mystery guest. Hahaha!

When I heard their latest album, Minutes to Midnight, I was quite disappointed that they changed their sound. But the more I listened to it, the more I realize how much they have matured as a band. Their songs are not just talking about their own pain and getting angry at life. LP focused on writing about their anger towards real issues like war and poverty. They even have a Music For Relief program to create awareness about global warming. How can anyone not love them? :)

I was so glad I went! The last time LP held a concert in Singapore was 3 years ago on my birthday! I wasn't able to go because 1) I couldn't afford the tickets, and 2) I had a surprise birthday gathering with some of my DTS mates.
This time, I can afford both the money and time to go!

HAPPINESS! :)

I AM ABOUT TO BURST!

I NEED TO LET THIS OUT!!

I AM SO GOING TO BURST WITH EXCITEMENT!

WHY IS THE DAY SO LONG??

4 MORE HOURS TO D EVENT!

I AM GOING CRAZY WAITING FOR THE HOURS TO PASS!

ITS DRIVING ME NUTS!!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

too bad i prefer carlsberg.... :P

Partying with Moo, Tracy and Jas :)
Create your own dance party here!

shine Jesus shine

Sorry all for posting the long articles on the unrest in Myanmar.

Thousand apologies!

Just really worried about how the whole protest and violence will affect my friends there as well as the future of this already very repressed country. I wonder if the junta is going to tighten the rein they have over the people after this episode. Will Myanmar become like North Korea? Will they close their doors to the world? Will they reject the help from the UN? Will there be a future for Myanmar?

Shine Jesus, shine! Fill this land with the Father's Glory!
Blaze Spirit blaze! Set our hearts on fire!
Flow river flow! Flood this nation with grace and mercy!
Send forth Your word, Lord and let there be light!

wisdom to be upon the leaders!!!

Warning shots fired as Myanmar clashes flare again

YANGON - Warning shots were fired as skirmishes broke out at demonstrations in several locations around Yangon on Thursday, while more than 10,000 people faced off against police around the Sule Pagoda, witnesses said.

Security forces clashed with protesters in at least three locations in eastern Yangon, after hundreds of people rushed to protect monks who were being hauled away, they said.

Only about five Buddhist monks were seen in the middle of the crowd, which was singing the national anthem and chanting slogans about independence hero General Aung San, the father of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

'General Aung San would never order the military to kill the people,' they shouted.

In what appeared to be an attempt to stifle fresh demonstrations by preventing monks from reaching central Yangon, at least six truckloads of Buddhist clergy were seen being driven from their monasteries, they said.

The witnesses said there were hundreds of demonstrators in each location and that police had threatened to open fire if they failed to disperse.

The biggest flare-up was at the central market in the outlying township of Iankin.
In the city centre, the focus of a bloody crackdown on Wednesday that left at least four people dead and 100 injured, protesters returned to streets surrounding the iconic Sule Pagoda.

Songs of protest

Clapping their hands and singing the national anthem, they faced off against some 50 armed police and soldiers who blocked their path, witnesses said.

The 5,000-strong crowd also chanted: 'May we be free of all dangers, may we be free of poverty, may there be peace in hearts and minds.' Security forces have sealed off the Sule Pagoda, a key rallying point in recent anti-government protests led by Buddhist monks.

Security was tight around the nation's commercial hub Yangon, with plainclothes police and militia patrolling the streets.

Soldiers had also sealed off the Shwedagon Pagoda, the country's most important shrine, and military trucks were seen riding through the city.

Most shops and businesses had closed their doors after security forces used batons, warning shots and tear gas Wednesday to try to break up protesters who regrouped and carried on with their rallies throughout the day.

More bloodshed feared

Facing the most serious challenge to its authority since 1988, the junta admitted one man was killed and three wounded when soldiers fired warning shots and tear gas at crowds on Wednesday.

Protest leaders said at least five monks were killed as soldiers and riot police tried to disperse the biggest crowds in a month of marches against grinding poverty.

'We would like to call on the student monks to keep on struggling peacefully,' one said on the BBC Burmese service. 'Five monks have sacrificed their lives for our religion.'

Some witnesses said as many as 100,000 people packed the former capital Yangon on Wednesday as the streets echoed with deafening roars of anger at the use of violence against monks.

Overnight, police arrested two senior members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), the party's spokesman said. Two opposition politicians from other parties were also detained.

China says 'no' to sanctions

The international outrage at Wednesday's use of warning shots, tear gas and baton charges against monks and unarmed civilians was loud by any standards.

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called it a 'tragedy' and urged the generals to allow a UN envoy to visit and meet detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

'The regime has reacted brutally to people who were simply protesting peacefully,' Dr Rice said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said he would dispatch special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to South-east Asia in hope the hope that the generals would let him in.

However, in a sign of rifts within the international community at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, China ruled out sanctions or an official condemnation of the use of force.

History suggests the junta will not be moved by threats from France and Britain - former imperial powers - that leaders would be held responsible for bloodshed. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the 'age of impunity' was over.

The United States and the 27-nation European Union called on the generals to start a dialogue with pro-democracy leaders, including Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, and ethnic minority groups.

Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight industrial nations agreed on a similar formula but without a call for sanctions, in deference to Russia.

Participants said Dr Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, whose country has sided with China in blocking UN moves against Myanmar, clashed over the sanctions issue.

Washington and Paris called on China to use its influence to convince the junta to stop the crackdown.

Diplomats say China has privately been speaking with the Myanmar generals to convey international concern, but Beijing has so far refrained from any public criticism. -- REUTERS, AFP

Source: StraitsTimes.com

more news about myanmar

Myanmar police use tear gas, dozens arrested

YANGON - MYANMAR security forces used tear gas and fired warning shots on Wednesday to disperse monks trying to enter Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda, the starting point for mass protests they have led, and arrested about 80, witnesses said

The junta had banned all public gatherings of more than five people and imposed a nighttime curfew following eight days of anti-government marches led by monks in Yangon and other areas of the country, including the largest in nearly two decades.

Firing shots into the air, beating their shields with batons and shouting orders to disperse, the police chased some of the monks and about 200 of their supporters while others tried to stubbornly hold their place near the eastern gate to the vast shrine complex.

Some fell to the ground amid the chaos and at least one monks was seen struck with a baton. There were unconfirmed reports of others being beaten.

Soldiers with assault rifles had earlier blocked all four major entrances to the soaring pagoda, one of the most sacred in Myanmar, and sealed other flashpoints of anti-government protests.

Security forces fired shots over the heads of a large crowd near the Sule Pagoda in central Yangon, sending people fleeing for cover, a witness said.

As the Buddhist monks neared the pagoda, thousands of people had cheered the clergy and then began shouting at the security forces 'You are fools! You are fools!'

Soldiers and police then fired the warning shots and used tear gas to disperse the crowd, sending people swarming to get away, witnesses said.

Activist arrested

A comedian famed for his anti-government jibes became the first well-known activist rounded up following the protests.

Zarganar, who uses only one name, was taken away from his home overnight by authorities shortly after midnight. His family members said on Wednesday that they were told he had been 'called in for temporary questioning.'

Along with actor Kyaw Thu and poet Aung Way, Zarganar led a committee that provided food and other necessities to the monks who have spearheaded the protests. He had earlier been imprisoned twice and his comedy routines were banned for their satirical jokes about the regime.

The fates of the actor and poet were not immediately known, but there were unconfirmed reports from dissident groups of more than half a dozen other arrests.

Myanmar's leaders warned monks to stop the protests after some 100,000 people joined marches in the country's biggest city, Yangon, on Monday in the largest anti-government demonstrations since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising was violently suppressed.

The junta imposed the 9pm-to-5am curfew and ban on public assembly after 35,000 people monks and their supporters defied the warnings to stage another day of protests on Tuesday.
The junta has not used force so far to stop the demonstrations.

But troops in full battle gear and police swarmed around Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda and Mahamuni Paya Pagoda, among the most sacred sites in the country.

Mandalay

In Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, more than 100 soldiers armed with assault rifles were deployed around the Mahamuni Paya Pagoda, erecting a barricade and barbed wire at the gate from which monks had marched out to protest.

Five military trucks were seen inside the monastery compound, while other soldiers were stationed along the road into the fabled city of temples and palaces.

'We are so afraid, the soldiers are ready to fire on civilians at any time,' a man near the pagoda said, asking that his name not be used for fear of reprisals.

If the military responds to new protests with force, it could further isolate Myanmar from the international community. It would almost certainly put pressure on Myanmar's top economic and diplomatic supporter, China, which is eager to burnish its international image before next year's Olympics in Beijing.

If monks who are leading the protests are mistreated, that could outrage the predominantly Buddhist country, where clerics are revered. But if the junta backs down, it risks appearing weak and emboldening protesters, which could escalate the tension.

When faced with a similar crisis in 1988, the government harshly suppressed a student-led democracy uprising. Security forces fired into crowds of peaceful demonstrators and killed thousands, traumatizing the nation.

Call for peace

Foreign governments and religious leaders have urged the junta to deal peacefully with the situation. They included the Dalai Lama and South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, both Nobel Peace Prize laureates like detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

US sanctions
US President George W. Bush announced new sanctions against Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, accusing the military dictatorship of imposing 'a 19-year reign of fear' that denies basic freedoms of speech, assembly and worship.

President Bush said the US would tighten economic sanctions on leaders of the regime and their financial backers, and impose an expanded visa ban on those responsible for human rights violations and their families.

EU

The European Union also threatened to strengthen existing sanctions against the regime if it uses violence to put down the demonstrations.

Britain's ambassador to Myanmar, Mark Canning, met Tuesday with some of Myanmar's leaders, urging continued restraint. Canning said he told ministers that the 'demonstrations have been peaceful and well-disciplined.' 'It will be disastrous in the eyes of the world on Myanmar if the authorities use force,' he told them, saying that they assured him the situation would be handled with caution. -- AP

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Myanmar imposes night curfews

Myanmar imposes night curfews

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YANGON - MYANMAR'S junta slapped dusk-till-dawn curfews on the country's two largest cities late on Tuesday after Buddhist monks defied warnings of a crackdown and led 100,000 people in another day of mass protests.

The edict, effective on Wednesday in Yangon and Mandalay, came after the ruling generals - under pressure after eight straight days of peaceful protests led by the monks - sent truckloads of armed soldiers and riot police into Yangon.

'This order was issued because of the protests. Do not organise groups of more than five people,' the announcement said, reiterating a long-time ban on assemblies that has been ignored as the number of demonstrators has swelled.

US sanctions

The show of force, which could spark a showdown with protesters who pledged to take to the streets again on Wednesday, came as US President George W. Bush ramped up the pressure by imposing fresh sanctions against the regime.

President Bush said the US would tighten economic sanctions on the junta leaders and their financial backers, and impose an expanded visa ban on those responsible for human rights violations and their families.

'Americans are outraged by the situation in Myanmar, where a military junta has imposed a 19 year reign of fear,' he told the UN General Assembly.

'The ruling junta remains unyielding, yet the people's desire for freedom is unmistakable.'
The European Union also threatened to strengthen exsting sanctions against the regime if it uses violence to put down the demonstrations.

Sarkozy to meet opposition leaders

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday urged the government of Myanmar to respect nationwide peaceful protests and said he planned to meet a delegation of Burmese government opponents in Paris.

President Sarkozy did not say who he would meet with, but Sein Win, one of the leaders of the opposition in exile, indirectly confirmed he would be meeting with President Sarkozy in an interview with the French daily La Croix, to be published in Wednesday's edition.

'I am extremely preoccupied with the situation in Myanmar,' President Sarkozy told reporters on the sidelines of the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York. 'I would like to launch an appeal that the spontaneous and peaceful protests that express a legitimate political and social claim not be suppressed by force at any time.'

Asked what he would tell President Sarkozy, Mr Win said: 'Above all, not to use force' and seek as quickly as possible a Security Council meeting to vote 'severe' resolutions against the country.
Mr Win said he believed the confrontation between the protesters and the authorities would end in spilled blood.

'In the end, it is clear that the army will fire on the crowd,' La Croix quoted him as saying.

The French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that French authorities 'firmly reiterated their call for the freedom of all political prisoners and in particular that of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.' Ms Suu Kyi was prevented from running in the 1990 elections but is the symbol of the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar.

Manila calls for democratic reforms

Meanwhile, Philippines Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo said that the military rulers should implement democratic reforms immediately as promised and avoid greater international isolation.

'As far as we are concerned, they have been promising Asean that they will move on the roadmap to democracy. That promise has been repeated so many times,' Mr Romulo lamented.
Myanmar and the Philippines are members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), which has taken a soft policy on Myanmar.

Yangon: 'restricted area'

The new restrictions, which included the 9pm to 5am curfew and the designation of Yangon as a 'restricted area', were announced late on Tuesday via loudspeakers mounted on government vehicles riding through Yangon.

The measures were to remain in effect for 60 days, the announcement said.

Myanmar's military government is facing the biggest public challenge to its rule since student-led rallies in 1988 were brutally repressed with the loss of hundreds if not thousands of lives.

30,000 monks, 70,000 supporters

On Tuesday, about 30,000 monks in saffron and red robes and 70,000 supporters set out from the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's holiest shrine - marking the second straight day the protests had drawn 100,000 people.

Thousands linked hands to form a human chain around the monks, who prayed and chanted as they swarmed around city hall and the Sule Pagoda, while many more bystanders clapped and cheered from the sidewalks in the blistering sun.

'National reconciliation is very important for us. People and monks are gathering here, and the monks are standing up for the people,' famed poet Aung Way said in a speech to the crowd.
Some of the monks chanted 'We want dialogue' or carried banners reading: 'May people's desires be fulfilled'. Large contingents of students joined the march, carrying the red flags emblazoned with yellow peacocks that symbolise the National League for Democracy (NLD) of detained Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Demonstrators paused outside the United Nations office, where the monks called for the democracy icon to be freed from house arrest.

The NLD joined calls for a non-violent resolution to the crisis, saying: 'The only way is through peaceful dialogue'. -- AFP, AP

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Asia/STIStory_161506.html

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More than 100,000 protest in Myanmar

More than 100,000 people flooded the streets of Myanmar's biggest city Monday, joining Buddhist monks in the strongest show of dissent against the ruling generals in nearly two decades.

The enormous show of strength drew a swift rebuke from the military government which threatened to "take action" against the monks, even as world leaders and the UN secretary general urged the junta to show restraint.

Two major marches snaked their way through Yangon, the nation's commercial capital, both led by robed monks chanting prayers of peace, witnesses said.
Some marched through the rain under a banner reading: "This is a peaceful mass movement." Others had tears in their eyes.

The protests lasted nearly five hours, ending with prayers at pagodas before the crowds returned to their homes.

Political dissidents based in Thailand said major protests also took place in Myanmar's second city of Mandalay, the western oil town of Sittwe, and the religious centre of Pakokku, but the reports were difficult to confirm.

In the first official reaction to a week of escalating protests led by the monks, state media reported that the country's religion minister, Brigadier General Thura Myint Maung, had issued a warning to senior clergy.

"If the monks go against the rules and regulations in the authority of the Buddhist teachings, we will take action under the existing law," state television quoted the minister as saying.

The threat came as the international community urged restraint on the eve of the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York, where world leaders are expected to push the generals to adopt democratic reforms.

"We are consulting with allies and friends in the regions on ways to encourage dialogue between the regime and those seeking freedom," said US national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon "calls upon the Myanmar authorities to continue to exercise restraint," said a statement issued by his spokeswoman Michele Montas.

Germany and France added their voices to the chorus, with the foreign ministry in Paris warning that the junta would be held accountable for any harsh crackdowns.

Closer to home, Malaysian lawmakers urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to use its influence to push bloc member Myanmar to reform.

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, offered his support and urged the generals to refrain from violence, in a message released by his office.

"As a Buddhist monk, I am appealing to the members of the military regime who believe in Buddhism to act in accordance with the sacred dharma in the spirit of compassion and non-violence," he said.

The generals have normally been tough on dissent, and their 1988 crackdown left hundreds -- if not thousands -- dead.

But Monday's rally was the latest in a series of growing anti-junta demonstrations that began in mid-August when a massive fuel price hike triggered public anger.

The monks and supporters set off from holy Shwedagon Pagoda and walked past the offices of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), which won elections in 1990 but was never allowed to govern.

NLD officials came out to join the marchers, many of whom fixed small strips of the coloured cloth of the monks' robes onto their own shirts, in a procession that quickly swelled to more than 30,000 people.

"We are marching for the people," one monk told the crowd.

A second march estimated at up to 100,000 people headed north of the city, passing a now-shuttered university campus that was the scene of the 1988 uprising.

It appeared to stretch for as long as a kilometre, blocking traffic on one of the city's major thoroughfares.

The British ambassador in Yangon, Mark Canning, said the country's leaders were now in uncharted territory and doubted that the protests would fizzle out.

"You could see a sharp reaction from the government, which is more likely," he told AFP.
"The obvious way out of this is to sit down with the various elements that are involved in all this and try and reach some sort of common ground."

Analysts believe the junta has thus far held back because any violence against the monks in this devoutly Buddhist nation would spark a huge outcry.

In a surprise move on Saturday, armed police allowed about 2,000 monks and civilians to pray outside the home of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, long the face of resistance to the generals, who have ruled here since 1962.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate stepped outside the lakeside home where she has been under house arrest for more than a decade and greeted the crowd, but riot police have blocked the road since Sunday.

State television said that Saturday's rally outside her home had "complicated" the situation.
Prominent democracy activists initially led the rallies but the generals arrested more than 200 people, according to human rights groups.

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Honestly, I don't know whether I agree with what the Buddhist monks in Myanmar are doing. And I don't know how to pray for them. Do I pray against the protests? Do I pray for the protest? Do I pray for the monks? Do I pray for the government?

On one hand, I'm glad for the protesters because the people have been oppressed by the militant government for such a long them and I'm totally rooting for Aung San Suu Kyi. On the other hand, although the monks say that it's a peaceful protest, protests aren't meant to be peaceful, right? Oh man, I sound like a bimbo. But isn't it true?

Peaceful Protests

Amiable Arguments

OXYMORONS!

It saddens me to see this happening in the country I have learnt to love. Peace being disrupted. But I also see this as a breakthrough. A new hope for the people of Myanmar. A new life. Freedom.

God, I pray You'll reveal to me Your heart for Myanmar. Teach me how to intercede for the people there. I pray that as these protests are going on, You'll keep my Joey, Terence, Teacher Carlos and family and the gang at Victory Christian Fellowship safe. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

i'd rather think of myself as a drama nerd! :)

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bored at work.....

I took the "women warriors" quiz on gURL.com
		my woman warrior is joan of arc Your ability to think long and hard about a situation (and your conviction to carry through) makes you a strong person, both inside and out. You generally try to see things from everyone's perspective and show them kindness they might not bestow on others. Read more... Which woman warrior are you?

i like!

Leng Che brought some goodies back for me from Thailand when she went there for a YWAM conference! :)

Didn't get to take pictures of it, so I had to google and found these!

Here they are!!

Fried Bamboo Worms

Fried Silk Worms

They're delish! When I offered them to people after service, most were pretty squeamish. But Shin, Aman and Peter actually like the bamboo worms! We made Rubhi eat one without telling her what it was. Think she was traumatised after she was told she just ate a worm! :P

Gie and her girls decided to eat the bamboo worms together. It was quite a sight! Haha!

SK took a few bamboo worms as forfeits during cluster games and they made Renita eat one eventhough she didn't have to!

My cell was complaining that they were hungry, so I brought the worms out for them to try. The girls all thought they were really gross but my boys liked the bamboo worms. Apparently they had them before in Thailand and they really enjoyed it! My girls think I'm weird now! :S

Actually it was quite interesting observing how people react to things which are unconventional or culturally different. :)

*Yes Moo, so cultural and exotic! :P

i heart my monkeys!

It has been a pretty eventful three years leading my cell kids, full of joys and heartaches, the bulk of which were caused by my 3 - 4 boys.

We kept them with us when we combined with Alissa and Yue-yi's girls and roped in Boon to help mentor them (he's doing a great job!). They used to be the bane (no pun intended) of my problems. Hahaha! Boon and bane! Funny right? :D

Ok, back to my cell.
Like I was saying, my boys used to be the bane of my problems. They'll not pay attention and talk among themselves or play with their mobiles during cell (they still do). And it used to annoy the hell out of me!

Not until recently did I realize I actually, truly love my monkey clan! My girls are just attentive and sweet and it's hard not to love them. But I have come to love my boys as well, having spent more time lunching with them these days! Of course they still get figety and talk during cell, but they're angels when we're out and I enjoy spending time with them!

We were at Jurong Point's MOS Burger after Dempsey one Sunday and I was just observing my 3 boys and Debb having their own conversation and I couldn't help but smile! I can only imagine what kind of conversations they'll have when they're 18! They're just adorable lah!

Gayle has also risen up to the challenge and signed up for Cell Leaders' Training, eventhough the twins pulled out. Proud of her! :)
Beky and Debb are part of this year's camp comm!
The rest of my girls, Rachel, Beatrice, Jeanette, Joanne and Julia are just bundles of joy to have in the cell! Will cocok them to go for CLT next year!

vicky-for-a week

So Shin and I have been bingeing last Saturday with lunch at Tony Roma's (for her) and Turkish food for me, dinner at Cha Cha Cha's with Tracy and desserts at The Marmalade Pantry with Daphne.

We have thus decided to go on the Vicky-for-a-Week program. Which is basically tofu, steamed vegetables, bread and tuna, and oolong tea (we'd rather drink water...). This is of course also preparation for our chocolate buffet with the Philippines team in aboiut 2 weeks' time. :)

Right. All of you reading this, please call or text us to remind us to eat healthily ya? Thanks!

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By the way, my past came back to haunt me last week.

joshua 24:15

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.

song of the week

我可以

寄 没有地址的信
这样的情绪
有种距离

你放着谁的歌曲
是怎样的心情
能不能说给我听

雨下得好安静
是不是你偷偷在哭泣
幸福真的不容易
在你的背景
有我爱你

*我可以陪你去看星星
不用再多说明
我就要和你在一起
我不想又再一次和你分离
我多么想每一次的美丽
是因为你

best friends

We're second from the right at the last row. :)
Check out the online version and pictures of other best frens at Straits Times Online.

"Thanksgiving is the air-conditioning of the soul."

-- Rev. Phil Pringle, Christian city Church

festival of praise 2007

http://www.festivalofpraise.org.sg/

Date: 3rd - 5th August 2007

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Singapore Indoor Staduim

Be there or be square!
I'll be there on Friday! So let me know if you'd wanna go as well ya? :)

my name is anjali.....

Had a fun fun party last Saturday at Elaine's... for Elaine.. Haha!
The theme was Indian. We wore saris and all, had naan, prata, dhal, curries. Just Indian. Doesn't matter North or South. All are welcome. :)


Attendance:
Elaine (it's her house!)
Gie
Wan Lin (Lakshimi)
Jess (Lalitha)
Hanna
SK (Muthu)
Boon
Angel
Me


The masterminds were Gie and SK and it was great because we managed to dupe Leng Che. She was cooking and taking pictures for her own belated birthday celebration! =D It was great fun! We were all dressed up, sort of, ate till we can't eat no more, had durian and Ice Wine (yummy!). We even had Indian music, which I must say is terribly good and incredibly dance-able (Gie was getting awfully inspired! Haha!) and of course, Hindi movies! We watch Kuch Kuch Hota Hai! Sharukh Khan is how cute! And Kajol is such a babe!

It was a small and cosy party, which Leng Che thought was weird, coz random people were there supposedly for SK, Gie and Zac's birthdays. :) We had fun and the girls all look so pretty in our Indian costumes!

*Ahem*.... Photos people! Photos!
And of course, we were pretty tired on Sunday.

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I got my first pay check yesterday!

Shoots! I made a mistake announcing this on my blog, didn't I?

Er.... Hmm..... Guys, you didn't hear or see that okie?
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watch out friends... i may be making you fat!

http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_142885.html

July 27, 2007

Getting fat? It may be because of your friends
Obesity is socially contagious and the risk is highest among friends: Study

LOS ANGELES - IF YOUR friends get fat, chances are you will too, even if you live miles away from each other, researchers have found.

The study, published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that obesity is 'socially contagious'.

'We were stunned to find that friends who are miles away have just as much impact on a person's weight status as friends who are right next door,' said co-author James Fowler of the University of California, San Diego.

Researchers analysed medical records of people in the Framingham Heart Study, which has been following the health of residents of that Boston suburb for more than half a century.

They tracked records for relatives and friends of nearly 12,067 people and found that a person's chances of becoming obese went up 57 per cent if a friend put on weight. If it is a sibling, the chance increased 40 per cent and if it is a spouse, it increased 37 per cent. In the closest friendships, the risk almost tripled.

After taking into account natural weight gain and other factors, researchers found the greatest influence occurred among friends and not among people sharing the same genes or living in the same household.

On average, the researchers calculated, when an obese person gained 7.7kg, the corresponding friend put on an extra 2.3kg.

Gender also had a strong influence. In same-sex friendships, a person's obesity risk increased by 71 per cent if a friend gained weight.

Dr Nicholas Christakis, a professor of medical sociology at Harvard Medical School and a principal investigator in the study, says one explanation is that friends affect each others' perception of fatness. When a close friend becomes obese, obesity may not look so bad.
'You change your idea of what is an acceptable body type by looking at the people around you,' Prof Christakis said.

Obesity is a global public health problem. Much of the recent research focus has been on the intense hunt for obesity genes involved in appetite or calorie burning.

The findings could be helpful to treat obese people in groups instead of just the individual, researchers feel.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

chrissy boo made me do this......

Rules of the game:
Each player of this game starts off with ten weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself.
People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own ten weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly.
At the end, you must choose six people to be tagged and list their names.
No tagbacks.

1. I broke my right arm in a car accident when I was 17. Lady driver. Explains a lot, doesn't it? :P

2. I used to hate the sight of blood. I'll cup my hand over my wound so that I wouldn't have to look at it and start crying... even if I hadn't seen how bad it is. Now, I like to see blood and gore on screen.

3. I'm really anal about the way I place my pens in my pencil case. They all have to face the same direction. Vic and Jud used to irritate the hell out of me by messing them up. Haha.

4. I love to eat fried silkworms and bamboo worms from Thailand.

5. I am terrified by rats! Once, I was talking to Moo on the phone and he told me there's a rat in front of me. I screamed my head off, forgetting that he's all the way in Sembawang. =D

6. I have been hooked on Yahoo Answers since February this year! And I love taking online personality tests!

7. I may look sweet and nice but I'm a rebel at heart. I like tattoos (especially the Maori ones), piercings, rock music, fast cars... you get the drift.. Although I like Hello Kitty and butterflies as well... :P

8. My best friend in New Zealand and I have an uncanny, almost telepathic relationship. She'll "happen" to be thinking about me when I'm down, and then she'll text me. And she'll pop into my mind and I'll text her and she'll tell me that she's not doing well!

9. I fear public speaking/ presentation/ leading teams. Get the jitters. Sta..sta..stammer.. I'm a follower.. :)

10. I love watching travel shows (Channel 16, Discovery Travel & Living), food shows (Jamie Oliver, Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Gordon Ramsey...) and plastic surgery shows (Channel 70, Discovery Home and Health)!

Muahahaha... here comes the arrow.....

Thy holy arrow shooteth at
1. SK
2. Evelyn
3. D
4. Josco
5. Tracy
6. Wei Liang

interesting......

i always thought primary love language is touch.. :)

The Five Love Languages

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

Complete set of results

Quality Time:		12
Physical Touch:		6
Acts of Service:		5
Words of Affirmation:		4
Receiving Gifts:		3

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

it's been a year...........

My Wacky Team!!!

Proper picture

From left: Kwang How (Mok), Jeremy (Jem), Johanna (Hanna), Me, Elaine (Leng Che), Diana (Didi my Buddy!), Vicky (Vic), Shin Yee (Shin), Wan Lin (Lin Lin), Jessene (Jess)

One of our many spastic pictures :P

lup eew lip lip

Just came back from Laguna, Philippines! :) Will update about the trip soon! Anyway, I spent my birthday there and it was amazing!

Another piece of good news.

June Wong will be starting work next Monday! :)

I'll update and post pictures when I can ya? Heh..

revelation

I have to document this.

Satan obviously found us threatening when we're preparing to go to Philippines for a mission trip.

I was extremely discouraged by how people view mission trips or even humanitarian trips. I felt really foolish for doing it because I was "paying to do hard labour". That was the word that came to mind - foolish. Another word that came to mind was loser. I have been feeling useless and incapable of doing anything right for a long while. Ever since I left my last job actually. There are fears that even if I get my dream job (if I know what it is), I'll still screw up. And the devil planted the word loser in my mind.

It was too late to call anyone that night so I talked to God instead. Telling Him how I feel, how people made me feel, what the world is saying. And then something clicked. I am not a loser because God is not a loser. God is my Creator. If I am a loser, that will make God a loser as well. And there is no point worshipping Him. But I know that He is real and He has value. I am a child of child and therefore, I am not a loser.

He said he'll never leave me nor forsake me and He is walking alongside me. Even if the world thinks lesser of me and wonder why I'm paying to go to villages and slums to be with the people or to do hard work, I am not alone. He is walking alongside me and He thinks the world of me. He is on my side! I am doing this not to proof anything to anyone but because His love has compelled me to. I have tasted God's goodness and have seen with my own eyes how He has been working in my life and in others. I want tell people how much God loves them and that they are fearfully and wonderfully made. That they are not accidents.

Spiritual warfare happens when we become a threat to Satan's plans. It's good news because it means that we're on the right track. :)

Leading worship yesterday was different for me. I believed when I was singing those songs that God is great, that God is for us and we need not fear man or circumstances, that He meant it when He said that "it is done"! Pastor Stanley's message was spot on as well. The Holy Spirit is our Helper and Advocate.

I truly believed that whatever happened happen for a reason. And my convicted and faith has been greatly increased because of that. I guess Satan's plan backfired! Oops! :P

By the way, I'll be leaving for Laguna, Philippines in 4 days' time. Below is my prayer letter. I do appreciate your prayers! I'm actually short of S$341 for the trip, so if you're led to give a love offering, please contact me and I'll give you my bank details. :)

i knew it!

june wong -- [noun]: A person who makes a living suing celebrities 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Updates

Just got back from KL last weekend. As usual we ate a lot and shopped a lot. But Moo and I didn't buy a single thing at all! I'm serious!

While we were there, I couldn't help but to take the picture below. It says "Traditional Massage. Relaxation, Sliming, After Birth". :P

A Little Advertisement

Elaine and I went to Army Market to do buy some stuff and do up the badges for our mission trip to Laguna, Philippines. Josco, SK, Mel and Eve-Jie came down to meet us and they chanced upon this shop called The Little Shop located at #02-182. They've got the coolest t-shirts and bags! Eve-Jie bought 2 mini tees for $15! And I had my eye on 2 bags which my pocket didn't allow me to buy. :(

So far, Janice, the owner, who happens to be a jovial 4-month-old preggie, sells only stuff for girls because there are very few shops selling girls stuff at the Army Market. The shop is only in its first week. So do go check it out ya? They've got lots of pretty bags, dresses and funky mini tees! Think her website's still under construction though.

That's Janice in the middle!

My dear friend, Saion, will be going back to Bangladesh for good this Friday. So we hung out just now at Clarke Quay. Brought him to Cafe Iguana, where my cell had dinner last Friday, to eat and have a few drinks. We kinda went crazy. We both had 2 House premium Margaritas, 2 shots of Sambuka (it's delish! Licoricey! Tastes like candy!). Then some Caribbean guy from Texas bought us 1 Mars Bar each (it's tequila and chocolate! Yummy!). We had to do our usual and got Baron's Strong Brew from Central and sat by the river to talk. Haha! I didn't feel the wooziness when I was with him but by the time I got home, I just wanna sleep! :P

That's the Dude!

After 1 beer

Second shot

My half-drunk, feeble attempt at photography. Haha!

Went to visit Ailing and Baby Sophie on Tuesday afternoon. Had fun catching up with Mummy Ailing and playing with Sophie. She's such a sweet girl! Her smile can melt any heart!

My only "good" shot of her. Think she was camera shy that day. :)

This has nothing to do with anything above. Haha! Just 3 vain pots being ourselves! :P But nice right? :)

interesting.......

This, my friends, is a contestant of Mr. Singapore 2007, representing Bukit Batok! :)
(Psst! If you like what you see, you can check his profile out here. There're other representatives from Bishan, Sembawang, Bedok, Pasir Ris, Sengkang and other local estates as well.)

It's so weird! Is it just me or is it common knowledge that different people represent their own districts in pageants such as this? I know 51 girls from the United States come together to vie for the crown of Miss USA. I just never knew it's done the same way in Singapore. It's so bizarre. Maybe not as bizarre as people drinking their own pee. I don't know... Just feels strange to me. :P

What do you think?

amazing grace

Oh my God! And I do mean oh my GOD!

I've always wondered if I can change the world. A lofty ambition. But not impossible. Because one man and one God can and did change the world.

Elaine called me at 6pm and told me to meet her at 7.30pm at Lido for a movie premiere. She said it's an event organized by Focus on the Family. So I changed and met her, Adeline and Alex from YWAM Kona at Wisma's Food Republic. Then we trooped down to Lido at 8pm for the reception.

Jud was working that night and I was told to keep Xavier company. Haha.

Okie, let's get back to the movie. Amazing Grace, I was told, is a movie about a man's campaign against slavery. So.... Yours truly had the impression that it's about a black man's struggle to break out of slavery. And then I saw the poster and it featured this white guy in Victorian garb. I couldn't put two and two together.

By the way, it is an excellent excellent movie! Please do catch it. It opens today! I don't mind sitting through it a second time. :)

So anyway, Amazing Grace is a story of William Wilburforce and his ceaseless campaign against slave trade. He was a disciple of John Newton and has heard of how John was plagued by 20,000 souls of African slaves he brought on his slaveship. Wilburforce was also plagued by images of slaves in chains and this ignited his passion to exterminate the slave trade in Britain. Such passion (so attractive! *squeals*) exudes from an individual to liberate Africans from slavery and such drive to achieve his goal for a law to be passed to put an end to slave trade in Britain. Such wit exhibited during his show-downs with the opposition in Parliament. Such faith that compelled him to surge ahead, from educating bourgeois about the ghastly conditions the slaves were transported in the slaveships - the Madagascar set sail with 600 slaves from Africa and only 200 were left when it reached Britain, petitioning - he gathered a petition with 360 signatures and presented to the Parliament, collecting data and statistics, speaking in public, to visiting a slaveship and getting a first-hand account from a slave who survived - Equiano. He was relentless in his pursuit for a cause he believed in! That's how inspiring! And he found a woman who, too, believed in the mission that God has put in his heart.

Who says we can't change the world? It's hard work but with God all things are possible. All we have to do is be that person and step out in faith.

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I’m found
Was blind but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers toils and snares
I have already come,
'Twas grace that brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me Home.

When we've been there Ten thousand Years
Bright Shining as the Sun
We've no less days to sing Gods praise
Than when we first begun.

baby break dancer!!

frailty of life

My school mate from JI died yesterday morning in a freak accident.

reminiscence

Watched Drumline for the third time on Channel 5 on Labour Day and looking at how a band can produce such great music and create such great formations together. Really got me thinking back to the good ol' days in secondary school when music was my life.

Used to spend everyday at the band room just hanging out and listening to music. Kitaro and Phantom of the Opera were 2 of the most-played CDs in the band room. Heh. We'll go there straight after school and stay till about 6pm. Band prac took up a lot of our time - twice a week for normal practices and up to four times a week when we're gearing up for SYF. And then there's band camp (reminds me of American Pie. Haha!) before SYF and before our annual concert. We used to take part in SYF every year, alternating between marching and concert. Bowen, TK and Cedar Girls' were three of the top Gold marching bands during my time. And they still are apparently. :)

Even typing this post is bring back a rush of memories.
Being punished - push ups, star jumps, "praying to the Sun god" standing in the sun at attention.
Practicing for marching competition - going through the formations with our heavy instruments, having drills.
Having our annual concerts, graduating from having them in our school hall to having our very first concert at Victoria Concert Hall.
Making banners - my lower brass section won the banner competition with our black sequinned banner. We actually pasted the sequins individually on this long piece of black cloth spelling out the words "Shuqun Military Band". The lower brass section also came up with the band cheer!
Band investiture - the proudest moment for the ex-co. I received my first rank as Lance Corporal in Sec. 2 and was promoted to Band Major/ Staff Sergeant in Sec. 3. :)
Our instructor, Miss Dorean Tan. She was the one who taught us how to march like the Americans, having studied in the US. It was exactly how they did it in Drumline! She was the one who came up with different gimmicks for our concerts. We had a flying carpet for our Aladdin one and a senoir dressed as the Phantom for our Phantom of the Opera concert. She always encouraged us to study smart, not study hard and that we as musicians have an advantage over other people.
Hanging with fellow musicians - you know, my band senoir told me my first dirty joke! :P
Buying new instruments, recruiting new blood during ECA (yah.. It was still called ECA in my time.. :P) Fair and playing our hearts out, teaching recruits, having sectionals, screwing up solos during concerts/ competitions. Playing together as a full band, that was magical!
I can still remember my parts from the Phantom of the Opera score. :)

Some of the people I know have gone on to become instructors for school band. One even got an overseas degree in music and came back to Sinagpore to coach bands. Some were memebrs of SYO, Singapore Youth Orchestra. Others were so passionate about mastering their instruments that they went and bought their own saxophone, clarinet, oboe, flute, trumpet and French horn.

I had an inkling to join the West Winds, the wind orchestra for the West zone. But I'm so rusty I'll sound like a recruit on my euphonium (don't know what it is? Wiki it).

Memory

All alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days

I was beautiful then

I remember the time I knew what happiness was

Let the memory live again

copied Al.. :p

Your Dominant Intelligence is Musical Intelligence

Every part of your life has a beat, and you're often tapping your fingers or toes. You enjoy sounds of all types, but you also find sound can distract you at the wrong time. You are probably a gifted musician of some sort - even if you haven't realized it. Also a music lover, you tend to appreciate artists of all kinds. You would make a great musician, disc jockey, singer, or composer.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

aiyah.. so unambitious.. :P

the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth

My wisdom tooth on the lower left of my mouth was bugging me since last Thursday and was miraculously healed on Friday, so that I could go for Reon's 3rd birthday party. :) Samantha, someone I haven't seen in a long while, was there too! Moo came later, after his event at Vivo.

Mummy LiMay and her 3 precious(es), Feon, Keon and Reon

The birthday girl and I

Rare picture with Ariel "Beautiful Eyes" Toh

The pain started again on Saturday and lasted till today! Finally got it extracted, along with the wisdom tooth on the upper right, this afternoon! I know Ailing and my godsis-in-law will disagree with me. But having watched enough shows on pregnant women in labour on Discovery Health Channel, I now know what it means when the preggie screams "get it out of me!". Okie okie... I know labour pain's much worse but that was the closest thing I could find to describe how I felt! The pain that stupid wisdom tooth was causing me was excruciating! I was even talking with a lisp! You know you can rub a bruise on your leg, or scratch a mozzie-bite on your arm and Daddy can fix my sprained ankle by rubbing some ointment on it. But you can't do anything with a toothache!!!! The pain was so annoying that I wanted my cell boys to punch me so hard on my left jaw just so my tooth will fall out! Thank God they didn't, though I think I tempted them. :P

Eating has never felt so torturous! Just closing my mouth to chew was painful. I didn't even finish the nice fish beehoon at Little Jumbo. By dinner time at my Aunt Gean's, I was famished. But eating steamboat wasn't easy as well. :(

I was praying so hard that they were able to remove the lower wisdom tooth by extraction because the price list at the dental clinic said "Surgical Removal of Wisdom Tooth: $400 - $500". Like I told many of you, I'd rather spend the money on a luxury commodity than pulling out my tooth! Thank God Almighty that the dentist only needed to make a minor incision on my lower wisdom took before extraction and my upper one just required a no-fuss extraction. All in all:

Extraction of upper right wisdom tooth: $80

Minor surgery on lower left wisdom tooth: $200

Medication: $20

Good riddance to annoying pain caused by a useless tooth: Priceless

Now I'm experiencing a different sort of pain. One which doesn't allow me to talk much. That's a good thing, right? :) Can still taste blood and I've had some blood clots falling on my tongue already. Quite gross.

Mummy dearest has been the most empathetic. Really! Knowing that I had an appointment to remove my very wise teeth, she asked me before she prepared dinner whether I can consume rice. I told her my wounds are painful and requested for porridge. She told me to go get it myself! Furthermore, she made stir-fried beansprouts with salted fish (I had all of 2 beansprouts) and steamed fish eggs, which thankfully are quite soft. Naturally I was still hungry after a sumptuous dinner of no rice, 2 beansprouts and some fish eggs. So I went to buy Maggi Mashed Potato from 7-Eleven. The price inflated by 20 cents! Cheater-bug!

So that was today. Moo assured me that tomorrow will be less painful. 明天会跟好!

lost and found

I had 2 very sobering conversations today. One was in the afternoon with Elaine at Island Creamary, about turning 30, acting my age and finding God's direction for me in the career aspect of my life. The other was with Moo, in the middle of the night, about my direction in work and assessed my interview style. He gave me 3 points out of 10. :( He also brought up that maybe I should look more to God and pray more for Him to reveal His direction for me. Maybe I've been looking at the wrong industries, wrong jobs.

I admit that I haven't been spending much time with God in regards to the career path He wants me to take. And it is sobering and humbling to hear it from 2 people today.

Okie. I will seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and things will fall into place.

Pray for me to perservere and be disciplined.

attack of the blogthings

Inspi(red) by XH's blog, I have started doing online personality tests again. :) These are from blogthings.

You Belong in Summer

Energetic, creative, and very curious about the world... You're not going to let anything hold you back, especially a cold day. Whether you're chilling out at the beach or partying all night, you live for the warm weather.

What Season Are You?

Your Inner European is French!

Smart and sophisticated. You have the best of everything - at least, *you* think so.

Who's Your Inner European?

Oh.... That's why I like Delifrance. :P

You Are 40% Lady

You tend to make up your rules of etiquette, throwing all conventions aside. And while you try to be a lady (sometimes), your behavior is often quite shocking.

Are You A Lady?

*BURP*

You Should Be a Song Writer

You have the ability to evoke emotion, tell a story, and hook someone... In a very small amount of words, perhaps with some deft rhyming. Even if you can't write music, you can sure write compelling lyrics. Lyrics so good, people will have them stuck in their heads!

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

Ooo... Is that right? How rousing...

You Are 26 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Whew!

On Average, You Would Sell Out For

$305,505

At What Price Would You Sell Out?

Hey.... That's cheap!

You Are 32% Spoiled

You're barely spoiled. You may have some nice things, but you never let them go to your head. You appreciate each gift you're given - and you don't dwell on what you "deserve" to have.

Are You Spoiled?

Who says only kids are spoilt? :P


And in lieu of Tuesday's B&J's free ice-cream day,

You Are Chunky Monkey Ice Cream

Truthfully, you're too spazzy to be chunky - you cheeky monkey!

What Flavor Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Are You?

aw... so sweet!

Wedding on Saturday


Janice's and Gideon's wedding on Saturday was so sweet! The couple met in China, when Janice, a Singaporean, was there on her DTS outreach, and Gideon, a Filipino, was a missionary there. They had a long-distance relationship, not without their struggles. I'm sure Pris can totally empathise with them. :) Being away from the one you love is hard enough. Allowing your family time to understand and accept the man you love is another obstacle they had to cross. Having an inter-cultural relationship isn't the easiest thing either. The couple shared in the video, made lovingly by Papa Sam, Lynn and Tee, that communication was tough because of the differences in culture and family background. But they made it through 1 and a half years of courtship. It is indeed a divine match intervened by the Divine Matchemaker. Across cultural, geographical and physical barriers.



They managed to spend their first Valentine's Day together this year. Gideon, being a romantic Filipino, gave her flowers which he planted himself and made her sushi.



The wedding was beautiful. Janice look so beautiful in her halter gown with a long embroidered 1920s lace train. Gideon also sang the song when she walked down the aisle. And her eyes were just fixed on him when she was making her way towards the altar. He also sang her a song he wrote for her, called Promise You. It was utterly sweet!!



It was a great time for us to catch up with the multitude of YWAMers who were there. :) Jillian then brought us, Alisa, Saion and myself, to The Tea Party at Six Avenue Centre. Spent out time there having tea and scones, just chilling and waiting for the rain to stop so that jill can go back to study. If I haven't told you about his place yet, place do go check it out. It's a great place to sample the different kinds of teas they have, try the delicious, and I mean DELICIOUS, scones, chill, read a book and watch life pass by. Seriously, go visit the place. Let's go together! :)

Alisa and I while waiting for Saion, who was late :p

Easter Sunday

This year's Easter had been a really reflective time. Reflecting on the reason why we celebrate Easter at all. Reflecting why we believe in what we believe in. Reflecting why we worship Jesus Christ. Coming back to the foot of the cross. Coming back to the heart of worship. Proclaiming God's awesome power and work on the cross. Conquering death so that we can have eternal life. Rejoicing in the resurrection of the Son of God. Even if one doesn't believe that he took the sins of the world upon Himself on the cross, isn't an empty grave prove His resurrection power? I mean, who, other than God, can conquer death and rise again?

In other news, someone left a very sweet testi for me. :)