white Christmas

according to the weather check, there's gonna be a white Christmas in anderson. but then again, amy said the weather check ain't always correct.

Praise the Lord!

thanks to all who prayed. the latest weather forecast for Thursday says partly cloudy and it's clear of snow so just continue to pray and trust God that it stays that way!!

concerts.....

suddenly feel like attending concerts. i mean, band n choir concerts in s'pore. any school band/choir having performances after 18 dec w tics going 10 bucks or less leave me a tag yeah. esp if is tk or mj band/choir :D

sad...

the hallways are exceptionally quiet tonight.
everyone's leaving.
niccole has started moving her stuff to her apartment this afternoon and carolyn and matt were helping her. no more froggie doorbells to ring and late night laughing sessions with her, carolyn and danielle.
naomi and kelly are going soon. they've started packing their stuff. no more blasting music at midnight. just when i was starting to appreciate their music. and i've even gotten used to falling asleep to their operas and stuff. and i'm even saying hi to naomi and kelly in the bathrooms now.
monica's going too. i don't see her much even though she lives across the hallway from me but i'm still gonna miss her.
ivan's leaving for georgia, atlanta next thursday and he won't be coming back. one less person for me to practise my chinese with.
cassie might be leaving too. and that's one of the 2 most depressing news (of course, including niccole) i don't wanna adapt to another roommate. i don't need those nights of worrying who my new roommate may be or what she's going to be like. i feel so bad for her. it's not like she hasn't been trying hard enough this semester. she really has, just that it seems that she hasn't been working the right way (and times) but she's really put in so much effort. i'm gonna miss having someone to be sarcastic to. no more throwing stuffed animals around and leaving the light on for her when she gets in. and no more comfort in knowing that i'm not that messy knowing that relatively, my side of the room will always be cleaner than hers. no one to bug to wake up for classes in the morning. no one to laugh at me for tripping over my feet.


i just heard niccole's voice!!! she's back!

ok so she won't be leaving till next week. sigh. i'm still gonna miss her
but i guess, it's about learning to let go.....

daddy i had a dream

Daddy I had a dream
An angel came to me
She was crying when she gave me the message
She says Jesus gets jealous of Santa Claus
Sometimes this time of the year

heard this song over the Christmas radio station just a few seconds ago. how very true.....

yay!!

i think dad just gave mum the best birthday present ever. He accepted the Lord!!

YAY!!!

being weird....

hmm im gonna do a weird experiment after im done with all the juries for this sem. im gonna try to leave out my nails and see how long i can last before i get really annoyed and trim them again.

so i found out last night that as much as she tries to pretend things are kinda nice and rosy and smooth sailing and they're about to patch things up, things aren't really going very well. and as much as she talks about him being the nicest and sweetest guy on earth and stuff, he's actually a rather mean jerk.

and so they say love is blind. well..... can't i agree more.

at the end of the day, my first judgement is still right. what more can i say?

marketplace........

so i realised today that i haven't been eating in the marketplace at regular eating hours for a really long time. coz when i was eating there today, there were so many people who walked past and said hi to me and katya just went, hey u know so many people. and i only realised it today. hmm.

many acquaintances............

pardon my long absence

pardon my long absence of a proper blog.

spent thanksgiving at danielle's in michigan and had my first taste of snow and falling of a snow mobile. haha that was super weird. and her mum was super nice. played with her embroidery sewing machine where u enter the design u want to be embroidered and then they will embroider it for u on the material. got a towel with a piano and my name designed on it. fun!
and we went to bronner's Christmas store, the biggest in the world. my, it was really huge. got a baby grand ornament meant to be hung on a Christmas tree but i dun have a Christmas tree in my room so it's just sitting on my shelf right now. and i have another with the outline of the michigan state. that's from the rhynard family. really had a great time with them the last week. and they invited me to go back there in summer. and danielle said ko can come along too but then..... haha i rather he not. and anyway he will be back at home trying to finish his 4 months of NS aso....

ok then last week, it was crazy preparation for candles and carols. took the week off from work to get rested for the performance last night, and boy am i glad it's over. and i kinda miss going back to work too, but that's beside the point. anyway, last night's performance was fun. well, except for the before part of the performance. see, i was going to the haven to get my dinner with natalie and the others from english class then happened to meet kelvin who just ended his class too. then natalie was asking if i was gonna have dinner and i couldn't really decide coz i didn't wanna eat too early and get hugry again during the performance. then kelvin was talking about how he had leftover chinese on thursday night coz he went to china house on wed night and he had the leftovers for dinner on thursday before the rehearsal and got hungry after that. and i was saying im jealous that he got chinese and he was like, well, i can take u today. and so i was looking forward to having chinese for dinner. but then i didn't want it to be so weird just the 2 of us, so i called hye jin along, and hye jin asked erin if she wanted to come. so it ended up being the 4 of us and kelvin was complaining about y he had to be the only guy among the group of girls. haha. anyways, erin was so fascinated that me n kelvin could speak chinese (although his chinese is kinda bad.. well, a bit better than john and paul's, except for his hk accent) that she made us do the ordering of the food. but the kid taking our orders grew up in america so he didn't understand chinese. sad man...... anyway, erin was so excited and fascinated about everything that she didn't wanna leave even till 6. and i was supposed to be dressed and in morrison by 6 so candace could work on my make up. and kelvin was being nice and trying to hint that we really had to leave but erin just didn't wanna budge. and she even said she would walk back but hye jin and kelvin didn't wanna leave her behind. personally, i think she's kinda bratty.. like one of those gals who talks too much about their boyfriends and the really ditzy type. and i was more than happy to leave her behind, since she offered. and it wasn't like she didn't need to get back for make up call too. but then again, she's always been late for choir and didn't know about make-up call times either so i guess it didn't really affect her. but by the time kelvin got us to morrison, it was 6.10 and i think he felt bad that he couldn't drive faster. and hye jin just looked sleepy. anyways, i had to run up to get candace to get my make up done then run all the way across campus to get my dress on then run all the way back in my dress and dress shoes for make up call at 6.30 but by the time i left my room, it was 6.30 and so i had to brisk walk across campus again since reardon was just across the street from morrison. and by the time i reached reardon, i had a humongous blister on my little right toe. sigh........
but besides the blister, i have to say, candles and carols was really fun! i'm just glad to be performing in a music group again. i even liked the tiring rehearsal. man, i really miss performing arts........
and the best part of it was the post-performance supper. well, it wasn't really that much fun, but im just glad to be off-campus. scott and anjie took a few of us out for food at steak and shake after the performance. well, it was mainly the internationals who were performing except hye jin, lucianna, kelvin and sandash, and included john and paul and their roommate aaron. oh, and peter was there to even though he wasn't international.
and i experienced 2 rather gentlemanly acts. or maybe it's just that i haven't been hanging out with gentlemen very much (considering most of the guys i hang out with here are the goofy freshmen internationals) haha i got a free shake coz paul offered to pay. that was gentlemanly act #1. and when we were leaving in scott's car, peter opened the car door for me. boy was i impressed haha. then when i got back, i met steph and rachel in the hallway and steph was saying that me and rachel aren't pampered enough coz when she was dating nathan he would always open doors for her and push in her seat for her etc. so i figured it wasn't so much that paul or peter were very impressive gentlemen, it's just that me and rachel aren't spoilt enough? haha but rachel was saying, she would like it if guys did those stuff for her, but she's just too impatient to stand there and wait for them to do that so she'll just go in herself. and i kinda agree to what she said. coz i just can't be bothered to wait so long. hehe

ok that was last night. then today, tried to do some work but kept getting distracted. so at 5 i eventually went to take a walk to the other end of the hall and find out if they still wanted to do the dinner thing tomorrow night. then the topic drifted to plans for tonight and they were talking about going to see the Christmas lights in marion, except they needed directions. i wasn't really planning to go since i had tons of work to do (and i still have. will have to work hard tomorrow night) but crystal managed to persuade me to go experience an american Christmas. and so we ended up driving around indiana for about 2+1.2 hours trying to find the place. and just when we got there, the people were starting to turn off the lights. sian diao.....

and so..... that was my life story for the past 2 weeks. summarized. i seriously should go sleep soon since i have to be in church to rehearse with john at 7.45 tomorrow morning.

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thanksgiving

will be in michigan for thanksgiving with danielle, so it's not that i MIA hor..
be back on sunday night!

haven't blogged in awhile..

ok so i got sick yesterday. eeks man the stupid feeling of seeing stars and breaking out in cold sweat is really eeky. im really hoping and praying hard it doesn't happen again in a long long time.
but i think steph enjoyed herself "mothering" me yesterday. like i was saying, i think i've gotten a few more mothers since i came here. like crystal and how she wanted to spank me for not paying joey for the hall shirt and melissa making sure im eating right and not just merely snacking and steph yesterday. haha she came in a few times after she found out i was sick. first time was to bring a wet towel for me to cool myself down. then she came to take my temperature and ask if i wanted the leftover porridge then she came in again with the porridge heated up and nagging at me to drink the apple juice. then the last time she came in was to be sure that i was ok and to tell me that i can just go over to get more porridge from her. feel kinda blessed to have all these people in my dorm.
remember the other time when julia was sick apparently her roommate gave her a hard time about it although im not entirely sure what happened. i'm so glad im in martin!
haha the other part of it is that we're close to smith and the guys in smith have decided to put up the Christmas lighting already. kinda dorky, but u can feel the Christmas spirit drawing near. kinda wanna spend Christmas here to see the snow and everything falling down. "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas... " u know... that kinda feeling. but still, i'm more than glad that im going home! haha

snow!!!

i am SO excited! scott and anjie said we're expecting snow anytime now coz we'll get snow by 19 nov. yay!

oh and in case you're wondering, the bathroom is my thinking studio..

thoughts from the bathroom...
epi #1: love..
at 8,
the cute girl with the two ponytails and the hello kitty pencil case with the cutest smile that stretches to her ears
the class monitor who tops the class in english, maths and mother tongue
the one who sits beside u in class and sings all the action songs with you, doing all the actions and clapping hands along with you

at 12,
the head prefect with the really nice hair and sweetest smile, who knows all about savage garden, n'sync and the latest in the music industry
the top student in class all the time who gets beaten by 1 point the underdog at PSLE and makes u feel oh so sorry for him. oh and he plays soccer all the time too

at 16,
the one who is among the first to get rebonoded and dyed hair, or pierced ears and wears her school skirt really high above her knees
the one who spikes his hair and helps you with you chemistry homework and waits for you at the bus stop outside school

at 18,
the one who gets along with you really well and you just think she's so pretty because all the other guys think so, and when u get to date her, u're THE MAN
the basketball star or that guy who sings really well in the school choir, and waits for you after classes to "happen to be going home too, and shall we go back together?" then sends you all the way to your void deck.
the one whom you think is the center of your world and, "oh, i really don't know what i'm going to do without him/her in my life"

at 23,
the one with the high flying career who is "so confident of herself that she is so attractive"
the one who is one the way to make his big bucks and has his dream career

at 25,
the one you're so sure you want to take care of for the rest of your life
the one you know that you can depend on

at 30,
the one who is lying in bed without her make-up at 2 in the morning asking for porridge from the other end of the island to satisfy her pregnency cravings, and you're willing to go get it for her
the one who will get you your porridge at 2 in the morning

at 40,
the one who asks you,"dear am i fat?" and you just don't know how to answer because you really think she's beautiful but she wouldn't believe you even if you told her that
the one you're willing to cook and wash and for and thinks you're beautiful even if you think u're fat and ugly

at 60,
the one who's old and wrinkled, sitting next to you in the rocking chair, looking at your children getting busy with your birthday celebrations and your grandchildren running around playing happily. the one who will get you your arthritis pills and vitamins and takes you to your check ups. the one you sit with and cuddle with in front of the fire place.

at the end of your life,hopefully, you would have realised that all these love showered on you, is just love for this life. the true love that goes on beyond "forever" and "until the end of time" is the love of that one being who gave His all just because He loved, and couldn't bear to see you suffer in eternity. hopefully you would have realised that it was through His love, that you feel the love of that "special one in your life" because He made it possible. hopefully, you would have realised the true meaning of agape. hopefully, you would have realised that He gave His all for you. hopefully, it wouldn't be too late to say, "Lord, i give it all back to you"

PS. i am not a pro at relationships and i'm not 60 yet..so don't quote me.

midterm grades....

oh yay got all my grades already

speech: B+
PE: D-
piano: B+
accompanying: B+ (dr frieling aka jim carrey must have been really lenient...)
choir: A (haha this is the easiest A ever man.. just go for practices can liao)
western civ: C- (i still cant figure out the 2nd test.. -.-")
english: A

i should go figure out how to count the GPA thing.....

class grades...

ok so i finally got an overview of how im doing so far.. well, except for 2 classes...

speech: B
PE: D+ :(
piano: B+ (i love Dr Rodgers.. i think he's too lenient with me le..)
history: C- (stupid 2nd test pulled me down so much.. got full marks for the quiz lor... the MCQ for the 2nd test was horrible man)
english: A (haha i love gwen even more.. she's so lenient too.. just hand in ur journals and u get 10 credit le)

still waiting for my choir and accompanying grades. think my accompanying won't be good though. hyejin said jim carrey's really strict n she doesn't like him. he gave her whole keyboard class Ds... but think choir should be A since i haven't missed a single practise..

too lazy to do anything...

i dun feel like moving. i haven been working at all this weekend but still feel lazy n dun feel like moving....

blessed be the name

every blessing You pour out
i'll turn back to praise
when the darkness closes in Lord
still i will say

blessed be the name of the Lord
blessed be Your name
blessed be the name of the Lord
blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
my heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be Your name

donuts.........

donuts r my new fascination. just like fishballs......

21 oct in about 25 min

hmm

midnight snacking is SO unhealthy but when u zhui ba yang n there's a big of chips on ur table tempting u......

n don't ask y im doing my one-liner thing again. i dunno.......

got a sudden craving for snapple apple juice.. or sierra mist. or just plain water is good enough..

hmm

i just realised something. even though i still keep track of s'pore time,i've lost track of school semester days. other than that of the As and Os batch (coz of bern.....)

im so sad..

so sad.. lost one side of my earring today. it's not my fav earring or what, but i'm just sad that it got lost. and it got lost coz it just dropped of my ear lor then cant find liao.. :(
ok yesterday was homecoming. have to say was quite an eventful and fun day. spent most of the time with steph and some of the girls on the floor. but the morning was super super cold. had to wake up at about 6.30-7 to go and practise for the international band thing. then in the end i didn't have to play coz they didn't have a keyboard for outdoors. haha so nvm la so i just sang along with them lor. then at first the fair was supposed to be outdoors but it started raining and became so cold so we shifted into the wellness center. it was so cold until everyone fingers numb le (n mine even worse la since my fingers and nose is the most sensitive to cold part of me) so sad.... after we shifted everything in already then the rain cleared. but by then everyone sian already. and the wellness center was abit too small for the fair la so it became super packed. then crispin said actually we not performing le since it's indoors so i just went back to my room. then steph, rachel, tiffany and kathryn who were in steph and rachel's room decided to go to the fair also. so i went along with them. i think if not for the crowd we would have stayed there for less than 5 minutes coz rachel was there only coz she was hungry but there was so little food at the fair, just the usual popcorn, cotton candy stuff. so we headed over to the marketplace for the "picnic" it was supposed to be outdoors but it was raining and sooo cold so it was indoors. just as i was leaving rurik said crispin told him that we were performing again but since i wasn't really needed i decided i'd just go eat with the girls then decided whether i wanted to come back and sing. but there was so little variety of food and so little people around at the marketplace. then we felt kinda outcasted coz we were told we were only allowed to sit at a certain section of the dining hall but everyone else who came in before and after us could sit wherever they wanted. hmm dunno y also. then after that i decided to go back to the wellness center to sing with them since most of the girls at the table were just talking among themselves since they kinda had their upperclassmen topic. and i was the only freshman there. i dunno y im like always the only freshman hanging out with that bunch of people on my floor. or maybe it's coz i'm the only freshman on my floor. am i? hmm i dunno.
anyway, after that i went for the football game with the girls again. so sad we lost. danielle told me before that the "home" team is expected to win at their homecoming since after all, it is homecoming and all the alumni were going to be there. so it was super sad lor. and i think this time i understand the game abit better coz patricia was beside me. patricia is one of my fav RAs (besides steph la) coz she's such an over-achiever. she plays like at least 5 different wind instruments even though she's not a music major (but the main reason is coz she can play the oboe that's y i so admire her talent) and she's such an organized person. oh n she was the one who gave me a hug the other time when i was super tired. and she plays football on one of the intramural teams. which explains why she could explain the game to me. yup..
then after the game i walked back with her (she said we both have long legs so we can walk faster since it was so cold.. haha) we both thought steph and the rest were somewhere behind us but apparently we left them behind somewhere. so i came back and was ready to take a shower n rest for awhile before going out to dinner then guys n dolls but cassie just had to call me to get her aspirin to the theater. and so i had to venture out in the cold just because i love m roommate too much (but she thinks i have an evil twin sister that's y i sometimes ill treat here which i don't lor. as in, i don't have an evil twin sister and i don't ill treat her lor.. hrmph) then on the way back i decided to walk in from steph's side of the hall since it was nearer and i didn't have to stay out in the cold for too long. amy was in her room so i decided to just hop in and say hi. well, the saying hi took about 1 hr la haha amy was being weird. she was saying in times like these she wished she had a guy in her life. coz she had a craving for arby's, but she was too lazy to walk over to her car. that's y she wished she had a guy in her life so that the guy can pack the arby's for her. then she said she was wishing the same for me n steph then i was like, erh.... i dun nid la.. besides, i wouldn't wanna make the guy go out in the cold for me. like so bad bully him like that.... then they just laughed at me. haha i dunno maybe my way of thinking is weird la haha but that's me lor..
then amy finally decided to stop bugging steph about arby's n steph and i decided we had to take a hot shower so we left. then after that i went to meet hye jin to go for guys and dolls together. but we were kinda late la or so i thought but turns out there were other people who were late with us. yup. except for the really sexist idea in the show it was a really good show. natalie stiles, the female lead had this really really good voice lor. and the other girls in the show, wow it's amazing how they can manage to turn their voices into that kinda squeaky high-pitched voice to suit the bimbo roles they played. and ben is such a cool dancer!! oh my.. he's really good. hye jin was equally impressed lor. the performers were really good, but i didn't like the story line of the show coz it just portrayed girls as bimbos and play things for guys la. and prof john huntoon who conducted the jazz ensemble is super cool. haha the way he dances around while conducting is really cool lor. haha
okok enough about homecoming. im waiting for hyejin to come over so we can cook and eat dinner together but apperantly she doesn't seem to be coming. i don't think she's in her room la since she's not signed in on msn. hmm..... her 3 minutes sure seem really long. it's 81 minutes already lor.... hmm i might just go ahead and eat without her. ohh.... did i mention john brought his microwave over today? haha so now i have a microwave!!!

here's wishing yulin a very happy and blessed 18th birthday!!!

oh yay im thinking again

something made me start thinking again during chapel 2day. i somehow feel that even though AU is a Christian college and all, not everyone is really as on fire for God as they appear to be.
chapel sessions are getting kinda pointless. they seem more like school assembly than like chapel. that is, u feel like u're going there for a gathering with the rest of the sch to meet up with people and to hear announcements about campus activities more than to go there to worship and meet Him. is that what chapel is supposed to be about? i dunno. feeling kinda lost
today was the 2nd and final instalment of homecoming convocation. they had some of the alumni doing stuff. tuesday they announced the homecoming court (which is sort of like prom king n queen of each class kinda thing) then they had this guy who graduated i think 2-3 yrs ago come n speak. at least that sermon was good and had its effect. as in, he actually preached something n his points got across coz he's sort of a Christian standup comedianne so he entertains for ministry purposes, if u get what im trying to say.
but chapel today was really.. i dunno. more slack than usual. they gave away erm.. some homecoming alumni awards in recognition of alumni members who have done the school proud or staff who have served outstandingly. then after that they had this guy come to entertain us. he wasn't even leading worship lor he was just plain singing coz the words weren't on the screen. n pple were just falling asleep all around lor. either that or couples were being an eyesore la. the andersonian already ran an article abt inappropriate behaviour in chapel la but they dun seem to be doing anything.
either that or they dun read the andersonian..

webcam

oh yay i got my webcam. now y do i not sound excited about it at all?

impt...

ok this is important, so i would appreciate it if everyone who reads my blog just leave me a tag on the tagboard to answer this qn. thanks..

what is one thing that others should know about s'pore? it can be anything. culture, way of life, food, people, currency, tourist attractions, occupations, education system, anything. this list is not exhaustive. anything else u can come up with is also appreciated. but u can only choose one thing.

thanks for ur help.

bored

i've found a way to spend less time at the comp --> work, and live in the music building.

2day..~~!!

hmm ok update on the last few days. im only doing this coz im waiting 4 sth.. oops heh
k.. last nite was the dinner for melissa n andrew to thank them for cleaning our bathrooms. kinda weird la had fun la but i didn't help much with the cooking haha just went to the haven to try to get butter with steph. so weird n embarrassing coz like nobody buys that much butter de lor n they were just lazy 2 walk out to the pharmacy to buy haha. then later just ate n slacked around.
after dinner tried to do some work but didn't get very far coz i lost my inspiration for my essay. like dunno how to phrase my words and how to fit in ideas into my paragraphs. yup. then slack slack around for awhile (ok so maybe like 3 hours isn't very awhile to slack..) then went to sleep liao.
this morning.. woke up supposed to go for the debate timing thing at 9.30 but then by the time i was ready to leave it was already 9.30. n i had to get there like 15 min b4 the thing acty starts so i was kinda v late n i was still hungry. so in the end i went out for breakfast. n e most irritating thing is tt there's no food on campus on sat morning. the only food place opens at 10.30 so i was like super super diao. in the end went out to the pharmacy (well i had to go stock food supplies n buy more stuff anyway..) to get muesli bars n more food. then came back n went for e debate thing. haha quite lame. u just sit there for like 1+1/2 hrs looking like u're keeping time n u get like 25 extra credit just for doing that. haha
after that there was supposed to be the roommate dates thing haha but poor cassie had to do stuff for the guys n dolls performance so she couldn't go. n my "date" kinda pangseh me la. ok the whole idea abt roommate dates is that u fix ur roommate up with a guy then we all go out together. but cassie wasn't going n i wasn't too keen on going either but i kinda pity steph so i went la. then steph said it's alright i can just get a gal to go w me so i asked hyejin. then like this morning she disappeareded on me so i went alone. haha
ok dunno wat else to say le.

2day..~~!!

OUR VOICE

Through Valleys Low
Through the denseness of the forest
I see the light
Shining, brilliantly just beyond,
Hold on my precious one,
We’re almost there.
Just a little further,
I won’t leave you,
For I am.
Let me attend to your blistered feet,
Let me mend your broken heart,
Let my words heal your soul,
Let them pierce your inner most being.
Though you may feel lonely, I am here,
Though you may feel neglected, I am here,
Though everyone else may have failed you,
I am here.
I am her, my child,
Always and Forever,
Till the very end.
I am Jehovah-Shammah
I am faithful and true.
~ voice of Natalie Clarke

ok so i went for the interview. it was kinda crappy. puneet told me just b4 i went tt my chances were quite high coz they were looking for a gal, but the problem is they have like, so many applicants so like, how high are my chances?? n besides, the lady kinda commented that i was too quiet :( n since it's an office job i'll need to like ask questions and be more vocal n stuff. urgh!!! times like these i wish i was abit more like nuha or weiee, more confident of themselves n more vocal... *bleah*
~xXx~
it's getting cold... as in like really really cold, not just coz of my leng xiao huas k... ;P but i love the way the leaves crunch under ur feet when u walk. haha the feeling of fall... :D

Fall~!!

it's official! fall is here!! haha it's getting cold, the leaves are falling oOo... beautiful!!

tired...

hmm i'm tired. been a rather eventful weekend. spent the whole of yday slacking and hanging out with hye jin a bit then went for Dr Frieling's concert last nite. wah it was powerful man. esp the Dvorak's new world symphony. and everything else esp coz there was alot of double reed ensemble parts. just made me fall in love with the double reed sound all over again. n inspiring me to play bassoon again. talked to crispen about it abit then he suggested playing for the au wind orchestra but i got no instrument n it's chao ex aso. i mean, unless i just get a yamaha fox la, but even then, i dunno how much it costs. hmm will hv to find out.
yup then this morning played for worship at pp chog. not used to playing so little coz i was only on the synthesizer and playing back up chords abit only, like when hooi inn leading like that. then they played a few songs only so not very fun. but i guess have to remind myself also that it's about service and not just about having fun. anjie commented that the band sounded fuller today with the synthesizer sound, so thank God i was still of use.
then went out to the mexican place for lunch with the internationals: scott, anjie n dormanique, john n paul, katya, binita, hye jin n me, corbin and kelvin, laura and a few other gals from church whom i dunno their names, and the pastor and his wife were there too. yup n we were bugged by flies the whole time. poor hyejin, she's the super "girl"type so she was badly affected by the bees.
then after that came back for a short nap, did some work then went out to meet the other piano pple to go to Dr Rodgers' place for the piano party. had some food then played charades. haha super funny lor. the dramatisation of the stuff was really super super funny, esp Dr F n julia and her belly and analysis thing. haha....
had a lot of fun but on the way back in sung's car i was kinda sad. it's that kinda feeling u get when u just had a fun weekend and then sch is starting again. haix...
oh well.. but at least this weekend i did have fun. better than the last few that were spent hanging out with hyejin and the other guys.
-tired.. tired..-

reminiscing

just found out from tian that they all going to take lantern on wed. hmm then we were sort of reminiscing about the past when we were young, like that time when we went to take lantern together long long ago when she was still staying in pasir ris then ko burnt the lantern or sth. haha fun fun...
hmm. ishmael was telling me n hye jin about his wife last nite. haha amusing story but somehow i dun quite believe it. oops haha feeling mean about it though.
waiting for e pple to get done with their laundry so i can wash my clothes too. sigh. this is what happens when u have limited clothes to wear. hrmph..
someone remind me to close my blinds please and thank you.

war in iraq

hmm for once the war in iraq made its impact on me. today during chapel, they made special prayer for a student and one of the au staff coz they're called up to serve in the army. n i was like whoa ok, now it hits close
had a fire drill in our dorm last nite. n cassie the pro-est i ever known, managed to sleep through the whole thing. like is she good or what. then today had another drill but this is for tornado. haha n andrew was super funny last nite coz he took his fish out of the apartment and all the gals were like laughing at him. he's so weird.. haha but i guess he n melissa kinda complement each other ba since she also almost as weird as him. then today during the tornado drill melissa was doing the siren thing then andrew was goofing around again then the gals asked him about his fish n he was like, oh i hid it in a really safe place already. haha so weird
ok seriously, im supposed to be studying for my speech test tmr but im sooo super sian. haix.....

bathroom's really gross n cuddy,
gross n cuddy, gross n cuddy
cleaned up by melissa n hubby
we need ur $
(sung to the tune of london bridge, with some funny party whistle or sth n fooks n spoons as percussion)

haha that was done by steph, rachel n tiff. they trying to get e floor to raise $ for the thank u dinner for melissa n andrew for cleaning up the toilets on our floor when they got messed up by the rushers. so they go down the floor knocking on everyone's door singing that cheesy song. haha. n when u add steph n rachel's animated face to it.. haha really cracks pple up man. haha

majulah Singapura

haha just heard the national anthem on live radio thru the net. i think this is the first time that hearing the national anthem got different meaning for me lor. unlike usually in sch listen until sian already, but this time, quite long nv hear liao. haha so different. just remembered everyday 6am they will play on radio.
nothing much to blog about la, neway i still have to finish my assignments (yes, im still doing last minute work again..) so. yup. end here.
ltr going church. there's some chorale practise i think. but is kinda informal de i think. i dunno her name, i only noe her as ryan's mum, but neway, she's doing the conducting n stuff. her husband is the church pianist n he quite sian from playing liao, so he asked her to ask me to take over from him haha. see how la. neway, i hv to finish my work first......

stupid rush

the stupid rush thing is getting me annoyed -.-" make so much noise man. ok should explain some stuff
the rush thing is like, sort of like "orientation" for social clubs. n social clubs are the AU version of fraternities n sororities (if u've watched enough angmoh shows or read enough angmoh books u will noe wat they are) n by AU version, it means that it's a much smaller scale n there's the absence of alcohol abuse part. yup coz of the Christian part to it so it's "cleaner". but still, they're still loud man. n it's not really an orientation, it's.. hmm i forgot the word. doris n melvyn used it the other day when i was out for dinner with them but i forgot wat le. oh yeah! now i remember it's called initiation. it's sort of like they make u do all kinds of stupid stuff just to thicken ur skin n to be sure that u're ready for the club. so like, well.. some stupid stuff they've done are like run around campus making a lot of noise, esp during lunch time. oh another trademark of the rushers is that they dress stupidly the whole week. like everyday they have a different theme n all the members of a certain club dress alike in that theme for that day, so like yesterday there was this guy in my english class, his club had to wear a whole string of onions and garlic around their neck n they just basically stink up everywhere. then one of the girls' club had to wear funny make up n wear this red bandana thing n carry this wooden block kinda thing around for the whole day. then today when i was at park place, anjie was telling ryan's parents that he was rushing so he wasn't at practise n he was dressed up as a squirrel today -.-" haha chao weird. the rushers usually leave me alone la. poor steph and some of the other gals got bugged by them to join their club or just annoy them or sth. haha but steph explained tt it's coz freshman r not allowed to rush so they leave me alone. oh, except for today, there was this bunch of guys from one of the clubs, whose "theme" for today was to go around asking people to sign on their boxers and i think at e end of the day they will count who has the most signatures or sth.
yeah n e main reason y they annoy me so much is coz they're making a lot of noise. otherwise im ok w them since they pretty much leave me alone except at nite when im trying to slp n they're still making so much noise -.-"

just read sth on friendster tt totally shocked me. whoa....

-.-"

wah i feel so super diaoded. just when i decided to be a gd girl n not skip my lucnh n eat a balancd meal i just had to drop my salad n spill it all over the floor -.-" thank GOD they ran out of dressing today otherwise it'd hv been really difficult to got rid of the dressing from the carpet.. -.-"'

haha i just had the weirdest dinner conversation with hye jin n ivan.. it's really v weird n funny when pple of different cultures come together.
hj: i was watching an english movie just now so that i can learn english
me: oh that's good. how did u manage to get the movie?
hj: oh my fren sent it to me thru msn
me: i see, so what show was it
hj: erm.. i forgot
me: oh ok.. *nods head*
hj: i think it's sex and the city
me: oh ok
ivan: is tt porn movie?
me: *cracks up* hum sup la lei!! (for those who dun understand, tt means, pervert or like dirty-minded)
hj: *confused*
me: [explains everything to her]
hj: *cracks up* no!! it's not porn!

haha.... they're just so weird. it's really good entertainment considering there's no tv ard now. haha

children are children all over the world
they share the same big sky of blue
did you ever think children all over the world
are just little children like u?

song i learnt in pri sch. i realise u can switch the word children with guys. sigh i dun understand them. i nv quite did understand e guys back at home in s'pore (well except that one) n now im trying to understand international guys. n girls too. sigh, imagine the 3 of them kicking up such a big fuss about some minor little joke. just coz a n b decided to prank on c they got so many ppl affected. see, a n b pretended to be d, n asked c if she wanted to be his gf. c asked 3 times if he was kidding, they said no. then c explained she had a bf n wasn't interested, very patiently, trying not to hurt his feelings. then a n b told her that they were just kidding ard n c got upset. n the thing is, d didn't even noe abt it even tho a n b were using his comp to chat w her. sigh.. then now there's this big thing abt who's upset with who. sigh.. n me, this innocent peace-loving party is trying my best to make things like how they were again. but apparently, it's not working. sigh..

life's lesson..

lesson learnt.. never ever take technology for granted. dun become overly reliant coz when it screws up, u'll feel really helpless. sigh
stupid singtel webby sth wrong. no more net sms for dunno how long. sigh.. sad rite

lousy oreos.. hrmph

hmm but e oreos here are really lousy. twist, lick dunk? more like twist, break, drop, throw.. -.-

hmm...

if there's one reason for me to love the weather here it would be coz it's dry. so dry then even the cookies dun turn soggy. haha.... even if u leave it in the open

ringdown!

haha just witnessed the first ring down in martin hall. so sweet.. haha n ashley was so cute. n her fiance aso very sweet. the whole story is soo sweet.... haha
im melting..

tired..

hmm. just about done with all my this week assignments. sigh still have another essay to write for english class, but im losing my inspiration, so decided to blog abit first to shift m focus elsewhere for awhile b4 blogging again.
oh yeah, last nite crystal n sarah came over. they're friends of Cassie's and they're pretty nice people. haha sarah's a hillsong fan too n she supposedly has like their entire collection or sth. haha n they're both very fun. lalala....
tired. braindead. haix. wonder how jer is.. hmm.. now is 10+am there le.. she should be home le ba.. sigh. tired tired. but i hv to finish my essay tonite or i'll nv finish it lor. sian diao.. haix

it's been some time..

hmm havent been blogging much, esp coz i'd written on my msn nick b4 tt this is gonna be a daily update blog, so oops.. hehe
~xXx~
munching on my salad now. yes, im eating my vege, so dun worry abt me k.. still got some work to do. haha had PE earlier today. quite dumb. had to run/walk 1 mile. haha then me n some of e other gals like, run 2+1/2, walk 2+1/2. hmm at least they allow us to walk n take our own sweet time not like the stupid NAPFA (haha lee mei if u reading this, dun jealous hor.. :P)
yup then other classes.. not too bad la. western civ is kinda boring. not as fun as mr chua, but of course, i guess it's not too bad already la, considering Dr Murphy had said rightfrom the beginning tt he doesn't expect us to remember dates at all. but then... talking abt mesopotamia can get abit boring leh.. it's not really abt events lor, just about facts, like wat their architecture was like n stuff. so maybe tt's y not so fun.
n i officially declare ranch is my favourite salad dressing now!! haha.. ok out of point
k.. then i've got 2 really cool teachers for speech n english. in fact, i think most of the teachers i have are really cool lor. Dr Murphy is the abit like Mr Chiang type la. knows his stuff, good teacher, but no teacher-student relationship wan. then.. Dr Chapman for speech is not too bad also. abit old, but she like gives me special attn coz im the only non-american in class.hmm or maybe not. she gives a few ppl special attn wan, but for those who've been in e same class as me long enough shld noe tt im not the kind who teachers pay much attn to wan la. so, quite different. n she always asks if i've gotten accustomed to the weather yet haha.. she was kinda laughing at me this morning coz now weather turning cold but e ppl here acty enjoy e cold, but i was already in a sweat-shirt (i found out tt means like long-sleeve shirt) then Mrs Spaulding-Barclay (who wans us to call her Gwen..) also quite cool. she's young la so.. yeah n she has a weird way of making the class interesting with her chirpiness. then.. ms hull i think.. for PE.. not bad. for one, she runs with us, but she runs slower than us. haha n in her emails, she addresses me as JL. weird.. then Prof Joani Brandon who's mentor of my family group, i have her for women's chorus. she's quite a godly woman.. started class today with prayer. woohoo.. but im having mixed feelings about the women's chorus class. i mean, im happy to perform, but i dun really like, noe how 2 sing the right way. so.. i dunno. sigh.. then.. accompanying class w Dr Frieling, this guy is weird haha.. he's abit like Mr Chua, in the sense he makes fun of people. but i sooo cannot sightread. which is bad. then every class gonna have sightreading. which is real bad. n there's this annoying guy in my class who like keeps following me around. eeks man.. then there's piano class with Dr Rodgers.. nice guy. haha..i guess tt's all i can say abt him..
sigh.. im tired. think i've been using e comp far too long man.

another new revelation..

just found out from keren awhile ago that actually binita isn't Christian either. like wah.. so many revelations within just about 2 days. yup so that means binita isn't, puneet isn't. need prayer for these two. since GOD placed them here in AU, i believe HE has something in store for them lor. yup. still dunno about ivan, but yday at service i noticed hye jin n ishmael taking part in communion, so i dunno. yup.
~xXx~
sigh.. feeling very tired now. juz came back from the labour day picnic, and I STILL HAVEN"T DONE ANY WORK!! sch starts tmr. but thank GOD only got west civ, accompanying, n piano class w Dr Rodgers. yup. super tired now. n my eyes very dry too. sigh....

yum!

haha pigging out on pizza again for abt the one millionth n oneth time in the past week. almost every dinner aso pizza except now is lunch tt im pigging out la. haha n listening to y.e.s 93.3 online now. this is the life man. haha but i really hv 2 start doing work soon. sigh. n e y.e.s 93.3 connection is quite bad. it'll suddenly juz kenna disconnected by itself de.. :x
volleyball match + labour day picnic ltr at abt 2 i think. sometimes i wonder.. those upperclassmen who dun live on campus, dun they find it a hassle to come to sch for these stuff?
neway.. jean n sidney said they'll be coming 4 e match too. yup n john nn paul formed their own team n they'll be playing ltr. leslie said she was gonna play on the international team. hmm i wonder who else will be representing us. haha
think it's gonna be fun. met steph along e corridor just now when i went down 2 hit up my pizza n she said tt e picnic food is usually good. so.. haha
im starting to eat unhealthily man.. this is bad.. :x

sigh

and so i was looking forward to this weekend, spending time probably at scott's place hanging out with the other internationals. wow.. wat a way to start the weekend. headed out for breakfast this morning with some of the international guys. hye jin was supposed to call me but i guess she was still asleep when we went out ba. so i went for breakfast with the other guys. then watched them play pool for awhile. then they said they were going library to study n asked me along. but then i didn't have my books with me so i went back. while walking back i decided to go to the cvs pharmacy to get some stuff like hangers, some stationery, food n water to stock up in my room. then i headed back. didn't have lunch coz by the time i actually finished breakfast it was about 11 already. then i wanted to start doing work then i realised that even though paul said he'd fixed everything up for me in the laptop, he didn't completely finish installing the microsoft office which meant that i had no access to word. sigh.. so i just decided to wait till monday then go work in the library when it's open again. alternatively hunt him down after church tomorrow n get him over to fix the word n stuff.
anyway.. then i just pretty much stayed in my room the whole day, emailing n clearing stuff that i was supposed to do, like pack up my room so it's a more condusive environment to work in. then i was supposed to go watch the football game but then by the time i finished packing my stuff n emailing the match was over already. then supposed to meet the other internationals at about 5.30 to go for the dunno wat back to school bash thing. according to one of the twins (yes, there's another pair of international twins here besides john n paul) they were going to just hang out at scott's place or something like that. so i tried calling hye jin to ask if she was goin but she couldn't be reached and she hasn't set up her voicemail yet. sigh.. so i just went to check things out myself. but when i got to the field there wasn't anyone there so i just came back n tried to call a few other people again. tried getting hye jin but she still not back yet, tried natalie but she said she was just gonna spend some time doing work since her roommate not around. then tried calling ivan, he aso haven set up voicemail yet. sigh.......
so now, im just gonna spend the rest of today by myself in my dorm, pigging out on biscuits and maybe reading up some of my texts, if i can get my brain to settle down to do work. sigh....
this is so gonna be a great weekend.

east vs west

american kleenex is alot better quality than s'pore tissue but alot more ex as well.
american broccoli with cheese is alot tastier than s'pore boiled broccoli but alot more fattening and u get sick of it easily.
american people are friendlier than s'pore people but i feel alot more comfortable speaking in singlish than in american
american cars are cheaper than s'pore cars but that's coz everything is so far apart (did i already mention about the incident when me, hye jin n ivan walked out to bk n got caught in the rain n had to ask irene's bro/cousin to drive out to get us back?)
american food, if u can't finish no one will think it's impolite if u throw it away unlike s'pore u'll get scolded, but that's coz they dun think of how much food they're wasting.
all things american appear so good in the media, but actually, they're not as good as they appear. or maybe.. maybe, it's just that i'm still a s'pore girl at heart. or is it just that lee kuan yew and the pap did a good job in the education system?

nothing like the weekend!

haha the weekend is finally here. yup as u can guess i've recovered from my homesickness. just after typing all that stuff in the previous blog, hye jin msged on msn to ask whether i can pei her go eat. so i went lor then at the haven, met danielle (this girl from upstairs of my dorm) n her roommate whom i forgot her name (alicia/michelle i think), but she's in my family group and a few other people, like their friend (lindsay i think) and the ben/jon guy. as u can see im really bad at names.. haha danielle was like saying she feel bad coz she dun remember hye jin's name then she used the excuse that she's a dumb american haha then we all come here kena influenced by dumb americans so aso cant remember names anymore. haha danielle i remember is coz i met her a few times le, n aso coz i really like the name danielle so i'll remember most people who're called danielle (like the senior we met at cafe ole during the first few days of orientation).
ok anyway, after that we came back here for awhile then went to the opening ceremony of mocha joe's, this new coffee place run by the student govt. then quite sian coz nothing to do there aso lor. then met ishmael n ivan there aso. wanted to play table tennis but the tables all taken up le. so slacked around, talked to some people there then came back. poor danielle had to carry niccole's (that's her RA n no there's no typo in her name it's double c) vanilla steamer back for her (n dun ask me wat's a steamer. me n danielle were trying to figure that out aso. apperantly from wat she observed, it's this drink that doesn't have coffee n is juz something like milk n vanilla or sth) n it was like so super hot lor. n the walk back from mocha joe's to the dorm like not far la. pity her man.. yup then just washed up ready to sleep anytime haha..
realised i havent been blogging much content abt my daily life for e last few days. everyday just go sch then come back aso tired le. like i was telling patricia (RA of the third floor) the other day, i just realised i haven't been in the studying mode for about 1 year le, so now have to do abit of adjusting. so everyday quite tired.. but thank GOD for strength la. n for those who have been praying for me, really thanks a lot :)
~xXx~
so give us clean hands,
give us pure hearts
let us not lift our souls to another
God let us be
a generation that seeks
seeks Your face
oh God of jacob
Carpe momento.. GOD is moving. be aware, be a part.

GOD, grant me strength

suddenly feel very homesick. i thought hearing Christian music will give u more strength but somehow now hearing the hillsong's platinum collection juz makes me feel very homesick. i really miss playing in COG s'pore. why..? i really dunno. n it's not helping that the weather is very gloomy now n i dun have anything do. dinner aso eaten already, then hye jin having her dinner now, no one for me to bug. sigh..
i dun feel like starting on m assignments yet. so sian. n this weekend gonna be an extended weekend coz it's labour day so should have abit more time, but i aso noe that if i have this mentality, i'll juz nv ever get anything done. i juz dun feel like moving now can.. sigh
GOD grant me strength

lalala~

i love my new laptop! haha i love e keyboard! haha..

4/9 day!

happy 4/9 day! haha..

nice..

haha got these from tian n pris. can finally upload it from my own comp.. thx gals!

weird thoughts..

23.09.. i got a sudden strange craving for e ice tea at cafe ole.. hmm
~xXx~
23.23.. i'm sorry mr chua.. i'm starting to hate western civ already. yux.. i hate e text. e only part of e first chapter i acty enjoyed was the ending few pages (like, last 5) that i already sort of knew abt coz they were related to the bible. sighhh....

laptop!!

haha did i already mention that i'll be getting my laptop like soon? ok maybe not soon, but probably around next week. it'll be shipped to john n paul's place then paul said he'll bring it over. haha

i need a job!!!

i need to get a job asap!!

i forgot..

oh yeah i should add that jacki's starting to talk to me too. dunno if i over-sensitive or wat but b4 i found out from steph that she'd broken up with john, i was kinda able to sense that something wasn't too right between the 2 of them n somehow i think that affected things between me n her, like when all e internationals see her in e lib during the orientation tour ard e sch, she'll talk to all e gals except me. dunno if is i over-sensitive or wat.. but at least.. i noe that she n john broke up le so i wldn't be so stupid as to go talk abt it n make things worse. anyway, she's talking to me now. so.. it's not that bad..
oh, jean n sidney were aso surprised to hear that they're over. jean was saying she thought they were quite serious together.. hmm.. one wonders..

tired~!

oOo long time no blog liao. sorry hee
just came back from the third day of classes. got another class in abt 45 min at 3pm. tired man.. last nite had to do some essay thingy for speech. then today.. super diao~ed coz she (chapman) said we can hand it in on friday after making some corrections. wah nv tell me earlier.. neway.. that assignment i aso anyhow do coz she nv really tell us wat it's abt juz say watch e stupid video from e cd in the textbook then do a review on it based on the guidelines from pg 31. like WAT GUIDELINES LOR!!! nothing de. super sian.. was working in the lib last nite aft dinner coz this laptop no connection to printer. then ivan happily brought his cousin in to introduce us (wah she's super chio haha) n to laugh at me doing my work. how was i supposed to noe that earlier that day he n hye jin were working in e lib rite? if they told me earlier then i would hv gone to do work with them aso lor. wah sian
haha.. now im super tired cant even remember wat else has been happening over the last few days, but let's just say that the classes have been quite ok (alot better n more relaxed then s'pore haha u all dun jealous hor hehe.. but i still miss the s'pore weather n food :( sigh)
ok im outta here for today!!

oops....

hmm i just realised that i didn't quite finish my entry last nite then i just post already.. haha neway it was coz dear called already then phone ring so i just pick up n talk. by the time we hung up i was dashing off to AU idol already so just click the publish thing haha. the AU idol thingy was kinda dumb.. kelvin (ivan's cousin's friend--i suspect, boyfriend) did a pretty good imitation of william hung. haha but i got there in time to watch the last 3 items only.. so haha.. neway.
then later we went for the meijer's fair thing. hye jin n i were like sampling all the free food that they were giving away (we only had a light dinner k.. so be fair. haha) ok better go off to get ready for church liaox..

waiting..

hmm.. the AU idol thing is going on now. think it's gonna be fun ba. i wanna go!! haha but dear is calling so im gonna stay in the room to wait haha.. then ltr there's the meijer fair (they sell stuff really reall cheap esp for AU students) so me n hye jin going over in the vans. haha julia started hanging out with us today as well. strangeness.. i think she couldn't find anyone else to hang out with.. oh just for ur information, julia is another korean girl but she grew up in international sch (her parents r missionaries--they've worked in laos n thailand for the past 5 years) so her english is quite good aso. n she's one of the 2 chio-est girls i've seen on campus.

im tired~!!!

im so tired man.. yday after breakfast was family group time. cant really click with anyone in my family group except hye jin *haha* then we split up at lunch so me n hye jin went to get her schedule fixed. yup then pretty much spent the rest of the day in the music building trying to figure out the music education system n trying to see whether there r any classes we can skip. turns out we have to take a few tests to see wat we can skip lor. yup. neway.. after that we stayed in the building to practise for auditions next week (pls pray that things go well!) for placement in private study classes. yup then after that went out for dinner. felt so bad coz hye jin din noe wat was on the schedule next so she was supposed to call me but i already went out coz i waited quite awhile but she didn't call. then coz of that she din hv dinner. i felt so bad!!! neway.. i went to the marketplace for dinner then met patrina (or is it patricia) n stephanie (2 of the martin RAs) n cassie there so i sat with them. then after that came back here. steph came over to ask if i wanted to go for worship so we went together la. but by the time we got there the program like almost ending liao.
ah wait i wanna go toilet first. blog again later

cheer up.. pls?

Who have I in heaven but You?
There is nothing on earth i desire besides You
my heart n my strength
many times they fail
but there is one truth
that always will prevail

GOD is the strength of my heart
God is the strength of my heart
GOD is the strength of my heart and my worship
Forever
Forever..
~xXx~
this song really spoke alot to me on sunday during worship. it made me feel alot better n more comforted, n helped me get over my homesickness also.
Draw me close to You
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
to hear You say that i'm Your friend
You are my desire
No one else will do
Coz nothing else can take Your place
to feel the warmth of Your embrace
help me find a way
Bring me back to You

You're all i want,
You're all i've ever needed
You're all i want
help me know You are near

GOD, be with us.

report..

hmm managed to call jean n sidney today. apparently they got back on tues (so maybe i heard wrongly n it was tuesday, not thursday). yup. n jean asked me to go over sometime. oh yeah i have to give her the curry powder n stuff soon. sigh.. another long walk. but im getting used to having blisters haha.. one of the RAs just came in to chat w me n cassie n she was asking if i'd managed to talk to my boyfriend. n she shared abit about her n her bf n how they managed to stay in touch even tho he's in florida. n thru talking with her i managed to find out abit more abt cassie as well. she's gonna major in art design (or sth like that) n she's a freshman, but not completely fresh. she was here a few years ago, supposed to have finished her first sem but she never did. yup.. n she's from somewhere around 1 hour away from here so.. it's not so bad for her. acty, she's not really that dao la, just not the highly sociable type of ppl i've been meeting. so i guess, we'll be ok. anyway, she's an art major, n im a music major, so we pretty much won't be seeing much of each other anyway.
ok anyways, there's gonna be a picnic in the valley at 5 i think, but i gotta be over at scott's office at 4.45, so im gonna go out n tk a slow walk over. yup. will update more about the last few days another time.

now for the more daily report

im hungry n sleepy.. hmm gotta wait awhile more then walk over to the cafeteria for lunch. dun wanna go there alone, wait till the other internationals go then i go aso. haha.
ok, wat did i do this morning? got up at about 5.30? coz i couldn't slp anymore. Cassie (my roommate) still sleeping. or at least i think she was. im not too sure, i still cant really talk to her yet. i only noe she's a freshman, art major. yeah that's about all. neway then after that went over to the bottom of decker (that's the main admin block where scott's office is) for breakfast at cafe ole. we arranged to meet at like 7 in the morning coz we din noe wat e program was like. ok brb. going out for lunch first.

mailing address...

this is my mailing address, just so u noe.
Tang Jie Min (they sort the mail here by name in the offical documents so u cant send to Jael)
Anderson University
1100 East Fifth Street
Anderson, IN 46012

report for the last few days..

ok, im finally in the comfort of my own dorm blogging. still not using my own laptop coz yday when john n paul brought me to buy laptop, the one they saw/recommended was out of stock. john's gonna go online to find some by dell. apparently they'll probably be cheaper coz it's online n htere's no middle men n stuff. yup. n the brands that ko/pa recommend, they dun have it in the stores so.. yeah. they only have like, toshiba, hp, compaq, sony n some unknown brands. yup, so for now im still using john/paul (i dunno which one)'s laptop.
now i better update abt my life for e last few days before people start killing me for not updating them abt life here.
ok.. got here on saturday morning. been crying like siao since i left changi airport on friday afternoon (s'pore time) oh btw i shld add that im now talking in IN time k.yeah. it was so bad.. i was sitting in the front row of the economy class on the flight from sg to LA. then u noe when the plane is taking off, all flight crew have to take their seats in front right, so there was a flight attendant in front of me n this guy sitting beside me (the other side was window n beside the guy was the aisle already). then during take off, the 2 of them were sort of flirting la (the guy started it--guys are USUALLY, n i said usually hor... the ones at fault, although some girls can do an equally good job la) then after take off, the guy eventually changed seats coz that seat was kinda shaky or something. so for the rest of the flight i was alone. yeah.. then after take off, the flight attendant came to ask if i was ok, then like, wat can i say other then yeah im fine right? neway.. i thought i'd be able to like play games or watch movie or sth on the plane but then i got travel sick (come to think of it now, i think it was more like homesick coz the rest of the time even when i wasn't travelling i still felt sick, n mummy said it was coz i was feeling homesick n not just strangely losing my appetite) so i couldn't really focus on the screen coz that just made the sick feeling worse. then the whole time just trying to sleep, trying to make myself comfortable, trying to stretch.. sigh. neway, i ltr arrived at LA airport which was SO SUPER IRRITATING coz of the annoying announcement that goes, "ur attention pls. welcome to Los angeles international airport. pls maintain contact with ur personal belongings. all baggage or packages left unattended will be promptly removed by law enforcement personnel." wah that was irritating lor. n it repeats itself like once every few minutes (sort of like the s'pore mrt system announcements). ok some of u will probably say it isn't that bad, but if u're in the airport for like, 8 hours? yeah.. u get my point. then wrote abit in the journal yulin gave. yup. got some food, msged mummy abit.. yeah n i think she called aso.. i can't remember.
k then went to detroit haha i got to fly first class on northwest! haha (coz of the worldperks mileage thing la) neway, there was this guy sitting beside me then he was talking abit to me la. yeah but i wasn't really in the mood to talk coz i was still crying. then after that got to detroit. the airport there quite nice. haha but then i was too depressed to take photos otherwise i would have been very fun haha. yeah then after that got to indianapolis airport where john met me. have to say, it was nice to finally see a familiar face after abt 30 hours, even though back in s'pore we never really talked much. but now at least we have a common topic, AU, scott n all that so.. i guess it's getting better. can't say we're best friends or anything close, but at least, can talk la (not like last time i dun even ask them anything, or even say hi when they were still in COG, except for like once in awhile during worship practise) yeah. then after that he drove me back to the dorm to unpack n stuff. there wasn't anyone around yet n the dorm was like really quiet, my RD (resident director, the person in charge of my hall) was on vacation, the RAs (resident assistant), i dun think they were in yet. so i was just.. alone. yeah. then went to shower n then slept for awhile i think. the jetlag was quite bad. the after that went out for a walk to try to find my way around the neighbourhood (not around campus) n try to find jean johnson or doris' place. yup i just needed someone to "mother" me so that the homesickness wouldn't be that bad.
ok pause here for awhile. im abit tired of blogging. gonna take a shower first i think.... my eyelids are drooping.

i'm finally online!!!!

wahahahaha im so happy i finally get to use a com since i got here. haha.. but i wun be replying any emails soon, so sorry hor if anyone emailed me. hee... yup got lots to update on but not much time to type. will update more when i get my laptop ltr tonite (john n paul's coming to take me out to get e laptop!) yay!!! haha those of u who've been in contact with my mum or sam will prob be surprised to see me like so happy now coz i was crying like siao the past few days. hee....... im going crazy!!!

announcing new blog!!

haha just decided to start a new blog. this will be where i'll update abt daily events. the other blog will still be in use, but i'll blog there less often la