Confirm! ^_^

Yippeee!!!! Im going to Shanghai in december! Its finally confirmed after such a long wait.. and yes, its an answered prayer.

Hahaha! God is good isn't He? I said, i will postpone going for the trip to China if i receive no news by first week of Oct.. and the news came. And.. its to Shanghai! hee ^_^

I love flying.... I love travelling.. I love cold air.. I love fun..

完美童话？Fairy tales, anyone?

刚出席了中学好友的婚礼，简单、庄重。二十一世纪里，坐在电脑前的你是否还相信童话的存在？是否还相信万物的唯一主宰正在为你我谱写一篇完美的爱情故事？有人问过我，在主里谈恋爱，为什么那么辛苦？好友的一席话让我茅塞顿开，他感谢他的妻子在爱他的几年里，让他看到了主的爱。

完美不代表瑕疵的缺席，不意味过程中少了大大小小的斗嘴、闹别扭、眼泪等；我的定义在于故事和你情窦初开所想象非常相像。

从初院到当兵到上大学，全程8年。好友在毕业的两个月后和爱人立下婚约，承诺与其长相厮守直到天父召唤回家。席下的我有所感触 ^_^ 好友的妻子是他的初恋，在他的感谢词里，我深受感动。

我相信童话仍然存在，我相信主所谱写的恋曲会胜过所有得奖的爱情故事；我深信无论是在主里或主外，只要两人互信互爱，相辅相成，无私地爱对方，不管再艰难的考验，两人必能一起通过。我在好友的爱情故事里看到了……

I loved to attend weddings, to witness the two individuals making a convenant to love one another and live life together. The joy is unspeakable. This wedding today is somewhat different, the wife of my friend's is his first and last girlfriend :)
Am amazed at the work of God, how he brought the two of them together and till today. Am amazed at the words of God, who whispered as my friend gave thanks to all the people, to his wife saying " thank you for loving me and being Christlike in your love for me even when i was a prebeliever." Awesome! Christlikeness, the key to all end of agonising relationships, the end to our-selves, the beginning of a beautiful love story shared by two individuals.

Knowing Christ or not, it matters that when two are in a relationship to love one another selflessly, to give and bless the other so that each other's love tank is filled to the brim. Perfect love story does not mean the absence of quarrels, fights or arguments, to me, it simply means that the reality of it is close to what i imagined it to be when i was young. I think, my friend, had the perfect love story :)

p/s: Congratulations, Bud (if u ever see this)

想 = Thinking

这几天都在想午夜的诚品书局，宁静的环境、充斥着书香的空气、热乎乎的热可可、坐满地的啃书人、一架又一架的书、一本又一本精彩绝伦，拍案叫绝的好书……
一直想、一直想……

Have been missing eslite bookshop in taiwan... the air that smell of books, the quiet environment with soft music playing in its background, rows and rows of books, the yummy hot chocolate ^_^ people sprawling on the parquet floors of the store, leaning against the racks, all in the middle of the night... thinking, missing, thinking...

Protests = 抗议

the usual good appetite me has not been eating well the past few days.. as the many nations are going thru chaos, the central nation within me is also protesting.
it is still upset. over what? i have no idea, and i may not have any idea after all.

台湾在呛扁，泰国在政变，我的肚子也不停在抗便 :(

自得其乐 ^_^

早晨，一踏出家门，映入眼帘的是一棵开满粉红小花的老树。前几天才和妈妈叹息这棵老树像快死了，周遭的敲敲打打、翻土、建设，它快被折磨死了吧。今早的景观却让我的心情由叹息转为赞叹，今天的心情是愉快的，虽然肚子感觉还是怪怪的。

不到一小时，实在无法忍受身体里有一架正在操作的洗衣机，只好请假打道回府。生病也不竟然是件坏事，在等候看病的几分钟，我自得其乐地看着书，书里的爬行文字让我和作者产生了许多共鸣，下一次再到宝岛时，将再搬她的几本佳作回来细嚼。书看完了，回家的路上再次经过那棵盛开的老树，会心笑了一笑。非常感激它还矗立在那里，一棵陪我度过许多孤单时光、在单调的成长路上，它为其增添了几许的诗情画意。陪伴我成长的人、事、 物相应在这个万变善变的时代里被取而代之，离我远去，除这棵老树之外……

我是个善感的人，感情超丰富，能因一点儿小事乐上老半天，却也能为其伤心好一会儿；能为无聊的故事情节哈哈大笑，也能为其簌簌流涕。但今天的我，是快乐的。 在盛开的老树身上，在爬行文字里，在温暖的被窝里，我是快乐的 -- 我是自得其乐的 ^_^

weird dream

have not been having weird dreams for very long, its been ages n i really mean ages since i have weird dreams that seems so real and vivid.

I used to dream of monsters rising up from the murky waters of a nearby canal, creating a scene at the bridge where i stood; used to dream of being chased by hordes of vampires;ghosts under my bed etc etc.. n the list goes on and on.

Yesterday,the weird dream was this: I have been having problems with my eyes recently, very dry, very itchy, sore and irritated. haha.. yest, i dreamt that the doctor i consulted, and mind you, she is a pretty doctor! she gave me an INJECTION through my left eyelid with a needle thats like 5cm long... hahah.. dunno wat i was thinking about la, but i was like "DUH???!!!" ah lian, wats wrong with you? hahah.. but as i think about it, its really funny cos its ridiculous! haha.. and its seems so real, cos i remember my left face feeling swollen... hahahah

Have u given?

time flies!!! its been a week since i last blogged! n i like that.. haha i mean the first, not the latter.

been doing some of my fave activity in the last one week.. was online still, had time for leisure activities, was watching k-drama on youtube ^_^ all those busy ppl out there, dun kill me k... this is my stoning out activity.

Back to the topic.. yeah, have u given? Was chatting with a fren over a ice milk tea at mos on sat.. i must say that we r good, we sat at that place, with only a cup of ice milk tea, for hours! haha.. out of point. Yah.. then we were on some topic about how grown ups r not acting like grown ups.

Jus one simple thing to end this.. Before we grumble or get upset with people for not loving us enough, for not caring enough, for not being there when we need them, for not understanding us enough, for feeling distant; take a step back and think, have we given? Given our love, care, attention, kind words, little gifts of love, accumulated cups of coffee over sharing/ chit chat sessions, being transparent and vulnerable with our lives, taken the initiative to love unconditionally?

the question is: Have you given?

We loved because God first loved us... Have you given out of God's love which has been given to you freely?

D.R.E.A.M.S

I have many many dreams when i was young. Air stewardess, dancer, bank officer, singer etc...
As i grow up, the dreams never seem to die but seem to take on a life by itself,it begin to grow. If one asks me am i doing what i have always dreamed of now, the answer is certain, NO. Hahaha! yes, its true! though im abit preachy at times, the current me has yet to see any of my dreams coming true. Perhaps, only the travelling dream and growing to be confident of who i am had.

Thousands of thoughts have been running through my mind as i witness a great pal's dream coming to pass through endless hard work and steps of determination and faithfulness. What next for me? Where next?
At this point, there's something bubbling in with that makes me estatic each time i think about it. I want to do it. I want to give a go at it. I want to...

至少我做过一场美梦，我的人生充满着对生命的热诚、执著、梦想……不曾单调、不曾遗憾、不曾后悔。我不想混混沌沌地过日子，我不想在人生词典里找到‘后悔’两个字。现在，我需要一些力量、鼓励直到我的梦想成真。

可能在读的你认为我还没长大，还没向现实低头，还活在自己的幻想世界里，就随我去吧！
没有鼓励不要紧，只要不冷眼旁观就行；没有赞赏的眼光不要紧，只要适时地问问我“梦想成真了吗？”就已足够。
是，在下我是固执的、是倔强的，这才是真实的我 ^_^
爱我的人，学习包容我吧，小女子我会感激不尽的。

F.O.R.M.U.L.A

Its getting from bad to worse..some has attributed it to the 'makeup' of city dwellers, tcm has attributed to poor health constitution, but i guess most of you are like me... we have blame it on lack of sleep and Serious lack of sleep!

Mind you.. i have been sleeping for 8 hours most of the time, but they dun seem to go away but has taken on permanenet residential rights on my face, right under my pretty eyes without permission! :(

Can anyone tell me an effective, time effective, cost effective and hassle free way to get rid of them before the chinese authorities refuse to let me leave the Chinese customs back to Singapore in dec and throw me into the bamboo fields?

Still have no idea wat im talking about?? Its the Dark Ring! not the one that when the telephone goes and u see something crawling out of your tv..its the one that greets you good morning 'radiantly' when you look into the mirror.

F.O.R.M.U.L.A? anyone?

He spoke today 'o'

I was amazed at the way He spoke today. Heb 7:6 "such a high priest meets our need - holy,blameless,pure,set apart from sinners,exalted above the heavens."

Our bottomless hunger for needs to be met never seems to be able to be satisfied by the people we look to for fulfilment... But God in His words says He meets them. Not He can, He will, He wants... But HE MEETS!

I was blown away. If my God is not real and mighty and strong, i really dunno who is :) keke...cos the interesting thing was the hyphen in the verse. Cos to me, it indicates that because my God possess the following characters and so our needs are met by Him. Its done! Its finished! He knows our needs and He has met them! think even before we know our needs ourselves.. what a wonderful God *muacks*

babblings..

Never ask a girl or a woman y they need so many bags, shoes, clothes, accessories etc..

The answer is clear.. cos ladies like pretty things! and more so when the pretty things look good on them! when the pretty things make them feel good about themselves.. make them feel a few inches taller when they put on the pair of pretty or chic shoes... make their nose goes up into the air a bit longer when they feel like they r the supermodel for that top or dress she is wearing.

Watched The Devil wears prada today with a pretty lady, the above was what i caught n concluded on my way home. As usual.. always brought home something with me as i stepped out of the cinema -- when girls like pretty and expensive things, its not 100% guaranteed that they are materialistic! Get that! its jus that the branded apparel really does dish out PRETTY things! the things we see and buy cheaply over the counter in the departmental store are jus the similar designs that the fashion divas dished out every season... its the real thing thats SOLID!

I love PRETTY things! however my heart bleeds each time i see the price tag and so im still the cheapo lian at the moment... keke